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课件网) Unit 8 Our Blue Planet Preparing for the Topic: Listening & Speaking (Famous waterscape) 掌握水资源相关的地理知识，了解中外著名水体景观； 运用关于水资源的词汇和表达，介绍水资源； 树立节约用水的观念，培养节约用水的意识，践行节约用水的措施。 a drop of water a glass of water a basin of water a bucket of water How much do you know about water a tank of water a pool of water a pond of water a sea of water How much do you know about water How to save water There are many places lack of water(缺水), so we should save water in our daily lives. b. Niagara Falls e. The Bohai Sea c. The Nile River Activity 1 A Famous waterscape Match the places (a-e) with the pictures at the the top of the next page. a. The Pacific Ocean d. Lake Baikal a b c e d Activity 1 B Read the descriptions and choose the correct places above. _____ 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. The Nile River Niagara Falls Lake Baikal The Bohai Sea The Pacific Ocean b. Niagara Falls e. The Bohai Sea c. The Nile River a. The Pacific Ocean d. Lake Baikal Famous waterscape Activity 1 C Listen and repeat, and then replace the parts in bold and practice with your partner. Kangkang, what do you know about the Nile River How long is it Famous waterscape It runs through eastern Africa. It’s 6,671 kilometers long. Activity 2 Listen to the conversation and complete the table. Famous waterscape The _____ River ※ _____ kilometers long ※ A _____ river of China ※ About _____ kilometers wide at some places 5,464 mother 20 Yellow 单词 词性 释义 planet n. 行星 ocean n. 大海，海洋(the ocean) metre (meter AmE) n. 米 kilometre (kilometer AmE) n. 千米；公里 through prep. 穿过；贯穿 eastern adj. 东方的；东部的 New words 单词 词性 释义 freshwater adj. 淡水的 *million num. 一百万 inland adj. （在）内陆的 adv. 向（或在）内陆 north-east n. 东北；东北方；东北地区 large adj. 大的，大量的；大号的；广泛的，众多的 deep adj. 深的，厚的；纵深的，宽的 New words Tapescripts听力文本 Activity 2 Listen again and fill in the blanks. Li Xiang: Lingling, look at the map. What is this river _____ Lingling: Oh, we call it the Yellow River. Li Xiang: Can you tell me more about it Lingling: It’s 5,464 kilometers _____. Li Xiang: Over five _____ kilometers It’s really a long river. Lingling: Yes. It is _____ 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 _____ about 20 kilometers. Li Xiang: Wow! That’s amazing! Famous waterscape called long thousand as wide as a mother river Tapescripts听力文本 Activity 2 Famous waterscape Listen to the conversation and complete the table. ... ...
