unit 2 i was on the edge of the grand canyon.. can you think of any wonders of the world?

Unit 2 I was Unit 2 I was on the edge ofon the edge of the Grand the Grand Canyon. Canyon.

Can you think of any wonders of the world?

吉萨金字塔 The Pyramids of Giza

The Statue of Zeus

法洛斯灯塔The Lighthouse of Alexandria / the Pharos Lighthouse

巴比伦空中花园 Babylon Hanging Garden

罗德斯岛巨像The Colossus of Rhodes

毛索洛斯墓庙 The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

阿提密斯神殿 _ Temple of Artemis

1.Where does the passage most likely likely come from?

2.Why was there nothing to see?

3.Where was the writer facing facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon?

4.What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

D. A diary.

B. Because it was too dark.

C. To the east.

b.To tell how he feels about the Grand Canyon.

anywheregatehugenaturalstranger

of any place

An entrance

Very very big

Not made by people

Someone you don’t know

How deep/ heigh is it?

How wide is it?

How long is it?

Grand Canyon

2,000 m

20 km

Now listen and check.

over 400 km

1.Get out of 从…中出来2.Go through 穿过3.Walk along/down 沿着…走4.Become lightlight= brightbright 变亮变亮5.beside=next toCf: besides6.There was nothing to seeto see

1.appear v.appearanceance n.disdisappear3.go the right way 走对路4.reply=answer5.in five minutes用于将来时 , 用 how soon 提问6.look over 从上面看 ; 检查7.too…to

1.clear v. 散开2.rise-rose-risen3.beyond 在…之外4.fall away and down to5.on the edge of… 在…的边缘6.one of+ 可 n. 复…之一作主语 , 谓用单7.naturalnatural world 自然界nature n.

1.Look down to 俯瞰2.at the bottom of 在…的底部3.look across to 向对面看4.look to one’s left 向…的左侧看5.on both sidessides of… 在河 / 街道 / 峡谷

的两边= = on each/eitheron each/either sideside ofof6.disappear into the distance

See you!

1.Get out of 从…中出来2.Become lightlight= brightbright 变亮变亮3.beside=next toCf: besides 4.go the right way 走对路5.reply=answer6.in five minutes7.look over 从上面看 ; 检查

1.on the edge of… 在…的边缘2.naturalnatural world 自然界nature n.3.Look down to 俯瞰4.at the bottom of 在…的底部5.look across to 向对面看6.look to one’s left 向…的左侧看7.on both sidessides of… 在河 / 街道 / 峡

谷的两边= = on each/eitheron each/either sideside ofof8.disappear into the distance