Section B Period 1 (1a —1e)

Look at the following pictures. What qualities are important for each place?

restroom clean

park beautiful clean

mall inexpensive convenient safe

museum interesting quiet uncrowded

restaurant delicious, clean inexpensive

subway uncrowded clean

Match the adjectives with their opposites. ( Ⅰ ) ( Ⅱ ) 1. crowded A. safe 2. dangerous B. inexpensive 3. dirty C. big 4. expensive D. beautiful 5. small E. clean 6. ugly F. uncrowded

Talk about the places in your city, using the words above. A: The Fine Arts Museum is really interesting. B: Yes, and it’s beautiful, too.

A: The People’s Park in the middle of our city is really beautiful. B: Yes, and it’s interesting, too.

A: The food of the restaurant near our school is really delicious. B: Yes, and it’s inexpensive, too.

A: There are many books and magazines in the city library. B: Yes, and it’s clean and quiet, too.

Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3 The boy asks about _________, and the clerk tells him to go to Green Land. The girl asks about _______, and the clerk tells her to go to the corner of Market and Middle street. Listen and complete the sentences. restrooms museums The mother asks about _______. The father wants to go to a _______ museum. The young girl wants to go to a _______ museum. The boy wants to go to a ______ museum. The older girl wants to go to an ______ museum. The clerk suggests they go to the _______ museum. museums

Listen again and answer the questions. 1.

Role-play the conversations between the clerk and the tourists. A: Can you tell me where there’s a good place to eat? B: Of course. What kind of food do you like? A: …

Suppose you are a tourist. You talk with a local person to ask for information.

A: Can you tell me where there’s an interesting place to play? B: Of course. …

A: Can you tell me where there’s a good place to go shopping? B: Of course. …

A: Can you tell me where there’s a good place to read? B: Of course. …

Look at the map. Write five questions that a tourist might ask. Then role-play conversations with your partner.

1.Excuse me, could you tell me where the bank is, please? Sure. It’s on the Third Avenue. Go along the Pine Street and then turn left to the Third Avenue. The bank is opposite the bus stop.

2. Excuse me, could you tell me where the museum is? Of course. It’s at the Oak Street. You can cross the park to get to Oak Street.

3. Excuse me, could you tell me where the restaurant is? 4. Excuse me, could you tell me where the library is? 5. Excuse me, could you tell me where the theater is?

1. convenient adj. 便利的；方面的 Online shopping is both cheap and convenient. 网上购物既便宜又方便。 The family thought it was more convenient to eat in the kitchen. 这家人认为在厨房吃饭更方便。 Internet makes it convenient for us to get in touch with each other. 互联网使得我们相互联系方便了。 Language points

be convenient for / to sb. 对某人来说方便 It is not convenient for me to ring him up. 我现在不方便给他打电话。 在你方便的时候请来看我们。 误 : Please come to see us when you are convenient. 正 : Please come to see us when it is convenient for you.

It is very convenient to travel by underground. ( 改为感叹句 ) _________ _________ it is to travel by underground! How convenient

(2014 武汉英语一模考试 ) --- Recently, there are many thieves here, so you should put your valuable things in a ______ place. --- Thank you, I will. A. beautiful B. convenient C. safe D. dangerous C

Traveling around big cities by taxi can cost a lot of money, but it's usually _____ to take the underground to most places. A. amazing B. expensive C. convenient D. exciting (2012 山东东营市 ) It’s very convenient ______ us to buy train tickets now because we can buy them either from the station or on the Internet. A. to B. of C. by D. for C D

2. corner n. 拐角；角落 She waved to me as she turned the corner. 她拐弯时向我挥了挥手。 There's a grocer's at the corner of the street. 在街道的转弯处有一个食品杂货店。 The news soon spread to the farthest corner. 消息很快传到最远的角落。

drive sb. into a corner 逼得某人走投无路 turn a corner 拐过街角 around the corner 在拐角处, 在近处, 即将来到 in the corner 在角落里 ( 在建筑物内部 ) on / at the corner 在拐角处 ( 在建筑物 外部 )

在街道的拐角处有个邮局。 一个女孩坐在房间的角落里。 There is a post office at the corner of the street. A girl sat in the corner of the room.

Ⅰ. 用所给词的适当形式填空 1. He met many strange people and learned lots of _________ (interest) things during the vacation. 2. The scene in Guilin is _________ (real) beautiful. 3. There are few people in the street. It’s _______ (crowd). interesting really uncrowded

4. The clothes in this store are _______ (expensive). Anybody can afford them. 5. Can you tell me where there’s a good place _______ (go) sightseeing? 6. It's too noisy here; let's find a little ________ (quiet) place to chat. inexpensive to go quieter

1.I live right next to a supermarket. It’s very _________. 2. I find stamps ___________. I’ve been collecting them for many years. 3. Mr. Tan makes the best noodles in town. They’re ___________! beautiful safe delicious convenient fascinating convenient delicious II. 选词填空 fascinating

4. The Fine Arts Museum is both __________ and interesting. 5. Put your wallet in a _________ place. safe beautiful safe delicious convenient fascinating beautiful

III. 补全对话, 每空一词 A: 1) _______ me. Could you tell me 2) _____ there is a good museum in Sanville? B: Well, we have several. What 3) ______ of museums do you like, history, science or a computer museum? A: Our kids don’t like science museums or history museums, but we like science and history. Excuseif kind

B: How 4) ______ the computer museum? There are a lot of fun things for children there. You can learn all about science as well as the history of computers. A: That’s a great 5) _______! We’ll go to the computer museum. 6) _______ do we get there? B: You can take the No. 1 bus. A: Thanks a lot. B: You’re welcome. about idea How

Our city is very beautiful and convenient. It has something for everyone. If you’re looking for bookstores, there is a very big one in our city. It is called Xinhua Bookstore. Write a guide to your city or town.

There are lots of big malls in which you can buy many kinds of beautiful and inexpensive goods. If you love good food, you can find it at Nanmenkou where the food is both delicious and cheap. Welcome to our city.