Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? Section B 2a-2e Lead in:Do you know these countries? the United Kingdom 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Canada 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M the United States 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Singapore 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 2a Let’s know about Singapore. Please read the passage after the tape. 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Reading Fill in the blanks according to the article. 2b 崇德 博学 自主 创新 Singapore’s geographical position ( 地理位置 ) A small island Southeast Asia _in _______________ Language(s) people speak in Singapore Putonghua and _____________ English _____ _______ Food we can find in Singapore Chinese food, Indian food, Western _________________ _____ food and Japanese food. PS2M Name of the night zoo in Singapore ___________ Night Safari Temperature in Singapore It is almost _________ the _____ same all year round. 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 2c The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them. 1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. both English and Chinese 2. It is not easy to get many different very kinds of good foods in Singapore. 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M ng the daytime because they will prob ably be awake. 4. It’s best to visit Singapore in autumn at night . whenever you like 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 1. on the one hand… on the other hand... Language points 一方面……另一方面…… e.g. On the one hand, she taught English, o n the other hand she learned Chinese. 她 一 方 面 教 英 语 , 一 方 面 学 习 汉语。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 2. …more than three quarters of the population are Chinese… quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟 three quarters 四分之三 e.g. I’ve got to go in a quarter of an hour. 一刻钟以 后我就得走了。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 3. Maybe you fear that you won’t… fear v. 害怕；担心 e.g. Many people fear changes because they do not like the old ways to be changed. 很多人惧怕变化，因 为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式被改变。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 4. A lot of animals only wake up at night… wake v. 醒来；唤醒 (woke woken) e.g. She went upstairs to wake John. 她上楼去叫醒约翰。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M 他今天好像不高兴。 She seems very sad. 她 似 乎 很 伤 心 。 b) seem + (to be) + n. e.g. They seem (to be) doctors. 他们好像是医生。 c) seem + (to be) + 介 词 e . g . I t s e e m s l i k e y e a r s s i n c e I l a s t s a w h e r. 自从上次遇到她 , 好像已过了许多年。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M d) seem to do. e.g. He seems to be happy. 他好像很高兴。 My mother seemed to know that. 我妈妈好像知道那件事。 e) It seems that + 从句 e.g. It seems that he is happy. = He seems (to be) happy. 他好像很快乐。 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Quiz Fill in the conversation about Singapore 2d using the information form the article. A: I am going to Singapore next week. _____ Have you ever been ____ there before? been to Singapore many times. It’s B: Yes, I’ve ____ my favorite country in Southeast ________ Asia. A: What languages do people speak _____ there? English B: Mostly Chinese and _______. 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M A: What about the food? Is it good? Have you ever tried Indian B: It’s excellent! _____ food? Indian food is really good in ever Singapore. A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night have Safari? Someone told me to go there. seethe Night Safari. It was B: Yes! I ____ been to really exciting towarm ___ the animals in the year dark. A: And it is always _____ in Singapore? 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Translate the following phrases. Southeast Asia 1. 在东南亚 in_______________ quarters of population 2. 四分之三的人口three ________________________ problems doing sth. 3. 做某事有困难 have ______________________ the daytime 4. 在白天during ________________ up 5. 唤醒 wake ________ 6. 处于一个自然的环境中 in a natural environment ______________________ year round 7. 一年到头，终年all_____________ 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M Homework Make a list of facts about your hometown or a place you have been to . ( 可 以 参 照 书 中 3 a ) 崇德 博学 自主 创新 PS2M