Section B (2a-2d)Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?Lead in:Do you know these countries?the United KingdomMexico Singaporethousand num.一千thousands of 数以千计的探究点一 New wordssafe adj. 安全的fear v. & n. 害怕 ; 惧怕Indian adj.印度人；印度的Japanese adj.日本人；日本的fox n. 狐狸equator n. 赤道spring n. 春天What do you know about Singapore?探究点二 ReadingWhat do you know or want to know about Singapore? Discuss it with your group.2aMade up: main island 63 small islandsArea: 697.1 square kilometres. Population: 3,437,300 (Chinese 76.2 ％ , Malays 13.8 ％ ,Indians 8.3 ％ , Others 1.7 ％ )Introduce Singapore brieflySingapore’s geographical position ( 地理位置 )A small island (1) ________________Language(s) people speak in Singapore(2) _____________ ____________Food we can find in SingaporeChinese food, (3) ______________________ and Japanese food.in Southeast AsiaPutonghua and EnglishIndian food, Western foodFill in the blanks according to the article.Name of the night zoo in Singapore(4) ___________Temperature in SingaporeIt is (5) ______________ all year round.Night Safari almost the sameRead the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore?2b探究点三 Reading1. Most people in Singapore only speak English.2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good foods in Singapore.The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them.2cboth English and Chinesevery3. It’s better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake.4. It’s best to visit Singapore in autumn.whenever you likeat night1. on the one hand… on the other hand... 一方面……另一方面……e.g. On the one hand, she taught English, on the other hand she learned Chinese. 她一方面教英...
