Unit 3 A day out Main task Teacher: Zhu huaqiao Class: Class E. Grade 8 School: Yuying Foreign Languages School Date: October 14, 2004

Tower Bridge

London Eye

Big Ben

The Thames River

The Trafalgar Square

The British Museum

The Greenwich Park

The Royal Horse Guards

The Great Wall

The Palace Museum

Beihai Park

Tian’anmen Square

The Monument to the People’s Heroes

The People’s Great Hall

Wangfujing Street

Date Place Activity ride a horse The Great Wall August 8 take a long walk August 9 6:00 Tian’anmen Square visit the People’s Hall see the Monument to the People’s Hall 8:00-9:30 The Palace Museum visit the museums walk to Beihai Park 10:50-1:00 Beihai Park go boating have lunch take a taxi to Wangfujing Street 1:30-5:30 Wangfujing Street go shopping eat delicious food

Beijing World Park

A trip to the World Park in Beijing Who (participants) When (date) How (transportation) How far (distance) Where to meet Weather What to see Mr Wu, Linda, the Class 1 Grade 8 students October 24 By coach About two hours by coach At the school gate Sunny The Eiffel Tower The Pyramids The Golden Gate Bridge

Time Place Activity Meet everyone Visit the museum Go boating The centre of Beijing Sunshine Underground Station 8.30a.m. – 11.00a.m. The Palace Museum 11.10a.m.-1.00p.m. Beihai Park Walk to Beihai Park Take the bus to Tian’anmen Square Time Place Activity Take the bus to the Palace Museum 7.00 a.m. Meet everyone Take the underground to the centre of Beijing 8.00a.m. Visit the museum Go boating Have lunch

See the Monument to the People’s Heroes 1.30p.m.-4.30p.m. Take to Wangfujing Street 4.45p.m.-6.00p.m Wangfujing Street Take the bus to Beijing Underground Station 6.30p.m. Go back to Sunshine Town by underground See the Monument to the People’s Heroes See the biggest city square in the world Time Place Activity Tian’anmen Square Visit the People’s Great Hall the bus Go shopping Beijing Underground Station

Linda will go back to the USA soon. We are planning a day out for her. 1st November Dear classmates Linda will go back to the USA soon. We are planning a day out for her. We want to invite you to go to _________________, Beihai Park, Tian’anmen Square and _________________ on Saturday, 6thNovember the Palace Museum Wangfujing Street This is the plan for the day: We will meet at ____ a.m. at ___________________________. We will then take the ____________ to __________________ and change to the bus. We will take the bus all the way to the Palace Museum . It will take about _____minutes. 7 Sunshine Underground Station underground the centre of Beijing 30 Beihai Park go boating Next, we will go to __________ at 11a.m. to __________. We will be there for about _____ hours and we can have _______ there. two lunch

Kitty Daniel Tian’anmen Square After lunch, we will go to __________________. We will then see the square, the Monument to the People’s Heroes and the People’s Great Hall. We will leave at 4.30 p.m. and go shopping in _______________. At 6.30 P.m., we will go back to_______________ by underground. Tian’anmen Square Wangfujing Street Sunshine Town The cost is about ¥50 per person We will make it a really fun day for everyone. If you want to come, please let us know as soon as possible. We hope you can join us. Best wishes Kitty Daniel

1 Make a list of places of interest for you to visit. 2 Write down the activities you can do at each place. 3 Find out how to get there and the costs. 4 Make a plan for the day. Think about these questions: What time do you want to start your trip? How long is the trip? How long do you want to spend at each place? Where and when do you have lunch? What time do you want to return home? 5 Finally, work out the cost of the trip per person.

Meet together and take a bus to Confucian Temple Time Place Activity 8:00a.m. School gate Meet together and take a bus to Confucian Temple 9:00a.m.—11:00a.m. Confucian Temple Visit Confucian Temple 11:30a.m.—12:30a.m. Have lunch 1:00p.m.—3:00p.m. Xinjiekou Square Shopping 3:00p.m. Xuanwu Lake Park Go boating Walk around the park