P2Reading and Vocabulary

A Social Survey-My Neighbourhood

M4

Words Review

attractivehometown

touristsound

rentpretty

fortunatenuisance

bother

adj. 有吸引力的n. 家乡n. 旅游者vi. 听起来n. 租金adv. 很，想当adj. 幸运的，吉祥的n. 令人讨厌的人或事vt. 打扰，烦扰

Appreciation of a clip about Xiamen

Lead-in 1

Guessing Game

Which city is it according to the given hints?

Hint 1. It’s a coastal city, which is beautiful and clean.Hint 2. It is located in Fujian province.Hint 3. It enjoys the title of the National Garden City (国家园林城市 ).Hint 4. It is famous for the Gulangyu Island.

Xiamen.Lead-in 2

Xiamen

Xiamen is located in southeastern

of Fujian, also in the west coast of Taiw

an strait. More than 3 millions people li

ve there. The area of Xiamen is 1569 sq

uare kilometers. The main body of it is t

he Xiamen island which is the fourth la

rgest island in Fujian.

Brief introduction to Xiamen

Planform俯视图

It is said that Xiamen is a garden on the sea. The scenery is beautiful and the weather is pleasant. It is reported that Xiamen is one of the best national environment cities.Except the natural scenery, Xiamen’s urban environment is also neat.

Travelling in Xiamen

Southern Putuo Temple 南普陀寺

Emplacement胡里山炮台

Xiamen University厦门大学

What do you know a

bout it?

Gulangyu Island鼓浪屿

The villas on Gulangyu

Gulangyu landscape and famous scenery

The Gulangyu scenic spot is composed

of following several parts:

Xiamen Underwater World

Sunlight Rock

Shuzhuang Garden

Haoyueyuan

And so on …

Xiamen Underwater World厦门水世界

Sunlight Rock日光岩

Shuzhuang Garden菽庄花园

Haoyueyuan皓月园

Objectives

1. To summarize the main idea of the passage2. To understand some key sentences of the passage3. To learn some useful words and expressions in the passage4. To know the overview of Xiamen and to learn to describe your hometown

To get

general ideas

1. Which city does “A Lively City” refer to?

Xiamen.

Answer the questions.

2. How long haven’t John and Xiao Li

seen each other?

They haven’t seen each other for six

years.

1. John Martin is visiting _____. (a) Xiao Li’s hometown (b) a town near where Xiao Li lives (c) a shopping mall2. Xiao Li lives ______. (a) on the island of Gulangyu (b) in Xiamen (c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen3. John and Xiao Li are _____. (a) at Xiao Li’s home (b) driving around the city in a car (c) on a train

Choose the correct answers.P331

To get

detailed information

1. John and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for six years.

2. John has never been to China before.3. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast.4. There are very few tourists in the

northwest of Xiamen.5. There are a lot of new high-rise

buildings on Gulangyu Island.6. There are some interesting buildings

on Gulangyu Island.

True or false.2

( ) There are a lot of high-rise buildings recently in the business district.( ) The climate in Xiamen is pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter.( ) There are a lot of tourists in summer.( ) Gulangyu Island is a gorgeous island with really interesting architecture. It lies in the western part of this city.( ) Xiamen is a city on the coast.

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Put the sentences in the right order.

1. Fortunate means _______.

A. sad B. lucky

Choose the correct answers.

2. Pretty hot means _______.

A. very hot B. too hot

3. Bother you means _____.

A. amuse you

B. give you problems

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4. Nuisance means ______.

A. amusing B. causing problems

5. Shopping mall means _____.

A. shopping centre B. small shops

6. Gorgeous means _______.

A. lovely B. boring

7. Starving means ______.

A. very hungry B. excited

Xiamen (Xiao Li’s hometown)

1. The city

2. The people

3. Climate

________, interesting and lively

_______

Pretty ___ in summer, ____ in winter.

wetcold

attractive

friendly

Fill in the charts.

4. Business district

5. Western district

6. Gulangyu Island

lots of ___________ ________ have been put up; there are some great _____________

there are some pretty _____

________, with some interesting architecture

high-rise

shopping malls

buildings

parks

gorgeous

describe a place

specialtyhistory

place of interest people

traffic

location climate environment

economy

How to describe a place?

重难点句子分析

1. It’s been six years since we last saw

each other, you know.

要知道，我们六年没见面了。

时间状语从句插入语

句型“ It is/ has been + 一段时间 + since 从句”用法如下：① 当从句谓语动词为非延续性时 , 表示这段时间从该动作开始时算起，即“自从做……以来已经多久了”。② 当从句谓语动词为延续性时 , 表示这段时间从动作结束时算起 , 即“自从不做……以来已经多久了”。③ 从句通常用一般过去时。

2. And this is the first time I’ve visited

your hometown.

而且这是我第一次来到你的家乡。

that 引导的定语从句，在口语中常省略。

句式“ This/It is/was the first/second ... lasttime + that 从句”表示“这是第……次做某事”。其中， that 引导的是定语从句， that 在口语中常省略。 that 从句的时态：若前面的 be 动词为 is ，从句通常用现在完成时；若其为 was ，则从句用过去完成时。

1. 他参军两年了。It is two years since he joined the army.

2. 这是他第三次问同一个问题。It was the third time that he had asked t

he same question.

activities

Give a description of your hometown, using the hints given below.

Free talk

location and area populationlandscape and rivers climatenature and environment historylanguage and religion economylife and culture specialty ( 特产 )local flavor ( 风味小吃 )

Now 2 mins to test our spelling.1. English-Chinese hometown; bother; nuisance; fortunate2. Chinese- English 吸引人的； 很，相当； 听起来； 旅游者，观光客； 租金

When finished, exchange to see who does the best.

Individual activity

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John is visiting Xiao Li’s

__________, one of the most __________

cities on the coast. Xiao Li lives in the

_________ of Xiamen. It’s very _____

and everyone is ________. It is ____

and ____ in summer, but quite _____ in

winter. In summer, many ________

come to Xiamen.

hometown

tourists

cold

wethot

northwest

friendlylively

attractive

Quiz I: Retell the passage.Quiz : Complete the passage with proper words, which will help you retell the text.

The business district where Xiao Li

lives is very ________. There are a lot of

newly built _________ _________ and

great _________ _____, the western

district is near the ________ and it has

some pretty parks. You could also see

the __________ island with some

interesting ____________.architecture

gorgeous

harbour

shopping mallshigh-rise buildings

modern

Think about what we’ve just learnt in today’s class.

Study without reflection is a waste of time.

After the class

It’s time we stop the class and reflect. It’s a time of silence in class.

课时重点回顾It is/has been + 一段时间 +since 从句自从不做……至今已有（时间）了This/It is the first/second…/last time (that) … 这是某人第几次做某事sb. feel fortunate (in) doing sth. ( 某人 ) 因有机会做某事而感到幸运put up 建造，搭起walk around 到处走走

Homework

1. Read the passage again and review

the new words and expressions.

2. Read the articles in Learning English.

The more you read, the faster and

better you’ll understand. When

finished reading, write a summary in

100 words or so.