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课件网) Look at the pictures and answer the questions. 1 What can can you see in the pictures 2 How do they make you feel Frosty pines, the northern/southern lights, Yellow River Stone Forest, the desert, snub-nosed monkeys. I feel amazed/ surprised/ excited… wonderful fantastic unique magnificent brilliant What’s the longest river in the world What’s the biggest desert in the world Watch the video and answer: What facts about nature does this video mention The _____ place is Mount Qomolangma. It’s _____ meters high. The _____ place is the Mariana Trench. It’s over _____ meters below sea level. The _____river is the Nile River. It’s about _____ kilometers long. The _____ place is Death Valley in _____. A jellyfish may live _____. highest 8,848.86 lowest 10,000 longest 6,650 hottest the USA for ever There are so many interesting facts about the natural world. How do they make you feel Read the poems and answer the questions. 1 Which two poems are the first two excerpts (节选) from 《望庐山瀑布》 《望岳》 3 Can you think of other famous works describing natural wonders Share them with the class. Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky, Rushing into the sea and never come back — Li Bai 君不见黄河之水天上来，奔流到海不复回。 The sun beyond the mountain glows, The Yellow River seawards flows. —Wang Zhihuan 白日依山尽，黄河入海流。 What do you know about the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau What colour is it Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words to help you. 1. What can you see in the pictures What colour are they 2. How do you feel about them clean soft nature calm cloud mountain sky river lake grassland field Fast-reading 1).What’s the structure of the passage A. B. C. D. 2). Match the headings with the paragraphs. A: The writer’s view on the hometown B: The colour white meets you C: The colour blue makes you clam D: The grasslands, forests and fields E: The hometown which is full of colours Millie Careful-reading Read para. 2-4 and find out the colours. soft shine calm kinds forests colour Words can’t express the writer’s love for the rivers and lakes Imagine you were in such a place, how do you feel amazing wonderful fantastic unique magnificent brilliant Millie Careful-reading Read Para 5 and answer the questions. 1. What is the writer’s opinion about the hometown ①It is quieter than the big cities. ②We have the best presents from nature. ③It’s better than any other place. ④It is one of the most beautiful places in the world. 2. After reading, do you want to take a trip to the writer’s hometown Why Further thinking. 1).Where may you most likely to find the passage A. A science book B. A travel diary C. A magazine about local life D. A designer’s guide 2) What does the writer compare the clouds to What about the mountains and the sky _____ _____ compare A to B compare A with B The clouds are clean and soft,like our white sheep. The mountains shine bri ... ...
