Understandingcultures&Self-check&FunTimeUnit8KnowingtheworldUnderstandingculturesTheearth—ouronlyhome1Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.Theearthisaspecialplanet.Itisourhomenow,anditwillbeourhomeinthefuture.“在將來”，一般將來時的標志詞。Butpeoplecan’tliveeverywhereontheearth.Wecan’tliveinwater.Oceanscovertwothirdsoftheearth’ssurface.Theearthhasonlyonebigocean,butweusethesenamesforitsdifferentparts:thePacificOcean,theIndianOcean,theAtlanticOcean,andtheArcticOcean.use...for...意為“用……做……”O(jiān)nlyaboutonethirdofourplanetisland.Therearesevencontinents:Asia,Africa,Oceania,Antarctica,Europe,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica.Somelandisrichwithgreenforests,freshwater,andgoodsoil.Butsomeplacesaredifficultforhumanstolivebecauseofthesnowandice,thedeserts,orthehighmountains.Theearthisouronlyhome.Wemusttreatitwellforourchildrenandforourchildren’schildren,too!淡水“因為”，其后跟名詞、代詞或動詞-ing形式。treat...well意為“善待……”。ADoyouagreethatthereisonlyoneoceanontheearth?BHowmanycontinentsarethereintheworld?Whatarethey?CWhichcontinentisfullofsnowandiceallyearround?Yes,Ido.Therearesevencontinents.TheyareAsia,Africa,Oceania,Antarctica,Europe,NorthAmerica,andSouthAmerica.Antarctica.2Readthepassageagainand

marktheoceansand

continentsonthemap.A.thePacificOceanB.theIndianOceanC.theAtlanticOcean

D.theArcticOceanE.AsiaF.AfricaG.OceaniaH.AntarcticaI.EuropeJ.NorthAmericaK.SouthAmerica3Eachcontinenthasitsfeatures.Writethenamesofthecontinents.___________Chinaisonthiscontinent.___________Manyelephants,giraffes,zebras,andlionsliveonthiscontinent.___________Canada,Mexico,andtheUSarethreeofthecountriesonthiscontinent.AsiaAfricaNorthAmerica___________TheSouthPoleisonthiscontinent.___________Youcanfindkoalasandkangaroosthere.___________YoucanseetheAmazonRiveronthiscontinent.___________BigBenandEiffelTowerareonthiscontinent.Whatotherinterestingfactsdoyouknow?AntarcticaOceaniaSouthAmericaEuropeSelf-check自我檢測·Icantalkaboutmmajorcountriesintheworld:我可以談談世界上的主要國家：·Chinahasalonghistoryandrichculture.中國歷史悠久，文化豐富?！ussiagoesacrossEuropeandAsia.俄羅斯橫跨歐洲和亞洲?！fricanlionsarefamous.非洲獅子很有名?！ashingtonD.C.isthecapitalcityoftheUS.華盛頓特區(qū)是美國的首都?！knowsomefamouslandscapesandtheweatheraroundtheworld:我知道世界各地一些著名的風景和天氣：·Therearemanydifferentlandscapesaroundtheworld:rivers,mountains,forests,waterfalls,deserts...世界各地有許多不同的風景：河流、山脈、森林、瀑布、沙漠……·Thetemperatureis—10℃.氣溫為-10℃?！canmakeacountryprofilewithmygroupandintroduceittotheclass:我可以和我的小組成員一起制作一個國家的簡介，并將其介紹給全班同學：·...isabeautifulcountry.……是一個美麗的國家。·It’sin...它在……·Itscapitalcityis...它的首都是……·Peoplespeak...人們說……·Improvementneeded:需要改進的地方：FunTimeEastwegoStartathome.Eastwego.Crosstheocean,ToJapa