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Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big.
Module 1 Wonders of the world
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Learning aims
1
2
3
master useful expressions about describing a wonder, such as grey, stream, look across;
read and know how to write about a wonder(重点).
try to draw an illustration(插图) for the passage and retell(难点).
4
Develop love for nature.
核心素养
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The Three Gorges Dam
The Three Gorges Dam is a m________ wonder. So far, it’s the ________ (large) dam in the world. It’s about 2,300 metres l___, 185 metres h___ and 15 metres w__ at the top. It produces _________ for millions of people in China.
modern
largest
long
high
wide
electricity
review
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Victoria Falls
Victoria Falls in Africa is a fantastic n_____wonder. It’s about 1700 metres _____ and 100 metres _____. You can hear the ____ noise a few kilometres away.
natural
loud
wide
high
review
The Giant’s Causeway is one of the most fantastic natural _______ in the world. It’s huge. There are about 40,000 rocks, most of them w____ six sides. It runs for several hundred metres on the ________ coast of Northern Ireland. It’s really a magic land of the nature.
The Giant’s Causeway
wonders
with
eastern
review
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________ of
the world
Wonders
g____
great
w________
wonderful
e_______
exciting
f_________
fantastic
u_________
unusual
……
touristy 吸引很多游客的
splendid 壮观的
gorgeous 绚丽的
magic 有魔力的,神奇的
Warm-up
Mike visited the Grand Canyon and wrote a travel note(游记) about his trip.
Pre-reading
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Pre-reading
What does the writer think of the Grand Canyon?
Tips: read the titles carefully.
2.What is the order of the text?
A. Time B. Space C. Logic
skimming
A.What I saw while I was on the canyon
B.How I felt after I saw the canyon
C.What I found before I got to the canyon
Para1-2. ______
Para3-4. __
Para5. ___
1.Match the main ideas with the paragraphers.
C
A
B
before-while-after
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skimming
Where does the passage most probably come from?
a) A magazine.
b) A grammar book.
c) A dictionary.
d) A storybook.
Read para1-2 and answer these questions
scanning
1. Did the trip go successfully before he saw the Grand Canyon?
No, it didn't. He asked a stranger the way
2.What do you learn from their conversation?
“-Am I going the right way?
-Yes, you’ll get there in five minutes.”
The Grand Canyon is very famous and well-known to all.
And many people visit there.
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On the way to the Grand Canyon
Looking at the Grand Canyon
How was the weather on the way to the Grand Canyon?
How was the weather when he looked at the Grand Canyon?
What does the writer think of the Grand Canyon?
rainy
sky grey
dark
silent
no sign of it
Weather?
See?
Careful-reading
rain stopped
clouds cleared
sun rose and shone
shine--shone--shone
The clouds came.
The clouds went away.
√
The good is worth waiting for.美好值得等待。
单击此处编辑母版文本样式
第二级
第三级
第四级
第五级
Read Para 3 carefully and finish the form:
What to be described What they did
The clouds
The rain
The sun
The ground
I
cleared
stopped
rose, shone
fell away, down to..
looking across
Which direction was the writer facing while
he was looking over the Grand Canyon?
A. South B. North C. East D. West
The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks.
Reading
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The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river.
太阳从我身后升起,照在岩石上,远远地在我的下方,地面(仿佛在随光线)向下延伸,(逐渐)退落,显露出谷底的河流。
(rise, shine, fall )
Reading
The Grand Canyon
How deep is it?
How wide is it?
How long is it?
Nearly 1 mile.
I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me...
a small river
a
b
silver
golden
Careful-reading
1 mile (英里) = 1.6 km
Read Para. 4 and complete the table.
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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.
Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more.
Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles.
Huge!
Careful-reading
It is not just big!
The Grand Canyon 科罗拉多大峡谷
deep
wide
long
about 15 miles
nearly 1 mile
more than 200 miles
Reading
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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.
若世界上两座最高的建筑叠放在峡谷底部,他们仍达不到大峡谷的顶端。
哈利法塔,又称迪拜法塔,高828米,共162层。
Reading
top
What question did the writer ask himself?
What does the writer think of the Grand Canyon?
It was not just big. It was huge. It was the greatest wonder of the natural world.
Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?
Read the fifth part carefully and answer
Reading
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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 attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.
Learning
What do you think of the Grand Canyon after reading?
Which place do you think is the most attractive(有吸引力的)?
'Great' or 'not just big', which do you think better?
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Watch the video.
Post-reading
世界景观,是自然的馈赠,是智慧的结晶。
景观之美,生命之美。
Task 6 Work in groups. Draw an illustration(插图) for Mike’s travel note and then retell.
Post-reading
Para.1
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Post-reading
Group 1-3: Para. 2
Group 4-7: Para. 3
Group 8-10: Para. 4
Group11-13: Para. 5
Student A&B: draw a picture
Student C&D: retell
Task 6 Work in groups. Draw an illustration(插图) for Mike’s travel note and then retell.
Speaking
Retell the passage.
I _________ the car, ____________ the gate, ____________ a dark path.
There was _____________, but I knew ___________.
I __________ the rocks.
It was ______ and there was _______ of it.
got out of
went through
walked along
nothing to see
it was there
looked over
silent
no sign
1. What I found before I got to the canyon
2. What I saw while I was on the canyon
how deep
how wide
how long
one mile
fifteen miles
400 miles
look down to the river
look across to the other side of the canyon
look to the left and to the right
3. How I felt after I saw the canyon
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Homework
Must-do: 同步练习unit2 ; 完成插图绘画。
Optional:找出更多中国峡谷的景观并向同学们介绍.
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