Module1Wonders+of+the+World+Unit+2+The+Grand+Canyon+was+not+just+big. 外研版九年級英語上冊

Module1WondersoftheworldUnit2TheGrandCanyonwasjustbig.skysignshinebelow天；天空

n.跡象;標志

n.照耀v.在…下面;在…以下prep.silver銀灰色的,銀制的adj.silent寂靜的adj.gothroughgreystreamfallawaybesidereplyclearcanyonremainnearlyontopofby穿過小河，小溪

n.突然向下傾斜在…旁邊;在…附近prep.回答,回復(fù)v.(煙霧等)開始消失v.灰色的;(天氣）陰沉的

adj.峽谷 n.逗留;留下

v.幾乎;差不多

adv.在…上面;蓋住在…旁邊;靠近prep.Wordsclear

開始消失shine照耀Thecloudisclearing.Thesunisshining./a?//??/stream小溪

silver銀灰色的Therewasasilver

streamatthebottomofit.Words/i:/

Doyoulikevisitingthewondersoftheworld?Whatwondersdidyouvisit?HerearesomenaturalwondersofChina.Doyouknowwhattheyare?1.HuangguoshuWaterfall2.MountHuang3.JiuzhaiValley4.GuilinScenery

theColoradoRiver科羅拉多河

IstheColoradoRiveranaturalwonderoraman-madewonder?It'sanaturalwonder.Lookatthesepictures.Doyouknowthisplace?ItistheGrandCanyoninthenorthwestofArizona,UnitedStates.LocationinthewestofAmericaontheColoradoplateau（高原）WatchthevideoandfindoutbasicinformationoftheGrandCanyonandcompletethetable.TheGrandCanyonHowdeepHowwideHowlongnearlyonemiledeepaboutfifteenmilesmorethan200miles1.Wheredoesthepassageprobablycomefrom?a)Amagzine.b)Agrammarbook.c)Adictionary.d)Astorybook.2.Whywastherenothingtosee?a)Becausetherewasnothing.b)Becauseitwastoodark.c)Becauseitwasraining.d)Becauseitwasinthemorning.3.Whichdirectionwasthewriterfacingwhilehe/shewaslookingovertheGrandCanyon?a)South.b)North.c)East.d)West.4.Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthispassage?a)Togivefactsaboutthenaturalworld.b)Tosayhowhefeelsaboutthenaturalworld.c)TotellaninterestingstoryabouttheGrandCanyon.d)ToattractpeopletovisittheGrandCanyon.

Readandchoosethecorrectanswer.

WhenIarrived,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.Ilookedtotheeast–theskywasbecominggrey.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.Therewasnothingtosee,butIknewitwasthere.Afteraboutamile,astrangerappearedbesidethepath.“AmIgoingtherightway?”Iasked.HeknewwhereIwasgoing.“Yes,”hereplied,“you’llgetthereinfiveminutes.”Finally,Icametosomerocksandstopped.Ilookedoverthem,butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.Thesunrosebehindmeandshoneontherocks.Farbelowme,thegroundfellawayanddowntoariver.IwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofAgreatwonderofthenaturalworldthenaturalworld-theGrandCanyon.

IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver,asilverstreamnearlyonemilebelowme.Ifyouputthetwotallestbuildingsintheworldontopofeachotheratthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwouldnotreachthetop.ThenIlookedacrosstotheothersideofthecanyon.Itwasaboutfifteenmilesaway,maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyonwentfarawayformorethan200miles.TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.Itwashuge!

Iremainedbythecanyonforabouthalfanhour,andIaskedmyself,“IstheGrandCanyonthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld?”Icertainlyknowtheanswer.Whatdoyouthink?1.Wheredoesthepassageprobablycomefrom?a)Amagzine.b)Agrammarbook.c)Adictionary.d)Astorybook.2.Whywastherenothingtosee?a)Becausetherewasnothing.b)Becauseitwastoodark.c)Becauseitwasraining.d)Becauseitwasinthemorning.3.Whichdirectionwasthewriterfacingwhilehe/shewaslookingovertheGrandCanyon?a)South.b)North.c)East.d)West.4.Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthispassage?a)Togivefactsaboutthenaturalworld.b)Tosayhowhefeelsaboutthenaturalworld.c)TotellaninterestingstoryabouttheGrandCanyon.d)ToattractpeopletovisittheGrandCanyon.

Readandchoosethecorrectanswer.

WhenIarrived,itwasearlymorninganditwasraining.Ilookedtotheeast–theskywasbecominggrey.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.Therewasnothingtosee,butIknewitwasthere.Afteraboutamile,astrangerappearedbesidethepath.“AmIgoingtherightway?”Iasked.HeknewwhereIwasgoing.“Yes,”hereplied,“you’llgetthereinfiveminutes.”Finally,Icametosomerocksandstopped.Ilookedoverthem,butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Agreatwonderofthenaturalworld④in+一段時間在多長時間之后與一般將來時連用回答用howsoon提問的句子。lookover從上面看過去/檢查lookto朝(某個方向)望去getoutof從...出來/離開gothrough穿過walkalong沿著...走Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.Thesunrosebehindmeandshoneontherocks.Farbelowme,thegroundfellawayanddowntoariver.Iwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld-theGrandCanyon.

IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver,asilverstreamnearlyonemilebelowme.Ifyouputthetwotallestbuildingsintheworldontopof

eachotheratthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwouldnotreachthetop.ThenIlookedacrosstotheothersideofthecanyon.fallaway

突然向下傾斜lookdown

俯視ontopof在...頂部atthebottomof在...底部lookacross眺望;向?qū)γ婵碔twasaboutfifteenmilesaway,maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyonwentfarawayformorethan200miles.TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.Itwashuge!

Iremainedbythecanyonforabouthalfanhour,andIaskedmyself,“IstheGrandCanyonthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld?”Icertainlyknowtheanswer.Whatdoyouthink?remain逗留weatheroutlookfeelingrainy→sunnydeeperthan...over15mileswideabout20mileslonghuge,thegreatestnaturalwonderlookedtoone’sleft/right朝某人左/右側(cè)看onbothsides在兩邊Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.belowmileremainreplysignsilentskystreamthroughInthedark,thereisno______oftheGrandCanyon,anditis______.Butifyou______bytheGrandCanyonasthe______getsbrighterandlookdownaboutone______,youcanseetheColoradoRiver______you.Itlookslikeasilver______asitpass______therocksatthebottomofthecanyon.IfsomeoneasksyouwhethertheGrandCanyonisthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld,itmaybeeasyto______.signsilentremainskymilebelowstreamthroughreply1.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.gothrough通過，穿過；經(jīng)歷仔細觀察以下例句，推斷gothrough在本句中的意思。1.Theheavyrainhasgonethroughmyovercoat.2.You’dbettergothroughyourhandbagagain.Ithinkthekeymustbeinit.3.Thetwobrotherswentthroughahardtimeastheirparentshaddiedinanaccident.通過、穿過經(jīng)歷或遭受(不好的事情)仔細查看/檢查2.本課出現(xiàn)了四個使用look短語的句子.1.Ilookedoverthem,butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Canyoulookovermycomposition?2.Iwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld—theGrandCanyon.3.IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver…4.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright…lookover從…上面看過去lookdown從…往下看;俯視lookacross向?qū)γ婵磍ookto…向…(某個方向)看lookover檢查look短語小聚lookuplooktoone’sleft/rightlookdownlookacrosslookforlookafterlookover向上看；查閱（字典等）向……左/右看向下看向……對面看尋找照顧從……上方看過去3.Yes,"hereplied,“yo'llgetthereinfiveminutes.“是的,”他回答,“五分鐘后你將到達那里?！眗eplyvi.回答;答復(fù)1).replytosb/sth回答某人/某事

誰能回答我的問題？Whocanreplytomyquestion?

你為什么不回答我呀？Whydon’tyoureplytome?2).

reply+that從句回答到……IrepliedthatIwasunabletohelpthem.我回答說我?guī)筒坏剿麄兊拿?。辨析：reply與answerreplyvi.通常與to連用,用于‘reply+to+名詞/代詞’結(jié)構(gòu);作n.,可與介詞to搭配,replyto...意為“對……的答復(fù)”。answervt.,直接跟賓語。answer+名詞/代詞作n.,可與介詞to搭配，answerto...,意為“…的答案”。除表示“回答”外，還可表示接聽（電話）或?qū)﹂T鈴等聲響作出反應(yīng)等（常與telephone/door/doorbell等連用）。Hedidn’treplytomyletter.Shemadeareplytoourrequest.WehavetheanswertoExercise5.1.他沒能回答我的問題。Hefailedto_____tomyquestion.2.誰能回答這個問題？Whocan________thisquestion?3.你能找到這個問題的答案嗎？Canyoufindout____________________tothisquestion?replyanswertheanswer/reply4.Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.clearv.1)(云或霧)散開1).Thefogclearedandwesawthewholetowerintheend.

霧散了，我們終于看見整個塔了。2).IhavetoclearthesnowinfrontofthedoorbeforeIgoout.

我出門前得把門前的雪打掃干凈。3).Aretheseinstructionsclearenough?

這些說明夠清楚了嗎？3).Hisheightgiveshimaclearadvantage.

他的身高使他具有明顯的優(yōu)勢。2)v打掃干凈3)adj清晰的4)adj明顯的;顯然的；明確的1.從......內(nèi)出來/離開2.穿過3.在5分鐘后4.從......上方看過去5.突然向下傾斜6.眺望;向?qū)γ婵?.向下看8.在......頂部9.在......底部10.朝某人左/右側(cè)看11.在兩側(cè)getoutofgothroughinfiveminuteslookoverfallawaylookacrosslookdownontopofatthebottomoflooktoone'sleft/rightonbot