niagarawetandwildwaterfall（p3）.ppt

Niagara: wet and wild waterfall ? (P3) 戴群 北京一零一中学 Email: caicaidai@ * * Cross-cultural awareness: exploring a magnificent world attraction Language skills: scanning for details; guessing the meaning of words from context Curriculum focus Pre-reading Do you like travelling? Where have you been? 2. What kind of travel do you like best, normal travel or adventurous travel? 3. What kind of travel could be called adventurous? While reading In the passage we are going to read, the writer tells us about his travels to a beautiful but dangerous place. Please read it quickly and finish the following sentences with the details you can find. The biggest waterfall in the world is _________________. You can find the words “I survived Hurricane Deck” on the ____________ sold in the visitor centre. Niagara Falls T-shirts 3. The falls are _________________ feet wide and about __________feet tall. 4. The ________ of the falls filled people’s ears and the __________ blurred their eyes. 5. The falls lie on the _________________ border beside the Great Lakes.  thousands of 170 roar spray US-Canadian 2. Read the passage again and decide whether these statements are True or False. The writer survived the Hurricane Deck after rafting on the falls. _______ 2) The falls carry 3,600,000 gallons of water a minute down the Niagara River. ________ 3) After going to the top by elevator, they could see the stairs of the Hurricane Deck. ________ F F F 4) At the bottom of the falls, the visitors could only see the sky. __________ 5) There are steps on the Hurricane Deck leading to the top of the falls. _______ 6) Besides hearing and seeing the falls, people can also feel them. ________ 7) They also experienced hailstones while at the falls. ____ 8) Despite being wet, the writer was very happy. ______ T F T F T 3. What is the meaning of the underlined word in each sentence? Circle the letter of the correct answer, please. It’s so fearsome that the visitor c