(共26张PPT)
1. 从......内出来/离开
2. 穿过
3. 在5分钟后
4. 从......上方看过去
5. 突然向下倾斜
6. 眺望; 向对面看
7. 自然界奇观之一
8. 向下看
9. 在......上面;盖住
10. 在......底部
11. 朝某人左/右侧看
12. 在两侧
get out of
go through
in five minutes
look over
fall away
look across
one of the wonders of natural....
look down
on top of
at the bottom of
look to one's left/right
on both sides
Post-reading读后 Key phrases
2. Read silently and match the main information
of each paragraph.
A. How I feel about the Grand Canyon.
Para. ___
B. When I arrived, there was nothing to see.
Para. ___
C. I realized I was on the edge of the Grand
Canyon.
Para. ___
D. The Grand Canyon is not just big, but huge.
Para. ___
E. I asked a stranger the way before I came to
some rocks.
Para. ___
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Unit 2
The Grand Canyon was not just big.
Wonders of the world
猛犸洞
贝加尔湖
冰河湾
珠穆朗玛峰
黄石公园
Victoria Falls
seven wonders of the natural world
The Grand Canyon
美国大峡谷
The Colarado River
科罗拉多河
科罗拉多大峡谷
deep
wide
long
silver stream the Colorado River
The rock found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is around 2 billion years old
The Grand Canyon
How deep
How wide
How long
Nearly one mile.
About fifteen miles.
More than 200 miles.
What was the writer’s feeling when he saw the full view of the wonder
It was not just big. It was huge.
2. True or false.
1) When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot.
2) I went to the wrong way at first.
3) Finally I looked over some rocks, but it was silent and I can’t see the Canyon.
4) The Colorado River went through the Grand Canyon like a silver stream.
5) I’m not sure about the answer to “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world ”
T
T
F
F
F
rainy.
He knew where I was going.
I certainly know
Read the passage again and choose the correct answer.
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P5
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 evening.
Activity 3
3. Which direction was the writer facing while he 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.
4
P5
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
below mile remain reply sign silent sky stream through
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
stream
through
reply
Activity 4
Some facts about the Grand Canyon.
* location: USA
* 446 km long
16 km wide (average)
1,600 m deep (average)
* one of the seven wonders of the natural world
* The Colorado River runs through the Grand Canyon.
* The rock found at the bottom of the Grand Canyon is around 2 billion years old.
Some wonderful views of the Grand Canyon.
If you put the two tallest buildings
in the world on top of each other
at the bottom of Canyon, they still
would not reach the top.
若世界上两座最高的建筑叠放在峡谷底部，他们仍顶不到头。
把……放在……底部
一个在另一个上面的，一个挨一个的
眼前一亮：难句解析
II 情景小作文
I (1) ________ the east-the sky was becoming grey. I (2)_________ the car, (3)_____________
a gate and walked along a dark path. Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I was (4) _____________ one of the wonders of the natural world-the Grand Canyon.
If you (5) ___________ the Grand Canyon as the
(4) sun____________and (5) __________ about one mile, you can see the Colorado River below you. It (6) _____________________ as it (7) _____________ the rocks (8) ________________________. If
someone asks you (9) _________________________, it (10) _________________.
looked to
got out of
went through
looking across
remained by
gets brighter
look down
looks like a silver stream
passes through
at the bottom of the canyon
whether the Grand Canyon is...
may be easy to reply
II 情景小作文
我瞭望东方-天色阴沉。我下了车, 穿过大门, 沿着一条黑暗的小路向前走。最后我来到一些岩石边停下来。当时我正在眺望自然世界的奇观之一-大峡谷。
如果你待在大峡谷旁边, 随着太阳越来越明亮向一英里的下方看去, 你可以看到下面的科罗拉多河。当它穿越峡谷底的岩石时, 它看上去像一条银色的溪流。如果某人问你大峡谷是否自然世界最伟大的奇观时, 那可能极容易回答。
Observe the following sentences and try to find the differences between them.
It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more.
The canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.
The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge.
Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world
facts
opinion
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.
Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.
Name
Location
Interesting facts
训练案
完成句子
1. at the bottom of
2. rises in the east
3. fell away
4. got out of
5. asking himself
Imagine you have just visited one of the natural or man-made wonders. Write sentences and describe your experience.
Say when you visited it.
I just visited the Great Wall last month.
Say where it is.
It is in the north of China.
Describe its size.
It is…
Say what interesting facts you know.
It is famous for…
Say what happened when you visited it.
It was raining when we were…
Say how you felt.
I thought it was the most wonderful sight.
Thank you !
