Module1 unit2 The Grand Canyon was not just big课件 - 2025-2026学年外研版九年级英语上册

Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. A great wonder of the natural world natural adj. 自然的 get out of 从 …… 内出来 / 离开 light adj. 明亮的 n. 光线，灯 reply v. 回答 clear v. （云）散开；打扫干净 adj. 清晰的 rise-rose-risen v. 升起（不及物动词） ground n. 地面 below prep. 在……的下面 New words Fast reading Scan the passage quickly and match the main idea with each part. Part 1 (Paragraph 1-2) ______ Part 2 (Paragraph 3-4) ______ Part 3 (Paragraph 5) ______ What the writer saw when the writer was on the edge of Grand Canyon. Before I saw the Grand Canyon. C. The writer’s feeling after visiting the Grand Canyon. Reading tip: Learn to scan the whole passage to get the main idea of each paragraph. B A C The Great Wall in China Careful reading 2. What did the writer do after he arrived? He looked to the east, got out of the car, went through a gate, and walked along a path. 1. What was the weather like when the writer arrived? It was rainy. Read para.1 and answer the question. Read para.2 and answer the question. 1. Who appeared in front of me? 2. How soon will I get there? A stranger appeared beside the path. In five minutes. 1. The rain has stopped and the sun is s            . 2. I live on the fifth floor and Jim lives on the fourth floor, one floor b            me. 3. Bob sent an email to his aunt, and she r            to it two days ago.. 4. Look at the s             on the wall.It says “No Smoking”. 5. A place is s             when there is no sound there. 6. Mrs Wang left, but her daughter ________(留下) behind. 7. The little girl is afraid to go alone, so she always walks ____________(在..旁边) her mother. 8. The water in the ________(峡谷) is quite clear. Let’s drink it. 9. Walk along the ________(小溪), or you may lose your way. 10. This ring is very beautiful. Is it ________(银质的)? shining below replied sign silent remained canyon beside/by stream silver the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy a bell tower famous for its tilt  [tɪlt]倾斜 The L... text has been truncated due to evaluation version limitation. 8 Sahara Desert in Africa the largest desert in the world 9 the Potala Palace in China built for the wedding of the Tibetan king Songtsan Gompo and Princess Wencheng Lacat... text has been truncated due to evaluation version limitation. 10 Read para.3 and fill in blanks. Suddenly, the rain _______ and the clouds _______ . The sun ______ behind me and _______ on the rocks. Far _______ me, the ground ___________ and down to a river. I was looking across one of the wonders of the _________ world--the Grand Canyon. stopped cleared shone rose below fell away natural Think: Which direction was the writer facing while he/she was looking over the Grand Canyon? How do you know? A. South B. North C. East D. West I have been to many interests of places in China, but I will never forget my trip to the Great Wall. It is in Beijing, in the north of China. It is over 8,000 kilometers long and 10 meters wide in average. It is famous for its length.It was built many years ago,in Qin Dynasty. It must be very difficult for people to build it, so I was interested in climbing up it and I always wanted to visit it. A trip to the Great Wall Read para.4 and fill in the table. The Grand Canyon How deep How wide How long nearly one mile about fifteen miles more than 200 miles How did the writer describe the depth of the Grand Canyon? If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still would not reach the top. The Grand Canyon 科罗拉多大峡谷 deep wide long the Colorado River 科罗拉多河 The Grand Canyon is nearly one mile deep. top I looked down to the Colorado River about 2,000metres below me. 我俯视着距我两千多米之遥的科罗拉 多河。 Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. 然后,我眺望峡谷的另一边。 Finally, I looked to my left and to my right....... 最后,我向左右遥望...... Look across The Grand Canyon is about 15 miles wide. The Grand Canyon is more than 200 miles long. left right 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 and 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) ________. sign silent remain sky mile below stream through reply Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world. Name Location Interesting facts Post-reading 20 We should review the words and phrases first and then use them correctly. 1-Do “课堂巩固” on the learning paper. 2-Check “课前预习”。 Writing Imagine you have just visited one of the natural wonders or man-made wonders. Write some sentences to describe your experience. Basic information: Where did you visit? When did you visit there? How long/high/wide/old/deep...? What is it famous for? What happened when you visited it? How did you feel about it? When did you visit it? Where is it? How long / wide / tall is it? What interesting facts do you know? What happened when you visited it? What do you think of it? 写作思路点拨——介绍世界景观 实例分析： Imagine you have just visited the Great Wall. Write a passage and describe your experience. Post-reading 【思路点拨】 Step Idea Expression 1 开篇点题，引出长城 Have you ever heard the Chinese saying…? 2 展开表述，描述长城 one of the ancient seven wonders of the world, history of over twenty centuries, is called the “Ten-thousand-Li Great Wall”, more than 6000 kilometres long… 3 结尾评价，发表感触 It’s hard to imagine… It’s still a secret… The Grand Canyon How deep is it? How wide is it? How long is it? Nearly 1 mile. 15 miles, maybe more. More than 200 miles. Huge! Careful-reading It is not just big! On the way to the Grand Canyon Looking at the Grand Canyon rainy sky grey dark silent no sign of it look across the Grand Canyon Careful-reading rain stopped clouds cleared sun rose and shone Feeling about the Grand Canyon Huge! In the writer’s opinion, is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world? Why do you think so? 1 mile deep 15 miles wide 200 miles long Unit2 当我到达 大清早 从车上出来 穿过门 沿着小路走 什么也没看到. 在路边 五分钟后 云散开了. 太阳升起 阳光照射在石头上 远远地在我下面 when I arrived the early morning get out of the car go through a gate walk along the path There is nothing to see. Beside the path In five minutes the clouds cleared. the sun rose\ rises. the sun shines on the rocks far below me edge n. 边，边缘 on the edge of 处于……的边缘 bottom n. 底部 at the bottom of 在……的底部 canyon n. 峡谷 side n.（墙，河等的左或右）边，面，侧 disappear v. 消失 distance n. 距离 huge adj. 巨大的 face v. 面对，面临 sight n. 景象，景观 跌下去 在底部 在顶端 一条银色的河流 够到顶部 峡谷的另外一边 延伸很远 多深 多宽 多长 fall away at the bottom of on top of a silver stream reach the top the other side of the canyon go far away how deep how wide how long 俯视 向左看 眺望 从上方看去 look down look to the left look across Look over summary 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. $$