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Unit 8 Knowing the world
Lesson 3 Different landscapes
英语冀教版七年级上册
通过本课时学习,学生能够:
1. 通过阅读活动梳理语篇,获取有关四个世界著名自然景观的信息,学习新单词及表达。
2. 归纳文本中描述四个自然景观的相关句式;在语境中通过观察分析,准确理解it在文中的指代情况,并总结相关用法。
3. 增强环保意识。
重点
Learning objectives
重点
Watch and answer
1. What can you see in the video?
I can see different landforms (地貌).
2. What do you think of them?
They are beautiful.
Look and say
Can you name these landscapes?
mountain
waterfalls
desert
rainforest
forest
river
Look and match
Match the names of the places with the pictures.
the Great Wall
the Amazon River
the Sahara Desert
Niagara Falls
There are many different landscapes around the world: rivers, mountains, forests,waterfalls, deserts... I want to travel around the world one day.
I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s 8851.8 kilometres long. It has a long history. It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall.
I’d like to tour Niagara Falls in Canada. It’s beautiful and very famous. It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls.
I want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It's hot and dry there with little or no rainfall. I could ride a camel. You know, the “ship of the desert”.
I like to see the Amazon River in South America. It runs through the north of the rainforest. There are many different plants, birds, and fishes... Wow! It is cool!
A Which of the landscapes will the writer visit?
River. Desert. Waterfall. Mountain.
B How’s the weather in the Sahara Desert?
Cool and windy. Hot and rainy. Hot and dry.
Read and tick
Skim the passage and tick the correct answers.
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Read the passage and answer the following questions.
Read and answer
1. How long is the Great Wall?
2. How is Niagara Falls?
3.What’s the “ship of the desert”?
4. Where do we see the Amazon River?
It’s 8851.8 kilometres long.
It’s beautiful and very famous.
The camel.
In South America.
Read and fill
I want to travel around the world one day. I'd love to visit the Great Wall.it is 8851.8 1. __________ long. I’d like to 2. _____ the beautiful Niagara Falls in Canada. 1 want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It is hot and 3. ______ there with little or no rainfall. I can ______ a camel- the “ship of the ________”. l also want to see the Amazon River!
Read the passage again and fill in the blanks.
kilometres
tour
dry
ride
desert
It’s about 6,000 kilometres long.
6,000 kilometres long 6 000千米长
“基数词+单位名词+长/宽/高/深/厚形容词”表示“多长/宽/高/深/厚”等。
这口井有100 米深。 The well is one hundred metres deep.
这张桌子长6 米。 The table is six metres long.
这棵树大约15米高。The tree is about fifteen metres tall.
There are many different landscapes around the world: rivers, mountains, forests,waterfalls, deserts... I want to travel around the world one day.
I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s 8851.8 kilometres long. It has a long history. It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall.
I’d like to tour Niagara Falls in Canada. It’s beautiful and very famous. It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls.
I want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It’s hot and dry there with little or no rainfall. I could ride a camel. You know, the “ship of the desert”.
I like to see the Amazon River in South America. It runs through the north of the rainforest. There are many different plants, birds, and fishes... Wow! It is cool!
Listen, read and learn
Listen and underline your blocking words.
There are many different landscapes around the world: rivers, mountains, forests,waterfalls, deserts... I want to travel around the world one day.
I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s 8851.8 kilometres long. It has a long history. It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall.
I’d like to tour Niagara Falls in Canada. It’s beautiful and very famous. It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls.
waterfall /'wɔ:təfɔ:l/
n. 瀑布
forest /'fɒrɪst/
n. 森林
mountain /'maʊntən/
n. 山;山脉
landscape /'lændskeɪp/ n. 风景;景色
Read and learn
exciting /ɪk'saɪtɪŋ/
adj. 使人激动的;令人兴奋的
desert /'dezət/ n. 沙漠;荒原
kilometre /ˈkɪləʊˌmiːtə/
n. 公里;千米;
...kilometres long ……千米长
fall /fɔ:l/
n. 瀑布;下落;失败
v. 下落;跌倒;被打败
tour /tʊə(r)/ v. 旅行
n. 旅游;观光
I want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It's hot and dry there with little or no rainfall. I could ride a camel. You know, the “ship of the desert”.
I like to see the Amazon River in South America. It runs through the north of the rainforest. There are many different plants, birds, and fishes... Wow! It is cool!
rainforest /'reɪnfɒrɪst/
n.(热带)雨林
through /θru:/
prep. 穿过;直至;凭借
adv. 通过
camel /'kæml/ n. 骆驼
ride /raɪd/ v. 骑;乘坐
rainfall /'reɪnfɔ:l/
n. 降雨量;下雨
dry /draɪ/ adj. 干的;干燥的;口渴的
v. (使)变干
There are many different landscapes around the world: rivers, mountains, forests,waterfalls, deserts... I want to travel around the world one day.
I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s 8851.8 kilometres long. It has a long history. It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall.
I’d like to tour Niagara Falls in Canada. It’s beautiful and very famous. It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls.
I want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It's hot and dry there with little or no rainfall. I could ride a camel. You know, the “ship of the desert”.
I like to see the Amazon River in South America. It runs through the north of the rainforest. There are many different plants, birds, and fishes... Wow! It is cool!
Pay attention to the structures and expressions.
be amazing/exciting to do sth. 做……棒极了/令人激动的
ship of the desert 沙漠之舟
run through 穿过
I like to see...
I’d love/like to visit/tour...
I want to go to ...
Showing wishes:
Grammar
Read the sample sentences, find the rules and rewrite the sentences.
It has a long history. The Great Wall has a long history.
It’s hot and dry there with little or no rainfall.
___________________________________________________
It is the “ship of the desert”.
______________________________
It runs through the North of the rainforest.
________________________________________________
The Sahara Desert is hot and dry there with little or no rainfall.
The camel is the “ship of the desert”.
I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It is 8851.8 kilometers long.
The Amazon River runs through the North of the rainforest.
rule: We can use it to refer to ____________________________.
something mentioned before
Practice
Read and circle what “it” means in each sentence.
A. He knows today’s date. It’s January 31.
B. Look at the time. It’s 7:30 p.m.
C. The weather is nice today. It’s warm and sunny.
D. Who is that baby? It’s my little brother.
It’s 7:00. Let’s to school together.
It’s June 1, Children’s Day. How happy!
It’s sunny today. Let’s go for a walk.
It’s about 138 kilometres from Beijing to Tianjin.
It lies in the south of Hebei province.
It’s 40℃! You got a high fever!
It cost me 400 hundred.
-Who is it? -It’s me.
rule: We can use it to refer to ________________________________
__________________________.
Read the following sentences, think about what “it” refers to.
time
date
weather
distance
place
temperature
time, date, weather, distance, place,
price
temperature, price, person
person
Practice
What does each it refer to? It refers to _______.
A Nice Day
It is Saturday, October 19th. I stay at home.
Looking at the clock, it’s nine in the morning.
The weather is nice. It’s not too hot or too
cold. I go out for a walk. Along the way, I see
a mother with a baby. It’s very cute. There are
two signs showing distances. It’s not far to the
park. At the park, I feed a cat. It’s hungry.
In the afternoon, I see a beautiful shirt in a
store. The price is only 50 yuan. It’s cheap! I
like it very much.
What a nice day!
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day&date
time
weather
the baby
distance
the cat
price
the shirt
usages of it
Practice
Read the sentences below and replace the red words with it.
1. Today is Sunday, December 11th. __________________________
2. The weather is cold in northern China. __________________________
3. Ann bought a dress for the party. __________________________
4. The price is about 40 dollars . __________________________
5. The time is 2 o’clock in the afternoon. ________________________
6. The distance is one kilometre from here.
It is Sunday, December 11th.
It is cold in northern China.
Ann bought it for the party.
It is about 40 dollars.
It is 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
.
It is one kilometre from here.
__________________________
It is important to
protect the landscapes!
Summary
New words
landscape, mountain, forest, waterfall, desert, kilometre, tour, fall, exciting, dry, rainfall, ride, camel, through, rainforest
Sentences
I’d like/love to visit/tour...
It would be amazing/exciting to ...
There are many different ...
Grammar
it 的用法
Homework
1. Read the passage fluently and recite the new words and expressions.
2. Make a poster to introduce a country that you are interested in (including location, capital, language, animals and landscapes). (Optional)
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