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Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
1.学习并掌握below; shine; silent; beside; reply; clear; nearly; go through; get out of 等核心词汇，理清文中涉及的时态。
2. 能够读懂游记类的短文, 获取事实性信息, 并进行推测, 理解作者的观点和写作意图; 能够对自己熟悉的景观进行事实性描述; 能够描写旅行经历和个人感受。
3. 学会通过“对比、参照”来烘托事物形象的写作手法。
4. 培养对神奇大自然的热爱之情。
学习目标
Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you.
below deep fantastic high long
natural shine sign silent silver
Learning to learn
A measurement
and a fact
wide
deep
high
tall
The writer’s opinion
wonderful
huge
greatest
Listen and complete the table.
The Grand Canyon
How deep
How wide
How long
nearly one mile
about 15 miles , maybe more
more than 200 miles
Read and choose the correct answer.
1. Where does the passage possibly come from
a) A guide book. b) A grammar book.
c) A dictionary. d) A story book.
2. Why was there nothing to see
a) Because there was nothing.
b) Because it was raining.
c) Because it was too dark.
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 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.
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
below mile remain reply sign silent sky stream through
In the dark, there is no (1) _______ of the Grand Canyon, and it is (2) _________. But if you (3) _________ by the canyon as the (4) ________ gets brighter 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)________.
sign
silent
remain
sky
mile
below
stream
through
reply
Writing
completw the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Name
Where
How big
Interesting facts
Imagine you have seen one of natural or man-made wonders. Write sentences and describe how you felt when you visited the wonder.
Say when you saw 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 visit it.
It was in early autumn and we were ...
Say how you felt.
I thought it was the most wonderful sight.
1. reply
（1）reply 用作动词，意为“回答；答复”；常构成短语：reply to (sb. / sth. )“对……作出回答”。
例如：The students didn’t reply to the question.
那些学生没有回答这个问题。
（2）reply 还可作名词，意为“回信；答复”，后面跟介词to，即reply to ... 表示“对……的答复”。
例如：She made a reply to our request.
她答复了我们的请求。
探究·导学
辨析：reply & answer
（1）answer表示“回信，对……作出回答”直接跟宾语，而reply与to连用后接宾语。例如：
We replied to / answered his letter yesterday.
昨天，我们给他回了信。
（2）作名词，均与介词to连用，即the answer / reply to ... ，意为“……的答案 /答复”。
（3）在表示“接电话”（answer the phone）；“去
开门”（answer the door）等时，不使用reply to。
2. below
below,介词 意为“在……的下面；低于”，表示
“位置的高低或抽象的概念”。例如：
The temperature is below zero in winter here．
冬天这里的气温在零度以下。
辨析：below & under
(1) below指处于比某物低的位置，不一定在某物的正下方。其反义词是above。
(2) under表示“在……下面”时，指处于某物的正下方，其反义词是over。
选词填空：under；below
① We can see a river running to the east_______ the hill.
② Do you know the man _________ the tree
below
under
3. rise
rise 动词，意为 “上升; 升起”，例如：
The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks.
太阳从我身后升起, 照在岩石上。
辨析：rise & raise
(1)rise用作动词, 意为“上升, 上涨; 增加”, 一般指自然界的日、
月、星、雾、云等的上升, 河水上涨, 价格提高等, 也指“起床;
起立”。其过去式、过去分词分别为: rose; risen。
(2)raise用作及物动词, 后面可以直接跟宾语, 表示举手、升旗,
也有饲养、筹集之意。
辨析：nearly & almost
（1）almost 可用于 any 以及 no，none，nobody，nothing，
never 等否定词之前，而 nearly 一般不可以。
（2） nearly 前可用 very，pretty，not 等词修饰，但 almost
不可以。
4. nearly
nearly副词，意为“几乎，差不多”，与almost
同义，可修饰不定代词、形容词、副词、动词、介词
短语等。例如：
Almost / Nearly all the students passed the exam.
几乎所有的学生都通过了考试。
5. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked
along a dark path.
(1) get out of 从……出来
get into 进入
get on 上（车等）
get off 下 (车等)
get to 到达
(2) through 穿过; 通过(表示立体空间, 从内部穿过)
across 横过; 穿过 (从表面穿过，从一侧到另一侧)
(3) walk along沿着……走
6. look over查看，检查
look after 照顾，照料
look ahead 向前看,着眼未来
look at 看着
look across 眺望
look around/about 四处看看，四下环顾
look back 回头看;回顾
look down 低头看
look down upon/on 看不起;轻视；低头看
look forward to 盼望，期待
look into 朝……看去;调查
look like 看上去像
look out 当心，小心
look out of 朝……外面望去
look through 浏览
look up 查寻，查阅; 抬头看
课堂小结
Module 1 Unit 2
拓展： silent adj. →silence n.；
单词
认知： blow; shine; sign; silver; sky; grey; clear; beside; nearly; sream; remain; by
get out of; go through; fall away; on top of ; look across
短语
应用：reply (reply to)
①When I arrived, it was raining.
②You will get there in five minutes.
③Am I going the right way
④I looked to the east—the sky was becoming grey.
⑤ Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
句型
训练·评价
I. 根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1. What's that bright object in the _____ (天空)
2.The room had gone _______ (寂静的).
3. In the photo, the sun is ________(照耀).
4. There is not a _____ (银灰色的) hair on her head.
5. I didn't ________ (逗留) long in the city.
sky
silent
shining
grey
remain
Ⅱ. 用所给词的适当形式填空
1. I have something important _________ (tell) you.
2. We _________ (have) a sports meeting in two weeks.
3. When I got home, my mother ____________ (cook).
4. Let's share the __________ (wonder) dolphin show together.
5. The Changjiang River is ___________ (long) river in China.
to tell
will have
was cooking
wonderful
the longest
Ш. 完成句子
1. 你可以清晰地看到湖底的鱼。
You can see fish clearly ___ ___ ___ ____ the lake.
2. 除非车停下来，否则你不可以下车。
You can’t ____ ____ ____ the car unless it stops.
3. 我害怕从高楼楼顶朝下看。
I'm afraid to ____ ____ from the top of a tall building.
4. 太阳离地球很远。
The sun is ____ _____ from the earth.
5. 我们在山顶站了半个多小时。
We stood ____ _____ of the hill for more than half an hour.
at the bottom of
get out of
look down
far away
on top
Write a passage about one of the natural or
man-made wonders.
Homework
