初三上學(xué)第一模塊第一單元

Module1WondersoftheworldUnit2IwasontheedgeoftheGrandCanyon.Thepupilswillhavea_______inthehalltomorrow.Mr.Wangwillgivethematalk.2.Bettywantstowriteadiaryofschool______forthemagazine.meetingeventsRevision3.Therewasan________withJetLionTVerview4.Tonywilldosome_______aboutourEnglishCorner.reviews5.Thebookisaboutthe_______pyramidsinEgypt.Ithinkitissointeresting.ancientTheSevenWondersofTheNaturalWorldLet’slearn！

美國(guó)科羅拉多大峽谷Colorado,theGrandCanyon

南非贊比西河，維多利亞瀑布Victoria

Falls,Zambezi

AlaskaGlacierGulfNationalPark

美國(guó)阿拉斯加冰河灣國(guó)家公園

Everest/QomolangmaMount中國(guó)珠穆朗瑪峰MammothCaveNationalPark美國(guó)肯塔基州猛瑪洞穴國(guó)家公園RussianBaikalLake

俄羅斯貝加爾湖美國(guó)黃石公園AmericanYellowstoneNationalPark

TheGrandCanyonislocatedinthenorthwestcorneroftheAmericanstateofArizona,closetothebordersofUtahandNevada.ItislocatedintheCrandCanyonNationalPark,whichcoversanareaof493,077hectares,andcontains446kmoftheColoradoRiver(totallength2,333km).theGrandCanyonActivity1.Thinkofsomewondersoftheworldaboutthefollowingsights.Thendescribethemusingtheseadjectives.buildingsmountainsriversseastowerswaterfallsancientdeephighlongmodernnaturaltallwideEmpireStateBuilding102floors/443ms(askandanswer),soitishigh/tall.It__________in1931,soitisa_______wonder.America帝國(guó)大廈wasbuiltmodernzebraItis8,844m,soitisveryhigh.Mt.QomolangmabetweenNepalandChina,ontheborderItisa_______wonder.珠穆朗瑪峰naturalItisanaturalwonder.6,397kms,2kms,150ms(guess)ChinatheChangjiangRiver

長(zhǎng)江中國(guó)Itis4,280m

deep.Itis19,900kmswide.

ThePacificOceanItisanaturalwonder.太平洋EiffelTowerItis448mhigh.Itwasbuiltin1887,soitisamodernwonder.法國(guó)艾菲爾鐵塔NiagaraFalls尼亞加拉瀑布Itis51mhigh.Itisanatural

wonder.betweenCanadaandAmerica(3)(5)(1)(4)(2)Thewriter’sfirstimpressionoftheGrandCanyon.Inthewriter’sopinion,theGrandCanyonisthegreatestwonderinthenaturalworld.Thewriterarrivedthereontherainingmorning.ThewritergavesomedetaileddescriptionoftheGrandCanyon.Aftersomeminutes’walk,hecametotheCanyon.Readthearticleandorderthesentences.

Read

Paragraph1,2

andanswerthequestions.1.Whatdidthewriterdoafterhearrived?Hegotoutof

thecar,went

through

agate,

walked

alongapathandwatched.2.Whywastherenothingtosee?Becauseitwastoodark.3.Guesswhythestrangerknewwheretheauthorwasgoing?BecausemaybeheisalocalpersonandheseestoomanyvisitorswhotraveltotheGC.WhenI_______,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.I___________thecar,went_______agateandwalked______apath.____________,theskywasbecominglight,but_______thepath,itwasstillverydark.Iknewitwasthere,buttherewas_____________.

arrivedgotoutofthroughalongIntheeastbesidenothingtoseeReadagainandfillintheblanks.Read

Paragraph3againandchoosethebestanswer.WherewasthewriterfacingontheedgeoftheGrandCanyon?A.TothesouthB.TothenorthC.TotheeastD.TothewestDtheGrandCanyonHowdeep/highisit?Howwideisit?Howlongisit?About2kilometersdeep/high.(morethan)20kilometerswideMorethan/Over400kilometerslongListentoParagraph4

andfillinthetable.ReadParagraph5loudlyandanswerWhatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthispassage?A.TogivefactsabouttheGreatCanyon.B.TotellhowhefeelsabouttheGreatCanyon.C.TodescribetheGreatCanyon.D.TotellpeopletovisittheGreatCanyon.BLanguagepoints1.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongapath.我從車(chē)?yán)锍鰜?lái),穿過(guò)一個(gè)門(mén),沿著一條小路走過(guò)去。getoutof為動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ),在這里意為“從……出來(lái)/離開(kāi)”。如：Getoutofmyhousenow.馬上從我的房子里滾出去.Theycouldn'tgetoutoftroublebythemselves.他們無(wú)法獨(dú)立擺脫困難。getout/ridof(quit)還可意為“戒除(習(xí)慣)”。如：Hegotoutofthebadhabit.他改掉了這個(gè)壞習(xí)慣。Ican'tgetoutofthehabitofwakingatsixinthemorning.我早上一到六點(diǎn)就醒，這習(xí)慣改不掉了。[拓展]其他與get有關(guān)的短語(yǔ)有:getawayfrom離開(kāi)getback返回gettogether聚會(huì)geton進(jìn)展,相處getup起身,起床getin到達(dá)2.Intheeast,theskywasbecominglight,butbesidethepath,itwasstillverydark.light

adj.①明亮的

②輕的，不重的③淺色的；淡色的;少量的①

Theclassroomistoolight.Wouldyoupleasedrawthecurtain?教室太亮了，請(qǐng)拉一下窗簾好嗎？②

Thebasketislightenoughformetopickitupeasily.籃子很輕，我可以很容易地拿起來(lái)。

③Myfavoritecolorislightpurple.我最喜歡的顏色是淺紫色。light

n.①光，光亮

②燈①

Thesungivesuslightduringtheday.白天太陽(yáng)給我們光亮。②

Lightisveryimportanttoourlife.電燈對(duì)我們的生活很重要。補(bǔ)充：light

v.

點(diǎn)燃；照亮

light–lit/lighted–lit/lightedWelitthecandleandthecandlelitthewholeroom.我們點(diǎn)著了蠟燭，蠟燭照亮了整個(gè)房間。3.Afteraboutakilometer,astrangerappearedinfrontofme.appear

vi.出現(xiàn)Arainbowappearedaftertherain.雨后空中出現(xiàn)了一道彩虹。disappear

vi.消失Thesundisappearedbehindthecloud.太陽(yáng)在云層后面消失了。4.“Yes,”hereplied,“you’llgettherein

fiveminutes.reply

v.回答★replytosb/sth

回答某人/某事

1)Whocanreplytomyquestion?誰(shuí)能回答我的問(wèn)題？2)Whydon’tyoureplytome?你為什么不回答我呀？★reply+that從句

回答到……1)IrepliedthatIwasunabletohelpthem.我回答說(shuō)我?guī)筒坏剿麄兊拿Α?)He

repliedthathelefthishomeworkinthedorm.他回答說(shuō)他把作業(yè)忘在宿舍了?！飅n+一段時(shí)間(用于一般將來(lái)時(shí))★after+一段時(shí)間(用于一般過(guò)去時(shí))一段時(shí)間后5.Ilookedcarefullyoverthem,butitwasstill

toodarktoseeanything.★lookover（prep）從……上面看過(guò)去Shelookedoverthetopofthemountain,andsawrocksindifferentshapes.從山頂上看過(guò)去，她看見(jiàn)了形狀各異的巖石。補(bǔ)充：lookover

檢查Canyoulookovermycompositionforme?你能幫我檢查一下我的作文嗎？★

too+adj./adv.+todosth

太……以致于不能……6.Suddenly,thecloudsclearedandtherainstopped.突然,云散開(kāi)了,雨也停了。clear

v.(云)散開(kāi);收拾,清理Theweatherdidn'tclearuntilnoonthatday.那天到了中午天氣才放晴。Pleasehelpmeclearthetableafterdinner.

晚飯后請(qǐng)幫我清理一下桌子。常見(jiàn)搭配:clearsth.ofsth.清除某處的某物clearsth.from/offsth.將某物從某處清除clear

adj.清楚的;晴朗的I’vetoldyouhowtodo.Areyouclear?我已經(jīng)告訴你怎么做了。你清楚了嗎？

Whataclearday!多么晴朗的天啊！It’sbeenclearskiesandsunshineallthetime.這里一直都有晴朗的天空和陽(yáng)光。7.Thesunrosebehindmeandbeyondtherocks.太陽(yáng)從位于我身后的巖石遠(yuǎn)處升起。rise是不及物動(dòng)詞,既不能接賓語(yǔ),也不能用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。rise可意為“升起;上升”,它的主語(yǔ)一般是日、月、云、煙、溫度、物價(jià)、河水等。主語(yǔ)是人時(shí),一般指人“站起;起床”。注意:rise的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞分別為rose和risen。Thesunhasnotyetrisen.太陽(yáng)還沒(méi)升起。Theriverroseaftertherain.雨后河水漲了起來(lái)。Thepopulationofthecityhasrisentofivemillion.該市人口已增加到五百萬(wàn)。[拓展]

raise和rise詞形和意義都比較相近,兩者都有"舉起"的意思。但rise為不及物動(dòng)詞,不能用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài),不能接賓語(yǔ),一般指某物自然地上升。如:Thesunrisesintheeast.太陽(yáng)從東方升起。

raise為及物動(dòng)詞,需接賓語(yǔ),一般指人為的使某物上升,后面接名詞,意為“舉起、提高”，如抬頭、舉手(目、帽、石頭、重物等)，還可用作比喻，如提高生活水平、地位、名譽(yù)、聲音等。如:Heraisedtheglass.他舉起了杯子。

8.Isawthatthegroundfellawayanddowntoariver,farbelowme.我看見(jiàn)地面沉降到下面深谷中的一條河里,離我特別遙遠(yuǎn).

fallaway

下降，減少，消失;Ifyoutakethismedicine,allyourachesandpainswillfallaway.如果你服這種藥，你的一切疼痛都會(huì)消失。Hissupportersbegantofallawayfromhim.他的支持者開(kāi)始疏遠(yuǎn)他了。9.IwasontheedgeoftheGrandCanyon,oneofthewondersofthenaturalworld.我站在大峽谷邊緣，它是自然界中的奇觀之一。

ontheedgeof處于……的邊緣Shecarefullyplacedthecupontheedgeoftheshelf.她把杯子小心地放在架子邊。Thesoldierswereencampedontheedgeoftheforest.士兵們?cè)谏诌呍鸂I(yíng)。[拓展]

ontheedgeof,attheedgeof

都有“在邊緣，瀕臨邊緣”的意思。ontheedgeof已經(jīng)在邊緣上了；處于……的邊緣attheedgeof瀕臨邊緣，接近邊緣；在……的邊沿上10.IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiverabout2kilometersbelowme.我俯視著距我約兩公里之遙的科羅拉多河。

lookdown

向下看Hedarenotlookdownontheedgeofthecanyon.他站在峽谷的邊緣上不敢往下看。Shelookedupandsmiledatme.她抬起頭來(lái)，沖我笑了笑。

lookacross向?qū)γ婵磍ooktoone’sleft

向某人左側(cè)看Lookoverthere!

---there’sarainbow.看那邊atthebottomofthe

在……的底部11.Ifyouputthethreetallestbuildingsintheworldatthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwon’treachthetop.即使你把世上最高的三座建筑物疊在一起放在谷底，仍舊到不了頂。Fillinyouraddress

atthebottomof

theapplicationform.把你的地址填寫(xiě)在申請(qǐng)表的下端。

There’sapub

atthebottom（end）of

theroad.

路的盡頭有一家酒館。12.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyondisappearedintothedistance…over400kilometerslong.