P2 Reading and Vocabulary A Social Survey-My Neighbourhood M4

Words Review attractive hometown tourist sound rent pretty fortunate nuisance bother adj. 有吸引力的 n. 家乡 n. 旅游者 vi. 听起来 n. 租金 adv. 很，想当 adj. 幸运的，吉祥的 n. 令人讨厌的人或事 vt. 打扰，烦扰

Appreciation of a clip about Xiamen Lead-in 1

Guessing Game Which city is it according to the given hints?  Hint 1. It’s a coastal city, which is beautiful and clean.  Hint 2. It is located in Fujian province.  Hint 3. It enjoys the title of the National Garden City ( 国家园林城市 ).  Hint 4. It is famous for the Gulangyu Island. Xiamen. Lead-in 2

Xiamen

Xiamen is located in southeastern of Fujian, also in the west coast of Taiwan strait. More than 3 millions people live there. The area of Xiamen is 1569 square kilometers. The main body of it is the Xiamen island which is the fourth largest island in Fujian. Brief introduction to Xiamen

Planform 俯视图

It is said that Xiamen is a garden on the sea. The scenery is beautiful and the weather is pleasant. It is reported that Xiamen is one of the best national environment cities. Except the natural scenery, Xiamen’s urban environment is also neat. Travelling in Xiamen

Southern Putuo Temple 南普陀寺

Emplacement 胡里山炮台

Xiamen University 厦门大学

What do you know about it? Gulangyu Island 鼓浪屿

The villas on Gulangyu

Gulangyu landscape and famous scenery The Gulangyu scenic spot is composed of following several parts: Xiamen Underwater World Sunlight Rock Shuzhuang Garden Haoyueyuan And so on …

Xiamen Underwater World 厦门水世界

Sunlight Rock 日光岩

Shuzhuang Garden 菽庄花园

Haoyueyuan 皓月园

Objectives 1. To summarize the main idea of the passage 2. To understand some key sentences of the passage 3. To learn some useful words and expressions in the passage 4. To know the overview of Xiamen and to learn to describe your hometown

Words: fortunate bother hometown attractive pretty sound tourist nuisance rent Expressions: feel fortunate doing sth. put up walk around Patterns: It is/has been+ 时间段 +since 状语从句 This/It is the first /last time (that) …

To get general ideas

1. Which city does “A Lively City” refer to? Xiamen. Answer the questions. 2. How long haven’t John and Xiao Li seen each other? They haven’t seen each other for six years.

1. John Martin is visiting _____. (a) Xiao Li’s hometown (b) a town near where Xiao Li lives (c) a shopping mall 2. Xiao Li lives ______. (a) on the island of Gulangyu (b) in Xiamen (c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen 3. John and Xiao Li are _____. (a) at Xiao Li’s home (b) driving around the city in a car (c) on a train Choose the correct answers. P33 1

To get detailed information

1. John and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for six years. 2. John has never been to China before. 3. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. 4. There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. 5. There are a lot of new high-rise buildings on Gulangyu Island. 6. There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. True or false. 2

( ) There are a lot of high-rise buildings recently in the business district. ( ) The climate in Xiamen is pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter. ( ) There are a lot of tourists in summer. ( ) Gulangyu Island is a gorgeous island with really interesting architecture. It lies in the western part of this city. ( ) Xiamen is a city on the coast Put the sentences in the right order.

1. Fortunate means _______. A. sad B. lucky Choose the correct answers. 2. Pretty hot means _______. A. very hot B. too hot 3. Bother you means _____. A. amuse you B. give you problems 3

4. Nuisance means ______. A. amusing B. causing problems 5. Shopping mall means _____. A. shopping centre B. small shops 6. Gorgeous means _______. A. lovely B. boring 7. Starving means ______. A. very hungry B. excited

Xiamen (Xiao Li’s hometown) 1. The city 2. The people 3. Climate ________, interesting and lively _______ Pretty ___ in summer, ____ in winter. wet cold attractive friendly Fill in the charts.

4. Business district 5. Western district 6. Gulangyu Island lots of ___________ ________ have been put up; there are some great _____________ there are some pretty _____ ________, with some interesting architecture high-rise shopping malls buildings parks gorgeous

describe a place specialtyhistory place of interest people traffic location climate environment economy How to describe a place?

重难点句子分析

1. It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know. 要知道，我们六年没见面了。 时间状语从句 插入语 句型 “It is/ has been + 一段时间 + since 从句 ” 用法如下： ①当从句谓语动词为非延续性时, 表示这段时间从该 动作开始时算起，即 “ 自从做 …… 以来已经多久了 ” 。 ②当从句谓语动词为延续性时, 表示这段时间从动作 结束时算起, 即 “ 自从不做 …… 以来已经多久了 ” 。 ③从句通常用一般过去时。

2. And this is the first time I’ve visited your hometown. 而且这是我第一次来到你的家乡。 that 引导的定语从句， 在口语中常省略。 句式 “This/It is/was the first/second... last time + that 从句 ” 表示 “ 这是第 …… 次做某事 ” 。其 中， that 引导的是定语从句， that 在口语中常省 略。 that 从句的时态：若前面的 be 动词为 is ，从句 通常用现在完成时；若其为 was ，则从句用过去 完成时。

1. 他参军两年了。 It is two years since he joined the army. 2. 这是他第三次问同一个问题。 It was the third time that he had asked the same question.

activities

Give a description of your hometown, using the hints given below. Free talk location and area population landscape and rivers climate nature and environment history language and religion economy life and culture specialty ( 特产 ) local flavor ( 风味小吃 )

Now 2 mins to test our spelling. 1. English-Chinese hometown; bother; nuisance; fortunate 2. Chinese- English 吸引人的； 很，相当； 听起来； 旅游者，观光客； 租金 When finished, exchange to see who does the best.

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John is visiting Xiao Li’s __________, one of the most __________ cities on the coast. Xiao Li lives in the _________ of Xiamen. It’s very _____ and everyone is ________. It is ____ and ____ in summer, but quite _____ in winter. In summer, many ________ come to Xiamen. hometown tourists cold wet hot northwest friendly lively attractive Quiz I: Retell the passage. Quiz : Complete the passage with proper words, which will help you retell the text.

The business district where Xiao Li lives is very ________. There are a lot of newly built _________ _________ and great _________ _____, the western district is near the ________ and it has some pretty parks. You could also see the __________ island with some interesting ____________. architecture gorgeous harbour shopping malls high-rise buildings modern

Think about what we’ve just learnt in today’s class. Study without reflection is a waste of time. After the class It’s time we stop the class and reflect. It’s a time of silence in class.

课时重点回顾 It is/has been + 一段时间 +since 从句 自从不做 …… 至今已有（时间）了 This/It is the first/second…/last time (that) … 这是某人第几次做某事 sb. feel fortunate (in) doing sth. ( 某人 ) 因有机会做某事而感到幸运 put up 建造，搭起 walk around 到处走走

Homework 1. Read the passage again and review the new words and expressions. 2. Read the articles in Learning English. The more you read, the faster and better you’ll understand. When finished reading, write a summary in 100 words or so.