Unit3OnlinetoursReading(I)I
TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1
usedifferentreadingskills;2
describesomefamousplacesinNewYork;3
graspthemainideaofthearticle
Teachingcontents1
Newwordsandphrases:guide,icon,click,Asia,Africa,Europe,America,world-famous,trade,southern,international,gather,huge,darkness,island,lawn,several,relax,hard,musical,bottom,pick,play,website,somuchforsth
,atthetopofthepage,atthebottomofthepage,sincetheearlytwentiethcentury2
Newstructures:WallStreet,theworld-famoustradecentre,ishereatthesouthernendofManhattanIsland
FurtheronisTimesSquare
Everyyear,thousandsofpeoplegatherhereonNewYear’sEve
It’sexcitingtoseethehugeglassballfallingthroughthedarkness
Withseverallakes,hillsandalargegreenlawn,it’sagoodplacetorelaxafterahardday’swor