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Module 1 Unit 1 It's more than 2,000 years old.
外研版九年级上册
Learning objectives
1. Be able to correctly identify and use the general present tense and the general past tense.
2. Learn to briefly describe a world wonder with which you are familiar and express your views.
3. Love science and explore unknown mysteries.
Lead in
Look and say
Do you know any wonders of the world
Have you ever visited any wonders of the world
the Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland
Name:
Facts:
huge, there are about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides
Location:
巨人之路
Lead in
Victoria Falls
维多利亚瀑布
Name:
Facts:
Africa
It’s about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.
Location:
Lead in
the Three Gorges Dam
三峡大坝
Name:
Facts :
Location:
China
It’s about 2,300 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top.
Lead in
the Terracotta Army
兵马俑
Name:
Facts:
Location:
China
It’s more than 2,000 years old.
Lead in
nature n. 自然，大自然
naturally adv. 自然地
拓展：
串记：
I don’t think it is a good idea to visit the city in winter, which is famous for natural scenery.
It’s natural that people are crazy about the beauty of the nature and naturally amazed at them.
例句：
adj. 大自然的
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Guilin is a wonderful place. No wonder Guilin Scenery is a natural wonder. I wonder if they have been to Guilin.
串记：
(1) 作不可数名词，意为“惊讶；惊奇；惊叹”，常用结构 It’s no wonder that...意为“……不足为奇”
(2) 作及物动词，意为“想知道；想弄明白”，后接 what, where, why 等引导的宾语从句。
讲解：
n. 奇观；奇迹
wonderful adj. 精彩的；绝妙的；使人愉快的
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v. + -(s)ion 构成对应的名词形式：
educate v. 教育→ education n. 教育
decide v. 决定→ decision n. 决定
act v. 行动→ action n. 行动
express v. 表达→ expression n. 表达connect v. 连接→ connection n. 连接
拓展：
have a discussion with sb.
about/on sth. 与某人讨论某事
构成：
例句：
Our monitor wants to have a discussion about the sports meeting with us.
n. 讨论；商讨
discuss v. 讨论；商讨
短语：
discuss + 名词后缀 -ion
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例句：
We can find the plant growing on the eastern slopes of the mountain.
adj. 在东边的；来自东边的
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注意：
例句：
引导让步状语从句，可与although 互换。though 引导的从句可位于句首，也可位于句末。
讲解：
The old lady was worried, though she noticed the smile on his face.
though/although 不能与 but 同时出现在一个句子中，但与 yet 或 still 可以。
conj. 虽然；但是
Reading aloud does not mean shouting loudly, but reading in a loud voice with feelings.
辨析：
串记：
loud: adj.大声的；adv. 大声地，侧重表示声音响亮。常与动词 talk, speak, shout, laugh 等连用。
loudly: adv. 大声地 ，侧重声音高、喧闹、不悦耳，让人感到厌烦。
aloud: adv. 出声地；大声地，强调“出声”让人听见，但声音并不一定大。常与 read, say 等词连用。
adj. （声音）响亮的
loud, loudly 与 aloud
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例句：
in one’s opinion 按某人的意见；据某人看来
短语：
The teacher encourages you to ask questions or show your own opinions.
In my opinion, free time activities are good for children.
n. 看法；主张
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more than+名词 不仅仅是
more than+形容词 很；非常
拓展：
例句：
less than 不到；少于
反义词：
Xiangyang is a beautiful city with the history of more than 2,800 years.
超过
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It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
例句：
n. 电
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拓展：约数和确数的表达
例句：
Himalayas Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children.
(1) 约数：hundreds/thousands/
millions/billions of +可数名词复数
(2) 确数：基数词+ hundred/thousand/
million/billion +可数名词复数
大量的；无数的
（后接可数名词复数，表示约数）
Let’s do
Match the names of the wonders with the pictures on the right and on the next page.
a) The Terracotta Army
b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway
d) The Victoria Falls
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Let’s do
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
1. Which two are natural wonders
2. Which two are man-made wonders
3. Which is an ancient wonder
4. Which is a modern wonder
①
②
③
④
②
④
Now listen and check.
Let’s do
Answer the following questions.
2. How many wonders are they talking about
Four.
It's about th e Wonders of the World.
What is the dialogue talk about
Listening
Tony: Let's call Wonders of the World and join in the
discussion. I think natural wonders are more
interesting than man-made ones. And I think
the Giant's Causeway is the most fantastic
natural wonder.
Lingling: Hmm, I've never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree
with you. Why do you like it, Tony
Tony: Well, I visited the Giant's Causeway two years
ago. It's 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.
Listen again and read:
Listening
Lingling: That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is
even more fantastic. It's about 1,700 metres wide and 100
metres high. You can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.
Betty: Wow, that's huge! But in my opinion, man-made wonders are
more exciting than natural ones. Look at the Terracotta Army.
It's more than 2,000 years old.
Daming: I agree with you, Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is
fantastic too. It's 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, who'd like to call first
Listening
Now check (√) the true sentences.
2. Lingling thinks the Victoria Falls are 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.
√
√
1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the
largest natural wonder.
Listening
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’s on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.
It is about 1,700 metres wide.
She thinks man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
It’s more than 2,000 years old.
Answer the questions.
1. Let’s call Wonders of the World and join in the
iscussion.
①此处的wonder 是可数名词，意为“奇观；奇迹”。
现代科学的奇迹
the wonder of modern science
Language points
② wonder 还可以作动词，意为“想知道”，常用
句型 “I wonder + 宾语从句”意为“我想知道……”
例句：我想知道这长城有多长。
I wonder how long the Great Wall is.
Language points
2. opinion
in my opinion 就我看来
opinion n. 看法；主张
按某人的意见，据某人看来：in one’s opinion
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millions of 大量的，无数的，数百万的
联想：hundred, thousand, million, billion
(1)如“三百个学生”，表示确切 数目时，与具体
数字连用，后______s.
(2)意为“数以……计的”，表示不确切的数目时，
常与of构成短语，后_____s.
3. It produces electricity for millions of people.
不加
加
Language points
Retell
Tony and his friends are talking about __________________. Tony thinks _______ wonders are more interesting than _________ ones. He visited the Giant’s Causeway two years ago. He thinks it is the most _______ natural wonder. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls in Africa is even _______ fantastic. But in Betty’s _______, man-made wonders are more _______ than natural ones. Daming thinks so.
man-made
fantastic
more
opinion
exciting
wonders of the world
natural
Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then try to retell it.
Exercise
Exercise
单词拼写，每空限一词
The Great Wall is one of the __________(奇迹) of the world.
2. I don’t think this building is more________(古老的) than that one.
3. The ________ (高度) of the building is 10 metres.
4.The sun ________ (升起) in the east every day.
5. ________ (自然的) means something is not made by people.
wonders
ancient
height
rises
Natural
根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词。
1. 长城是世界上一个伟大的人造奇观。
The Great Wall is a great __________ ________.
2. 我想知道他们在这里干什么。
I ________ ________ they are doing here.
3. 我们上个月参加了校运会。
We ______ ______ the sports meeting last month.
man-made wonder
wonder what
joined in
Exercise
Exercise
4. 我们将会开展一个关于如何提高英语的讨论。
We’re going to _____ ___ ___________ on how
to improve English.
5. 在我看来，古代奇观是最激动人心。
_____ _____ _________, ancient wonders are the
most exciting.
have a discussion
In my opinion
Listening
Listen and mark the pauses.
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 are even more fantastic.
3. In my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
Now listen again and repeat.
Pair Work
Work in pairs. Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.
——Which wonder of the world would you like to visit
——I’d like to visit the Giant’s Causeway
because I love wild places by the sea.
Pair Work
A: Which wonder of the world would you like to visit
B: I’d like to visit the Great Wall because it's very old and great.
A: I’d like to visit Lake Baikal because I think it’s very beautiful.
For example:
Key words:
man-made, natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, wow, opinion
交际用语:
in one’s opinion, more than, millions of
Key phrases:
I’m not sure ... In my opinion…
Look at … Who’d like to …
Summary
Homework
1. Which wonder of the world would you like to visit Write some sentences about it.
2. Preview Unit 2.
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