Module 1 Unit 2[优质课].ppt

九年级上册;;1. 我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话，加入讨论吧。;4.但是, 在我看来, 人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。; New words;go through;canyon;shine 照耀;grey灰色的; (天气）阴沉的 ;fall away 突然向下倾斜;The Seven Wonders of The Natural World;南非赞比西河， 维多利亚瀑布 ;Everest/Qomolangma Mount;Russian Baikal Lake ;Reading and vocabulary;Watch and read;2. Read the passage and complete the table.;asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. Suddenly, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world - the Grand Canyon.; I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still would not reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge!; I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?” I certainly know the answer. What do you think?;Lanuage points;2. After about a kilometre, a stranger appeared in front of me. appear vi. 出现 A rainbow appeared after the rain. 雨后空中出现了一道彩虹。 disappear vi. 消失 The sun disappeared behind the cloud. 太阳在云层后面消失了。;3. “Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes. reply v.回答 reply to sb/sth 回答某人/某事 1). Who can reply to my question? 谁能回答我的问题？ 2). Why don’t you reply to me? 你为什么不回答我呀？ ★ reply + that从句 回答到…… I replied that I was unable to help them. 我回答说我帮不到他们的忙。;辨析：reply 与answer;比较下面两句： He did not know what to reply.他不知道回答什么。（即:用什么回答） He