Lesson 2 Meet You in Beijing Unit 1 A Trip to the Silk Road Lesson 2 Meet You in Beijing

Think about it! • Have you ever been to Beijing? What do you know about the Terra Cotta Warriors? Do you want to take a trip to Beijing?

What do you know about Beijing? the Great Wall the Palace Museum Water Cube /kjub/ Bird’s Nest /nest/

Peking Roast Duck /rəust/ Cross Talk

Can you say the numbers? A: five thousand B: six hundred C: and thirty-four D: 5, 634 (in Chinese) A: one thousand B: one hundred C: and fourteen D: 1, 114 (in Chinese) A: two thousand B: four hundred C: and nine D: 2, 409 (in Chinese)

Talking about distance (距离): Canada is far from China. How far is Beijing? How far is it from here to Beijing? It’s about one thousand six hundred kilometres.

From To Distance (k.) China Canada 8500 Edmonton Shijiazhuang 9600 Beijing 278 Beihai Nanning 201 A: How far is it from … to …? B: It’s (about) … kilometre(s).

Words and expressions exciting adj.使人激动的 along prep. 沿着…… kilometre n.千米，公里 special adj. 特别的；专门的 culture n. 文化；文明 arrive v.到达；抵达 Terra Cotta Warrior 兵马俑 leave v.动身；出发；离开

objectives To understand the text To use the following expressions correctly: How far is it from…to…? It’s about…kilometre(s).

Subject: plan for the trip To: jenny@compmail.ca From: liming@net.cn Date: 01/03 9:08 p.m. Subject: plan for the trip Hi Jenny， How exciting! You and Danny will come to China and see the Silk Road with us! We will travel along the Silk Road together.

Wang Mei and I will meet you in Beijing. Our first stop will be Xi’an Wang Mei and I will meet you in Beijing. Our first stop will be Xi’an. How far is it from Beijing to Xi’an? It’s about 1 114 kilometres. This trip will be very special. The Silk Road is about 6 500 kilometres long! But we don’t have enough time to see it all. We can only see part of it. We’ll learn about the history and culture of China along the way.

I will send you the school’s plan for our trip. Your friend, Li Ming Plan for the Trip Days 1-2 Arrive in Beijing and take a train to Xi'an Days 3-4 Visit Xi’an and the Terra Cotta Warriors Days 5-6 See Lanzhou and the Yellow River Days 7-8 Visit Dunhuang Days 9-10 Come back to Beijing and leave Beijing

Dig In Can you say these numbers? 1 114 one thousand one hundred (and) fourteen 6 500 six thousand (and) five hundred

21 22 30 40 50 60 90 twenty-one twenty-two thirty forty fifty sixty ninety

100 one hundred 1000 one thousand 10000 ten thousand 120 one hundred (and) twenty 234 two hundred (and) thirty-four 505 five hundred and five one thousand eight hundred (and) ninety-six 4903 four thousand nine hundred and three 6001 six thousand and one twenty-six thousand one hundred and two

100 1000 10000 one hundred one thousand ten thousand one hundred (and) twenty 120 234 505 1896 4903 6001 26102 two hundred (and) thirty-four five hundred and five one thousand eight hundred (and) ninety-six four thousand nine hundred and three six thousand and one twenty-six thousand one hundred and two

Language notes: 1. hundred, thousand 前面有具体数字时,不加“s”. 2. 十位与个位之间可以用连字符, 也可不用。 3. 一般情况下, 百位与十位之间用and, 也可不用。但如果十位上是零要用and。 4. 千位与百位之间不用and, 但如果百位上是零 要用and。

Language points

1. How exciting！多么激动人心啊！ The football match is very exciting. 那场足球赛很令人兴奋。 excited作形容词，意为“兴奋的；激动的”，常用 来修饰人。 They are so excited to see their friends again. 又见到他们的朋友们，他们非常兴奋。

The news is so _____________. Li Ming is so ____________. exciting 即学即练 The news is so _____________. Li Ming is so ____________. exciting excited

2. You and Danny will come to China and see the Silk Road…. come to 来到，到达 arrive in/at 来到，到达 They will arrive in China on March 5. (in 后面跟较大的地方 He arrives at the part at 10 a.m. （at 后面跟较小的地方） We come to Lanzhou tomorrow. We _______ _____ Lanzhou tomorrow. arrive in

3. We will travel along the Silk Road together. 我们一起沿着丝绸之路旅行。 travel 旅行；行进 (travels, traveling/ travelling) Will you travel around China by car? We would like to travel on the moon. along 沿着… Walk along the street and turn left at the traffic lights. He is running along Fudong Street.

4. Our first stop will be Xi’an. 我们的第一站是西安。 stop 停留地 ; 驻留地 Their last stop will be Dunhuang. What is their second stop? __________________________. Their second stop is Lanzhaou.

5. How far is it from Beijing to Xi’an? 从北京到西安有多远呢？ how far意为“多远”。对两地之间的距离提 问时，常用句型：How far is it from…to…? 其同义句型有：How far away is…? /How many kilometers is it from…to…? How far is it from Shijiazhuang to Beijing? 从石家庄到北京有多远？

how far (距离）多远，（空间） -- How far is it from Lanzhou to Dunhuang? --It’s about 1, 100 kilometres. how long 多长 （空间); 多长（时间) --How long is the Silk Road? -- It’s 6, 500 kilometres (long). -- How long will you stay in China? -- I will stay in China for 10 days.

1) _________ is the Yellow River? 即学即练 1) _________ is the Yellow River? 2) _________ is it from Handan to Beijing? 3) __________ is your winter holiday? 4) __________ away is your home? How long How far How long How far

6. But we don’t have enough time to see it all. 但是我们没有足够的时间走完全程。 enough 充分的，足够的 (修饰可数名词或者不可数名词） We don’t have enough money and people to do the work. enough 放在形容词或者副词后面 He isn’t tall enough to reach the apples. She runs fast enough to catch us.

7. We can only see part of it. 我们只能看一部分。 part 部分；零件 part of … …的部分 I only read part of the story. 我只读了故事的一部分。 He has an accident (事故）and loses part of his left foot. 他出事了，左脚的一部分截去了。

8. Arrive in Beijing and take a train to Xi’an 到达北京然后乘火车去西安。 点名词时要接介词in或at。 arrive in +后接大地方 arrive at 后接小地方 We will arrive in Beijing tomorrow. 我们明天将到达北京。

arrive, get与reach arrive后跟地点名词时，需加介词in或at。 Lisa arrived in Xi’an yesterday. 利萨昨天到了西安。 get后跟地点名词时，加介词to。 We will get to New York tomorrow. 我们明天将到达纽约。 reach后跟地点名词时，不加任何介词。 Hurry up, or we can’t reach school on time. 快点，否则我们就不能按时到达学校了。

即学即练 come (to), arrive (in/at), get (to), reach 可以表示 “到达”。 We come to Beijing. We ______ ______Beijing. We ____ ___ Beijing. We _________ Beijing. She comes home. She __________ home. She ________ home. She _________ home. arrive in get to reach reaches gets arrives

5) We take a train to Beijing. -- We go to Beijing _____ _______. by train on a train

9. Days 9 – 10 Come back to Beijing and leave Beijing. 第九天和第十天，我们返回北京并且离开北京回国。 come back to = return to 返回… 1) We ______ ___ Beijing. 我们返回北京。 leave (离开）和 leave for的区别: 2) We come back to Beijing and leave Beijing. 3) We come back to Beijing and leave for Canada. return to

4) The group will leave on March 5 and come back on March 15. 团队将于3月5日启程（离开加拿大），于3月15日返回。 leave 离开（某地）; leave for (动身）去某地 = go to… They will _______ Canada on March 5. They will __________ China on March 5. leave leave for

Let’s Do It! Listen and tick the correct answers. √ √ 1 1. How long is the Silk Road? □6 500 kilometres. □ 1 114 kilometres. 2. Do they have enough time to see everything along the Silk Road? □Yes. □ No. √ √

√ √ √ 3. What will they learn about on this trip? □ The history and culture of China. □ The history and culture of Canada 4. What does Li Ming send to Jenny? □A trip plan. □ A study plan. 5. How many days will they stay in China? □About ten days. □ About a month. √ √ √

Read the lesson and fill in the blanks. 2 Jenny and Danny will go to China. They will travel_______ the Silk Road with Li Ming and Wang Mei. The Silk Road is about 6 500 __________ long. It will be a very_______ trip for them. They’ll learn about the history and _______ of China. along kilometers special culture

Fill in the blanks using “will” and the given verbs. 3 1. A: When _____ the train_______ (leave)? B: In ten minutes. 2. We__________ (arrive) in China next week. 3. George _________ (visit) his grandparents next Saturday. will leave will arrive will visit

4. My bike is broken. I_________ (take) a bus to school this afternoon. 5. I ___________ (give) my mother a special gift for Mother’s Day tomorrow. 6. ______ you_______ (come) with me to Beijing tomorrow? will take will arrive Will come

Work in pairs. Look at the map and take turns asking and answering: How far is it from____ to___? 4 Example: A: How far is it from Beijing to Xi’an? B: It’s about 1 114 kilometres.

Exercises

on to for in to (with) to on on in in 用适当的介词填空： 1. May I go _________ a trip to Shanghai? 2. I want them to come on our trip ________ Beijing. 3. Tom leaves Beihai _________ Shanghai. 4. Tom and Jim will arrive ________ Nanning. 5.  He is talking _________ his teacher. 6. We go to school from Monday ______ Friday. 7. They will leave ________ Sunday or Saturday. 8. They leave ____ January third _____ the afternoon. 9. What do you like to do ________ October? on 1.. to for in to (with) to on on in in

Homework Jenny and Danny want to go on a trip to Beijing, but they don’t know about where to go. Can you make a  plan for them?