Module1 unit2 The Grand Canyon was not just big 课件-2025-2026学年外研版英语九年级上册

Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. Wonders of the world Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you. The Terracotta Army The Three Gorges Dam The Giant’s Causeway Victoria Falls Have you ever visited a wonder of the world? What impressed you in the trip? or or natural wonder man-made wonder ancient wonder modern wonder What will the writer write in the passage? A. The interesting facts about the Grand Canyon. B. The traveling experience of the writer to the Grand Canyon. C. The description (描述) of the Grand Canyon. Read for main ideas What I found before I got to the canyon What I saw while I was on the canyon How I felt after I saw the canyon Para. ______ Para. ______ Para. ______ Divide the passage into 3 parts according to the time line. 1 & 2 3 & 4 5 Part 1 Before I got the Grand Canyon. 1. How was the weather? 2. What did the writer see? 3. What did the writer think before he saw the canyon. It was raining. grey, dark Nothing to see. He wasn’t sure. While-reading Read Para 1 & 2 and answer the question. 思 考 新课导入 思 考 What wonders of the world do you know? 思 考 新课导入 Eiffel Tower The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to attain it Read the passage quickly and answer the following questio 1. Which country is the Grand Canyon in? How do you know? 2. What is the writer's opinion of the Grand Canyon? The Colorado River It is in America. It’s the greatest wonder of the natural world. [,kʌlə'rɑ:dəu] 科罗拉多河 快速阅读 Part 3 Choose the correct answer. 1) Where does the passage possibly come from? a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. c) A dictionary. d) A storybook. 2) Why was there nothing to see? a) Because there was nothing to see? b) Because it was too dark. c) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the moring. While-reading What do you think of the Grand Canyon in the video? While-reading Task 6 Read Para.4 and answer. Read passage1 carefully and finish the following: When I _________, it was early morning and it ____________. I looked to the east —the sky was _____________. I ______________ the car, ___________ a gate and walked along a dark path. There was _____________, but I knew it was there. arrived was raining becoming grey got out of went through nothing to see 详细阅读 Read P2 carefully and answer the following: 1 Who did he meet? 2 What does “replied” mean? 3 How soon will he get there? 4 Could he see the Grand Canyon when he came to some rocks? He met a stranger beside the path. It means ”answered”. He will get there in five minutes. No, he couldn’t . 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 stream mile below sky through reply 4. Complete the passage with the words in the box. 新知学习 课堂小结 当堂检测 学习目标 重点研讨 Writing Name Location Interesting facts 5.Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world. The Grand Canyon 科罗拉多大峡谷 deep wide long about 15 miles nearly 1 mile more than 200 miles Reading 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 I looked down to the Colorado River… 我俯瞰科罗拉多河… Finally, I looked to my left and to my right. 最后，我向左右遥望。 look over 从……上方看过去 look down 向下看 look to one’s left/ right 朝某人的左侧/左侧看 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. 穿过 在路边 从上面看 没有…的迹象 太阳升起/照射 远低于我 眺望 银色的溪流 在底部 go through beside the path look over no sign of ... sun rises/shines far below me look across silver stream at the bottom of 拓展：go 相关词组 go abroad 出国 go against 违背；与……不符 go up 增长；上升；被兴建起来 go on 继续；继续下去；发生 go over 复习 ；仔细审查；走近 go away 走开；消失 1) 两者均表示“回答”，一般情况下可以换用。 answer 用作及物动词和不及物动词均可。 reply除后接that从句或引出直接引语是及物动词外， 一般只用作不及物动词，其后若接名词或代词作宾语，应借助介词to。 He didn’t reply to / answer my question. 他没有回答我的问题。 He replied that he had changed his mind. 他回答说他改变了主意。 reply 与 answer 辨析 2) answer除表示“回答”外，还可表示接听（电话）或对门铃等声响做出反应等，常 与 telephone，door, bell, doorbell 等连用，但 reply 不能这样用。 Who answered the telephone? 谁接的电话？ 3) 两者除用作动词外，都可用作名词。表示“对……的回答（答复、答案）”等，其后均接介词to (不用of)。 Have you had an answer to your letter? 你寄出的信有回音了吗？ I received no reply to my question. 我的要求没有收到任何的回复。 $