2. Can you guess where it is? It is Babylon. (The capital of the King of Babylon and the biggest city in the ancient world.) A

3. Are the sights beautiful? What is it called? It is called the Hanging Garden of Babylon. 巴比伦空中花园 It is one of the ancient Seven Wonders in the world.

4. 1.People from Media sent the young princess of Babylon a special gift. 2.The new Queen of Babylon didn’t miss her home at all. 3.The King of Babylon picked a lot of flowers to please his Queen. More practice A1 Listen to the story and decide whether the following statements are T (True) or F (False). F F F

5. 4. The garden was huge with many levels. 5. It took the builders several years to finish building the garden. 6. The Queen felt sad when she sat in the Garden. T T F More practice A1 Listen to the story and decide whether the following statements are T (True) or F (False).

6. 1What did Media send the King of Babylon as a special gift? 2What was the Queen’s only desire? 3What gave the King the idea of building a garden? A young princess. To see her home again. The flowers on the path near his palace.

7. 4What did the King draw for the garden? 5What did the garden make the Queen think of? He drew a picture of the garden. It made her think of the smells and sights of her home.

8. Let’s enjoy one of the ancient Seven Wonders in the world The Hanging Garden of Babylon

9. 英国皇家植物园，全名为 Royal Botanic Garden, Kew ，被大家简称为 Kew Garden 。 Kew 是地名。 Kew Garden 地处伦敦西南 B Can you guess where it is? It is Kew Royal Gardens. 英国皇家植物园

10. Kew Royal Gardens Location: In the ____ Purpose: Used to be a ____________. Today, a ______ _________ and a _______ for flowers and plants. B1 Read the article about Kew Royal Garden and complete the notes on the next page. UK private garden public attraction museum

11. Features: Has a surprising number of ______ and a large variety of displays. Has many huge ______ ________ and other buildings such as ___ ______ and modern exhibition centres. Highlight: A large _______ tower. A tree-top wooden _______. B1 Read the article about Kew Royal Garden and complete the notes on the next page. flowers green houses old cottages Chinese bridge

12. 1. What kind of/ garden/ Kew Garden? 2. How many/ visitors/come/ every year? 3. What/can/visitors/see/Kew Gardens 4. How large/Kew Gardens? 5. Why/flowers/keep/greenhouses 6. How/ visitors/ enjoy good views/ the Gardens? Gardens? B2 Work in pairs.S1 is the tour guide and tells S2 what Kew Garden like?S2 asks questions. S2 can use the following expressions to help you. Then change roles.

13. B3 Write a brief introduction of Kew Garden as a notice for visitors. Use the outline in B 1 and questions in B 2 to help you.

14. Underline the useful phrases according to the Chinese. 送给 …… 一份特别礼物 尽力去做在小路上 改变 …… 的主意 最后充满 把 …… 变成 对 …… 惊讶 …… 的数量 踩在 send sb. a special gift try hard to do on the path change one’s mind at last be filled with turn … into be surprised at the number of set foot on

15. Using tables to give information. Sometimes it is better to give information in tables than to write it out in sentences or paragraphs. Information given in tables is often easier to understand. A Simon gives a report on the results of a survey on TV viewing habits. Read the first part of the report and the table below and answer the questions.

16. agesaverage hours every night favourite show favourite show6-102cartoons 11-152.5 music programmes

17. B Read the last part of Simon’s report, and make a table containing Simon’s information. Use these notes to help you. Give the table a short title. Decide how many columns you will need. Give each column a short title. Put in the figures.

18. 2) Review the unit. 1) Do exercises in Book B. Homework:Homework: