2. Studying task of this class: Read the passage Sightseeing in London,try to understand the whole passage and then learn the language in it.

3. Keys to reading passages in the exercise papers: 56—59 ABDC 60—63 A DDA 68—71 BCAA 72—75 CBAB

4. New words revision sightseeing delight royal uniform splendid statue longitude navigation communism original thrill error pot

5. Can you name the following places? Big Ben

6. The Tower of London

7. Buckingham Palace Guards uniform

8. splendid St Paul ’ s Cathedral

9. Westminster Abbey

10. Windsor Castle

11. Buckingham Palace

12. Highgate Cemetery Karl Marx

13. (Using language)

14. Check your answers to the 5 Qs on p.24—25 in Chuangxinsheji

15. Task 2 Finish the exercise following the text

16. sites of Londoncomments Day 1 1 2 3 4 Day 2 Day 3 Tower (of London) delight St Paul’s Cathedral splendid and interesting Westminster Abby interesting Big Ben famous and very loud Greenwich famous and interesting Karl Marx’s statue strange that … British Museum thrilled

17. Thinking How is this passage organized? It is organized by time and her travel route, eg, her first delight…, there followed…, the second day, the last day, the next day…

18. Para.1 Worried about the time available, ZPY made a list of the sites she wanted to see in London. Her first delight was going to the Tower. … Fancy! This solid stone,square tower had remained standing for one thousand years. Although the buildings had expanded around it, it remained part of a royal palace and prison combined. To her great surprise, ZPY found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers who, on special occasions, still wore the 400-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I.available language study

19. Para2 There followed St Paul’s Cathedral built after the terrible fire of London in 1666. It looked splendid when first built! Westminster Abby, too, was very interesting. It contained statues in memory of dead poets and writers, such as Shakespeare. Then just as she came out of the abbey, PY heard the famous sound of the clock, Big Ben, ringing out the hour…. when first built

20. Para3&4 1.set the world time 2.It is an imaginary line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world. 3.It passed through Greenwich, so Py had a photo taken standing on either side of the line. 4.It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and died in London.should 5.…the old reading room was gone. but she was thrilled by so many wonderful treasures from different cultures displayed in the museum. 6.when she saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots and other objects on show, she felt very proud of her country. 7.leave London for Windsor Castle

21. 1.ZPY found the Queen’s jewels guarded by special royal soldiers. 2.So Py had a photo taken standing on either side of the line. 3.…you find Wales included as well. 4.you find most of population settled in the south. 5. PY heard the famous sound of the clock, Big Ben, ringing out the hour…. 6. She saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pots

22. Tickets are available at the box office. 1. available adj. 1) (sth.)that can be used 可用的；可得到的 This was the only available room. 2)(sb.) be free to seen 可会见的 I am available in the afternoon. He was not available for the interview.

23. 2)Unless____to speak, you should remain silent at the conference. A.invited B.inviting C.being invited D.having invited e.g:1) Generally speaking, ____ according to the directions, the drug has no side effect. A.when taking B. when taken C.when to take D. when to be taken 2. 省略句：结构中的主语与主名句的主语一致 时，可省略相同成分。

24. It is strange that he _________ so much about me. A.knows B. knew C.has known D. know e.g:You can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman (should) be so rude to a lady.