Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Listening and speaking 课件2025-2026学年仁爱科普版七年级英语下册

该初中英语课件围绕“Our Blue Planet”主题，核心教授水域景观的地理位置、长度等描述，通过Free Talk导入著名水域（如太平洋、尼罗河），结合图片匹配活动，衔接长度单位词汇与“How long”等疑问句型，搭建从词汇到句型再到对话应用的学习支架。 其亮点在于融合语言能力与思维品质培养，通过听力对话（黄河信息）、替换练习提升语言表达，用思维地图和可视化策略分析水域特征，同时融入中外水域案例（如渤海、贝加尔湖）增强文化意识。学生能在实践中提升语言运用与思维能力，教师可借助结构化活动高效开展教学。

Listening & Speaking Unit 8 Our Blue Planet 学习目标 To learn about different waterscapes. To listen and talk about the geographical location, length and other information of different waterscapes. Big Question: Why is water important? 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. 新课讲授 Free Talk Do you know these famous waterscapes? a. The Pacific Ocean b. Niagara Falls c. The Nile River d. Lake Baikal e. The Bohai Sea millimeter / ˈmɪlimiːtə(r) / n. 毫米 centimeter / ˈsentɪmiːtə(r) / n. 厘米 decimeter / ˈdesɪˌmiːtə / n. 分米 meter /'miːtə(r)/ (metre BrE) n.米 kilometer /kɪ'lɒmɪtə(r)/ n.千米;公里 5 ☆. 多长 How long 多宽 How wide 多深 How deep 多高 How tall/ high 这条河流多长？ 它2千米长 How long is the river? It is 2 kilometers long. 注意：在英语当中，表达物体的长，宽，高等概念时，用数字+单位+ long/ wide/ high/tall 等来表示 6 Activity 1 A. Match the places (a-e) with the pictures on the right. a. The Pacific Ocean b. Niagara Falls c. The Nile River d. Lake Baikal e. The Bohai Sea ☆ It is a 99-meter-high waterfall. 99米高的 The waterfall is 99 meters high. 99米高 99-meter-high是一个复合形容词 99米高的 修饰名词“waterfall 这类复合形容词的结构为 基数词+连词符+单数名词(+连词符+形容词)”，常 在句中作前置定语。 8 例 他有一个8岁的儿子 / 他的儿子8岁 He has an eight-year-old son. = His son is eight years old. 这是一课30米高的树木。/ 这棵树30米高。 It is a 30-meter-tall tree. = The tree is 30 meters tall. 9 B. Read the descriptions and choose the correct places. ___ 1. It is a 99-meter-high waterfall in North America. ___ 2. It is 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through eastern Africa. ___ 3. It's an old freshwater lake on the earth. It is over 25 million years old. ___ 4. It is an inland sea in the north-east of China. ___ 5. It is very large and deep. It is one of the four oceans on the earth. b c d e a a. The Pacific Ocean b. Niagara Falls c. The Nile River d. Lake Baikal e. The Bohai Sea Match the places (a-e) with the pictures at the the top of the next page. A a b c e d 11 _____________ _____________ _____________ Read the descriptions and choose the correct places above. B 1. It is a 99-meter-high waterfall in North America. 2. It is 6,671 kilometers long. It runs through eastern Africa. 3. It’s an old freshwater lake on the earth. It is over 25 million years old. Niagara Falls The Nile River Lake Baikal 一个99米高的瀑布 北美 6671千米长 流经 东非 一个古老的淡水湖 12 through /θruː prep.穿过;贯穿 run through 流经 go through 穿过，透过 go through the park 穿过公园 go through the window 透过窗户 13 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. Tapescript Read the descriptions again and fill in the blanks. 1. Niagara Falls is a __________________ waterfall in North America. 2. The Nile River is 6,671 ______________ long. It __________ __________ eastern Africa. 3. Lake Baikal is an old ______________ lake on the earth. It is over 20 million years old. 99-meter-high kilometers freshwater runs through 15 It’s _______________ ______. __________ is it? It _____________ _______________. Kangkang, what do you know about _________________? Replace the parts in bold and practice with your partner. Lake Baikal runs through Siberia, Russia How long 636 kilometers long 16 __________________ __________________ Read the descriptions and choose the correct places above. B 4. It is an inland sea in the north-east of China. 5. It is very large and deep. It is one of the four oceans on the earth. The Bohai Sea The Pacific Ocean 在中国的东北部 四大洋之一 17 Listen to the conversation and complete the table. The ___________ River ※ ___________ kilometers long ※ A ___________ river of China ※ About ___________ kilometers wide at some places 5,464 mother 20 Yellow adj. 宽的；宽阔的 18 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! Tapescript null 56815.36 $