外研版英语九上 Module 1 Unit 1 Its more than 2,000 years.pptVIP

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Wondersoftheworld

Unit1

It’smorethan2,000yearsold.;学

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标;;;InWondersoftheWorldtoday,we’retalking

aboutfourwonders:Thetwonaturalwonders

aretheGiant’sCausewayandVictoriaFalls.

Thetwoman-madewondersaretheTerracotta

ArmyandtheThreeGorgesDam.

TheTerracottaArmywasbuiltintheQin

Dynasty,soit’sancient.It’ssaidtobeQinshihuang’spersonalarmy.TheThreeGorgesDamisamodernwonder.Sofar,it’sthelargestdamintheworld.Pleasecallandtelluswhatyouthink.;T:LetscallWondersoftheWorldandjoinin

thediscussion.Ithinknaturalwondersare

moreinterestingthanmanmadeones.And

IthinktheGiantsCausewayisthemost

fantasticnaturalwonder.

L:Hm,I’veneverseenit,soImnotsureI

agreewithyou.Whydoyoulikeit,Tony?

T:Well,IvisitedtheGiantsCausewaytwo

yearsago.Itshuge.Therereabout40,000

rocks,mostofthemwithsixsides.Itruns;forseveralhundredmetresontheeastern

coastofNorthernIreland.

L:Thatsoundsgreat,thoughIthinkVictoria

FallsinAfricaareevenmorefantastic.

Theyreaboutl,700metreswideand100

metreshigh.Youcanheartheloudnoise

afewkilometresaway.

B:Wow,thatshuge!Butinmyopinion,

manmadewondersaremoreexcitingthan;naturalones.LookattheTerracottaArmy.

Itsmorethan2.000yearsold.

D:Iagreewithyou,Betty.AndIthinkthe

ThreeGorgesDamisancientmanmade

modernnaturalwonderfantastictoo.Its

about2,300metreslong,185metreshigh

and15metreswideatthetop.Itproduces

electricityformillionsofpeopleinChina.

B:Now,whodliketocallfirst?;TheGreatwall;VictoriaFalls

维多利亚瀑布;ListenagainandAnswerthequestions.;Inmy________,naturalwondersaremore

interestingthanman-madeones.

2.TheVictoriaFalls,about1,700metreswide

and100metreshigh,is____.

3.Let’s