1. 9A Unit 1 Two cities in China

2. Asia

3. Free Talk Have you ever visited a big city before?
How well do you know about the city?
Would you like to visit it again one day?

4. China is beautiful!

5. Chinese Kung fu

6. Chinese paper cut

7. dragon dance

8. Chinese Opera

9. the gate of the heavenly peace
Tian’anmen Square
Li River

10. Chinese Knot

11. the Bund
the Terracotta Warriors

12. chopsticks

13. the ancient city of Beijing

14. Some exchange students are coming to China
Some exchange students are coming to China. They want to visit Beijing and Guilin. They want to know as much information as they can get before their visit. Can you and your partner help them?

15. Skimming
1.What places of interest in Beijing does Wei Ke introduce to us?
2.What places of interest in Guilin does Mei Fang introduce to ue?

16. b e d f c a 1. emperor ____ a pay some money to use
something for a short time
2. attraction ____ b the ruler of a country or
several countries
3. wonder ____ c a large hole in the side of a
hill or under the ground
4. lie ____ d something that fills you
with surprise
5. cave ____ e an interesting place to go
6. hire ____ f be in a place b e d f c a

17. Pre-reading the Summer Palace
Task one: Let’s visit places of interest , Let’ see what they are
the Great Wall
the Summer Palace

18. pagoda
a natural landscape
man-made lake

19. the Great Wall
the Olympic Centre
the Summer Palace
the Forbidden City
the Tian’anmen Square
In the middle of the ancient city of Beijing is the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City.
The Palace Museum, also called the Forbiden City, is in the middle of the ancient city.

20. the Forbidden City
emperor
dynasty

21. Tian’anmen Square 21

22. the raising of the national flag

23. Task two:
Which place of interest do you like best?

24. Read the text for details:
Read the first part “Welcome to Beijing” and try to match the
name with the correct information.
Some emperors of the Qing dynasty spent their summers there.
We can go there to watch the raising of the national flag.
It was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived.
It was used to protect the northern border of China in the past.
The Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
The Summer Palace
The Great Wall

25. raising of the national flag
Task Two : Reading and judging F
( ) 1 Beijing is in southern China.
( ) 2 Tian’anmen Square is close to the
Forbidden City.
( ) 3 The Great Wall was built
around the Forbidden City.
( ) 4 Tourists can watch the a chinese-style garden at tian’anmen square
( ) 5In the north-east of Beijing is the Summer Palace
northern T F
across northern China. F
raising of the national flag
T: Boys and girls! Today we visit Bejing and Guilin together.(今天我们一 起参观了北京和桂林) Do you like our trip? （喜欢我们的旅行吗？） Do you remember something about the two cities? （还记得一些关 于这两个地方的知识吗？）Look at the sentences and tell me if they are T or F. （告诉我这些句子是否是正确的）
1. Beijing is in southern China It’s false. Beijing is in northern China.
2. Tian’anmen Square is close to the Forbidden City It is true.
3. The Great Wall was built around the Forbidden City It is false. The Great Wall was built across northern China.
4. The Reed Flute Cave is in eastern Guilin It is false. The Reed Flute Cave is in north-west Guilin.
5. You can find nice rocks in the cave It is true.
6. We can take a boat trip along Li River. It is true. F
north-west

26. the raising of the national flag.
Task two: Guess:
Tian’ an men
Square
We can go there to watch
the raising of the national flag.

27. It was the place
where the emperors of
the Ming and Qing
dynasties lived.
The
Forbidden
City

28. In the past, some emperors
spent the
summer there.
The
Summer
Palace

29. It was used to protect the
northern border
of China in the past.
The Great Wall

30. Task three:
Read and answer
The First Place
Forbidden City:

31. The Forbidden City
1.Where is the Forbidden City?
____________________
2.Who used to live there?
________________
3. What is it used for now?
_____________________
4. What can people enjoy there?
_________________________________
The Forbidden City is at the centre of Beijing.
The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.
It is now used as a museum.
Wonderful buildings and art treasures inside.

32. Tian’anmen Square

33. Tian’anmen Square Is it the biggest square in the world?
_______________
2. Which ceremony(仪式）
can we see there?
___________________
Yes, it is.
We may watch the raising of the national flag.

34. the Summer Palace

35. The Summer Palace The Summer Palace is located in
the ___________ of Beijing. It is
a ____________ garden.
The emperors used to spend
_________ there.
north-west
Chinese-style
summer

36. The Fourth
Place
the Great wall

37. _______________________
The Great Wall
The Great Wall runs
_______________________
across _________ China. There are __________ every few hundred metres. The Great Wall has a history of over __________ years.
It is one of some ________of the world.
more than 6,000 kilometers
northern
watchtowers
2000
wonders

38. Task one: Fill in the blanks with the right words
Post-reading
Task one: Fill in the blanks with the right words
Beijing is the capital of China. There are many p______ of interest in Beijing. such as the Forbidden City, Tian’anmen Square and the Summer Palace. The e______ of the Ming and Qing d_______ used to live in the Fordidden City and many things will a_______ you if you visit there. Every morning many people g______ on the Tian’anmen Square to watch the r______ of the n______ flag. The Summer Palace lies in the n________ of Beijing. It’s set in a n_________ landscape. As one of the w_________, the Great Wall is another famous a___________, which r_____ for over 6000 kilometers.
laces
mperors
ynasties
ttract
ather
aising
ational
orth-west
atural
onders
ttraction
uns

39. Kevin is asking Daniel about Beijing
Kevin is asking Daniel about Beijing. Complete their conversation with the words in the box.

40. dynasties gather museum palace raising summer wonders
Kevin: Have you ever visited the Palace
Museum, Daniel?
Daniel: Yes, of course. It was a ① ______ for
two ② _________. Twenty-four
Chinese emperors once lived there.
Kevin: Can we go inside the Palace Museum?
Daniel: Certainly. It’s now open to the public
as a ③ _________.
palace
dynasties ④
museum

41. dynasties gather museum palace raising summer wonders
Kevin: The Summer Palace was also a palace
for the emperors in the past, wasn’t it?
Daniel: Yes. It was a nice place for the
emperors to spend the ④ _________.
Kevin: Have you ever seen the ⑤ _______ of
the national flag?
Daniel: Yes, I have. A lot of tourists like to ⑥
________ in Tian’anmen Square
early in the morning to watch it.
summer
raising ④
gather

42. dynasties gather museum palace raising summer wonders
Kevin: What about the Great Wall? Have you
ever been there?
Daniel: Sure. As an old saying goes, “He who
has never been to the Great Wall is
not a true man.” It’s one of the
⑦ _________ of the world. ④
wonders

44. The Reed Flute Cave (芦笛岩)
Art Palace of Nature

45. 1. Where is Guilin?
2. What can we enjoy in Guilin?
It’s in southern China.
We can enjoy the Reed Flute Cave and the beauty of the Lijiang River.

46. 1. Where does Guilin lie?
2. Why do many tourists come to visit
Guilin?
It lies on the two sides of the Lijiang River.
Because of its fantastic landscape.

47. 3. Are the mountains around Guilin the
same?
4. Where is the Reed Flute Cave?
No. The mountains stand in different shapes.
In the north-west of the city.

48. 5. What is amazing in this underground
cave?
6. What is the cave praised as?
There are so many rocks in unusual shapes-- some hang down, and others point upwards.
It is praised as the “Art Palace of Nature”.

49. 7. How can we enjoy the beauty of the
Lijiang River?
8. If I want to travel around the
countryside, how should I do?
Take a boat trip.
Hire a bike and ride around the countryside.

50. The next day, Kevin is telling his friend Chris about Guilin
The next day, Kevin is telling his friend Chris about Guilin. However, some of the details are wrong. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.

51. 1. Guilin is in eastern China. _____
2. Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape _____
3. The Reed Flute Cave is in the south-east of Guilin _____
4. You can find amazing rocks inside the Reed Flute Cave _____ F T F T

52. 5. You can take a boat trip along the Lijiang River. _____
6. You need to buy a bicycle to ride around the countryside. _____ T F

53. Fill in the blanks according to the passage
Guilin in the south of China, it l______ on the two sides of Li River. All around the city, mountains stand in d_______ shapes. In the north-west of the city is the Reed Flute Cave. In this u_________ cave, there are a lot of w_______ rocks in strange shapes. It is great fun to c_______ around the city. You can take a b____ trip along Li River. You can also enjoy yourselves by h________ a bicycle and r_______ around the countryside.
ies
ifferent
nderground
onderful
ycle
oat
iring
iding

54. Discussion
Kevin wants to make notes of the two cities. Help him complete his notes.

55. Beijing The Palace Museum: in the _________ of the middle
ancient city, wonderful
buildings and
______________.
Tian’anmen Square: the _________ city
square in the world, the
raising of the
________________.
middle
art treasures
biggest
national flag

56. The Summer Palace: in the ___________ of
Beijing, a large
Chinese _______ set in a
natural landscape.
The Great Wall: over ___________ across
northern China, was first
built more than _______
years ago.
north-west
garden
6,000 km
2,000

57. Guilin Location: on the two sides of the _____________
What to see: _________ stand in different
shapes; the Reed Flute Cave,
an _____________ cave with
___________ in unusual shapes.
What to do: take a ___________ along the
Lijiang River; hire a bicycle
and ride around the __________.
Lijiang River
mountains
underground
many rocks
boat trip
countryside

58. Debate
Suppose you will have a chance to travel around with your classmates, but you
haven’t decided which city to go to, so now please debate with your classmates.
Discuss in groups of four.
Make a choice between Beijing and Guilin.
You may begin with this:
StudentA: Which city do you like better?
StudentB: I like ….better because ……( show at least 2 reasons)
Student C: You said you like ….better, while I think I like……
better because…. (show at least 2 reasons)

59. Introduce China
Suppose you are the guide and your deskmate is an exchange student. Please make up a conversation to help make a plan for the student's one-day visit in Beijing.

60. Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.60

61. Homework:
1.Write a short passage to introduce some other famous places in China.
2.Find some information about other
cities in China.