Lesson 4

Warm-up

• 1. What do you do in your summer or winter vacation?

• 2.Which country would you like to go if you are given a chance to go abroad?

Lesson 4 Virtual TourismLesson 4 Virtual Tourism

Map of the World

New Zealand

China

What are we going to learn ?

1. words and expressions related to introduce a place

2. some reading skills

3. the introduction of Auckland

4. how to introduce some place

New words and expressions:• Population n. Suburb n. 市郊，郊区 • Locate vt. 坐落于 , 位于 Government n. 政府• Capital n. 首都 Whole adj. 整个的• Protest against 抗议、反抗 Average adj. 平均

的• Nuclear test 核试验• Seaside adj. 海滨的，海边的• Wonder v. 想知道 & n. 奇迹，惊异• Be known as/for 作为 / 因为…而出名• Go back to 追溯到

人口

• 1. The three theaters are l_____ in the center of the town.

• 2. We all w______ if the hungry children had any food for these days.

• 3.Madame Curie was well k____ ___ the discovery of radium _as_ a scientist ___ the world.

• 4. China has a p_______ of about 1.3 billion.

ocated

ondered

nown forto

opulation

• 5. The boys are playing by the s_____.

• 6. Washing D.C. is the c____ of the United States.

• 7.The history of the city g____ back to 2,000 years ago.

• 8. We have one day to relax ourselves a week on a______.

easide

apital

oes

verage

Reading skills

A. Pay attention to :

first sentence of each paragraph

B. Identify the most important words

Fast-reading3. Match the topics a-f with the five

paragraphs in the text.

a) the history of the city

b) travel links

c) things to see in Auckland

d) night-life in Auckland

e) for water lovers

f) New Zealand’s largest city

2

5

3

4

1

Population

Location

History

less than a million

On North Island

Maoris settled 650 years

ago European settlement

began in 1840

2. Read the text and complete the table

below.

Detailed-reading

Famous

sights

Climate

Mt Eden; Parnell village;

Auckland museum; Sky To

wer; Auckland Harbour B

ridge

Warm; plenty of sunshine

1) Auckland is the capital of New

Zealand.

2) Auckland is located on South Island.

F

F

Detailed Reading ( )Ⅱ

1. True or False:

Listen to the tape, are these

statements true or false?

3) Sky Tower is Auckland’s tallest To

wer.

4) Maoris were the first people of New

Zealand.

5) The climate in Auckland is wet and

rainy.

6) It’s the paradise( 天堂 ) for water lo

vers.

T

T

F

T

There are some tourists from America.

They are going to visit Qingyuan. Supp

ose you were a tour guide in Qingyuan,

How would you like to introduce Qing

yuan to the tourists?

Post-reading

Auckland Qingyuan

Populationless than a million

人口约 235 万

Locationin North Island

位于广东省北部

Historya history

of 650 years

距今有 800 多年历史

Famous

sights

Mt Eden;

Parnell

Village; Sky

Tower;……

宝晶宫通天岩 ; 清远漂流……

Climate warm; plenty

of sunshine

气候暖和，少雨；全年平均气温约为摄氏 22 度

Useful expressions and sentences:

• A. xxx is a beautiful/wonderful/great city located in northeast Guangdong province.

• B. It/xxx has a population of 200million.

• C. It dates back to 300 years./ It has 300 years of history.

• D. You’ll visit /see some places of interests such as…

• E. You can also enjoy the beautiful natural scenery.

• F. It enjoys a warm/cool climate with an average yearly temperature of 20 degrees.

• G. introduction: • Welcome to our city.• I would like to tell you something about xxx• H. conclusion:• I hope you’ll have a good time in our city.• I hope you’ll enjoy yourself/yourselves in

our city.• I hope you’ll have a wonderful journey .