Lesson 45(1)Lesson 45(1)It has a lot of natural resources.It has a lot of natural resources.

Lead in:

Western China

autonomous region

province

the major city

What aspects （方面） will you learn about Western China?

Prediction:

A. Region

B. Area of land and population

C. Resources (natural resources and tourism)

AspectsAspects The informationThe information

RegionsRegions

Major city:Major city:__________________________

____________________________________________

Provinces:Provinces:________________________

____________________________________

__

Autonomous Autonomous regions:regions:

__________________________________________________

AreaArea

LandLand It has an area of __________ square Kilometers. It It has an area of __________ square Kilometers. It is about ________________ of the total area of is about ________________ of the total area of the country.the country.

PopulationPopulation

ResourcesResourcesNatural Natural ResourcesResources

It is rich in ___________________ and it has It is rich in ___________________ and it has ______________________________________

TourismTourism There are many museums, __________________There are many museums, __________________

Reading by yourself:Read your part of passage and find out the information to fill in the table.

Work in pairs and check your answers.

Reading in pairs:

Group work:

A: Can you tell me something about …?B: Of course, …A: What about …?

In each team, No.1 、 No.3 and No.5 are in one group, No.2 、 No.4 and No.6 (No.7) are in another group. Then share the information you know.

When you exchange the information, you can ask and answer as following:

Aspects The information

Regions

Major city: Provinces: Autonomous regions:

Area Land It has an area of __________square Kilometers. It is about ___________of the total area of the country.

Population

Resources Natural Resources

It is rich in ____________and it has_____________________________.

Tourism There are many museums, _______________ ________________________________________.

Sharing the answers in class:

Chongqing Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan, Qinghai,Guizhou

Tibet, Ningxia Hui, Xinjiang Uygur, Guangxi Zhuang, Inner Mongolia

5,400,000

Only 22.8 percent of the population of China lives in the West.

56 percent

oil and gasmany different kinds of minerals

ancient palaces, tombs, and caves, and many other beautiful places

True or false1. It includes two major cities. 2. There are 9,600,000 square kilometers in

western China.3. There are many mountains, highlands

and deserts.4. There are only 78.2 percent of the

population of China lives in Western China.

5. There are a lot of rivers and lakes in the West than in the East.

6. It is rich in oil and gas and it has many different kinds of minerals.

5,400,000

22.8

fewer

F

F

F

F

T

T

one major city

Aspects How to express Regions Area Land

Population

Resources Natural ResourcesTourism

Reading again and find out the expressions:

It includes…It has an area of … square kilometers.

… live(s) in... It has ….It is rich in … It has …There are …

Information about Western China How to express

one major city, six provinces and five autonomous regions

It includes…

5,400,000 It has an area of … square kilometers.

22.8 percent of population of China

… live(s) in… It has ...

oil, gasmany different kinds of minerals

It is rich in … It has …

many famous museums, ancient palaces, tombs, caves, many

other beautiful places

There are …

Using the expressions:

常住人口： 1633 万人北京面积： 16800 平方公里 北京下辖 16 个行政区和 2 个县 ( 密云，延庆）矿产：煤 (coal)

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