Unit 3 Reading Welcome to Beijing

Revision

New Words

unless conj.furniture n.fill vt.raise vt.national adj.flag n.man-made adj.ancient adj.lie vishape n./vt.cave n.underground adj.hire vt.

除非，如果不家具使充满升起，提高国家的旗帜人造的古代的，古老的位于形状 /使成形洞穴地下的租用，雇用

RevisionReading

Go through the text quickly, and answer the following

questions:• Who once lived in the Forbidden City?• Why do many tourists go to Tian’anmen Square

early in the morning every day?• Where is the Summer Palace?• What is Wei Ke’s favorite attraction?• Why was the Great Wall built in ancient times?• Is Guilin in the north or south of China?• Are there mountains and rivers in Guilin?• How can you travel in Guilin?

1. Beijing is in southern China.True or false

Read it again, and do some True or False questions:

F

2. Tian’anmen Square is close to the Forbidden City. T

3. The Great Wall is built around the Forbidden City. F

4. The Reed Flute Cave is in eastern Guilin. F

5. You can find man-made lakes inside the Reed Flute Cave. F

6. We can take a boat trip along Li River.

T

Listen & Read the text for details:Listen to the first part “Welcome to Beijing” and try to match the

name with the correct information. Some emperors of the Qing dynasty spent their summers there.

We can go there to watch the raising of the national flag.

It was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties lived.

It was used to protect the northern border of china in the past.

The Forbidden City

Tiananmen Square

The Summer Palace

The Great Wall

Back

Read the first part carefully

again and try to get more

detailed information.

Forbidden City

1.Where is the Forbidden City?

____________________

2.Who used to live there?

________________

3. What is it used for now? _____________________

4. What might be the most attractive things to us?

_______________________________ Back to Beijing

The Forbidden City is at the centre of Beijing.

The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It is now used as a museum.

We might be attracted by the beautiful buildings, the clothes and the furniture used in the past.

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Tian’anmen Square

1. What does the word Tian’anmen means? ____________________ 2. Is it the biggest square in the world?

_______________

3. Which ceremony can we see there?

_________________________________

4.What do the local people like to do there?

______________________________

Back to Beijing

It means ‘a gate of heavenly peace’.

Yes, it is.

We may watch the raising of the national flag.

They like to take a walk and fly kites there.

Summer Palace

Summer Palace is located in

the ___________ Beijing. It is a

____________ garden.

The emperors used to spend

_________ there.

It is still very beautiful and

attractive for the ______and a

_______________________

__________________

__________________Back to Beijing

north-west

Chinese-style

summer

hill

man-made lake, with bridges,

pagodas and halls

all over the area.

Back to Beijing

The Great Wall

The Great Wall runs

_______________________,

and it was built with ______ and_______. The Great

Wall was used to ________the country.

It is one of the seven ________

of world.

It is very tiring to reach the top

of the Great Wall ______________.

more than 5,000 kilometers

stones bricks

protect

wonders

step by step

Language points

Read the second part carefully

and try to fill in the blanks.

• Guilin in the south of China, it l______ on the two sides of Li River. All around the city, mountains stand in d_______ shapes. In the north-west of the city is the Reed Flute Cave. In this u________ cave, there are a lot of w_______ rocks in strange shapes. It is great fun to c_______ around the city. You can take a b____ trip along Li River.

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ifferent

ndergroundonderful

ycleoat

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Language Points:

1.Unless you have a map, you will get lost easily. (line2)

unless=‘if not’

Don’t leave the building unless you are told to do so.

You won’t catch the early bus unless you get up earlier.

exercise: ① 除非有人叫你这么做 , 否则不要离开大楼 .

② 如果你不早点起床的话 , 你就赶不上早班车 .

e.g. I will not go there unless I hear from him.①

② I shall go there unless it rains.

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get lost: It means ‘be lost’ 迷路的get +pp./adj.e.g. get married/ broken get hungry/ angry/ happy/ sad

Related phrase:

起飞收获 下车

相处

get in

get down

get along with

get off

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3. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live here. (line10)

used to do sth. : did something repeatedly in the paste.g. His father used to smoke after supper.

The boy used to be late for school.

Related phrase: be/get used to doing sth. :e.g. I am used to getting up early.

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4. It is the biggest square in the world and is always filled with tourists. (line17)

be filled with: It has a similar meaning to ‘be full of’.

More exercise

That basket is filled with flowers.那个篮子里装满了花 .

e.g. The jar is filled with water. 这个缸里装满了水 .

More exercise

5.Every day many tourists gather here early in the morning so that they can watch the raising of the national flag. (line18)

so that: 等同于 ‘ in order that’, 用来引导目的状语从句 .exercise:

1. 为了能和父亲去游泳 , 我迅速做完了家庭作业 .

2. 为了能得到一些锻炼 , 我每天骑车上学 .

I finished my homework quickly so that I could go swimming with my dad.

I go to school by bike every day so that I could get some exercise.

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Homework:

1.Retell the text:

2.Do you know any other famous places? Would you like to describe them?

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Good Bye