Module 2 Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids. Reading 课件(共21张PPT，含内嵌音频) 外研版八年级下册

(共21张PPT)
Module 2 Unit 2
They have seen the Pyramids.
Reading
What's the video about
The Pyramids/p r m dz/.
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能记住并正确运用本课时的新单词和短语。
能根据任务导向自主阅读, 读懂描述经历的文章, 获取 Robinson 一家旅行经历的信息。
目标:读懂描述经历的文章, 获取 Robinson 一家旅行经历的信息
Activity 1
Before reading, let's check the new words and phrases first.
king
count down
queen
ancient
send
Germany
miss
mix
move
France
count
way
tower
Activity 2
1
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
1. Which interesting places in China have you visited
2. Have you ever seen the Great Wall
3. Have you ever visited another country
How much do you know about it
埃及 Egypt
首都 —— Cairo 开罗
Pyramids
Sphinx 狮身人面像
Nile尼罗河
A boy called Mike Robinson has travelled to many
different countries including Egypt.
Listen and read the story of his family. Then finish the following tasks.
Activity 3
Read the Mike's story and finish the tasks.
Learning to learn
When you read a passage
about travel, use a map to
find out where the places
are, and the names of the
other countries, regions
and cities nearby.
Task 1: Match the titles with the paragraphs.
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
A. Peter’s working experiences.
B. The Robinsons are now in Egypt.
C. The languages.
D. The kids are counting down the days.
E. Their traveling experiences in Egypt.
Task 2.1: Read Paragraph 1 and fill in the blanks.
Hello, I’m Mike Robinson. I’m a ______________
boy. I come from __________. Clare is my sister. She is fourteen. We are in _______ in Egypt now, it is one of the ________ and _______ cities in Africa.
fifteen-year-old
America
Cairo
biggest
busiest
Task 2.2: Read Para. 2 and Para. 3 then answer the questions.
How long have the Robinsons been in Egypt
2. Why do they live in Cairo
3. What have they seen and done in Egypt
The Robinsons have been in Egypt for two years.
Mike’s father’s company sent him to work there
and his family went with him.
They have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat
on the Nile River, and visited the palaces and towers
of ancient kings and queens.
4. What do Mike and Clare find difficult about Arabic
5. Who do they miss in the US
6. Are they looking forward to going home
This language is different from English in many ways, and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.
They miss their friends in the US.
Yes, they are counting down the days.
Task 2.3: Read Para. 4 and Para. 5 then answer the questions.
Task 3.1: Read again and find sentences with “have+ done”. Translate
them and pay attention to the present participle of the verbs.
1) ... and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before.
2) They have been to many interesting places. For example, in Egypt,
they have seen the Pyramids...
3) Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the ...
4) So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chinese and Arabic.
5) The company has asked Peter to work back in the US.
has/have + sent/been to/gone to/ seen/ begun/learnt/asked
have/has been to 表示“曾经去过某地”
have/has gone to 表示“已经去了某地”
Task 3.2: Say the past participle of these verbs and read them aloud.
win→
want→
enter→
stop→
think→
travel→
be→
move→
send→
see→
visit→
begin→
learn→
ask→
moved
sent
seen
visited
begun
learnt
asked
won
wanted
entered
stopped
thought
travelled
been
Activity 4
Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples.
Language points:_______________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
____________________________________
_____________________________
Language points
1. …, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before.
send sb. sth. 或send sth. to sb., 意思是“送给某人某物”。
e.g. Jim sent me a book on my twelfth birthday.
1) send sb. to do sth. 表示“派遣某人去做某事”。
e.g. China send many people to work in Africa every year.
send后接“信件、电报”等时，意为“寄/发送”。
e.g. Mary usually sends letters in the morning.
2) before, 表示“以前”, 是现在完成时的标志。
2. This language is different from English in many ways.
2) in many ways 表示“在许多方面”。
e.g. We can consider the problem in many ways.
1) be different from表示“与……不同”
e.g. Life in future will be different from life today.
find it hard to do sth. 发现做某事是难的
e.g. I find it hard to go up that high mountain.
3. They find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.
【辨析句子结构】
1) They find it hard to spell the words.
2) It's hard to spell the words.
形式主语+表语+真正主语
主语+谓语+形式宾语+宾补+真正宾语
so far “到目前为止”,是现在完成时标志,可放在句首/句中,
也可在句尾。
e.g. Mike has read five famous books so far.
So far he has done very well at school.
4. So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chinese
and Arabic.
1) count down 表示“倒数，倒计时”。
e.g. They are counting down, “ten, nine,eight, seven…”.
2) count表示“计数，计算”。
e.g. Can you count from one to ten in French
He put all the money in his bag without counting it.
5. They are counting down the days.
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
ancient count example king mix queen
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Mike and Clare live in Cairo in Egypt because their father works there. They have visited many places in Egypt. For (1) ________, they have seen the Pyramids, and they have visited the (2)________ palaces of the (3)________ and (4)_______of Egypt. Mike and Clare have learnt a little Arabic, and when they speak it, they often (5)______ it with German, French and Chinese. Recently, their father’s company has asked him to go back to the US. Mike and Clare are (6)__________ down the days.
example
ancient
kings
queens
mix
counting
Retelling time
Retell the the Robinsons’ story according to the mind map.