高中英语选择性必修1优质课公开课Unit 6 Starting out.pdf

新标准《英语》高中选择性必修第一册

Unit6Nurturingnature

Startingout

Activity1

Lookatthepicturesandanswerthequestions.

1.Whatdoyouknowabouttheseplaces?

2.Whatdotheseplaceshaveincommon?

Activity1

Huanglong,China:

LocatedinthenorthofSichuan,Huanglongis

ahistoricandscenicareawidelyknownforits

colourfulpools,hotsprings,valleys,waterfalls,

snow-cappedpeaksanddiverseforest.The

areaalsohasapopulationofendangered

animals,includingthegiantpandaandthe

Sichuangoldensnub-nosedmonkey.

Activity1

IguazúFalls,ArgentinaandBrazil:

TheIguazúFallsstretchinwidthfor2.7

kilometres(or1.7miles).Theirheightvaries

between60metres(200feet)and82metres

(or269feet).Theyfeatureover275

individualfallsthatthunderintotheIguazu

River.Specialwalkwayshavebeenbuilt

aroundtheIguazuFallstoallowvisitorsto

getcloseuptothiswonderoftheirnatural

beautyandpower.

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MountKilimanjaro,Tanzania:

Locatedinnorth-eastTanzania,Mount

Kilimanjaroisthehighest

mountainin

Africaandtheworld’stallestfreestanding

mountain,about5,895mabovesealevel.

Themountainisencircledbymountain

forest.MountKilimanjaroconsistsofthree

principalvolcanoes:Kibo(centre),Mawensi

(east),andShira(west).ShiraandMawensi

areextinctvolcanoes.However,Kiboisa

dormantvolcano;itcaneruptagain.The

mountainhasbeenthesubjectofmany

scientificstudiesbecauseofitsshrinking

glaciersanddisappearingicefields.

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Uluru,Australia:

Uluru,alsoknownas

AyersRockand

officially

gazetted

asUluru

/AyersRock,

is

alarge

sandstone