Niagara: wet and wild waterfall (P3)

Pre-reading

1. 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 reading1. 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.

1) The biggest waterfall in the world is _________________.

2) 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.

1) 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.

1) It’s so fearsome that the visitor centre sells T-shirts with the words “I survived Hurricane Deck” on them.

A. timid B. terrible

2) It was magnificent . A. splendid in appearance B. very dangerous

3) The tall, wide waterfalls dropped like a giant curtain of water.

A. beautiful B. exceptionally large

4) The pounding water felt like small hailstones. A. striking B. noisy

5) I had survived the Hurricane Deck! A. remained alive after visiting B. paid a visit to

Grammar focus It’s so fearsome that the visitor centre sells T-shirts with the words “I survived Hurricane Deck” on them.

with + 宾语 + 宾补， 也被称作 with ＋复合宾语的结构。其常见形式有：with +n./pron. + adj. / adv./ 介词短语 / doing ( 表示主动的含义）

/ to do （表示要执行的动作） / done （表示动作的完成及被动）

e.g. He always listens to the teachers with his eyes wide open. Mary felt shy with the whole class looking at her. Please don’t leave the room with the lights on.

Exercises:1. The teacher entered the classroom ______________

_____________( 手里拿着一本书）2. The thief sat in the corner, _____________________

_______( 双手绑在椅子上）3. ____________________________( 有这么多问题要解

决 ), the president was having a hard time.4. The girl began to cry _________________________

__ ( 气球不见了）5. He fell asleep _____________________( 电视还开

着） .

with a book in his hand

with his hands tied to the chair

With so many problems to solve

with the balloon lost/missing

with the TV still on

Post-reading1. Pair work: Ask the students to talk with their partners about

one of their unforgettable travel experiences. Then ask some students to retell their partners’

unforgettable experiences.

2. Writing assignment: Write about one of your unforgettable travel

experiences.

Thank you!