the Yellowstone National Park What do you know about these wonders?

Victoria Falls

the Terracotta Army

Three Gorges Dam

the Pyramids in Egypt

sky n. 天空 grey adj. 灰色的 ; 阴沉的 Do you know these words? silent adj. 寂静的 sign n. 迹象；标志

silver adj. 银色的 stream n. 小河；小溪 canyon n. 峡谷 shine v. 照耀

beside reply clear fall away nearly on top of prep. 在 …… 旁边；在 …… 附近 v. 回答；答复 v. ( 烟雾等 ) 开始消失 突然向下倾斜 adv. 几乎；差不多 在 …… 上面； 盖住

1. 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 prep. 在下面；在 …… 以下 v. 照耀 n. 迹象；标志；招牌 adj. 寂静的 adj. 银灰色的；银制的

The Grand Canyon How deep How wide How long nearly one mile. about fifteen miles. more than 200 miles. 2. Read the passage and complete the table.

True or false. 1. When I arrived, the weather was sunny and hot. 2. I went to the wrong way at first. 3. The Colorado River was nearly three miles below me. 4. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. T F F F

Some adjectives tell you facts, such as wide, deep, high and tall; some adjectives tell you the opinion of the author, like wonderful, huge and great. Learn to use them to talk about facts and give your opinion.

3. Choose the correct answer. 1. Where does the passage most probably come from? a) A magazine. b) A grammar book. c) A dictionary. d) A storybook. 2. Why was there nothing to see? a) Because there was nothing. b) Because it was too dark. c) Because it was raining. d) Because it was in the morning.

3. Which direction was the writer facing while he was looking over the Grand Canyon? a) South. b) North. c) East. d) West.

4. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage? a) To give facts about the natural world. b) To say how he feels about the natural world. c) To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon. d) To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.

4. Complete the passage with the words in the box. below, mile, remain, reply, sign silent, sky, stream, through In the dark, there is no (1) ______ of the Grand Canyon, and it is (2) ______. But if you (3) _______ by the Grand Canyon as the (4) _____ gets brighter sign silent remain sky

and look down about one (5) _____, you can see the Colorado River (6) _______ you. It looks like a silver (7) _______ as it passes (8) _______ the rocks at the bottom of the canyon. If someone asks you whether the Grand Canyon is the greatest wonder of the natural world, it may be easy to (9) ______. mile below stream through reply

5. Complete the table with facts about a natural or man-made wonder of the world. Name Location Interesting facts

1.I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. 我下了车，穿过一扇门，沿着一条黑暗 的小路走着。 go through 通过，穿过；经历 e.g. The rain has gone through my coat. The country has gone through too many wars.

拓展： go 相关词组 go abroad 出国 go against 违背；与 …… 不符 go up 增长；上升；被兴建起来 go on 继续；继续下去；发生 go over 复习 ；仔细审查；走近 go ahead 进行 go away 走开；消失 go for 去取来；争取得到

2. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. 我朝那片岩石望过去，但是一片寂静， 还是看不见它。 I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world- the Grand Canyon. 我在眺望自然界奇观之一的大峡谷。

I looked down to the Colorado River… 我俯瞰科罗拉多河 … Finally, I looked to my left and to my right. 最后，我向左右遥望。 look over 从 …… 上方看过去 look down 向下看 look to one’s left/ right 朝某人的左侧 / 左侧看

拓展： look 相关词组 look after 照料 look back 回顾，向后看 look in 顺便来访 look into 调查 look through 浏览 look over 翻阅；调查 look up 找出，查阅；仰视 look down upon sb. 轻视某人 look forward to doing 期待

3. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. 太阳从我身后升起，照在岩石上，地 面 ( 仿佛在随光线 ) 向下延伸， ( 逐渐 ) 退 落，显露出谷底的河流。 behind, on, below, away 和 down 几个 介词和副词生动地描写了太阳升起时

作者在大峡谷观察到的奇妙景 象。 …the ground fell away… 是形 象化的描述，说明了随着阳光的 照射，作者仿佛看到地面在下降， 逐渐显露出谷底的河流。

4. I remained by the canyon for about half an hour… remain v. 逗留，留下 n. 剩余物；遗迹；残骸 e.g. I didn’t remain long in the city. 我并没有在那个城市逗留很久。 The police told everybody to remain in their cars. 警察叫大家都留在车里。

1.I have ______ my watch everywhere. But I cannot find it. A. look at B. looked up C. looked for 2. The Xiamen-Shenzhen high speed railroad will run ______ eight cities. A. across B. through C. over

3. —Please drive ______ when you pass a school. —OK. A. nearly B. early C. slowly D. really 4. The little elephant is afraid to go alone. He always walks _______his mother. A. beside B. behind C. below D. under

5. The volunteer spoke as_______ as she could to make the visitors understand her. A. clearly B. more clearly C. most clearly D. the most clearly 6. 他们正在建一条隧道，它将穿过这 座山。 They are building a tunnel and it will ___________ the mountain. go through

Imagine you have just visited one of the natural or man-made wonders. Write sentences and describe your experience. Say when you visited it. I just visited the Great Wall last month. Say where it is. It is in the north of China. Describe its size. It is…

Say what interesting facts you know. It is famous for… Say what happened when you visited it. It was raining when we were… Say how you felt. I thought it was the most wonderful sight.