课件28张PPT。 Module 5
A Trip Along theThree Gorges
Reading & Vocabulary魏勇Introduction What can you see from the picture?cliffrivergorgewoodIntroductionlakecliffvalleywoodcliff
lake
wood
valleycaveshoreslopeplaincave
shore
slope
plainFill in the blanks.A ________ is the low ground between the sides of
mountains.
2. A ________ is a large area of flat low ground.
3. The ________ is the area where the land meets the
sea or a lake.
4. A ________ is the side of the mountain.
5. _______ are the steep sides of mountains at the
edge of a river or the sea.
6. A ________ is the top of a mountain.
7. A ________ is an area of water surrounded by land.
8. A ________ is a small forest.
9. A ________ is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain.
10. A ________ is a large area of flat high ground..plainshoreslopeCliffspeaklakewoodcaveplateauvalleyDo the quiz about the Yangtze.The Three Gorges(1) The Yangtze River is the _____ river in the world.
(a) longest (b) second longest (c) third longest
(2) It flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific
Ocean in the ______.
(a) south (b) north (c) east
(3)The world’s biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze
River in ________.
(a) 2001 (b) 2003 (c) 2005westeastthe the map of the Three GorgesReading & Vocabulary Complete the definitions of the words in the box.1 A _________________ is the place where sth is being built.
2 To _________ means to buy and sell things.
3. If you _______ somewhere you go there quickly.
4. _________ is the opposite of near.
5. ________ are things you can buy or sell.
6. A __________ is a very old story which is probably not
true.
7. The sun rises in the east and ______ in the west.
8. A _______ is someone who writes poems.
9. A __________ is someone who works with you.
10. __________ is a plant which grows quickly and is used
to make furniture.construction sitetraderushDistantGoodslegendsetspoetcolleagueBambooMatch the words with their definition.a place where boats load and unload
a simple boat made of pieces of wood tied together
a Buddhist temple
a change of route
a floor on a boat
marks or signs used in writing
to use or take advantage ofdockraftpagodadetourdeckcharactersexploitcharacters deck dock detour
exploit pagoda raftScanning Find out the answers to the following questions.Who took a trip along the Three Gorges?
Where were they from?
Where did they start their trip?
When did they start their trip?Peter Hessler and his colleague.They were from America.The town of Fuling.On a beautiful afternoon.SkimmingPeter and his friend went downstream _____.
(a) to see the dam
(b) to see the Three gorges
(c) to get to Fuling
He choose the Jiangyou boat because _____.
(a) it was crowded
(b) it didn’t stop at temples
(c) it didn’t usually carry foreigners.
When they started the trip it was ______.
(a) sunny (b)cold (c) evening4. When the boat went through the first gorge.
Peter and his friend _____.
(a) took lots of photographs
(b) spent most of the time on deck
(c) were asleep
5. When they reached the site of the dam _______
came to look.
(a) everyone (b) no one (c) only the foreigners
6. Peter was impressed by the Yangtze River’s
sense of ______.
(a) power (b) history (c) dangerRead the text carefully and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).1. Peter Hessler and his colleague took boats because they could stop at the temples.
2. The words “two more” in the third paragraph refer to the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge.
3. The home of Qu Yuan, the 3rd century BC poet, is located on the Daning River.FTF4. There were many more foreigners in
the town of Fuling besides Peter Hessler.
5. The ships like the Jiangyou boat are
mainly for goods and people who trade
along the river.
6. They missed the scenery of the Qutang
Gorge. FTT瞿塘峡瞿塘峡是长江第一峡,长八公里,以雄著称,瞿塘峡是三峡中最短的一个峡 巫峡三峡第二峡,全长42公里,巫峡以秀著称天下.巫山十二峰,是巫峡风光中的胜景,其中俏丽动人的神女峰最为迷人 以险为特色,全长126公里。以宜昌市的西陵山得名,是三峡中最长的一个峡 西陵峡Fill in the blanks. Peter and his colleague __________ the boat at Fuling. The sun was shining brightly ______ they sailed ______________ through a hilly region. As the sun _______ they _________ at Fengdu. got on as downstreamsetdockedSummary: They ________ when they went through the first gorge, __________ is called the Qutang Gorge. The gorge ______________ 350 feet as the river __________ through the two-mile-high mountains.sleptWhich narrows torushes At Wushan they made a detour ______the Daning River ___________ some smaller gorges. The next day they _________________ the Wu Gorge. They __________ the Xiang River, home of QuYuan.upto seewent throughpassedLanguage points:
bank/ beach /coast/ seaside/shore
都含有“(海)岸,边”之意
bank “河岸,堤岸”,指河流两旁高出水面的地方
The old man used to sit on the river bank to fish.
beach“海(湖,河)滩,水滨”,指由于受潮水冲刷而形成的由细沙或卵石覆盖的平缓的斜坡。
coast“海岸,海岸线”,是地理上的专业名词,指海洋与陆地的分界线,有清晰的边界概念。它不能用来指海岸或湖岸。seaside“海滨”,尤指度假胜地。
Many English people like to go to the seaside for their holidays and lie on the beach in the sun.
shore“岸,滨”,含义广泛,可指含有围绕海洋,河流及湖泊旁边的陆地,含有与水相对的意味(in shore“近岸”,on shore “在岸上”, off shore “离岸”
They saw a boat about a mile from the shore.1.The girl got herself into a serious situation ____ she was likely to lose control over the motorbike.
where B. which C. while D.why
女孩使自己陷入到很可能对摩托车失去控制的境地。Where引导的定语从句修饰先行词situation。
2.This photo of mine was taken ___ stood the famous Eastern Bright Pearl in Shanghai.
which B. in which C.where D.there
这张照片是在上海东方明珠那儿拍的。Where引导地点状语从句。状语从句是一个倒装句。2.A lake is an area of water surrounded by land.
surround 1)环绕,围绕
Many fields surround our school.
2)(使)包围,围住
Police surrounded the house.
When Jim got off the train,he found himself ____ by his students.
surround B. to surround
C. surrounding D. surrounded 本句使用了过去分词做后置定语,相当定语从句which is surrounded by land.
1)过去分词做定语,常常位于其所修饰的名词前。如位于所修饰名词后,相当于一个定语从句
You should improve your spoken English?
What’s the language spoken(=that is spoken)in that area?那个地区讲的是什么语言?
2)不及物动词(vi)的过去分词作定语表示完成,而不是被动。
boiled water=the water that has boiled开过的水
the fallen leave=the leave that have fallen落叶他和另一位同事将在那里的一所教师进修学院任教两年。
He and a colleague _______ _______ _______ two years there teaching English at a teacher training college.
我们目睹太阳在白塔后西沉,美丽极了。
We could see the sun _______ behind the white pagoda. It was beautiful.
船到巫山时,我们绕道溯游大宁河,观赏了几处小峡谷。
At Wushan we _______ _______ _______ up the Daning River to see some of the smaller gorges.were to spendsettingmade a detourLanguage Date Back - Complete the following sentences. 块块巨石形象各异,条条支流都流淌着传说,座座小山承载着过往。
Every rock _______ _______ a person or animal, every stream that _______ the great river ________ its legends, every hill ________ ________ ________ the past.
我们不可以下船。
We _______ ________ _______ get off the boat.
远山上写着20英尺大的汉字“建造三峡大坝,开发长江资源”。
On a ________ mountain was a _______ in 20-foot characters. “________ the Three Gorges Dam, _________ the Yangtze River,” it said.looked likejoinedcarriedwas heavy withweren’t allowed todistantsignBuildExploit