Unit 2

Unit 2 Travelling

Study skills / Task

Teaching aims: To write an article about one of your holidays.

the Leaning Tower of Pisa 1.Warming up the Leaning Tower of Pisa the Statue of Liberty

The Little Mermaid Denmark The Great Wall China

the Sydney Opera House Australia The Tower Bridge England

2.Study skills Main points and details

Kitty plans to write about her trip to Hong Kong for her project. She wants to write about these five main points. time place people experience feelings

Main points and details When: Where: Who: What: Visited Hong kong Disneyland How (Feelings):had a fantastic time Enjoyed the Space Mountain Watched a parade Saw a 4-D film Did some shopping Watched the fireworks Details

Finish the exercise on page 31

3.Task

Presatation delicious adj. 美味的 seafood n. 海鲜

airport n. 机场 relative n. 亲戚

Do you know these tourist attractions(景点) in Hong Kong? Disneyland Ocean Park

Disneyland is a famous theme park and it has four different parks — Main Street USA, Tomorrow Land, Fantasyland and Adventureland.

the Space Mountain ride Parade of Disney characters

Ocean Park dolphin show bird show

Task 1 Look at Kitty’s fact file – Part A in page 32 carefully and try to remember more information about Kitty’s trip to Hong Kong.

Main Points Details When The winter holiday ------ where Hong Kong Who My parents and I What visiting places of interest Disneyland --- parade of Disney characters --- exciting Space Mountain ride Ocean park --- dolphin show and bird show

Main Points Details What Other activities Visited museums Went shopping Eating Delicious seafood How Enjoyed the trip Interesting, exciting, fun, nice Want to visit it again

Read the article and answer the questions. Who went to HongKong? 2. How did they go? 3. How long did it take them to go there? 4. What places of interest do they visit? 5. What other activities did they do? 6. How did Kitty feel about the trip? Kitty and her parents. By plane/air. It took them three and a half hours. Disneyland and Ocean Park. They visited some museums, did some shopping and eat some seafood She enjoyed the trip very much.

Task 2 1. Analysis (分析) kitty’s article. We can group this article into 3 parts: part 1: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about part 2: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about part 3: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about

We can divide Kitty’s article into __ parts 3 We can divide Kitty’s article into __ parts 1 part 1: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about ________________________ part 2: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about ______________________________________ part 3: para( )—para( ) It is mainly about _________ / time place people 2 5 ① Activities (what she did) ② Time details—the next day/ the third day/the fourth day /the fifth day ③ Place—Disneyland/ Ocean Park ④ Eating 6 / feelings

2. During Kitty’s article, Kitty used some adjectives（形容词）and adverbs（副词）to describe her article. Could you please find them out as many as you can?

Kitty used some adjectives（形容词）and adverbs（副词）to describe her article Kitty used some adjectives（形容词）and adverbs（副词）to describe her article. Could you please find them out as many as you can? adv.: finally … adj. : interesting, nice, great …

Task3: 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.

Task4: B. Kitty is writing about her trip to Hong Kong Task4: B. Kitty is writing about her trip to Hong Kong. Help her complete her article. 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 — _____________________, I loved watching the interesting ________of Disney characters, and the Space Mountain ride was very ________. Hong Kong Disneyland parade exciting

On the third day, we visited another famous theme park in Hong Kong— __________. We watched the _______ and the bird show there. They were great fun. On the fourth day, we visited some museums, and then we went _________. My mother enjoyed that day most. She bought a lot of presents for our relatives and her friends. Ocean park dolphin shopping

We went to a seafood restaurant on the fifth day and had a __________ 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. delicious

Task 2 You are going to write an article about _____________________ Write down some main points and details, model(模仿) Kitty’s fact file to organize your ideas.

Main points Details When Where Who What How

2. Organize your ideas before you write. When you prepare to write a fact file and an article, the following tips can help you. 1. Remember to state (陈述) clearly the place and the time of your trip, and the people who went with you. 2. Organize your ideas before you write. 3. Think of something interesting and special to write about.

4. Use adjectives and adverbs to make your article more interesting. 5. Write about your feelings in the last paragraph(段落).

Task 6 Show time

Task7: discussion 1.What should we do and what should not we do while we are travelling? Please give more details. You can discuss and look for the information on the internet or from the newspapers and magazines.

When we are travelling, what should we usually notice（注意）? 1. Don’t throw the rubbish(垃圾) 2. Don’t pick the flowers 3. Protect the environment 4. Be careful with the safety 5. Pay attention to the weather 6. Call the police when having some danger …

our culture, our nature, our life. Protect them and enjoy them. Love our country, our hometown, our culture, our nature, our life. Protect them and enjoy them.

Useful sentences 1. My parents and I left for the airport in the early morning. 我和父母一大早就前往机场。 leave for 动身去 e.g. The plane leaves for Hong Kong at 10:30. 飞机于10：30 起飞前往香港。

2. It took us about three and a half hours to fly to Hong Kong. 我们花了3个半小时飞到香港。 “3个半小时”还可以表达成 three hours and a half “一个半小时”的两种表达方式 one and a half hours one hour and a half

Homework 元旦来临，你有一个星期的假期，你和妈妈讨论了出行计划，现通过电子邮件将你们的计划告知你出差在外的父亲。