1、Module 1 Wonders of the world,Module 1 Its more than 2,000 years old.,the Giants Causeway,Enjoy some pictures of the wonders.,n.奇觀; 奇跡,Victoria Falls,natural adj. 大自然的,The Three Gorges Dam,man-made adj. 人造的,The Terracotta Army,TheGreatWall,The Pyramids of Egypt,The Empire State Building,Mount Qomola

2、ngma,Stonehenge,1, Match the names of the wonders with the pictures. a) The Terracotta Army b) The Three Gorges Dam c) The Giants Causeway d) Victoria Falls,Listening and vocabulary,1,2,3,4,a,b,c,d,2, Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.,1. Which two a

3、re natural wonders?,The Giants Causeway and Victoria Falls.,2. Which two are man-made wonders? 3. Which is an ancient wonder? 4. Which is a modern wonder?,The Terracotta Army and The Three Gorges Dam. The Terracotta Army. The Three Gorges Dam.,Listen and read,3. Listen and read.,Tony: Lets call Wond

4、ers of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giants Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder.,Lingling: Hmm, Ive never seen it, so Im not sure I agree with you. Why do you like it, Tony? Tony: Well, I visited the G

5、iants Causeway two years ago. Its huge. There are about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides. It runs for several hundred metres on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.,Jingling: That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. Its about 1,700 metres wide and

6、 100 metres high. You can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.,Betty: Wow, thats huge! But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones. Look at the Terracotta Army. Its more than 2,000 years old.,Daming: I agree with you, Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fanta

7、stic too. Its about 2,300 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It produces electricity for millions of people in China. Betty: Now, whod like to call first?,Check () the true sentences. 1. Tony thinks the Giants Causeway is the largest natural wonder. 2. Lingling thinks Victor

8、ia Falls is more fantastic than the Giants Causeway. 3. Betty and Daming are more interested in man-made wonders. 4. For Daming, the Three Gorges Dam is more fantastic than the Terracotta Army.,1. Where is the Giants Causeway? 2. How wide is Victoria Falls?,The Giants Causeway is on the eastern coas

9、t of Northern Ireland. Its about 1,700 metres wide.,Read the passage and answer the questions.,3. What wonders does Betty think are more exciting? 4. How old is the Terracotta Army?,Betty thinks that man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones. Its more than 2,000 years old.,Complete the ta

10、ble.,After Reading,40,000,six,eastern,Africa,1,700,100,2,000,2,300,185,15,electricity,1. Lets call Wonder of the World and join in the discussion. 我們給世界奇觀節(jié)目打電話，加入討論吧。 join in的意思是“參加某種活動; 加入到”。如: We all joined in the game. 我們都參與了游戲。,discussion 作名詞, 它是由動詞discuss 加后綴-ion而構成的, 意為“討論; 商討”。如: There will b

11、e a discussion about the differences between the two words in our class this afternoon. 小試: How many students joined in the _(discuss) last Sunday?,discussion,2. And I think the Giants Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder. 我認為巨人之路是最神奇的自然奇觀。 巨人之路位于英國北愛爾蘭東部海岸, 由大量多邊形石柱組成, 綿延數(shù)百米, 呈階梯狀延伸入海。1986

12、年, 巨人之路及其海岸(Giants Causeway and Causeway Coast)被聯(lián)合國教科文組織列入世界自然遺產(chǎn)名錄。,3. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. 聽起來很神奇，但我認為非洲的維多利亞瀑布更壯觀。 維多利亞瀑布位于非洲贊比西河中游, 贊比亞與津巴布韋接壤處, 是世界上最壯觀的瀑布之一。瀑布上的水霧形成的彩虹景色十分迷人, 瀑布的聲響可在數(shù)公里處聽到。因此, 當?shù)厝朔Q之為“莫西奧圖尼亞”, 意為“霹靂之霧”。,4. But in my o

13、pinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones. 但是, 在我看來, 人造奇觀比自然奇觀更激動人心。 本句中natural ones與man-made wonders相對應, ones代替前面提到的wonders。,in ones opinion表示“按某人的意見; 據(jù)某人看來”。如： Who, in your opinion, is the best football player in the world today? 在你看來, 誰是當今世界上最好的足球運動員？,5. though though 作連詞, 意為“雖

14、然; 盡管”, 常用來引導讓步狀語從句, 從句可放在主句前或主句后, 但不能與but 或however 出現(xiàn)在同一個句子中。如： Though he was tired, he went on working. Lucy often helps me with my English, though she is very busy.,【運用】從題后所給的四個選項中選擇可以填入空白處的最佳答案。 Grace is going to give much money to charity, _ she is not rich enough. (2013 烏魯木齊) A. if B. unless C

15、. since D. though,D,Complete the sentences with the words in the box.,1. In my _, natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. 2. Victoria Falls, about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high, is _.,opinion,huge,3. Lets join in the _ about the wonders of the world. 4. I think the Giants Ca

16、useway on the _ coast of Northern Ireland is a fantastic natural wonder. 5. To some degree, Lingling agrees with Tony about the Giants Causeway, _ she thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic.,discussion,eastern,though,1. 大峽谷是世界自然奇觀之一。(2010 廣東) The Grand Canyon is _ _ of the natural world. 2. 我認為這部電影中有太多的打斗。(in ones opinion) (2012 山東) _.,中考鏈接,In my opinion, theres too much fighting in the film.,one of the wonders,3. We should give the boy another chance _ he has made some mistakes. (