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8 下 Unit 3 Online tours
Reading 1
Europe
Asia
Africa
North
America
Australia
South
America
Travel around the world in a day
Website: Around the World in Eight Hours
Part One
(Para 1)
Part Two
(Paras 2-6)
Part Three
(Para 7)
How to start another tour
Places of interest in New York
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
Para 6
Para 7
How to start the travelling
Task 1: Main idea of each part
Task 2 Careful reading
Read Para 1 and answer
1. What is Robin
2. What can you see at the top of the page
He is a tour guide.
We can see the “Tour” icon.
[ɡa d]
['a k n]
Tour
Camera
Print
Asia
America
Africa
Europe
Others
Back
Around the World in Eight Hours
at the top of the page
icon
图标
click on the
Which city will we visit
史坦顿岛
布鲁克林区
皇后区
布朗克斯区
Manhattan
Island 曼哈顿岛
Wall Street--- the world-famous trade centre
华尔街
international banks
Famous places in New York city
Times Square 时报广场
gather
Central Park 中央公园
lawn
Broadway ---- be famous for its theatres
enjoy the musical
百老汇
Read Part 2 and answer
How many places are mentioned in Part2
What are they
Four.
Wall Street
Times Square
Central Park
Broadway
southern
world-famous trade centre
international banks
Wall Street is at the ________ end of Manhattan Island. It’s the _______________________. There are many big companies and ____________________.
Read Para 3 and fill in the blanks
Listen to Para 4 and judge
2.It is boring to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness.
1.Every year, hundreds of people gather here on New Year’s Eve.
F
F
1. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve.
2. It is exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness.
Read Para 5 and describe
Place of interest
Location(位置)
Sights
Activities
Central Park
In the centre of the island
Lakes, hills, a large green lawn
Relax after a hard day’s work
Listen to Para 6 and choose
Broadway has been famous for the ____ since
the early twentieth century.
A. theatres B. sports C. nice food
2. Where does the song “Memory” come from
A. Broadway musical Show Boat.
B. Broadway musical Cats.
C. Broadway musical Monkey King.
Daniel is introducing the website to Millie. Millie is trying to find out what people can see in New York. Help her fill in the blanks below.
New York
Wall
Street
(1)_______
(5)____
(4)_______
(3)________
(6)_______
(2)_______
Broadway
a world
-famous
people gather there on
lakes, hills and a large green
famous for
its
Times
Square
Central
Park
trade
centre
New Year’s Eve
lawn
theatres
How can we start our new tour
Read Para 7 and answer
Tour
Print
Asia
America
Africa
Europe
Others
Back
Around the World in Eight Hours
Camera
at the bottom of the page
The USA
Click on the “Back” icon at the bottom of the page.
Amy is also interested in travelling around the world. She is telling her mum about the website. Check whatever she says is correct or not. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.
1. The website helps people buy tickets
to different places. ____
2. There is a “Tour” icon at the bottom of
the page. ____
3. New York is also called
“the Big Apple”. ____
4. Wall Street is at the northern end
of Manhattan Island. ____
T
F
F
F
5. A big apple falls from the sky on New
Year’s Eve at Times Square. ____
6. There are no hills or lakes in
Central Park. ____
7. The song “Memory” comes from
the musical Cats. ____
8. Click on the “Back” icon and you can
start a new online tour. ____
T
F
F
T
Kitty also wants to know the website. She is asking Daniel about plete their conversation below.
Kitty: Daniel, what's the website called
Daniel: It’s called “(1) ________________
_____________”.
K: It gives people (2) _____ tours, right
D: Yes. It can show you cities in (3) ____, Africa, (4) ______, America and other places.
K: Can we find more information about
a city
Around the World
in Eight Hours
online
Asia
Europe
D: Of course. Look, here’s New York,
and here’s Wall Street.
K: I see. Wall Street is on Manhattan
Island. There are many big (5)
_________ and (6) __________________ there.
D: Yes, and Times Square is another great place to visit. Every year, many people gather there to welcome the (7) ______.
companies
international banks
new year
K: That sounds great. Look! That’s Central Park. People like to (8) ____ there after work.
D: Yes, and don’t miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early (9) _______________.
relax
twentieth century
How are the ideas organized in this passage
Around the World in Eight Hours
a website
Takes you on an online tour to places all over the world
Asia
Africa
Europe
America
Others
New York, USA
Wall Street
Times Square
Central Park
Broadway
Make a flow chart
Post-reading
Make an interview
A: Hi, what’s the name of the Website
B: …
A: What else can New York be called
B: …
A: Can you tell me some places of interest in New York
B: …
A: Which place is your favourite And why
B: …
Describe the three famous places in New York.
Places of interest Location Sights Activities
Wall Street at the southern end of Manhattan Island many big companies and international parks (a world-famous trade) make trades,tour
Times Square southward of Wall Street huge glass ball falling through the darkness gather on New Year’s Eve
Central Park in the center of the island several lakes, hills and a large lawn relax after a day’s hard work
Homework
Finish exercises in Period 2 ,
Unit3 Workbook
Search for more information about
“Around the World in Eight hours”.
Thank you!