Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1课件(共43张PPT,内嵌音频)2024-2025学年外研版(2024)英语九年级上册

(共43张PPT)
Unit 1
Module 1
Wonders of the World
To learn about wonders of the world.
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.
学习目标
Do you know the wonder (奇观)
the highest peak
Mount Qomolangma
natural wonder （自然的）
Warming up
Do you know the wonder
the longest wall with
a long history
the Great Wall
man-made wonder
（人造的）
Warming up
the Terracotta Army
more than 2,000 years old
man-made wonder
Warming up
Do you know the wonder
the Giant’s Causeway（England）
huge,
about 40,000 rocks, most of them with six sides
natural wonder
Warming up
Do you know the wonder
the Three Gorges Dam
about 2,300 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top.
man-made wonder
Warming up
Do you know the wonder
Victoria Falls (Africa)
about 1,700 metres wide, 100 metres high
natural wonder
Warming up
Do you know the wonder
Match the names of the wonders with the pictures.
a) The Terracotta Army
b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway
d) Victoria Falls
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Pre-listening
Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
1. Which two are natural wonders
2. Which two are man-made wonders
The Giant’s Causeway and Victoria Falls.
The Terracotta Army and The Three Gorges Dam.
Pre-listening
Now listen and check.
3. Which is an ancient wonder
4. Which is a modern wonder
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
The Three Gorges Dam.
The Terracotta Army.
They are giving their opinions of different kinds of wonders and providing facts about the four wonders.
What are the speakers doing
Listening
Listen to the conversation again and check (√) the true sentences.
Listening
Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the largest natural wonder.
Lingling thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic than the Giant’s Causeway.
Betty and Daming are more interested in man-made wonders.
For Daming, the Three Gorges Dam is more fantastic than the Terracotta Army.
√
√
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
It is on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.
It is about 1,700 metres wide.
Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
Betty thinks man-made wonders are more exciting.
The Terracotta Army is more than 2,000 years old.
Post listening
What facts do the speakers provide about the wonders
function
location
interesting facts
size
history
facts
Post listening
I’m not sure …
In my opinion, …
Look at …
Who’d like to …
Read and make sentences.
Everyday English
I’m not sure when he is leaving.
In my opinion, the buildings in Pudong are fantastic.
Look at the little cat. Isn’t it cute
Who’d like to describe these pictures
Examples
意群和停顿
句子可按照意思和结构分为若干段，每段称为一个意群。每个意群有其特殊的意义。在朗读每篇短文前，你应找准意群。这样你在说话和朗读时，意群和意群之间可稍作一定的停顿，也可以在此处换气，使意思表达更为清楚。你还须注意在同一意群中各个单词之间应一口气念完而不可停顿。 意群和意群之间根据需要而停顿， 也不是非停顿不可。
Listen and mark the pauses.
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.
Now listen again and repeat.
按某人的意见；据某人看来
Pronunciation and speaking
Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.
—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.
Introduce it about its location, history, size, function and other interesting things.
Work in pairs
East or west, Guilin landscape is the best.
Guilin is in the north of Guangxi. If you
Come to Guilin, you will know how clear
the water is and how green the hills are.
Every year many tourists come to Guilin
for a visit. You can take a boat to see the
scenes of the Li River. You can also visit
the scenic spots in the city by bus.
An example： Landscape of Guilin
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。
Language points
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，从句的语序要用陈述句语序。
e.g. The teacher wonders why the little girl is always alone.
老师想知道为什么那个小女孩总是独来独往。
拓展
in wonder 处于惊奇中 wonder 在惊奇中
When they saw the snow, they all stood still in wonder.
当他们看到雪的时候,他们都惊奇得呆住了。
with wonder 惊奇地
The children looked at the pictures with wonder.
孩子们惊奇地看着这些图画。
区别：in wonder强调“处于惊奇中”, 语气比with wonder强。
拓展
【语境应用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1) 中国有许多伟大的人工奇迹。
China has a great number of great man-made ________.
2) 老师想知道约翰今天早上为什么迟到。
The teacher ________ ________ John was late this morning.
wonders
wonders why
2. join in the discussion
join in 意思是“参加某项运动或活动”，如参加讨论、游行、罢工等。
Can I join in (the game)
我参加(这个游戏)行吗
Will you join us in playing table tennis
你跟我们一起打乒乓球好吗
join基本词义是“加入某个党派或社会团体，从而成为该党派或团体的一员”。如：
My brother joined the army two years ago.
我哥哥两年前参军了。
take part in 指参加会议或群众性活动等，着重说明句子主语参加该项活动并在活动中发挥作用。如：
We'll take part in social practice during the summer vacation.
暑假期间我们将参加社会实践。
We often take part in physical labour.
我们经常参加体力劳动。
【语境应用】用 take part in, join 和 join in 的适当形式填空。
My brother _______ the Party in 2003.
2. I didn't want to __________ the competition.
3. May I _______ their argument
4. We are playing soccer. Do you want to _________
5. You are welcome to _______us.
joined
take part in
join in
join in
join
discussion n. 讨论；商讨
In their discussion, I was for Mr. Li.
在他们的争论中，我支持李先生。
Their advice is now under discussion.
他们的建议现在正在讨论中。
discuss v. 讨论
They are discussing how to solve the problem.
他们正在商量如何解决该问题。
拓展
3.I’m not sure I agree with you.
恐怕我不能同意你的观点。
agree with 赞同； 同意； 适合于
I quite agree with you.
我很同意你。
None of us agree with what you said.
我们没有一个人同意你讲的话。
Spicy food does not agree with me.
辛辣食物不合我的胃口。
4.That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
听起来还不错，不过我还是觉得非洲的维多利亚大瀑布更了不起。
though conj. 虽然；但是；尽管
I don't know him well though I've known him for a long time.
我对他并不了解，虽然我认识他已经很长时间了。
It's quite nice today, though the wind is rather cool.
尽管风有点凉, 今天天气还是很不错。
though在句中，不可与but连用。
5.You can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away.
几公里外你就能听到巨大的水声。
loud adj. (声音)响亮的
They heard him give a loud shout of excitement.
他们听见他兴奋地大叫一声。
The radio isn't loud enough; could you turn it up
收音机不够响, 你能把音量开大一点吗
loudly adv.大声地；吵闹地；响亮地
Don’t shout loudly in public.
不要在公共场所大声喊叫。
6.But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
但是在我看来，人工奇观比自然奇观更令人激动。
opinion n. 看法；主张
I wasn't asking for your opinion, Dick.
我并不是在征求你的意见，迪克。
The book is, in my opinion, the best book on this subject.
以我看来，这本书是关于该主题的最佳著述。
opinion, view, idea这些名词均含“意见、看法、见解”之意。
opinion普通用词，使用广泛，多指初步的或缺证据支持因而不十分肯定的意见或看法。
view侧重指个人对较广泛或重大问题所持的看法，常用复数形式。
idea普通用词，通常指凭感觉和想象所形成的看法或意见。
拓展
7. …, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
人工奇观比自然奇观更令人激动。
more … than表示“比…更…”, more后接多音节形容词或副词，构成比较级，表示对两者进行比较。如：
He has been more careful than he was.
他比过去更仔细了。
Travelling by train is more relaxing than driving.
乘火车旅行比开汽车轻松得多。
1）more … than …表示“比…更多”, 此时more为many或much的比较级，表示数量，后接名词。
I made more mistakes than you.
我犯的错误比你多。
2）more … than …表示“与其说…不如说”,此时不是对两个对象进行比较，而是对同一个人或物在两个不同方面进行比较。
He is more lucky than clever.
与其说他聪明，不如说他幸运。
拓展
8. It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
它为中国数百万人口提供电力。
millions of 大量的；无数的；成百万的
e.g. There were millions of people in the square.
广场上有好多好多人。
Millions of yuan has gone into the building of this factory.
在修建这座工厂时花掉了数百万人民币。
million与hundred，thousand的用法相同：
有具体的数字或 several等词修饰时，要用单数形式。如:
The library has about two million books.
该图书馆大约有两百万册书。
拓展
Complete 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.
opinion
huge
discussion
n. 讨论；商讨
Vocabulary
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.
eastern
though
discussion eastern huge opinion though
conj. 虽然；但是
Vocabulary
Can you give any examples for each kind
For example, in your town or province.
Natural wonders are the objects that are naturally made or formed and cause you a feeling of strangeness, surprise, etc.
Man-made wonders are the objects that are created by people.
课堂总结
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
课堂总结
(1) Which wonder of the world would you like to visit Write some sentences about it.
(2) Think about a great natural wonder you know or you can find on the Internet.
Homework