Unit1 Our earth 视听说Book4

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Unit 1

Our Earth

Unit

Our EarthLesson A The natural world Lesson B The man-made world

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Vocabulary Link In the neighborhood

Natural wonders

A Pair work. Look at these pictures. Have you ever visited or seen places like these? Check (√) the boxes and tell a partner if you know the places.√

3. coastline√

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2. desert√

1. cave / cavern 4. harbor√ √

5. hot springs√

6. mountain range

9. waterfall√ √

7. cliff

8. volcano

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Vocabulary Link B Match the adjectives below with the places in A that they describe. (Some adjectives can be matched to more than one place.) a. active ____ 8 b. arid ____ 2 c. dark ____ 1 d. busy ____ 4

1. cave / cavern 2. desert

3. coastline

e. deep ______ 1, 4, 5 f. high ________ 6, 7, 8, 9 ________ g. long 1, 3, 6, 7 h. natural ________ 1, 4, 5 i. steep _______ 6, 7

4. harbor

5. hot springs

6. mountain range 9. waterfall

7. cliff 8. volcano

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Our EarthLesson A The natural world Lesson B The man-made world

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Vocabulary Link C Pair work. Tell your partner what you know about the places in A. You may use the model talks for help.

Model Conversation1. I’ve ______ visited a__ ___________ few __ caves _____ caves caves in in in in Guilin Guilin Guilin Guilin ..The .The .The The rocks _____ rocks rocks in in _____ in the the the caves caves caves are are __________ are in in in different different different _____ and shapes and_____. colors.If Ifyou ______________ you use useyour your__________, imagination imagination the , the rocks ,rocks the rocks can can _____ resemble ___ resemble many many ____________ different _____. things thing s. thing . It It looks looks ___ s. It ____ like like looks a a whole whole like ____________. other other world. world.

Model Conversation 2. _____________ I _____ went to___ the the desert ______in in desert Guilin in Gansu Gansu in Gansu ___. once. once. As once. I ____________ As As I As I stood stood I stood in in the the __ desert, middle ___ middle _____ Iof of __________ the the ___ desert ______ the desert .I . . faced _____ I _____ faced endless sand endless endless and sand _____ sand _____________. and and and felt felt felt very very very small. By small. small. day By___ By __________________ day day ____ thethe desert the desert desert was was extremely was extremely hot extremely , by hot night ___ , by

hot , , night by _____ ___ night ____ itcold got itit got .very got I ________________________ very very cold _____ cold . I experienced ..II ________ experienced summer summer summer in and and the winter and same winter winter in day ___ the . in same ___ the ____ same day. ____. day.

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Our EarthLesson A The natural world Lesson B The man-made world

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Vocabulary Link

C Pair work. Tell your partner what you know about the places in A. You may use the model talks for help.

Model Conversation3. To my ____________, knowledge, __________ California Californiahas __________ has beautiful beautiful coastlines coastlines __________. . .People People People love ________ love them them and thousands them ____________ and thousands and thousands of volunteers of volunteers ___________ of ___________ often often give often ____________________ up often give partup give of part their upof part weekends their of weekends their to keep to weekends keep ________ to the keep sandy to the Californian keep _________ sandy the Californian sandy beaches Californian _______ ____. clean. _______ clean. clean.

Model Conversation 4. The __________ Port of ________ Shanghai Shanghai is ______________________ located at___ _______ the mouth ____ ______ of the the Yangtze ________ __Yangtze the Yangtze Rive. ____ Rive. It . Rive. It handles It It many _____ handles ______________________ ____ millions many ____ millions of shipping ____of shipping _______ containers shipping containers ________ containers each year each each . _______ In _____ year fact . In . itIn .might fact In ___ fact it__ even might _________ ____ be even the ___ __ busiest be the the busiest busiest container container _______ port port in ____ the ___________ __ in world ___ the_______ world . .. .

Unit

Our EarthLesson A The natural world Lesson B The man-made world

An English Video Course 4 视听说教程(3rd Edition)电子教案 4

Listening Activity 1 While we are away, could you … ?

Language Notes Proper names Blake Greenland 格陵兰 New words due a. 到期

Canada 加拿大 Mary

Denmark 丹麦 the Arctic Circle 北极圈

harbor n. settler n.

港口，港湾开拓者

harsh a. 严酷的，恶劣的 thaw v. 融化，解冻

hiking n. 远足 whale n. 鲸鱼

way up north 遥远的北方