M1 Wonders of the world
Unit 1 It's more than 2000 years old. 课件(共39张PPT及音频)
Learning objectives
1. To be able to understand the conversation about natural wonders and man-made wonders of the world.
2. To be able to introduce the wonders of the world by finding out the framework and filling in the information.
3. To be able to introduce a wonder of the world involving different tenses.
Warm up
the Giant’s Causeway
Enjoy some pictures of the wonders.
n.奇观；奇迹
the Great Wall
Victoria Falls
the Three Gorges Dam
the Terracotta Army
Discussion
Which ones are man-made
Which ones are natural
adj.人造的
adj.大自然的
n.讨论；商讨
Listen and match
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a) The Terracotta Army
b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway
d) Victoria Falls
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2
3
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c
b
d
a
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
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1. Which two are natural wonders
2. Which two are man-made wonders
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
The Giant’s Causeway and Victoria Falls.
The Terracotta Army and The Three Gorges Dam.
3. Which is an ancient wonder
4. Which is a modern wonder
The Terracotta Army.
The Three Gorges Dam.
Now listen and check.
Check (√) the true sentences.
1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the largest natural wonder.
2. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic than the Giant’s 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.
√
√
most fantastic
as
as
Read the passage and answer the questions.
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1. Where is the Giant’s Causeway
2. How wide is Victoria Falls
3. What wonders does Betty think are more exciting
4. How old is the Terracotta Army
It is on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.
Victoria Falls is about 1,700 metres wide.
Betty thinks man-made wonders are more exciting.
The Terracotta Army is more than 2,000 years old.
Read again and fill in the blanks.
Wonders Features
The Giant’s Causeway ______ rocks, ____ sides, on the ________ coast of Northern Ireland
Victoria Falls in ______, ______ metres wide,_____ metres high
40,000
six
eastern
Africa
1,700
100
Wonders Features
The Terracotta Army more than ______ years old
The Three Gorges Dam ______ metres long, _____ metres high, ____ metres wide, produce _________
2,000
2,300
185
15
electricity
[观察1] Which two are natural wonders
哪两个是自然奇观？
[探究] wonder作________(可数/不可数)名词，表示“奇观；奇迹”。
[拓展]
可数
I wonder that he didn't hurt himself jumping over that wall.
我纳闷他怎么从那面墙上跳过去竟没摔伤自己。
I wonder if you can help me.
不知您是否能帮我的忙？
活学活用
(1)[2018·泰州改编]The Hong Kong Zhuhai Macao Bridge is one of the “seven ________(奇迹) of the modern world”.
(2)[2018·广州]我想知道明天我们在哪里见面。
I wonder ________ ________ ________ meet tomorrow.
wonders
where we will
[观察2] That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. 那听起来很神奇，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。
[探究] though作连词，意为“虽然；但是”，相当于although，引导让步状语从句，放在主句前后均可，不能与________连用。
Though/Although they are poor, they are happy.
＝They are poor, but they are happy.
虽然他们贫穷，但他们很快乐。
but
[拓展] even though意为“尽管”，引导让步状语从句。
He went out even though it was raining.
尽管在下雨，他还是出去了。
活学活用
[2019·重庆] He could find the way home _______ he was only three years old.
A．though B．because
C．where D．if
A
[观察3] It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
它发的电供中国数百万人使用。
[探究] millions of意为“大量的；无数的”。当hundred, thousand, million, billion等前面有具体数字修饰，表示“确数”时，它们要用________形式；当这些词前面没有具体数字修饰，表示“概数”时，需要在其后加 s并和介词________连用。
单数
of
I was born in a small village with only three hundred people.
我出生在一个只有300人的小村子里。
The population of his city is about 3 million.
他所在的城市有大约300万人口。
This new medical treatment may save millions of lives.
这种新的内科疗法或许会拯救数百万人的生命。
活学活用
[2019·郴州]Every year, ________ books are given away to the poor children in the countryside.
A．thousand
B．thousands of
C．thousand of
B
[观察4] Hmm, I've never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree with you. 嗯，我从未见过它(巨人之路)，所以我不确定是否同意你的看法
[探究] be sure的常见搭配：
be sure＋that从句 确信…… I'm sure that I can pass the exam.
我确信我能通过这次考试。
be sure to do sth. 必定/准会做某事 (主语为人或物) The exhibition is sure to be popular.
这场展览肯定受欢迎。
be sure of/about sth. 对某事有把握 (主语为人) He is sure of/about his success.
他对成功有把握。
[观察5] It's about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.
它大约1700米宽，100米高。
[探究] 表示“物体长、宽、高、深”的句型：主语＋be＋基数词＋量词(metre/kilometre等)＋形容词(long/wide/high/deep)。
The bridge is about 2 kilometres long.
这座桥长约2千米。
活学活用
汉译英
这个湖大约15米深。
_____________________________________________
The lake is about 15 metres deep.
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
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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 ______.
3. Let’s join in the _________ about the wonders of the world.
discussion eastern huge opinion though
opinion
huge
discussion
4. I think the Giant’s Causeway on the ________ coast of Northern Ireland is a fantastic natural wonder.
5. To some degree, Lingling agrees with Tony about the Giant’s Causeway, ________ she thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic.
discussion eastern huge opinion though
eastern
though
Listen and mark the pauses.
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1. I’ve never seen it, so I’m not sure I agree with you.
2. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
3. In my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
Now listen again and repeat.
Work in pairs. Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.
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Which wonder of the world you like to visit
I’d like to visit the Giant’s Causeway because I love wild places by the sea.
Let students fill in chart and talk with their partners.
Wonders Location Why do you want to visit
the Great Wall China It has very long history.
一、根据句意及汉语提示写出正确的单词
1．The boy is reading a book about ________ (奇观) of the world.
2．Many visitors come here to enjoy the ________ (大自然的) scenery every year.
3．Miss Yao's voice is ________ (响亮的) and we can hear her words clearly in class.
wonders
natural
loud
Exercise
4．—My mobile phone is out of __________ (电). Can I use yours
—Sure! Here you are.
5．Lake Volta is a world famous ___________(人造的) lake.
electricity
man made
二、用方框中所给短语的适当形式填空
6．________________， this book is not interesting.
7．________________ the screen, please!
8．The military parade of the 70th anniversary of the founding of PRC(国庆七十周年大阅兵) was watched by ________________ people in the world.
millions of, more than, in my opinion, on the eastern coast, look at
In my opinion
Look at
millions of
9．I have known him for ____________twenty years.
10．I think the Giant's Causeway __________________ of Northern Ireland is a fantastic wonder.
more than
on the eastern coast
GOOD JOB
