Lesson 11 Don’t Fall, Don’t Fall, Danny!Danny!

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:1. The whole _________ (long) of the Great Wall is more than 7240 kilometres. 2. The Three Gorges will be the __________(world) biggest dam.3. The first person _________(walk) the whole length of the Great Wall was Liu Yutian.4. The Great Wall is _______(locate) in the north of China.5. This tower is __________ building in China and one of ___________ in the world. (tall)6. Since 1990, about 250000 workers______________(wor

k) on the Three Gorges Dam.7. I _____________(learn) about 300 English words by the end of last year.8. The workers __________(finish) the dam by 2009.

length

world’s

located

to walk

the tallestthe tallest

have worked

had learned

will finish

句型转换，每空一词：1. The Three Gorges Dam will be almost 185 metres tall.

( 对划线部分提问 )

_______ ________ will the Three Gorge Dam will be?

2. The dam will cost 205 billion yuan. ( 同上 )

________ _________ will the dam cost?

3. The tower is the tallest building in China. ( 同义句 )

The tower is taller than _____ ______ building in China.

5. We have friends all over the world. ( 同上 )

We have friends __________________ the world.

6. There are over 2000 students in our school. ( 同上 )

There are _______ ______ 2000 students in our school.

How tall

around/throughout

How much

any other

more than

句型转换，每空一词：7. How long is the river? ( 同义句 ) _________ the ________ of the river?8. I spent 10 yuan on the book. ( 同上 ) The book _______ ______ 10 yuan. I ________ 10 yuan ________ the book. It _________ me 10 yuan ______ _________ the book.9. The house lies on the top of the mountain. ( 同上 ) The house _____ ________ on the top of the mountain.10. The Great Wall is the longest structure in the world. ( 同上 ) The Great Wall is the _________ longest structure.

What’s length

cost me

took to buy

is located

world’s

paid for

A task: Did you notice the number below? Each numbers is part of the description of a building or structure. Write down what each number describes and report to the rest of the class!

2 2.3 3 9.75 35 88 165

185 205 1990 1999 2009 7240 250000

Think about it!

Danny wants to set a new world record. What is he

doing now? Make a guess.

Read the first part and answer the questions:

1. What is Danny doing now?

2. What record does Danny want to set?

3. How does Danny feel?

4. What do they want to ask Jenny about? Why?

5. How long has Danny been standing on one foot?

6. What is the world record for standing on one foot?

7. How long will Danny have to stand if he wants to break

the world record?

8. Is Danny going to break the record? Why?

9. What does Danny think of supper?

Think about it!

1. What’s the world’s largest animal?

2. What about the smallest one?

3. What’s the world’s oldest animal?

4. What about the fastest one?

Read the second part quickly and answer the questions:

1. What’s the world’s largest animal?

2. What about the smallest one?

3. What’s the world’s oldest animal?

4. What about the fastest one?

The blue whale.

The bumblebee bat.The giant tortoise.

The cheetah.

blue whale bumblebee bat

giant tortoise cheetah

Read the second part carefully and answer the questions:

1. How much does a blue whale weigh on average?

2. How much did the largest blue whale on record weigh?

And how long was it?

3. How big is the average blue whale?

4. Which is the biggest land animal in the world?

5. How much does the bumblebee bat weigh? And how

long is it?

6. Where does it live?

7. How old can giant tortoises live to be?

8. Where do they live?

9. How fast can a cheetah run?

10.Where do cheetahs live?

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Thailand

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Language notes:1. Here comes Brain. here, there 等副词置于句首，且主语是名词时，句子要 使用完全倒装语序，但当主语是代词时，则不能完全倒 装。 Here comes the bus. There comes Brain. Here he comes. Here you are. There she is.

= Why not ask him? Why don’t you/we + 动词原形？ = Why not do sth.?

2. Why don’t we ask him?

3. I have been standing on one foot for more than three minutes. have/has been + v-ing 现在完成进行时 常常表示动作的延续性、重复性以及感情色彩等。

Language notes:4. In seven hours and 57 minutes, you’ll be the champion! in prep. “ 在 ( 一段时间 ) 之后” 常用于将来时 “ 在 ( 一段时间 ) 内” 常于过去时 Supper will be ready in a few minutes. She learned to swim in two weeks.

英语中表示按计划安排好将做某事时，常可用现在进行 时代替一般将来时。

5. We’re having pizza at our house.

6. Supper is more important than a record! important more important most important interesting more interesting most interesting delicious more delicious most delicious

Language notes:7. On average, it weighs more than 26 tons. on (an/the) average “ 按通常，按平均” He smokes 20 cigarettes( 烟 ) a day on (an) average. On (the) average we receive 5 letters a day. weigh vt. “ 重量为……” “ 称……的重量” weight n. “ 重量，体重” He weighs 150 pounds. How much do you weigh? The doctor weighed the baby every month.

8. The largest blue whale on record weighed 212 tons. on record “ 记录下来的” This summer has been the hottest on record. This is the greatest earthquake on record.

What’s your weight? The twins have the same weight.

Language notes:9. The average blue whale is about four times as big as the bi

ggest elephant.

倍数的表示方法有三种： A is … times as + adj./adv. + as B. = A is …times the size/width/depth/length of B.

The room is twice as big as mine. = The room is twice the size of mine.

The river is three times as deep as that one. =The river is three times the depth of that one.

= The average blue whale is about four times the size of the biggest elephant.

Language notes:10. The giant tortoise lives the longest of all animals, including humans.

per prep. “ 每 , 每一” 相当于 every per hour(day, week, year…)

11 . It can run one hundred kilometres per hour.

include vt. “ 包括” including prep. “ 包括” 其后所跟的内容是句子包含 内容的一部分，常做插入语，置于 句末或句未，用逗号隔开。引导的 短语常在句中作为状语使用。 These boys _________Jim and Tom. The people of the world, __________the American people, oppose U.S. imperialism’s aggressive wars.

includeincluding

Fill in the blanks with proper prepositions:

1. ______ average, a blue whale weighs more than 26 tons.

2. Jim is the tallest ______ all the boys.

3. A cheetah can run one hundred kilometres ______ hour.

4. The largest blue whale ______ record weighed 212 tons.

5. The giant tortoise lives the longest of all animals, _________ humans.

6. Please don’t be late _______ school next time.

7. ___ seven hours and 57 minutes, you’ll be the champion.

On

of

per

on

including

for

In

Fill in each blank with the proper word from the brackets:

1. Look! The boy __________(stand) outside the door for over 2 hours.

2. Do you think English is _______________(important) than PE?

3. Zhou Jielun is one of ___________________(famous) singers in China now.

4. _____ (a) average blue whale weighs more than 26 tons.

5. He invited ten teachers to his house, including______( I).

6. I will be the champion of _________(stand) on one foot!

7. Why not ________(ask) our teacher for help?

8. Lucy is four times as ________(old) as Lily.

9. I have three pieces of news for you. Which do you think is _________________(exciting)?

10. Danny will walk there on two ____(foot).

is standing

more important

An

the most famous

mestanding

askold

the most exciting

feet

句型转换，每空一词：1. The average blue whale is about four times as big as the

biggest elephant. ( 同义句 )

The average blue whale is about four times the _____ _______ the biggest elephant.

The average blue whale is about _______ times _______ than the biggest elephant.

2. Why don’t you come here earlier? ( 同上 )

______ _______ come here earlier?

3. The cheetah is faster than any other animal in the world.

The cheetah is ____ ________ animal in the world. ( 同上 )

The ________ fastest animal is the cheetah.

4. He will be back in two hours. ( 对划线部分提问 )

______ ______ will he be back?

size

the fastest

bigger

Why not

How soon

of

world’s

three

A task:

Read the second part of this lesson, use your imagination to create( 创造 ) a new animal. What does it look like? What does it eat? Would this animal be famous?

Draw a picture of your animal and write a description.