7B Unit 4 Finding your way Welcome to the unit & Comic strip

The weekend is coming, where are you going this weekend? I am going to Shanghai this weekend, but I don’t know the way, what should I take to help me find my way? But I don’t know the directions in the map very well, so I can’t read the map, can you help me?

Let’s learn the directions（方向）. north north-east north-west east west south-west south south-east a map of China

Task1: N W E S Give a helping hand east east east south east south north west south west south east west south west

Task2: tell the directions of the provinces(省) North North-west North-east West East Tibet [tɪ'bet] South-west South-east South Shanxi is west of Jiangsu.

Task3: A:Is there a …near your house? B:Yes, It’s…of my house. cinema A: How do you usually go there? B: I usually go there by/on….. shopping mall zoo park cinema my house supermarket hospital Post office Task3: sports centre

Task4: Sunshine zoo Sunny Garden 2 1 6 7 Sunshine Lake Sunshine Park

Task5: Where are they going for a class trip? Simon and Daniel are talking about the trip. Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Where are they going for a class trip? Where’s the zoo? How will they get there? They are going to the Sunshine Zoo. It’s north of the school. They will get there by bus.

( ) (get to) We'll take the bus there.

Plan your group trip for this weekend Task6: Plan your group trip for this weekend 小组讨论，组长汇报 Where will you go? (name, direction方向) When will you go there? How far is it from your school? How will you get there? What are you going to do there?

Task7: Make a dialogue to talk about your plan for the weekend. A: Where are we going this weekend? B: We’re going to…….. A: Where is…….? Is it far away from our school? B: Yes/No, it’s………, about………away A: How will we go there? B: We will get there by…/we will take…there. A: What can we do there? B: We can ……

1.What are Hobo and Eddie doing? Listen and answer 1.What are Hobo and Eddie doing? They are finding their way. 2.Does Hobo really know the way? No, he doesn’t. 3. Is Eddie afraid of going up again? Yes, he is.

Fill in the blanks: Eddie and Hobo are g_______ on their trip. Eddie doesn’t know the w______. Hobo thinks he k______ it because there’s a path b______ the hills. He tells Eddie not to be a_______. Eddie goes d_________ the hills with Hobo. But they h______ to go up again. When Eddie h______ this, he’s almost mad.(疯的) oing ay nows etween fraid own ave ears

Act it out

Write a short passage about your hometown Task8: Can you use what we learned today to show us around your hometown? what are around your hometown, where are they? How far is it? How do you usually get there? What do you often do there? Write a short passage about your hometown

Example: My hometown is in…..,there are many interesting places here. North/South/West/East of my home is a…../There is a….. north/south/west/east of my home, it is far/not far away from my home, it is about….away, I often go there by…/I often take a…there, I can do/see…...in it, I always have a good time there.(至少写两个地方) I enjoy my life here. I hope you can come and visit my hometown soon.

Homework: 1. Read the dialogues on P42-43 fluently. 2. Finish the exercises on your exercise book. 3. Preview reading.