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

该初中英语课件围绕“自然奇观与家乡自然之美”展开，通过视频观看识别自然元素，结合快速问答巩固自然常识，以李白、杜甫古诗及英文诗歌为支架，帮助学生从自然现象过渡到家乡自然描写。 其亮点在于融合文化意识（中外诗歌结合，如“飞流直下三千尺”与《The sea!》）、语言能力（结构分析、比喻夸张手法学习）和思维品质（对比家乡与大城市），通过任务型活动（古诗填空、结构划分）提升语言能力与文化认同，教师可借助丰富素材和支架高效实施教学。

Amazing nature Unit 5 Starting out & Understanding ideas What can you see from the video? animals forest land trees mountains Nature frosty pines desert snub-nosed monkeys aurora Natural wonders stone forest They show the beauty and diversity(多样性）of our planet. Watch the video and try to remember the facts What is the highest place above the sea level? A. Mount Qomolangma B. Qinghai-Tibet plateau Quick Quiz What is the lowest place? B. Mariana Trench A. Cango Basin(刚果盆地） Quick Quiz What is the longest river? B. the Changjiang River A. Nile River Quick Quiz B. Turpan Basin A. Death Valley What is the hottest place on earth? Quick Quiz B. A jellyfish A. Greenland shark Which animal lives the longest? Quick Quiz Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high; As if the Silver River fell from azure sky. —Li Bai Read the poems and complete the sentences 飞流直下三千尺 疑是银河落九天 They describe the ________ in Mount Lushan. The waterfull is ______(high/low) and the water runs______(fast/slow). waterfull high fast Some day I must climb up to the top, To look down viewing all the peaks small. —Du Fu Read the poems and answer the questions. 会当凌绝顶 一览众山小 They describe Mount_______ . It is known as the ________ mountain among the Five Great Mountains of China. Taishan eastern Read the poems and complete the sentences The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! —Bryan W. Procter 海啊!海啊!辽阔的大海! 碧蓝，清新，永远地自由自在! Read the poems and complete the sentences They describe the_______ . About ________ % of the earth’s surface is covered by water. sea 71 Can you think of other famous works describing natural wonders? Share them with the class. Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky, 君不见黄河之水天上来 Rushing into the sea and never come back? 奔流到海不复回？ How do they make you feel? beautiful amazing amazed enjoyable ... 1. What can you see in the pictures? 2. What colour are they in the picture? 3. How do you feel about them? clean soft nature calm cloud mountain sky river lake grassland field white blue green Before-reading I can see clouds, the sky, mountains, grasslands and a lake. The clouds and mountains are white, the sky and the lake are blue, and the grasslands are green. They make me feel happy. The writer’s favourite colour may be blue because blue is the colour of the sky and the lake. What may be the writer’s favourite colour? Guess, read and check. part1(para.1) Introduction part2 (para.2-4) Three colours of my hometown part3 (para.5) Comments Read for structure How many parts can we divide the passage into? Read for details A simple introduction of my hometown part 1 Qinghai-Tibet Plateau a large high land Geography:______________mountain in the world. Features:_________________colours in nature. the highest the most amazing part 2 Three colours of my hometown How does the writer use ‘the colour white’ to describe his hometown? The colour white meet your eyes clean and soft shine brightly The clouds are clean and soft, like our white sheep. The mountains shine brightly under the sun, like white lotus flowers. simile (明喻) The colour white of Jizhou district simile (明喻) The flowers are clean and bright, like white s_________. nowflakes Jizhou Pear Flowers How does the writer use ‘the lovely blue’ to describe his hometown? The lovely blue a calm feeling a great sea a hundred kinds of blue It is like a great sea above the plateau. simile (明喻) Words can’t express my love for the rivers and lakes. exaggeration(夸张) The lovely blue of Jizhou district The Yuqiao Reservior is _____and______, like a blue diamond. simile (明喻) clean shining Yuqiao Reservior (于桥水库） How does the writer use ‘the colour green’ to describe his hometown? My favourite colour--green the colour of nature running through all green grasslands trains fields forests the colour of life The colour red of Jizhou district The Honghua valley is red. It is the colour of n______. The Dule temple shows us the traditional culture, it is this beautiful c_____, too. ature olour part 3 Comments on my hometown Comparisons Compared to the big cities, the plateau is ___________. We have__________shops and restaurants. But we have_________presents from nature. Comments In the writer’s heart, the plateau is_______ than any other place. He is proud to say that he is from one of the ______beautiful places in the world. quieter fewer the best better most the big cities the plateau VS Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. soft shine calm kinds forests colour quieter nature The flowers are_____and ______, like white_________. ... The lake is _____and______, like a blue diamond. ... The Honghua valley is red. It is the colour of n______. ... What are three colours will you use to describe your hometown? 1. Read the passage. 2. Make a dialogue with your partner about the colours of your hometown and give reasons for your choices. Write a short passage to introduce the three colours of your hometown based on your talking. Required： Optional： Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 Lavf58.20.100 $