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课件网) Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 2 The Grand Canyon was not just big. 1.学习并掌握below; shine; silent; beside; reply; clear; nearly; go through; get out of 等核心词汇，理清文中涉及的时态。 2. 能够读懂游记类的短文, 获取事实性信息, 并进行推测, 理解作者的观点和写作意图; 能够对自己熟悉的景观进行事实性描述; 能够描写旅行经历和个人感受。 3. 学会通过“对比、参照”来烘托事物形象的写作手法。 4. 培养对神奇大自然的热爱之情。 学习目标 Work in pairs. Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you. below deep fantastic high long natural shine sign silent silver 科罗拉多大峡谷位于美国亚利桑那州(Arizona)西北部，科罗拉多高原西南部。大峡谷全长446千米，平均宽度16千米，最深处2133米，平均深度超过1500米，总面积为2724平方千米。 1919年，威尔逊总统将大峡谷地区辟为"大峡谷国家公园"(Grand Canyon National Park)。 大峡谷是科罗拉多河的杰作。这条河发源于科罗拉多州的落基山，洪流奔泻，经犹他州、亚利桑那州，由加利福尼亚州的加利福尼亚湾入海，全长2320千米。"科罗拉多"，在西班牙语中，意为"红河"，这是由于河中夹带大量泥沙，河水常显红色，故有此名，在大峡谷中，有75种哺乳动物、50种两栖和爬行动物、25种鱼类和超过300种的鸟类生存。整个国家公园是许多动物的乐园。 What will you write in the passage Everest/Qomolangma Mount 中国珠穆朗玛峰 Mammoth Cave National Park 美国肯塔基州 猛玛洞穴国家公园 Warming up Russian Baikal Lake 俄罗斯贝加尔湖 美国黄石公园 American Yellowstone National Park Warming up below, deep, fantastic, high, long, natural, shine, sign, silent, silver Talk about a great natural wonder you know. Use the words in the box to help you. Pair work A great wonder of the natural world When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming grey. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see, but I knew it was there. After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path. “Am I going the right way ” I 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. Read the passage and complete the table. Reading 1. reply （1）reply 用作动词，意为“回答；答复”；常构成短语：reply to (sb. / sth. )“对……作出回答”。 例如：The students didn’t reply to the question. 那些学生没有回答这个问题。 （2）reply 还可作名词，意为“回信；答复”，后面跟介词to，即reply to ... 表示“对……的答复”。 例如：She made a reply to our request. 她答复了我们的请求。 探究·导学 辨析：reply & answer （1）answer表示“回信，对……作出回答”直接跟宾语，而reply与to连用后接宾语。例如： We replied to / answered his letter yesterday. 昨天，我们给他回了信。 （2）作名词，均与介词to连用，即the answer / reply to ... ，意为“……的答案 /答复”。 （3）在表示“接电话”（answer the phone）；“去 开门”（answer the door）等时，不使用reply to。 1. Where does the passage most probably come from a) A ... ...
