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Two cities in ChinaTwo cities in China

Welcome to Beijing!

The Forbidden City

The Tian’anmen Square

The Summer Palace

Match the words with the pictures:emperor

furniture

raising

flag

pagoda

painting

cycle

ruler

sunrise

north

east

south

west

Shandong lies in the east of China.

northeast

northwest

southwest

southeast

Japan lies to the east of China.

Hebei lies on the east of Shanxi.

border

4. Is Tian’anmen Square the biggest squ

are in the world?

3. When was the Forbidden City changed

to a museum?

1. Where is Beijing?It is in the northern China.

It’s at the centre of Beijing.

In 1925.

Yes, it is.

Fast-reading to answer these questions:

2. Where is the Forbidden City?

a. get the use of something

for a short time by paying

some money

b. rulers of a group of

countries or states

c. unusual things that fill

people with surprise

d. a line dividing 2 countries

e. is made up of

Match the words with the meaning:

emperors

consists of

border

wonders

hire

Fill in about Beijing:If you have visited Beijing, you will find it

very nice. The Forbidden City used to be

a _____ for two ________. Twenty-four

_________ had lived there. Now the

Forbidden City is open to the public as a

________. We can see the beautiful _____

of the buildings and learn more about the

life of the Chinese emperors in the past.

palace dynasties

emperors

museum design

Every morning at sunrise, many ______ g

ather at the Tian’anmen Square to watch

the ______ of the national flag. In the ___

______ of Beijing is the Summer Palace w

hich is a famous _____________ garden b

uilt in a natural landscape.

tourists

North-west

rising

Chinese-style

All about Guilin

Guilin is in the _____ of China. It lies

____ the 2 sides of Li River. ____ the

north-west of the city is the Read Flute

Cave. You can’t imagine how amazing

they are _______ you see them with your

own eyes.

south

on In

unless

Read the text and fill in the blanks:

True or False:

1. Beijing is in southern China.

2. Tian’anmen Square is close to the Fo

rbidden City.

3. The Great Wall is built around the F

orbidden City.

4. The Reed Flute Cave is in eastern Gu

ilin.

F

T

F

F

5. You can find beautiful rocks inside

the Reed Flute Cave.

6. We can take a boat trip along Li

River.

7. The Forbidden City is 70 years old.

F

T

F

1. Beijing is in _____China.

a .north-west b. south-east c. northern

2. Tourists can watch ____ at Tian’anmen

Square.

a. the raising of the national flag

b. the clothes and furniture of the Chi

nese emperors

c. a Chinese-style garden

c

a

Answer questions about China

C3. The Great Wall was built for _____.

a .people to fly their kites

b. emperors to spend the summer

c. protecting the northern border of

China

4. Many Chinese paintings are about ____

in Guilin.

a. the people b. the weather

c. the mountains

5. The Reed Flute Cave is full of ___.

a. strange noise

b. wonderful rocks in strange shapes

c. clear rivers

C

b

Notes:1. Welcome to Beijing! Welcome (sb.) to sp. V. Welcome to our school. Welcome home. welcome n. give visitors a warm welcome receive a cold welcome 别人说 thank you 或 thanks 时， 用 you are welcome 来回答 。

2. Qing dynasties used to live here.

used to + do ：“过去常常”表示过去习惯性的动作或状态 , 但如今已不存在。Mother used not to be so forgetful.

There used to be a tall building here. 　　 　由 used 构成的短语很多，常见的有：be/get used to + doing ： “习惯于”，to 是介词He has got used to new environments.

be used to do sth. “ 被用做…… ”The quilt is used to keep warm.

be used for + 名词 / 动名词 “被用于…… .”

The quilt is used for keeping warm.

be used as+ 名词 / 动名词 " 被当作……来使用”Sticks are used as weapons in the war.

3. In the past, the emperors used to spend the summer here.

in the past, “ 在过去” , 用于一般过去时 In the past, there were no books for chi

ldren in the countryside.

In the past + 段时间，“在过去的……”一般用完成时 In the past 3 years, I have been a teach

er.

① spend time /money on sth. “ 在…上花费时间 ( 金钱 )

I spent two hours on this Maths proble

m.

② spend time /money (in) doing sth. “ 花费时间（金钱）做某事”

They spent two years (in) building this

bridge.

4. It is a long way which runs more than 500

0 kilometres across northern China.across (prep.) 意为“通过、穿过”，常用来表示穿过一个大体为平面的东西或地方。She swam across the river.

through (prep.) 也意为“穿过、通过”；表示穿过一个呈立体形的东西或地方。The river flows through the city from west t

o east.

The sun shines through the windows.

5. It lies on the two sides of Li River.

lie in /on/ to 三者都表示“位于……方向 / 位置”，lie in 强调“在……范围以内”；lie to 表示“在某范围之外”，不接壤；lie on 强调二者交界，还用来表示“在……河畔” ,

India lies on the southwest of China.

Shanghai lies in the east of China and

Japan lies to the east of China.

Nanjing lies on the Changjaing River.

London lies on the River Thames.

Taiwan is in the east of China. 。

Discuss in groups:

Talk about the place of interest you

visited before.

1) where to go 2) when to go

3) how to go 4) why to go

5) what to see 6) how to feel

A: Where did you go for the last summer

holiday?

B: I went to _________.

A: How did you go there?

B: I went there _______.

A: What did you visit there?

B: I visited _____________.

A: How did you like the trip to

Hangzhou?

B: I had a good time./ enjoyed myself.

Hangzhou

by bus

the West Lake

Homework:

1. Retell and recite the text.

2. Finish the exercises in the

workbook.