Unit1印度泰姬陵巴西基督像意大利古罗马斗兽场墨西哥奇琴伊察金字塔埃及吉萨金字塔约旦佩特拉古城秘鲁马丘比丘中国万里长城Doyouliketraveling?Ifyouhaveenoughtimeandmoney,doyouwanttovisitthewondersoftheworld?Lookatthepictures.Doyouknowwhattheyareandwheretheyare?Haveadiscussionabouttheplaceyouknow.theTerracottaArmyIt’slocatedatNorthQinlingRoad,LintongDistrictofXi'an,ShanxiProvince.Theterracotta,datingfrom210B.C.,werediscoveredin1974bysomelocalfarmersdrillingawaterwell.theThreeGorgesDamTheThreeGorgesDamisadamintheThreeGorgesregionontheYangtzeRiverinSandouping,Yichang,HubeiProvince.Itgeneratesthebiggestamountofhydroelectricpower,about22,250megawatts.TheprojectwascompletedonOctober30,2008.theGiant’sCauseway(巨人堤道)VictoriaFallsisa100m-highwaterfallinSouthernAfrica,ontheborderofZambiaandZimbabwe.Whatarenaturalwonders?Whatareman-madewonders?Canyougiveanyexamplesforeachkind?Forexample,inyourtownorprovince.Naturalwondersaretheobjectsthatarenaturallymadeorformedandcauseyouafeelingofstrangeness,surprise,etc.Man-madewondersaretheobjectsthatarecreatedbypeople.1.Whichtwoarenaturalwonders?2.Whichtwoareman-madewonders?3.Whichisanancientwonder?4.Whichisamodernwonder?2Listenandanswerthequestions.TheGiant’sCausewayandVictoriaFalls.TheTerracottaArmyandtheThreeGorgesDam.TheTerracottaArmy.TheThreeGorgesDam.Readquicklyandanswerthequestion.Theyaretalkingaboutwondersoftheworld.Whataretheytalkingabout?Whichwonderdoeseachpersonlikemost?TonyLinglingBettyDamingtheGiant’sCausewayVictoriaFallstheTerracottaArmytheThreeGorgesDamReadagainandcompletethetable.3Nowcheck(√)thetruesentences.√1.TonythinkstheGiant’sCausewayisthelargestnaturalwonder.2.LinglingthinksVictoriaFallsismorefantasticthantheGiant’sCauseway.3.BettyandDamingaremoreinterestinginman-madewonders.4.ForDaming,theThreeGorgesDamismorefantasticthantheTerracottaArmy.√1.WhereistheGiant’sCauseway?2.HowwideisVictoriaFalls?4Answerthequestions.ItisontheeasterncoastofNorthernIreland.TheVictoriaFallsisabout1,700metreswide.3.WhatwondersdoesBettythinkaremoreexciting?4.HowoldistheTerracottaArmy?TheTerracottaArmyismorethan2,000yearsold.Bettythinksman-madewondersaremoreexciting.Wherehaveyouevertraveled?Talkaboutonewithyourpartner.LocatedinXigangDistrict,DalianForestZoocoversanareaof7.2squarekilometers.Ithousesmorethan3,000animals,andthereare200specieshere.Thezoocanbedividedintofivezones,namelyComprehensiveShowZone,PrimateAnimalZone,TigerHill,BearandLionHillandGrazerAnimalsZone.DalianForestZooStoneForest,YunnanProvinceTheStoneForestliesabout80milestothesoutheastofKunming.Ageologicalphenomenon,theStoneForestwasavastexpanseofseaduringthePaleozoicera—some270millionyearsago.Later,themovementoftectonicplates(地壳板块)alteredtheearth’scrust,causingtheseatorecedeanditslimestonebottomtoappear,therebyformingland.LandscapeofGuilinEastorwest,Guilinlandscapeisbest.GuilinisinthenorthofGuangxi.IfyoucometoGuilin,youwillknowhowclearthewaterisandhowgreenthehillsare.EveryyearmanytouristscometoGuilinforavisit.YoucantakeaboattoseethescenesoftheLiRiver.Youcanalsovisitthescenicspotsinthecitybybus.I’mnotsure…Inmyopinion,…Lookat…Who’dliketo…?Readandmakesentences.—DoyouknowwhenLilylefthome?—I’mnotsureaboutthat.Iwassleepingatthattime.—What’sthemostbeautifulwonderintheworld?—Inmyopinion,it’stheGreatWallinChina.—Lookatthelittlecat.Isn’titcute?—Yes,ofcourse.—Therearesomanyinterestingpictures.—Yes.Who’dliketodescribethem?Readthesentencesbelow.Afour-year-oldgirl/islying/inthearmsofadoctor.Herpinkclothesarebloodied/andhereyesstareatsomething/onlyshecansee.Shehassufferedfromabombing/nearherhome/insouthernIraq.意群和停顿句子可按照意思和结构分为若干段，每段称为一个意群。每个意群有其特殊的意义。在朗读每篇短文前，你应找准意群。这样你在说话和朗读时，意群和意群之间可稍作一定的停顿，也可以在此处换气，使意思表达更为清楚。你还须注意在同一意群中各个单词之间应一口气念完而不可停顿。意群和意群之间根据需要而停顿，也不是非停顿不可。1.I’veneverseenit,soI’mnotsureIagreewithyou.2.Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVictoriaFallsinAfricaisevenmorefantastic.3.Inmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.6Listenandmarkthepauses.///////1.I’veneverseenit,soI’mnotsureIagreewithyou.2.Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVictoriaFallsinAfricaisevenmorefantastic.3.Inmyopinion,man-madewondersaremoreexcitingthannaturalones.Listenagainandrepeat.///////Amongthewondersoftheworld,whichonewouldyouliketovisitmost?Why?—Whichwonderoftheworldyouliketovisit?—I’dliketovisittheGiant’sCausewaybecauseIlovewildplacesbythesea.Forexample:
