Have you ever been to a museum? Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?

Section B 1 1a-2e

Revision Complete the sentences. 1. 她已经去火车站见她朋友了。 She ___ ____ to the train station to meet her friend. 2. 谢谢你所做的一切。 Thanks for all that you ____ ____. has gone have done

3. 我很久没有看到你了。 I _______ ____ you for a long time. 4. 雨下了多久了？ How long ___ __ ____ raining? 5. 他很友好，从没有和任何人争吵过。 He is very friendly and ___ _____ argued with anyone. haven’t seen has it been has never

New words thousand num. 一千 thousands of 数以千计的

safe adj. 安全的 fear v. & n. 害怕；惧怕 Japanese adj. 日本人；日本的 Indian adj. 印度人；印度的

fox n. 狐狸 equator n. 赤道 spring n. 春天

Have you ever been to these places? the Great Wall

the Palace Museum

the Terracotta Army

the Bird’s Nest

1a Match the pictures with names. c b d a ____ the Terracotta Army ____ the Great Wall ____ the Bird’s Nest ____ the Palace Museum c a d b

____ Have you visited the Palace Museum? Listening 1b Listen to a student interviewing a foreign student. Check (√) the questions you hear. ____ Have you visited the Palace Museum? ____ Have you been to the Great Wall? ____ Have you been to the Bird’s Nest? ____ Have you seen the Terracotta Army? ____ Have you tried Chinese food? √ √ √

the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Army Listen again and take notes. Name: ______________________________ Country: ____________________________ How long in China: ____________________ Places visited: ________________________ _____________________________________ Food: _______________________________ Peter Australia two weeks the Palace Museum, the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Army Beijing Duck

Speaking Work in pairs. What places have you been to? Ask your partner. 1d Have you visited …? Have you been to …? Have you seen …? Have you tried …?

Discussion places to visit history weather What should you consider if you want to travel? people transportation food best time to go and stay there

Guess: What country is this?

What do you know about Singapore? Reading What do you know about Singapore?

What do you know or want to know about Singapore? Discuss it with your group. 2a

Introduce Singapore briefly Made up: main island 63 small islands Area: 697.1 square kilometres. Population: 3,437,300 (Chinese 76.2％, Malays 13.8％, Indians 8.3％, Others 1.7％ )

Singapore’s geographical position (地理位置) Fill in the blanks according to the article. Singapore’s geographical position (地理位置) A small island (1) ________________ Language(s) people speak in Singapore (2) _____________ ____________ Food we can find in Singapore Chinese food, (3) __________________ _____ and Japanese food. in Southeast Asia Putonghua and English Indian food, western food

Name of the night zoo in Singapore (4) ___________ Temperature in Singapore It is (5) _________ _____ all year round. Night Safari almost the same

Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore? 2b

1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them. 2c 1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. 2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore. speak English as well as Putonghua not去掉

3. It’s better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake. 4. It’s best to visit Singapore in the autumn. at night You can visit Singapore at any time of the year.

A: What languages do people _____ there? Fill in the conversation about Singapore using the information form the article. 2d A: I am going to Singapore next week. _____ you ever ____ there before? B: Yes, I’ve ____ to Singapore many times. It’s my favorite country to visit in _________ Asia. A: What languages do people _____ there? B: Mostly Chinese and _______. Have been been Southeast speak English

A: What about the food? Is it good? B: It’s excellent! _____ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is really good in Singapore. A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night Safari? Someone told me to go there. B: Yes! I ____ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to ___ the animals in the dark. Have ever have see

A: And is it always _____ in Singapore? B: All ____ round! It’s always summer there! sunny year

Making Notes After reading, write down three or more things you have learned. We always remember things better if we take time to reflect.

Language points 1. For thousands of tourists from China… thousand num. 一千 前面可以有one, two等具体数词修饰，这时thousand后不加“-s”。 e.g. There are two thousand students in our school.

thousand的复数形式thousands意为“数千；成千上万的，常和介词of连用，其前不可以受表示具体数字的词修饰。 e.g. There are thousands of buildings in this big city.

用thousand的适当形式填空。 1. Fifty __________ people visit the Expo Park today. 2. We can see ___________ of stars at night if there are no clouds in the sky. 3. There are five ________ students in our school. 4. __________ of people come to the square. thousand thousands  thousand Thousands

2. On the one hand, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese… On the other hand… on the one hand… on the other hand 一方面……另一方面…… e.g. On the one hand, she taught English, on the other hand she learned  Chinese.   她一方面教英语, 一方面学习汉语。

3. …more than three quarters of the population are Chinese… quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟 a quarter = one fourth e.g. three quarters 四分之三 a quarter = fifteen minutes e.g. a quarter past seven = 7:15 I’ve got to go in a quarter of an hour. 一刻钟以后我就得走了。

“数词+ quarter(s) of +名词”作主语时，若名词为复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式；若名词为单数形式或不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。 e.g. A quarter of students go to school by bike. Three quarters of the theater is full. Three quarters of food is healthy.

选择正确的选项完成下列句子。 (  )1. A quarter of teachers ______ women teachers. A. are             B. is (  )2. Three quarters of rice in this store ______ from Shandong. A. are              B. is A B 

4. Maybe you fear that you won’t… fear v. 害怕；担心 其后常接动词不定式作宾语 e.g. Joe feared ______ (tell) his father the bad news. fear后面还可接that从句作宾语，其 意思是“恐怕；担心”。 e.g. She feared that she couldn’t get there at 9:00 am. to tell

fear还可作名词，意为“害怕；恐惧”。 e.g. The child was crying with fear. 选出句子中划线部分的词性及词义。 A. 名词  害怕；恐惧       B. 动词  害怕      C. 动词  恐怕；担心 (  )1. Women fear to go out at night. (  )2. The boy showed no fear of water. (  )3. We feared that he would not get well again. B  A  C  

5. A lot of animals only wake up at night… wake v. 醒来；唤醒 (woke woken) wake up的宾语是代词，该宾语通常要放在wake和up之间。 e.g. She went upstairs to wake John. 她上楼去叫醒约翰。 He seems very tired. Don’t _____________ now. 他看上去很累。现在不要叫他。 wake him up

6. It might seem strange to go to… e.g. He _____________ today. 他今天好像不高兴。 She ________________. 她似乎很伤心。 b) seem + (to be) + n. e.g. They seem (to be) doctors. 他们好像是医生。 seems unhappy seems very sad

c) seem + (to be) + 介词 e.g. It seems like years since I last saw her. 自从上次遇到她, 好像已过了 许多年。 d) seem to do. e.g. He seems to be happy. 他好像很高兴。 My mother ________________ that. 我妈妈好像知道那件事。 seemed to know

e) It seems that + 从句 e.g. It seems that he is happy. = He seems (to be) happy. 他好像很快乐。

I. Translate the following phrases. 在东南亚 _______________ 2. 四分之三人口 ________________________ 3. 做某事有困难 ______________________ 4. 在白天 ________________ 5. 睡醒 ________ 6. 处于一个自然的环境中 ______________________ 7. 一年到头，终年 _____________ in Southeast Asia three quarters of population have problems doing sth. during the daytime wake up in a natural environment all year round

Ⅱ. 根据句意，用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。 1. How many ________(fox) can you see in Picture B? 2. He ________(fear) that he won’t find Chinese food in the restaurant. 3. Do you know this ________(India) girl can speak Chinese? foxes fears  Indian 

4. My cousin has taught ___________ (Japan) in a university for two years. 5. Every year ___________(thousand) of people come here to watch the special birds. Japanese thousands

Ⅲ. 根据句意，选择恰当的短语填空，有的需要变换形式。 take a holiday, all year round, three quarters, wake up, close to 1. This country is ___________ the equator, so it’s always very hot. 2. I like going to Hong Kong to ______________ with my family. close to  take a holiday 

take a holiday, all year round, three quarters, wake up, close to 3. He is used to swimming every day, so he swims in the sea ______________. 4. In our class ______________ of the students are very interested in science fiction. 5. Mom, Alan ______________ but he hasn’t got up. all year round three quarters  has woken up

Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember. Do not look at the article.