1、Module 1,Wonders of the world,Unit 2,The Grand Canyon,was not just big.,the Yellowstone National Park,Free talk,What do you know about these wonders?,Victoria Falls,the Terracotta Army,Three Gorges Dam,the Pyramids in Egypt,Presentation,sky n. 天空,grey adj. 灰色的; 陰沉的,Do you know these words?,silent ad

2、j. 寂靜的,sign n. 跡象；標(biāo)志,silver adj. 銀色的,stream n. 小河；小溪,canyon n. 峽谷,shine v. 照耀,beside reply clear fall away nearly on top of,prep. 在旁邊；在附近 v. 回答；答復(fù) v. (煙霧等)開始消失 突然向下傾斜 adv. 幾乎；差不多 在上面； 蓋住,1. Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you.,Reading and v

3、ocabulary,prep. 在下面；在以下,v. 照耀,n. 跡象；標(biāo)志；招牌,adj. 寂靜的,adj. 銀灰色的；銀制的,Listen and read,Nearly one mile.,About fifteen miles.,More than 200 miles.,2. Read the passage and complete the table.,True or false. 1. When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot. 2. I went to the wrong way at first. 3. The Colorad

4、o River was nearly three miles below me. 4. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.,T,F,F,F,Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you the opinion of the author, like wonderful,

5、 huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.,Learning to learn,3. Choose the correct answer. 1. Where does the passage most probably come from? a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. c) A dictionary. d) A storybook. 2. Why was there nothing to see? a) Because there was no

6、thing. b) Because it was too dark. c) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the morning.,3. Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon? a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West.,4. What is the writers purpose in writing this passage? a) To give facts about th

7、e natural world. b) To say how he feels about the natural world. c) To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon. d) To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.,4. Complete the passage with the words in the box.,In the dark, there is no (1) _ of the Grand Canyon, and it is (2) _. But if you

8、(3) _ by the Grand Canyon as the (4) _ gets brighter,sign,silent,remain,sky,and look down about one (5) _, you can see the Colorado River (6) _ you. It looks like a silver (7) _ as it passes (8) _ the rocks at the bottom of the canyon. If someone asks you whether the Grand Canyon is the greatest won

9、der of the natural world, it may be easy to (9) _.,mile,below,stream,through,reply,5. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.,I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. 我下了車，穿過一扇門，沿著一條黑暗的小路走著。 go through 通過，穿過；經(jīng)歷 e.g. The rain has g

10、one through my coat. The country has gone through too many wars.,拓展：go 相關(guān)詞組 go abroad 出國 go against 違背；與不符 go up 增長；上升；被興建起來 go on 繼續(xù)；繼續(xù)下去；發(fā)生 go over 復(fù)習(xí) ；仔細(xì)審查；走近 go ahead 進(jìn)行 go away 走開；消失go for 去取來；爭取得到,2. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. 我朝那片巖石望過去，但是一片寂靜，還是看不見它。 I

11、was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world- the Grand Canyon. 我在眺望自然界奇觀之一的大峽谷。,I looked down to the Colorado River 我俯瞰科羅拉多河 Finally, I looked to my left and to my right. 最后，我向左右遙望 look over 從上方看過去 look down 向下看 look to ones left/ right 朝某人的左側(cè)/左側(cè)看,拓展：look 相關(guān)詞組 look after 照料 look back

12、回顧，向后看 look in 順便來訪 look into 調(diào)查 look through 瀏覽 look over 翻閱；調(diào)查 look up 找出，查閱；仰視 look down upon sb. 輕視某人 look forward to doing 期待,3. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. 太陽從我身后升起，照在巖石上，地面(仿佛在隨光線)向下延伸，(逐漸)退落，顯露出谷底的河流。 behind, on, belo

13、w, away和down幾個(gè) 介詞和副詞生動地描寫了太陽升起時(shí),作者在大峽谷觀察到的奇妙景象。the ground fell away是形象化的描述，說明了隨著陽光的照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降，逐漸顯露出谷底的河流。,4. I remained by the canyon for about half an hour remain v. 逗留，留下 n. 剩余物；遺跡；殘骸 e.g. I didnt remain long in the city. 我并沒有在那個(gè)城市逗留很久。 The police told everybody to remain in their cars. 警察叫大家都

14、留在車?yán)铩?I have _ my watch everywhere. But I cannot find it. A. look at B. looked up C. looked for 2. The Xiamen-Shenzhen high speed railroad will run _ eight cities. A. across B. through C. over,中考鏈接,3. Please drive _ when you pass a school. OK. A. nearly B. early C. slowly D. really 4. The little ele

15、phant is afraid to go alone. He always walks _his mother. A. beside B. behind C. below D. under,5. The volunteer spoke as_ as she could to make the visitors understand her. A. clearly B. more clearly C. most clearly D. the most clearly 6. 他們正在建一條隧道，它將穿過這座山。 They are building a tunnel and it will _ the mountain.,go through,Imagine you have just visited one of the natural or man-made wonders. Write sentences and describe your experience. Say when you visited it. I just visited the Great Wall last month. Say w