人教新目标版八年级下册英语Unit 7 What's the highest moutain in the world课文音频

UNIT 7 翻译：第七单元

What's the highest mountain in the world? 翻译：世界上最高的山峰是什么？

Section A 翻译：A部分

1b 翻译：

Listen and complete the sentences. 翻译：听录音并完成句子。

Yesterday, we learned some important geographical facts. 翻译：昨天，我们学到了一些重要的地理知识。

I hope you all still remember them. 翻译：希望你们还记得它们。

I'm going to test you now by asking a few questions. 翻译：我现在要通过问几个问题来测试你们。

First, what's the highest mountain in the world? 翻译：首先，世界上最高的山峰是什么？

Qomolangma! It's higher than any other mountain in the world. 翻译：珠穆朗玛峰！它比世界上任何一座山都高。

That's right. 翻译：没错。

And who can tell me what the Sahara is? 翻译：谁能告诉我撒哈拉沙漠是什么？

The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world. 翻译：撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠。

Very good. And which is the deepest salt lake in the world? 翻译：很好。世界上最深的盐湖是哪个？

The Caspian Sea is the deepest of all the salt lakes. 翻译：里海是所有盐湖中最深的。

You're all so smart! 翻译：你们太聪明了！

Now, for the last question, which is the longest river in the world? 翻译：最后一个问题，世界上最长的河流是哪条？

I know! The Nile is the longest river in the world. 翻译：我知道！尼罗河是世界上最长的河流。

And the Amazon is the second longest river in the world. 翻译：亚马逊河是世界上第二长的河流。

It seems that you know the answers to all my questions. 翻译：看来你们知道我所有问题的答案。

Good job! 翻译：干得好！

2a 翻译：

Listen and number the facts 1-4 in the order you hear them. 翻译：听录音并按照你听到的顺序给事实编号 1-4。

Hi, I'm Mike. I'm from the United States. 翻译：嗨，我是迈克。我来自美国。

Welcome to our class, Mike. 翻译：欢迎来到我们的课堂，迈克。

We're happy to meet you. 翻译：我们很高兴见到你。

Can you tell me a bit more about China? 翻译：你能告诉我更多关于中国的事情吗？

Sure! Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? 翻译：当然！你知道中国是世界上最古老的国家之一吗？

It's over 5, 000 years old. 翻译：它已经有 5 000 多年的历史了。

Yes, I did. 翻译：是的，我知道。

It's much older than my country— 翻译：它比我的国家古老得多——

in fact, the United States is one of the youngest countries in the world. 翻译：事实上，美国是世界上最年轻的国家之一。

It's not even 300 years old. 翻译：它甚至还不到 300 年。

And China has the biggest population, too. 翻译：中国也是人口最多的国家。

It's a lot bigger than the population of the United States. 翻译：它比美国的人口多得多。

But China is about the same size as the US, right? 翻译：但是中国的面积和美国差不多吧？

Yes, and it's the biggest country in Asia. 翻译：是的，它是亚洲最大的国家。

We also have some famous rivers. 翻译：我们还有一些著名的河流。

The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. 翻译：长江是亚洲最长的河流。

It's about 6, 300 kilometers long. 翻译：长约6300公里。

Wow! I didn't know that. 翻译：哇！我不知道。

I thought the Yellow River was longer. 翻译：我以为黄河更长。

No, the Yellow River is 5, 464 kilometers long. 翻译：不，黄河有5464公里长。

But both rivers are very important to China. 翻译：但这两条河流对中国都非常重要。

2b 翻译：

Listen again and fill in the blanks in 2a with the numbers in the box. 翻译：再听一遍，用方框中的数字填入 2a 的空白处。

Hi, I'm Mike. I'm from the United States. 翻译：嗨，我是迈克。我来自美国。

Welcome to our class, Mike. 翻译：欢迎来到我们的课堂，迈克。

We're happy to meet you. 翻译：我们很高兴见到你。

Can you tell me a bit more about China? 翻译：你能告诉我更多关于中国的事情吗？

Sure! Did you know that China is one of the oldest countries in the world? 翻译：当然！你知道中国是世界上最古老的国家之一吗？

It's over 5, 000 years old. 翻译：它已经有 5 000 多年的历史了。

Yes, I did. 翻译：是的，我知道。

It's much older than my country? 翻译：它比我的国家古老得多？

in fact, the United States is one of the youngest countries in the world. 翻译：事实上，美国是世界上最年轻的国家之一。

It's not even 300 years old. 翻译：它甚至还不到 300 年。

And China has the biggest population, too. 翻译：中国也是人口最多的国家。

It's a lot bigger than the population of the United States. 翻译：它比美国的人口多得多。

But China is about the same size as the US, right? 翻译：但是中国的面积和美国差不多吧？