Unit 2 Travelling

Welcome to the unit

I. Warm-up

• Do you like travelling?

• Which places of interest have you been to?

• Will you share your travelling experiences with us?

What’s this?Where is it?

the Great Wall

( Beijing, China )

II. Presentation

• 不到长城非好汉 ------ 毛泽东 He who does not reach the Grea

t Wall is not a true man.

the Leaning Tower of Pisa

( Pisa, Italy )

the Statue of Liberty ( New York, the USA )

Mount Fuji( Tokyo, Japan )

the Little Mermaid( Copenhagen,Denmark )

the Tower Bridge

( London, England )

the Little Mermaid Italy

the Great Wall America

the Statue of Liberty Denmark

Mount Fuji England

the Tower Bridge Japan

the Leaning Tower of Pisa China

English Name Chinese Name Country

The Mount Fuji 富士山 Japan

The Great Wall 长城 China

The Leaning Tower of Pisa 比萨斜塔 Italy

The Little Mermaid 美人鱼雕塑 Denmark

The Statue of Liberty 自由女神像 America

The Tower Bridge 塔桥 Britain

• Do you know other famous places in the world?

• Can you name them?

the Opera House

( Sydney, Australia )

the Pyramids

( Cairo, Egypt )

the Eiffel Tower( Paris, France)

/'aifəl/

 /'pirəmid/

the Golden Gate Bridge

( San-Francisco, the USA )

the White House ( Washington, the USA )

III. Practice

• What do you usually do when you travel?

Take photos. Go hiking. 去徒步旅行 Go skiing. 去滑雪 Go rowing. 去划船 See the beautiful views. …...

What’s this?It’s Mount Fuji in Japan—a symbol of Japan.

What can people do there?They can go skiing there.

Where have you been? I have been to BeiJing.

What did you do there? I went shopping there.

What did you think of the people there? They were very friendly.

I liked them very much!

IV. Comic Strips

• Look at the pictures on page 24, and then listen to the tape.

• Answer the following questions. –Is Eddie happy in the first picture?

Why? –Does Hobo want to go, too? –Is Eddie happy in the last picture?

Listening task

IV. Comic Strips

• Read after the tape, and feel the different feelings of Eddie.

• Act the dialogue out.

Reading task

• Discussion

If you go travelling with your friends, what will you do?

V. Homework

• Try to underline the phrases and sentences in this period that you think are important.

• Collect the information of the places that you are interested in, and share it with your classmates next time.