Module 1 Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. 课件 (共30张PPT，内嵌音视频)2024-2025学年英语外研版九年级上册

(共30张PPT)
Unit 2
Module 1
Wonders of the World
To understand the passage about the trip to the Grand Canyon.
To know how to write about what you see and your feelings when travelling.
学习目标
ancient / modern wonders
wonders of the world
natural wonders
man-made wonders
What have you learned about wonders of the world
Revision
A great wonder of the natural world
The Grand Canyon
Warming up
Describe what you can see in the photos. Use some of the words.
below deep fantastic high
long natural shine silent silver
Pre-reading
What is the passage mainly about
A. The interesting facts about the Grand Canyon.
B. The traveling experience of the writer to the Grand Canyon.
C. The description (描述) of the Grand Canyon.
Fast reading
Divide the passage into 3 parts according to the time line.
Paras. ______
Paras. ______
Para. ______
1 & 2
3 & 4
5
What I found before I got to the canyon.
What I saw while I was on the canyon.
How I felt after I saw the canyon.
Fast reading
The Grand Canyon How deep
How wide
How long
nearly one mile
about fifteen miles
more than 200 miles
Read the passage and complete the table.
Careful reading
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.
Read and choose the correct answer.
3. Which direction was the writer facing while he / she 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.
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 learn
Writing
Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Name
Location
Interesting facts
When you visited it What interesting facts you know
Where it is What happened during your stay
Information about it How you felt
Imagine you have seen one of the wonders of the world. Write sentences describing how you felt when you visited the wonder:
I saw the … for the first time … years ago … It’s about … metres / kilometres long /wide / deep …
It was in spring / summer / … and we were walking / …
It was the most wonderful sight.
Now write a passage. Use the sentences you have written to help you.
Dear Tony,
I visited the Yellow Mountain with my parents last week. It lies in the south of Anhui Province with a total area of 1,200 square kilometres. It is one of the greatest wonders of the natural world. Millions of visitors visit it every year. We arrived there on the afternoon of last Friday. The next day, we got up early and went climbing the mountain.
On the way to the top, we enjoyed the beautiful trees and flowers, strange rocks, a sea of clouds and so on. It took us about five hours to reach the top. I was so tired then. However, when I stood on the top and saw the beautiful sights, I was really happy and proud of myself. We remained on the top for about two hours before going down. It was a wonderful trip. Wish you were with me!
Yours,
Li Hua.
Sample
1.“Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.”
“对，”他回答道：“你五分钟就能到那里。”
reply v. / n. 回答；答复
用作及物动词时，通常用于引出直接引语，也可接宾语从句；
用作不及物动词时，如后面需要接宾语，要加介词to。
e.g. Mary replied that she loved collecting stamps.
David replied to his mother’s letter this morning.
Language points
answer & reply
单词 词性 不同点
answer n. answer是常用词，此外它还可以指“答案；解决办法”，而reply却没有此意。
v. answer是及物动词。在answer the telephone，answer the door等表达中，不可以使用reply。
reply n. reply的用法比answer较正式，是指经过考虑后的答复。
v. reply除了后面可以跟直接引语或宾语从句以外，一般只用作不及物动词，常和介词to连用。
辨析
【语境应用】请用answer或reply的适当形式填空。
1) He ________ to me politely in the last letter.
2) I knocked at the door, but there was no ________.
3) Can you ________ these questions
4) I can’t find the ________ to this question.
replied
answer
answer
answer
2.…, but it was silent and there was no sign of it
……，但是周遭一片寂静，没有任何迹象。
silent adj. 寂静的
e.g. The old house was quite silent.
这所旧房子非常寂静。
Will you please keep silent about what I did
请你别把我做的事说出去好吗
silence n. 沉默；寂静
e.g. They sat there in silence.
他们沉默地坐在那儿。
quiet, calm, silent, still这些形容词均含“平静的，无声无息”之意。
quiet普通用词，指没有喧闹、活动或骚乱的寂静状态。
calm普通用词，既可指天气、海洋等的平静状态，又可指人的镇定沉着、不慌乱，不受外界影响和情绪支配。
silent普通用词，指缄默不语或无声无息。
still指平静而又安定的状态。
辨析
【语境应用】用quiet，calm，silent或still填空：
1）The crowd fell _______ when the President appeared.
2) We stood _______ and watched as the deer came closer.
3) When facing danger, one should keep _______.
4) We'll have to be _______ so as not to wake the baby.
5) In class, one shouldn't keep ______ about the teacher’s questions.
6) When taken photos, one should keep _____.
7) The doctor did what he could to make the girl ______.
8) I'll be as _______ as a mouse. I will not disturb him.
silent
still
calm
quiet
silent
still
calm
quiet
3.Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
地面(仿佛在随光线)向下延伸，(逐渐)退落到下面的一条河里。
below prep. 低于；在 ... 下面
e.g. The temperature is below freezing.
温度低于冰点。
Please do not write below this line.
请不要写到这条线下面。
below指位置低于某物或在某物的下方，但不一定在正下方，其反义词为above。
under指在某物的正下方，也可指覆盖于某物之下，其反义词为over
e.g. There is a small restaurant below the top of the hill.
在山顶的下方有一个小餐厅。
My football is under my bed. 。
我的足球在我的床底下。
below & under
辨析
4.I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me.
我俯视着距我一英里之遥的银色的科罗拉多河。
nearly adv. 几乎；差不多
not nearly = not at all 远非；绝不是
e.g. I was nearly killed in the accident last week.
我差点在上周那场事故中没命了。
He’s not nearly as good-looking as his brother.
他的相貌远没有他的兄弟那么迷人。
词条 相同点 不同点
almost almost和nearly 都可以表示“差不多；几乎”，一般情况下，两个词可以互换使用。 almost后面可以接no, none, nothing和never 等表示否定意义的词，而nearly没有这种用法。almost所表示的“差不多”程度比nearly要更大一些。
nearly nearly前面可以用not来修饰，构成not nearly，意为“远不及；相差很远”，而almost不能这么用。
almost & nearly
辨析
5.I remained by the canyon for about half an hour…
我在峡谷边伫立半小时有余……
remain vi. (继续)待在某处
e.g. How long are you going to remain here
你准备在这呆多久？
remain vi. 留下；剩余
e.g. After the wind, only some leaves remained.
一阵风起，只有一些树叶没有落下。
remain linking v. 仍然，(继续)保持，后接名词或形容词。
e.g. They remain friends.
他们依然是朋友。
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 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
below, mile, remain, reply, sign, silent, sky, stream, through
stream
through
reply
1. What I found before I arrived
2. What I saw while I was there
3. How I felt after I saw the sights
课堂总结
How to write a travel experience
go through 穿过
fall away 突然向下倾斜
on top of ... 在……上面；盖住……
get out of the car 下车
look across 眺望；向对面看
look down 向下看
at the bottom of ... 在……底部
look to one’s left / right 朝某人的左侧/右侧看
课堂总结
(1) Polish your passage about your experience of visiting a wonder.
(2) Read the passage and review the six tenses we have learned.
Homework