Unit 3 A day out Welcome to the unit 课件39张

牛津英语八年级上册
译林出版社
*
To learn about the places of interest around the world
To learn to talk about the places you are interested in: How long/wide is….
To learn the new words and expressions
Objectives:
*
come on ourselves
enjoy oneself
Australia
take care
来吧；赶快
pron. 我们自己
玩得愉快
n. 澳大利亚
保重
Words & phrases review
*
coffee
top
president
wide
steel
ton
n. 咖啡
n. 顶部，(物体的)上面
n. 总统，国家主席
adj. ……宽的；宽广的
n. 钢
n. 吨
Words review
*
Words:
ourselves Australia coffee top president wide ton
Phrases:
1. come on 2. enjoy oneself 3. go past 4. have a great time 5. take care
6. coffee shop 7. take a boat trip
Patterns:
1. What are you going to do, Eddie?
2. I’m going to exercise.
3. You need to exercise and keep fit.
*
Talk
1.The National Day Holiday is coming,
are you going to travel to any places?
2.Do you want to visit the places of
interest in foreign countries ?
3.What do you think Eddie is going to do
if he has some free time?
*
Listen and answer
1. Is Eddie really going to climb the hill?
2. What is Eddie going to do?
No, he isn’t.
He is going to eat some food.
*
as high as 与……一样高
as … as
用于同级比较
enjoy oneself
玩得高兴
oneself 反身代词 表主语与宾语是同一人或物
Observe-and-explain
*
1. Use different tones.
2. Add your own actions to make the dialogue more interesting.
*
Canada
Japan
France
USA
China
Russia
UK
Australia
Korea
If you have a chance to travel to a foreign country, which one would you prefer?
*
Look at the following pictures. Can you get their names and where they are?
*
the White House
白宫
(Washington D.C., the USA)
*
the Eiffel Tower
埃菲尔铁塔
(Pairs, France)
*
River Seine
塞纳河
(Paris, France)
*
the Sydney Opera House
悉尼歌剧院
(Sydney, Australia)
*
the Harbour Bridge
港湾大桥
(Sydney, Australia)
*
the Golden Gate Bridge
金门大桥
(San Francisco, America)
*
Amy and Simon are reading some postcards from their friends.
Read the back of the postcards and answer the questions.
Where are they?
*
1. Who sent the first card?
2. Which city did he go to?
3. What did he see there?
Sydney.
He saw the famous Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
Nick.
*
Who sent the second postcard?
2. Where is the coffee shop he sat in?
3. What was he going to do that afternoon?
By the River Seine.
He was going to visit the Eiffel Tower.
Leo.
*
Who sent the third postcard?
2. What did she see there?
3. What was the White House like?
She saw the White House.
It is a beautiful building with a big garden and many trees.
Jane.
*
a
c
b
*
Simon searched on the Internet for some information about places of interest around the world.
He is answering Amy’s questions. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions. (P 31)
B
*
1. Which place of interest are Simon and Amy talking about?
2. How long is the Golden Gate Bridge?
3. How wide is the bridge?
They’re talking about the Golden Gate Bridge.
About 1.7 miles.
It’s 90 feet wide.
*
Amy: How _____ is the Golden Gate
Bridge?
Simon: It’s very long, about ____ miles.
Amy: How _____ is the bridge?
Simon: It’s ____ feet wide.
Amy: The bridge is _____ of steel, isn’t
it?
Simon: Yes, and it weighs over 100,000
____.
long
1.7
wide
90
made
tons
Fill in the blanks according to the conversation.
*
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.
*
The bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of San Francisco, California, and the United States.
It has been declared one of the?Wonders of the Modern World?by the?American Society of Civil Engineers.
Watch the video about the Golden Gate Bridge
*
How high is the Qomolangma?
It is 8,848 ______ _____.
metres high
How long is this road?
It is about 550 ______ _____.
miles
long
*
How wide is the bridge?
It is 17 ______ _____.
metres wide
How tall is the boy?
He is 1.8 ______ _____.
metres tall
*
*
enjoy与反身代词oneself 构成固定搭配，所表示的意义与have a good/great/ wonderful time意义相近，都指“玩得高兴，过得愉快”。
反身代词的形式，随着主语的需要而定。
1. Let’s enjoy ourselves!
Practise
Lucy and Lily enjoyed __________　　　　　 (they) at the English party the day before yesterday.
themselves
*
我们昨晚在尼克的生日派对上玩得很高兴。
We enjoyed ourselves at Nick’s birthday
party last night.
大多数人喜欢晴朗的日子，因为他们可以到户外游玩。
Most people prefer sunny days because
they can enjoy themselves outside.
*
2. Yesterday I took a boat trip under the famous Harbor Bridge and went past the Sydney Opera House.
He just walked past me a few minutes ago.
几分钟前他刚从我身边走过。
He ran past the finishing line first.
他第一个越过了终点线。
The crowd cheer as the hero drives past.
英雄驱车经过时人群发出了欢呼声。
go past 经过，past 是介词，常与go, walk, drive, run 等动词连用。
*
英语中表示“长 、宽 、高”分别使用形容词long, wide, tall / high；所用句型是：sth / sb + be + 数字 + long, wide, tall / high。例如：
这条大街有60多米宽。
The street is more than sixty metres wide.
我认为那条河大约有6000米长。
I think that river is about 6,000 metres
long.
3. It’s 90 feet wide.
*
鲍喜顺身高2.36 米。
Bao Xishun is 2.36 metres tall.
这座山高624.4米。
This mountain is 624.4 metres high.
注意：表示“高度” 时，tall和high有区别：tall 一般用来表示人物; high 则用来表示物体。
Practise
*
4. The bridge is made of steel, isn’t it?
be made of和be made from都表示“由……制成”，主语为制成品，但前者表示制成成品后，仍可看出原材料是什么，保留原材料的质和形状；后者表示制成的东西完全失去了原材料的外形或特征，在成品中已无法辨认。
风筝是用纸做的。
The kite is made of paper.
纸是木头做的。
The paper is made from wood.
*
1. 埃菲尔铁塔重达11500吨。
The Eiffel Tower ___________________
______________.
2. 悉尼歌剧院大约有200 英尺高，它和港
湾大桥离得不远。
The Opera House is _________________.
It is not far from the Harbour Bridge.
weighs up to/as much
根据所给汉语意思，完成下列句子。
as 11,500 tons
about 200 feet high
Check your answer
*
3. 美国总统在白宫居住和工作。
______________________ lives and
works in the White House.
4. 昨天我们坐船经过了伦敦眼。
Yesterday, we _________ the London
Eye on a boat.
5. 加油，汤姆！你可以成功的。
_________, Tom! You can make it.
The president of the USA
went past
Come on
*
Write a 70-word article about your travelling plan.
2. Preview Linda’s email to her parents about her trip.
*