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课件网) UNIT 8 Knowing the world Lesson 3 Different landscapes 1 Warming up Do you like to travel Of course. I like different landscapes. Me too, they make me feel happy. Yes, they are amazing! 1 Match the names of the places with the pictures. Niagara Falls the Sahara Desert the Amazon River the Great Wall There are many different landscapes around the world: rivers, mountains, forests, waterfalls, deserts... I want to travel the world one day. I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s about 6,000 kilometres long. It has a long history. It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall. I’d like to tour Niagara Falls in Canada. It’s beautiful and very famous. It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls. 2 Read the passage and tick the correct answers. I want to go to the Sahara Desert in Africa. It’s hot and dry there with little or no rainfall. I could ride a camel. You know, the “ship of the desert”. I like to see the Amazon River in South America. It runs through the north of the rainforest. There are many different plants, birds, and fishes...Wow! It is cool! 2 Read the passage and tick the correct answers. 2 Read the passage and tick the correct answers. A Which of the landscapes will I visit River. Desert. Waterfall. Mountain. B How’s the weather in the Sahara Desert Cool and windy. Hot and rainy. Hot and dry. 2 Language Points I’d love to visit the Great Wall in China. It’s about 6,000 kilometres long. 我想去参观中国的长城。 它大约有 6000公里长。 it 是人称代词，在句中可以指人或事物，也可以用来表示时间、日期、天气等。 其具体用法如下： （1）指代前面提到过的事物。 —Whose book is this 这是谁的书？ —It’s mine. 它是我的。 （2）常指代无生命的事物或性别不明确的小动物。 This is my little cat. It’s so cute. 这是我的小猫。 它太可爱了。 （3）指代婴儿或不清楚性别的人。 Someone is playing the guitar. Who is it 有人在弹吉他。 是谁呢？ 1 （4）表示时间、星期或季节。 It’s 7:10 a.m. It’s time to go to school. 现在是早上 7:10。 该上学了。 —What season is it 现在是什么季节？ —It’s summer. 是夏季。 （5）表示距离。 It is far from Beijing to New York. 从北京到纽约很远。 （6）表示天气。 It’s cold today. 今天天气很冷。 （7）表示情况。 How is it going with you 你近来情况怎么样？ 拓展 it 还可作形式宾语。 用 it 作形式宾语的动词有 find, think, make, feel, believe等。 如： We find it important to do sports every day. 我们发现每天做运动很重要。 It would be amazing to climb the Great Wall. 爬长城一定很神奇。 It would be exciting to stand right next to the waterfalls. 站在瀑布旁边一定很刺激。 It+ be + adj. + to do sth. 做某事是……的。 两句均用到了“It +be +adj. + to do sth.”句型,其中It是形式主语,真正的主语是后面的动词不定式(短语)。该句型可与“Doing sth. + be +adj.”进行同义转换。 It’s polite to say thank you when someone helps you. 当有人帮助你时,说声谢谢是礼貌的。 It is interesting to play ping-pong.= Playing ping-pong is interesting. 打乒乓球很有趣。 2 辨析exciting 与excited e ... ...
