Unit 2 It’s a wonderful town! Module 8 Unit 2 It’s a wonderful town! Speaker: Zhang Zhi Hefei No.38 Middle School

Pre-reading Look at the photo and say what type of entertainment or sport you can see? basketball jazz movies … ？

basketball Brainstorming：Think of teamwork player NBA star stadium other words which you can use to talk about the photo. teamwork basketball player NBA star . match stadium coach score

Let’s watch a video New York, New York_.flv

While-reading Reading skill Skimming is one way to look for the main idea of a passage。 When we skim， we read over parts of the passage very quickly。We don’t need to read every word，or look up word we don’t understand； we just need to get a general idea of what the passage is about。

Because there is something to do all day and all night. Skim the whole passage and answer the questions. Qs: 1.Which paragraph describes what you can see in the photo? Paragraph 2 2. How many kinds of entertainment does the writer refer to/ talk about in the passage? Sport ,Movies, Jazz, Opera, Theatre, Museums, Restaurant, Night life . 3.Why does the writer say New York is “the city that never sleeps?” Because there is something to do all day and all night.

Reading skill Scanning When we need to read something to find certain information, we move our eyes very quickly across the passage. When we “scan” like this, we do not read every word, or stop when we see a word we do not know; we read quickly, and stop only to find the information we are looking for.

Entertainment In New York Sport movie jazz Opera Theatre Museums Scan and Complete the column In New York with notes. Entertainment In New York Sport movie jazz Opera Theatre Museums Restaurants Night life

the New York Knicks Basketball Team Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden is the place to watch the New York Knicks Basketball Team and The Golden Gloves boxing competition The Golden Gloves boxing competition

Yankee Stadium Shea Stadium To watch baseball, go to the Yankee Stadium, home of the New York Yankees or Shea Stadium for the Mets.

Film Forum Woody Allen Martin Scorsese At New York’s finest arts cinema, the Film Forum, you can see the latest foreign and American movies. But New York itself is the subject of many movies by directors who come from New York, such as Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese.

Film Forum 电影论坛 Here shows classic, foreign and independent first-run films

jazz jazz club Greenwich Village The great names of jazz have played in the jazz clubs of Greenwich Village, and fans can listen to the stars of today and tomorrow at the world-famous Blue Note.

the Metropolitan Opera House 大都会歌剧院 The Metropolitan Opera House is the place to go for opera lovers, but you have to book tickets a long time before you want to go.

One of the most important things to see at Christmas is the Nutcracker by the New York City Ballet at Lincoln Centre. Carnegie Hall is well-known for its concerts of all types of music, classical and modern. Lincoln Centre Carnegie Hall 卡内基音乐厅

Broadway Broadway is not just a street but an area of New York. There you can see some of the biggest and the best plays and musicals, such as Evita, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.

Centre Park 美国纽约中央公园 If you ever come to New York in summer, remember to spend a day in Central Park watching a play by Shakespeare in the open air, with famous actors from Broadway and Hollywood.

The Guggenheim Museum The Museum of Modern Art 古根海姆博物馆 For lovers of painting, the best plan is to go to the Museum of Modern Art or the Guggenheim Museum

restaurant Restaurants can be found everywhere, and are open at all times of the day or night. There has always been a huge number of Italian, Chinese and Japanese restaurants, but now you can eat food from Thailand,Vietnam,India,Burma or the Philippines..

Try the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station for the best seafood in Manhattan 大中央车站

New York’s night life “the city that never sleeps” New York’s nightlife includes discos, like the Limelight, and night clubs, in fact, it’s easy to see why they call it “the city that never sleeps”.

Complete the column in New York with notes. Entertainment In New York sport Movies Jazz Madison Square Garden (basketball; boxing); Yankee stadium / Shea Stadium (baseball) Film forum (foreign and American movies) Greenwich Village (jazz club); Blue Note

Entertainment In New York Opera Theatre Museums Restaurants Night life Metropolitan Opera House Broadway; Central Park （open-air Shakespeare） Museum of Modern Art; Guggenheim Museum Food from all over the world Discos (Limelight) and night clubs

Infinitive(不定式) Find out the infinitive structure in the text. A great place to see the big names … To watch baseball, go to the Yankee Stadium … 作定语 作目的状语

The best plan is to go to the Museum of Modern Art … It’s easy to see why they call it “the city that never sleeps”. 作表语 作主语

Post-reading writing

Beijing

2008年北京举行了奥运会。因此很多外国人会来北京。请根据以下要点向外国人简单介绍北京。(80词左右) 1. 北京是中国的首都。 2 2008年北京举行了奥运会。因此很多外国人会来北京。请根据以下要点向外国人简单介绍北京。(80词左右) 1.北京是中国的首都。 2.北京人民非常友好。 3.北京是个非常漂亮的大城市，古色古香，有许多的名胜。（the Great Wall， the Summer Palace ， Tian’anmen Square……) 4.北京的食物非常美味，特别是北京烤鸭世界闻名。

Key Words people capital friendly old Beijing duck big places of interest delicious

Key sentences Beijing is the capital of China. It is a big and old city. It has many places of interest. People in Beijing are very friendly. The food in Beijing is very delicious. Beijing Duck is very famous.

Paragraph Beijing is the capital of China. It is a big and old city. It’s very beautiful. It has many places of interest, such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace, Tian’anmen Square and so on. People in Beijing are very friendly. The food in Beijing is very delicious. And Beijing Duck is very famous in the world.

Such a colorful life we have that we should love our life! Summary Such a colorful life we have that we should love our life!

2. Write a short passage about a city in China Homework: 1. Look for more information about New York on the internet. 2. Write a short passage about a city in China

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