1. Unit 2 It’s wonderful town!
Module 8 On the town
Unit 2 It’s wonderful town!

2. Revise:

3. Teaching aims and demands:
Grasp the key words and key structure:
infinitive， be known for ，spend some time doing(重点)
To train reading strategies including taking notes, inferring , and reformulation (难点)
To identify information about a wonderful town

4. Match the pictures with the phrases.
nightlife
musical
Japanese
in the open air

5. Look at the photo and say what type of entertainment or sport you can see.
Basketball jazz movies…
Basketball: match, stadium
Jazz: concert, band
Movies: …

6. Read the passage. Which paragraph describes what you can see in the photo?

7. Complete the column In New York with notes.
Entertainment
In New York
Sport basketball
Movies
Jazz
Opera
Madison Square Garden (basketball; boxing); Yankee Stadium / Shea Stadium (baseball)
Film Forum (foreign and American movies)
Greenwich Village (jazz clubs); Blue Note
Metropolitan Opera House

8. Complete the column In New York with notes.
Entertainment
In New York
Theatre
Museums
Restaurants
Night life
Broadway; Central Park (open-air Shakespeare)
Museum of Modern Art; Guggenheim Museum
Food from all over the world
Discos (Limelight) and night clubs

9. Answer the questions.
① What do you think are the Bronx and the Battery? Where are they?
② Why does the writer say New York is probably the entertainment capital of the world?
The Bronx is a district in the north of Manhattan and the Battery is a park at the south.
Because it has so many different forms of entertainment.

10. ③ What do movies do with New York?
④ Why does the writer suggest spending a day in Central Park watching a play by Shakespeare in the open air?
⑤ Why does the writer say New York is “the city that never sleeps”?
They make New York the subject of the movie.
Because you can see famous actors from Broadway and Hollywood.
Because there is something to do all day and all night.

11. Now look at these sentences and underline any words which suggest opinions.
Try the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station for the best seafood in Manhattan.
① … fans can listen to the stars of today and tomorrow at the world – famous Blue Note.
② One of the most important things to see at Christmas is the Nutcracker.
③ Broadway is not just a street but an area of New York. There you can see some of the biggest and the best plays and musicals…

12. Difficult sentences:
1. Carnegle Hall is well-known for its concerts of all types of music, classical and modern.
be known for意思是“因……而闻名”，如：Hawaii is also known for its beauty of its countryside.类似的短语还有：be known as … 意思是“以……知名；被认为是……”; be known to …,意思是“为……所熟知”，如：
It has long been known as the best car in the world.
The use of gunpowder was known to the Chinese before the Europeans.

13. 2. Broadway is not just a street but an area of New York.

14. 3. If you ever come to New York in summer, remember to spend a day in Central Park watching a play by Shakespeare in the open air…
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15. Writing
Think about a town or city you know well. You’re going to write a passage about entertainment in your town or city.
● Complete the column In your town I Activity 3 with notes about the town or city you’ve chosen. Say what you can do and where.
Sport: No. 1 Sports Training School, Huashan Road, basketball, football

16. ● Write sentences using the notes you have written.
The place to watch basketball and football is No.1 Sports Training School in Huashan Road…
● Rewrite the sentences with some words which suggest opinions.
The best place in the whole province to watch the fututure stars of basketball and football is No.1 Sports Training School in Huashan Road …

17. Writing ● Start up your passage with the following sentence pattern.
… is probably the best place for…in…
● End up with:
It’s easy to see why they call… the town / city that…

18. Homework: Retell the dialogue as fluently as possible
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