Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature Section A 3a-3d 课件 2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

Unit 4 Section A 3a-3d The Wonders of Nature 1.What is it? 2.Where does it come from? A Guessing Game Yellow River —— the Cradle/ˈkreɪdl/ of（摇篮） Civilization Find the Best Guide Congratulations! You are invited to be the museum guide to help the exhibition of the Yellow River. Shanxi Museum Yellow River —— the Cradle/ˈkreɪdl/ of Civilization Find the Best Guide Dear students， Congratulations! You are invited to be the museum guides to help the exhibition of the Yellow River. Shanxi Museum Would you like to offer the help? Task List To be the best museum guides, we need to: Explore the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River How was your trip to Hukou Waterfall? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 公众号:懒人笔记资料库 13540016960 1. Watch the Video. Tick the Names of the rivers it mentioned. The Nile River The Amazon River The Yangtze River The Mississippi River The Yellow River Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Activity 1: Watch and tick the Names of the rivers it mentioned. The Nile River The Amazon River The Yangtze River The Mississippi River The Yellow River Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 2.Look the Maps. Find the three rivers’ Countries and write down. the Yangtze River the Yellow River the Nile River Egypt / ˈiːdʒɪpt / pyramid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ China Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River River Country Length Nile River ________km Yangtze River ________km Yellow River ________km 3.Read the Conversation Quickly. Write down the Length of the rivers. China China Egypt / ˈiːdʒɪpt / Reading Tip: Find out the number words. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River River Length Nile River ________km Yangtze River ________km Yellow River ________km Nile River Yangtze River Yellow River 5,464 6,300 6,671 Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Task List To be the best museum guide, we need to: Explore the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. 4. Read the Conversation Carefully. Answer the three questions. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 1. What’s amazing about the three rivers? 2. Why do we called “the Yellow River” the Yellow River? 3. Why are the rivers important to us? Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. 1. What’s amazing about the three rivers? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. 2. Why do we called “the Yellow River” the Yellow River? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River What does brown and yellow earth mean in this sentence? A. A coloured planet B. Something helps plants to grow Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. 3.Why are the rivers important to us? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 5. Think Deeply. Discuss the two questions with your group. Agriculture Society Civilization ✸Can you think of at least three ways to protect our river? What are they? ✸Why do we call the Yellow River our “mother river”? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Wonder mother Wonder mother Wondermother ✸Gives life ✸Provides food and water ✸Protects and cares ✸Supports growth ✸Give birth to civilizations ✸Provides food and water for drinking and farming ✸Helps people travel and trade ✸Brings rich soil for growing crops Agriculture Society Civilization We should protect them at all costs! Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Wonder mother Wonder mother Wondermother Collect the rubbish Limit water pollution Educate others to care Avoid throwing waste Never hurt river life Can you think of three ways to protect our river? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Wonder mother Wonder mother Wondermother Task List To be the best museum guide, we need to: Explore the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on the Yellow River. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the longest river in China. It travels the farthest and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the second longest. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's yellow? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow earth. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very important in Egypt's history. Ella: That's right. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient civilizations to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "mother river"! Ella: We should protect them at all costs. 5,464 second Yellow To make our introduction easy to understand, we need to pay attention to the stress of the words in the sentence. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Listen and repeat. What words should be stressed? the name the length the rank (排名) Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Yaming: Welcome back, Ella! How was your trip? Ella: It was great! We saw the Hukou Waterfall on _____ ______ _______. Is that the longest river in China? Yaming: No, the Yangtze River is the _______ river in China. It travels the _______ and is about 6,300 kilometres long. The Yellow River is 5,464 kilometres long and is the _______ _______. By the way, do you know why it's called the Yellow River? Ella: Because it's ______? Yaming: Right. Some parts of the river carry brown and yellow_______. Ella: That's interesting! I like learning about rivers. My favourite is the Nile. Did you know it's the longest river in the world? Yaming: Yes, it's 6,671 kilometres long. It's very ______in Egypt's history. Ella: That's______. Both the Nile and the Yellow River helped ancient ______ to develop. And they're still very important today. Yaming: Yes. In China, we even call the Yellow River our "______ ______"! Ella: We should ______ them at all _______. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 6. Role-play the Coversation with Your Partner. Pay attention to the stress. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Task List To be the best museum guide, we need to: Explore the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River River Yellow River — the Mother River of China Country (Location) China Length 5464 km long (the second longest river in China Importance provided water for farming and drinking; helped China's civilization develop; Brings rich soil for growing crops Protection Collect the rubbish Limit water pollution Educate others to care Avoid throwing waste Never hurt river life Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River So now we understand why the Yellow River is called the “Mother River” of China. It gave birth to Chinese civilization and has taken care of us for thousands of years. Every place has its own “mother river”. In Egypt, it’s the Nile. So what about us? We are in Shanxi. Do we have a mother river? Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Fenhe River The Second Largest Branch/brɑːntʃ/ (支流) of the Yellow River What else you know about the Fenhe River? So now we understand why the Yellow River is called the “Mother River” of China. It gave birth to Chinese civilization and has taken care of us for thousands of years. Every place has its own “mother river”. In Egypt, it’s the Nile. So what about us? We are in Shanxi. Do we have a mother river? River Fenhe River — the Mother River of Shanxi Location Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Length about 713 km long (the longest river in Shanxi) the second largest branch of the Yellow River. Importance provided water for farming and drinking; helped Shanxi's civilization develop; many places and products named after it Protection dredge/dredʒ/ 清污 the river building ecological/ˌiːkəˈlɒdʒɪk(əl)/ corridors/ˈkɒrɪdɔːz/ along the river Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River 生态 廊道 Group Work: Imagine one of you are a foreign tourist and two of you are the museum guides. Make up conversations to introduce the Fenhe River. Welcome to the Shanxi Museum. We’d like to introduce the Fenhe River to you. Questions Bank: 1.Where is it?/ 2.How long is it?/ 3.What’s amazing about it? /4.Why is it important to us?/How to protect it?/... Best information include all information about the river. Best language pay attention to the stress and beautiful sentences. Best communica tion Use body language and eye contact to each other. Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Explore the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Task List To be the best museum guide, we need to: Explore the Wonderful River Describe the Wonderful River Share the Wonderful River We are not only museum guides, but also civilization protectors. Let’s protect the wonderful rivers at all costs! Homework Must-do: Make up conversations with your partners to talk about other rivers interest you in the world. Choose to to: Shoot a video about the Fenhe River in English to introduce it and call on more people to protect it. Wonder mother Wonder mother Wondermother What do you know about the Fenhe River? River Fenhe River — the Mother River of Shanxi Location Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Length about 713 km long (the longest river in Shanxi) the second largest branch(支流)of the Yellow River. Importance provided water for farming and drinking; helped Shanxi's civilization develop; many places and products named after it Protection after serious pollution and drying, the government is now taking actions to protect the river... dredge/dredʒ/ 清污 the river building ecological corridors/ˈkɒrɪdɔːz/ along the river /brɑːntʃ/ 生态廊道 EV录屏5.2.3软件录制 Lavf58.33.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制, www.ieway.cn EV录屏5.2.3软件录制 Lavf58.33.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制, www.ieway.cn null 91063.93 EV录屏5.2.3软件录制 Lavf58.33.100 本视频由湖南一唯信息科技开发的EV录屏软件录制, www.ieway.cn $