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Module 4 A Social Survey --- My Neighbourhood
A Lively City
Module 4 A Social Survey --- My Neighbourhood
A Lively City
National Garden City
Gulangyu Island
architecture area climate coast district harbour hometown island park(v) rent tourist
Listen to the tape and complete the sentences using them.
1. A lot of ____ visit Xiamen in the summer. 2. One of the nicest things about Xiamen is that it is on the _
___. 3. The ____ for a modern apartment in Xiamen is usually ver
y high. 4.If we ____ the car over there ,we can go for a walk along
the harbour.
Vocabulary:
Read through the words and get the meaning of them.
tourists
coast
rent
park
Scanning:
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. Who is visiting whose hometown?
2. Where does Xiao Li live?
3. What’s the climate or weather like there?
4. What is Gulangyu Island like?
John Martin is visiting Xiao Li’s hometown.
Northwest of Xiamen.
Pretty hot and wet in summer, cold in winter.
It’s a gorgeous island.
Decide whether the statements are true or false:
1. John & Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for 6 years.
2. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast.
3. John has never been to China before.
4. There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen.
5. John and Xiao Li are on a visit to the city on foot.
True
True
False
False
False
Location
Climate
Buildings
Places of interest mentioned
Different districts
Find out the information about Xiao Li’s hometown
in the northwest of Xiamen
pretty hot & wet in the summer, quite cold in the winterhuge apartment blocks
lots of high-rise buildings great shopping malls
Gulangyu Island
the business district
the western district
Consolidation:
Translation:
-- 自从我们上次见面到现在已经 6 年了。
It’s been six years since we last saw each other. (过去
时)( 05’ 北京) It is almost five years ____we saw each other last time.
A. before B. since C. after D. when
B
It is /has been + 段时间 + since 从句( did )
Translation:
-- 这是我第一次参观你的家乡。
This is the first time I’ve visited your hometown. ( 完成
时 )
( 09’ 陕西) This is the first time we ____ a film in the cinema together as a family.
A.See B.had seen C.saw D.have seen
D
It/This +is/was +the first/---/last time+ ( that )从句
have / had done
location
changepeoplespeciality
local flavourpopulation
historyclimate
environment
How do you introduce or describe a place ?(aspects)
( 特产 )
(风味小吃)
地理位置 秦巴之间、汉江河畔
历史、人口天气、盛产
历史悠久, 44 万人口,气候适宜,朱鹮故乡,盛产梨、橘、黑米、鱼,人称“鱼米之
乡”
家乡变化 高楼林立、交通便利,生活水平提高(电脑、私家车),业余生活丰富
家乡人民 勤劳、友好
以“我爱我的家乡”为题,写一篇介绍家乡的短文
the Qinling Mountain the Ba Mountain on the bank of
with a population of the ibis (朱鹮) a land of fish and rice
Great changes have take place. convenient( 便利的 ) private car
live a colourful life in one’s spare time warm and hardworking
Bye-bye