Unit6Morepractice课件牛津上海版英语八年级下册

Module3LeisuretimeUnit6TravelMorepractice：TheLeaningTowerofPisaItaly/'ɪtəlɪ/TheTowerofPisaPisaCathedral

大教堂_________belltowerbellchamber

/ˈtʃeɪmbə(r)/钟楼Whatisabelltower?atowershapedlikeabellatowerthathasachurchbellinitamarble(大理石)towerinItaly/ˈmɑːbl/ThinkBrainstormWhatdoyouwanttoknowaboutthetower?MainideaPara.1Para.2Para.3agenerali___________tothetowerthehistoryofthec__________(Line5-10)adetailed(详细的)d__________ofthetower(Line10-12)ahistoricale______(Line12-13)ane_________fortheunusualfeatureofthetowerandhowthetowerwasmades____fortouriststocomentroductiononstructionventxplanationafe/kənˈstrʌkʃn/n.建造escriptionPara.1:ageneralintroductiontothetowerAnswerthequestions:1.Whatadjectivesdoesthewriterusetodescribethetower?2.Whatisspecialaboutthetower?Beautifulandstrange.Itleanstoonesideandlookslikeitisgoingtofallover./liːn/v.倾斜=collapse/kəˈlæps/

v.倒塌Para.2Part1:thehistoryoftheconstruction(lines5-10)Decidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.Theconstructionofthetowertookmorethan200years.2.BonannoPisanowasthearchitectwhodesignedthetower.FFnearlyFormanyyearsitwassaidthatBonannoPisanowasthearchitect.据说/ˈɑːkɪtekt/n.建筑师Weknowhowmany______________________________

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that___________________________________Para.2Part2:adetaileddescriptionofthetower(lines10-12)Whatdetailedinformationdoweknowaboutthetower?floorsthetowerhas.tallthetoweris.stepsthereareuptothebellchamber.theviewfromthetopofthetowerisverybeautiful.854.5metrestall294steps1.WhowasGalileo?2.WhatdidGalileodoatthetower?Para.2Part3:ahistoricalevent(lines12-13)Answerthequestions.HewasanItalianscientist.Hedidhisfamousexperimentsaboutgravityandfallingobjectsthere./ˌgæləˈlɪəʊ/YearWhathappenedtothetower?Para.3:anexplanationfortheunusualfeatureofthetowerandhowthetowerwasmadesafefortouriststocomeThreefloorswerebuiltthetowerbegantolean.1178___________1990____-20012001Measurementsweretakenandthefigureshowedthatthetowerwouldcollapseby2050.Thetowerwasclosedtothepublic.Thetowerwasinrepair.Thetowerwasofficiallyr________andfromthenon,_____________________________.1911eopened1990_________________and__________________________________________________________thenumberofvisitorsisrestricted/rɪˈstrɪktɪd/adj.受限制的Whatisthewriter’spurposeinwritingthistext?Togivehistoricalfactsaboutafamouslandmarkandtoexplaintheunusualarchitecture(建筑).Wherecanyoufindthetext?Inatravelguideorinahistory,travelorpopularsciencemagazine.DiscussionWhat'sthepurposeofvisitingsuchhistoricalplaces?Thehistoricalplacesbringpeopleagreatexperienceoflearningaboutnewthingsorsomeimportantpastevents—eventsthatprobablyhadchangedthecourseofhistoryoraffectedlivesofmanypeopleinasignificantway.意义重大的Discussion

Underlinesomeimportantphrases.TheLeaningTowerofPisaTheTowerofPisawasbuilttobethemostbeautifulbelltowerinItaly.ItisthebelltowerofthePisaCathedral.However,notonlyisthemarbletowerbeautiful,itisperhapsthestrangesttowerintheworld.Itleanstoonesideandlookslikeitisgoingto

fallover.=collapse/falldown向一侧倾斜ThebuildingofthetowerbeganinAugust1173andtooknearlytwohundredyearstocomplete.Nobodyiscertainwhodesignedthetower,butformanyyearsitwassaidthatBonannoPisanowasthearchitect.In1319,allthefloorswerefinishedandyearslater,workeventuallybeganonthebellchamberatthetop.Itwasofficiallyopenedafternearly200yearsofconstruction.Thetowerhaseightfloors.Itis54.5metrestallwith294stepsuptothebellchamber.Fromthetop,thereisaverybeautifulview.TheItalianscientist,Galileo,oncedidhisfamousexperimentsaboutgravityandfallingobjectsfromthetopofthetower.eventually=finally/atlast/intheendWhydoesthetowerlean?Infact,itwasalreadyleaning

whiletheywerebuildingit.Assoonasthreefloorshadbeenbuilt,by1178,itbegantoleanasthegroundbeneathitsank.Thebuilderstriedtomakethetowerstraightagainastheyaddedmorefloors,buttheleanonlygotworse

asthetowergrew.Itcontinuedtoleanbyabout1millimetreeveryyearuntilfinally,on7January1990,itwasclosedtothepublic.Fortenyears,therescueofthetowerwasaseriousproblem.Thetopwasleaningoverby5metrestothesouthandifitsmovementwasnotstopped,thetowerwouldonedayfallover.Measurementstakenin1911showedthatthetowerwouldcollapseby2050,ifnotsooner.After10yearsofhardwork,itwasofficiallyreopenedon16June2001.However,itwasnotopenedtothepublicuntiltheendof2001andevennow,thenumberofvisitorsisrestricted.Itisnowsafeforthenext300yearsbecauseengineershavereducedtheleanby50centimetrestogiveitthesameleanthatithadin1838.向南倾斜5米AB()1()2()3()4()5()6perhapslean(v.)nearlycompleteeventuallycollapseabcdefmaybefinishfalldownalmostbendoverintheendaedbfcAFindthewordsinColumnAinthepassageonpage104andmatchthemwiththemeaningsontherightinColumnB