Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Lesson 1 Listening&Speaking （课件） -新教材仁爱科普版七年级英语下册

Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Lesson 1 Listening and Speaking Learning Objectives In this class, you will 通过图片了解不同水域的特点 通过观察、听和说了解不同水域的特点 通过听力活动谈论黄果树瀑布 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. What do you think of them? Lead-in I can see famous waterscape(水景). They are beautiful. Enjoy some pictures and answer the questions. Viewing Activity 1 A. Match the places (a-e) with the pictures on Page 21. b. Niagara Falls c. The Nile River d. Lake Baikal e. The Bohai Sea a. The Pacific Ocean 4 Activity 1 B. Read the descriptions and choose the correct places. It is a 99-meter-high waterfall in North America. It is 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through eastern Africa. It’s an old freshwater lake on the earth. It is over 25 million years old. It is an inland sea in the north-east of China. It is very large and deep. It is one of the four oceans on the earth. 1.________________ 2.________________ 3.________________ 4.________________ 5.________________ The Bohai Sea Niagara Falls The Nile River Lake Baikal The Pacific Ocean Pre-listening ['mi:tə(r)] n. 米 [kɪlɒ'mɪtə(r)] n. 千米 [θru:] prep. 贯穿 [lɑ:dʒ] adj. 大的 [di:p] adj. 深的 ['əuʃn] n. 大海 Read the descriptions again and fill in the blanks. Niagara Falls is a _______________ waterfall in North America. The Nile River is 6,671 _____________ long. It ______ _________ eastern Africa. Lake Baikal is an old ____________ lake on the earth. It is over 20 million years old. The Bohai Sea is an ________ sea in the north-east of China. The Pacific Ocean is very ______ and ______. It is one of the four ________ on the earth. inland 99-meter-high kilometers freshwater large deep Pre-listening runs through oceans Activity 1 C. Listen and repeat. Kangkang, what do you know about the Nile River? It’s 6,671 kilometers long. Listening & Speaking It runs through eastern Africa. How long is it? Listening & Speaking Activity 1 C. Pair work. Replace the parts in bold and practice with your partner. Kangkang, what do you know about…? …is it? ... It’s ... Activity 2 Listen to the conversation and complete the table. Listening & Speaking The _________ River ※ _________ kilometers long ※ A _________ river of China ※ About _____ kilometers wide at some places 5,464 mother 20 Yellow Activity 2 Listen again, and practice it with your partner. Listening & Speaking Li Xiang: Lingling, look at the map. What is this river called? Lingling: Oh, we call it the Yellow River. Li Xiang: Can you tell me more about it? Lingling: It’s 5,464 kilometers long. Li Xiang: Over five thousand kilometers? It’s really a long river. Lingling: Yes. It’s also one of the oldest rivers in China. It is a mother river of China. Li Xiang: Yes. We all know the Yellow River is one of our mother rivers. Lingling: Do you know how wide it is? At some places, it is as wide as about 20 kilometers. Li Xiang: Wow! That’s amazing! Activity 3 Pair work. Look at the picture and talk about Huangguoshu Waterfall. The expressions in the box may help you. Listening & Speaking Useful Expressions in Guizhou, China about 100 meters wide about 80 meters high [waɪd] adj. 宽的 We learn: different kinds of waterscape with the help of some pictures. the features of the waterscape. We can: 1. ask and answer about the features of some famous waterscape. 2. talk about Huangguoshu Waterfall. Summary Homework You should: practice the conversation in Activity 1 C again. You may: search for more information about other famous waterscape and share it in class. $$