Unit 9 Have you ever been to an amusement park?

understand decide travel improve start 1. My English writing is good, but I need to _______ my listening skills. 2. I don’t __________. Could you explain that again, please? improve understand Fill in the blanks with the words given.

3. The children _______ watching the film at 2 o’clock and it hasn’t finished yet. 4. Have you _______ what you want to do after school? 5. He is a tour guide. He has _______ all over Europe. started decided traveled

Have you ever... ________ (student’ s name) ________ (student’s name) _______ (student’ s name) been to an amusement park? Interview three students in your class and complete the chart.

France: Paris The United States: New York Australia: Sydney Russia: Moscow

What do you know about the country? United Kingdom

France What do you know about the country?

Italy What do you know about the country?

America What do you know about the country?

Australia

Russia What do you know about the country?

Which countries do you want to visit? Why? Talk with your classmates, and write the information down. Country Reason AustraliaIt is beautiful. France... … …

What do you know about Singapore?

“ 狮头鱼尾 ” 雕像，它是新 加坡的象征和标志。

Singapore in Southeast ( 东南 ) Asia island

Made up: main island 63 small islands Area: square kilometres. Population: 3,437,300 (Chinese 76.2 ％, Malays 13.8 ％, Indians 8.3 ％, Others 1.7 ％ ) Introducing Singapore briefly

Read the first sentence of each paragraph. Guess: What aspects of Singapore does the article introduce?

Singapore language food seasons animals population position 方面

Singapore’s geographical position ( 地理位置 ) A small island (1) ________________ Language(s) people speak in Singapore (2) ______________ ____________ Food we can find in Singapore Chinese food, (3) __________________ _____ and Japanese food. in Southeast Asia Putonghua and English Indian food, western food I. 根据短文内容完成下面的表格

Name of the night zoo in Singapore (4) ___________ Temperature in Singapore It is (5) _________ _____ all year round. Night Safari almost the same

II. 请根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正 (T) 误 (F) 。 ( ) 1. Singapore is a small country in Southeast Asia, and more than three quarters of the population are Chinese. ( ) 2. For Chinese people, Singapore is a good place to take a holiday and practice English. T T

( ) 4. We can’t find any Japanese food in Singapore. ( ) 5. We can watch animals at night in Singapore. ( ) 3. We can find lots of Chinese food in Singapore, but it’s not easy to find dumplings there. T F F

( ) 6. We’d better see lions, tigers and foxes in the zoo at night because they’ll probably be awake. ( ) 7. Singapore is close to the equator, so we can visit it whenever we like — spring, summer, autumn or winter. T T

Complete the word map with the words from the reading. names of places animals seasons languages kinds of food China, Singapore, Southeast Asia, zoo, Night Safari lions, tiger, foxes summer, spring, autumn, winter Chinese, Putonghua, English rice, noodles, dumplings, Indian/Western/Japanese food → → → → →

The statements below are all false. Using information from the reading, write four true sentences. 1. Singapore is a big country in Europe. _________________________________ ________________ Singapore is a small (island / country) in Southeast Asia.

2. In Singapore, you can only find Japanese food. ______________________________ ____________ You can find many kinds of food in Singapore. 3. It’s better to see lions and foxes during the daytime because they’ll probably be awake. ________________________________ ________________________ It’s better to see lions and foxes at night when they are awake.

4. It’s best to visit Singapore in autumn. _______________________________ ___________________ You can visit Singapore at any time of year / in any season.

1. seem 的用法 “ 好像、似乎 ”, 其后加形容词。 He seems unhappy today. 他今天好像不高兴。 She seems sad. 她似乎很伤心。 Explanation

1) seem + (to be) + n. They seem (to be) doctors. 他们好像是医生。 2) seem + (to be) + 介词 It seems like years since I last saw Mr. Green. 从上次遇到格林先生, 好像已过了 许多年。

3) seem to do something. He seems to be happy. 他好像很高兴。 My mother seemed to know that. 我妈妈好像知道那件事。 4) It seems that + 从句 It seems that he is happy. = He seems (to be) happy. 他好像很快乐。

2. wonderful adj. 极好的 The weather was wonderfully warm. 天气暖洋洋的。 3. quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟 I've got to go in a quarter of an hour... 一刻钟以后我就得走了。 three quarters 四分之三

4. fear v. 害怕；担心 第三人称单数： fears 过去式： feared 过去分词： feared 现在分词： fearing Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be disrupted. 很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有 的生活方式遭到破坏。

5. excellent adj. 卓越的；极好的 You're an excellent student. 你是个优秀的学生。 6. wake v. 醒来；唤醒 第三人称单数： wakes 过去式： woke 过去分词： woken 现在分词： waking She went upstairs to wake John. 她上楼去叫醒 John 。

Write an ad for your hometown or for a place you have been to, including details about why people should visit it.