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Module 1 Wonders of the world
Unit 1 It’s more than 2,000 years old.
To learn some key words and useful expressions.
To listen and understand the conversation about wonders of the world.
To ask and give information about some wonders of the world.
学习目标
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2
3
The Grand Canyon is 446 km in length.
It is one of the world’s longest canyons.
Enjoy some famous wonders of the world
Warm up
Mt. Qomolangma is about 8,844.43 metres high.
It’s the highest mountain in the world.
Warm-up
Enjoy some famous wonders of the world
The Egypt Pyramids functioned as tombs for Pharaohs.
Warm-up
Enjoy some famous wonders of the world
The Great Wall is in the north of China.
It’s a man-made wonder.
Warm-up
Enjoy some famous wonders of the world
2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Use the words in the box to help you.
ancient
man-made
modern
natural
wonder
1. Which two are natural wonders
2. Which two are man-made wonders
3. Which is an ancient wonder
4. Which is a modern wonder
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
The Giant’s Causeway
The Three Gorges Dam
Victoria Falls
The Terracotta Army
2. Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Use the words in the box to help you.
ancient man-made modern natural wonder
1. Which two are natural wonders
2. Which two are man-made wonders
3. Which is an ancient wonder
4. Which is a modern wonder
①
②
③
④
②
④
Now listen and check.
The Giant’s Causeway
The Three Gorges Dam
Victoria Falls
The Terracotta Army
Pre-reading　　　　　　　　　　　　
3.Listen and read.
While-reading
Tony: Let's call Wonders of the World and join in the
discussion. I think natural wonders are more
interesting than man-made ones. And I think
the Giant's Causeway is the most fantastic
natural wonder.
Lingling: Hmm, I've never seen it, so I'm not sure I agree
with you. Why do you like it, Tony
Tony: Well, I visited the Giant's Causeway two years
ago. It's huge. There are about 40,000 rocks,
most of them with six sides. It runs for several
hundred metres on the eastern coast of
Northern Ireland.
The Terracotta Army
秦始皇兵马俑
in Xi’an
over 2，000 years old
The Three
Gorges Dam
三峡大坝
2,300 metres long
185 metres high
15 metres wide
Produce electricity
Role play
Work in groups of 4.
Read and role play the conversation.
合作与探究
Do they have something in common
Why are they thought to be wonders
huge
fantastic
unique
Discussion
interesting
感悟与内化
Post-listening
What facts do the speakers provide about the wonder
facts
location
Interesting facts
size
history
function
Post-listening
speaking
a) The Terracotta Army
b) The Three Gorges Dam
c) The Giant’s Causeway
d) The Victoria Falls
Match the names of the wonders with the pictures on the right and on the next page.
4
2
1
3
If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well
Daming: I agree with you, Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic
too. It’s about 2,300 metres long, 185 metres high and 15 meters wide at
the top. It produces electricity for millions of people in China.
Betty: Now who’d like to call first
1. produce v. 生产
2. electricity n. 电
3. millions of 许多大量
4. would like to do sth. 想要去做某事
考点透视
三峡大坝
If a thing is worth doing it is worth worth doing well
Ⅰ. 根据提示完成句子。
1. This magazine can help us learn more
about the _______ (nature) world.
2. Mary, can you tell me the differences
between “east” and “________ (east)”
3. We are going to have a __________　　　
(discuss) about the travel plans tonight.
4. Look! Gina is reading a book about
________ (奇观) of the world.
natural
eastern
Practice
discussion
wonders
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
Ⅱ. 根据中文翻译填空。
1. 我们加入讨论怎么样，迈克？
What about _______ ___ the discussion, Mike
2. 五一期间，数百万游客参观了长城。
_______ ____ tourists visited the Great Wall
during the May Day holiday.
3. 虽然史密斯先生70多岁了，但他看起来很强健。
Mr Smith is _____ _____ seventy years old,
but he looks very fit.
4. 在我看来，这是个现代建筑。
____ ____ ________, this is a modern building.
5.那张桌子长六英尺。
The table is ____ _____ ______.
Millions of
In my opinion
six feet long
joining in
more than
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm
3. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
听起来很神奇，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。
though此处作连词，意为“虽然；但是”，相当于although，引导让步状语从句。　　　
Though/Although she worked hard at English, she didn’t make great progress.
尽管她努力学习英语，但她没有取得很大的进步。
【注意】
though和although都不能与but用于同一个句子之中，但它们可以和still、yet连用。
Though it was late, yet they went on working.
=It was late, but they went on working.
尽管天色已晚，但他们继续工作。
4. It produce electricity of r millions of people in China.它为中国无数人发电。
millions of意为“大量的；无数的”，有时也译为“数以百万的”，表示概数。类似结构的固定
短语还有hundreds of（成百上千的）, thousands of（成千上万的）, billions of（数以十亿计的）。
It seems that he has millions of questions to ask. 好像他有无数的问题要问。
　There are millions of stars in the sky. 在空中有无数颗星星。
【注意】
　hundred, thousand, million, billion与基数词连用时，必须用原形。
　three hundred 三百　　　　twenty thousand 两万
3. be sure. . . 确信……
【拓展】be sure的三种搭配
(1)be sure to do sth. 一定要做某事
(2)be sure of sth. /oneself 对某事/某人有把握
(3)be sure + that从句　确信……
1._____ _____ ______come to school on time tomorrow. 明天一定要准时来学校。
2. He’s not _____ ______himself these days. 他近来没有自信。
3. ____ ____ he will go there tomorrow.我相信他明天会去那。
4.Are you sure ______ your success 你对你的成功有把握吗？
Be sure to
sure of
I’m sure
of
4. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.
听起来很神奇，尽管我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。
维多利亚瀑布位于非洲赞比西河中游, 赞比亚与津巴布韦接壤处, 是世界上最壮观的瀑布之一。瀑布上的水雾形成的彩虹景色十分迷人, 瀑布的声响可在数公里处听到。因此, 当地人称之为“莫西奥图尼亚”, 意为“霹雳之雾”。

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