Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old 课件30张（无音频）

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An?object?that?causes?a?feeling?of great?surprise?and?admiration
奇观；奇迹；奇事
Victoria Falls
/v?k?t??ri?/
维多利亚瀑布
The Giant’s Causeway 巨人堤
/?d?a??nt/
/?k??z.we?/
The Three Gorges /ɡ??d?/ Dam
三峡大坝
The Terracotta Army
/?ter.??k?t.?/
秦始皇兵马俑
What wonders of the world do you know?
To learn about wonders of the world like the Giant’s Causeway, the Terracotta Army, the Three Gorges Dam and Victoria Falls
To learn to describe a wonder of the world with facts and express one’s preference by making comparisons
3. To understand the conversation about natural wonders and man-made wonders
Objectives:
1
Match the names of the wonders with the pictures below. (P 2)
①
②
③
④
a) The Terracotta Army
d) Victoria Falls
c) The Giant’s Causeway
b) The Three Gorges Dam
What kind of wonders do they belong to ?
The wonders in the world can be man-made or natural.
人工的；人造的；非天然的
自然的；天然形成的
The wonders in the world can be ancient or modern.
古老的
现代的
adj. 人造的
m________
an-made
adj. 大自然的;
天然的
n______
atural
adj. 古代的
a______
ncient
adj. 现代的
m______
odern
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?
①
②
③
④
②
④
Above these wonders of the world:
P2 ②
Unit 1
It’s more than 2,000 years old.
Can you read and translate ?
Now let’s learn more about the wonders of the world .
2,000 years old
15 metres wide
100 metres high
185 metres high
1,700 metres wide
2,300 metres long
2000年
15米宽
100米高
185米高
1700米宽
2300米长
Tony and his friends are talking about Wonders of the World. Finish the following tasks.
3
check(√) the true sentences.
1. Tony thinks the Giant’s Causeway is the largest natural wonder.
2. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls is 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.
×
×
√
√
Task 1
most fantastic
as
as
P3
4
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1. Where is the Giant’s Causeway?

2. How wide is 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.
Task 2
P3
1
2
3
4
Read the conversation and fill in the blanks.
40,000
1,700
high
loud noise
2,000
China
long
millions of
Victoria Falls
15
Task 3
high
Wonders Location Description Other facts
The Giant’s Causeway Northern Ireland ________ rocks
__________________ Africa ______ metres wide
100 metres _____ can hear the _________ a few kilometres away
The Terracotta Army China more than ______ years old
The Three Gorges Dam ______ 2,300 metres ______
185 metres _____
____ metres wide produce electricity for ______________ people in China
英语中表达物体的长、宽、高、深等概念时，一般使用“数字+单位+long/wide/high/deep/…”的表达方式。
Describe a wonder of the world with facts.
Express one’s preference about wonders by making comparisons.
Where did you visit in your last holiday? Why did you go there?
Work in pairs. Make a conversation to describe wonders of the world .
Hi. Lily. How was your holiday?
Great. I visited the Hukou Waterfall. It’s the second biggest waterfall in China. It’s about 50 meters high and 30 meters wide.
Amazing! And I visited the Great Wall.
That sounds great.
Yeah. In my opinion, it’s the most fantastic man-made natural wonder in China.
5
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
discussion eastern huge opinion though
1. In my ________, natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.
2. Victoria Falls, about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high, is ______.
opinion
huge
Task 4
P3
discussion eastern huge opinion though
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 is more fantastic.
discussion
eastern
though
1. Role play the conversation in groups;
2. Role play the conversation in front of the class
Let’s see which group does the best.
Tony and his friends are talking about __________________. Tony thinks _______ wonders are more interesting than _________ ones. He visited the Giant’s Causeway two years ago. He thinks it is the most _______ natural wonder. Lingling thinks Victoria Falls in Africa is even _______ fantastic. But in Betty’s _______, man-made wonders are more _______ than natural ones. Daming thinks so.
Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then try to retell it.
man-made
fantastic
more
opinion
exciting
Task 6
wonders of the world
natural
Work in pairs. Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.
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A: I like … because it’s very
interesting.
B: In my opinion, … is (even) more
interesting than…
C: I agree with you. And I think … is the most…
P3
A list of wonders of the world for reference:
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
A: Which wonder of the world would
you like to visit?
B: I’d like to visit the Giant’s Causeway
because I love wild places by the sea.
C: I’d like to visit Victoria Falls because I think it’s more fantastic.
—Which wonder of the world would you
like to visit?
—I’d like to visit the Terracotta Army
because I think man-made wonders are more exciting.
—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.
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
2. Preview the passage A great wonder of the natural world on page 4.