Unit 2 Travelling
Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims:
1. To know foreign city famous tourist resorts and popular attractions.
2. Be familiar with the scenic spot and the country.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming up
Do you like travelling?
Do you know any famous tourist attractions in Yancheng?
Step 2 Comic strip
Look, listen and answer the questions.
1. Is Eddie happy in the first picture? Why?
2. Where is Eddie going?
3. Does Eddie want to go too?
4. What does Hobo want to bring?
5. Does Eddie feel happy at last? Why?
Step 3 Explanation
I don’t think it’ll be a holiday for me.
我想對我而言這不會是什么假期了。
這是個否定前移的句子，主句中的否定詞實際是否定了從句中的內容。當主句含有I think, I believe等詞語時，通常否定前移。
e.g. I don’t think it is a good idea. 我認為那不是個好主意。
Step 4 Let students look at the picture then act the dialogue out.
Step 5 Welcome the unit
If you have a chance (機會) to travel abroad (出國旅游), where will you go?
Then show some pictures about some popular attractions in foreign Countries:
the Great Wall
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
the Little Mermaid
the Statue of Liberty
the Sydney Opera House
Tower Bridge
Step 6 Read and guess
1. It is the longest wall in the world.
2. It is a present from French people. It stands for Liberty.
3. It sounds like pizza. It is leaning. It may fall down some day.
4. The girl has a fish’s tail instead of legs.
5. It is the busiest performing arts centre in the world.
6. It is a large bridge over the River Thames in London. It has twin towers.
Step 7 Work in pairs
Work in Part B.
A: What’s this, Millie?
B: It’s the Little Mermaid.
A: Where is it?
B: It’s in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark.
A: What’s special about it?
B: It comes from the story by Hans Christian Andersen.
A: Have you ever been there? B: No, I haven’t.
Step 8 Do some exercises
Step 9 Homework
1. Prepare a fact file and write about one of your holidays.
2. Preview the new words in Reading.
Reading I
Teaching aims:
Let the students know Kitty tour of Hong Kong Disneyland’s observations and activities.
Let students talk about tourist in vocabulary.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Review
Look at some pictures and say something about them.
e.g. the Leaning Tower of Pisa
the Statue of Liberty
Mount Fuji
the Little Mermaid
Tower Bridge
…
Step 2 Free talk
1. What places of interest have you visited in China?
2. Have you ever been to Hong Kong?
Step 3 Watch a video about Hong Kong Disneyland.
Step 4 Ask students to read together.
Step 5 Present some pictures about Hong Kong Disneyland.
Step 6 Let students read the letter and answer the questions.
1. Who visited Disneyland?
2. How long did they stay in Disneyland?
Step 7 Work on B1
Kitty is back in Sunshine Town. Amy is asking Kitty about her trip. Help Kitty answer Amy’s questions.
Amy: Who did you go to Hong Kong with?
Kitty: I went there with ___________.
Amy: Where did you go during your stay there?
Kitty: We went to ____________________.
Amy: How did you get there?
Kitty: We got there ___________________.
Amy: How long did you stay in the park?
Kitty: We stayed there for ___________.
Amy: Did you enjoy yourselves there?
Kitty: Sure. We had _______________.
Step 8 Work on B2
After talking with Kitty, Amy is making notes of how Kitty spent her day at Disneyland. Help Amy complete the notes below.
A day at Disneyland
Had fun on ______________
Hurried to have a __________ and met Disney _________________ on the way
Watched a _______ of Disney characters
Watched a __________
Did some ___________
Watched ____________ in front of the castle
Step 9 Work on B3
Kitty is showing Amy her photos the other day. Complete their conversation with the words in Kitty’s letter on pages 22 and 23.
Kitty: I took lots of photos at Hong Kong Disneyland, Amy.
Amy: Oh, let me have a look. Is that Mickey Mouse?
Kitty: Yes. He looked so _____.
Amy: What’s in this photo?
Kitty: It’s Space Mountain, an ______ roller coaster. It moved at high ______ and we were __________ and laughing through the ____.
Amy: What do you think was the best part of the day?
Kitty: I think the parade of Disney __________ was really wonderful.
Amy: Was the film in the park interesting?
Kitty: Yes. The 4-D film was like _______.We could even smell the apple ____.
Amy: Did you go shopping there?
Kitty: Yes. I bought ___________ key rings. Here’s one for you.
Amy: It’s nice. Thank you.
Step 10 Work on B4
Kitty had a good time at Hong Kong Disneyland. Find the sentences in her letter that show her happiness.
We’re having a fantastic time here.
First, we had fun on Space Mountain – an indoor roller coaster in the dark.
It moved at high speed and was really exciting!
We were screaming and laughing through the ride.
It was the best part of the day.
I ran after them and couldn’t stop taking photos.
Step 11 Homework
Ask students read the article after class.
Reading II
Teaching aims:
1. To know and master some useful words/sentences/phrases.
2. To know the meaning of passage.
3. To learn more about the world and protect the environment.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
Review Kitty’s trip.
Kitty did a lot of things at Hong Kong Disneyland. She did different things at different time. Let’s complete the table about her trip.
Step 2 Language points
1. I miss you so much!
miss vt. 想念，思念
e.g. Amy misses her grandparents very much.
艾米非常想念她的爺爺奶奶。
miss作動詞時還可意為“錯過；沒做到”，其后接動詞時，應用動詞-ing形式。
e.g. Kitty was sad because she missed her train.
基蒂非常傷心，因為她錯過了火車。
I don't want to miss seeing that film on television tonight.
我不想錯過今晚在電視上看那部影片的機會。
miss還可用作名詞，意為“女士；小姐”，此時m必須大寫，常用于姓名或姓之前，尤指未婚女子。
e.g. Miss Smith is a popular writer.
史密斯小姐是一位受歡迎的作家。
2. We’re having a fantastic time here.
fantastic adj. 極好的，美妙的
e.g. We watched a fantastic play yesterday evening.
昨天晚上我們看了一場非常精彩的演出。
have a fantastic time 過得愉快，玩的高 興 = have a good time = enjoy oneself = have fun
3. Today we spent the whole day at Disneyland.
the whole day 一整天 = all the day
e.g. They spent the whole day wandering about seeing the sights.
他們花了一整天參觀名勝古跡。
4. It moved at high speed and was really exciting!
at high speed意為“快速地, 非常快地”, 其中的speed為名詞, 意為“速度”, at speed與at high speed意思相同。
e.g. He drives the car at (high) speed in the road.
他在路上飛快地開車。
at a speed of ...也是一個常見的短語, 表示“以……的速度”。
e.g. The train is travelling at a speed of sixty miles an hour.
火車正以每小時六十英里的速度行駛。
5. We were screaming and laughing through the ride.
1) through是介詞, 可它的意思不再是我們以前學過的“從……通過，穿過”, 而是“從(某事)的開始到結束, 從頭到尾”的意思。
e.g. The nurse looked after the old man through his long illness.
這個老人病了很長時間, 這個護士一直在照顧他。
2) ride n.
可數名詞, 意為“乘坐, 搭乘; (乘車或騎車的)短途旅程, 旅行”, 有時也可指“距離”。
e.g. Can I have a ride on your bike?
我能坐你的自行車嗎?
6. …such as Snow White and Mickey Mouse.
such as 例如
such as和for example都有“例如”的意思，但是它們的用法有所不同。
such as常用來列舉同類人或事物中的多個例子。
e.g. I like animals, such as dogs, bears and pandas.
我喜歡動物，例如狗，熊和熊貓。
for example一般只以同類人或事物中的“一個”為例。
e.g. He has ever been to many countries, for example, Australia.
他曾經去過許多國家，例如，澳大利亞。
選用such as或for example填空。
1) John likes many sports, ____________, basketball.
2) She can say many languages, __________ Chinese, Italian and Russian.
7. I ran after them and couldn’t stop taking photos.
run after 跟著跑，追逐
e.g. Look, the dog is running after the rabbit.
看，這條狗正在追趕那只兔子。
cannot stop doing something 忍不住一直做某事
e.g. We could not stop laughing when we watched Tom and Jerry.
我們在看《貓和老鼠》時忍不住一直大笑。
8. I bought a couple of king rings for classmates.
a couple of 可以表示不確定的“幾個”。
e.g. a couple of minutes 幾分鐘
短語 a couple of也可以表示“兩個”
e.g. I saw a couple of men get out.
我看見有2個男人出去了。
9. Hope you’ve enjoyed yourself there.
希望你在那兒玩的開心。
這是一個省略句，省略了主語I，完整的句子是 I hope（that) you’ve enjoyed
yourself there!
在非正式行文（包括日記，卡片，便條，信件）中，有時我們會省去主語，使文字更簡潔。
e.g. Hope to here from you.
期待收到你的來信。
Step 3 Do some exercises.
Step 4 Homework.
Recite the new words, phrase and sentence patterns in Reading.
Grammar
Teaching aims:
1.掌握“have/has been to” 和 “have/has gone to”的用法。
2.理解短暫性動詞和延續性動詞的不同用法，以及它們之間的轉換。
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
Answer the questions.
1. Where has Kitty been?
2. How did she feel on Space Mountain?
3. What were they doing through the ride?
4. What did she meet on the way to the restaurant?
5. What was the best part of her day?
6. What did they do after the parade?
7. Did she buy any gifts?
8. When did they watch the fireworks?
Step 2 Study Grammar A: Using have/has been 和 have/has gone
We use have/has been to express the idea that someone went to a place and has already come back. It refers to an experience.
e.g. Mille and Amy have been to South Hill. They want to go there again.
Sandy has never been to South Hill. She wants to go with them.
We use have/has gone to express the idea that someone went to a place but has not yet returned.
e.g. Kitty and her family have gone to Hong Kong. They will come back next week.
Suzy is not at home at the moment.
She has gone to the bookshop.
Step 3 Summary
have/has been和have/has gone的用法
讓我們一起來觀察下面的句子并分析總結它們的用法!
① I have been to America many times. It’s really a modern city.
② Millie has gone to America with her family. I hope they have a great time
there.
【區別一】
通過分析上面兩個例句, 你能得出什么結論呢?
___________ 表示曾經去過某地, 已經回來; 而 ___________表示說話時已經去了某地, 可能在途中, 也可能到達目的地。
③ Have you ever been to the supermarket to buy grapes?
④ Minnie and her father have been to the supermarket to buy grapes twice this
month.
⑤ Minnie and her father have gone to the supermarket to buy grapes.
【區別二】
通過分析上面三個例句, 你能得出什么結論呢?
含 ___________ 的句子中可以加 once, twice, ever, never等時間狀語; 而含 ____________ 的句子中不能加此類時間狀語。
【區別三】
綜合分析上面五個例句, 你還能得出什么結論呢?
含 ___________ 的句子中主語的人稱一般為第三人稱形式; 而含 ___________ 的句子中對主語的人稱沒有限制。
Step 4 Practice
Finish the exercises on pages 26 & 27.
A1 The Class 1, Grade 8 students are talking about their classmates and families. Help them complete the sentences with have/has been or have/has gone.
1. Millie isn’t here. She _________ to the library.
2. Peter and Simon ____ just _____ to the library. They borrowed some interesting books.
3. My cousin __________ to Xi’an twice.
4. My parents __________ to Xi’an and they’ll stay there for a week.
5. Daniel won’t be with us at the party. He _________ to Shanghai.
A2. Daniel and Millie are chatting. Complete their conversation. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
Daniel: I haven’t seen Mr Wu for days. Where ____ he _____(go)?
Millie: He __________ (go) to Tianjin to attend a meeting.
Daniel: _____ you _____ (be) anywhere recently?
Millie: Yes, I __________ to Hainan with my parents.
Daniel: Oh, that’s great! ______ you ______ to Sanya?
Millie: Sure, we _________(be) to the beach there. Look at these photos.
Daniel: The beach is beautiful. I see Andy playing on the sand too.
Millie: Yes, We went there with his family.
Daniel: I see. By the way, shall we invite Andy to go for a picnic tomorrow?
Millie: Andy isn’t here this weekend. He and his parents __________(go) to countryside. They’ll be back tomorrow afternoon.
Step 5 Study Grammar B: Verbs with for and since
We use for when we talk about a period of time, and we use since when we talk about a time point in the past.
e.g. Mr Dong has lived here for many years.
Mr Dong has lived her since he was born.
Some verbs, such as come, go, buy and leave, can be used in the present perfect sense, but they cannot be used with for or since in positive statements.
Step 6 Summary
since和for的用法
現在完成時表示動作或狀態從過去某一時刻開始, 一直持續到現在, 多與“since +點時間”或“for +段時間”連用。for表示“經過(一段時間)”, 而since表示“自從(……以來)”。
常見結構如下：
for + 表示一段時間的狀語
一段時間+ ago
since + 表示過去的某一時間點
從句
e.g. He has lived here for 16 years.
他住在這里有十六年了。
He has lived here since 16 years ago.
他從十六年前起就住在這里了。
He has lived here since 1991.
他從1990年起就住在這里了。
He has lived here since he was born.
他從出生起就住在這里。
If we want to express a continuous state, we can use another way like this.
Verb Used for a continuous state Example
begin/start have/has been on
The film has been on for 20 minutes.
finish/stop
have/has been over The parade has been over for hours.
come/go/arrive
have/has been in/at
Kitty has been in Hongkong for two days.
leave
have/has been away
She has been away from home since last Tuesday.
borrow
have/has kept
She has kept this book since last week.
join
have/has been in
have/has been a member of
Simon has been a member of the Football Club since last year.
marry
have/has been married They have been married for 15 years.
die
have/has been dead
The fish have been dead for some time.
Step 7 Practice
Kitty is telling Millie about her holiday in Hong Kong on the phone. Complete what she says with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.
My parents and I _________(arrive) in Hong Kong on the first day of the winter holiday. We _________(be) here for three days.
I __________(borrow) a book about Hong Kong a week ago. It’s very useful. I ____ ____ (keep) it with me for a few days. It helps me learn more about Hong Kong.
Now it’s noon and we’re in Ocean Park. The first dolphin show ______(begin) at 11:30 a.m. It ________(be) on for about half an hour. The show is really exciting.
Step 8 Do some exercises.
I. 慧眼識錯。
1. I have borrowed the book for 3 months.
2. My bother has joined the army since he was 18.
3. Jack and Tom have lived here since 5 years.
4. The film has been on since I have come to the cinema.
5. When has Mr. Li caught a bad cold?
6. His grandfather has been died for two years.
7. Jim has gone to Beijing for ten years.
8. What time have the factory opened?
9. I have gone to Chunhua Middle School twice.
II. 同義句轉換。
1. The class was over ten minutes ago.
The class _____________ for ten minutes.
2. His grandpa died in 2004.
His grandpa ______________ for ten years.
3. The exhibition has been on for three
days.
The exhibition ____________ three days ago.
4. My parents got married 25 years ago.
My parents __________________
since 25 years ago.
5. I bought the MP3 last week.
I __________ the MP3 for a week.
6. Kitty joined the Reading Club last year.
Kitty _____________________ the Reading Club since last year.
III. 翻譯下列句子。
1. 這些日子你去哪里了？
2. 我父親已經去上海出差了。
3. 他離開家已經10年了。
4. 籃球賽已經開始15分鐘了。
5. 20分鐘前會議就已經結束了。
6. 我兩年前來到了這個學校。
7. 她已經到達公司半個小時了。
8. A: Tony曾經去過法國嗎？B: 是的。
A: 他去過埃菲爾鐵塔嗎？ B: 沒有。
9. A: 我昨天沒看見你。你去哪兒了？
B: 我去電影院了。
A: 你什么時候去電影院的？
B: 昨天下午。
10. A: 你爸爸去哪兒了?
B: 他去美國了。他下周回來。
11. A: 他們去印度了嗎?
B: 不，沒有。他們明天走。
Step 9 Homework
1. 復習for和since的用法。
2. 復習延續性動詞和非延續性動詞的用法。
Integrated skills
Teaching aims:
1. By reading and listening to obtain useful information
2. Can ask and answer questions about travel
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Revision
Translate some sentences.
1. 小名參軍半年了。
Xiao Ming has been a soldier for half a year.
2. 我們上了8年學了。
We have been students for eight years.
3. 下課10分鐘了。
The class has been over for ten minutes.
4. 電影開始了一小時了。
The film has been on for an hour.
5. 門打開半小時了。
The door has been open for half an hour.
Step 2 New words
beauty seaside theme park sailing view except
mountain business direct flight on business
Step 3 Free talk
Have you ever travelled to any places in China?
What did you do there?
Step 4 Listen to the tape and answer A1.
The Class 1, Great 8 students are talking about the kinds of places they like best. Listen to their conversation and match the students with the places. Write the correct letter in each box.
Places for travelling
a. Chinese gardens 1. Kitty
b. Museums 2. Simon
c. Places of natural beauty 3. Sandy
d. Seaside cities 4. Daniel
e. Theme parks 5. Millie
Step 5 Make sentences use the information in A1.
Kitty likes to go….
Millie wants to go…
Step 6 Ask students talk with classmates
What is important when you plan your holiday?
Step 7 Listen to the tape finish A2.
The students are listening to a radio programme about the best time to visit some places in China. Put a tick (√) in the correct boxes.
Places to go Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Chinese
gardens Suzhou,
Yangzhou
Museums Beijing,
Xi’an
Places of natural beauty Mount Huang,
Jiuzhaigou
Seaside cities Dalian,
Qingdao
Theme parks Shenzhen,
Hong Kong
Step 8 Finish part A3 together.
Amy wants to give her classmates some advice on travelling in China. Help her complete her notes. Use the information in Parts A1 and A2 to help you.
Places to go in China
Kitty likes ___________, such as the Window of the world in Shenzhen or____________ Disneyland. She can go there all year round.
Simon loves water sports, such as sailing. He thinks it is great fun. He can visit a seaside city like ______ or Qingdao this ________.
Sandy likes places of ______________, like Mount Huang or Jiuzhaigou. She can go there in any season except _______. The views there in winter may be wonderful, but it is dangerous to climb the mountains or hills on cold and snowy days.
Daniel likes ________________. He can visit Suzhou or Yangzhou. The best time to go there is in spring or________. There may be some rain, but the weather is usually nice at that time of year.
Millie likes _________. She can go to Beijing or Xi’an. She can visit museums in any season.
Step 9 Pair work
Work in pairs. Talk about your travelling.
A: Where did you go last summer?
B: I went to …
A: What did you do there?
B: I went… I had a fantastic time.
Step 10 Written task
Your foreign friend wants to visit Suzhou, please give him some advice.
Speak up and Study skills
Teaching aims:
1. Students can ask and answer about the travel information.
2. Students can use main points and details to write an article.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Free talk
Travelling is very interesting. May Day is coming and it’s a good season for travelling. Amy will go traveling. Where will she go?
Step 2 Speak up
Listen and answer some questions.
1. Where will Amy go?
2. How will they get there?
3. How long are they staying there?
4. How long dose it take to fly to Chengdu?
Step 3 Act out
Let students act the dialogue out.
Step 4 Pair work
Let students talk about:
What’s your holiday plan? Where do you want to go during the May Day holiday？
Give them tips:
Where are you going?
Why do you plan to go there?
Who are you going with?
How will you get there?
Step 5 Notes
1. My Dad has been to Chengdu on business twice.
我爸爸去成都出差過兩次。
business n. 的意思是 “公事，生意”，該詞還有“職業，企業”的意思。
on business 意思是“出差”
2. We’re going to take a direct flight to Chengdu.
我們將乘直飛航班到成都。
direct adj. 徑直的
e.g. There is a direct high-speed train to Hangzhou.
有一班直達杭州的高速列車。
Step 6 Practice
Complete the sentences.
Step 7 Study skills
Presentation:
1. When we write about an experience or event, we can organize our ideas using
the following five main points.
When did it happen?
Where did it happen?
Who was there?
What happened?
How did you feel?
Then we should give details to support the main points.
2. Take Kitty’s day at Hong Kong Disneyland as an example:
When: during the winter holiday
Where: Hong Kong
Who: Kitty and her parents
What: visited Hong Kong Disneyland
How: had a fantastic time
Step 8 Practice
Mr wu is asking the Class1, Grade 8 students to organize the following information into main points and details. First, help them write the correct letters in the blanks. Then work pairs and talk about their trip.
a Class 1, Grade 8 students
b Enjoyed the natural beauty
c Everybody felt excited
d Flew kites
e Went fishing by the lake
f 5 March
g South Hill
h A visit to South Hill
When: ____________
Where: ____________
Who: ___________ ____________
What: ___________ ___________
How: ____________ ____________
Step 9 Sample speech
On 5 March, the Class 1, Grade 8 students went to South Hill. They enjoyed the natural beauty there. Some of them flew kites, while some of them went fishing by the lake. Everybody felt very excited.
Step 10
Write a passage about your trip, using the information we have learned in the lesson.
Task
Teaching aims:
To write an article about one of your holidays.
Teaching steps:
Step 1 Warming up
Show some pictures about Hong Kong Disneyland.
Step 2 Work in Task 1
1. Presentation
Show students some pictures to learn new words.
2. How does Kitty write her article?
Step 1(part A):
Step 2(part B):
Step 3(part C):
3. Look at Kitty’s fact file –Part A in page 32carefully and try to remember more information about Kitty’s trip to Hong Kong.
Main Points Details
When The winter holiday ------
where Hong Kong
Who ------
What visiting places of interest Disneyland
Ocean park---
Other activities
Eating
How
4. Useful expressions:
It took us …to fly to
The next day, we went to…
I loved watching the interesting…
…was exciting/beautiful/fantastic
On the third day, we visited…
We went to…on the fifth day
…was the best part of the day
We enjoyed this trip very much
Step 3 Work on Task 2
1. Complete Kitty’s article in Part B on page 33 as quickly as you can.
2. Analysis (分析) kitty’s article. We can group this article into 3 parts:
Part 1: para( )-para( ) It is mainly about
Part 2: para( )-para( ) It is mainly about
Part 3: para( )-para( ) It is mainly about
3. During Kitty’s article, Kitty used some adjectives（形容詞）and adverbs（副詞） to describe her article. Could you please find them out as many as you can?
Step 4 Notes
1. My parents and I left for the airport in the early morning.
我和父母一大早就前往機場。
leave for 動身去
e.g. The plane leaves for Hong Kong at 10:30.
飛機于10：30 起飛前往香港。
2. It took us about three and a half hours to fly to Hong Kong.
我們花了3個半小時飛到香港。
“3個半小時”還可以表達成three hours and a half
“一個半小時”的兩種表達方式 one and a half hours
one hour and a half
Step 5 Writing
You are going to write an article about one of your holidays. Write down some main points and details, and organize your ideas before you write.
Tips:
1. Remember to state (陳述) clearly the place and the time of your trip, and the people who went with you.
2. Organize your ideas before you write.
3. Think of something interesting and special to write about.
4. Use adjectives and adverbs to make your article more interesting.
5. Write about your feelings in the last paragraph.
Step 6 Homework
If you went to Beijing for a holiday last summer, try to write an article about this trip.