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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 / m limi t (r) / n. 毫米
centimeter / sent mi t (r) / n. 厘米
decimeter / des mi t / n. 分米
meter /'mi t (r)/ (metre BrE) n.米
kilometer /k 'l m t (r)/ n.千米;公里
☆. 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
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。
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.
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
_____________
_____________
_____________
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
through /θru 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
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.
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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
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
__________________
__________________
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
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
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!
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