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Unit1Module1Wondersoftheworld1theGiant’sCausewayEnjoysomepicturesofthewonders.n.奇观;奇迹WarmingupVictoriaFallsnaturaladj.大自然的TheThreeGorgesDamman-madeadj.人造的TheTerracottaArmyTheGreatWallThePyramidsofEgyptTheEmpireStateBuildingMountQomolangmaStonehengediscussionn.讨论;商讨electricityn.电Presentationeasternadj.在东边的;来自东边的loudadj.(声音)响亮的Matchthenamesofthewonderswiththepictures.a)TheTerracottaArmyb)TheThreeGorgesDamc)TheGiant’sCausewayd)VictoriaFalls11234abcdLookatthepicturesandanswerthequestions.Usethewordsintheboxtohelpyou.ancientman-mademodernnaturalwonder1.Whichtwoarenaturalwonders?TheGiant’sCausewayandVictoriaFalls.22.Whichtwoareman-madewonders?3.Whichisanancientwonder?4.Whichisamodernwonder?TheTerracottaArmyandTheThreeGorgesDam.TheTerracottaArmy.TheThreeGorgesDam.Nowlistenandcheck.InWondersoftheWorldtoday,we’retalkingaboutfourwonders:twonaturalwondersandtwoman-madewonders.ThetwonaturalwondersaretheGiant’sCausewayandVictoriaFalls.Thetwoman-madewondersaretheTerracottaArmyandtheThreeGorgesDam.TheTerracottaArmywasbuiltintheQinDynasty,soit’sancient.It’ssaidtobeQinshihuang’spersonalarmy.TheThreeGorgesDamisamodernwonder.Sofar,it’sthelargestdamintheworld.Pleasecallandtelluswhatyouthink.TapescriptListening3EverydayEnglish•I’mnotsure…•Inmyopinion,…•Who’dliketo…NowCheck(√)thetruesentences.1.TonythinkstheGiant’sCausewayisthelargestnaturalwonder.2.LinglingthinksVictoriaFallsismorefantasticthantheGiant’sCauseway.3.BettyandDamingaremoreinterestedinman-madewonders.4.ForDaming,theThreeGorgesDamismorefantasticthantheTerracottaArmy.√××√1.WhereistheGiant’sCauseway?2.HowwideisVictoriaFalls?3.WhatwondersdoesBettythinkaremoreexciting?4.HowoldistheTerracottaArmy?ItisontheeasterncoastofNorthernIreland.It’sabout1,700metreswide.Bettythinksthatman-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.It’smorethan2,000yearsold.Answerthequestions.Reading4Completethetable.WondersTheGiant’sCauseway______rocks,____sides,onthe______coastofNorthernIrelandVictoriaFallsin______,______metreswide,_____metreshighTheTerracottaArmymorethan______yearsoldTheThreeGorgesDam______metreslong,_____metreshigh,____metreswide,produce_________40,000sixeasternAfrica1,7001002,0002,30018515electricityAfterReading1.Inmy________,naturalwondersaremoreinterestingthanman-madeones.2.TheVictoriaFalls,about1,700metreswideand100metreshigh,is____.3.Let’sjoininthe_________aboutthewondersoftheworld.opinionhugediscussiondiscussion,eastern,huge,opinion,though5Completethesentenceswiththewordsinthebox.4.IthinktheGiant’sCausewayonthe_______coastofNorthernIrelandisafantasticnaturalwonder.5.Tosomedegree,LinglingagreeswithTonyabouttheGiant’sCauseway,________shethinkstheVictoriaFallsaremorefantastic.easternthoughListenandmarkthepauses.1.I’veneverseenit,soI’mnotsureIagreewithyou.2.Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVictoriaFallsinAfricaisevenmorefantastic.3.Inmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.////////6Makealistofwondersoftheworld.Saywhichoneyouwouldliketovisitandwhy.—Whichwonderoftheworldyouliketovisit?—I’dliketovisittheGiant’sCausewaybecauseIlovewildplacesbythesea.Consolidation71.Let’scallWonderoftheWorldandjoininthediscussion.我们给《世界奇观》节目打电话,加入讨论吧。joinin参加进来;加入到参加某种竞赛、游戏等活动有时不跟宾语，Wealljoinedinthegame.我们都参与了游戏。discussion作名词,它是由动词discuss加后缀-ion而构成的,意为“讨论;商讨”。如:Therewillbeadiscussionaboutthedifferencesbetweenthetwowordsinourclassthisafternoon.小试:Howmanystudentsjoinedinthe_________(discuss)lastSunday?discussion2.Butinmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.但是,在我看来,人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。本句中naturalones与man-madewonders相对应,ones代替前面提到的wonders。inone’sopinion表示“按某人的意见;据某人看来”。如：Who,inyouropinion,isthebestfootballplayerintheworldtoday?在你看来,谁是当今世界上最好的足球运动员？3.thoughthough作连词,意为“虽然;尽管”,常用来引导让步状语从句,从句可放在主句前或主句后,但不能与but或however出现在同一个句子中。如：Thoughhewastired,hewentonworking.LucyoftenhelpsmewithmyEnglish,thoughsheisverybusy.【运用】从题后所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Graceisgoingtogivemuchmoneytocharity,______sheisnotrichenough.A.ifB.unlessC.sinceD.thoughD4.They’reabout1,700metreswideand100metreshigh.它们大约长1700米，高100米。数字+单位+long/wide/high/deep表达长、宽、高、深等概念2,000yearsold15metreswide100metreshigh185metreshigh1,700metreswide2,300metreslongfivemillionpeoplesixfeetlong2000年15米宽100米高185米高1700米宽2300米长五百万人六英尺长5.Itproduceselectricityformillionsofpeople…它为几百万人供电。类似的:billionsof数十亿的millionsof成千上万的；数百万的thousandsof数以千计的；许多的hundredsof成百上千的；许许多多的Theearthishometoanimals?A.millionB.millionsC.millionofD.millionsof6.LookattheTerracottaArmy.It’smorethan2,000yearsold.就说兵马俑吧，它们有两千多年的历史了。morethan:多余；超出，比……多1)Morethantwostudentshaveseenit两个以上的学生见过。2)Theyoftentalkmorethantheydo.他们常常说的比做的多。3)Hecannotbemorethanfifty.他不可能超过五十岁。1.科罗拉大峡谷是世界自然奇观之一。(广东)TheGrandCanyonis__________________ofthenaturalworld.2.我认为这部电影中有太多的打斗。(inone’sopinion)(山东)______________________________________________________________.Inmyopinion,there’stoomuchfightinginthefilm.oneofthewonders3.Weshouldgivetheboyanotherchance______hehasmadesomemistakes.(河南)A.thoughB.whenC.unless4.Footballisdoexcitingthat_______peopleintheworldplayit.(四川)A.millionofB.millionsofC.twomillionsof1.TheGr