Module 3 Unit 6 Travel More PracticeThe Leaning Tower of Pisa 课件（16张）

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Module 3 Unit 6 Travel
More Practice
The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pre-reading

Where is Pisa?
It's in Italy.
What's Italy famous for?
It's famous for ...
Where can you probably find this passage?
A. in a diary
B. in a travel magazine
C. in a novel
Pre-reading
title
What do you think what the passage is probably about?
Read and match the main idea of each paragraph.
While-reading
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
More detailed information about the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
A brief introduction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.
The causes of the tower leaning.
Read paragragh 1 and fill in the blanks:
While-reading
Location: ______________
Function of building: ____________________________________
Materials(材料): ________________
Appearances(外貌)：
____________________________________________________
Italy
bell tower of the Pisa Cathedral(教堂)
marble (大理石)
leaning to one side and looks like it is going to fall over
While-reading
Year started:
Years to complete:
Floors:
Height:
Steps:
An important fact about the tower: Galileo did his famous ___________________about gravity (重力)and falling objects from the top of the tower.
in 1173
for nearly 200 years
8 floors
54.5 metres
294 steps
experiments
Read paragraph 2 and fill in the notes below.
While-reading


5

1173
1178
1319
1838
1911
1990
While-reading
June,2001
the end, 2001
Something big happened during these years, what is it?
Find some key verbs or phrases.
tried to save, but failed.
began to build

5

1173
1178
1319
1838
1911
1990
The building of the tower began.
All the floors were finished.
The tower was officially reopened.
Engineers tried to save the tower, but failed.
The tower was finally opened to the public.
It was measured.
While-reading
June,2001
the end, 2001
The tower began to lean.
The tower was closed to the public.
Complete the timeline in your own words.
Why did the tower begin to lean?
What did the builders do to make the tower straight again?
But what happened?
What did the measurements taken in 1911 show?
What would happen if its movement was not stopped?
How about the number of visitors?
Why is it safe now?
While-reading
Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions:
After-reading
Would you like it to be straight or not? Why?
You can answer like this:
For reference:
I would like it to be … because /since/as …
/If
/In my opinion, ……
… …
After-reading

For being straight
With modern knowledge and technology, it won’t collapse.
The tower will stay longer and more people will be able to visit it.
We should take good care of it so that our next generations can enjoy its beauty.
Against being straight
If the tower is straight, it won’t be special/attractive.
The tower is famous because it is leaning.
People won’t visit the tower which is not a landmark any more.
The tower will be the same as other towers and it will lose its charm.
Nature is the beauty! Just let it be!
Would you like it to be straight or not? Why?
Assignments:
Oral：
Retell the passage.
Written：
Write an introduction about the world-famous attraction---the Great Wall within at least 60 words.

Suggestions:
To use the given information
To surf the Internet at:
http://baike.baidu.com/
Assignments
Brief introduction of the Great Wall
Location: northern China
Length: over 6,000 kilometres
Height: 7.8 metres (average)
Materials: earth, bricks and stones
Years started: 7th Century BC
Years joined: Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC)
Purpose of building: to keep out enemies
More about it: one of the seven wonders in the world; be visited by people from all over the world
He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!