Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.课件

课件33张PPT。Module 1Wonders of the worldUnit 2The Grand Canyonwas not just big.the Yellowstone National Park Free talkWhat do you know about these wonders?Victoria Falls the Terracotta Army Three Gorges Dam the Pyramids in EgyptPresentationsky n. 天空grey adj.
灰色的; 阴沉的Do you know these words?silent adj.
寂静的sign n.
迹象；标志silver adj.
银色的stream n.
小河；小溪canyon
n. 峡谷shine v.
照耀beside
reply
clear
fall away
nearly
on top ofprep. 在…旁边；在…附近
v. 回答；答复
v. (烟雾等)开始消失
突然向下倾斜
adv. 几乎；差不多
在……上面； 盖住 1. Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you. Reading and vocabularyprep. 在下面；在……以下v. 照耀n. 迹象；标志；招牌adj. 寂静的adj. 银灰色的；银制的Listen and readNearly one mile. About fifteen miles. More than 200 miles. 2. Read the passage and complete the table.True or false.
1. When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot.
2. I went to the wrong way at first.
3. The Colorado River was nearly three miles below me.
4. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.TFFFI got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path.
我下了车，穿过一扇门，沿着一条黑暗的小路走着。
go through 通过，穿过；经历
e.g. The rain has gone through my coat.
The country has gone through too
many wars.2. 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 down 向下看
look to one’s left/ right
朝某人的左侧/左侧看3. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
太阳从我身后升起，照在岩石上，地 面(仿佛在随光线)向下延伸，(逐渐)退 落，显露出谷底的河流。
behind, on, below, away和down几个
介词和副词生动地描写了太阳升起时作者在大峡谷观察到的奇妙景象。…the ground fell away…是形象化的描述，说明了随着阳光的照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降，逐渐显露出谷底的河流。4. I remained by the canyon for about half an hour…
remain v. 逗留，留下
n. 剩余物；遗迹；残骸
e.g. I didn’t remain long in the city.
我并没有在那个城市逗留很久。
The police told everybody to
remain in their cars.? ?
警察叫大家都留在车里。Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you the opinion of the author, like wonderful, huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.Learning to learn3. Choose the correct answer.
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.3. Which direction was the writer facing while he 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. Complete the passage with the words in the box.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 signsilentremainsky 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) ______.milebelowstreamthroughreply 5. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.I have ______ my watch everywhere.
But I cannot find it.
A. look at B. looked up C. looked for
2. The Xiamen-Shenzhen high speed railroad will run ______ eight cities. A. across B. through C. over 中考链接3. —Please drive ______ when you pass a school.
—OK.
A. nearly B. early C. slowly D. really
4. The little elephant is afraid to go alone. He always walks _______his mother. A. beside B. behind
C. below D. under5. The volunteer spoke as_______ as she could to make the visitors understand her.
A. clearly B. more clearly
C. most clearly D. the most clearly
6. 他们正在建一条隧道，它将穿过这 座山。
They are building a tunnel and it will ___________ the mountain. go through Imagine you have just visited one of the wonders. Write a passage and describe how you felt when you visited it.
Say when you visited it.
I just visited the Great Wall last month.
Say where it is.
It is in the north of China.
Describe its size.
It is…Say what interesting facts you know.
It is famous for…
Say what happened when you visited it.
It was raining when we were…
Say how you felt.
I thought it was the most wonderful sight.