Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old.
教材分析
This is the first lesson in this module. The listening material is information about wonders. It’s a good text to help the students improve their listening strategies, such as getting information from the listening material about wonders.
教学目标
【知识目标】
1. Key words:
natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, opinion, electricity
2. Key phrases:
in one’s opinion, more than, millions of, join in, agree with
3. Key sentences:
(1) I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
(2) Hmm, I’ve never seen it, so I’m not sure I agree with you.
(3) It’s about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high.
(4) But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
【能力目标】
To get information of wonders in the world.
【情感目标】
Learn to respect nature.
Learn to introduce wonders in the right way.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
Learn the key words.
Key vocabulary：army，man-made ，natural，wonder，discussion，opinion，in one’s opinion，eastern，though，loud，electricity
Key structures: join in，That sounds great., in my opinion, looked over, looked down to, Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
【教学难点】
Learn to listen for main points about wonders.
Learn to introduce wonders.
课前准备
Multimedia
教学过程
Step I. Warm-up
1. Know about wonders of the world.
T shows some pictures to introduce wonders of the world: the Three Gorges Dam, the Terracotta Army, the Giant’s Causeway and Victoria Falls.
2. Match the pictures with wonders.
3. Ss use some adjectives to describe the wonders: ancient, modern, man-made and natural.
【设计意图】
用图片直观，形象地引入本课话题，激发学生兴趣，活跃课堂气氛，为正式进入课文内容的学习进行热身。
Step II. Pre-listening
Look at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.
1. Which two are natural wonders?
2. Which two are man-made wonders?
3. Which is an ancient wonder?
4. Which is a modern wonder?
【设计意图】
学生通过操练，进一步熟悉世界奇观，并将它们进行分类： natural, man-made, ancient, modern
Step III. Listening
T: Tony and his friends are talking about Wonders of the World. Listen and read. Let’s listen and fill in the blanks.
(I) Now listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
Wonders
Location
Description
Other facts
The Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland
________ rocks
__________________
Africa
______ metres wide
100 metres _____
hear the _________ a few kilometres away
The Terracotta Army
China
more than ______ years old
The Three Gorges Dam
______
2,300 metres ______
_____metres high
____ metres wide
produce ___________for ______________ people in China
(II) Listen again and check(√) the true sentences.
1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the largest natural wonder.
2. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls are more fantastic than the Giant’s Causeway.
3. Betty and Daming are more interested in man-made wonders.
4. For Daming, the Three Gorges Dam is more fantastic than the Terracotta Army.
【设计思路】
学生们进一步操练听力能力。提高听对话获取相关信息的能力。
Step IV. Post- listening
(I) Read the dialogue and answer the questions.
1. Where is the Giant’s Causeway?
2. How wide are Victoria Falls?
3. What wonders does Betty think are more exciting?
4. How old is the Terracotta Army?
(II) Read again and complete the passage with proper words.
Tony and his friends are ________ wonders of the world. Tony thinks natural wonders are more interesting than __________ ones. He visited the Giant’s Causeway two years ago and he thinks it is the most ________ natural wonder. Lingling thinks ___________ in Africa are even more fantastic. But in Betty’s ________, man-made wonders are more ________ than natural ones, such as the Terracotta Army and the Three Gorges Dam.
【设计意图】
进行语法点讲解，重现并强调课文中的知识点并进行扩展。重点为学生讲解美国人的姓名文化，让学生学会识别美国人的姓和名，了解中西方姓名文化的不同。
Step V. Language points
1. Let’s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. 我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话，加入讨论吧。
(1) wonder n. 奇迹
The Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the new world. 长城是新世界七大奇观之一。
vi. & vt.
1) 觉得奇怪；惊奇 = be surprised
I wonder that each man speaks a different language in England.
我感到十分惊奇在英国每个人都说着一种不同的语言。
I wonder at her beauty.我对她的美丽感到奇怪。
★ wonder at sth
★ wonder that + 从句
2) 想知道 = want to know
I wonder who he is, where he came from and why he came.我很想知道他是谁, 从哪里来, 来干什么。
★ wonder + 特殊疑问句 想知道……
I wonder what he’s doing now.我想他此刻在做些什么呢？
★ join in 的意思是“参加某种活动，加入到”。
例如：We all joined in the game. 我们都参与了游戏。
2. ancient adj. 远古的；古代的 = very old
an ancient civilization 古代文明
He is studying ancient history in the university. 他在大学研究古代历史。
ancient 常用来修饰物
old 可以用来修饰人、动物和事物
adj. 自古以来的，古老的
an ancient custom 古老的习惯
3. But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
但是, 在我看来, 人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。
本句中natural ones 与 man-made wonders
相对应 ones 代替前面提到的wonders。
in one’s opinion 表示“按某人的意见;据某人看来”。
Who, in your opinion, is the best football player in the world today?在你看来，谁是当
今世界上最好的足球运动员？
Step VI. Speaking
(I) Pronunciation and speaking
Listen and mark the pauses.
(II) Work in pairs. Say which wonder of the world you would like to visit and why.
— Which wonder of the world would you like to visit?
— I’d like to visit the Great Wall because Chinese ancient people built it 2,000 years ago. And I’m proud of being a Chinese.
【设计意图】
语言输出及口语训练，学生运用已有的语言素材进行关于世界奇观的介绍。
Step VII. Homework
I. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.
II. Search for some information about the Grand Canyon.
【设计意图】
作业是课堂学习的延伸，是对课堂所学的技能很好的综合检测。
课件26张PPT。an?object?that?causes?a?feeling?of great?surprise?and?admiration奇观；奇迹；奇事Module 1
Wonders of the worldUnit 1
It’s more than 2,000 years old.The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the world. 三峡大坝The Three Gorges DamThe Terracotta Army秦始皇陵兵马俑More Wonders 巨人之路The Giant’s CausewayVictoria Falls维多利亚瀑布More WondersMatch the names of the wonders with the pictures below.①②③④ a) The Terracotta Army d) Victoria Falls c) The Giant’s Causeway b) The Three Gorges Damadj. 古代的a______ncientadj. 现代的m______odernadj. 人造的m________an-madeadj. 大自然的n______aturalLook at the picture and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you. ancient man-made modern natural wonder1. Which two are natural wonders?
2. Which two are man-made wonders?
3. Which is an ancient wonder?
4. Which is a modern wonder?①②③④②④①②③④listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.40,0001,700high loud noise2,000China long millions ofVictoria Falls15electricity185Read the passage and check(√) the true sentences.1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the largest natural wonder.
2. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls are more fantastic than the Giant’s Causeway.
3. Betty and Daming are more interested in man-made wonders.
4. For Daming, the Three Gorges Dam is more fantastic than the Terracotta Army.××√√Answer the questions.1. Where is the Giant’s Causeway?
2. How wide are Victoria Falls?
3. What wonders does Betty think are more exciting?
4. How old is the Terracotta Army?
It’s on the eastern coast of Northern Ireland.It is about 1,700 metres wide.She thinks man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.It’s more than 2,000 years old.Tony and his friends are ________ wonders of the world. Tony thinks natural wonders are more interesting than __________ ones. He visited the Giant’s Causeway two years ago and he thinks it is the most ________ natural wonder. Lingling thinks ___________ in Africa are even more fantastic. But in Betty’s ________, man-made wonders are more ________ than natural ones, such as the Terracotta Army and the Three Gorges Dam.Complete the passage with proper words.man-madefantasticVictoria Fallsopiniondiscussingexciting1. Let’s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion.
我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话，加入讨论吧。
(1) wonder n. 奇迹
The Great Wall is one of the seven wonders of the new world.
长城是新世界七大奇观之一。
vi. & vt.
1) 觉得奇怪；惊奇 = be surprised
I wonder that each man speaks a different language in England.
我感到十分惊奇在英国每个人都说着一种不同的语言。
I wonder at her beauty.我对她的美丽感到奇怪。
★ wonder at sth
★ wonder that + 从句
Language points
2) 想知道 = want to know
I wonder who he is, where he came from and why he came.
我很想知道他是谁, 从哪里来, 来干什么。
★ wonder + 特殊疑问句 想知道……
I wonder what he’s doing now.我想他此刻在做些什么呢？
★ join in 的意思是“参加某种活动，加入到”。
例如：We all joined in the game.
我们都参与了游戏。2. ancient adj. 远古的；古代的 = very old
an ancient civilization 古代文明
He is studying ancient history in the university.
他在大学研究古代历史。
ancient 常用来修饰物
old 可以用来修饰人、动物和事物
adj. 自古以来的，古老的
an ancient custom 古老的习惯
｛3. But in my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.
但是, 在我看来, 人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。
本句中natural ones 与 man-made wonders
相对应 ones 代替前面提到的wonders。
in one’s opinion 表示“按某人的意见; 据某人看来”。
Who, in your opinion, is the best football player in the world today?
在你看来，谁是当今世界上最好的足球运动员？Pronunciation
and speaking 长的句子按照意
思的群落（即“意群”）适当断开、稍加停顿（即“停顿”）
，断开的几部分都具有相对完
整的意思。分析:一些长的句子需要按照意思的群落（即“意群”）适当断开、稍加停顿（即“停顿”），断开的几部分都具有相对完整的意思。按照一般语法结构，可划分为以下意群单位：
(1)短句 (2) 名词短语 (3) 介词/不定式/分词短语 (4) 动词短语 (5) 主谓结构
(6)动宾结构 (7) 系表结构 (8) 动状结构 (9)主句-从句。 Listen and mark the pauses.1. I’ve never seen it, so I’m not sure I agree with you.
2. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic.
3. In my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.∕∕∕∕∕∕∕Now listen again and repeat.Complete the sentences with the words in the box. discussion eastern huge opinion though1. In my ________, natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
2. Victoria Falls, about 1,700 metres high, are ________.
3. Let’s join in the _________ about the wonders of the world.
4. I think the Giant’s Causeway on the ________ coast of Northern Ireland is a fantastic natural wonder.
5. To some degree, Lingling agrees with Tony about the Giant’s Causeway, ________ she thinks Victoria Falls are more fantastic.
opinionhugediscussioneasternthoughDo you know wonders of the world?The?Colosseum?of?Rome 古罗马大斗兽场
The Great Wall of China 长城
Hagia Sophia 圣索菲亚大教堂
Stonehenge 巨石阵
Machu Picchu 马丘比丘
Taj Mahal 泰姬陵
Empire State Building 帝国大厦
The Victoria Falls 维多利亚瀑布
The Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁
CN Tower 加拿大国家电视塔
Northern Lights 北极光
Grand Canyon 大峡谷— Which wonder of the world would you like to visit?
— I’d like to visit the Great Wall because Chinese ancient people built it 2,000 years ago. And I’m proud of being a Chinese.Work in pairs. Say which wonder of the world you would like to visit and why.Homework1. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.
2. Search for some information about the Grand Canyon.
