Unit 4 课时1 Section A（1a-2d）（情境教学课件）英语新教材人教版八年级下册

该初中英语课件围绕“自然奇观”主题，通过“Look and share”展示维多利亚瀑布等图片导入，引出七大自然奇观，结合Pre-listening中尼罗河、珠穆朗玛峰等地理事物的背景信息，搭建从认知自然现象到运用地理术语描述的学习支架。 其亮点在于跨学科整合地理知识与英语听说训练，通过听力填空、角色扮演（如游戏节目对话）和数字读法专项教学，提升学生语言能力。融入深海垃圾等环保话题，培养文化意识与思维品质，学生能在实践中强化术语运用与问题探究，教师可借助结构化资源高效开展听说教学。

To see, listen again, complete the sentences with the facts from the conversation. Thank you for the wonderful talk, mr. Jones. Now, does anyone have any questions? I do. Why are so many countries researching the deep sea? Well, curiosity is one reason we don't know enough about the ocean floor. I remember that in twenty twenty chinese fund to a dive deeper into the mariana trench than many other vessels in the world and filmed IT. But I didn't see any deep sea animals. What are they like? Well, many deep sea animals are large, usual. Some animals are blind, but they can see, as well as others, some even create their own light. cool. Are there any other surprising facts about the deep sea? Did you know that there's rubbish, even at eleven thousand meters deep, that shocked . many people, that terrible, we should do something . about IT. You're right. Unit four, the wonders of nature section a, what is amazing about nature? One b listen to the game show. Complete the descriptions of the places. Welcome to our game show. Today is all about geography. Answer as quickly as you can. Question one, what is the highest mountain in in the world? It's mount commalena. correct? How high is IT? I know. This is eight, eight, forty eight. forty three meters high. No, sorry. Fishing is IT. Eight. forty eight, eighty six meters? yes. But some scientists say, come, alyona is still growing taller. Now, name the biggest desert in the world. the tackle making desert. Wrong, ella. it's the . sahara desert. right? No, how big is IT? It's about nine . thousand thousand square kilometers. That's right. What's the lowest . place on earth? It's the . dead sea. Well done. Its surfaces four hundred sixteen meters below sea level. Now where's the deepest point in the ocean? It's in the mariana trench. That's correct. How deep is IT? It's about eleven thousand meters deep. correct? Hello, and welcome back to this week edition of five monographs with me, Stephen oil, explaining as simply as possible the world around us. This week in vivement og phy, we look at the seven natural wonders of the world. Don't forget to stick around to the end of the video for another five monitored phy. Fact of the week, mont first mount . ver is renowned . as the higher spot on her I just under two thousand meters above sea level, mount ever s lawyers within the hima mountains and were created when the indian plate collided with the uranian plate. Model vers can be found on the humala mountain range on the border of tibet. Ano power model s is still growing at the height of those two to tree centimeters each year in the pal model st is known as saga tha, meaning goddess of the scope, while in the bed IT is known as malonic a, meaning got his mother of the world. The harbor of real, the genre. the harbor of real digentia . ted in brazil, IT is surrounded by magnificent granite mountains that were formed through weather ing an erosion from the landing ocean. The harbor of real, the general is also known as one about a bay, and is well known for the famous image of the huge weight statue of Christ the redeemer. Just on top of the cocoa adada mountains. IT is the largest bay in the world based purely on the volume of water. The great barrier reef. The great barrier reef is not just one big long connected reef, but IT is made up of more than about three thousand individual reefs constructed by billions of tiny coral palms, which are living organisms. The great barrier reef stretches over two thousand six hundred kilometers and includes more than nine hundred islands. IT is listed as a world heritage area that is protected by the great barrier reef marine park. This reef is so large that IT can be seen from space. Victoria falls as the zambri river crosses the border of zambia and zimbabwe. IT plunges one hundred and eight metres down in a beautiful waterfall that is one point seven kilometres void. The false are also known as moi altona, meaning smoke. That tonda IT is the largest single sheet of flowing water when you consider boat is hot and it's wit. Paracuta volcano. the parachute . volcano, is a once act of cinder cone volcano in mexico. IT is not the biggest, the largest, almost destructive volcano in the world, but IT was chosen as one of the seven natural wonders of the world simply because humans were there to witness and document its bird in one thousand nine and forty three. From then, IT grew three quarters of its current size within the first year and is now estimated to be around kilometers. IT continuously erupted for nineteen years, but became dormant in one thousand and fifty two. IT has yet to a route again. The . grand . canyon. The kenyon is a famous gorge located in arizona. IT is one point eight kilometers deep and four hundred and forty six kilometers long. The grand canyon is not the step st. Or the longest canyon in the world. But IT was chosen to be a natural wonder of the world for its overall scale and sois, as well as its beautiful coloured landscape. The grand canyon, massive and colorful landscape, provides breath taking views that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. The arora borry Alice, the rob Alice is also known as the northern lights and are naturally occurring lights, or they are like glowing waves across the sky. The northern lakes, a core. When gas particles in the earth atmosphere clayed were charged particles from the son's atmosphere, the electron's and protons travel millions of miles from the song to the earth on a solar wind, people have been observing the northern lights as far back as sixteen and twenty is believe the lights were spirits of their ancestors. Playing a game with a wall is used as the ball while according to finish false lor, a mystic arctic fox is running in the north and touching the mountains with its four, causing Sparks to fly off into the sky. While mt. Everest is the highest spot on earth, IT is not actually the talus mountain that distinction belongs to. Mount mdi in alaska is the tallest mountain when measured from above sea level. The tall is mountain in the world whose bases mostly on the water is ma volcano in hawaii, which extends four point two kilometers into the air and around six kilometers into the sea, giving IT a total measurement of ten point two kilometers. As always, i've been Steven over with five ocp. Y thanks for watching. If you like what you've seen, please click the like unsubscribed to the channel. If you'd like me to cover a specific topic, please just pop IT in the comment section below. One, see, listen again. Complete the measurements in one bee with the numbers below. Welcome to our game show. Today is all about geography. Answer as quickly as you can. Question one, what is the highest mountain in in the world? It's mount common lama. correct. How high is IT? I know this. It's eight, eight, forty eight, forty three . meters high. No, sorry. Fishing is IT. Eight tight. Forty eight. eighty six meters. yes. But some scientists say, come along. A is still growing taller. Now, name the biggest desert in the world. the tchi mockin desert. Wrong, ella, it's the . sahara desert . right now. How big is IT? It's about nine . thousand thousand square kilometers. That's right. What's the lowest . place on earth? It's the . dead sea. Well done. Its surfaces four hundred sixteen meters below sea level. Now where's the deepest point in the ocean . is in the mariana trench. That's correct. How deep is IT? It's about eleven thousand meters deep. correct? To B. A class is asking . a deep sea researcher some questions after his talk. Listen and tick the topics they discuss. Thank you for the wonderful talk, mr. Jones. Now, does anyone have any . questions? I do. Why are so many . countries . researching . the deep sea? We don't know enough about the ocean floor. I remember that in twenty, twenty, china's奋斗to a dive deeper into the mariana trench than many other vessels in the world and filmed IT。But I didn't see any deep sea animals. What are they like? Well, many deep sea animals are large, usual. Some animals are blind, but they can see, as well as others, some even create their own my cool. Are there any other surprising facts about the deep sea? Did you know that there's rubbish, even at eleven thousand meters deep, that shocked many . people? That's terrible. We should do something . about IT. You're right. The Wonders of Nature Unit 4 Section A What is amazing about nature? 课型：听说课 课时：1a-2d 能够判断听力对话的场景和人物的身份，并理解对话的主题及谈到的自然奇观；能够听辨出描述不同“地理之最”的形容词最高级和大数字，在语境中巩固形容词最高级的用法，并熟悉大数字的表达。（学习理解） 01 能够丰富对世界地理的认知，利用跨学科知识助力英语学习；能够通过学习听力对话，对深海探索的相关知识产生兴趣，主动思考并提出问题，在此基础上深入探究，进一步认识深海研究的重要性。（迁移创新） 03 能够模仿听力录音，与同伴就地理之最的话题开展对话，并尝试用大数字准确描述这些自然景观的面积、高度、深度；能够通过精听把握对话中的细节信息，学会抓取关键词。（应用实践） 02 教学目标 01 Lead-in What do you know about natural wonders of the world? 1. Do you know the name of the waterfall in the photo? Look and share Victoria Falls. 2. What do you think is special about it? 3. What other natural wonders do you know? one of the largest waterfalls Grand Canyon one of the seven natural wonders Great Barrier Reef … Great Barrier Reef 大堡礁 Seven Natural Wonders Harbor of Rio de Janeiro 里约热内卢港 Seven Natural Wonders Aurora Borealis 北极光 Seven Natural Wonders Grand Canyon 科罗拉多大峡谷 Seven Natural Wonders Victoria Falls 维多利亚瀑布 Seven Natural Wonders Mount Everest / Qomolangma 珠穆朗玛峰 Seven Natural Wonders Parícutin Volcano 帕里库廷火山 Seven Natural Wonders Let’s watch and learn! enjoy natural beauty ? Question How do we connect with nature? BIG love plants and animals respect nature … 02 Pre-listening Let’s look and learn! the Nile 尼罗河 The Nile is the longest river in the world. It is about 6,650 kilometers long and runs through 11 countries in northeastern Africa, like Egypt and Sudan. For thousands of years, it has given people water and good soil for farming, so it is very important for life in this area. Background Information: Let’s look and learn! Angel Falls 安赫尔瀑布 Angel Falls is the highest waterfall in the world. It is in Venezuela, a country in South America. The water drops more than 979 meters down from a tall mountain. It is very beautiful and many people go to visit it every year. Background Information: Let’s look and learn! Mount Qomolangma 珠穆朗玛峰 Mount Qomolangma is the highest mountain in the world. It is on the border between China and Nepal. It is about 8,848.86 meters high. Many brave people try to climb to the top, but it is very difficult and dangerous. Background Information: Let’s look and learn! Mariana Trench 马里亚纳海沟 Mariana Trench is the deepest part of the world’s oceans. It is in the Pacific Ocean, near the Philippines. The deepest part is about 11,000 meters below sea level. Only a few strong machines can go down there to study it. Background Information: Let’s look and learn! Dead Sea 死海 Dead Sea is the lowest place on Earth’s land. It is between Israel and Jordan. The water there is very salty, so people can float on it easily. No fish or big plants can live in it, so people call it the “Dead Sea”. Background Information: Let’s look and learn! Sahara Desert 撒哈拉沙漠 The Sahara Desert is the largest hot desert in the world. It is in North Africa and covers a huge area of land. It is very dry and hot during the day, but cold at night. Only a few plants and animals can live there. Background Information: Match the places with the pictures. 1a ____ Nile River ____ Angel Falls ____ Mount Qomolangma ____ Dead Sea ____ Sahara Desert ____ Mariana Trench 03 While-listening Listen to the game show. Complete the descriptions of the places. 1b Place Description Measurement Mount Qomolangma the _______________ in the world ____________ metres high Sahara Desert the ____________ in the world about ____________ square kilometers in size Dead Sea the ____________ on earth ____________ metres below sea level Mariana Trench the ____________ in the ocean about ____________ meters deep highest mountain biggest desert lowest place deepest point Let’s read the numbers! 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 416 三位数 读法 four hundred and sixteen 367 three hundred and sixty seven five hundred and nine 509 ________________________________________________ 三位数：百位数字 + hundred + and + 十位和个位（十位若是0，直接读个位） 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 8,848.86 四位数 读法 thousand eight hundred and forty-eight point eight six 小数部分逐个读出每个数字 读法：eight thousand eight hundred and forty - eight point eight six Let’s read the numbers! 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 四位数 读法 5,961.37 five thousand, nine hundred and sixty-one point three seven 四位数：千位数 + thousand + 后面三位数（小数部分逐个读出数字） Let’s read the numbers! 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 五位数读法 11,000 eleven thousand 259,613 two hundred and fifty-nine thousand six hundred and thirteen Let’s read the numbers! 六位数读法 9,000,000 nine million 七位数读法 million thousand 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 Let’s read the numbers! 大数字读法： 从右往左，三位一截 每截都按三位数读 截完加单位：billion / thousand / million and 用在百十间 Listen again. Complete the measurements in lb with the numbers below. 1c 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 Place Description Measurement Mount Qomolangma the _______________ in the world _________ metres high Sahara Desert the ____________ in the world about ____________ square kilometers in size Dead Sea the ___________ on earth _______ metres below sea level Mariana Trench the ____________ in the ocean about _________ meters deep highest mountain biggest desert lowest place deepest point 8848.86 9,000,000 416 11000 Host: Welcome to our game show! Today, it's all about geography. Answer as quickly as you can! Question one: What is the highest mountain in the world? Fu Xing: It's Mount Qomolangma! Host: Correct! How high is it? Liu Hongyu: I know this — it's 8,848.43 metres high. Host: No, sorry. Fu Xing? Fu Xing: Is it 8,848.86 metres? Host: Yes! But some scientists say Qomolangma is still growing taller! Now, name the biggest desert in the world. Fu Xing: The Taklimakan Desert? Host: Wrong! Ella? Let’s read and role-play the conversation with your friends. Ella: It's the Sahara Desert. Host: Right! Now, how big is it? Ella: It's about 9,000,000 square kilometres. Host: That's right! What's the lowest place on earth? Liu Hongyu: It's the Dead Sea! Host: Well done! Its surface is 416 metres below sea level. Now where's the deepest point in the ocean? Fu Xing: It's in the Mariana Trench. Host: That's correct! How deep is it? Fu Xing: It's about 11,000 metres deep. Host: Correct! Let’s read and role-play the conversation with your friends. Talk about the places you have learnt about. 1d A: What’s the lowest place on earth? B: It’s ... A: How low is it? B: Its surface is ... metres below sea level. A: Now, what’s ... It’s Mount Qomolangma. What’s the highest mountain in the world? New Words ocean floor 海底 deep-sea animals submersible What do you know about the deep sea? Complete the sentences with the information from the picture. 2a 10909 meters 200 meters 3800 meters 2000 meters A class is asking a deep-sea researcher some questions after his talk. Listen and tick the topics they discuss. 2b ☐ where the deep sea begins ☐ why people are researching the deep sea ☐ which Chinese submersible dived deeper in the water than many others ☐ what deep-sea animals are like ☐ how everyone should protect the deep sea Listen again. Complete the sentences with the facts from the conversation. 2c 1. People still don’t know much about the ____________. 2. In ______, China’s Fendouzhe dived into the deep sea and filmed it. 3. Some animals have unusual abilities. Some are ______ but can “see”. Some can even create their own ______. 4. There is rubbish even at _______ metres deep. ocean floor 2020 blind light 11000 Ms Gao: Thank you for the wonderful talk, Mr Jones. Now, does anyone have any questions? Emma: I do! Why are so many countries ______________________? Mr Jones: Well, ________ is one reason. We don't know enough about the ocean floor. Fu Xing: I remember that in 2020, China's Fendouzhe _______________ the Mariana Trench than many other submersibles in the world and filmed it. But I didn't see any deep-sea animals. What are they like? Mr Jones: Well, many deep-sea animals are ________________. Some animals are blind, but they can "see" as well as others. Some even __________________! Peter: Cool! Are there any other surprising facts about the deep sea? Mr Jones: Did you know that there's rubbish even at 11,000 metres deep? That ________ many people. Ms Gao: That's terrible! We should do something about it. Mr Jones: You're right! Listen again and fill in the blanks. researching the deep sea curiosity dived deeper into large and unusual create their own light shocked 04 Post-listening Read the questions and think of more you would like to ask the deep-sea researcher. Research the answers. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. 2d What is the largest shark in the deep sea? What is the bottom of the deep sea like? Why is it important to research the deep sea? The bottom of the deep sea is … The largest shark in the deep sea … Read the questions and think of more you would like to ask the deep-sea researcher. Research the answers. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. 2d What is the largest shark in the deep sea? What is the bottom of the deep sea like? Why is it important to research the deep sea? What is the largest animal living in the deep sea? What is the coldest temperature in the deep sea? What do you think is the hardest problem in exploring the deep ocean? 05 Exercises The new sleeper trains between Hong Kong and Beijing may not be ________, but they’re the most comfortable. A. slower B. the fastest C. the slowest D. faster 2 The Sahara is the largest ________ in the world, covering a huge area of North Africa. A. forest B. mountain C. desert D. ocean 3 The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural ________ in America. A. cities B. buildings C. wonders D. capitals 1 Multiple choice. 1. He jumped the ________ (far) among all the students in the sports meeting. 2. Our school is about 200 square ___________ (kilometre). 3. The long river ________ (travel) through many cities and finally flows into the sea. 4. There are __________ (hundred) of students in the hall waiting for the performance. 5. Our school library is the ________ (large) one in the district, with a lot of different kinds of books. 6. The Mariana Trench is the __________ (deep) point in the ocean. 7. Nobody worked out the maths problem. It was _______________ (difficult) one of all. farthest 用单词的适当形式填空。 kilometres travels the most difficult hundreds largest deepest 06 Homework 1. Memorize the new words and phrases. 2. Practice the conversations with your partner using the sentence patterns we have learned . 3. 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