Unit 4 Section A What is amazing about nature（无听力音频）-【随堂笔记】2025-2026学年八年级下册英语（人教版·新教材）

Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Section A Section B What is amazing about nature? Why do we explore nature? 知识运用 知识运用 -1.alive 2.degrees 3.northern -1.level 2.wonders 3.pool 4.condition 5.curious 6.sand 4.mile 5.desert 6.bottom 二、1.travellers2.survived 3.changeable 4.climbers 5.death 7.surface 8.below 三、l.risked their lives 二、l.metres long2.the second longest 2.one of the hottest 3.taken up 3.metres tall 4.pour down 4.bit by bit 5.is determined to 5.by all means 6.only if 四、1.is2.development3.togo 三、1.better than2.How large 4.highest 5.of 6.difficulties 3.the earliest 4.How deep 7.like 8.changeable 9.to reach 5.as much;as 10.determined 11.in 12.climbers 四、1-5 CEBFG 13.trying 14.the 15.death Unit 5 Nature's Temper Section A 二、1-5 ABACA What happens during a natural 三、l.take place 2.making preparations disaster? 3.heard about 知识运用 4.looked up -1.waves 2.report 3.power 5.right away 4.thick 5.interview 6.nearly 四、1-5 BGEAC 3Section A What is amazing about nature? 大自然有什么神奇之处？ 课前·预习笔记 1. 熟读课文，掌握生词。 预 2.能翻译课文，熟记本课时的重点词汇。 3.能用大数字分享地理知识。 标 4.了解国内外自然奇观的地理知识。 心第一步听音频 参照本部分教材，听课文录音，从而了解课文大意。 心第二步读课文 跟读课文2~3遍，注意模仿语音、语调。 心第三步圈生词 把本课时的生词在课本上圈出来，并对照课后词汇表，写出下列单词的汉语意思。 level(n.)高度；水平；程度 development(n.)发展；壮大 surface(n.)表面；表层 dive(&n.)潜水；跳水；俯冲 depth(n.)深（度）；纵深 bottom(n.)底部；最下部 unusual(ad,)特别的；不寻常的 waterfall(n.)瀑布 civilization(n.)文明 mile(n.)英里 预 desert(n.)沙漠；荒原 pool(n.)池塘；水坑 cubic(ad.)立方的 measurement(n.)数量；测量 below(prep.&adk)在…下面；低于 wonder(n.)奇观；惊叹()琢磨；想知道；感到诧异 已第四步找句子 从课文中找出下列句子，将其补充完整，并翻译和熟读这些句子。 1.-How big is it? -It is about 9,000,000 square kilometres in size. 2.Some deep-sea animals are blind,but they can"see"as well as others. 3.The Yangtze River travels the farthest in China and is about 6,300 kilometres long 已第五步记重点 1.熟记本课时的重点词汇（见“第三步圈生词”)。 2.掌握询问和回答一些地理事实的句型： -How big/long/deep is+主语？ -It's about++square kilometres /kilometres/metres in size long deep. Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 83 的 课堂·听课笔记 教材解读[教材P32] 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 P【参考答案】（从左到右，从上到下）FADCEB Listen to the game show.Complete the 16听游戏节目。完成对这些地点 descriptions of the places. 的描述。 Place Description Measurement 地点 描述 测量结果 the in the Mount 珠穆朗世界上最 world metres high 海拔米 Oomolangma 玛峰 的 the in the about square 撒哈拉世界上最 面积约 Sahara Desert world kilometres in size 沙漠 秀 平方千米 the on metres below 地球上最 低于海平 Dead Sea earth sea level 死海 的 面米 the in the about metres 马里亚海洋中最 深度约为 Mariana Trench ocean deep 纳海沟 的 米 O【参考答案】（从上到下）highest mountain;biggest desert;lowest place;deepest point 84随堂笔记人教版8年级英语下册 Listen again.Complete the measurements ©再听一遍。用下面的数字完成 in 1b with the numbers below. 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；41611,000 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… ②What do you know about the deep sea？Complete ②。你对深海有哪些了解？用图片 the sentences with the information from the picture. 中的信息完成句子。 OCEAN DEPTHS海洋深度 m 1.Fendouzhe reached 200 metres 200 1000 “奋斗者”号下潜至 BOver 2,000 metres 2000 2.The deep sea begins at 3000 C3,800 metres 深海从 开始。 3.The Titanic rests at 泰坦尼克号在 沉没的。 Height of 7000 Mount Qomolangma 4.A whale can dive to 8.848.86 metres 鲸鱼可以下潜至 10000 D10,909 mctres 11000 D【参考答案】1.B2.D3.C4.A A class is asking a deep-sea researcher 26在深海研究员演讲结束后，一 some questions after his talk.Listen 个班级正在向他提问。听录音， and tick the topics they discuss. 勾出他们讨论的话题。 where the deep sea begins ☐深海从哪里开始 why people are researching the deep sea 口人们为什么要研究深海 which Chinese submersible dived deeper in the ☐哪艘中国潜水艇的下潜深度超 water than many others 过了其他许多潜水艇 Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 85 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☑what deep--sea animals are like Listen again.Complete the sentences 2©再听一遍。用对话中的事实完 with the facts from the conversation. 成句子。 1.People still don't know much about 1.人们对海底仍然了解不多。 the 2.In China's Fendouzhe dived into the deep 2.2020年，中国的“奋斗者”号潜 sea and filmed it. 入深海并拍摄了海底画面。 3.Some animals have unusual abilities.Some are 3.有些动物拥有非凡的能力。有些 but can“see”.Some can even create 虽然失明却能“看见”。有些甚 their own 至能自行发光。 4.There is rubbish even at metres deep 4.即使在11000米深的海域，也存 在垃圾。 O【参考答案】1.ocean floor2.20203.blind;light5.11,000 Read the questions and think of more you would 2d阅读这些问题，想出更多你想 like to ask the deep-sea researcher.Research the 问深海研究员的问题。研究答 answers.Then ask and answer the questions with a 案，然后和同伴询问并回答这些 partner. 问题。 …的底部 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？ ·为什么研究深海很重要？ Why is it important to research the deep sea? 30阅读对话，在提到的三条河流 Read the conversation and underline the three 下面画线。 rivers mentioned. 亚明：欢迎回来，埃拉！你的旅行 Yaming:Welcome back,Ella!How was your trip? 怎么样？ 埃拉：太棒了！我们去看了黄河上 Ella:It was great!We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the 的壶口瀑布。那是中国最长 Yellow River.Is that the longest river in China? 的河流吗？ Yaming:No,the Yangtze River is the longest river in 亚明：不是，长江是中国最长的河 China.It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 流。它的流程最远，大约 kilometres long.The Yellow River is 5,464 6300千米长。黄河长5464 86随堂笔记人教版8年级英语下册 kilometres long and is the second longest 千米，是第二长的河流。顺 “the+序数词+最高级”意为“第几个最…的” 便问一下，你知道它为什么 By the way,do you know why it's called the 叫黄河吗？ Yellow River? 宾语从句 埃拉：因为它是黄色的？ Ella:Because it's yellow? 亚明：对。河流的某些河段携带棕 Yaming:Right.Some parts of the river carry brown 色和黄色的泥土。 and yellow earth. 埃拉：真有趣！我喜欢了解河流。 Ella:That's interesting!I like learning about rivers. 我最喜欢的是尼罗河。你知 My favourite is the Nile.Did you know it's the 道它是世界上最长的河流吗？ longest river in the world? 亚明：知道，它长6671千米。它 Yaming:Yes,it's 6,671 kilometres long.It's very 在埃及历史上非常重要。 important in Egypt's history. 埃拉：没错。尼罗河和黄河都帮助 Ella:That's right.Both the Nile and the Yellow River 了古代文明的发展。而且它 helped ancient civilizations to develop.And 们今天仍然非常重要。 they're still very important today 亚明：是的。在中国，我们甚至称 Yaming:Yes.In China,we even call the Yellow River 黄河为我们的“母亲河”！ our"mother river'！ 埃拉：我们应该不惜任何代价保护 Ella:We should protect them at all costs. 它们。 call sb/sth.意为“称某人/某物为 O【参考答案】Underlined::Yellow River;;Yangtze River;Nile What do Yaming and Ella know about these rivers? 36亚明和埃拉对这些河流有哪些 Read the conversation again and complete the table. 了解？再读一遍对话，完成表格。 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 Nile River尼罗河 km千米 帮助古代 的发展 O【参考答案】（从左到右)China;Africa;5,464;6,671;civilizations Listen to the conversation.Then role- 3©6听对话。然后分角色扮演对话。 play it. Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 87 Imagine that you are Yaming or Ella.Continue 3©假设你是亚明或埃拉。和同伴 the conversation with a partner about other 继续谈论中国的其他地理特征。 geographical features in China. 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：是搭克拉玛干沙漠。 Ella:Do you know.？ 埃拉：你知道…吗？ Grammar Focus 语法聚焦 Read the sentences.Circle the adjectives which ④0阅读句子。圈出用于比较事物 compare things.Underline the adverbs which 的形容词。在用于比较动作的 compare actions. 副词下面画线。 What is the biggest desert in the world? 世界上最大的沙漠是什么？ It is the Sahara Desert..是撒哈拉沙漠。 It is about 9,000,000 square kilometres in size. How big is it?它有多大？ 它的面积约为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.它大约11000米深。 Some deep-sea animals are blind,.but they can“see”as well as others.有些深海动物虽然是失明的，但 它们能和其他动物一样“看”得清。9row在此处为系动词，意为“变得”4 Mount Qomolangma is one of the greatest wonders of the world,and it is still growing taller. 峰是世界上最伟大的奇观之一，并且它仍在不断增高。 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】Circled:biggest;deepest;greatest;taller Underlined:well;farthest Write or spell out the numbers. ④6写出或拼出下列数字。 1.Mount Kilimanjaro is (five thousand,eight 1.乞力马扎罗山高 （五千八 hundred and ninety-five)metres high. 百九十五)米。 2 (twenty-five thousand,seven hundred and 2.每秒有 （二万五千七百 sixty-eight)cubic metres of water pours down Inga 六十八)立方米的水从印加瀑布 Falls each second. 立方米 倾泻而下。 3.The East African Rift Valley is about 4,000( 3.东非大裂谷长约4000() miles long. 英里。 88 随堂笔记人教版8年级英语下册 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 the 4©用方框中单词的正确形式完成 words in the box. 短文。其中一个单词被使用不止 一次。 large amazing far 大的 令人惊叹的 远的 close loud 近的 大声的 My friends and I visited Victoria Falls in Africa last 去年，我和朋友们游览了非洲 year.Visiting one of the world's waterfalls was 的维多利亚瀑布。游览世界上最大 动词ing短语作主语，谓语动 的瀑布之一，是一次奇妙的体验。 词用第三人称单数形式 a magical experience.As we went to the falls, 当我们渐渐靠近瀑布时，水流的轰 the noise of the water slowly grew and louder. 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 Then,right before our eyes,the waterfall appeared. 不到尽头。后来，我们坐在瀑布顶 It went on for as as the eye could see. 端的一个特别的水池里。在那里， Later,we sat in a special pool at the top of the falls. 我们感受着水流从身边疾驰而过， There,we felt the water rush past us and become a 仿佛自己也融入了瀑布之中。这是 part of the waterfall.It was the scariest but also the 我们旅途中最惊险，却也最精彩的 experience of our trip! 一段经历！ D【参考答案】largest;:closer;:louder;far;most amazing 4Write some questions to compare places.Then ask a 4d写出一些比较地点的问题。然 partner your questions. 后向同伴提问。 ·What is the highest..? ●最高的…是什么？ .Which park is bigger,...or...? ·哪个公园更大，…还是…？ 新知精讲 >Stonehenge is one of the world wonders.巨石 The Wonders of Nature自然奇观（教材P31) 阵是世界奇观之一。 知识点1 wonder /'wAnda(r)/n.奇观；惊叹g >It's wonder you're tired,you've been walking 琢磨；想知道；感到诧异 for hours.难怪你累了呢，你一直走了好几 讲解（1)wonder在此处为可数名词，意为 “奇观”。其常见用法如下： 个小时。 It's no wonder(hat).难怪… (2)wonder还可作动词，其用法如下： Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 89 wonder who what /She studies hard to improve her English level. when/why/how引导的 她努力学习以提高自己的英语水平。 宾语从句或“特殊疑问 词+动词不定式”结构， (3)level作名词，还可意为“程度”，为可 意为“想知道…” 数名词。low/high pollution levels意为“轻度/ 琢磨； wonder+if/whether引 想知道 重度污染”。 导的宾语从句，意为“想 >Profits were at the same level as the year 知道是否”，表示 wonder 种委婉的请求或疑问 before.利润和前一年的持平。 OCEAN DEPTHS海洋深度（教材P33) 感到 wonder+that引导的宾语从 诧异 句，意为“对…感到诧异” 知识点3 depth/dep0/m.深（度）；纵深 》I wonder when the rain will stop.我想知道雨 讲解depth是名词，意为“深（度）；纵深”。 什么时候会停。 Water was found at a depth of 30 metres.30 >My foreign friends wonder if whether 米深处找到了水。 December is the best time to visit Hainan.我的 》What's the depth of the water here?这儿的水 外国朋友们想知道十二月是否是去海南旅 有多深？ 游的最佳时期。 图知识拓展deep adj.深的；厚的adw.深深地； >She wondered that he looked so happy after the 在深处 deep water/.snow采水；厚雪 bike was lost.她对他在自行车丢失后看起来 >He gazed deep into her eyes.他深深凝视着她的 如此开心感到惊讶。 眼晴。 Its surface is...metres below sea level. why people are researching the deep sea 的表面低于海平面…米。（教材P32) 人们为什么要研究深海（教村P33) 知识点2 level/'levl/m.高度；水平；程度 知识点4 research&n.研究；调查 讲解(1)level在此处作名词，意为“（与 讲解1（1)research在此处作动词，意为“研究； 地面或过去位置相对的)高度”。sea level意 调查”。 为“海平面”。 >She is researching the history of Chinese >The whole area is at sea level..整个地区与海 medicine.她正在研究中医史。 平面持平。 >They researched how to improve battery life. >The mountain is about 8,000 metres above the 他们研究如何提升电池寿命。 sea level.这座山的海拔大约为8000米。 (2)level作“水平”讲时，既可作可数名词， (2)research还可作名词，do research意为“做 也可作不可数名词。 研究”。 >The school maintains a high level of education. 》I'm doing some research on the subject..正 那所学校保持着很高的教育水准。 就这一课题进行研究。 90 随堂笔记人教版8年级英语下册 Some animals have unusual abilities..有些>We cleaned the house from top to bottom.我们 动物拥有非凡的能力。（教材P33) 把房子彻底打扫了一遍。 知识点5 unusual/An'ju3ual/ad.特别的 典例My teacher has given me useful suggestions and I want to thank him from the of my 不寻常的 heart. 讲解unusual由“un-（前缀)+usual（ad.通 A.bottom B.condition 常的；寻常的)”构成。unusual的发音以元 C.way D.surface 音音素开头，其前要用不定冠词an修饰。 【解析】bottom底部；condition条件；way >It's unusual for the trees to flower so early. 方法；surface表面。此处指“我”的老师给 种树这么早开花很不寻常。 了“我”有用的建议，“我”衷心地想感谢他。 》He has an usual cast of mind把的思想与众不同。 from the bottom of one's heart意为“衷心地”， ☑知识拓展unusual的相关词： 为固定搭配。故选A。 ,副词最高级，修饰动词travels usual adj. usually adv. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 通常的；寻常的 通常地；正常地 kilometres long.它的流程最远，大约 反义词 反义词 6300千米长。（教材P34) unusual adj. unusually adv. 知识点⑦长/宽/高/深等的表达法 特别的；不寻常的 不寻常地 讲解表示物体“长/宽/高/深…”常用以 下表达： e语境串记It was an unusual day because,unlike 基数词+单位词+形容词(Iong、wide、 usual,the usually quiet park was unusually noisy high、deep等) with people celebrating a festival..这真是一个不 基数词+单位词+in+名词(length、width、 同寻常的日子，因为与往常不同的是，这个通 height、.depth等) 常安静的公园却异常喧闹，人们正在庆祝一个 >The river is about 10 metres wide.The river 节日。 is about 10 metres in width.这条河大约l0米宽。 What is the bottom of the the deep sea ☒知识拓展可以用“How long/wide/high/ like?深海底部是什么样子的？（教材P33) deep+be+主语？”来询问“…有多长/宽/高/深”。 知识点6 bottom/botam/.底部；最下部 >一How long is the river??这条河多长？ 讲解bottom在此处作名词，其反义词是 -t's200 metres long..200米长。 top,意为“顶端；顶部”。常用短语： The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long (at)the bottom of..(在)…的底部 and is the second longest.黄河长5464千 from top to bottom从上到下；彻底地 米，是第二长的河流。（教材P34) from the bottom of one's heart衷心地；发自 知识点8the+序数词+形容词最高级 内心地 讲解“the+序数词+形容词最高级”意为“第 >I waited for them at the bottom of the hill. 几最…的”，可在句中作表语，也可修饰名 在山脚下等候他们。 词，作定语。 Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Li Meng is the third tallest in our class.>Beijing is now the first city to host both the Summer 我们班第三高的（学生)。 and the Winter Olympics.北京是目前第一个 >This is the second most popular song this 举办夏季奥运会和冬季奥运会的城市。 week.这是本周第二受欢迎的歌曲。 >Both Matt and Martin have thick and dark hair. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped 马特和马丁都有浓密的黑发。 ancient civilizations to develop.尼罗河和黄 河都帮助了古代文明的发展。（教材34） 典例Both John and his brother friendly 知识点9both…and……和…都；既 and they like to help others. 又… A.is B.am C.be D.are 讲解“both.and.”通常用来连接两个并列 【解析】此处指约翰和他哥哥都很友善，他们 的句子成分。若连接两个并列成分作主语，谓 喜欢帮助别人。本句主语为both.and.连接 语动词用复数形式。 的并列成分，谓语动词应用复数形式，故选D。 课后·提升笔记 知识回顾 核心词汇 5.develop v.发展；壮大一development n.发 l.wonder n.奇观；惊叹v琢磨；想知道；感 展；壮大 到诧异一wonderful ad.精彩的；绝妙的 重要短语 2.below prep.&adw.在…下面；低于-（反 l.square kilometre平方千米 2.on earth在地球上 义词)above prep.在…上方；高于 3.by the way顺便问一下 3.depth n.深（度）；纵深一deep adj.深的； 4.at all costs不惜任何代价 厚的ad.深深地；在深处 用法总结 4.usually adv.通常地；正常地一usual ad,通 1.长/宽/高/深等的表达法 常的；寻常的一（反义词)unusual ad.不 2.“the+序数词+形容词最高级”的用法 寻常的一unusually adv.不寻常地 3.“as+形容词/副词原级+as”的用法 知识运用 一、根据句意及首字母提示或汉语意思填空 3.The children like to feed the ducks near the 1.The sea 1 keeps rising because the earth (池塘)at weekends. is warmer and warmer. 2.We will talk about different (奇观)of 4.Be more careful!A miss is as good as a nature in our next English class. m 92 随堂笔记人教版8年级英语下册 5.The (沙漠)is very cold at night,.but4.It is about5100 metres deep.(对画线部分 hot during the day. 提问) 6.We dropped a stone into the lake and it sank to is it? the b quickly. 5.Frank drinks ten bottles of juice every month. 7.In winter,white snow often covers the So does Mark.（改为同义句) (表面)of the lake in our town. Frank drinks juice 8.Look!Some fish are swimming just Mark every month. 0 the water. 四、补全对话 二、根据汉语意思完成句子，每空一词 根据对话内容，从方框中选择合适的句子 1.尼罗河长6671千米。 补全对话。有两项多余。 The Nile is 6,671 A:Hi,Sarah.What's the biggest rainforest in 2.黄河是中国的第二长河。 the world? The Yellow River is B:1. river in China. A:How big is it? B:2. 3.汤姆十岁时就已经有1.5米高了。 A:Where is it? Tom was already 1.5 when he B:3. It crosses eight countries and was ten years old. most part of it is in Brazil. 4.昨天我们走路回家时，大雨突然开始倾盆 A:Oh,you know so much about it. 而下。 B:Well,my teacher told me last week. When we walked home yesterday,heavy rain A:Could you tell me anything more about it? began to suddenly. B:Of course.4. 5.如果你喜欢这个故事，一定要把整本书读完。 A:It must be very special and beautiful If you like this story,you should read the B:Yes,it is.5. A:Why? whole book B:Because people cut down lots of trees every 三、按要求完成句子 year. 1.Mike cooked best of all the cooks in the A:That's too bad. restaurant..（改为同义句) A.How did you know it? Mike cooked all the other B.It is in South America. cooks in the restaurant. 2.It is about200 square kilometres in size..（对 C.It is the Amazon rainforest. 画线部分提问) D.Thank you for telling me so much. is it? E.It is about 7 million square kilometres 3.Daniel got to school earlier than any other F.About 20%of the birds in the world live in student.（改为同义句) 心 Daniel got to school of all the G.But it is becoming smaller and smaller in students. size these years. Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature 03