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课件网) Lesson 42 North America Unit 7 Know Our World 八年级英语·下 新课标 [冀教] Free talk What do you know about North America What do you know about other places around the world (1)To the south of Canada is the United States. (2)Canada is the biggest of the three countries in area… (3)It has a population of more than 315 million. (4)Most of the people there speak Spanish. Please pay attention to the words. Read the text in groups and pay attention to these sentences. Listen to the tape and answer the questions. 1.How large are three main countries in North America 2.What’s the population of North America 3.What language do people in Mexico speak About 24 million square kilometers. About 550 million people. Spanish. Read the text and answer the following questions. (1)What are the biggest mountains in North America (2)What language do Canadians speak (3)How many languages do people speak in the U.S. Three. The Rocky Mountains. English,French and Chinese. Read the text again and fill in the blanks. (1)North America is a large . (2)About 550 people live in North America. (3)Mexico is smaller than Canada the U.S. (4)To Canada is the United States. (5)Canada is the three countries in area. (6)It has a of more than 315 million. continent million both and the south of the biggest of population 教材解读 To the south of Canada is the United States. to 作介词,意思是 “在……方向”。 My school is to the north of the bank. 我的学校在银行的北面。 【拓展】 in,on,to (1)in强调范围之内的包含关系。 Hebei Province is in the east of China. 河北省在中国的东部。 (2)on强调接壤的相邻关系。 Hebei Province is on the north of Shandong Province.河北省在山东省的北面。 (3)to强调范围之外的关系,不包含也不相邻。 China is to the west of Japan. 中国在日本的西面。 1. Which country has a large population, Canada or Mexico 2. What’s the third most common language in Canda 3. Which country has the largest population in North America Listen and answer the questions. Mexico. Chinese. The U.S. Match the statements with the countries according to the lesson. Statements People there mainly speak Spanish. It’s the third largest country in area in North America. Over 2 million people speak Chinese there. It’s the farthest north in North America. It’s the largest country in population in North America. Countries Canada America Mexico Complete the passage with the correct forms of the words in the box. large live square Spain speak common There are three major countries in North America. They cover about 24 million _____ kilometres. Both in America and Canada, English is the _____ language, while in Mexico, people speak mostly _____. In the U.S.,over 2 million people _____ Chinese. The population of America is much_____ than that of Canada. Some Mexican people leave their country to _____ and work in America. square most common Spanish speak larger live Look at t ... ...
