Module 2 My home town and my country Unit 2Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England 课件(共

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Module 2 Unit 2
Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.
新课导入
Look at the map and learn new words
north
south
west
east
coast
island
my home town
1
2
能熟悉并能正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语
能用英语谈论剑桥和伦敦两座城市
知识梳理
1. Look at the map of England and read the sentences.
east north south west
Cambridge is in the east of England.
London is in the south of England.
Bristol is in the west of England.
4. Manchester is in the north of England.
2.Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below.
Tower Bridge and the River Thames
2. Cambridge University and the River Cam
Read and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Paragraph 1 something about London
Paragraph 2 the weather of England
Paragraph 3 something about Cambridge
Paragraph 4 something in the north and south
of England
Fast Reading
Cambridge
lots of/a lot of(许多)
old buildings and churches
120 thousand people
a church in Cambridge
be famous for
the River Cam
A Cambridge University
London — the capital of the UK
7.5 million people
2,000 years old
the River Thames
402 kilometres long
Big Ben
Buckingham Palace
be famous for
Tower Bridge
In the south
7, 500, 000
the River Thames
Big Ben,
Buckingham Palace , Tower Bridge
Cambridge
University
In the east
120,000
the River Cam
River
Famous
places
Cambridge
London
Location
Population
3.Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London.
4. Complete the passage with the words and
expression in the box.
England is part of a(n) (1)______. It is famous for its
beautiful green (2)___________ with (3) _________
and lakes in the north, and villages in the south. My
(4)__________ is Cambridge, in the (5) ____ of England.
It has lots of old buildings and churches, and a well-
known (6) _________. It is smaller than (7) _______,
which is in the (8) _______of England.
island
countryside
mountains
home town
east
university
London
south
countryside east home town island
London mountains south university
5. Answer the questions and write notes about
your home town.
Where is it
What is its population
Is it big or small
What is it famous for
5. How old is it
6. What is the weather like
6. Use your notes and write answers to
the questions in Activity 5.
Where is it
Dalian is in the northeast of China.
What is its population of Dalian
It has a population of over six million.
7. Write a passage called My home town.
Use Tony's passage to help you.
My home town
I come from Dalian, a beautiful city in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. It is _________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Cambridge is in the east of England.
(1)in the east of 表示“在……东部”。“in＋the＋方位名词＋of”表示“在……(内部)的……”，具有包含关系。
例：Shanghai is a big city in the east of China.
上海是中国东部的一个大城市。
有关方位的介词及其探究
(2)辨析 in、on与to
in 表示在某一地域之 内的某方位(包含)。 China is in the east of
Asia.中国在亚洲东部。
on 表示与某地相邻的 关系(相切)。 China faces the Pacific
on the east.中国东邻太
平洋。
to 表示在某一地域之 外的某方位(相离)。 Japan is to the east of
China.日本在中国的东
边。
活动小结
通过以上的活动，我们可以知道：
in the east of 表示“在……东部”。
“in＋the＋方位名词＋of”表示“在…(内部)的…''，
具有包含关系。
in 表示在某一地域之内的某方位(包含)。
on 表示与某地相邻的关系(相切)。
to 表示在某一地域之外的某方位(相离)。
探究二
2. My home town is especially famous for its
university.
(1) especially adv. 尤其，特别。可以修饰句子、短语、名词、形容词、副词、动词、动词不定式等。
例：Noise is unpleasant，especially when you are
trying to sleep.
噪音令人讨厌，尤其是当你想睡觉的时候。
重点句子探究
(2) be famous for 意为“因……而出名”。
例：Jackie Chan is famous for his playing in action
movies.
成龙以他在动作片中的表演而出名。
拓展 be famous as 意为“作为……而出名”。
例：Mo Yan is famous as a writer.
莫言作为作家而闻名。
活动小结
通过以上的活动，我们可以知道：
especially adv. 尤其，特别。可以修饰句子、短语、名词、形容词、副词、动词、动词不定式等。
be famous for 意为“因……而出名”。
be famous as 意为“作为……而出名”。
当堂检测
一、用适当的介词填空。
1. Hainan Island is ____ the south of China.
2. Mr. Green doesn’t like travelling ____ boat.
3. Chongqing lies ____ the Yangtze River.
4. Take the umbrella ____ you in case it rains.
5. “Mary” is a very popular name ____ girls.
in
by
on
with
for
Exercise
当堂检测
二、写出同义句，一空一词。
1. How large is the population of Shanxi
_______ the population ____ Shanxi
2. The population of Hong Kong is seven million.
Hong Kong __________________ seven million.
What’s
of
has a population of
短语：
be famous for/as
in the east of
方位介词：
辨析 in、on与to
Module 2 Unit 2