Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature (Period 1)Section A (1a-2d)学习任务单2025-2026学年人教版英语八年级下册

该初中英语学习任务单聚焦“自然奇观”主题，核心知识点包括wonder等词汇、大数字及比较级最高级表述地理信息、谈论地理现象的交际句型。课前通过词汇检测、句子翻译及死海资料查找搭建基础，课堂结合图片匹配、音频听力填空、对话练习内化知识，课后收集世界之最拓展应用，形成完整学习支架。 资料特色在于融合语言能力与思维品质，听力任务提取具体数据（如高度、深度）强化信息获取，对话练习提升交际表达，开放性问题（如2d提问）促进分析推断。习题贴近真实语境，结合地理知识，培养学习能力，助力学生综合运用英语描述自然现象。

Unit 4 The Wonders of Nature (Period 1) Section A (1a-2d) 班级_________ 姓名_________ 学习目标 学完这一课，你能够掌握： 1．词汇：wonder、measurement、square kilometre、below、level、surface、depth、dive、research、vessel、unusual、bottom； 2．能力：能运用大数字及比较级、最高级结构表述地理信息；能从对话中提取主要信息； 3．交际功能：使用“—What’s the lowest place on earth? —It’s ...”“—How low is it? —Its surface is ... metres below sea level.”等句型谈论地理与自然现象。 课前学习任务 【学习任务一】词汇检测 1．n. 奇观；惊叹 v. 琢磨；想知道；感到诧异__________ 2．n. 数量；测量__________ 3．平方千米__________ 4．prep. 在（或到）······下面；少于；低于 adv. 在（或到）下面__________ 5．n. 高度；水平；程度__________ 6．n. 表面；表层__________ 7．n. 深（度）；纵深__________ 8．v. & n. 潜水；跳水；俯冲__________ 9．v. & n. 研究；调查__________ 10．n. 大船；轮船__________ 11．adj. 特别的；不寻常的__________ 12．n. 底部；最下面__________ 【学习任务二】 阅读教材第32—33页，根据汉语提示写出英文句子。 1．地球上最低的地方是什么？ ______________________________________________________________ 2．人们为何研究深海 ______________________________________________________________ 3．有些动物拥有特别的能力。 ______________________________________________________________ 4．深海的底部是什么样子？ ______________________________________________________________ 【学习任务三】 死海是世界上地势最低的湖泊。查找相关书籍或者利用网络，用英语写一写有关死海的具体内容。 ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 课堂学习任务 【学习任务一】 1．看图，回答问题。 Can you say the names of the places? ________________ _______________ ________________ ________________ _______________ ________________ 2．1a: Match the places with the pictures. ____ Nile River ____ Angel Falls ____ Mount Qomolangma ____ Dead Sea ____ Sahara Desert ____ Mariana Trench 【学习任务二】 1b: Listen to the game show. Complete the descriptions of the places. Place Description Mount Qomolangma the _______________ in the world Sahara Desert the _______________ in the world Dead Sea the _______________ on earth Mariana Trench the _______________ in the ocean 【学习任务三】 1c: Listen again. Complete the measurements in 1b with the numbers below. Place Measurement Mount Qomolangma ________ metres high Sahara Desert about ________ square kilometres in size Dead Sea ________ metres below sea level Mariana Trench about ________ metres deep 【学习任务四】 1d: Talk about the places you have learnt about. A: What’s the lowest place on earth? B: It’s ________________________________________________________. A: How low is it? B: Its surface is ____________________________ metres below sea level. A: Now, what’s ________________________________________________? B: ___________________________________________________________ 【学习任务五】 1．What do you know about the deep sea? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2．2a: What do you know about the deep sea? Try to label the depths in the picture with the information on the left. A．Depth Fendouzhe reached B．Depth at which the deep sea begins C．Depth at which the Titanic rests D．Deepest dive of a whale 3．Read the sentences and say the meanings. ·where the deep sea begins ________________________________________________________________________ ·why people are researching the deep sea ________________________________________________________________________ ·which Chinese vessel dived deeper in the water than many others ________________________________________________________________________ ·what deep-sea animals are like ________________________________________________________________________ ·how everyone should protect the deep sea ________________________________________________________________________ 【学习任务六】 2b: A class is asking a deep-sea researcher some questions after his talk. Listen and tick the topics they discuss. □ where the deep sea begins □ why people are researching the deep sea □ which Chinese vessel dived deeper in the water than many others □ what deep-sea animals are like □ how everyone should protect the deep sea 【学习任务七】 2c: Listen again. Complete the sentences with the facts from the conversation. 1．People still don’t know much about the __________. 2．In __________, China’s Fendouzhe dived into the deep sea and __________ it. 3．Many deep-sea animals are __________ and __________. 4．Some animals have unusual abilities. Some are __________ but can “__________”. Some can even create ____________. 5．There is rubbish even at __________ metres deep. 【学习任务七】 2d: Read the questions and think of more you would like to ask the deep-sea researcher. Research the answers. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner. ·What is the largest shark in the deep sea? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ·What is the bottom of the deep sea like? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ·What other vessels dived to the bottom of the ocean? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ·Why is the deep sea important to us? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ More questions: ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 本课小结 请根据本课所学内容，列出关键词或画出你的思维导图吧！ 课后任务 收集更多有关地理知识的世界之最，并完成下列表格。 The largest ocean in the world The Pacific Ocean 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $