Listening&SpeakingUnit8OurBluePlanetBigQuestion:Whyiswaterimportant?Inthisunit,youwilllearnto:talkabouttheimportanceofwater.understandtheimportanceofsavingwater.useathinkingmaptoidentifythemainideaanddetails.usethereadingstrategyofvisualizing.designaposterforaspecialdayoftheearth.學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)Tolearnaboutdifferentwaterscapes.Tolistenandtalkaboutthegeographicallocation,lengthandotherinformationofdifferentwaterscapes.新課講授FreeTalkDoyouknowthesefamouswaterscapes?a.ThePacificOceanb.Niagara

Fallsc.The

Nile

Riverd.LakeBaikale.The

Bohai

SeaActivity1A.

Matchtheplaces(a-e)withthepicturesontheright.Pre-listeninga.ThePacificOceanb.Niagara

Fallsc.The

Nile

Riverd.LakeBaikale.The

Bohai

SeaB.Readthedescriptionsandchoosethecorrectplaces.Pre-listening___1.It

is

a

99-meter-high

waterfall

in

North

America.___2.It

is

6,671

kilometers

long.It

runs

through

eastern

Africa.___3.It'sanoldfreshwaterlakeontheearth.Itisover

25million

years

old.___4.Itisaninland

sea

in

the

north-east

of

China.___5.It

is

very

large

and

deep.It

is

one

ofthe

four

oceans

on

the

earth.bcdeaa.ThePacificOceanb.Niagara

Fallsc.The

Nile

Riverd.LakeBaikale.The

Bohai

SeaDoyouknowmoreaboutthesefamouswaterscapes?ThePacificOcean(太平洋)?Itisthelargestoceanintheworld.?Itcoversmorethan60millionsquaremiles.?Itcontainsmorethanhalfoftheworld'soceanwater.NiagaraFalls（尼亞加拉大瀑布）?Itisoneofthemostfamouswaterfallsintheworld.?ItislocatedontheborderbetweentheUnitedStatesandCanada.?Itisknownforitspowerfulandbeautifulwaterfalls.TheNileRiver（尼羅河）?Itisthelongestriverintheworld.?ItflowsthroughnortheasternAfrica.?ItisamajorsourceofwaterforEgyptandSudan.LakeBaikal（貝加爾湖）?Itistheworld'sdeepestandoldestlake.?ItislocatedinSiberia,Russia.?Itcontainsabout20%oftheworld'sfreshsurfacewater.TheBohaiSea（渤海）?ItisaninlandseainnortheasternChina.?ItisapartoftheWesternPacificOcean.?Itisanimportantfishingareaandahubformaritimeactivity.C.Pairwork.Listenandrepeat,andthenreplacethepartsinboldandpracticewithyourpartner.Listening&SpeakingKangkang,whatdo

youknow

about

theNile

River?How

long

is

it?It

runsthrough

eastern

Africa.It's

6,671kilometers

long.Languagepoints☆

How

long

is

it?1)how

long意為“多長”,用來對物體的長度提問，

也可以對時間的長短提問。e.g.—How

long

is

the

Yellow

River?—It's5,464kilometers

long.—Howlongdoesittakeyoutoget

to

school

from

your

home?—It

takes

me

about20minutes.2)在英語中,表達(dá)物體的長、寬、高等概念時,可用“數(shù)字+單位+long/wide/high

(tall)

等形容詞”來表示。e.g.LiMingisabout1.8metestall.e.g.Ourclassroomis7meterswideand9meterslong.LanguagepointsReplacethepartsinboldandpracticewithyourpartner.Listening&SpeakingKangkang,whatdo

youknow

about

...?How

long

is

it?It

runsthrough

...It's

...

long.Activity2

Listentotheconversationandcompletethetable.Listening&SpeakingThe________River※________kilometerslong※A________riverofChina※About___kilometerswideatsomeplacesYellow5,464mother20Listenagainandcheckyouranswers.Li

Xiang:Lingling,look

at

the

map.What

is

this

river

called?Lingling:Oh,wecall

it

the

Yellow

River.Li

Xiang:Can

you

tell

me

more

about

it?

Lingling:It's5,464

kilometers

long.Li

Xiang:Over

five

thousand

kilometers?It's

really

a

long

river.

Lingling:Yes.It

is

a

mother

river

of

China.Li

Xiang:Yes.We

all

know

the

Yellow

River

is

one

of

ourmother

rivers.Lingling:Doyouknowhowwideitis?At

some

places,it

is

as

wide

as

about

20

kilometers.

Li

Xiang:Wow!That's

amazing!Listening&SpeakingLanguagepoints☆

Oh,wecall

it

the

Yellow

River.call

v.

給…命名；稱呼；把……叫做callsb./sth.+名字

叫……名字；給......打電話；打電話叫......e.g.TheydecidedtocallthebabyMark.e.g.MybrothercalledmefromSpainlastnight.e.g.I'llcallataxiforyou.=I'llcallyouataxi.n.打電話；電話givesb/makeacall

給某人打電話Practicetheconversationwithyourpartner.Listening&SpeakingLi

Xiang:Lingling,look

at

the

map.What

is

this

river

called?Lingling:Oh,wecall

it

the

Yellow

River.Li

Xiang:Can

you

tell

me

more

about

it?

Lingling:It's5,464kilometerslong.Li

Xiang:Over

five

thousand

kilometers?It's

really

a

long

river.

Lingling:Yes.It

is

a

mother

river

of

China.Li

Xiang:Yes.WeallknowtheYellowRiverisoneofourmotherrivers.Lingling:Doyouknowhowwideitis?At

some

places,itisaswideasabout

20

kilometers.

Li

Xiang:Wow!That's

amazing!Lookatthepictureandtalkabout

HuangguoshuWaterfall.Theexpressions

intheboxmay

helpyou.Activity3Pairwork.Listening&SpeakingUsefulExpressions

inGuizhou,Chinaabout

100meterswide

about80meters

highSampleTheHuangguoshuWaterfallislocatedinGuizhouProvince,China,andisoneofthemostfamouswaterfallsinthecountry.Itisapproximately100meterswideandabout80metershigh,withwatercascadingdowntocreateamagnificentsight.Lifeislikewater,it'sfluidandcantakemanyshapes.Withoutwater,therewouldbenolife.Wateristhesource