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.
我想对我而言这不会是什么假期了。
这是个否定前移的句子，主句中的否定词实际是否定了从句中的内容。当主句含有I think, I believe等词语时，通常否定前移。
e.g. I don’t think it is a good idea. 我认为那不是个好主意。
Step 4 Let students look at the picture then act the dialogue out.
Step 5 Welcome the unit
If you have a chance (机会) to travel abroad (出国旅游), 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.
艾米非常想念她的爷爷奶奶。
miss作动词时还可意为“错过；没做到”，其后接动词时，应用动词-ing形式。
e.g. Kitty was sad because she missed her train.
基蒂非常伤心，因为她错过了火车。
I don't want to miss seeing that film on television tonight.
我不想错过今晚在电视上看那部影片的机会。
miss还可用作名词，意为“女士；小姐”，此时m必须大写，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欢迎的作家。
2. We’re having a fantastic time here.
fantastic adj. 极好的，美妙的
e.g. We watched a fantastic play yesterday evening.
昨天晚上我们看了一场非常精彩的演出。
have a fantastic time 过得愉快，玩的高 兴 = 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.
他们花了一整天参观名胜古迹。
4. It moved at high speed and was really exciting!
at high speed意为“快速地, 非常快地”, 其中的speed为名词, 意为“速度”, at speed与at high speed意思相同。
e.g. He drives the car at (high) speed in the road.
他在路上飞快地开车。
at a speed of ...也是一个常见的短语, 表示“以……的速度”。
e.g. The train is travelling at a speed of sixty miles an hour.
火车正以每小时六十英里的速度行驶。
5. We were screaming and laughing through the ride.
1) through是介词, 可它的意思不再是我们以前学过的“从……通过，穿过”, 而是“从(某事)的开始到结束, 从头到尾”的意思。
e.g. The nurse looked after the old man through his long illness.
这个老人病了很长时间, 这个护士一直在照顾他。
2) ride n.
可数名词, 意为“乘坐, 搭乘; (乘车或骑车的)短途旅程, 旅行”, 有时也可指“距离”。
e.g. Can I have a ride on your bike?
我能坐你的自行车吗?
6. …such as Snow White and Mickey Mouse.
such as 例如
such as和for example都有“例如”的意思，但是它们的用法有所不同。
such as常用来列举同类人或事物中的多个例子。
e.g. I like animals, such as dogs, bears and pandas.
我喜欢动物，例如狗，熊和熊猫。
for example一般只以同类人或事物中的“一个”为例。
e.g. He has ever been to many countries, for example, Australia.
他曾经去过许多国家，例如，澳大利亚。
选用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 跟着跑，追逐
e.g. Look, the dog is running after the rabbit.
看，这条狗正在追赶那只兔子。
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.
我们在看《猫和老鼠》时忍不住一直大笑。
8. I bought a couple of king rings for classmates.
a couple of 可以表示不确定的“几个”。
e.g. a couple of minutes 几分钟
短语 a couple of也可以表示“两个”
e.g. I saw a couple of men get out.
我看见有2个男人出去了。
9. Hope you’ve enjoyed yourself there.
希望你在那儿玩的开心。
这是一个省略句，省略了主语I，完整的句子是 I hope（that) you’ve enjoyed
yourself there!
在非正式行文（包括日记，卡片，便条，信件）中，有时我们会省去主语，使文字更简洁。
e.g. Hope to here from you.
期待收到你的来信。
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.理解短暂性动词和延续性动词的不同用法，以及它们之间的转换。
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
让我们一起来观察下面的句子并分析总结它们的用法!
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.
【区别一】
通过分析上面两个例句, 你能得出什么结论呢?
___________ 表示曾经去过某地, 已经回来; 而 ___________表示说话时已经去了某地, 可能在途中, 也可能到达目的地。
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.
【区别二】
通过分析上面三个例句, 你能得出什么结论呢?
含 ___________ 的句子中可以加 once, twice, ever, never等时间状语; 而含 ____________ 的句子中不能加此类时间状语。
【区别三】
综合分析上面五个例句, 你还能得出什么结论呢?
含 ___________ 的句子中主语的人称一般为第三人称形式; 而含 ___________ 的句子中对主语的人称没有限制。
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
现在完成时表示动作或状态从过去某一时刻开始, 一直持续到现在, 多与“since +点时间”或“for +段时间”连用。for表示“经过(一段时间)”, 而since表示“自从(……以来)”。
常见结构如下：
for + 表示一段时间的状语
一段时间+ ago
since + 表示过去的某一时间点
从句
e.g. He has lived here for 16 years.
他住在这里有十六年了。
He has lived here since 16 years ago.
他从十六年前起就住在这里了。
He has lived here since 1991.
他从1990年起就住在这里了。
He has lived here since he was born.
他从出生起就住在这里。
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. 慧眼识错。
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. 同义句转换。
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. 翻译下列句子。
1. 这些日子你去哪里了？
2. 我父亲已经去上海出差了。
3. 他离开家已经10年了。
4. 篮球赛已经开始15分钟了。
5. 20分钟前会议就已经结束了。
6. 我两年前来到了这个学校。
7. 她已经到达公司半个小时了。
8. A: Tony曾经去过法国吗？B: 是的。
A: 他去过埃菲尔铁塔吗？ B: 没有。
9. A: 我昨天没看见你。你去哪儿了？
B: 我去电影院了。
A: 你什么时候去电影院的？
B: 昨天下午。
10. A: 你爸爸去哪儿了?
B: 他去美国了。他下周回来。
11. A: 他们去印度了吗?
B: 不，没有。他们明天走。
Step 9 Homework
1. 复习for和since的用法。
2. 复习延续性动词和非延续性动词的用法。
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. 小名参军半年了。
Xiao Ming has been a soldier for half a year.
2. 我们上了8年学了。
We have been students for eight years.
3. 下课10分钟了。
The class has been over for ten minutes.
4. 电影开始了一小时了。
The film has been on for an hour.
5. 门打开半小时了。
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.
我爸爸去成都出差过两次。
business n. 的意思是 “公事，生意”，该词还有“职业，企业”的意思。
on business 意思是“出差”
2. We’re going to take a direct flight to Chengdu.
我们将乘直飞航班到成都。
direct adj. 径直的
e.g. There is a direct high-speed train to Hangzhou.
有一班直达杭州的高速列车。
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（形容词）and adverbs（副词） 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机场。
leave for 动身去
e.g. The plane leaves for Hong Kong at 10:30.
飞机于10：30 起飞前往香港。
2. It took us about three and a half hours to fly to Hong Kong.
我们花了3个半小时飞到香港。
“3个半小时”还可以表达成three hours and a half
“一个半小时”的两种表达方式 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 (陈述) 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.