Dancingwaters.pptVIP

Dancing waters ? 深圳实验学校中学部 高丽 Curriculum Focus 1. Grammar Focus : Practise and master Superlative degree and Comparative Degree 2. Language Focus: Use adjectives and adverbs to describe scenes 3. Sentence pattern: Use “It’s said that…” to describe facts Basic information The DETIAN Waterfall (瀑布) is about 140 miles west of Nanning, capital city of Guangxi, and 50 metres from the Sino-Vietnam border (中越边境). It’s the world’s second biggest cross-border waterfall. The waterfall is more than 200 metres wide and drops over 50 metres. It is said that people can hear it one kilometre away. People can swim in pools under it. But they have to be careful not to swim into Vietnam. Pre-reading Discussion 1. Do you often go travelling? What scenery do you like best? ( Show pictures and retell your experiences. ) 2. Name and describe some waterfalls at home and abroad. While-reading Questions 1. Where is Detian Waterfall? to the west of Nanning in Guangxi Province to the east of Nanning in Vietnam 2. Is it the biggest cross-border waterfall in the world? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. It is the world’s second biggest We don’t know. Maybe. 3. How big is the Detain Waterfall? It is more than 200 meters wide and over 50 meters deep It is more than 50 meters wide and over 200 meters deep It is as deep as 50 meters and as wide as 200 meters It is as deep as 200 meters and as wide as 50 meters Consolidation The Detian Waterfall is ______ the border of China and _____. It is the second ____ cross-bordewr waterfall in the _____. It is about ____ 200 meters ___ wide and 50 meters ___ deep. It is ___ that people can _____ it one kilometer _____. People can even ___ in it but you had better ____ careful not to swim beyond the border. Grammar Focus Superlative Degree Comparative Degree 形容词、副词的比较级和最高级 Post-task Activity Group-work : Work together to find world records and use both superlatives and comparatives to describe them. Collect the records and make them into a b