Unit 5 Starting out & Understanding ideas Reading(1)课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）英语七年级下册

Unit 5 Starting out 1 What can you see in the pictures? Let’s view. desert snub-nosed monkeys the stone forest Yellow River Stone Forest frosty pines the northern light 2 1. What is it? 2. Where can you find it? 3. What color is it? 4. What is it special? Let’s answer. sand It is a _______. The main color is __________. It is covered with ___________. We can see it in _____________________. yellow the southwest of China desert Do you know other facts about it? It doesn’t rain often. It is very hot in the day but very cold at night. Camels live in the desert. 3 Let’s answer. Do you know other facts about it? 1. What is it? 2. Where can you find it? 3. What color is it? 4. What is it special? It is _____________. The main color is __________. We can see it in cold areas like________. It is covered with __________. snow white Jilin frosty pines The ice can protect the trees from insects. 4 Let’s talk. It is _____________. The main color is __________. We can see it in ________. What do you think of the natural wonders? cute cool peaceful amazing quiet wonderful huge awesome magical ... I think it is /they are_____________. 5 Let’s watch. How much do you know about the natural wonders in the world? Let’s have a small quiz. 6 Let’s watch. How much do you know about the natural wonders in the world? Let’s have a small quiz. 7 Let’s choose. 1. What’s the highest place above sea level ? 2. What’s the lowest place on earth? 3. What’s the longest river in the world? 4. What’s the hottest place on earth? 5. Which animal lives the longest? A. Mount Kilimanjaro B. Mount Qomolangma A.The Mariana Trech B.Lake Baikal A.The Nile River B.The Amazon River A.Sahara Desert,Africa B.Death Valley,USA A.Jellyfish (水母) B.Bowhead whale (弓头鲸) 马里亚纳海沟 8 Let’s summarize. Which one do you find the most interesting? What other facts about nature do you know? Which one do you find the most interesting? I think /In my opinion, ...because... interesting facts about the natural world plants animals river places landforms（地貌） ... 9 Let’s match. Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high; As if the Silver River fell from azure sky. — Li Bai Some day I must climb up to the top, To look down viewing all the peaks small. — Du Fu “The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! — Bryan W. Procter 飞流直下三千尺，疑是银河落九天。 会当凌绝顶，一览众山小。 大海！大海！辽阔的大海！ 湛蓝、清新，永远自由！ 10 Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky, Rushing into the sea and never come back? — Li Bai 君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。 Do you know any other poems about nature wonders? Clouds on frontier have darkened snow-clad peaks, The town with Gate of Jade stands far away forlorn. — Wang Changlin 青海长云暗雪山，孤城遥望玉门关。 Do you know something about Qinghai-Tibet Plateau? fields, grassland Let’s view. What can you see in the pictures? What colors are they? sky, lake clouds, mountains What will the passage talk about? the name of the hometown colours of different sights the writer’s feelings towards her hometown the favourite colour of the writer Let’s predict （预测）. Homework. Must-do Choose-to-do 1. Search for more works about nature wonders; 1. Draw a mind-map about the facts you have got about your favourite nature wonder. 2. Complete the worksheet. Lavf58.20.100 $$