Teaching aims and demands

• Grasp the key words and key structure: • be famous for in the south of bigger and busier than… ( 重点 )• Reading skill: To get information about

Cambridge, London and Britain.( 难点 )• Affection: We should love our

hometown and country.

Shanghai13 million people

Hong Kong7 million people

Compare : Hong Kong VS Shanghai

Shanghai is bigger than Hong Kong.

big

The population of Shanghai is

larger than Hong Kong.

Hong Kongabout 150 years old

Shanghai700 years old

old

Shanghai is older than Hong Kong.

Guess: What do the letters stand for?

E

N

W

S

east

north

west

south

1. Cambridge is _____ the ______of England.

2. London is ____ the ______ of England.

3. Bristol is ____ the _______ of England.

4. Manchester is _____ the _____ of England.

in

in

in

in

east

south

west

north

介词 in 常常和表示方位的名词连用，表示“在……范围内” 。表示“在某地方的东 / 西 / 南 / 北部” In the east/west/south/north of + 地点

A 在 B 的范围内：A is in the + 方位名词 +of+B 。

Guess again: What do the letters stand for?

NE

SESW

NWnortheast

southeastsouthwest

northwest

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Work in pairs. Where are these cities in China?

Beijing Guangzhou Nanjing Urumqi Dalian Chengdu Hong Kong

Beijing is in the north of China. Guangzhou is in the south of China. Nanjing is in the east of China. Urumqi is in the northwest of China.Dalian is in the northeast of China. Chengdu is in the southwest of China. Hong Kong is in the southeast of China.

Answers:

Henan is the west of Shangdong.Taiwan is the east of China.Japan is the east of China.Shengyang lies the north of Dalian.

方位介词：in

on on

into

to

to

in the+ 方位名词 表示在范围之内 on the+ 方位名词 表示两地接壤 to the+ 方位名词 表示在范围之外 （如美国与中国） on 是相邻 ,to 是不接壤 ,in 是在境内

Match the words with the pictures

• A. river

• B. mountain

• C. hill

• D. population

• E. lake

• F. church

• G. village

A B

G F

C

E D

Do you know these places?

Tower bridge is on the River Thames

Big Ben is very famous.

London is famousfor Big Ben.

Church in Cambridge

Cambridge University

Cambridge University is near the River Cam.

Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is in London.

Choose a title for each photo:

• Tower Bridge and the River Thames in London

• Cambridge University and the River Cam

Read the passage quickly, then match each paragraph with its main idea.

Paragraph 1 sth about CambridgeParagraph 2 sth about LondonParagraph 3 sth in the north and south of

EnglandParagraph 4 the weather of England

Read the first paragraph and answer the questions (use the answes to retell the paragraph 1)

1. Where is Cambridge?

2. What’s its population?

3. What’s it famous for?

It’s a small city in the east of England.

It has about 120.000 people.

It’s famous for Cambridge University.

1. What’s the capital of the UK?

3.What’s its population?

2. Where is it?

4. How old is it?

5.What’s it famous for?

London is the capital of the UK.

Read the second paragraph and answer the questions.

It has seven and a half million people.

It’s in the south of England and on the River Thames.

It’s about 2,000 years old.

It’s famous for Big Ben,Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

Compare : Cambridge VS London

A small city120,000 people

The capital of UKSeven and a half million people

London is bigger and busier than Cambridge。

1.in the east of 在……东部 (范围内 )

2. be famous for 因…… 而出名

3. the capital of … ……的首都（省会）

Language points

山东在中国的东部。 Shandong is in the east of China.

中国以长城而著名。China is famous for the Great Wall.

济南是山东的省会Jinan is the capital of Shandong.

Cambridge VS London:

Cambridge London

LocationPopulation

River

Famous Places

In the east In the south120,000 7,500,000

River Cam the Thames

CambridgeUniversity

Big Ben, Buckingham PalaceTower Bridge

Read the passage and answer the

questions:bridge capital famous lake mountain region university village

• Where is Cambridge?• What’s its population?• What is it famous for?• What’s the capital of the UK?• Where is it?• How old is it?• What’s in the north of England?• What’s in the west of England?• What’s the weather like?

1. Where is Cambridge?

2. What’s its population?

3. What’s it famous for?

4. What’s the capital of the UK?

5. Where is it?

It’s a small city in the east of England.

It has about 120.000 people.

It’s famous for Cambridge University.

It’s London.

It’s in the south of England and on the River Thames.

1. How old is it?

2. What’s in the north of England?

3. What’s in the south of England?

4. What’s the weather like?

It’s about 2,000 years old.

There are some beautiful lakes and low mountains

There are the hills and pretty villages in the south

It’s never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.

Cambridge is a small city in the _____ of England, and it has aboutone _______ _________ (100,000)people. It’s ___ the River _____.There are lots of buildings andchurches. It ____ _______ ____Cambridge University.

easthundred thousand

on Cam

is famous for

Retell the text:

London is the _____ of the UK____ 7and a half ________(7,500,000)people. It is in the ______ of England and It’s ___ the _______ _______.The river is three __________________(336) __________long. It is two ___________(2000)years old.

capital with

millionsouthon River

Thames hundred

and thirty-six kilometresthousand

In the north of England there are __________ and ______________.

They are _________________ high.

In the west of England you are always ___________. There are _________________ on the coast.

some lakes low mountains about 1.000 metres

near the sea lots of small villages

To 9

England is a ___________of Britain. And Britain is ______ _________.

It’s _______very_______ in _______or very _____ in winter.

region

an island never hot

summer cold

Population 13 million 7 million

Size 6340kilometres 1070kilometres

Weather cold in wintercool in summer

warm in winterhot in summer

Shanghai Hongkong

Population 3.58 million 360 thousand

Size 3915kilometres 503kilometres

place On the Grand Canel( 大运河 )

Near the sea

Jiaxing Haiyan

Writing: Answer questions and write notes about a town in

China• Where is it ?

• What’s its population?

• What is it famous for?

• Is it the capital of China?

• How old is it?

• What’s the weather like?

Write a passage called My hometown and country

• …is in the north/south/west/east of China and it has a population of …people.

• It’s on the River … /near…

• It’s famous for…

• There are…

• It’s never very hot/cold…

Write a composition about a town you know in China.

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