九年级英语全册 Unit 9 The world’s highest mountai

ant panda weighs 120 kilos. B: That means it weighs 50 kilos more than a man. A: Yeah . A man only weighs 70 kilos.
3a Read the article about disasters.
3b Answer the questions.
1.What happened to the water lever in Fushun ? Why? 2.Why did people stay in New Orleans during the flood? 3.Which of the disasters in the reading do you think is the most serious ? Why?
Unit 9 The world’s highest mountain is 8,844 meters high.
Section B
Live the longest
A turtle weighs 150 kilos. It is 100 centimeters long. It can live for 150 years.
Self check
Fill in each blank with the correct word given. Change the form of the word if necessary. 1.What has happened to the giant turtles? There aren’t _a_s__m_a_n__y_a_s_ before. 2.It’s a __fa_c_t_ that India has the second largest population in the world. 3.The more it rained , _t_h_e__m_o_r_e_ worried we became. 4.Twenty _m__il_l_io_n_ people live in that area. 5.That hill is _t_h_r_e_e_t_im__e_s_ as high as this one.
An elephant weighs 5,000 kilos. It is 500 centimeters long. It eats 250 kilos of food per day. The biggest on land
The fastest animal
A cheetah weighs 60 kilos.
It eats 20 kilos of food per day.
Use the language in the box to make comparisons.
句型 :
A is more than ten times bigger than B. A is three times as strong as B. A is ten centimeters longer than B.
It is 150 centimeters long.
It can run about 100 kilometers per hour.
the Giant Panda It lives for 25 years.
A giant panda weighs 120 kilos.
It’s about 60 centimeters tall.
Groupwork
Write two comparisons about two topics. Write true facts.
Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his mind to it.
世上无难事，只怕有心人。
Language Point: 1.词汇: prevent, typhoon, cause, from bad to worse, disaster. 2.句型: Soldiers tried to prevent the water from rising higher by using bags filled with sand.