Module 1 Unit 2The Grand Canyon was not just big.课件

课件25张PPT。Module 1
Wonders of the worldThe Grand Canyonwas not just big.Unit 2PresentationDo you know these words?shine v.
照耀sign n.
迹象；标志silent adj.
寂静的silver adj.
银色的canyon
n. 峡谷sky n. 天空grey adj.
灰色的; 阴沉的stream n.
小河；小溪beside
reply
clear
fall away
nearly
on top ofprep. 在······旁边；在······附近
v. 回答；答复
v. (烟雾等)开始消失
突然向下倾斜
adv. 几乎；差不多
在······上面； 盖住 1. Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you. Reading and vocabularybelow, deep, fantastic, high, long natural, shine, sign, silent, silver prep. 在下面；在······ 以下v. 照耀n. 迹象；标志；招牌adj. 寂静的adj. 银灰色的；银制的Nearly one mile. About fifteen miles. More than 200 miles. 2. Read the passage and complete the table.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.Learning to learn 3. Choose the correct answer.
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 morning.3. Which direction was the writer facing while he/she 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.Language Points1.I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path.
我下了车，穿过一扇门，沿着一条黑暗的小路走着。
go through 通过，穿过；经历
e.g. The rain has gone through my coat.
The country has gone through too many wars.拓展：go 相关词组
go abroad 出国
go against 违背；与······不符
go up 增长；上升；被兴建起来 go on 继续；继续下去；发生
go over 复习 ；仔细审查；走近 go ahead 进行 go away 走开；消失go for 去取来；争取得到2.I looked over them,but there was silent and there was no sign of it.
我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静，还是看不见它。
I was looking across one of the wonders of the nature world — the Grand Canyon.
我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。
look over 从······上方看过去
look across 眺望；向对面看
look down 向下看
look to one's left/right 朝某人的左侧/右侧看I looked down to the Colorado River...
我俯瞰科罗拉多河······
Finally,I looked to my left and to my right...
最后，我向左右遥望······拓展：look 相关词组
look after 照料 look back 回顾，向后看
look in 顺便来访
look into 调查
look through 浏览
look over 翻阅；调查
look up 找出，查阅；仰视 look down upon sb. 轻视某人 look forward to doing 期待 3. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
太阳从我身后升起，照在岩石上，地 面(仿佛在随光线)向下延伸，(逐渐)退 落，显露出谷底的河流。
behind, on, below, away和down几个
介词和副词生动地描写了太阳升起时作者在大峡谷观察到的奇妙景象。…the ground fell away…是形象化的描述，说明了随着阳光的照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降，逐渐显露出谷底的河流。4. I remained by the canyon for about half an hour…
remain v. 逗留，留下
n. 剩余物；遗迹；残骸
e.g. I didn’t remain long in the city.
我并没有在那个城市逗留很久。
The police told everybody to remain in
their cars.? ?
警察叫大家都留在车里。 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 signsilentremainsky Exercisesand 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) ______.milebelowstreamthroughreply Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world.HomeworkImagine 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…