Task Planning a holiday for your family Period I Task Planning a holiday for your family Period I Unit 2 Wish you were here

Skills building 1: recognizing dates and names of places Guidelines of gathering information on travel plans. 1. When listening for dates, you need to pay attention to three pieces of information.

◆ the day of the month, e.g., the 2nd, the 20th, the 31st ◆ the month, e.g., January, March, October ◆ the year, e.g., 2005

Listen to the tape and match the countries and cities to the right people. Write down the dates according to what you hear. CEALKKrRD khjbapdi Student Country

ogcfelmn 1st July 5th July 2nd Aug. 9th Aug. 11th Aug. 15th Aug. 20th Aug. City Date

Tapescript Narrator: Some of Mr Smith’s students have decided to visit different places during the holidays. Mr Smiths asks Charles, the monitor, to tell him where and when the students in his group are going. Mr Smith: Where are you going, Charles? Charles: I am going to Paris, France on the first of July, because I

want to see the Eiffel Tower. Mr Smith: Mm, what about your best friend, Emma? Charles: She would like to go to Rome. Italy is her favourite country. She wants to go there on the fifth of July. Mr Smith: Where is Amy going? Charles: She would like to go to Toronto, Canada, also on the fifth of July.

Mr Smith: Is anyone else going to North America? Charles: Yes, Lily has decided to visit Seattle, in the United States, on the second of August. Mr Smith: What about South American? Is anyone going there? Charles: Lots of them. Let me see. Kelly is visiting Buenos Aires, that’s

in Argentina, on the ninth of August. Err, Kristen will go to Lima, in Peru on the eleventh of that month. Mr Smith: I heard a few people talking About Japan. Is anyone going there?

Charles: Yes, Rebecca will go to Tokyo on the fifteenth of August. Mr Smith: That’s everyone then. No, wait! What about Dick ? Charles: Oh, he’s going to Seoul in South Korea on about the twentieth of August.

2. When listening for dates, the ending of the number can help you. Most dates end with –th(e.g.,4 th /fourth). However, some have different endings, e.g.,

* 1 st /first 21 st /twenty-first * 2 nd /second 22 nd /twenty-second * 3 rd /third 23 rd /twenty-third

Step1:reading travel leaflets A. Read the two leaflets and circle the names of the places mentioned. 1. Chritchurch2. Greymouth3.Queenstown * Adventure on South Island, New Zealand * Explore Shandong Province 1. Ji’nan 2.Tai’an 3.Qufu

B. You are drafting travel plans for your family to consider. Read the holiday leaflets on page 33 carefully and fill in as many details as possible.

(1) South (7) Queenstown (8) traditional Maori (9) Christchurch Travel Plan 1 Travel Plan 2 (12) Ji’nan (14) Yellow (16) sunrise (18) Dai (19) teahouse (20) birthplace

C. Listen carefully as the travel agent gives you more information. Complete the travel plans.

Travel Plan 1 Travel Plan 2 (2)¥17,00 (3)five (4)four (5)train (6)Boat (10)weekly (11)Friday (13)first (15)six (17)bus (21) ¥1,200

Tapescript This month, we have two special holiday packages for those who enjoy adventure trips. First, we have the Wonderful South Island package. Let me tell you about this exciting five-day trip. It lasts five days and four nights, and starts In the city of Christchurch. From there,

you’ll travel by train to Greymouth on the first day. On the second and third days, you’ll walk through the bush and along the beach. You can also go boating on Mirror Lake. On the fourth day, you’ll travel by bus to Queenstown. We suggest you take a river cruise and then have a traditional Maori dinner with the local Maori people. On day five, you’ll return to Christchurch.

This trip costs seven thousand yuan per person and leaves every Friday. The second special holiday package this month is the new Shandong Province tour. It starts off in the capital city, Ji’nan. This beautiful city is famous for its large number of springs, so it is also called ‘the city of springs’. There you will visit the famous Baotu Spring, known as ‘the first

spring under heaven’. You will also visit the well-known Damming Lake. Then you will take a bus to the Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese people. On the second day, you’ll go to Tai’an and climb Mount Taishan, one of the most famous mountains in China. It will take you about six hours to reach the South Heaven Gate,

which is close to the top of the mountain. The most challenging part of the adventure is to climb the one thousand six hundred stone steps to the South Heaven Gate. However, this is a very good chance to get some exercise. You will spend the night at the South Heaven Gate and then watch the beautiful sunrise on the mountain top early next morning.

After that, you will go down to the foot of the mountain, first by cable car, and then by bus. You will then visit the Dai Temple at the foot of the mountain. The Dai Temple used to be the place where emperors of many dynasties worshipped heaven and earth. For the rest of the third day, you can drink tea

at a teahouse to relax a bit before moving on to Qufu the next day. Qufu is the birthplace of Confucius, the greatest ancient Chinese educator who lived during the sixth to fifth centuries BC. The trip usually costs one thousand five hundred yuan per person, but

this month it’s only one thousand two hundred yuan. Why not take this great offer and book now?

Task Planning a holiday for your family Period 2

Skills building 2 : forming questions from prompts ask your partner some questions according to the picture. 1.where 2.what 3.why 4.when 5.how 6.who/whom

1.When 2.Why did you 3.What would you like to see in Shanghai? 4.Where are you from? 5.How did you come here? 6. Who/whom are you traveling with? Use questions words to complete the questions on page 35.

Step 2:choosing a holiday destination A.Your mother is away on business. You are phoning her to find out about her holiday plans. Write your questions in the form below, using what, where, when who, why, and how.

1. Type of holiday: What type of holiday do you prefer? 2. Cost: How much will you spend? 3. Places to visit: Where do you want to go ?/What do you want to see? 4. Time: When do you want to travel? 5. Duration: How long do you want to travel?

B: Make up a dialogue and work in pairs as the son/daughter and mother. Son/Daughter: Mum, what type of holiday do you prefer? Where do you want to go? Mum: Actually I don’t know. I just want to take an active holiday.……

Skills building 3: writing an

1. What is an ? 2. How do we write an ? Lead-in:

1.type in the address of the person you are writing to and the subject of your 2. don’t have to type in your address 3. greet the person ( Dear …) Points to note:

4. start the ( Hello …) 5. type your first name at the end 6. use contractions ( I’m fine )

Ways of ending an informal All the best Best regards Lots of love Love Love from Regards Take care Yours

Date: 25 June From: To: Subject:Singapore Hello Ellen! How are you? Have you finished your exams yet? 2 — — 1 4 3

I’m in Singapore! I only arrived here two days ago but I’ve already seen a lot of interesting things. Yesterday, we went to Orchard Road to go shopping and then we went to the Night Safari. It’s a zoo that’s open at night, and you can get very close to the animals! — 6

Tomorrow, we ’ re going to Sentosa. It ’ s an island south of Singapore -- you can travel there in a cable car. I hear there is a lot to see and do there! Sorry I don ’ t Have much time to write. I ’ ll call you when I get back. See you soon! Love, Connie — 5

Step 3: ing your father Write an – mail to your father, tell your father about your holiday destination. Where? When? What activities? What..see … ? The duration? The cost?

Dear Dad, I’ve looked at several possible places where we can go on holiday and checked Mum’s schedule. We think we should go to Shandong Province because none of us have ever been there before. Possible examples Sample 1

If we go, we ’ ll have an active holiday climbing Mount Taishan. Even though there will not be any river cruises, Mum can explore famous lakes and springs in Ji ’ nan. We can also visit Qufu, the birthplace of Confucius. I think she ’ d like this.

We can travel in Mary, between the 1st and 7th. The trip lasts 4 days and 3 nights. It costs only 1,200 yuan per person, so Mum will be pleased with that.

I think this trip sounds very exciting and it sounds just like what you and Mum want. Let me know if I should book it. Bye for now. Love (student ’ s own name)