Unit 3 A Day out Reading 八年级牛津版 8A

1. 坐 / 乘船旅行 2. 经过 3. 玩得愉快 4. 保持健康 5. 美国总统 Revision take a boat trip go past have a great time keep fit the President of the USA

5. 塞纳河畔 6. 埃菲尔铁塔 7. 白宫 8. 悉尼歌剧院 10. 港湾大桥 by the River Seine the Eiffel Tower the White House the Opera House the Harbour Bridge

How much do you know about these places of interest ( 名胜 )? the Opera House the Eiffel Tower the White House Washington Sydney Paris France the USA Australia

Do you want to travel around the world in a day? Let’s go to the World Park in Beijing. What do you think of these places of interest?

The World Park

the pyramids

the Golden Gate Bridge

the Eiffel Tower

coach: a bus for taking people on long trips boring : not interesting a lot of traffic : lots of cars, buses, and trucks on roads highway : a main road between cities feel sick : not feel well at the beginning : ( 反义词） in the end Let’s read these useful expressions:

Fast reading

Try to match these sentences, please! 1.At the beginning of the trip, 2. When she arrived at the park, 3. When she was inside the park, A.she couldn’t believe her eyes, she thought the park is wonderful. B. Linda didn’t enjoy it and she felt sick. C. she became excited, she didn’t feel sick any more, she wanted to enjoy herself.

1.Did Linda and Kitty meet Mr Wu and other students at the bus stop? 2. Where did Linda see a lot of traffic, on the highway or on the city roads? 3. Did Linda see the Golden Gate Bridge from the coach at the gate of the park? 4. The best part was the song and dance parade, wasn’t it? No, she met them at the school gate. On the city roads. No, she saw the Eiffel Tower. Yes, it was.

Detailed Reading

Read the first paragraph and answer the questions: 1.Where did Linda go? 2.Who did she go with? 3.Did she enjoy the trip at the beginning? With Kitty’s class. To the World Park in Beijing. No, she didn’t.

Questions about the second paragraph: 1.Where did they meet? 2.How did they go there? 3.Did Linda feel well? Why or why not? At the school gate. By coach. No, she didn’t. Because there was a lot of traffic.She felt sick.

Questions about the third paragraph: 1.What did they see from the coach? 2.How did they feel? The Eiffel Tower. They felt excited.

1.Where were they ? 2. What was in the park? 3. How did Linda feel when she saw the Golden Gate Bridge ? In the park. There were over a hundred places of interest from all over the world. She couldn’t believe her eyes. She thought they were wonderful. Questions of the fourth and the fifth paragraphs

Questions about the rest parts of the text: 1.What’s the best part of that day? 2.Could Linda’s mother see the photos ? Why or why not? The song and dance parade. Yes. Because Daniel put his photos on the Internet for everyone to look at.

根据课文内容判断正误： 1.The letter is from Linda to her mother. 2.Linda traveled to the Park world with her classmates. 3.It was an exciting trip, but Linda didn’t enjoy it at first. T F T

根据课文内容判断正误： 4. It took them about three hours to get to the World Park from Kitty’s school. 5. The traffic was too heavy all the way, so Linda felt sick for the most of the trip. 6. They didn’t see anything from the coach when they arrived at the World Park. F F F

Listen and read the letter together. Then put the pictures in the correct order!

Fill in the blanks according to the text: It was October 25th. Mr Wu Linda to in their school trip to the World Park. It was a day. But they did not it at the. invited join great enjoy beginning

They at the school gate. Then they got on a. The trip about two hours by. It was. There was a lot of on the city roads but it got ________ when they were on the. Kitty and Linda felt for the most of the trip. met coach took coach boring traffic better highway sick

, they at the World Park. The sky was and everything was. They became very________. when they saw from the coach. It is of and really tall. When the coach, they all got off quickly. Kitty and Linda did feel sick _________. They just wanted to the park and. Finallyarrived blue beautifulexcited the Eiffel Tower mademetal stopped not go into enjoy themselves any more

Table 1Table 1 PlaceLinda saw at the school gate on the city roads at the gate of the World Park in the park a lot of traffic blue sky, the Eiffel Tower Kitty, Mr Wu, Kitty’classmates, a coach over 100 places of interest, the pyramids, the Golden Gate Bridge, the song and dance parade Listen to the tape and discuss the table:

Hi! I’m Linda at the school gate on the city roads on the highway at the gate of the World Park inside the park.

Discuss in groups: Talk about the place of interest you want to visit best. 1) where to go 2) when to go 3) how to go 4) why to go 5) what to see 6) how to feel Activity 1

1. 我们应该邀请他来参加我们的聚会。 2. 有好的开始才有好的结果。 3. 昨天我花了两小时完成作业。 4. 我们的课桌是由木头制成的。 5. 那孩子看到他妈妈之后再也不哭了。 Homework Translate the following sentences.