1. Where would you like to visit? Unit 7 Section B Period 3

2. Language Goal: 1. Express your likes and dislikes about travelling. 2. Learn to write a letter and ask for information about travel to a travel firm.

3. Brainstorm a list of things that are important to you when you go on vacation. 1 not too hot near the ocean

4. 2a Jeff has a summer job at a travel agency. Listen to the conversations and number the pictures. 1 2 3

5. Wants Doesn’t want Customer 1 to go somewhere warm Customer 2 Customer 3 2b Listen to the conversations again and complete the chart. to fly to go anywhere it’s cold to go to big cities to go somewhere that’s fun for kids to go on a nature tour

6. Tapescripts Woman1: Jeff, I have to go out for half an hour. Could you please answer the phone? Just take messages and I’ll call people back. Jeff: Sure. Hello, Ace Travel. Jeff Marino speaking. How may I help you? Woman2: I’d like some information on vacation packages, please. Jeff: My boss is out of the office for half an hour. Could she call you back? Woman2: Actually, I’d like to get some information now, if you wouldn’t mind…

7. Jeff: Oh, well, I guess it would be OK. So, where would you like to go? Woman2: Oh, I don’t know. Somewhere warm. Jeff: Somewhere warm… How about Hawaii? Woman2: Oh… no… I… I don’t like flying. Jeff: OK. Well, there’s always… Jeff: Hi, Ace Travel. Jeff Marino speaking. Man: Hello. I’d like to find out about your vacation packages. Jeff: Sure. What kind of vacation are you looking for?

8. Man: Well, I hope to go on a nature tour. Jeff: Well, we have a great whale watch tour. You might like that. Man: Hmm… It depends on where it is. I don’t want to go anywhere cold. Jeff: Hmmm… let’s see. Yes, we have a summer whale watch tour…

9. Jeff: Hi. Ace Travel. May I help you? Woman3: I hope so. I saw your advertisement for vacations in California. We’d like to go somewhere that’s fun for kids. Jeff: Fun for kids… hmmm… How about Los Angeles? Kids love visiting Hollywood. Woman3: Oh, but we don’t really like big cities. Jeff: See. Then maybe you’d enjoy…

10. I don’t want … Look at the chart above. Role play Jeff’s conversations PAIRWORK 2c Model A: Where would you like to go? B: I’d like to go somewhere warm. A: What else can you tell me? B: I don’t want …

11. Subject: vacation From: S.T. Zhang Dear Ace Travel, My family and I want to take a trip this summer somewhere in the east of China. I hope you can provide me with some information about the kinds of vacations that your firm can offer. We would like to travel to Read the e-mail message. 3a

12. an exciting place, and we don’t mind how far we have to go. It has to be a place where we can do lots of exercises; we especially love hiking and swimming, but any kind of exercise is fine. We also need to stay in an inexpensive hotel. It would be nice if our hotel had rooms with kitchens so we could save money by cooking our own meals. The room needs to be big enough for three people.

13. Also, we’d like to stay at a place with a big pool or somewhere near the ocean. Could you please give me some suggestions for vacation spots? Also, please let us know if it’s best to travel by plane, train or bus. We’d like to be away for about three weeks. Thank you very much. S.T. Zhang

14. 1.The person has a lot of money to spend on the vacation. ( ) 2.The person wants to relax on vacation. ( ) 3.The person is a man. ( ) 4.The person has children. ( ) 5.The person likes to swim. ( ) F F DK T Fill in the blanks with “T” (for true), “F” (for false), or “DK” (for don’t know).

15. 1. I hope you can provide me with some information about the kinds of vacations that your firm can offer. 我希望你能向我提供一些信息，就是有关你们公司 所提供的一些度假种类。 Explanation (1) I hope 后是一个宾语从句，这个宾语从句中又 包括了 “ that your firm can offer” 这个定语从句。

16. (2) provide v. 意为 “ 供给 ……, 提供 ……” 等, 常见 用法如下： The school will provide tents, but we must bring our own food. 学校会提供帐篷，但我们必须自己带食物。 e.g. 直接接宾语

17. provide sth. for sb.= provide sb. with sth. “ 提供给某人 ……” They provided food and clothes for the sufferers. =They provided the sufferers with food and clothes. 他们向受难者提供食物和衣服。 e.g.

18. They offered a new proposal. 他们提出了一个新的提案。 (3) 句中的 offer 是动词, 意为 “ 提供 ……” 等。 其主要用法如下： offer ＋ n. 提供，提出 …… e. g. offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb. “ 向 …… 提供 ……” 。 e. g. She offered him a cup of tea. 她给他一杯茶。 He offered his help to me. 他表示愿助我一臂之力。

19. He offered to help us. 他表示愿意帮助我们。 He offered to play soccer with us on Sunday. 他表示星期天愿意和我们一起踢足球。 offer to do. 主动要求做 …… e.g.

20. (1) exciting 是由动词 excite 变来的形容词, 我们称之为 “-ing 型形容词 ” 意为 “ 令人 …… 的 ” ，如 exciting “ 令 人兴奋的 ”; excited 也是动词 excite 变来的形容词，我们称之为 “- ed 型形容词 ” 意为 “ 人或物本身 …… 的 ” ，如 excited “ 兴奋的 ” 。 2. We would like to travel to an exciting place, and we don’t mind how far we have to go. 我们想去一个有趣的地方去旅行, 我们不在乎要去 多远的地方。

21. A travel to the sea is relaxing. 去海边旅游能令人放松。 e. g. I am relaxed after a travel from the sea. 去海边旅游后，我很放松。 (2) 句中的 mind 是动词，表示 “ 对 …… 介意, 反对 ” ，作 此意讲时， mind 常用于疑问句或否定句中，后面接名 词，副词或动词 “-ing 形式 ” 。 Do you mind my standing here? 你介意我站在这里吗？ e. g.

22. Complete the survey using words from the box and any other words. Then survey three students. Agree on the best place to go. 4PAIRWORK Model A: I’d like to go to Qufu. B: Why Qufu? A: Confucius was born there. It’s very educational.

23. relaxing exciting educational beautiful cold hot warm cool expensive crowded cheap An ideal place for a school trip You__________________ Qufu in Shandong The Great Wall in Beijing The Stone Forest in Yunnan educational

24. Imagine you work for Ace Travel Agency. Write an e- mail message to S.T. Zhang. Tell where you think he or she should go on vacation. ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— ——————————————————————— ———————————————————. HOMEWORK