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Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
In this unit, you will learn to:
talk about the importance of water.
understand the importance of saving water.
use a thinking map to identify the main idea and details.
use the reading strategy of visualizing.
design a poster for a special day of the earth.
Big Question: Why is water important?
Unit 8 Our Blue Planet
Listening & Speaking
Preparing
Famous waterscape
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通过图片了解不同水域的特点
通过观察、听和说了解不同水域的特点
通过听力活动谈论黄果树瀑布
学习目标
Lead in
Look and guess.
The Pacific Ocean. (太平洋)
What kind of waterscape is it could be?
• It is the largest ocean in the world.
• It covers more than 180 million square miles.
• It contains more than half of the world's
ocean water.
Look and guess.
What kind of waterscape is it could be?
Niagara Falls. (尼亚加拉大瀑布)
• It is one of the most famous waterfalls in the world.
• It is located on the border(边界) between the United States and Canada.
Look and guess.
The Nile River (尼罗河).
What kind of waterscape is it could be?
• It is the longest river in the world.
• It runs through eastern Africa.
• It is a major source of water for Egypt and Sudan...
Look and guess.
Lake Baikal. (贝加尔湖)
What kind of waterscape is it could be?
• It is the world's deepest and oldest lake.
• It is located in Siberia, Russia.
• It contains about 20% of the world's
surface fresh water(地表淡水).
Look and guess.
The Bohai Sea. (渤海)
What kind of waterscape is it could be?
• It is an inland sea in northeastern China.
• It is a part of the Western Pacific Ocean.
a. The Pacific Ocean
b. Niagara Falls
c. The Nile River
d. Lake Baikal
e. The Bohai Sea
Pre-listening
Activity 1 A. Match the places (a-e) with the pictures at the top of the next page.
It is a 99-meter-high waterfall in North America.
It is 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through eastern Africa.
It’s an old freshwater lake on the earth. It is over 25 million years old.
It is an inland sea in the north-east of China.
It is very large and deep. It is one of the four oceans on the earth.
1.______________
2.______________
3.______________
4.______________
5.______________
The Bohai Sea
Niagara Falls
The Nile River
Lake Baikal
The Pacific Ocean
99米高的
北美
6671千米长
流经
东非
一个古老的淡水湖
在中国的东北部
四大洋之一
B. Read the descriptions and choose the correct places.
a. The Pacific Ocean
d. Lake Baikal
b. Niagara Falls
c. The Nile River
e. The Bohai Sea
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复合形容词:
基数词+连词符+单数名词(+连词符+形容词)
Mr. Li lives in a four-floor building.
eg. 李先生住在一幢 4 层的楼房里。
常在句中作定语,修饰名词。
千位数读法: 千位数+thousand(+百位数+hundred)+and+十位数 - 个位数
6671 读作:six thousand six hundred and seventy-one
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through prep. 穿过;通过 (强调从空间或事物内部穿过。)
over=more than 超过
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C. Pair work. Listen and repeat.
Kangkang, what do you know about the Nile River?
It’s 6,671 kilometers long.
It runs through eastern Africa.
How long is it?
While-listening
how long 多长 用来对物体的长度提问,
也可以对时间的长短提问。
e.g. — How long is the Yellow River?
— It's 5,464 kilometers long.
物体长、宽、高的表达 :
数字+单位+long/wide/high (tall) 等形容词
e.g. Li Ming is about 1.8 metes tall.
Our classroom is 7 meters wide and 9 meters long.
Replace the parts in bold and practice with your partner.
Kanga, what do you know about …?
It’s ….
It ….
…is it?
There are many famous waterscapes in China.
the Yellow River
The Yellow River is our mother river.
The _________ River
※ _________ kilometers long
※ A _________ river of China
※ About _____ kilometers wide at some places
5,464
mother
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Yellow
While-listening
Activity 2 Listen to the conversation and complete the table.
a mother river 母亲河
Li Xiang: Lingling, look at the map. What is this river called?
Lingling: Oh, we call it the Yellow River.
Li Xiang: Can you tell me more about it?
Lingling: It’s 5,464 kilometers long.
Li Xiang: Over five thousand kilometers? It’s really a long river.
Lingling: Yes. It is a mother river of China.
Li Xiang: Yes. We all know the Yellow River is one of our mother rivers.
Lingling: Do you know how wide it is? At some places, it is as wide as
about 20 kilometers.
Li Xiang: Wow! That’s amazing!
Read and understand
call sb sth: 称呼某人为…
call me Bob
tell sb sth = tell sth to sb
告诉某人某事
其中之一
多宽... ?
和...一样宽
Activity 3 Pair work. Look at the picture and talk about Huangguoshu Waterfall.
Useful Expressions
in Guizhou, China
about 100 meters wide
about 80 meters high
Post-listening
Example
The Huangguoshu Waterfall is located in Guizhou Province, China, and it is one of the most famous waterfalls in the country. It is about 100 meters wide and 80 meters high.
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We learn:
1. different kinds of waterscape with the help of some pictures.
2. the features of the waterscape.
We can:
1. ask and answer about the features of some famous waterscape.
2. talk about Huangguoshu Waterfall.
课堂总结
短语翻译
在中国贵州 ____________________________
大约 80 米高 ___________________________
贯穿东非 ______________________________
一个古老的淡水湖 ______________________
四大洋之一 ____________________________
in Guizhou, China
about 80 meters high
run through eastern Africa
an old freshwater lake
one of the four oceans
句型转换
1. The river is 500 meters long.(对划线部分提问)
_______ _______ is the river?
2. It is over 25 million years old.(改为同义句)
It is _______ _______ 25 million years old.
3. The city is in the eastern part of the country.(对划线部分提问)
_______ _______ the city?
4.He is 14 years old.(同义句转换)
He is _____________ boy.
How long
more than
Where is
a 14-year-old
I can
learn about different waterscapes.
listen and talk about the geographical location, length and other information of different waterscapes.
Reflecting
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Making up conversations about
different famous waterscapes.
Write down something you know about the Yangtze River.
Homework
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