北师大初中英语八年级上--Unit3 10-1

[00:00.00]UNIT 3
[00:06.90]Lesson 10
[00:12.39]Exercise 1.1
[00:15.24]The Amazon River is 4,000 miles (6,400km) long.
[00:23.25]The Nile River is 4,160 miles (6,671km) long.
[00:33.25]The Nile is longer than the Amazon.
[00:37.25]The Sahara Desert covers 3.7 million square
[00:43.50]miles.(9.6 million square km)
[00:47.71]The Gobi Desert coves¹ 455,000 square miles
[00:54.23](1.2 million square km).
[00:58.62]The Sahara Desert is larger
[01:01.21]than the Gobi Desert.
[01:04.78]K2 is 28,251 feet (8,611) high.
[01:15.56]Mount² Qomolangma is 29,028 feet (8,848m) high
[01:26.56]Mount Qomolangma is higher than K2.
[01:31.19]Lake Baikal is 5,315 feet (1,620m) deep.
[01:41.16]The Caspian Sea is 3,227 feet (1,025m) deep.
[01:51.24]Lake Baikal is deeper than the Caspian Sea.
[01:59.71]Exercise 1.2
[02:02.25]Work it out
[02:04.38]Canada is very large
[02:06.59]but Russia is larger than Canada.
[02:10.43]The Yangtze River is longer
[02:13.29]than the Yellow River.
[02:15.70]Mount Kita in Japan is very high
[02:20.40]But Mount Fuji is higher than Mont Kita.
[02:25.11]The Pacific Ocean is larger
[02:28.46]than the Indian Ocean.
[02:32.16]The Nile is longer than the Mississippi.
[02:32.16]

1 coves   

n.小海湾( cove的名词复数 )；家伙

参考例句：

• Grenada's unique layout includes many finger-like coves, making the island a popular destination. 格林纳达独特的地形布局包括许多手指状的洞穴，使得这个岛屿成为一个受人欢迎的航海地。 来自互联网

2 mount   

n.山峰，乘用马，框，衬纸；vi.增长，骑上（马）；vt.提升，爬上，装备

参考例句：

• Their debts continued to mount up.他们的债务不断增加。
• She is the first woman who steps on the top of Mount Jolmo Lungma.她是第一个登上珠穆朗玛峰的女人。