仁爱科普版（2024）七年级英语下册 Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Listening & Speaking 课件 （共22张PPT）

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Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
Preparing for the Topic:
Listening & Speaking
(Famous waterscape)
掌握水资源相关的地理知识，了解中外著名水体景观；
运用关于水资源的词汇和表达，介绍水资源；
树立节约用水的观念，培养节约用水的意识，践行节约用水的措施。
a drop of water
a glass of water
a basin of water
a bucket of water
How much do you know about water
a tank of water
a pool of water
a pond of water
a sea of water
How much do you know about water
How to save water
There are many places lack of water(缺水), so we should save water in our daily lives.
b. Niagara Falls
e. The Bohai Sea
c. The Nile River
Activity 1 A
Famous waterscape
Match the places (a-e) with the pictures at the the top of the next page.
a. The Pacific Ocean
d. Lake Baikal
a
b
c
e
d
Activity 1 B
Read the descriptions and choose the correct places above.
_______________ 1. It is a 99-meter-high waterfall in North America.
_______________ 2. It is 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through eastern Africa.
_______________ 3. It’s an old freshwater lake on the earth. It is over 25 million years old.
_______________ 4. It is an inland sea in the north-east of China.
_______________ 5. It is very large and deep. It is one of the four oceans on the earth.
The Nile River
Niagara Falls
Lake Baikal
The Bohai Sea
The Pacific Ocean
b. Niagara Falls
e. The Bohai Sea
c. The Nile River
a. The Pacific Ocean
d. Lake Baikal
Famous waterscape
Activity 1 C
Listen and repeat, and then replace the parts in bold and practice with your partner.
Kangkang, what do you know about the Nile River
How long is it
Famous waterscape
It runs through
eastern Africa.
It’s 6,671
kilometers long.
Activity 2
Listen to the conversation and complete the table.
Famous waterscape
The ________ River
※ ________ kilometers long
※ A ________ river of China
※ About ________ kilometers
wide at some places
5,464
mother
20
Yellow
单词 词性 释义
planet n. 行星
ocean n. 大海，海洋(the ocean)
metre (meter AmE) n. 米
kilometre (kilometer AmE) n. 千米；公里
through prep. 穿过；贯穿
eastern adj. 东方的；东部的
New words
单词 词性 释义
freshwater adj. 淡水的
*million num. 一百万
inland adj. （在）内陆的
adv. 向（或在）内陆
north-east n. 东北；东北方；东北地区
large adj. 大的，大量的；大号的；广泛的，众多的
deep adj. 深的，厚的；纵深的，宽的
New words
Tapescripts听力文本
Activity 2
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Li Xiang: Lingling, look at the map. What is this river ______
Lingling: Oh, we call it the Yellow River.
Li Xiang: Can you tell me more about it
Lingling: It’s 5,464 kilometers ______.
Li Xiang: Over five ________ kilometers It’s really a long river.
Lingling: Yes. It is ______________ of China.
Li Xiang: Yes. We all know the Yellow River is one of our mother rivers.
Lingling: Do you know how wide it is At some places, it is _________ about 20 kilometers.
Li Xiang: Wow! That’s amazing!
Famous waterscape
called
long
thousand
as wide as
a mother river
Tapescripts听力文本
Activity 2
Famous waterscape
Listen to the conversation and complete the table.
Li Xiang: Lingling, look at the map. What is this river called
Lingling: Oh, we call it the Yellow River.
Li Xiang: Can you tell me more about it
Lingling: It’s 5,464 kilometers long.
Li Xiang: Over five thousand kilometers It’s really a long river.
Lingling: Yes. It is a mother river of China.
Li Xiang: Yes. We all know the Yellow River is one of our mother rivers.
Lingling: Do you know how wide it is At some places, it is as wide as about 20 kilometers.
Li Xiang: Wow! That’s amazing!
― How long is it 它有多长？
― It’s 6,671 kilometers long. 它有6 671 千米长。
（1）how long 意为“多长”，用来对物体的长度提问，也可以对时间的长短提问。例如：
— How long is the Yellow River 黄河有多长？
— It’s 5,464 kilometers long. 它有5 464 千米长。
— How long does it take you to get to school from your home 你从家到学校需要多长时间？
— It takes me about 20 minutes. 大约需要20 分钟。
Sentences
（2）在英语中，表达物体的长、宽、高等概念时,
可用“数字 + 单位 + long/wide/high (tall)等形容词”来表示。
例如：
112 Notes to the Text
Li Ming is about 1.8 meters tall. 李明身高一米八左右。
Our classroom is 7 meters wide and 9 meters long. 我们的教室宽7 米、长9 米。
Sentences
Activity 3
Look at the picture and talk about Huangguoshu
Waterfall. The expressions in the box may help you.
Famous waterscape
Useful Expressions
in Guizhou, China
about 100 meters wide
about 80 meters high
The Huangguoshu Waterfall is in Guizhou, China. It is one of the famous waterfalls in our country. It is about 100 meters wide and about 80 meters high with clean water flowing down from the top. It is
really beautiful!
Activity 3
Look at the picture and talk about Huangguoshu
Waterfall. The expressions in the box may help you.
Famous waterscape
选出下列问题的正确答语。
( ) Did you know that Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world
( ) Which ocean is deeper, the Atlantic or the Pacific
( ) How long is the Yellow River
( ) Are there many trees in your school
( ) The Yangtze River is the longest river in the world.
( ) The giant panda only lives in China.
A. It is 5,464 kilometers
long.
B. Yes, there are.
C. Yes, I did.
D. The Pacific.
E. You are right.
F. I don’t agree with you. I
think it is the Amazon
River.
C
E
D
A
B
F
方框选词，并用其适当形式填空。
“Guilin’s scenery is the best in the world, and Yangshuo’s scenery is the best in Guilin,” goes the old saying. Why is the scenery of Guilin and Yangshuo so great It’s probably because there is a
beautiful river running 1. __________ it. It is the Li River.
From Guilin to Yangshuo, the scenery on both 2. __________ of the Li River is beautiful beyond words. The 3. __________ way to enjoy its beauty is to go on a cruise (坐船游览). It will carry you away from the city and into a peaceful and 4. __________ world. You need to do nothing but bring your imagination and a 5. __________
and keep your eyes open.
through
sides
best
relaxing
camera
through, sad, give, side, relax, camera, good, visit, list, rock
through, sad, give, side, relax, camera, good, visit, list, rock
Hills, clear water, tall bamboo…. It feels like you are visiting in a Chinese ink wash painting! Your guide will tell you lots of stories behind different 6. __________. The story behind Xianren Rock and
Wangfu Rock must be on the 7. __________.
A young man died of hunger after 8. __________ all his food to a poor old man and turned into Xianren Rock. His wife carried their
baby on her back 9. __________ and turned into Wangfu Rock.
The Li River is beautiful. Why not 10. __________ this wonderful place to see it with your own eyes and feel it with your own heart
方框选词，并用其适当形式填空。
rocks
list
giving
sadly
visit
We learn:
different kinds of waterscape with the help of some pictures.
the features of the waterscape.
We can:
ask and answer about the features of some famous waterscape.
talk about Huangguoshu Waterfall.
1. Choose one of the famous waterscapes you are interested in and record the features of it.
2. Finish the exercises.