(共18张PPT)
Unit 1
It’s more than 2,000 years old.
Module1
世界奇观
Free Talk
Where did you go during the
summer holiday
2. Do you know where the Great
Wall is
3. How long and how old is the
Great Wall in China
Read and answer
长城（ The Great Wall），又称万里长城，是中国古代军事防御工程。。 2012年6月5日，国家文物局在北京居庸关长城宣布，历经近5年的调查认定，中国历代长城总长度为21196.18公里。起建于春秋战国时代，有两千多年的历史 。
万里长城是世界十大奇迹之一。
It’s more than 21,000 kilometers long and it’s more than 2,000 years old.
Is the Great Wall a great wonder in the world
ancient or modern
natural or man-made
The Great Wall is an ancient man-made
wonder in the world .
The Pyramids of Egypt
埃及金字塔
Wonders of the World
The Terracotta Army
The Three Gorges Dam
三峡大坝
The Giant’s Causeway
巨人之路
放眼望世界
"巨人之路"位于北爱尔兰贝尔法斯特西北约80公里处大西洋海岸，大约有3.7万多根六边形（six sides ）或五边形 (five sides )、四边形 (four sides )的石柱聚集成一条绵延数千米的堤道， 被视为世界自然奇迹。300年来，地质学家们研究其构造，了解到它是在第三纪由活火山不断喷发而形成的。
Victoria Falls 维多利亚瀑布
放眼望世界
维多利亚瀑布又称莫西奥图尼亚瀑布，位于非洲赞比西河中游，赞比亚与津巴布韦接壤处。宽1,700多米(5,500多英尺)，最高处108米(355英尺)，为世界著名瀑布奇观之一。欧洲探险家，戴维·利文斯敦1855年在旅途中发现它，并以英国女王的名字为其命名。维多利亚瀑布1989年被列入《世界遗产目录》。
a) The Terracotta Army
b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway
d) The Victoria Falls
Match the names of the wonders with
the pictures on the right and on the next page.
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3
2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions
Use the words in the box to help you.
ancient
man-made
modern
natural
wonder
Now listen and check.
4. Which is a modern wonder
2. Which two are man-made wonders
3. Which is an ancient wonder
Which two are natural wonders
The Giant’s Causeway and Victoria Falls.
The Terracotta Army and the Three Gorges Dam.
The Terracotta Army.
The Three Gorges Dam.
2. Lingling thinks the 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.
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3. Now check (√) the true sentences.
1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the
largest natural wonder.
most fantastic
He thinks the Three Gorges is fantastic too.
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as
4. Read again and fill in the chart.
Wonders Where How long/wide/long How old
The Giant’s
Causeway
_______
Victoria Falls
_______
The Terracotta Army _______
The Three Gorges Dam
_______
more than 2,000 years old
on the eastern coast of North Ireland
runs for several hundred meters
A.竞选 B.绵延 C.跑去找
in Africa
1,700 meters wide
100 meters high
Shanxi, China
Hubei, China
2,300 meters long
185 meters high
and 15 meters wide
Work in pairs.
— 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.
ancient /fantastic/huge/exciting …
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 thousand 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.
…
4. Read the conversation and answer .
What wonders does Betty think are more exciting
What can the Three Gorges Dam do
In her opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting.
It can produce electricity .
5. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
In my________ , natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
2. The Victoria Falls, about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high, is_______.
opinion
huge
discussion, eastern, huge, opinion ,though
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 agrees with Tony about the Giant’s Causeway, ________she thinks the Victoria Falls are more fantastic
discussion
eastern
though
从某种程度来说
6. 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 the
Victoria Falls in Africa are even more
fantastic.
3. In my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
现在完成时（ have/has + done ）：
1.过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响。常译为“已经…”
2.表示目前为止已经完成的事情或从未做过的事情。3.表示过去发生的动作持续到现在，并有可能继续持续下去，常与for, since连用
Homework
Finish the exercises in the workbook.
