Unit 3 Online tours Reading 1： Around the world in eight hours 课件（28张PPT）

Unit 3 Reading (1)
Around the World in Eight Hours
What do you usually use your computer for?
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Free talk
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2
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what to do
search for information
chat with friends
watch videos
do some shopping
do word processing
play games
Look and guess:

How long shall we spend if we want to travel around the world?
Robin
tour guide/ a?/

I can guide you travel around the world in eight hours!
Skim the article and answer the following questions.
1.Which paragraphs are about how to
travel online?
Places of interest
in New York.
Para 1 and 7.
2. What are the rest paragraphs about?
Skimming:
Skimming:
Read Para1&7 and answer the questions
1.What is at the top of the page?
2.What is at the bottom of the page?
Fast Reading
at the top of
How can we use the website to travel ?
click /?/ on
icon /a?/
at the bottom of
Asia /'e?? ?/
Europe /'j??r?p/
America / ?'mer?k ?/
Africa /'?fr?k?/
Where can we use the website to travel ?
1.What do people
call New York?
The Big Apple.
2. What kind of
city is New York?
The biggest city.
Scanning
Read Para 2
the Big Apple：
纽约的别称，此名的由来，广为流传的版本是源自20世纪初美国爵士乐手中的一句歌词：“树上有这么多的苹果，但当你选中了纽约市，你就选中了最大的苹果。”意指这是一个充满机遇的城市 。
Scanning
What places of interest are
mentioned in New York?
Read Para 3-6, and answer the question.
Reading tip:
Usually, the topic is in the first sentence of each paragraph.
Wall Street
1.Wall Street is the world-famous_________________.
2.Wall Street is ___________________

Manhattan Island.
trade centre
at the southern end of
with many big companies and international banks,
adj. 世界著名的
n. 贸易中心
n. 曼哈顿岛
adj. 南部的
adj. 国际的
Scanning
Task1: Read Para 3 and fill in blanks
A
B
C
D
Wall street
Times Square
What can you see?
gather
excited
v. 聚集
Your Topic Goes Here
darkness
glass ball
huge
adj. 巨大的
n. 黑暗
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.
T
Scanning
Task 2: Read Para 4 and do the T or F exercises
F
F
Eve
glass
ball
A
B
C
D
Times square
↑
↑
Wall street
Location(位置)
Sights(风景)
Activities
Central Park
in the centre
of the island
Scanning
Task 3: Read Para 5 and fill in the table
several lakes, hills
and a large green
lawn
relax after a
hard day’s
work
some
A
B
C
D
Central Park
Wall street
↑
Times square
A
B
C
D
Central Park
Wall street
↑
Times square
Broadway
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
Scanning
Task 4: Read Para 6 and choose the right answer
trade center/ centre
Times Square
Central Park
New York’s
Eve
lawn
theatres
/ theaters
F
F
T
F
F
F
T
T
travel
top
southern
glass ball
several
and
Post-reading
Which is the best place for them?
Around the World in Eight Hours
How to the online tour
Places of interest in
New York(Wall Street,Times
Square,Central Park,Broadway)
How to start a new tour
Summary:
Read aloud the article and underline the difficult parts.
2. Remember the new words in this lesson.
3. Make a poster to introduce another city with the help of computers and the Internet.
Homework
Thanks