外研版九年级上册Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old教案

Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old.
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
man-made, natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, wow, opinion, in one’s opinion, more than, electricity, millions of, below, shine, sign, silent, silver, sky, grey, go through, beside, reply, clear, fall away, stream, nearly, on top of, canyon, remain, by
B. 交际用语：
1. I’m not sure…
2. In my opinion,…
3. Look at…
4. Who’d like to…
5. I’ve never seen it, so I’m not sure I agree with you.
6. I visited the Giant’s Causeway two years ago.
7. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
8. In my opinion, man-made wonders are more than exciting than natural ones.
9. It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
10. —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.
11. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming grey.
12. Am I going the right way
13. You’ll get there in five minutes.
14. —Where is … —It’s…
15. —How high / deep / long / wide is it
—It’s …meters high / deep / long / wide.
二、教学目标
1. Function: Describing places and experiences.
2. Structure: Comparison of past simple, present simple, future simple, present perfect, present continuous, past continuous.
3. Skills: 1) Listening for specific information; identifying photos.
2) Expressing views and opinions.
3) Reading and finding specific information .
4) Describing a wonder of the world.
4. Around the world: Stonehenge: A man-made wonder of the world..
5. Task: Making a poster about a wonder of the world.
三、重点及难点:
Grammar: Comparison of past simple, present simple, future simple, present perfect, present continuous, past continuous.
四、教学设计:
I. Teaching aims
To learn about wonders of the world like the Giant’s Causeway, the Terracotta Army, the Three Gorges Dam and Victoria Falls.
To learn to describe a wonder of the world with facts and express one’s preference by making comparisons.
To understand the conversation about natural wonders and man-made wonders involving different tenses.
II. Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, opinion, in one’s opinion, more than, electricity, millions of, below
2. Key structures: Sentence in six basic tenses
In my opinion, …
III. Teaching Steps
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch the video about the Giant’s Causeway.
How do you feel after watching the video
Do you know which wonder is in the video
Discussion
Which do you think are more wonderful, the natural wonders or man-made wonders Share your reasons.
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
Traditionally in Western culture, there are seven wonders of the world, called the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. This list was made by an ancient Greek, and included the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, a king’s tomb called the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, a giant bronze statue called the Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of the Greek god Zeus at Olympia and a huge lighthouse in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Today, only the Great Pyramid of Giza still exists. The rest of the wonders were eventually destroyed by earthquakes or by fires.
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. What are the speakers doing
They are giving their opinions of different kinds of wonders and providing facts about the four wonders.
3. What facts do the speakers provide about the wonders
4. Listen to the conversation again and complete the table.
5. 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.
6. Everyday English
I’m not sure…
In my opinion, …
Look at…
Who’d like to…
Example
I’m not sure I like the Giant’s Causeway.
In my opinion, the buildings in Pudong are fantastic.
Look at the World Financial Centre.
Who’d like to describe these pictures
7. 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
8. 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 _________
9. Watch the flash and pay attention to the expressions about giving facts and opinions.
Giving facts:
It’s…long/wide/high/years old.
Giving opinions:
表达自己观点: I think...; In my opinion, ...
表达对别人观点的赞同与不赞同:
I agree with you.
I’m not sure I agree with you.
That sounds great, though I think...
plete the sentences with the words in the box.
discussion eastern huge opinion though
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 agrees with Tony about the Giant’s Causeway, ________ she thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic.
11. Share your ideas about wonders in pairs.
Which wonder would you like to visit
Why would you like to visit it
What facts do you know about the wonder
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。
We’re attending a lecture on the wonders of space and space exploration.
我们正在听一个关于宇宙奇观和太空探险的讲座。
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。
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。
【链接】
wonder + -ful = wonderful, adj. 绝妙的；了不起的
【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. 讨论; 商讨
discuss sth. with sb.表示“与某人讨论某事”。
e.g. I have something important to discuss with you through video talk.
【语境应用】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: 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; 但是
though与although用法相同，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，但although或though引导的让步状语从句与but连接的并列句可进行句型转换。
e.g. Although / Though it is raining, they are still playing outside. = It is raining, but they are still playing outside. 虽然下着雨，但他们仍在外面玩耍。
【语境应用】将所给汉语句子翻译成英语。
1)虽然天气晴朗，但我还是觉得冷。
__________________________________________________
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2)我爷爷虽然年纪大了，但他很健康。
__________________________________________________
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Keys: 1) Although / Though the weather is sunny, I feel cold. / The weather is sunny, but I feel cold.
2) Although / Though my grandfather is old, he is very healthy. / My grandfather is old, but he is very healthy.
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。
e.g. In her opinion, we should agree with Lingling.
在她看来，我们应该同意玲玲的意见。
【语境应用】翻译句子。
1) 请告诉我你对这件事的看法。
Please tell me your ________ about the thing.
2) 在我看来，这本书对我们的帮助会很大。
________ ________ ________, the book will help us a lot.
Keys: 1) opinion 2) In my opinion
4. It’s more than 2000 years old.
它们都有2000多年的历史了。
“more than + 数词”，大于，多于，表示超出该数。
【链接】more than还有以下几种常见用法：
“more than + 名词”，不止，不仅仅是，表示超出该名词所指 的含义。
“more than + 形容词”，非常，十分。
【语境应用】选择斜体词语的恰当翻译。
A. 大于，多于
B. 不止，不仅仅是
C. 非常，十分
1) This meeting room can hold more than 100 people. _______
2) I’m more than happy to drive you to the station. _______
3) Jason is more than a teacher. He is a writer too. _______
Keys: 1) A 2) C 3) B
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。
田野里有数百万只蜜蜂。
There ________ ________ ________ ________ in the field.
Key: are millions of bees
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.
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 Summary
in one’s opinion 按某人的意见；据某人看来
more than 超过
millions of 大量的；无数的
1. Let’s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion.
2. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
3. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
4. Who’d like to call first
Step 9 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，注意形式变化。
discuss, though, loud, eastern, electricity
1. I live in the _______ part of Chongqing.
2. Remember to turn off the lights when you leave the room. It saves _______.
3. After a long _______ with her father, Tina decided not to take the job.
4. They are coming next week, _______ I don't know which day.
5. You don't have to say much at all, as actions (行动) speak _______ than words.
Ⅱ. 根据语境，从方框中选择恰当的短语填空，注意形式变化，每个短语限用一次。
more than, join in, agree with, millions of
1. They came out for their morning exercise. I also _______________.
2. Running is a good way to keep fit. That's why _______________ people like running.
3. If the coat costs _______________ 300 yuan, I won't buy it.
4. She nodded to show that she _______________ me.
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词（含缩略形式）。
1. 在我看来，Jack没有得到足够的锻炼。
_______ _______ _______, Jack doesn't get enough exercise.
2. 泸沽湖是中国最美的自然奇观之一。
Lugu Lake is one of the most beautiful _______ _______ in China.
3. 我不确定Alice是这份工作的合适人选。
_______ _______ _______ Alice is the right person for the job.
4. 看几点了！我们要迟到了。
_______ _______ the time! We are going to be late.
Step 10 Homework
1. Which wonder of the world would you like to visit Write four sentences about it.
2. Think about a great natural wonder you know and describe it in about 50 words.
3. Surf the Internet to find out the information about the Grand Canyon.