牛津深圳版八年级上册Unit1 Amazing things More practice课件(共20张PPT)

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Unit
1
Encyclopaedias
More practice
Can you call out the name of these places of interest
The Merlion
(Singapore)
Hong Kong Ocean Park
Chimelong Water Park
Warming-up
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More practice
More practice
Australia is a very big country. It also has many big attractions.
Read the following encyclopaedia article about big attractions in Australia.
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Read the first part of the article and complete the table.
The Big Banana
When was the Big Banana made
Where is it
Who made it
Why was it made
Read the second part and answer some questions.
Why are merinos important to the farmers in Australia
What can you find inside the Big Merino
What can you do inside the Big Merino’s head
Answer the questions below.
attract v. 吸引
attractive adj. 有吸引力的
The government is trying to attract industry into this area.
attractive countryside
Notes
1. attraction n. 吸引，吸引人的事物
2. in dry weather 在干燥的气候中
在潮湿的气候中
in humid weather
3. be important to sb. 对某人而言重要
对我而言没有什么比家人更重要了。
Nothing could be more important to me than my family.
4. climb up 攀登， 爬
They climbed up into the loft of an old barn.
Notes
1. The Canton Tower is now a big a______
for tourists.
2. Hong Kong is a city with many wonderful
h______ for ships to stay in.
3. There are many t______ of fishes in the deep ocean.
4. If you get to the top of Tai Mountain, you
can get a v______ of places far away.
5. The light comes in t______ the window.
ttraction
arbours
ypes
iew
hrough
Exercise 1
1. The visitors _______________ places of interest and shared them with their friends.
2. This kind of silk __________ Suzhou.
3. Water ______________ people, so people usually live along rivers.
4. It’s difficult for you to ____________ the top of the building with such a heavy bag.
be made in take pictures of
be important to climb up to
took pictures of
is made in
is important to
climb up to
Exercise 2
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Culture corner
The First Edition
volume
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica is a world-famous encyclopaedia. It is the oldest English-language encyclopaedia. The first edition was published in 1768, and since then there have been 15 editions. The 15th edition is made up of 32 volumes. Together they contain about 40 million words on half a million topics.
Today there is a DVD edition of the Britannica. You can also find it online.
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Culture corner
world-famous 闻名世界的
be made up of 由…组成
contain 包含
This is the guide word at the top of each page.
The subjects are usually in alphabetical order.
按字母顺序
Sometimes an encyclopaedia tells us where to look for more information on a similar subject. 关于一个相似的主题
student times 3rd
A In which volumes can you find information about the following topics Write the correct volume numbers in the blanks.
Brains _________
Seas _________
Computers _________
Weather _________
France _________
Pandas ___
VOL. 1
VOL. 6
VOL. 1
VOL. 7
VOL. 2
VOL. 5
Study skills
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in alphabetical order
1 Elephants _____
2 Sound _____
3 The Stone Age _____
4 Opera _____
5 Pianos _____
6 Light _____
7 Qin Shihuang _____
h Trees _____
B In which of the encyclopaedias below can you find information on the following topics Write the correct letters in the blanks.
a
b
c
d
d
a/b
c
b
b
a
c
d
1 Find information on dogs. ____________
2 Find information on the invention of numbers.
____________
3 Talk about festivals in China. ____________
4 Write a passage on the history of computers. ____________
C Below are some instructions. Which word in each instruction tells
you which topic to look up in an encyclopaedia
dogs
numbers
festivals/China
computers