課程內容
Unit 2《Travelling》Integrated skills
A Travelling in China
A1: The Class 1, Grade 8 students are talking about the kinds of places they like best. Listen to their conversation and match the students with the places. Write the correct letter in each box.
Places for travelling
a. Chinese gardens 1. Kitty □
b. Museums 2. Simon □
c. Places of natural beauty 3. Sandy □
d. Seaside cities 4. Daniel □
e. Theme parks 5. Millie □
A2: The students are listening to a radio programme about the best time to visit some places in China. Put a tick (√) in the correct boxes.
| Places to go | Spring | Summer | Autumn | Winter | |
| Chinese gardens | Suzhou, Yangzhou | √ | √ | ||
| Museums | Beijing | √ | √ | √ | √ |
| Places of natural | beauty Mount Huang, Jiuzhaigou | √ | √ | √ | |
| Seaside cities | Dalian, Qingdao | √ | |||
| Theme parks | Shenzhen, Hong Kong | √ | √ | √ | √ |
A3: Amy wants to give her classmates some advice on travelling in China. Help her complete notes. Use the information in Parts A1 and A2 to help you.
Places to go in China
Kitty likes (1)______, such as the Window of the World in Shenzhen or (2)______ Disneyland. She can go there all year round.
Simon loves water sports, such as sailing. He thinks it is great fun. He can visit a seaside city like (3)______ or Qingdao this (4)______.
Sandy likes places of (5)______, like Mount Huang or Jiuzhaigou. She can go there in any season except (6)______. The views there in winter may be wonderful, but it is dangerous to climb the mountains or hills on cold and snowy days.
Daniel likes (7)______. He can visit Suzhou or Yangzhou. The best time to go there is in spring or (8)______. There may be some rain, but the weather is usually nice at that time of year.
Millie likes (9)______. She can go to Beijing or Xi'an. She can visit museums in any season.
Speak up
Travelling is very interesting. May Day is coming and it's a good season for travelling. Amy will go travelling, where will she go?
Listen to the conversation and answer questions:
1. Where will Amy go?
2. How will they get there?
3. How long are they staying there?
4. How long dose it take to fly to Chengdu?
Act out the conversation with your partner.
B Speak up: I'm going to visit Chengdu.
Simon and Amy are talking about their holiday plans. Work in pairs and take turns to ask about a holiday plan. Use the conversation below as a model.
Simon: Do you have any plans for the May Day holiday, Amy?
Amy: Yes. I'm going to visit Chengdu with my mum.
Simon: That's great. My dad has been to Chengdu on business twice. How will you get there?
Amy: We're going to take a direct flight to Chengdu.
Simon: How long are you staying there?
Amy: About three days. By the way, how long does it take to fly to Chengdu?
Simon: About three hours, I think. I can check it for you with my dad.
Amy: Thanks very much.
Make a new dialogue in pairs:
A: Do you have any plans for ______?
B: Yes. I'm going to visit ______.
A: That's great. My dad has been to ______ on business twice. How will you get there?
B: We're going to take a ______ to ______.
A: How long are you staying there?
B: About three days. By the way, how long does it take to fly to ______?
A: About ______ hour(s), I think. But I can check it for you with my dad.
B: Thanks very much.
Useful sentences
1. My dad has been to Chengdu on business twice.
我爸爸去成都出差過兩次。
on business意思是“出差”，business n. 意思是“公事，生意”，該詞還有“職業，企業”的意思。
business is business 公事公辦
to run a business 經營一家企業
none of your business 不關你的事
2. We're going to take a direct flight to Chengdu.
我們將乘直飛航班到成都。
direct adj. 徑直的
e.g. There is a direct high-speed train to Hangzhou.
有一班直達杭州的高速列車。
根據所學內容完成下列句子。
1、春天是游覽蘇州的最佳時間。
Spring is ______ Suzhou.
2、對于國慶節期間做點什么你有什么想法嗎？
Do you have ______ during this National Day Holiday?
3、順便問一下，乘飛機去北京要多長時間？
_________, how long does it take _________?
4、在寒冷或者下雪的天氣里爬大小山都是危險的。
It's dangerous to _________ in cold or snowy days.
Study skills
When we write about an experience or event, we can organize our ideas using the following five main points.
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who was there?
What happened?
How did you feel?
Then we should give details to support the main points. Take Kitty's day at Hong Kong Disneyland as an example:
Main points
When: during the winter holiday
Where: Hong Kong
Who: kitty and her parents
What: visited Hong Kong Disneyland
How: had a fantastic time
What: visited Hong Kong Disneyland
Details
enjoyed the Space Mountain ride
watched a parade
saw a 4-D film
did some shopping
watched the fireworks
Mr Wu is asking the Class 1, Grade 8 students to organize the following information into main points and details. First, help them write the correct letters in the blanks. Then work in pairs and talk about their trip.
a. Class 1, Grade 8 students
b. Enjoyed the natural beauty
c. Everybody felt excited
d. Flew kites
c. Went fishing by the lake
f. 5 March
g. South Hill
h. A visit to South Hill
When: _____
Where: _____
A: Kitty plans to write about her trip to Hong Kong. She organized her ideas by using a fact file. First, she wrote down the main points. Then she wrote down the details. Read her fact file.
| Main Points | Details | |
| When | The winter holiday | ------ |
| Where | Hong Kong | ------ |
| Who | My parents and I | ------ |
| What | visiting places of interest | Disneyland - parade of Disney character - exciting Space Mountain ride Ocean park - dolphin show and bird show |
| Other activities | Visited museums Went shopping |
|
| Eating | Delicious seafood | |
| How | Enjoyed the trip | Interesting, exciting, fun, nice Want to visit it again |
Useful expressions
It took us ... to fly to ...
The next day, we went to ...
I loved watching the interesting ...
... was exciting/beautiful/fantastic.
On the third day, we visited ...
We went to ... on the fifth day.
... was the best part of the day.
We enjoyed this trip very much.
Kitty is writing about her trip to Hong Kong. Help her complete her articles.
The day finally arrived. My parents and I left for the airport in the early morning. It took us about three and a half hours to fly to Hong Kong.
The next day, we went to the most famous theme park - (1)________. I loved watching the interesting (2)________ of Disney characters, and the Space Mountain ride was very (3)________.
On the third day, we visited another famous theme park in Hong Kong - (4)________. We watched the (5)________ and the bird show there. They were great fun.
On the fourth day, we visited some museums, and then we went (6)________. My mother enjoyed that day most. She bought a lot of presents for our relatives and her friends.
We went to a seafood restaurant on the fifth day and had a (7)________ meal. The food in Hong Kong was really nice. We enjoyed this trip very much, and I hope I can visit it again some day.
根據句意、首字母或中文提示寫出單詞。
1. I like ______(帆船航行) on the sea in summer.
2. My aunt has gone ______(到國外) for further study.
3. Look! He ______(拴) his horse to the tree.
4. Those ______(官員) are discussing what to do next now.
5. George always ______(檢查) the answers carefully before handing in his paper.
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李老師
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