Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature-【教材笔记】2025-2026学年八年级下册英语（人教版·新教材）

him too.If you want to say sorry,you could call him. Peter: I want to,but I'm afraid he's still angry. Ella: Well,maybe you could send him a text message first. Peter: Good idea. Section A,2b and 2c Peter: Hi Harry.Thanks for picking up.I wanted to call earlier,but I didn't know what to say until I spoke to Ella. Harry: Hi,yeah,I feel bad about it too.We should talk so that we can clear the air. Peter: Listen,I'm sorry I hurt you.I didn't mean it.I was just angry about that mark on the guitar. Harry: No,I'm sorry.It was my fault. Peter: That guitar was a birthday present from my grandfather when I was eight. He's not around anymore.Although it's old,it means a lot to me. Harry: I didn't know that.I'm sorry. Peter: It's OK.I forgive you.You're my best friend,and I don't want to lose you. Harry: I feel the same.I'm really sorry.I'll be more careful in future. Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Section A,1b and 1c 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, 152 教材笔记英语八年级下册 name the biggest desert in the world. Fu Xing: The Taklimakan Desert? Host: Wrong!Ella? 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! Section A,2b and 2c Ms Gao: Thank you for the wonderful talk,Mr Jones.Now,does anyone have any questions? Emma: I do!Why are so many countries researching the deep sea? Mr Jones: Well,curiosity is one reason.We don't know enough about the ocean floor. Fu Xing: I remember that in 2020,China's Fendouzhe dived 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? Mr Jones: Well,many deep-sea animals are large and unusual.Some animals are blind,but they can"see"as well as others.Some even create their own light! 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 shocked many people. Ms Gao: That's terrible!We should do something about it. Mr Jones: You're right！ Listening Scripts 153UNIT 4 The Wonders of Nature自然奇观 How do we connect BIG with nature? Question 我们如何与自然联系？ In this unit,you will 在本单元，你将 1.talk about geography facts about natural wonders. 1.谈论关于自然奇观的地理知识。 2.compare facts about famous places. 2.对比著名景点的相关信息。 3.share geography facts using large numbers. 3.运用大数字分享地理知识。 4.explore how and why people connect with nature. 4.探索人们与自然联系的方式 及原因。 Look and share 看一看并分享 1.Do you know the name of the waterfall in the photo?1.你知道照片中瀑布的名字吗？ 2.What do you think is special about it? 2.你认为它有什么特别之处？ 3.What other natural wonders do you know? 3.你还知道其他哪些自然奇观？ Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 49 A What is amazing about nature? 大自然有什么神奇之处？ Match the places with the pictures. 1©将地点与图片匹配起来。 Nile River Angel Falls 尼罗河 天使瀑布 Mount Qomolangma Dead Sea 珠穆朗玛峰死海 Sahara Desert Mariana Trench 撒哈拉沙漠 马里亚纳海沟 O【参考答案】（从左到右，从上到下)FADCEB Listen to the game show.Complete the descriptions 6听游戏节目。完成对这些 of the places. 地点的描述。 Place Description Measurement 地点 描述 测量结果 Mount the in 珠穆朗 世界上最 metres high 海拔 Qomolangma the world 玛峰 的 the inabout square 撒哈拉 世界上最 面积约 Sahara Desert the world kilometres in size 沙漠 的 平方千米 the on metres 地球上最 低于海平 Dead Sea 死海 earth below sea level 的 面 米 the in about metres 马里亚 海洋中最 深度约为 Mariana Trench the ocean deep 纳海沟 的 米 O【参考答案】（从上到下）highest mountain;biggest desert;lowest place;deepest point 50 教材笔记英语八年级下册 1Listen again.Complete the measurements in 1©b再听一遍。用下面的数字 1b with the numbers below. 完成1b中测量结果的填写。 416 8,848.86 11,000 9,000,000 D【参考答案】（从上到下）8,848.86；9,000,000；416；11,000 Talk about the places you have learnt about. 1d谈论你所了解到的这些地，点。 A:What's the lowest place on earth? A:地球上最低的地方是什么？ B:It's... B:是… A:How low is it? A:它有多低？ B:Its surface is...metres below sea level. B:它的表面低于海平面…米。 A:Now,what's... A:现在，什么是… 2 What do you know about the deep sea?Try ②©你对深海有哪些了解？尽 to label the depths in the picture with the 力用左边的信息给图片中 information on the left. 的深度标注序号。 which在此处引导定语从句 关系词which作at的宾语 OCEAN DEPTHS海洋深度 m A.Depth Fendouzhe reached 200 metres 200 “奋斗者”号下潜深度 1000 Over 2,000 metres 2000 B.Depth at which the deep sea 300 3.800 metres begins深海开始的深度 C.Depth at which the Titanic 000 rests泰坦尼克号沉没的 Height of 700 深度 Mount Oomolangma 800 8.848.86 metres D.Deepest dive of a whale 9000 10000 鲸鱼的最大下潜深度 10.909 metres ...11000 O【参考答案】（从上到下)BDCA A class is asking a deep-sea researcher some 266在深海研究员演讲结束 questions after his talk.Listen and tick the 后，一个班级正在向他提 topics they discuss. 问。听录音，勾出他们讨 论的话题。 Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature where the deep sea begins 深海从哪里开始 why people are researching the deep sea 人们为什么要研究深海 which Chinese vessel dived deeper in the water 哪艘中国潜水器的下潜深度 than many others 超过了其他许多潜水器 what deep-sea animals are like 深海动物是什么样子的 how everyone should protect the deep sea 每个人应该如何保护深海 p【参考答案】☑why people are researching the deep sea V what deep-sea animals are like Listen again.Complete the sentences with 2b再听一遍。用对话中的事 the facts from the conversation. 实完成句子。 1.People still don't know much about the 1.人们对海底仍然了解不多。 2.In China's Fendouzhe dived into the 2.2020年，中国的“奋斗者”号 deep sea and it. 潜入深海并拍摄了海底画面。 3.Many deep-sea animals are and 3.许多深海动物（体型)庞大且 (外形)奇特。 4.Some animals have unusual abilities.Some 4.有些动物拥有非凡的能力。有 are but can“ ”.Some can 些虽然失明却能“看见”。有 even create 些甚至能自行发光。 5.There is rubbish even at metres deep. 5.即使在11000米深的海域，也 存在垃圾。 O【参考答案】1.ocean floor2.2020;filmed3.large;unusual4.blind;see;their own light5.11,000 Read the questions and think of more you 2©阅读这些问题，思考更多 would like to ask the deep-sea researcher. 你想问深海研究员的问 Research the answers.Then ask and answer 题。研究答案，然后和同 the questions with a partner. 伴询问并回答这些问题。 What is the largest shark in the deep sea? ●深海中最大的鲨鱼是什么？ What is the bottom of the deep sea like? ·深海底部是什么样子的？ What other vessels dived to the bottom of the ocean? ·还有哪些潜水器下潜到过海洋底部 Why is the deep sea important to us? ·为什么深海对我们重要？ 2 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Read the conversation and underline the ③0阅读对话，在提到的三条 three rivers mentioned. 河流下面画线。 Yaming:Welcome back,Ella!How was your trip? 亚明：欢迎回来，埃拉！你的旅 行怎么样？ Ella:It was great!We saw the Hukou Waterfall on 埃拉：太棒了！我们去看了黄河 the Yellow River.Is that the longest river in 上的壶口瀑布。那是中国 China? 最长的河流吗？ Yaming:No,the Yangtze River is the longest river 亚明：不是，长江是中国最长的 in China.It travels the farthest and is about 河流。它的流程最远，大 6,300 kilometres long.The Yellow River 约6300千米长。黄河长 is 5,464 kilometres long and isthe second 5464千米，是第二长的河 longest.By the way,do you know why it's 流。顺便问一下，你知道 called the Yellow River?之the+序表词 它为什么叫黄河吗？ 最高绒“意为“第 Ea:Because it's yellow?宾语从句几个最，的 埃拉：因为它是黄色的？ Yaming:Right.Some parts of the river carry brown 亚明：对。河流的某些河段携带 and yellow earth. 棕色和黄色的泥土。 Ella:That's interesting!I like learning about rivers. 埃拉：真有趣！我喜欢了解河流。 My favourite is the Nile.Did you know it's the 我最喜欢的是尼罗河。你知 longest river in Africa? 道它是非洲最长的河流吗？ Yaming:Yes,it's 6,671 kilometres long.It's very 亚明：知道，它长6671千米。它 important in Egypt's history. 在埃及历史上非常重要。 Ella:That's right.Both the Nile and the Yellow 埃拉：没错。尼罗河和黄河都帮 River helped ancient civilizations to develop. 助了古代文明的发展。而 And they're still very important today. 且它们今天仍然非常重要。 Yaming:Yes.In China,we even call the Yellow 亚明：是的。在中国，我们甚至 River our"mother river"! 称黄河为我们的“母亲河”！ Ella:We should protect them by all means. 埃拉：我们无论如何都应该保护 casb/sth..意为”称某人/某物为…” 它们。 O【参考答案】Underlined:Yellow River;Yangtze River;Nile What do Yaming and Ella know about these ③6亚明和埃拉对这些河流有 rivers?Read the conversation again and 哪些了解？再读一遍对 complete the table. 话，完成表格。 Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 63 River河流 Country国家 Length长度 Importance重要性 Yellow River黄河 km 千米 helped in the development of ancient 帮助古 Nile River尼罗河 km 千米 的发展 O【参考答案】（从上到下，从左到右）China;:Africa;5,464;6,671;civilizations Listen to the conversation.Then role-play it. 3©听对话。然后分角色扮演 对话。 )Imagine that you are Yaming or Ella.Continue ③©假设你是亚明或埃拉。和 the conversation with a partner about other 同伴继续谈论中国的其他 geographical features in China. 地理特征。 Ella:Could you tell me more about China,Yaming? 埃拉：亚明，你能告诉我更多关 于中国的事情吗？ Yaming:Sure!What would you like to know? 亚明：当然可以！你想了解什么？ Ella:What's the biggest desert in China? 埃拉：中国最大的沙漠是什么？ Yaming:It's the Taklimakan Desert. 亚明：是塔克拉玛干沙漠。 Ella:Do you know...? 埃拉：你知道…吗？ Grammar Focus 4Read the sentences.Circle the adjectives 40阅读句子。圈出用于比较 which compare things.Underline the adverbs 事物的形容词。在用于比 which compare actions. 较动作的副词下面画线。 What is the biggest desert in the world? It is the Sahara Desert.是撒哈拉沙漠。 世界上最大的沙漠是什么？ How big is it?它有多大？ It is about 9,000,000 square kilometres in size.面积约900万平方千米。 Where is the deepest point in the ocean? It is in the Mariana Trench. 海洋中最深的点在哪里？ 在马里亚纳海沟。 How deep is it?它有多深？ It is about11,000 metres deep.大约11000米深。 Some blind animals can“see”as well as others. 有些失明的动物能和其他动物一样“看”得清。 Mount Qomolangma is stillgrowing taller. 珠穆朗玛峰仍在不断增高。 ,grOw在此处为系动词，意为”变得” The Yangtze River travels the farthest in China and is about 6,300 kilometres long. 长江是中国流程最远的河流，大约6300千米长。 O【参考答案】Cireled:biggest;;deepest;:taller Underlined:well;farthest 教材笔记英语八年级下册 Write or spell out the numbers. 46写出或拼出下列数字。 1.Mount Kilimanjaro is (five thousand, 1.乞力马扎罗山高 eight hundred and ninety-five)metres high. (五千八百九十五)米。 2 (twenty-five thousand,.seven hundred2.每秒有 （二万五千七 and sixty-eight)cubic metres of water pours down 百六十八)立方米的水从印加 Inga Falls each second. 瀑布倾泻而下。 3.The East African Rift Valley is about4,0003.东非大裂谷长约4000( )miles long. )英里。 4.The Taklimakan Desert has a total area of about 4.塔克拉玛干沙漠的总面积约为 337,000( )square kilometres. 337000( )平方千米。 ,O【参考答案】1.58952.257683.four thousand4.three hundred and thirty-.seven thousand Complete the passage with the correct forms of 4©用方框中单词的正确形式 the words in the box.One word is used more 完成短文。其中一个单词 than once. 动词-ing短语作主语，谓语动词 用第三人称单戴形式 被使用不止一次。 large scary amazing 大的可怕的令人惊叹的 far close loud 远的近的 大声的 My friends and I visited Victoria Falls in Africa last year. 去年，我和朋友们游览了非 Visiting one of the world's waterfalls:was 洲的维多利亚瀑布。游览世界上最 a magical experience.As we went to the 大的瀑布之一，是一次奇妙的体验。 falls,the noise of the water slowly grew 当我们渐渐靠近瀑布时，水流的轰 and Then,right before our eyes,the 鸣声慢慢变得越来越大。紧接着， 瀑布就出现在了我们眼前，一眼望 waterfall appeared.It went on for as as 不到尽头。后来，我们坐在瀑布顶 the eye could see.Later,we sat in a special pool at the 端的一个特别的水池里。在那里， top of the falls.There,we felt the water rush past us 我们感受着水流从身边疾驰而过， and become a part of the waterfall.It was the 仿佛自己也融入了瀑布之中。这是 but also the experience of our trip! 我们旅途中最精彩，却也最惊险的 一段经历！ D【参考答案】largest;:closer;:louder;louder,far;most amazing;scariest Write some questions to compare places.Then 4©写出一些比较地点的问 ask a partner your questions. 题。然后向同伴提问。 ●What is the highest..? ●最高的…是什么？ Which park is bigger,...or...? 。…和…哪个公园更大？ Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Why do we explore nature? 我们为什么探索自然？ 1What do you know about Mount Qomolangma? ©你对珠穆朗玛峰有哪些了 Tell a partner. 解？和同伴说一说。 Scan the article to find the information below. 6浏览文章，找出下面的信息。 Scanning 0 You can read a text quickly to find specific 你可以快速阅读文本以寻 information,such as numbers,years,names,and 找特定信息，如数字、年份、 places.Numbers and years are usually in Arabic 姓名和地，点。数字和年份通常 numerals,whilenames and places usually start with 用阿拉伯数字表示，而姓名和 atar.,意为“而，用于从句之首，引 地，点通常以大写字母开头。 出与主句内容相对比的信息 what climbers called the way up the 1. ：登山者对山峰北侧向上 northern side of the mountain 的路线的称呼 2 the distance between the Second Step 2.：第二台阶与海平面的距离 and sea level 3.:中国第一支登山队登上 3. when the first Chinese team reached 珠穆朗玛峰顶峰的时间 the top of Qomolangma :中国第二支登山队登上 4. when the second Chinese team reached 珠穆朗玛峰顶峰的时间 the top of Qomolangma 5 the height of Qomolangma in 2020 5 ：2020年珠穆朗玛峰的高度 Reaching New Heights 攀登新高度 To most people,Mount Qomolangma is one 对大多数人来说，珠穆朗玛 of the greatest wonders of the world.On the highest 峰是世界上最伟大的奇观之一。 place on earth,you will feel like you are able to 在这个地球上最高的地方，你会 感觉自己能触摸到天空。但只有 feel like+从句感觉好像…… touch the sky.But only the best climbers reach the 最优秀的登山者登上顶峰，而且 top,and that isonly ifthey survive the terrible 前提是他们能先在恶劣的环境中 只有 conditions first.On the mountain,temperatures can 幸存下来。在山上，气温可能降 fall to-30 degrees..Climbers must alsodeal with至零下30度。登山者还必须应 56 教材笔记英语八年级下册 应对处理 thin air,high cliffs,and changeable weather. 对稀薄的空气、高耸的悬崖和多 Before 1960,no one was able to reach the top 变的天气。 of Qomolangma from the northern side.Mountain 1960年之前，没有人能从 climbers even called that way the "Death Road",but 北侧登上珠穆朗玛峰的顶峰。登 a Chinese climbing team was determined to make the 山者甚至称那条路线为“死亡之 climb. be determined to do sh下决心做某事 0n24May1960, 路”，但一支中国登山队决心完 climbers Liu Lianman, 成这次攀登。 Wang Fuzhou,Qu Yinhua, 1960年5月24日，登山队 and Gong Bu arrived at the 员刘连满、王富洲、屈银华和贡 Second Step.It was 8,600 metres above sea level. 布抵达了第二台阶。这里海拔 People said it was sohighthat 8600米。人们说这里太高了，连 s0.hat意为"如此……y以至于… 在此处引导结果状语从句 鸟都飞不上去。刘连满让队友踩 even birds could not reach it.Liu allowedhis 在自己的肩膀上。登山队员们一 teammates to step on his shoulders.Bit by:bit,the allow sb to do sth意为“允许某人，某事" 点一点地向上攀登，成功越过了 climbers pulled themselves up,and theymade it 第二台阶。5月25日凌晨4点 make it成功： 达到目标 past the Second Step.At 4:20 a.m.on 25 May, 20分，中国国旗第一次在世界最 the Chinese national flag flew above the world's 高峰的上空飘扬。 highest mountain for the first time. In 1975,another Chinese team climbed to the top 1975年，另一支中国登山 of Qomolangma to do 队登上珠穆朗玛峰进行研究。这 research.This time, 一次，他们带了一架梯子到第二 they brought a ladder 台阶。直到2007年，几乎所有 to the Second Step. Until 2007,almost 从北侧登山的人都使用这架“中 all climbers from the northern side used this"Chinese 国梯”，以便更快地登顶。2020 Ladder"to reach the top much faster.In 2020,a 年，第三支队伍重返珠穆朗玛峰 third team returned to Qomolangma to measure its 测量它的高度—8848.86米。 height-8,848.86 metres. Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Climbing Qomolangma is dangerous.Some 攀登珠穆朗玛峰是危险的。 climbers reach the top successfully,but many fail. 有些登山者成功登顶，但许多人 Why do people still risk their lives to climb the 失败了。为什么人们仍然冒着生 命危险去攀登世界最高峰？这是 highest mountain in the world?It is because human 因为人类的好奇心和野心无法被 curiosity and ambition cannot be stopped.Or,as the 阻挡。或者，就像英国探险家乔 English explorer George Mallory put it,it is simply 治·马洛里所说的那样，仅仅是 because it's there”l “因为它就在那里”！ D【参考答案】1.Death Road2.8600 metres3.25May1960(4:20a.m.)4.1975 5.8848.86 metres Read the article again and find the answers to ©再读一遍文章，找出这些 these questions.Write the paragraph numbers 问题的答案。写出段落编 and note down the details. 号并记录细节。 1.Why is it difficult to climb Qomolangma? 1.为什么攀登珠穆朗玛峰是困 Paragraph(s): 难的？ Details: 段落： 2.What achievements did China's climbing teams 细节： make? 2.中国登山队取得了哪些成就？ Paragraph(s): 段落： Details: 细节： 3.Why do peoplerisk their lives to climb Qomolangma? 3.人们为什么冒着生命危险攀登 Paragraph(s): 珠穆朗玛峰？ Details: risk one's life to do sth意为 段落： “冒着生命危险去假某事” 细节： D【参考答案】l.Paragraph(s:1 Details:Temperatures can fall to-30 degrees..Climbers must also deal with thin air,high cliffs,and changeable weather. 2.Paragraph(s):2,3,4 Details:In 1960,the first Chinese team reached the top of Qomolangma from the northern side(the"Death Road")and raised the Chinese national flag there.In 1975,another Chinese team climbed to the top to do research and brought a "Chinese Ladder"which was used by most climbers from the northern side until 2007.In 2020,a third Chinese team measured Qomolangma's height as 8,848.86 metres 3.Paragraph(s):5 Details:Because human curiosity and ambition cannot be stopped.Or simply "because it's there". 教材笔记英语八年级下册