八年级上
cheer
hope
meaning
taste
cheerful
colourful
ticket
keep
square
n. 欢呼声;喝彩声
n. 希望
n. 意思
n. 味道;品味
adj. 兴高采烈的
adj. 多彩的
n. 票;入场券
v. 留着;不退还
n. 广场
To learn to write a letter to invite your friends to go on a day trip with you
To learn some key words and useful expressions
Objectives
Words:
square
Phrases:
1. meet everyone 2. see the biggest city square
3. visit the garden and row boats
4. plan a day out 5. go back to…
Patterns:
1. We will take the underground/bus to Tian’anmen Square.
=We will go to Tian’anmen Square by underground/bus.
2. We will walk to Beihai Park.
= We will go to Beihai Park on foot.
3. We hope you can join us.
Linda is going back to the USA soon, so Kitty and Daniel are inviting their classmates to go with Linda on a trip.
Which places in Beijing do you think they will visit?
What can they do there?
Tian’anmen Square
The Palace Museum
Beihai Park
Wangfujing Street
The Summer Palace
The Great Wall
People’s Great Hall
The Bird’s Nest
The Water Cube
Read the plan on page 40 and answer the questions.
How many places of interest are they going to visit? What are they?
2. How will they get to Tian’anmen Square from Sunshine Town?
3. What will they do at Tian’anmen Square?
4. What will they do in Beihai Park?
5. When will they leave Wangfujing Street?
They will take the underground.
They will see the biggest city square in the world.
They will visit the garden and row boats.
Four. They’re Tian’anmen Square, the Palace Museum, Beihai Park and Wangfujing Street.
At 6:30 p.m.
7:30
Underground Station
one hour
Tian’anmen Square
on foot
Beihai Park
three
Wangfujing Street
Sunshine Town
visit the garden and row boats
What information should we give in an invitation letter?
date 日期
name of receiver 收信人
purpose of this letter 目的
plan 计划
instructions 说明
closing 结束语
signature(s) 签名
How to plan a day out?
3 Find out how to get there and the cost.
1 Make a list of places of interest for you to visit.
2 Write down the activities you can do at each place.
5 Work out the cost of the trip per person.
4 Make a plan for the day. Think about the questions:
What time do you want to return home?
Where and when do you have lunch?
How long do you want to spend at each place?
How long is the trip?
When do you want to start your trip?
Write a letter to invite your classmates to go on a day trip with you and your friend. Use the plan in Part A and the letter in Part B as a model. (P 41)
Sample writing:
C
12 October
Dear classmates,
My friend Mandy is going back to the UK soon. I am planning a day out for her on Sunday, 20 October.
This is the plan for the day.
We will meet at 8 a.m. at Sunshine Town Station. We will then take the underground to the centre of Beijing. It takes about 40 minutes.
Next, we will take a bus to the Palace Museum. We will be there for three hours. After that, we will have lunch. After lunch, we will take a bus to Moonlight Shopping Mall. We can buy some nice souvenirs there.
We will leave Moonlight Shopping Mall at 5:30 p.m. and go back to Sunshine Town Station by underground.
The cost is ?50 each.
It will be a really fun day for everyone. I hope you can join us.
Best wishes,
Anna
1. Linda will go back to the USA soon.
go back 返回;回到
I’ll have to go back?for?my?umbrella.?
我要回去拿我的雨伞。
When do you go back?to?school??
你什么時候回校上课?
2. It will take about one hour to get to Tian’anmen Square.
take sb some time to do sth
花费一些时间去做某事
It will take me three hours to fly to Australia.
飞去澳大利亚将会花费我三个小时的时间。
假设你是Andy,你的朋友Peter将要在本周末到你居住的城市来游玩一天,请你根据下面表格的内容,写一封邮件给他,介绍你的安排。
Dear Peter,
Welcome to our town. I am sure you will have a
good time here.
_______________________________________.
And then we will go to Tiansheng Bridge by taxi.
__________________________________. At 11:30,
________________________________. It is full of
local restaurants. The food there is tasty. And
after lunch, _____________________________.
___________________________. It may make you
tired, but it is wonderful to enjoy the nice view.
All the best,
Andy
I will meet you at the bus station at 8:00 a.m.
It is great fun to go boating on the river
we will take a bus to Dongmen Street
we will take a taxi to Wuxiang Hill
We can climb the beautiful hill
Now 2 mins to test your spelling.
1. English-Chinese
hope, meaning, ticket, square
2. Chinese-English
无助的;有用的;无用的;欢呼声;味道/品位;兴高采烈的;多彩的;留着/不退还
When finishing, exchange your papers to see who does the best.
Do the writing exercises in Learning
English.
2. Preview Do it yourself on page 42.
3. Preview the new words and
expressions.