(共34张PPT)
8B Unit 3 Online tours
Reading 1
Free talk
Have you ever travelled Where have you been
Have you ever travelled around the world in eight hours If we want, what can we do
task 1 Enjoy some pictures
guide [ɡa d]
icons[ a k nz]
America [ mer k ]
Africa[' fr k ]
Asia 美['e ] 英[ e ]
Europe [ j r p]
trade [tre d]
islands [ a l ndz]
lawn [l n]
musical[ mju z kl]
trade[tre d]
website[ websa t]
play[ple ]
纽约是美国最大的城市，别称“大苹果”。关于此名的由来有好几个版本，其中广为流传的一个是源自20世纪初流行于美国爵士乐手中的一句歌词：“树上有这么多苹果，但当你选中了纽约市，你就选中了最大的苹果。”后来the Big Apple成了纽约市的代名词，意指这是一个充满机遇的城市。
Background information
曼哈顿（Manhattan）， 是美国纽约市5个行政区之中人口最稠密的一个区，也是最小的一个行政区。曼哈顿主要由曼哈顿岛、罗斯福岛组成，并被东河、哈得孙河以及哈莱姆河包围。这里集中了许多著名的企业，被誉为世界的经济中心，也是纽约最富有的区。
曼哈顿的华尔街是世界上最重要的金融中心，有纽约证券交易所和纳斯达克，曼哈顿的房地产市场也是全世界最昂贵的地区之一。曼哈顿现有1,585,873的居民，面积为59.5平方千米，即平均每平方千米有26,668的人口，也使曼哈顿成为世界上人口最稠密的地方之一。曼哈顿也是全国最富有的地方，在2005年便有超过$100,000美元的人均GDP。
由于每年有高达5,000万的游客到访纽约市，曼哈顿的众多景点知名于世界，其中有称之“世界的十字路口”和“世界的中心点”的时代广场，璀璨夺目的百老汇剧院的中心点，全世界最繁忙的行人过路处以及世界娱乐产业的中心点。曼哈顿也拥有很多世界知名的桥梁、摩天大厦以及公园；曼哈顿华埠是整个西半球最大的华人聚居地。曼哈顿也同时拥有大量的高中和大学，其中包括世界排名前50的知名学府如哥伦比亚大学、纽约大学以及洛克菲勒大学。由于纽约市是于曼哈顿的南端创立，故此纽约市政府的所在地纽约市政厅也位于此。
华尔街（Wall Street），纽约市曼哈顿区南部从百老汇路延伸到东河的一条大街道。全长仅三分之一英里，宽仅为11米。街道狭窄而短，从百老汇到东河仅有7个街段，却以“美国的金融中心”闻名于世。美国罗斯柴尔德财团、摩根财团、洛克菲勒石油大王、高盛集团和杜邦财团等开设的银行、保险、航运、铁路等公司的经理处集中于此。著名的纽约证券交易所也在这里，仍是几个主要交易所的总部：如纳斯达克、美国证券交易所、纽约期货交易所等。“华尔街”一词现已超越这条街道本身，成为附近区域的代称，亦可指对整个世界经济具有影响力的金融市场和金融机构。
纽约时报广场（Times Square）是美国纽约市曼哈顿的一块繁华街区，被称为“世界的十字路口”。原名为朗埃克广场，后因《纽约时报》早期在此设立的总部大楼，因而更名为时报广场。
由于其高知名度，世界上不少著名城市的都有商场或建筑物取名为“时代广场”，时代广场这个名字就此深入人心。时报广场附近聚集了近40家商场和剧院，是繁盛的娱乐及购物中心。百老汇上的剧院、大量耀眼的霓虹光管广告、以及电视式的宣传版，已经深入成为象征纽约的标志，反映曼哈顿强烈的都市特性。走近时报广场，四周是色彩绚烂的霓虹灯和街头艺人，随时播放着新闻，歌曲MV，电视节目的大屏幕，足以震撼每个人的眼球。时报广场是纽约市内唯一在规划法令内、要求业主必须悬挂亮眼宣传版的地区。
中央公园（Central Park）是位于美国纽约市曼哈顿中心的一座大型都会公园，造访人数在美国居首，2013年共吸引4000万人参观。中央公园也是众多电影的取景地。
公园最早是在1857年开放，当时的面积为778英亩（315公顷）。1858年，费德列·洛·奥姆斯特和卡弗特·沃克斯以“草坪计划”（Greensward Plan）赢得了扩展公园的设计竞赛，同年开始施工次年开始部分区域向公众开放，南北战争时向北扩建，后在1873年完工，现面积843英亩（341公顷），长约4公里、宽约0.8公里。
中央公园在1962年被美国内政部指定为国家历史名胜，在纽约市公园和娱乐部管理数十年后由中央公园保存委员会与市政府签约负责管理。保存委员会是一个非营利组织，在中央公园的6700万美元的年间预算中，提供了75%的金额。
百老汇（Broadway）原义为宽街。它是指纽约市中以巴特里公园为起点，由南向北纵贯曼哈顿岛，全长25公里的一条长街。大街两旁高耸云端的大楼栉比林立，坐落着威名远扬的华尔街证券交易所，以及麦迪逊广场，时报广场等代表美国金融巨头和商业大亨的许多划时代建筑。最为醒目的是，在百老汇大街41街至53街之间汇集起了众多遐迩闻名的剧院，随着剧院的发展壮大，使这里的戏剧表演艺术取得了无与伦比的成就，进而使现代人每每提起百老汇，似乎都已忽略了它的“宽街”本义，而把它同戏剧表演艺术融为一体，使它成了世界戏剧艺术永恒魅力的象征和代表。不过百老汇可不是一家剧院，而是一条街上的几十家剧院
Read the passage quickly and complete the following form.
While travelling :
Task 1 Fast reading find the structure （结构）
Part One
(Para 1-2)
Part Two
(Para 3-6)
Part Three
(Para 7)
How to start another tour
Places of interest in New York
How to start the travelling
How many places will we visit What are they
Four.
Wall Street
Central Park
Times Square
Broadway
While travelling :
Task 1 fast reading
Task 2 Careful reading
Who is our guide
Robin
What is special about New York
New York is the biggest city in the USA.
People call it “the Big Apple”.
We call it “the Big Apple” because it’s full of chances.
1.Listen and answer(Para1-2)
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
2. Read Para 3 and fill in the blanks
1.Further on is Times square.
2. Thousands of people gather at Times Square on New Year’s Day.
3. It’s exciting to see the huge apple falling through the darkness.
F
F
Eve
glass ball
T
3.Read Para 4 silently and do the T or F exercises
4.Read Para 5 and describe
Place of interest
Location(方位)
Sights
Activities
Central Park
In the centre of the island
Lakes, hills, a large green lawn
Relax after a hard day’s work
1.What has Broadway been famous for since the
early twentieth century
2.What does “Memory” come from
A. Theatres
C. Cities
B. Cinemas
C. Cats
B. Monkeys
A. Dogs
5.Read para 6 and answer
3._______
2.________
1._______
Post-reading
Wall Street
Times Square
Central Park
Around the world in eight hours How to travel Click on the “tour” (1)_______ at the top of the web page. You can travel around the world in 8 hours. .
Click on the “Back” icon at the (2) ___________ of the page. Pick another city, and you can start a new tour.
(9)___________________________________________in New York Wall Street is famous as a (3) ______________ . There are many big companies and (4)________________ banks there.
Every year on New Year’s Eve, People (5) __________ at Times Square. They are (6) __________ to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness.
Central park is a good place for people to(7) _________ themselves.
People can enjoy plays and musicals in Broadway. It has been famous since the early (8) ______________ century.
icon
gather
excited
relax
twentieth
bottom
trade center
international
Places of interest/Sights
Post-reading
Among the four places, which
one do you like best, and why
Wall Street
Times Square
Central Park
Broadway
After the online tour
Make an interview
A: Where’s your hometown
B: …
A: Can you tell me any places of interest in your hometown
B: …
A: Which place is your favourite
B: …
A: And why
B: …
A: What is famous in your hometown
B:
…
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
f
g
c
h
e
b
d
a
B1
match the words with the meanings
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.(P38B2)
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
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.(P39B3)
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
top
southern
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
The huge
glass ball
Kitty also wants to know the website. She is asking Daniel about plete their conversation below. (P39B4)
Post-reading
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
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.
Around the World
in Eight Hours
online
Asia
Europe
companies
international banks
D: Yes, and Times Square is another great place to visit. Every year, many people gather there to welcome the (7) ______.
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)
_______________.
new year
relax
twentieth century
Read aloud the article and underline the difficult parts.
2. Remember the new words in this lesson.
