2.　　　 Create the students interests in learning English.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Use the Internet and the tools to search the information.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Ask the students to prepare a dictionary before the class. Some words are new for the classmates. Especially some names of places. When the students are discussing, help them if it is necessary.

All the questions have only one answer. When you have questions, remember to search on the Internet.

Lesson 51: Asia

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: area, Russian, mountain

Oral words and expressions: square kilometer, geographical, feature, Mont Everest, Qomolangma, Himalayas, the Yangtze River, Tokyo

Teaching Aims:

1.　　　 Finish off the exercises in activity book.

6.　　　 The Nile River in Africa is the _______ river.

Step5. Listen to the tape again and ask the students to imitate after it.

Step6. Read the text again and talk about the details about the text.

How many deserts does the world have? What are they? Which is the second largest desert in the world?

What’s the world’s longest river? What is the second longest river? What is the third longest river?

What are the physical features of them?

Step7. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Prepare a dictionary before the class. When they meet new words, encourage them to look them up in the dictionary.

Step8. Homework

5.　　　 The world’s _______ island is Greenland.

4.　　　 There are _______ main oceans. They cover ______ of the worlds’ surface. They are ________, _______, _______ and the Arctic Ocean. ________ is the biggest ocean. _______ is the smallest ocean.

3.　　　 There are ________ continents. They are ________, _________, _________, _________, North America, South America and Antarctica. Antarctica is the world’s _______ and the world’s _______ continent.

2.　　　 About ________ of the world is land. The land that is very ________ is called desert. The deserts cover ________ of the earth’s surface.

1.　　　 Scientists predict the world’s population will be _______ by 2050. There will be 9.1 billion people by _______.