Unit 5 Amazing nature Starting out & Understanding ideas—Reading课件2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级下册

Unit 5 Amazing nature Starting out & Understanding ideas—Reading 初中英语外研版（2024）七年级下册 通过本节课的学习，同学们将能： 重点：1.理解文本中对家乡青藏高原不同颜色的描述，如 白色、蓝色、绿色等。 2.掌握描述颜色和家乡特色的词汇及表达方式，如 “amazing” “shine brightly” “calm feeling”等。 3. 用英语表达对家乡的热爱和赞美。 难点：1. 准确理解文本中较难的词汇和句子表达。 2. 用英语生动地描述自己的家乡。 学习目标 Watch a video What is nature? 自然，可以理解为未经人为干预或改变的状态，包括自然界的一切事物和现象。它涵盖了地球上的所有生物、地理环境、气候和天文现象等。 What is nature? Can you say out the words about nature? sky plateau cloud grassland field Do you know more? 1 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1 What facts about nature do you know? 2 Which one do you find the most interesting? Read the poems and answer the questions. 2 1 What in nature do they describe? What is special about each natural wonder? 2 Can you think of other famous works describing natural wonders? Share them with the class. Its water runs down three thousand chi from high; It seems like the Silver River falling from the sky. —Li Bai Some day I must climb up to the top, To view all the peaks small below. —Du Fu The sea! the sea! the open sea! The blue, the fresh, the ever free! —Bryan W. Procter waterfall Mount Tai Sea In the boundless desert, a solitary column of smoke rises straight up. Over the long river, the setting sun appears perfectly round. —Wang Wei The sun along the mountain bows; The Yellow River seawards flows. —Wang Zhihuan The lotus leaves seem to reach the sky in an endless expanse of green, and the lotus flowers look especially red in the sunshine. —Yang Wanli Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words to help you. nature calm river lake clean soft field 1 What can you see in the pictures? What colour are they? 2 How do you feel about them? cloud mountain sky grassland white blue green The clouds are clean and soft... Do you know where it is？ 1 Pre-reading Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Let’s learn more about it. While-reading Fast-reading: A B C                (1) Read and choose the structure of the passage. ✔ Amazing plateau      ______________ ______________ _____________ Colours on the plateau Be proud of the plateau Part1 Part2 Part3 (2) Match the headings with three parts. (1) Where is the writer’s hometown? (2) What is the hometown famous for? The writer’s hometown is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 1 My hometown is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The geography here is amazing. It is famous for the world’s highest mountain. But this area is also full of the most amazing colours in nature. It is famous for the world’s highest mountain. Careful-reading: 1. Read Part 1 and answer. (1) How many colours are mentioned? ______________ (2) What’s the writer’s favourite colour? _______________ Green. Three. 2. Read Part 2 and answer. (3) What does the writer compare the clouds to? What about the mountains and the sky? _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ (4) According to the text, what colour are the trains running through the plateau? ( ) A. White B. Blue C. Green C The writer compares the clouds to white sheep, compares the mountains to white sea waves, and compares the sky to a great sea above the plateau. ②The lovely blue of the sky always gives me a calm feeling.(英译汉) ___________________________________________ 可爱的蓝色天空总是给我一种平静的感觉。 (5) I like green best, which is the colour of our grasslands, forests and fields.(找出文中意思相同的句子) _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ (6) ①The colour white meets your eyes all around.(英译汉) ___________________________________________ Our grasslands, forests and fields are all green. That’s my favourite colour. 白色随处可见。 What can you infer from the last paragraph? A. The author doesn’t like living on the plateau. B. The author thinks the things on the plateau are better than those in big cities. C. The author thinks the plateau is only beautiful in certain seasons. 3. Read Part 3 and answer. ✔ 2 The colour white meets your eyes all around. The clouds are clean and soft, like our white sheep. The mountains shine brightly in the sun, like white sea waves. 3 The lovely blue of the sky always gives me a calm feeling. It is like a great sea above the plateau. And words can’t express my love for the rivers and lakes. There are a hundred kinds of blue in the water. 4 Our grasslands, forests and fields are all green. That’s my favourite colour. It means hope because it is the colour of life. But green is not just the colour of nature now. Trains are running through the plateau. They are this beautiful colour, too. meet one’s eyes（映入某人眼帘） clean and soft（干净且柔软） shine brightly（明亮地闪耀） a calm feeling（一种平静的感觉） above the plateau（在高原之上） a hundred kinds of（上百种） the colour of life（生命的颜色） run through（穿过，贯穿） 5 The plateau is quieter than the big cities. We have fewer shops and restaurants, But we have the best presents from nature. In my heart, it’s better than any other place. I’m proud to say that I’m from one of the most beautiful places in the world. in my heart（在我心中） better than any other place （比任何其他地方都好） be proud to（自豪地……） one of the most beautiful places （最美丽的地方之一） quieter than（比……更安静） big cities（大城市） fewer shops（更少的商店） the best presents from nature （来自大自然最好的礼物/馈赠） a A travel diary b A science textbook c A magazine about local life Where are you most likely to find the passage? 3 ✔ Post-reading 4 Post-reading White The clouds are clean and _____, like our white sheep. The mountains _______ brightly in the sun. soft Blue The lovely blue of the sky always gives me a(n) ______ feeling. There are a hundred ______ of blue in the water. Green Our grasslands, _______ and fields are all green. Trains are this beautiful ________, too. Colours of my hometown The plateau is ________ than the big cities. But we have the best presents from ________. shine calm kinds forests colour quieter nature Complete the chart with the words from the passage. Think and share 1 What does the writer compare the clouds to? What about the mountains and the sky? 2 What three colours will you use to describe your hometown? Give reasons for your choices. Learning to think for question 2 You can think about the landscape, animals or daily things. They can be something special or something common. Language points 1. My hometown is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. 我的家乡在青藏高原。(原文再现) 青藏高原是世界最高、最年轻的高原，有“世界屋脊”之称。青藏高原绝大部分位于中国境内。中国境内部分包括西藏自治区全部，以及青海省、新疆维吾尔自治区、甘肃省、四川省、云南省的部分地区，约占中国陆地总面积的四分之一。 2. It is famous for the world’s highest mountain. 它因拥有世界上最高的山脉而闻名。(原文再现) be famous for... 意为“因……出名，以……闻名”，后跟名词或动词的-ing形式。 例如：Italy is famous for its food. 意大利以其美食闻名。 【拓展】 be famous as 意思是“作为……而著名”，主要用来表示某人或某物以某种特定的身份、职业或角色而被人知晓。 例如：Lu Xun is famous as a great writer. 鲁迅作为一名伟大的作家而著名。 【对点练习】 (1) Hangzhou is famous ______ the West Lake. (2) She is famous ______ a great dancer. for as meet your eyes 是固定短语，意为“进入眼帘”，其中your可以根据人称进行替换。 例如： A beautiful painting met our eyes as we entered the room. 我们进屋时看到了一幅美丽的画。 【对点练习】 无论我们走到哪里，美丽的风景随处可见。 The beautiful scenery ________________ everywhere we go. 3. The colour white meets your eyes all around. 白色随处可见。(原文再现) meets our eyes 4. There are a hundred kinds of blue in the water. 在水中有一百种蓝色。(原文再现) 句子中a hundred kinds of blue是一个夸张的表达方式，用来强调水的颜色变化丰富。这个句子生动地体现了作者对家乡的湖泊和河流的热爱。 【对点练习】 天空中有千万种灰色。 _________________________________________________ There are thousands of kinds of grey in the sky. run through sth 意为“贯穿于某事物之中”。 例如：A small river runs through my village. 一条小河流经我们村。 此外，run through sth也意为“复习，反复练习；排练；快速地读(看，解释)某事物”。 例如：I need to run through my notes before the exam. 我需要在考试前复习下我的笔记。 Briefly, he ran through details of the events. 他简单地介绍了活动的细节。 5. Trains are running through the plateau. 火车在高原上穿行。(原文再现) 【对点练习】 (1) The river ______ the city, providing a beautiful view. A. runs through B. runs away C. runs out D. runs after 解析：run through“贯穿；流过”，句子意思是“这条河流经这座城市，提供了美丽的景色”。run away逃跑；run out用完，耗尽；run after追赶，都不符合语境。 (2) His ideas ______ my mind as I read the book. A. run through B. come through C. go through D. live through 解析：run through one’s mind是一个固定短语，意思是“(想法等)从脑海中闪过”，句子意思是“当我读这本书的时候，他的想法在我脑海中闪过”。come through经历（困难等）后还活着，传来；go through经历,仔细检查；live through经历……而幸存，都不符合题意。 A A be proud to do sth 对做某事而感到骄傲 be proud of (doing) sth. 对(做)某事感到自豪 例如：She was proud to have finished the marathon. 她为自己完成了马拉松而感到骄傲。 He is proud of being part of such a great team. 他为自己是这个优秀团队中的一员而感到骄傲。 【对点练习】 (1) She is proud _________(be) a part of the volunteer team. (2) We are proud of __________(help) those in need. 6. I’m proud to say that I’m from one of the most beautiful places in the world. 我为自己来自世界上最美丽的地方 之一而感到骄傲。(原文再现) to be helping 一、根据句意及提示完成句子 1. The T-shirt made of silk feels very ______(柔软的). 2. Look! The farmers are working hard in the _______(田地). 3. If you get lost during the trip, you can ask the _______(当地的) people for help. 4. —What can you see on the ____________(草原)? —Many sheep and cows. 5. My parents gave me some pens as my birthday _________(礼物). soft field local grassland presents 当堂检测 二、根据句意或用括号内所给词的适当形式填空 1. There are ___________(hundred) of kinds of flowers in the garden. 2. In ______(I) heart, nothing is more important than family members. 3. She loves her country and she is proud _____ her motherland. 4. Guilin is famous _____ its beautiful mountains and clear water. 5. The theme of love runs __________ the whole movie. hundreds my of for through THANKS Lavf58.20.100 Lavf59.27.100 Lavf59.27.100 Lavf59.27.100 null 119352.0 $