Unit: Travel

Topic: Attractive Places

A Peking Paradise

Vocabulary

Should/Shouldn’t - Use Should/Shouldn’t to give and ask for advice to talk

about what we think is right or wrong.    I/we/you/they should/ watch he/she/it shouldn’t go do                

Should/shouldn’t + infinitive

 

1. To give advice to someone : Example: You should go to travel to

China. 2. When you regret not doing something

in the past:

Example: You shouldn’t go to the Pub. 

Exercise 1 Listen and complete the sentence. The summer Palace is located just outside

Beijing in China. It is one of the biggest and most famous (1)

………… gardens in the world. It covers an area of more than (2)……. acres including a huge lake called K’unming Lake.

existing royal

800

The Palace was used by the emperors and (3)…………..of China. It was begun in the 13th century, but it wasn’t until the 17th century that man-made hills, halls, pavilions, pagodas,

(4)………. ..and bridges were added. Unfortunately, the palace was destroyed in 1860 by a fire, but was rebuilt in 1865.

empresses

towers

The summer Palace is so well-preserved that (5)…….. … can still enjoy its beautiful features today. One of the most famous sights is the Marble Boat which is two storeys high and 25m long with four (6)…………… …that spout water. There is also the magnificent white marble Seventeen-Arch Bridge which has over 500 lions (7)……….…it, and Suzhou Market Street, a copy of a traditional street, a copy of a traditional street where the royal family used to do their shopping

visitors

dragon heads

carved

The palace itself is a museum with (8)……….. collection of precious antiques and priceless treasures from various Chinese dynasties. It also contains the sight you must not miss; the world’s longest hand painted covered (9)…….…., known as the Long Corridor. Its walls are covered in unique hand painted images and colorful designs.

A visit to the Summer Palace and its gardens will take up the better part of a day, but it’s (10)……………it. You shouldn’t miss it if you travel to Beijing

a rich

walkway

well worth

Read “A Peking Paradise” and complete the web diagram.

 

Interview a classmate about his/her vacation.

Example:-Where did you go on holiday?

-Who went with you?

-What did you do at this place?

-What do you think with this place?

Write a diary entry about a place you visited about the location that you went, activities and your feeling with the place.