Module1Wonders+of+the+World+Unit+2+The+Grand+Canyon+was+not+just+big. 外研版九年级英语上册

Module1WondersoftheworldUnit2TheGrandCanyonwasjustbig.skysignshinebelow天；天空

n.迹象;标志

n.照耀v.在…下面;在…以下prep.silver银灰色的,银制的adj.silent寂静的adj.gothroughgreystreamfallawaybesidereplyclearcanyonremainnearlyontopofby穿过小河，小溪

n.突然向下倾斜在…旁边;在…附近prep.回答,回复v.(烟雾等)开始消失v.灰色的;(天气）阴沉的

adj.峡谷 n.逗留;留下

v.几乎;差不多

adv.在…上面;盖住在…旁边;靠近prep.Wordsclear

开始消失shine照耀Thecloudisclearing.Thesunisshining./aɪ//ɪə/stream小溪

silver银灰色的Therewasasilver

streamatthebottomofit.Words/i:/

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

theColoradoRiver科罗拉多河

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+一段时间在多长时间之后与一般将来时连用回答用howsoon提问的句子。lookover从上面看过去/检查lookto朝(某个方向)望去getoutof从...出来/离开gothrough穿过walkalong沿着...走Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.Thesunrosebehindmeandshoneontherocks.Farbelowme,thegroundfellawayanddowntoariver.Iwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld-theGrandCanyon.

IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver,asilverstreamnearlyonemilebelowme.Ifyouputthetwotallestbuildingsintheworldontopof

eachotheratthebottomofthecanyon,theystillwouldnotreachthetop.ThenIlookedacrosstotheothersideofthecanyon.fallaway

突然向下倾斜lookdown

俯视ontopof在...顶部atthebottomof在...底部lookacross眺望;向对面看Itwasaboutfifteenmilesaway,maybemore.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright,andonbothsidesthecanyonwentfarawayformorethan200miles.TheGrandCanyonwasnotjustbig.Itwashuge!

Iremainedbythecanyonforabouthalfanhour,andIaskedmyself,“IstheGrandCanyonthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld?”Icertainlyknowtheanswer.Whatdoyouthink?remain逗留weatheroutlookfeelingrainy→sunnydeeperthan...over15mileswideabout20mileslonghuge,thegreatestnaturalwonderlookedtoone’sleft/right朝某人左/右侧看onbothsides在两边Completethepassagewiththewordsinthebox.belowmileremainreplysignsilentskystreamthroughInthedark,thereisno______oftheGrandCanyon,anditis______.Butifyou______bytheGrandCanyonasthe______getsbrighterandlookdownaboutone______,youcanseetheColoradoRiver______you.Itlookslikeasilver______asitpass______therocksatthebottomofthecanyon.IfsomeoneasksyouwhethertheGrandCanyonisthegreatestwonderofthenaturalworld,itmaybeeasyto______.signsilentremainskymilebelowstreamthroughreply1.Igotoutofthecar,wentthroughagateandwalkedalongadarkpath.gothrough通过，穿过；经历仔细观察以下例句，推断gothrough在本句中的意思。1.Theheavyrainhasgonethroughmyovercoat.2.You’dbettergothroughyourhandbagagain.Ithinkthekeymustbeinit.3.Thetwobrotherswentthroughahardtimeastheirparentshaddiedinanaccident.通过、穿过经历或遭受(不好的事情)仔细查看/检查2.本课出现了四个使用look短语的句子.1.Ilookedoverthem,butitwassilentandtherewasnosignofit.Canyoulookovermycomposition?2.Iwaslookingacrossoneofthewondersofthenaturalworld—theGrandCanyon.3.IlookeddowntotheColoradoRiver…4.Finally,Ilookedtomyleftandtomyright…lookover从…上面看过去lookdown从…往下看;俯视lookacross向对面看lookto…向…(某个方向)看lookover检查look短语小聚lookuplooktoone’sleft/rightlookdownlookacrosslookforlookafterlookover向上看；查阅（字典等）向……左/右看向下看向……对面看寻找照顾从……上方看过去3.Yes,"hereplied,“yo'llgetthereinfiveminutes.“是的,”他回答,“五分钟后你将到达那里。”replyvi.回答;答复1).replytosb/sth回答某人/某事

谁能回答我的问题？Whocanreplytomyquestion?

你为什么不回答我呀？Whydon’tyoureplytome?2).

reply+that从句回答到……IrepliedthatIwasunabletohelpthem.我回答说我帮不到他们的忙。辨析：reply与answerreplyvi.通常与to连用,用于‘reply+to+名词/代词’结构;作n.,可与介词to搭配,replyto...意为“对……的答复”。answervt.,直接跟宾语。answer+名词/代词作n.,可与介词to搭配，answerto...,意为“…的答案”。除表示“回答”外，还可表示接听（电话）或对门铃等声响作出反应等（常与telephone/door/doorbell等连用）。Hedidn’treplytomyletter.Shemadeareplytoourrequest.WehavetheanswertoExercise5.1.他没能回答我的问题。Hefailedto_____tomyquestion.2.谁能回答这个问题？Whocan________thisquestion?3.你能找到这个问题的答案吗？Canyoufindout____________________tothisquestion?replyanswertheanswer/reply4.Suddenly,therainstoppedandthecloudscleared.clearv.1)(云或雾)散开1).Thefogclearedandwesawthewholetowerintheend.

雾散了，我们终于看见整个塔了。2).IhavetoclearthesnowinfrontofthedoorbeforeIgoout.

我出门前得把门前的雪打扫干净。3).Aretheseinstructionsclearenough?

这些说明够清楚了吗？3).Hisheightgiveshimaclearadvantage.

他的身高使他具有明显的优势。2)v打扫干净3)adj清晰的4)adj明显的;显然的；明确的1.从......内出来/离开2.穿过3.在5分钟后4.从......上方看过去5.突然向下倾斜6.眺望;向对面看7.向下看8.在......顶部9.在......底部10.朝某人左/右侧看11.在两侧getoutofgothroughinfiveminuteslookoverfallawaylookacrosslookdownontopofatthebottomoflooktoone'sleft/rightonbot