Unit 5 Amazing nature 课件 2024-2025学年外研版(2024)英语七年级下册

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The world is full of wonders. in this unit, let's explore some of the natural wonders in the world. Where are some of the most beautiful places? What is amazing about nature?What should we do to protect it? By the end of this unit, you will make a poster about a natural wonder.①Look at the picture and answer the questions.1 What facts about nature do you know?2 Which one do you find the most interesting?How much do you know about nature?②Read the poems and answer the questions.Its torrent dashes down three thousand feet from high;As if the Silver River fell from azure sky.- Li BaiSome day I must climb up to the top,To look down viewing all the peaks small.- Du FuThe sea! the sea! the open sea!The blue, the fresh, the ever free!- Bryan W. Procter1 What in nature do they describe? What is special about each natural wonder?2 Can you think of other famous works describing natural wonders? Share them with the class.1 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 lake soft nature calm grass landfield cloud mountain sky river②Read the passage and find out the writer's favourite colourMy hometown is on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The geography here is amazing. It is famous for the world's highest mountain. 我的家乡在青藏高原上。这里的地理环境令人惊叹。它以世界最高峰而闻名。But this area is also full of the most amazing colours in nature.The colour white meets your eyes all around. The clouds are clean and soft, like our white sheep. 但这个地区也充满了自然界中最令人惊叹的颜色。白色与你的目光相遇。云朵干净柔软，就像我们的白色绵羊。The mountains shine brightly under the sun, like white lotus flowers.The lovely blue of the sky always gives me a calm feeling. It is like a great sea above the plateau. 群山在阳光下闪闪发光，像白色的莲花。可爱的蓝天总是给我一种平静的感觉。它就像高原上的大海。And words can't express my love for the rivers and lakes. There are a hundred kinds of blue in the water.Our grasslands, forests and fields are all green. 言语无法表达我对河流和湖泊的爱。水里有一百种蓝色。我们的草原、森林和田野都是绿色的。That's my favourite colour, It means hope because it is the colour of life. But green is not just the colour of nature now.Trains are running through the plateau. 那是我最喜欢的颜色，它意味着希望，因为它是生命的颜色。但绿色现在不仅仅是大自然的颜色。火车正穿过高原。They are this beautiful colour, too.The plateau is quieter than the big cities. We have fewer shops and restaurants. But we have the best presents from nature. 它们也是这种美丽的颜色。高原比大城市安静。我们的商店和餐馆更少。但我们有大自然最好的礼物。In my heart, it's better than any other place. I'm proud to say that I'm from one of the most beautiful places in the world.在我心中，它比任何其他地方都好。我很自豪地说，我来自世界上最美丽的地方之一。③Where are you most likely to find the passage?a science textbooka travel diarya magazine about local lifea designer's guide④Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.1 What does the writer compare the clouds to? What about the mountains and the sky?2 What three colours will you use to describe your hometown? Give reasons for your choices.Learning to think for question 2 You can think about the landscape, animals or daily things. They can be something special or something common.⑤Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules.It is famous for the world's highest mountain.But this area is also full of the most amazing colours in nature.The plateau is quieter than the big cities.Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage.⑥Complete the facts about wonders in China.⑦Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.The Qiantang River is_________(short) than the Yangtze or Yellow rivers. But it's still one of the_________ (famous) rivers in China. lt's famous for its tides.Usually it's a_________ (slow) river. But when the tides come, the water runs much_________ (fast). Many tides are two metres_________ (high). But the_________ (high) tides can be ten metres high!⑧Work in pairs. Talk about the most beautiful natural place in your opinion.Use the words and expressions from the reading passage and the Useful expressions to help you.In my opinion, the most beautiful place is....It is famous for...It is like...Words can't express my love for...It is one of... in the world,You can learn about natural wonders at natural history museums. The National NaturalHistory Museum of China, the American Museum of Natural History, and the Natural HistoryMuseum in London are among the most famous ones in the world.①Listen to the ad and choose the main idea.There's a new exhibition in a museum.A new natural history museum has opened,Children should go to the natural history museum,The exhibition will last from April to June.②Listen again and complete the poster.Museum opening hours:From___________to 5 pm, closed on ___________Free guided tours: from ___________ to 11 amTicket price: ___________ pounds③Listen to the conversation and complete the fact file.FACT FILElungfishIntroduction to lungfish:Lungfish have lungs. They can breathe___________In the dry season, they go into the wet earth and______In the rainy season, they go back into the______Research on lungfish:Scientists study lungfish's______and behaviour.People developed from fish. Long ago, some fish left the_____________.They grew lungs and_____________on the land. Lungfish are like those fish. Interrupting politely When someone explains something, you might want to ask a question. You can interrupt politely with Excuse me or Sorry. Don't interrupt people in the middle of a sentence④Work in pairs. Ask and answer about another amazing life.The earthworm is amazingIt is very strong.Sorry, but could youe xplain more about it?Sometimes, you cut it into two and..Talk about what you have learnt about amazing life in nature in this section.①Match the words with the pictures of the natural wonders.②Read the passage. what problem do the different natural wonders share?阅读文章。不同的自然奇观有什么共同的问题？I'm not a sea but a lake. And I'm not dead.In fact, I've got many plants and animals.I'm saltier than any sea, so people can lie on my surface. Rivers flow into me. 我不是海，而是湖。我还没死。事实上，我有很多植物和动物。我比任何海水都咸，所以人们可以躺在我的水面上。河流汇入我。The Dead Sea could die!But now people take too much water from them. My water level is going down. I am becoming smaller year by year. Take less water, or I'll dry up within the next 100 years. Then I really will be dead!但现在人们从它们身上取了太多的水。我的水位正在下降。我一年比一年小。少喝水，否则我将在未来100年内干涸。那我真的要死了！I'm the rainforest of Madagascar. As my name suggests, I make rain for my plants and animals, such as monkeys, snakes and many kinds of flowers. For 80% of them,我是马达加斯加的雨林。正如我的名字所暗示的那样，我为我的植物和动物降雨，比如猴子、蛇和各种各样的花。其中80%，Rainforest-forest ≠ rainI'm their only home in the world. However,people are cutting down my trees for wood and to make space for farming. Please stop it. I'm disappearing我是他们世界上唯一的家。然而，人们正在砍伐我的树木以获取木材，并为耕种腾出空间。请停止。我要消失了I'm a glacier at the Glacier National Park in America. It's a land full of ice and snow.Do you want to explore the white world in the film Frozen? 我是美国冰川国家公园的一座冰川。这是一片冰雪覆盖的土地。你想在电影《冰雪奇缘》中探索白色世界吗？If Frozen turns into Waterworld...Then my home is the best choice. Two hundred years ago, there were about 150 glaciers. But now, there are around 25.Please stop climate change. I'm turning into Waterworld!那么我的家就是最好的选择。200年前，大约有150座冰川。但现在，大约有25个。请停止气候变化。我要变成水世界了！③Complete the table with the words and expressions from the passage.④Answer the questions.Who is speaking in each paragraph?Are the natural wonders really crying aloud?What feeling does this way of writing give you?1 What is the world like in Frozen and Waterworld? Why does the writer mention the two films?2 Why is it important to stop these natural wonders from disappearing?Learning to think for question 2 Try to find the importance from different sides. Why is it important for us? Why is it important for nature itself?⑤Write a short paragraph about another natural wonder crying for help.Think of some natural wonders with problems. Choose one to write about.You can consider the following:Step 1the North Polethe South PoleVictoria Fallsthe Amazon Riverthe Great Barrier ReefComplete the boxes.Which natural wonder do you choose?What is it like?What problem(s) does it face?What should people do?Step 2Write the short paragraph in the first person. Use the boxes to help you.Check. Did you: include all the information in the boxes?use the words and expressions from the reading passage?point out the importance of protecting nature?Step 3Step 4Make a poster about a natural wonder.Step1 Work in groups. Search for information about natural wonders. Take a group vote to decide on the natural wonder for your poster.Where is the natural wonder?What is special about it?What should we do to protect it?What is it like?What problems does it face?Step 2Organise your ideas with the help of the following outline and make your poster. You may use the following language tips or find useful expressions or sentences from this unit.A natural wonderWhere is the natural wonder? It's in...What is it like?You can find a lot of...It's one of the most... places in the world.It gives you a(n)... feeling.What is special about it?It is famous / well-known for...It's... metres long / high.It's much higher / more beautiful than...It's the highest / most beautiful...in.What problems does it face?People are taking... / cutting down... from...is becoming more / less... year on year.... will... within the next... years.What should we do to protect it?Please stop...Take / Cut down less. We should start.Step 3Practise and present your poster to the class.Step 4Vote on the best three posters and the best three presentations.l understand more about wonderful nature.How should we understand nature?Nature is beautiful.Nature is full of_________Nature needs our_______To express my understanding, l can...use words and expressions in the unit to talk about natural wonders. use comparatives and superlatives to describe natural places. explain the importance of the natural world.