Unit 3 Online tours Reading 课件

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Unit 3 Onling tours
Reading
学 习 目 标
1.掌握本课时新单词及短语：guide, Asia, Africa, Europe, America, world-famous, trade, southern, international, huge, island, several, relax, hard, bottom, pick, play, website
3.鼓励学生通过网络来获取信息， 激发学生了解世界的热情。
2.通过阅读了解纽约市的几个著名景点， 根据上下文猜测单词的意思。
用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. Daniel keeps two white ________ (mouse) as pets.
2. I ________ (receive) an email from my cousin two days ago.
3. I ____________ (see) this movie before.
mice
received
have seen
Revision
4. They used a knife __________ (open) the door.
5. This old man can use a computer _________ (do) word processing.
6. I don’t like watching football games. Let’s _________ (change) a channel.
to open
to do
change
Do you like travelling
Do you know these places
Free talk
Where do we visit following the guide
New York.
How many places are mentioned (提到)
in the article
Four.
Answer the questions.
Skimming
What’s the guide’s name
How can we start out tour
How long will it take us to travel around the world
Where are we going to visit
Robin.
Click on the "Tour" icon at the top of the page.
In eight hours.
New York, the biggest city in the USA.
Pre-travelling
Answer the questions.
1. What places of interest are mentioned in this article
2. Where is the Wall Street？
3. What can we see in Wall Street Why
Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park and Broadway.
It is at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
We can see many big companies and international banks. Because it is the world-famous trade centre.
While travelling
4. What will happen in Times Square on New Year’s Eve
Thousands of people gather there and they feel excited when they see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness.
5. What’s in the park
6. What can people do in the Central Park
Several lakes, hills and a large green lawn.
Relax.
7. What is the Broadway famous for
8. How long has it been famous
It is famous for its theatres.
Since the early twentieth century.
9. Where does the famous song "Memory"
come from
It comes from the famous Broadway
musical Cats.
While-reading
Task 1 Fast reading
Skim: Read the passage quickly in order to find the main point. 快速阅读找出文章的中心思想或主要意思。
Skim the passage and find out the main idea
Welcome to “Around the World in Eight Hours”. I’m your guide , Robin. Have you noticed the “Tour” icon at the top of the page Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours!
Tip: When doing fast reading, you are not required to get every detail in the passage.You should scan and skim for the information needed.
Scan: Read the passage to find out the particular information. 快速阅读找到某一具体信息。
Scan the passage and answer a question:
How can you start the Online Tours
Welcome to “Around the World in Eight Hours”. I’m your guide , Robin. Have you noticed the “Tour” icon at the top of the page Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours!
1. What’s the name of the website
2. Which city will you visit
Around the world in eight hours.
New York.
While-reading
Scan the passage and answer questions:
Fast reading
Wall Street is at the ________ end of Manhattan Island. It’s the _______________________. There are many big companies and ____________________.
southern
world-famous trade centre
international banks
Read Para 3 and fill in the blanks
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.
Read 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
Sights
Activities
Central Park
In the centre of the island
Lakes, hills, a large gree lawn
Relax after a hard day’s work
Read 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.
Click on the “Back” icon at the bottom of the page.
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
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
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
B1 Daniel does not know the meanings of some words on the web page. Help him match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
A fun way to travel
1. trade
2. international
3. gather
4. huge
5. several
6. relax
7. century
8. musical
a. a play filled with many songs
b. rest after work
c. come together
d. a period of 100 years
e. more than two
f. the activity of buying and selling
g. two or more countries
taking part
h. very large
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
____
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
B2 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
lakes, hills and a large green
famous for
its
Times
Square
Central
Park
trade
centre
New
Year's Eve
lawn
theatres
Try to remember
B3 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. ____
F
F
T
T
B4 Kitty also wants to know the website. She is asking Daniel about it.
Complete 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
Have you noticed the “Tour” icon at
the top of the page
at the top of ... 在……的顶部
e.g. 山上有座塔。
There is a tower ____________ the
hill.
at the top of
Language points
2. Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa,…
click on... 点击……
e.g. 点击这个图标。
_________ this icon.
Click on
3. Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
world-famous
世界著名的，举世闻名的
e.g. 姚明是世界著名的篮球运动员。
Yao Ming is a ________________ basketball player.
world-famous
2) at the southern end of... 在……的南端
south (n.) + ern = southern（adj.）
以此类推：north+ern=northern
west+ern=western
east+ern=eastern
at the end of... 在……的尽头，末尾；
后接时间、地点名词。
e.g. 这个月末 at the end of this month
在路的尽头 at the end of the road
4. Further on is Times Square.
further on 更进一步，再向前
e.g. 再向前一英里 a mile further on
further 是far的比较级，除了表示“更
远”以外，还可以表示“进一步”。
e.g. 深造 further study
进一步的信息 further information
5. Every year, thousands of people gather
here on New Year’s Eve.
1) gather vi. 聚集
e.g. 医院门口聚集了很多人。
A lot of people ________ at the gate of the hospital.
2) on New Year’s Eve 在新年前夕
e.g. 在平安夜 on Christmas Eve
gathered
6. It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball
falling through the darkness.
1) It’s exciting to see ... 看到……很激动
It’s + adj. + to do sth. 做某事怎么样
e.g. 对我来说按时完成这么多的工作很困难。
It’s ____________ me _________ so much work on time.
difficult for
to finish
2) see sb. doing 看见某人正在做某事
e.g. 我刚才看见很多孩子在操场上打篮球。
I ______ many children _________
basketball on the playground just now.
saw playing
感官动词
see, watch, observe, notice, look at,
hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel + do 表示动作的完整性，真实性；+doing 表示动作的连续性，进行性。
e.g.
I saw him work in the garden yesterday.
昨天我看见他在花园里干活了。(强调“我看见了”这个事实)
I saw him working in the garden
yesterday.（强调“我见他正干活”这个动作）
昨天我见他正在花园里干活。
3) through the darkness 穿过黑暗
through 意为“穿过”，通常指从物体
或事物的“内部”穿过。
e.g. 穿过隧道 through the tunnel
穿过雨林 through the rainforest
7. … it’s a good place to relax after a
hard day’s work.
a hard day’s work 一天的辛苦工作
hard 的用法：
用作形容词 (adj.)
1) 表示“硬的” 例如：
The ground is as hard as stone after the long drought.
长期干旱之后，土地硬得就像石头一样。
2) 表示“困难的，艰难的” 例如：
It’s very hard to work out this maths problem.
算出这道数学题非常困难。
用作副词 (adv.)
1) 表示“努力地，勤奋地” 例如：
Most importantly, you must work hard to catch up.
最为重要的是，你必须努力学习，迎头赶上。
2) 表示“强烈地” 例如：
The wind is blowing hard outside.
外面风正呼呼地刮。
8. It has been famous for its theatres since
the early twentieth century.
1) be famous for 因……而著名
e.g. 苏州因为它的园林而闻名。
Suzhou ______________ its gardens.
<辨析> 与be famous as 的区别
be famous as 作为……而著名
is famous for
例如：
马克 吐温作为儿童故事作家而出名。
Mark Twin ___________ a children story writer.
这个地区以产绿茶而著名。
This area ____________ its green tea.
is famous as
is famous for
2) since 自从……
I. since +过去一个时间点　
e.g. I have been here since 1989.
自从1989年以来我就在这里了。
II. since +一段时间+ ago
e.g. I have been here since five months ago.
我五个月前就在这里了。
III. since +从句　
e.g. Great changes have taken place since you left.
自你离开后这里发生了巨大的变化。
IV. It is +一段时间+ since从句
e.g. It is two years since I became a middle school student.
我成为一名中学生已经快两年了。
9. Have you ever heard of the song “Memory”
hear of 听说，得知。如：
Have you ever _________ him (this)
你听说过他(这件事)吗？
heard of
10. There’s a “Black” icon at the bottom of the page.
at the bottom of 在……的底部 如：
寻找在列表底部的图标。
Look for the icon _______________ the listing.
at the bottom of
1. The film for 20 minutes. (start)
Exercise
2. The parade for hours. (end)
3. Kitty Hong Kong for two days. (arrive)
4. She home since last Tuesday. (leave)
5. She this book since last week. (borrow)
6. Simon the Football Club since last year. (join)
7. They for 15 years. (marry)
8. The fish for some time. (die)
has been on
has been over
has been in
has been away from
has kept
has been a member of
have been married
have been dead
1. 她住在这个城市的南端。
She lives ______________________ the city.
2. 对汤姆来说早起是不可能的。
It’s __________ for Tom ________ early.
3. 今天的课到此结束。
______________ today’s lesson.
4. 从1970年开始我爷爷就住在这里了。
My grandfather ______________ here _____ 1970.
at the southern end of
impossible
to get up
So much for
has lived
since
完成句子
5. 她住在这个城市的南端。
She lives _________________________ the city.
6. 对汤姆来说早起是不可能的。
It’s __________ for Tom ____________ early.
at the southern end of
impossible
to get up
1.Read aloud the article and underline the difficult parts.
2. Remember the new words in this lesson.
3. Recite the article and important phrases in this lesson.
Homework
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