最新外研版英语九上状语从句复习
状语从句（Adverbial Clause）
一．状语从句
含义：状语从句是用来修饰主句中的动词，副词和形容词的从句。根据其含义状语从句可分为时间状语从句，地点状语从句，条件状语从句，原因状语从句，结果状语从句，比较状语从句，目的状语从句，让步状语从句。
二．时间状语从句
含义：在一个复合句中，从句表达的意思是主句动作或状态发生的时间，那么这个表示时间的从句就叫做时间状语从句。
引导词：when, while, as, before, after, as soon as, until 等
注（小技巧）：从句若是用了进行时（即动词用了v.-ing的）常用while引导。从句不是用进行时的先考虑用引导词when
练习
( )1.—It’s 10 o’clock now. I must go.
—It’s raining outside. Don’t leave _____ it stops.
A. after
B. when
C. until
( )2. Miss Lin has taught us English _____ we came to this school.
A. for
B. since Ｃ.before D. when
( )3. Wu Yi will help with the housework ____he gets home after school.
A．since B. while C．as soon as
( )4. Mr. Smith has a habit of taking a shower _______he has breakfast.
A. though
B. before
C. because
D. since
( )5.—Mum, shall we have lunch?
—We will have it when your dad .
A. when; returns
B. where; will return
C. where; returns
D. when; will return
( )6. —It’s too late. I have to go now.
—Oh, it’s raining heavily outside. You’d better stay _______ it stops.
A. until
B. since
C. while
D. though
( )7. — Where was your dad at this time last night?
—He was talking with my uncle I was looking for some information on the Internet.
A. after
B. until
C. since
D. while
( )8. I like the air _____ it rains because it smells fresh.
A. since
B. after
C. before
D. whenever
( )9. _____you smile at others, they will smile back.
A. Before
B. When
C. Until
D. Though
( )10. I told him the good news _____ he came back yesterday.
A. since
B. while
C. before
D. as soon as
( )11. Tom knew nothing______ his friend told him.
A. because
B. until
C.since
D.if
( )12. ----Could you please tell Jim that I will call him later?
----Sure. I’ll tell him when he ______back.
A. comes
B. came
C. has come
D.will come
用when , while ,as soon as, 填空
1. The car hit the man _______ he was crossing the road.
2. I’ll tell you the good news_______ I get there.
3. The accident happened _______ I was on my way to work.
4. Sports build the body______ reading builds the mind.
5. I used to be rather quite_______ I was young.
三．条件状语从句
含义：在一个复合句中，从句作为主句的条件，这个句子就是条件状语从句。
要点：表示状语从句由连词if, unless (=if not) 引导。
练习
( )1.If you _____ to the party, you’ll have a great time.
A. will go
B. went
C. go
D. going
( )2.What will you do if you _____ to the old folk’s home visit?
A. go
B. went
C.going
D. will go
( )3. －What are you going to do tomorrow?
--We’ll go to the library tomorrow if it ___.
A. isn’t rain
B. rain
C. won’t rain
D. doesn’t rain ( )4.______ you drive, you mustn’t drink wine at all.
A. If
B. Unless
C. Though
( )5.–What do you think of your Junior Middle School life?
--I think it is colorful, ______ I am always busy.
A.if
B. though
C. while
D. Until
( )6.There ____an English film in our school tomorrow.
A. is going to have
B. will have
C. is going to be
D. Has ( )7.I ____ her the answer if she ____me.
A. can tell, will ask
B. will tell, will ask
C. would tell, ask
D. will tell, asks
四．其他类型状语从句
练习
( )1. _____ they were quite tired, _____ they continued working.
A. Though, /
B. Although, but
C. Because, so
( )2._____ he is ill, _____ he didn’t go to school.
A. Because; so
B. Because; /
C. Although; /
D. Although; but
( )3.We didn’t enjoy the day________the weather was so bad.
A. because
B. though
C. unless
D. Till
( )4._______he’s old, he can still carry this heavy bag.
A. Though
B. Since
C. For
D. So
( )5.In the zoo if a child_____into the water and can’t swim, the dolphins may come up ______him.
A. will fall; to help
B. falls; to help
C. will fall; help
D. falls; helping
( )6. We will stay at home if my aunt ________ to visit us tomorrow.
A. comes
B. come
C. will come
D. is coming
( )7. The school was built _________ there had once been a church.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
( )8.You should finish your lessons _______ you go out to play.
A. before
B. after
C. when
D. While
( )9.I was late for class yesterday _______ there was something wrong with my
bike.
A. when
B. that
C. until
D. because
( )10.Some birds are ____ clever that they can say a few words.
A. too
B. much
C. so
D. such
( )11.It was raining heavily, _______we decided to stay at home and watch TV.
A.but
B. or
C.because
D. So
( )12. He didn’t go to school yesterday _______he was ill.
A. because
B. because of
C.if
D.so
( )13. It was _______lovely weather______ we decided to spend the day on the beach.
A. such a; that b. such; that C. such;as D. so;that
( )14._______it is very late, ______ Linda is still working.
A. Although;but
B.But; /
C.Though; /
D.Though; but
新外研版英语九年级上课文
新外研版英语九年级上 课文 Document serial number【KK89K-LLS98YT-SS8CB-SSUT-SST108】
Module 1 When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he replied. “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge! I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?” I certainly know the answer. But what do you think? Module 2 Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends. We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food. We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there. We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes.
外研版九年级上册英语全册教案
西塔庄初级中学英语学科教案 （2014——2015）年度第一学期 年级：九年级 学科：英语 姓名：张雪艳 时间2014年9月 Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 What is a wonder of the world? 教学设计 课型Listening and speaking 教材分析This unit aims to review the learnt tenses so far and help students to be able to present some important and creative ideas about writing a school magazine. 教学目标To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening. To know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon. To understand the conversation about starting a school magazine involving different tenses.
知识与能力 1. Vocabulary and expressions: ancient, club, composition, pupil, meeting, call, event, listen up. That’s news to me. Anyone else? 2. To enable the Ss to express in different tenses according to the set situations. 3. To learn to give ideas on writing a school magazine. 过程与方法 1. Top-down approach, enabling Ss to understand and talk about writing a school magazine. 2. To learn by listening, speaking and discussing. 情感、态度与价值观To help students enlarge their vision on wonders of the world and help to know more about writing a school magazine of their own. 教学过程 教学步骤教师活动学生活动活动目的 Step 1 Lead-in Start the lesson by showing groups of pictures about the wonders of the world on the screen including the ancient pyramids. Ask students to talk about the picture on Page 2. T: Where can you see the pictures and the brief introduction probably? (Newspaper / the Internet / Magazine…) T: Yes, magazines like Crazy English / National Geography… Who started…? Learn the new vocabulary. (ancient, pyramid, review, wonder…) Have a talk about the picture using the words in Activity 1. Learn a bit about magazines. Get the Ss to be attentive and focus on the theme of the lesson. (Magazine) Step 2 Listening & Vocabulary Play the tape and check the words. Listen to the tape again. Make up possible questions according to the answers. Give examples. Listen and check the words. Make up questions according to the given answers. ( Wh-questions) Practise listening and get specific information. Check their understanding by making questions. Step 3. Listen & read Play the tape for the 1st time. Ask Ss questions. T: What are the children doing? Is there a school magazine in Da Ming’s school? Listen to the tape and get the answers. Listen to get a general idea for the 1st time. Play the tape again and ask students to decide T OR F. ① Crazy feet is a band. ② Becky Wang started a school magazine. ③ Da Ming watched the interview on TV yesterday ④ Tony is writing a composition. Listen more carefully for the 2nd time. Decide whether they are true or false. Check the answers with the class. Listen for the specific information and understand the details of the conversation.
新外研版英语九年级上课文
Module 1 When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a mile, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes,”he replied. “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that the ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. I was looking across the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down to the Colorado River, from here a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of the each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still wouldn’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. How far is it? It’s about fifteen miles, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away, about 277 miles long. The Grand Canyon is not just big. It’s huge! I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world?”I certainly know the answer. But what do you think? Module 2 Thanksgiving is an American festival. People give thanks for their food. It’s celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November and it’s a time for a special dinner among family and friends. We’ve celebrated the festival since the first pioneers from England arrived in America by ship in the seventeenth century. While they were crossing the Atlantic, many people died, and after they landed, their first winter was worse than any English winter. The local people, the Native Americans, taught the pioneers how to grow corn, catch fish and keep cows, sheep and hens. The following year they celebrated together by eating a dinner of the new food. We still celebrate Thanksgiving today with a traditional dinner. The kitchen is the most crowded room in our house because we all help to prepare the food there. We lay the table, then before we begin dinner, my father gives praise for the food, so we remember where the festival comes from. We usually eat too much, but it’s only once a year! We often listen to speeches and tell stories after dinner as well. When it’s all over everyone helps wash the dishes. The festival is a very busy time for travel when friends and families come together to celebrate. After we finish the Thanksgiving Day festival, there are plenty of other things to see and do. We live in New York City, and we go to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, along with thousands of people as it goes along several streets and finishes at the famous Macy’s Store. Thanksgiving is also the start of the Christmas season, and we start shopping for presents. Football is also important at Thanksgiving, with many teams playing games. Like many Americans, we usually watch the games on television and enjoy ourselves very much.
外研版九年级上册英语全册教案
西塔庄初级中学英语学科教案（2014——2015）年度第一学期
年级：九年级 学科：英语 ：雪艳 时间2014年9月 Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 What is a wonder of the world? 教学设计 课型Listening and speaking 教材分析This unit aims to review the learnt tenses so far and help students to be able to present some important and creative ideas about writing a school magazine. 教学目标To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening. To know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon. To understand the conversation about starting a school magazine involving different tenses. 知识与能力 1. Vocabulary and expressions: ancient, club, composition, pupil, meeting, call, event, listen up. That’s news to me. Anyone else? 2. To enable the Ss to express in different tenses according to the set situations. 3. To learn to give ideas on writing a school magazine. 过程与方法 1. Top-down approach, enabling Ss to understand and talk about writing a school magazine. 2. To learn by listening, speaking and discussing. 情感、态度与价值观To help students enlarge their vision on wonders of the world and help to know more about writing a school magazine of their own. 教学过程
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M1 U1 Tony:Let`s call Wonders of the World and join in the discussion. I think natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones. And I think the Giant`s Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder. Lingling:Hm,I`ve never seen it,so I`m not sure I agree with do you like it,Tony? Tony:Well,I visited the Giant`s Causeway two years `s huge. There`re about 40,000 rocks,most of them with six sides. It goes for several hundred metres on the eastem coast of Northem Ireland. Lingling:That sounds great,though I think Victoria Falls in Africa are even more fantastic. They`re about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres can hear the loud noise a few kilometres away. Betty:Wow,tha`s huge! But in my opinion,man-made wonders are more exciting than natural at the Terracotta `s more than 2,000 years old. Daming:I agree with you,Betty. And I think the Three Gorges Dam is fantastic too. It`s about 2,300 metres long,185 metres high and 15 metres wide at the top. It lions of people in China. Betty:Now,who`d like to call first? M1 U2 A great wonder of the natural world When I arrived,it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east—the sky was becoming got out of the car,went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see,but I knew it was there. After about a mile,a stranger appeared beside the path.“Am I going the right way?”I knew where I was going,“yes,”he replied,“you`ll get there in five minutes.”
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(此文档为word格式，下载后您可任意编辑修改！) Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 What is a wonder of the world? 上课教师学生年级 教材课时 教学设计 课型Listening and speaking 教材分析This unit aims to review the learnt tenses so far and and understand the topic words through talking and listening. To know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon. To understand the conversation about starting a school magazine involving different tenses. 知识与能力 1. Vocabulary and expressions: ancient, club, composition, pupil, meeting, call, event, listen up. That’s news to me. Anyone else? 2. To enable the Ss to express in different tenses according to the set situations. 3. To learn to give ideas on writing a school magazine. 过程与方法 1. Top-down approach, enabling Ss to understand and talk about writing a school magazine. 2. To learn by listening, speaking and discussing. 情感、态度 与价值观To on wonders of the world and . 教学过程 教学步骤教师活动学生活动活动目的 Step 1 Lead-in Start the lesson by showing groups of pictures about the wonders of the world on the screen including the ancient pyramids. Ask students to talk about the picture on Page 2. T: Where can you see the pictures and the brief introduction probably? (Newspaper the Internet Magazine…) T: Yes, magazines like Crazy English National Geography… Who started…?Learn the new vocabulary. (ancient, pyramid, review, wonder…) Have a talk about the picture using the words in Activity 1. Learn a bit about magazines. Get the Ss to be attentive and focus on the theme of the lesson. (Magazine) Step 2 Listening & Vocabulary Play the tape and check the words. Listen to the tape again. Make up possible questions according to the answers. Give examples. Listen and check the words. Make up questions according to the given answers. ( Wh-questions) Practise listening and get specific information. Check their understanding by
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最新外研版英语九年级上册知识点总结 Module 1 Wonders of the world 短语归纳 1.wonders of the world世界奇观 natural wonders 自然奇观man-made wonders 人造奇观 2.join in参加；加入(活动) = take part in 3. I’m not sure. 我不确信 4. agree with sb. 同意某人的看法sb. agree with sth. 某人适应（食物、气候）agree to do sth. 同意做某事agree to sth.(plan /decision/suggestion) 同意/赞成agree on sth.( plan/ ) 在……方面意见一致 5. on the eastern coast of ...在、、、、、、的东海岸 6. in one’s opinion据某人看来;按某人的意见 7. more than = over 多于，超过8. produce electricity 供电 9. millions of 数百万的；数以百万计的 10. would like to do sth. = want to do sth. 想做某事 Would like sb. to do sth. 想要某人做某事 11. early morning 大清早12. become grey变成灰色 13. get out of ...从....出来 14. go through 意为“穿过，强调从物体内部穿过”；从头至尾的练习 15. fall away突然向下倾斜 16. look over 从（某物上面）看过去：仔细检查 look across眺望 look down to 俯视;向下看 17. on top of 在.....顶部18. at the bottom of在.....的底部 19. on both sides在两边20. be famous for意为“以.......而闻名” 21. do an interview做采访do an interview with sb. 采访某人 22. draw a picture of 画一副......的图画23. go down下去；下沉；坠落 24. wait for 等候25. dozens of 许多 26. in height高度；在高度上 用法集萃 1.agree with sb 同意某人agree to do sth 同意做某事 2.would like to do sth 想要做某事 3.in +一段时间在.....（多长时间）之后，常用于回答How soon 的提问 4.have been/gone to 以及have been in的区别 5.because of+名词因为。。。。。 6.without doing sth 没有做某事 7.be afraid of doing sth. / be afraid to do sth. 害怕做某事
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课时备课表（教案） 课题Module 1What is a wonder of the world? 课型 Listening and speaking 第1 课时 教学目标知 识 目 标 To learn and understand the topic words th rough talking and listening; to know something about the pyramids and the Grand Canyon;to understand the conversation about starting a school magazine involving different tenses . 能 力 目 标 To use the words \phrases\sentences to describe the views. 情 感 目 标 增强探索和热爱大自然之情。 内容 分析重 点 Key vocabulary—wonder,band,review,ancient,composition,grade,pyramid,pupil,meeting, listen up,call, event 难 点 Key structure: The differences among the tenses. 关 键 点 Remember the locus words of each tense. 教 法学法Top-down approa ch 教具 学具 Tape recorder, video, picture 教学程序 教材处理师生活动 时 间Lead-in(activities 1&2) 这是词汇准备阶段。图 片和词汇很自然地引 出模块的中心话题，同 时又为活动2扫清了 单词方面的障碍。通过 谈论图片能很快激活 学生头脑中已有的背 景知识，使他们尽快进 入学习情境中去。 教师出示图片，学生看图，用已学语言简单描述图片，然后 学习框中的词汇，再用这些词汇描述图片，丰富自己的语句。 例如：“Hello, everyone, now look at the picture.What activity is the school going to hold? How do you know that?” 教 学 程 序教材处理师生活动时间
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外研社九年级英语上册单词表Module 1 man-made [?m?n?med] adj. 人造的 natural[?n?t?r?l] adj. 大自然的 wonder [?w?nd?] n. 奇观，奇迹 discussion[d??sk??n] n. 讨论，商讨 eastern[?i:st?n] adj. 在东边的，来自东边的 though[e??] conj. 虽然，但是 loud [la?d] adj. (声音)响亮的 wow[wa?] int. 呀，哇(用于表示惊讶或赞叹) opinion[??p?nj?n] n. 看法，主张 in one's opinion 按某人的意见，据某人看来 more than 超过 electricity[??lek?tr?s?ti] n. 电 millions of 大量的，无数的 below[b??l??]prep. 在下面，在…以下 shine (shone /shined, shone /shined)[?a?n] v. 照耀sign [sa?n] n. 迹象，标志，招牌 silent [?sa?l?nt] adj. 寂静的 silver[?s?lv?] adj. 银灰色的，银制的 sky[ska?] n. 天，天空 grey [ɡre?] adj. 灰色的，(天气)阴沉的 go through 穿过 beside[b??sa?d] prep. 在…旁边，在…附近 reply[r??pla?] v. 回答，答复 clear [kl??] v. (烟雾等)开始消失 fall away 突然向下倾斜 stream[stri:m] n. 小河，小溪 nearly [?n??li] adv. 几乎，差不多 on top of 在…上面，盖住 canyon [?k?nj?n] n. 峡谷 remain[r??me?n] v. 逗留，留下 by[ba?] prep. 在…旁边，靠近 Module 2 found[fa?nd] v. 创立，创建 since then 从那以后 flag [fl?g] n. 旗，旗帜 until[?n?t?l] prep.&conj. 直到…为止 off[?f] adv. 不上课，休息，不工作 all kinds of 各种各样的 vacation[v??ke??n] n. 假期，假日 take a vacation 去度假
2019-2020学年外研版九年级英语上册全册教案
Module 1 Wonders of the world Unit 1 It's more than 2，000 years old. 【教学目标】 【教学思路】 本单元的教学内容是第一模块中的第一单元，通过提供必要的图片、背景等为学生创造一个全新的语言氛围。首先，学生们刚刚假期归来，通过询问他们“假期去过哪里？”“在那儿做过什么？”和“新学期的打算是什么？”导入新课。以学生感兴趣的话题开篇，重点在于培养学生的学习兴趣。因此，教师并未对书上的图片进行讨论，而是从自然景观和人造景观谈起，帮助学生为第一部分的听力做了充分的准备，使得他们在听时能快速地抓住细节成为可能。 【教学准备】 黑板，录音机，单词卡片，教学图片，多媒体，配套的资料，配套的巩固练习册等。 【教学过程】 Step 1 Warming up & Leading in 1．师生问候。 2．师生对话，谈论假期生活。如： 新学期开始，学生又见面了。教师给几分钟的时间让他们谈论假期的生活和对新学期的展望。
T：Boys and girls，new term is coming.What did you do during the summer vacation？Where did you go？Let's talk about them. The teacher asks some students to talk about their summer vacations and gives some help if necessary. T：OK.Everyone had a good time on vacation.What are your new term's resolutions? (引导学生回答：I'm going to get good grades.) 活动小结：新学期开始，教师通过让学生自由谈论假期生活和新学期的计划导入新课，活跃了课堂气氛，也能让学生比较迅速地进入到课堂状态中，调动他们的学习积极性，从而消除了第一节课的紧张感。 Step 2 Presentation & Practice 1．Listening and vocabulary(1—2) (1)教师首先向学生提问，让学生说说关于中国的伟大奇观，引出The Great Wall，The Terracotta Army，The Three Gorges Dam等等。教师依次出示关于这些伟大奇观的图片或者播放视频，让学生感受这些奇观的伟大之处，感受祖国的大好河山。 (2)最后让学生对以上的伟大奇观进行分类，并提出分类的标准：natural，man-made，ancient，modern。 (3)教师对于涉及的单词和词组进行讲解和操练。 ①army军队；陆军；团体；野战军，复数形式为armies。 ②natural形容词，意为“自然的”，名词形式为nature。 ③man-made作形容词用，就是“人造的(非自然的)”意思，man为名词，修饰后面的made(形容词)，要用连字符“－”。 ④ancient，modern两个词互为反义词，均为形容词，ancient古代的；modern现代的。 ⑤wonder adj.奇妙的；钦佩的；远超过预期的 n．惊奇；奇观；奇人；奇迹 vt.对……感到好奇；惊奇；感到诧异；想弄明白 (4)教师分别拿出关于The Terracotta Army，The Three Gorges Dam，The Giant's Causeway，Victoria Falls的图片，让学生辨认，说出英文名字，对这些中外的伟大奇迹进行认识巩固。最后让学生完成活动1。 (5)教师让学生看教材上活动1、2中的图片，完成活动2的问题。
新外研版英语九年级上册课文电子稿word版
新外研版英语九年级上册课文电子稿word版 M1U2 P4 The greatest wonder of the natural world When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a path. In the east, the sky was becoming light, but beside the path, it was still very dark. I knew it was there, but there was nothing to see. After about a kilometer, a stranger appeared in front of me. “Am I going the right way?” I aske d. He knew where I was going. “Yes,” he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks, and stopped. I looked carefully over them, but it was sill too dark to see anything. Suddenly, the clouds cleared and the rain stopped. The sun rose behind me and beyond the rocks. I saw that ground fell away and down to a river, far below me. . I was on the edge of the Grand Canyon, one of the wonders of the natural world. I looked down to the Colorado River about 2 kilometres below me. If you put the three tallest buildings in the world at the bottom of the canyon, t hey still won’t reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon . How far is it? It’s 20 kilometres , maybe more. Finally , I looked to my left and to my left and to my right , and on both sides the canyon disappeared into the distance … over 400 kilometres long . The Grand Canyon is not just big . It’s huge! That morning on the edge of the canyon, I asked myself a question . It’s not “How deep is it ?” or “How wide is it ?” or “How long is it ? ” but “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder anywhere in the natural world ? ” I know the answer. But what do you think? M2U2P12 The adventures of Tom Sawyer Here is our monthly article on a favourite great book. This month, our guest Writer is Mr Jackson. My favourite great book is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Tom lives with his aunt Polly in the quiet streets of St Petersburg, Missouri. He's a lively and clever young boy, and he finds himself in many exciting adventures. He runs away with his two friends, Huck Finn and Joe, to an island in the middle of the Mississippi River for several days. With Huck he goes looking for treasure, with Becky he gets lost in a cave, and finally, they find a box of gold. My favourite scene in the book is when everyone thinks Tom is dead. He decides to go to his own funeral. He hides and watches for a time, and then suddenly he appears. Everyone is surprised to see him but they're also pleased to see him alive.