外研版九年级上Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 教案

Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old.
I. Teaching aims
1. To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening;
2. To know something about The Terracotta Army, The Three Gorges Dam, The Giant’s Causeway and Victoria Falls;
3. To understand conversations involving different tenses.
II. Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: man-made, natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, wow, opinion, in one’s opinion, more than, electricity, millions of
2. Key structures: Sentence structure
III. Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP , video
IV. Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Show some pictures of the wonders of the world.
2. Enjoy and talk something about the pictures.
3. Show some pictures to introduce the new words.
4. Learn the new words.
5. Read the words after the teacher.
Step 2 Match the name.
Match the names of the wonders with the pictures.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures.
2. Read through the names of the wonders.
a) The Terracotta Army b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway d) Victoria Falls
3. Match the names of the wonders with the pictures.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Step 3 Answer the questions.
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity1.
2. Ask the students to read through the words in the box.
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
3. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 2.
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
4. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
5. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
6. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
7. Now listen and check.
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Ask the students to listen and read the conversation silently.
2. 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.
3. Ask the students to read the passage and finish Activity 4.
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
4. Read the passage and put the sentences into the right order.
A. How I feel about the Grand Canyon.
B. The Grand Canyon was not just big, but huge.
C. I realised I was looking across the Grand Canyon.
D. When I arrived, there was nothing to see.
E. I asked a stranger the way before I came to some rocks.
5. After Reading: Complete the table.
Wonders
The Giant’s Causeway ______ rocks, ____ sides, on the ______ coast of Northern Ireland
Victoria Falls in ______, ______ metres wide, _____ metres high
The Terracotta Army more than ______ years old
The Three Gorges Dam ______ metres long, _____ metres high, ____ metres wide, produce _________
Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking: Listen and mark the pauses.
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
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.
3. Ask the students to listen and mark the pauses.
4. Now listen again and repeat.
Step 6 Language points
1. Let’s call Wonder of the World and join in the discussion.
我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话，加入讨论吧。
wonder n. 奇观；奇迹 (可数名词)
e.g. The pyramids are one of the wonders of the world.
金字塔是世界奇迹之一。
拓展
wonder vt. 想知道 =want to know
后面常常跟由when，where，why等引导的宾语从句，从句的语序要用陈述句语序。
e.g. The teacher wonders why the little girl doesn’t like learning maths.
老师想知道为什么小女孩不喜欢学数学。
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1) 中国有许多伟大的奇迹。
China has a lot of great ________.
2) 老师想知道约翰今天早上为什么迟到。
The teacher ________ ________ John was late this morning.
Keys: 1) wonders 2) wonders why
discussion n. “讨论; 商讨”。
have a discussion with sb. “与某人讨论”
discuss v.
discuss sth. with sb.
表示“与某人讨论某事”。
【语境应用】
Ⅰ. 词汇运用
We’ll have an interesting ________ (discuss) about music tomorrow.
Ⅱ. 完成句子
1) 我不知道如何学习英语，我想和你们讨论一下。
I don’t know how to learn English. I’d like to have _____________________.
2) 今天上午马丽和她的朋友们讨论了假期计划。
This morning Ma Li _______________________________________.
Keys: Ⅰ. discussion Ⅱ. 1) a discussion with you 2) discussed holiday plans with her friends
2. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
听起来很神奇，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。
though conj. 虽然; 尽管
用来引导让步状语从句, 从句可放在主句前或主句后, 但不能与but或however 出现在同一个句子中。
e.g. Though he was tired, he went on working.
虽然他很累，还是继续工作。
Lucy often helps me with my English, though she is very busy.
尽管露西很忙，她还是经常帮我学习英语。
【语境应用】单项选择。
Little Jack has learned to do lots of things on his own, _______ he is only four years old.
A. if B. though C. for D. since
Key: B
3. But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
但是, 在我看来, 人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。
opinion n. 看法；主张 (多作可数名词)
in one’s opinion 按某人的意见; 据某人看来
本句中natural ones与man-made wonders相对应, ones代替前面提到的wonders。
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1) 你的观点是什么呢？
____________________________________________
2) 依我看，你最好再等十分钟。
____________________________________________________
Keys: 1) What's your opinion 2) In my opinion, you'd better wait another ten minutes.
4. It’s more than 2000 years old.
它有2000多年的历史了。
1) more than + 形容词 十分……；非常……
2) more than + 数词 超过……
e.g. more than ten people 超过十个人
3) more than + 名词 不仅仅是……；不只是……
e.g. My trip to Beijing is more than sightseeing.
我的北京之行不只是观光而已。
5. It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
它为中国数百万的人口供电。
millions of：数百万的，表示一个不确切的、大概的数目，其后通常接可数名词的复数形式。
e.g. There are millions of living things on the earth.
地球上有成千上万的生物。
It’s terrible that millions of people have lost their jobs because of the war.
因为战争，数百万人失去了工作，这太可怕了。
【链接】
hundred, thousand, billion等也有这样的用法，即构成相应的of短语：hundreds of (数百的)、thousands of (数千的)、 billions of (数十亿的)。
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
每天数百万的人们用微博分享信息。
_________ _________ people use micro blog to share messages every day.
Key: millions of
Step 7 Work in pairs.
1. Read through the example with the class.
—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.
New 7 Wonders of the World
Great Wall of China
Petra (Jordan) 约旦佩特拉古城
Chichen Itza (Mexico) 墨西哥金字塔
The Roman Colosseum (Italy) 意大利斗兽场
Machu Picchu (Peru) 秘鲁马丘比丘遗址　
Taj Mahal 印度泰姬陵
Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)巴西基督像
2. Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.
3. Work in pairs.
Step 8 Exercises: Complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read through the words in the box in Activity 5.
discussion eastern huge opinion though
2. Read through the sentences in Activity 5.
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.
4) I think the Giant’s Causeway on the _____________ coast of Northern Ireland is a fantastic natural wonder.
5) To some degree, Lingling agree with Tony about the Giant’s Causeway, _________ she thinks Victoria Falls are more fantastic.
3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Step 9 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境及所给汉语提示语写出所缺单词。
1. Without _______ (电), people can't do many things.
2. Shanghai and Hangzhou are _______ (在东边的) cities of China.
3. There will be several _______ (讨论) about the travel next week.
4. _______ (虽然) it rained heavily, nobody was late for school today.
Ⅱ. 根据语境用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. Ann's voice is much _______ (loud) than Mary's.
2. I love the animals and plants in the _______ (nature) world.
3. My sister and I have different _______ (opinion) about the book.
4. There are two man-made _______ (wonder) in Lisa's town.
Ⅲ. 根据括号内的要求完成下列各题，每空一词。
1. Huangguoshu Falls is in Guizhou. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ Huangguoshu Falls
2. The tower is about 150 years old. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ ________ the tower
3. The road is about 10 metres wide. (对划线部分提问)
________ ________ ________ the road
4. I have collected over 500 stamps. (改为同义句)
I have collected ________ ________ 500 stamps.
5. Mike will take part in the activity tomorrow. (改为同义句)
Mike will ________ ________ the activity tomorrow.
6. The monkey isn't as interesting as the panda. (改为同义句)
The panda is ________ ________ ________ the monkey.
Ⅳ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空词数不限。
1. 数百万人生活在这座城市。
__________________ people live in this city.
2. 我不确定他多大了。
__________________ how old he is.
3. 谁愿意和我去游泳？
__________________ go swimming with me
4. 你为什么不同意我的看法呢？
Why don't you __________________ me
5. 这个水坝顶部宽100米。
This dam is 100 metres wide __________________.
6. 那家超市在几公里外的一个购物中心里。
That supermarket is in a shopping centre __________________.
Keys:
Ⅰ. 1. electricity 2. eastern 3. discussions 4. Though
Ⅱ. 1. louder 2. natural 3. opinions 4. wonders
Ⅲ. 1. Where is 2. How old is 3. How wide is 4. more than 5. join in
6. more interesting than
Ⅳ. 1. Millions of 2. I'm not sure 3. Who'd like to 4. agree with 5. at the top
6. a few kilometres away
Step 10 Homework
1. Which wonder of the world would you like to visit Write some sentences about it.
2. Preview Unit 2.