Unit16 Warming up & SpeakingLook at the following pictures to find out the countries they are from.Look at the following pictures to find out the countries they are from.The following pictures are from the same country. How many can you call out?Steam ship on the MississippiSteam ship on the MississippiSteam ship on the MississippiSteam ship on the MississippiMore about the United StatesMore about the United StatesLocation of the United StatesLocation of the United States(New York / Atlanta / Washington D C / Mississippi River/San Francisco)Location of the United StatesLocation of the United States(New York / Atlanta / Washington D C / Mississippi River/San Francisco)CanadaMexicoCan you use some adjective words to describe the USA?developedattractivefashionablepowerfulmodernbeautiful5050a. Valentine’s Day b. Christmas Dayc. Thanksgiving Day d. Independence Daye. April Fool’s Day f. Halloweena (Feb.14)---e(Apr.1) ---f(Nov.1) ---c(the last Sunday of Nov) ---b(Dec.25)ABCDELos AngelesChicagoAtlantaNew YorkWashi-ngtonChicago, Atlanta, Washington, New York, Los AngelesChicago, Atlanta, Washington, New York, Los AngelesThe 10th Olympic Games, 1932 Los Angeles The 23rd Olympic Games, 1984 Los AngelesThe 26th Olympic Games, 1996 AtlantaDecide whether the following Decide whether the following sentences aresentences are TrueTrue oror FalseFalse..1. New York is the largest state in the US. 2. Most state names come from Spanish or English. 3. Atlanta is known as the “Big Apple”.FFF4. The Constitution was written in 1779. 5. There are 52 stars on the American flag. 6. George Washington was the first American President.FFT7. The first settlers arrived in North America about 30,000 years ago. 8. The Mississippi River is the longest river in the world.TFThe largest riverThe largest riverAmerican FlagSpeakingLook at the following Map of Wulong County and work in pairs to describe your own hometown using useful expressions on P43. Topics:• What does your hometown look like?• Describe a place in your city? What does it look like?• Describe different parts of your city.• What does the landscape look like? Are there any hills, mountains, rivers, lakes or forests?Useful expressions• How long/wide/high/tall is…?• It’s…metres/feet long/wide/tall.• There is… in the north.• It looks like…武隆旅游目前主要有芙蓉江风景名胜区，仙女山国家级森林公园，天生三桥奇观生态旅游区三大精品，配以芙蓉江过江速滑，黄柏渡自助漂流等惊险刺激的娱乐运动项目可，使武隆旅游显得丰富多彩、灿烂夺目。 武隆交通发达，水陆可经长江、乌江出入，陆路渝涪高速公路，涪陵至武隆沿江（乌江）公路相通，境内水泥硬化标美路从县城通往各景区，方便、快捷。 1. Search information about The Civil War.2. Preview Pre-reading and Reading parts.
