Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just world 课件28张PPT

英语（外研版）
九年级上册
English
Module 1
Wonders of the world
Unit 2
The Grand canyon not just world
Do you know these wonders of the world?
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课堂导入
猛犸洞
贝加尔湖
冰河湾
珠穆朗玛峰
黄石公园
Victoria Falls
Seven wonders of the natural world
The Grand Canyon
美国大峡谷
The Colarado River
科罗拉多河
科罗拉多大峡谷
What was the writer’s feeling when he saw the full view of the wonder?
It was not just big. It was huge.
deep
wide
long
silver stream the Colorado River
The rock found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is around 2 billion years old
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课堂活动
Let’s read and discuss
1. Read the first paragraph and answer the question:
1.What did the writer do after he arrived?
He got out of the car, went through a gate, walked along a dark path and watched.
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1. Who appeared in front of me?
2. How soon will I get there?
2. Read the second paragraph and answer:
A stranger appeared beside the path.
I will get there in five minutes.
Which direction was the writer facing while he/she was looking over the Grand Canyon? How do you know?
A. South B. North C. East D. West
3. Read the first three paragraphs and answer:
Read the fourth paragraph and complete the table. (P 4)
The Grand Canyon
How deep

How wide

How long

Nearly one mile.
About fifteen miles.
More than 200 miles.
Read the passage again and choose the correct answer. (P 5)
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 nothing.
b) Because it was too dark.
c) Because it was raining.
d) Because it was in the morning.
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3. Which direction was the writer facing while he / she was looking over the Grand Canyon?
a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West.
4. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?
a) To give facts about the 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. Read silently and match the main information of each paragraph.
A. How I feel about the Grand Canyon.
Para. ___
B. When I arrived, there was nothing to see.
Para. ___
C. I realized I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon.
Para. ___
D. The Grand Canyon is not just big, but huge.
Para. ___
E. I asked a stranger the way before I came to some rocks.
Para. ___
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3
4
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In the dark, there is no 1____ of the Grand Canyon, and it is 2_____. But if you 3 _____ by the Grand Canyon as the 4___ gets brighter 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 wonder of the natural world, it may be easy to 9_____.
sign
silent
remain
sky
mile
below
stream
through
reply
below mile remain reply sign silent sky stream through
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Writing
When
I visited…last…
Where
It is in the … of …
Size
It is … meters high/wide/long/deep.
Interesting facts
It is famous for…
What happened
It was …(天气) when we were…
How you felt
I thought it was a … sight.
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Example:
I just visited Mount Qomolangma last month. It is in between China and Nepal.It is 8,844.3 metres high. Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first people to climb to the top. It was sunny when we were climbing.
I thought it was the most wonderful sight in the world.
It is better to travel a thousand miles than to read a thousand books.
读万卷书不如行万里路！
1. I got out of the car, went through a gate and…
我下了车，穿过一个门……
go through意为“穿过”，其中 through为介词，表示“从……的一边到另一边”，着重指从物体内部穿过或透过。
across 作介词时，也有“从……的一边到另一边”之意，但它着重指从物体表面横过。
Language points
1. The heavy rain has gone through my overcoat.
2. You’d better go through your handbag again. I think the key must be in it.
3. The two brothers went through a hard time as their parents had died in an accident.
通过、穿过
经历或遭受(不好的事情)
?仔细查看、检查
go through还有另外两个意思：
1) 仔细查看、检查?
2)?经历或遭受(不好的事情)
2. I looked down to the Colorado River about
2 kilometers below me.
我俯视着距我约两公里之遥的科罗拉多河。
look down 向下看
she looked up and smiled at me.
她抬起头来，冲我笑了笑。
look across 向对面看
look to one’s left 向某人左侧看
Look over there --- there’s a rainbow!
看那边！彩虹！
3. A great wonder of the natural world.
自然界的伟大奇观。
4. arrive in + 大地方
at + 小地方
get to + 地点名词
reach + 地点名词
他明天将到达北京。
He will ________________________ Beijing tomorrow.
arrive in/get to/reach
5. I get out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path.
我下了小汽车，穿过大门并沿着一条昏暗的小路往前走。
get out of the car 下车
get into the car 上车
get on the bus / train 上车
get off the bus / train 下车
6. walk along… 沿着……走,相当于go along
沿着这条街道走， 向右转， 你就可以找到它。
______________this street, turn right, and then you will find it.
7. There was nothing to see. 什么都看不见。
Walk / go along
8. beside prep. 在……旁边；在……附近。= next to.
这大楼在公园旁边。
This building is _____ the park.
besides prep. 除了…….之外（还有）。
除了唱英文歌曲外，还有很多有趣的方法来学习英语。
______ singing English songs, there are many other fun ways to learn English.
beside
Besides
9. in five minutes= five minutes later
10. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.
我望着它们，但一 片寂静，看不见它。
1）该句是并列句，由连词but连接，两句之间表转折关系。
2）look over 查看，检查，调查。
她正在查阅她的笔记。
She is __________ her notes.
looking over
本课出现了四个使用look短语的句子。
I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.
我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静，还是看不见它。
I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world — the Grand Canyon.
我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。
I looked down to the Colorado River…
我俯瞰科罗拉多河……
Finally, I looked to my left and to my right…
最后，我向左右遥望……
look over 从……上方看过去
look across 眺望；向对面看
look down 向下看
look to one’s left/ right 朝某人的左侧
/右侧看
1. 从......内出来/离开
2. 穿过
3. 在5分钟后
4. 从......上方看过去
5. 突然向下倾斜
6. 眺望; 向对面看
7. 自然界奇观之一
8. 向下看
9. 在......上面;盖住
10. 在......底部
11. 朝某人左/右侧看
12. 在两侧
get out of
go through
in five minutes
look over
fall away
look across
one of the wonders of natural....
look down
on top of
at the bottom of
look to one's left/right
on both sides
Key phrases
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课堂小结
1.We have learnt some reading skills by learning about the trip to the Grand Canyon.
2. We have learnt how to write about what you see and your feelings when travelling.
3. We have learnt some key words and useful expressions.
根据课文完成
I (1) ________ the east-the sky was becoming grey. I (2)_________ the car, (3)_____________
a gate and walked along a dark path. Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I was (4) _____________ one of the wonders of the natural world-the Grand Canyon.
If you (5) ___________ the Grand Canyon as the (6) sun____________and (7) __________ about one mile, you can see the Colorado River below you. It (8) ___________________ as it (9) _________________ the rocks (10) ________________________. If someone asks you (11) _________________________, it (12) _________________.
looked to
got out of
went through
looking across
remained by
gets brighter
look down
looks like a silver stream
passes through
at the bottom of the canyon
whether the Grand Canyon is...
may be easy to reply
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课堂训练
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