Section I Listening and Conversation
Section II Reading Comprehension
Section III Writing and Translating
Unit 7 Entertainments and
Tourist Attractions
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
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Section I
Listening and Conversation
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice for better use
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Pre-class Work
2,Revision
3,Warming up for the new class
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1,Pre-class Work
? ask students to find out the patterns
and expressions used for entertaining
& traveling and give personal
information as many as possible
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2,Revision
? Check the answers to the
homework of the previous
class.
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3,Warming up for the new class
1),students present their collections
2),teacher’s comment and put the collections into a
data bank for students’ reference
3),presentation of new materials
4),Practice Dialogue 1 What Shall We See This
Evening and Dialogue 2 Do you know about
Chinese Acrobatics.
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What Shall We See This Evening
N = Nicolas W = Wei
N,What are we going to see this evening?
W,There are Beijing opera,a concert and Chinese acrobatics,What do you prefer?
N,Oh,they all sound interesting.It’s hard for me to decide.
W,I’d recommend Beijing opera,It’s something special you’ve probably never seen
before,
N,I know,It’s unique to Chinese culture,But I had the chance to enjoy it during my
last visit.
W,Then what about Chinese acrobatics?
N,Great!Do you think you can get the tickets for tonight?
W,Yes,I think so.
N,Excellent,When shall we meet?
W,The show starts at 7 p,m,And I’ll pick you up at 6 in front of your apartment.
N,Ok,See you then.
W,See you.
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Do You Know about Chinese Acrobatics?
N = Nicolas W =Wei
N,What time is it now?
W,It’s 6:30,We still have 30 minutes before the performance begins.
N,Oh,I just can’twait.
W,Let’s take a look at the brochure (节目介绍 ),Would you like to know something about
Chinese acrobatics?
N,Yes,of course.
W,First of all,I don’t want you to have any misunderstandingofChinese acrobatics.
N,Why?
W,Chinese acrobatics is often mistaken as the Chinese circus (马戏表演 ) by many
westerners.
N,That’s also what I think.
W,In fact,Chinese acrobatics is much more limited than Western circuses,There are no
animal acts or high wires.
N,Western circuses includeall of these as well as acrobatics.
W,Right,Look at these pictures,They showsome wonderfulperformances givenby the
acrobats both athome and abroad.
N,How wonderful!
Sample 2
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Part II Putting in use
1,Dividing the students
into groups
2,Practicing
3,Acting out
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2,Practicing
Work in groups and practice samples:
? dialogue 1,Do You Want to Watch the
basketball Match?
? dialogue 2,Are You Going to the Rowboat
Match?
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3,Acting out
Work in groups to:
1) understand the short
dialogues on Page 113
of the Textbook;
2) Act out.
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Part III Further Practice
1,Practicing and Furthering
2,Commenting
3,Completing
4,Responding
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1,Practicing and Furthering
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?Choose one of the situations
to:
1) further the dialogue;
2) act out before the class.
2,Commenting
? The fellow students make comments on
the performance and the appropriateness
of their English;
? Teacher summarizes this part.
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3,Completing
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?Work in groups to
complete by filling in the
blanks on Page 106 of the
Textbook (Exercises 1 and
3),and then the teacher
checks the answers in
class,
4,Responding
? Practice Exercise 2 on Page 115 of the
Textbook orally,Teacher offers the
situation in Chinese,and the students are
asked to give the English equivalent,The
whole class work together,
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The script for the dialogue
Imagine you and your English teacher,Sue,are in the lobby of a theatre,waiting to see Chinese acrobatics.
Complete the conversation with her by filling in the blanks.
You,The performance will start at 7:00 and _____________20 minutes to go.
Sue,Yes,Shall we go and look at the pictures over there.
You,All right.
Sue,____________?
You,It’s bowl juggling (耍 ) on the head.
Sue,It must be exciting and _______________.
You,Yes.
Sue,Are there any animal acts?
You,No,Chinese acrobatics is different from ____________________.
Sue,I see,What are these pictures?
You,_________________________ that have won international prizes.
Sue,How wonderful!Thankyou for inviting me here.
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Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Match after you listen
2,Judge after you listen
3,Make after you learn
4,Self-assessment and Teacher’s Guidance
5,Assignment
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1,Match after you listen
? A diagram will be given to each of
you,after listening to a dialogue,
match the information in Column A
with the choices in Column B.
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2,Judge after you listen
The multiple choices to each of the
questions will be given,after listening to a
dialogue,they are asked to make a choice
from A,B,C or D,
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3,Make after you learn
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?in this part the
students are asked to
make a dialogue of
their own and in the
dialogue they must
greet
4,Self-assessment and
Teacher’s Guidance
? in this part the teacher will mainly check
the answers to 1 and 2,give brief
explanations when students are in
difficulty and ask students to score their
own paper ; as for 3,the teacher will
collect the paper and correct them after
class.
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5,Assignment
? Workbook P 103—1-6
? Read fluently the passage on page
120 of your Textbook New
Practical English and try to
understand it as possible as you can
by using a dictionary.
? Recite Practical Sentences for
entertaining and traveling and the
Passage in Unit 7
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
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Section II
Reading Comprehension
Part I Leading in
Part II Comprehension and Practicing
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Pre-class work
? 1) ask several students to recite the
practical sentences for entertaining
and traveling in Unit 7 and the others
repeat
? 2) ask students to answer teacher’s
questions according to the Passage for
entertaining and traveling in Unit 7
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2,Warming up for the new class
? 1) ask students to work in groups of
four to make self-introduction to
each other.
? 2) teacher makes comments
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Part II
Comprehension and Practicing
1,Checking and Explaining
2,Commenting
3,Retelling the story
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1.Checking and Explaining
? 1) teacher raises some questions and
ask students to say true or false
according to the passage on page 120 of
the Textbook New Practical English to
see how much they’ve understood.
? 2) teacher raises some questions and
ask students to answer in details
according to the passage on page 120 of
the Textbook New Practical English,at
the same time explaining some language
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Possible difficult words
? height 高,高度
The mountain rises to a height of 12 000 fee,
He was of medium height.
What is the height of the transmitting tower?
He is six feet in height.
locate to find or learn the position of;to fix or set in a
The captain located the ship’s position on the chart.
Where is the new office to be located?
The company wishes to locate its new factory by the river.
board go on board (a ship or public vehicle)
We’d better board the train now.
Judy and Mary boarded the bus and headed for the airport.
? equip 装备,配备
His car is equipped with air conditioning.
The soldiers were equipped with the latest weapons.
Is the ship fully equipped for the voyage?
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await
A surprise awaited her.
They are anxiously awaiting the result.
I’m awaiting an answer to my application for admission to a law
school.
alternative 二者选择其一(的) ;替代(的)
There is no alternative route open to you.
It will take time to develop alternative energy source.
There appears to be no alternative to the solution.
We can take a boat to Florida or,as an alternative,we can fly.
available able to be got,obtained,used
There were no tickets available for Sunday’s show.
This ticket is available until the end of the month.
Possible difficult sentences
? ( Para,1)Not only is this voice powerful,but it conveys strong
emotion.
? 这不仅仅是因为他的歌喉浑厚有力,而且还传达出强烈的情感。
? Not only, usually take an inverted S-V order.
? (Para,1)Considered one of the greatest tenors of the 20th century,
Pavarotti has touched millions of people around the world with his
voice.
? 作为 20世纪最伟大的男高音之一,帕瓦罗蒂用他的歌声打动了世界各地千百
万人的心。
? This sentence is a past participle phrase used as an adverbial.
? (Para,2)Born on October 12,1935,in Modena,Italy,Pavarotti
grew up with music.?
1935年 10月 12日 帕瓦罗蒂生于意大利的蒙德拿 。 他是伴随着音乐长大的 。
? Born on October 12,1935,in Modena,Italy,the usual sequence of
giving a particular date is month-date-year or date-month-year.
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? (Para,2) He spent many hours,listening to opera recordings with his
father,who loved to sing.
? 他和酷爱唱歌的爸爸一起, 花了许多时间听歌剧的唱片 。
? This is a complex sentence,where who loved to sing is a non-restrictive
relative clause modifying his father and therefore is separated with a
comma,The present participle phrase Listening to opera recordings with
his father is used as an adverbial,explaining how he spent the hours.
? (Para,3) As he entered his teen years,his talent became more and
more obvious.
? 到他十几岁的时候, 他的天赋愈来愈明显了 。
? As,is an conjunction,meaning when,Teen years refers to the
period from thirteen to nineteen years old.
? (Para,4) Six years passed and no singing jobs came his way.
? 6年过去了, 他还没有能够以唱歌找到一份职业 。
? Singing,is a gerund used to modify jobs,Similar usage can be found
in performing schedule (Para,9),If something comes your way,you
get or experience it,especially unexpectedly or by chance,
Therefore,the clause no singing jobs came his way means he could
not find jobs as a singer.
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? (Para,7) Days before he was to perform,he caught the flu.
? 在他演出的前几天, 他得了流感 。
? The word days,refers to several days,Be + to infinitive introduces a scheduled
action.
? (Para,8) The Italian tenor began to tour the world,bringing opera music to
everyone.
? 这位意大利的男高音开始巡回世界各地, 把歌剧音乐带给每一个人 。
? The present participle phrase bringing opera music to everyone appearing
after the main clause further explains what is done in the main clause.
? (Para,8) Soon every concert Pavarotti gave drew huge crowds.
? 很快帕瓦罗蒂的每一场音乐会都吸引了大量观众 。
? Pavarotti gave,is a relative clause modifying concert,in which that/which is
omitted.
? (Para,8) In 1990,he performed with two other famous tenors,Jose
Carreras and Placido Domingo,as,The Three Tenors,” to the delight of
everyone.
? 1990年他和另外两位著名的男高音荷西 ·卡雷拉斯和帕西度 ·多明戈同台演出, 这, 三
大男高音, 的表演使每位观众都兴奋不已 。
? As,used as a preposition,means known as; in to the delight of everyone,
the preposition to indicates the way that makes one feel a particular
emotion,Similar structures are,to your disappointment,to one’s annoyance,
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3,Retelling the story
? Read the
passage again;
? Retell the
passage in your
own words.
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Part III Further Practice
1,Simulating and translating
2,Rewriting
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1,Simulating and translating
? Do exercise 6 on page 123 of the
Textbook
? Pay attention to the italicized
parts in the English sentences and
translate the Chinese sentences
by simulating the structure of the
English sentences
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2,Rewriting
? Do excises 8 on page
126 of the textbook
? Rewrite the passage in
about 150 words.
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Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Translating
2,Assignment
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1,Translating
? Ask the students to remember the words,phrases and sentence
structures in the passage they have learned and translate the
following sentences into Chinese orally and the teacher
comments.
1) At 630 feet,the Arch is 75 feet taller than the Washington Monument and
over twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty!
2) Your trip to the top of the Gateway Arch begins when you purchase a ticket at
the tram ticket window.
3) Each capsule is equipped with a leveling device to keep you in an upright position
on the four-minute ride to the top
4) On a clear day,a thirty-mile panoramic view from 630 feet in the air awaits you!
5) A total of 214 steps need to be negotiated in getting to the top and back down.
6) Advance reservations for large groups and student fares are suggested.
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2,Assignment
? A,Textbook page 120
Passage 1 and Workbook
page 105 1-3
? B,Ask students to collect
some entertainment and
tourist phrases
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Section III
Writing and Translating
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Section III
Writing and Translating
Part I Leading in
Part II Putting in use
Part III Further Practice
Part IV Aptitude Test and Guidance
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Part I Leading in
1,Checking the assignment
2,Warming up for new class
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1,Checking the assignment
? Check the answers to comprehension
exercises on the workbook orally and
comment.
? Questions found in Passage 1.
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2,Warming up for new class
? Ask the students to present their
collections of entertainment and
tourist phrases
? Put their collections into the data
bank on the blackboard
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Part II Putting in use
1,Dividing the students into groups
2,Presenting new materials
3,Giving the rules for writing
4,Simulating
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2,Presenting new materials
Sample 1
View our Nation’s majestic (雄伟的 ) monuments
aboard the newly-built Dandy,
tasting delicious food,
dancing on her large marble dance floor,
and under the stars on her upper deck (甲板 ).
Year-round in Comfort
Departing from and Returning to
Beautiful,Historic Old Town Alexandria
Reservations,(703) 683-6076
www.dandydinnerboat.com
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Sample 2
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? Travel Abroad Agency( 代理 )
? Outstanding Customer Service
? San Francisco,
? California,U,S,A,1 day
? o see the Golden Gate Bridge
? o ride on old-fashioned cable cars( 旧式缆车 )
? o walk through China town
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? Malaysia 3 days
? o walk along tropical( 热带的 ) beaches
? o try water sports like diving
? o taste delicious seafood and fresh fruits
51 Nahai Road
Changchun 130012
0431 5967967
www.traabagency@public.cc.jl.cn
Australia 9 days
o see the famous Sydney Opera House
o take photos from the Harbor Bridge
o spend days on the beach and evenings at Sydney’s
restaurant
Thailand 3 days
o tour the temples and palaces of old Siam( 暹罗 )
o shop for silk and handicrafts( 手工艺品) in Bangkok’s( 曼谷 )
markets
3,Giving the rules for writing
? The teacher should remind the
students what they have to pay
attention to when they read or
make an ad.
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4,Simulating
Ask the students to 1) read the sample cards on Page 127
2) Read the following instructions and find out the details.
CometoCanada
Canada is a friendly country that is close to home,You’ll arrive
as a tourist,but you’ll leave as a friend,Ski on our snowy
mountaintops and swim in our clear blue lakes,Enjoy the clean
air of the country and the excitement of our cities.
For more information,call your travel agent or Holiday,Inc,(800-
324-4839)
The country to visit:
Attitude towards tourists:
Activities arranged:
Contact,Travel agent or Holiday,Inc.
(800-324-4839)
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Part III Further Practice
1,Presenting new material
2,Offering situations
3,Simulating
4,Checking and commenting
5,Writing
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Writing
? Work together to write a short passage of
about 100 words to tell a story or about an
event related to the picture given (Page
121 of the Textbook),Some useful words
and phrases have been provided to help,
The passage may begin with:,Fishing is
my favorite sport…,
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Part IV
Aptitude Test and Guidance
1,Checking
2,Grammatical rules concerning
tenses
3,Applying
4,Self-assessment and Guidance
5,Assignment
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1,Checking
? Read the passage;
? Teacher comments and points
out the grammatical errors.
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3,Applying
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Make correct choices of words or phrases in the brackets to
complete the sentences.
The sentences are:
a,There are a lot of fans _________ (hoped,hoping) for a glimpse of the movie
star.
b,The tourist _________ (looking at,looked at) the map is a relative of my father.
c,People _________ (lived,living) in cities can enjoy more of modern life.
d,Here is a notice _________ (warned,warning) people not to litter the beach.
e,Computers _________ (imported,importing) from abroad are usually more
expensive.
f,People _________ (wishing,wished) to go on the tour have to book in advance.
g,Do you hear a man _________ (talked with,talking with) your brother in the
living room?
h,Those houses _________ (pulled down,pulling down) were built thirty years ago.
i,The devices _________ (using,used) by advertisers to gain people’s attention
seem to be effective (有效的 ).
j,Most of the people _________ (invited,inviting) to the reception are old
friends of mine.
Correct the errors.
i,He is reading a book calling The Way of All Flesh.
ii,Engines are machines produced power or motion.
iii.You’d better not wake up the sleep baby.
iv.She wants to buy a ready-make dress.
v.A losing opportunity never returns.
vi.There were twenty people injuring in the accident.
vii.The language speaking in that African country is French.
viii.He thought something excited had happened.
ix,Many products making from crude oil(原油 ) are now in daily
use.
x,Animals can do many amaze things when properly trained.
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translate the following sentences into English,paying
attention to the sentence structure
The sentences are:
a,昨天讨论的问题十分重要 。 ( discuss)
b,他是一个举止得体的人 。 ( behave)
c,已经养成的习惯很难改变 。 ( establish)
d,主席宣读了一份预先准备好的声明 。 ( prepare)
e,孩子们更喜欢由橘汁, 糖和水制成的饮料 。 ( make)
f,他得在规定的时间内做出决定 。 ( give)
g,我们将在下次会议上讨论他提出的计划 。 ( put up)
i,你认识在台上唱歌的那个女孩吗? ( sing)
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4,Self-assessment and Guidance
? 1) and 2) are printed on the
paper,After the teacher
checks the answers,the
students can score their own
paper; as for 3) the teacher
can collect the paper and
correct after class if time is
not permitted.
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5,Assignment
? A,Textbook Page 130-7
? B,Collect some Farewell
phrases.
? C,Write down all the
expressions and patterns
to express farewell.
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