the different forms of transport in Hong Kong:

Hngkng has changed

Unit 1 Reading Times have changed

New words 1. -to have a husband or wife 2.-people who look after our teeth 3.-left the ground and start to fly 4.-come down to the ground 5. -unhappy because you’re alone 6. -a table or a small shop from which things are sold marry dentists take off land lonely market stall

Fast reading: What’s the main idea about this passage? The changes of Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong.

Map of Hongkong New territories Hong Kong Island Lantau Island The Kowloon Walled City

Read and listen: Part1 (line1 — 9) Main idea: Questions: 1.How long has he known the Kowloon Walled City? 2. When and why did he leave the Kowloon Walled City? Mr. Dong ’ s life in Kowloon Walled City.

Questions: 1.How long has he known the Kowloon Walled City? 2. When and why did he leave the Kowloon Walled City? Since he was born there. He left there in 1991 because the government wanted to build a new park there.

A. In 1960 I got married. ( ) B. I moved out of the Kowloon Walled city in ( ) C. I was born in a block in the Kowloon Walled City. ( ) D. I lived with my parents until ( ) E. I moved to another flat in the same block. ( ) A quiz: Can you arrange the following according to the time?

Read and listen Part2: (line 10-the end) Main idea: Great changes to the Kowloon Walled City. In the pastAt present People What we have there noise

in the pastat present people what we have there noise people lived in the Kowloon Walled City. Many people moved out to other areas. Chinese medicine shops, dentists, market stalls, a temple, small Chinese restaurants The place has turned into a park. The noise was terrible when the planes took off. It’s very quiet. Does Mr. Dong like the great changes?

Free talk: Talk about the changes in Nanjing. A: an old man/woman who has lived in Nanjing all his/her life. B: a reporter from NJ TV Station.

Questions : 1. Where was Mr. Dong born? 2. Where did Mr. Dong live before 1960? 3. How many people lived in the Kowloon Walled City in the past? 4. Why did Mr. Dong move out of the Kowloon Walled City ? 5.What was in the Kowloon Walled City in the past? 6.What does Mr Dong do in the new park? 7.Why is it less noisy now?

The Second period

Why does Millie do an interview? Because she wants to write about the changes to the place for her history project. Why does Millie choose Mr. Dong? Because Mr. Dong used to live in the Kowloon Walled City.

True or false: 1. Mr. Dong know the Kowloon Walled city very well. 2. He moved into the Kowloon Walled City in He got married in When Mr. Dong got married, he moved out of the Kowloon Walled City. 5. In the past, 30,000 people lived in the Kowloon Walled City. T F has lived in the area since he he was born F 1960 F to another flat in the same block. T

Has the Kowloon Walled City changed a lot? Yes, the place has changed a lot. How has it changed? In the pastAt present What we have there We had our own Chinese medicine shops, dentists and market stalls. The place has turned into a park.

What do Mr. Dong and his old friends often do in the new park? They often play cards and Chinese chess. What problem troubled the people in Kowloon Walled City a lot before the closing of the old airport? It was the noise pollution from the old airport.

How was the noise pollution? The noise was terrible when the planes took off- even there beds would shake. take off However, they sometimes miss the planes because they were like old friends and they were always pleased when they landed safely.

AdvantagesDisadvantages Changes It ’ s nice to have open space and pretty gardens. It has become more difficult to see my old friends. I feel a bit lonely from time to time.

Fill in the blanks: Mr. Dong lived in a ______ in the Kowloon Walled City in the ____. There were Chinese ____ shops, ____ and market ___ in it. After he and his wife got _____, they moved to ____ flat in the same block. In 1991, the place _____ into a park. Mr. Dong and his friends often go to the new park to play ____ and Chinese _____. They don ’ t often see each other. They ____ each other. They often feel _____. block past medicine dentists stalls married another turned cards chess miss lonely

翻译下列词组 : 1. 九龙城 2. 事实上 3. 结婚 4. 搬出 5. 变了许多 6. 中国象棋 7. 市场售货摊 8. 在过去 9. 变成 10. 打牌 11. 噪音污染 12. 起飞 13. 安全着陆 14. 中药店 15. 有时 16. 感到孤独

1. 九龙城 2. 事实上 3. 结婚 4. 搬出 5. 变了许多 6. 中国象棋 7. 市场售货摊 8. 在过去 the Kowloon Walled City in fact get married move out of change a lot Chinese chess market stall in the past

9. 变成 10. 打牌 11. 噪音污染 12. 起飞 13. 安全着陆 14. 中药店 15. 有时, 偶尔 16. 感到孤独 turn into play cards noise pollution take off land safely Chinese medicine shop from time to time feel lonely

用本课中所学短语的正确形式填空 : 1) Many people ____ the city and now they live in the country because there is less ____ there. 2) When the plane ____, it makes a lot of noise. But when it ____, people are very pleased. 3) Nowadays young people don’t like to live with their parents. The old _________. 4) There are many ____ and ____ in the Chinese Town. moved out of air pollution takes off lands safely feel very lonely market shops Chinese medicine shops