Unit 3 Online toursReading 1Learning aims:1. To know several famous places of interest of New York.2. To get connected information to complete the exercises on Page 38﹠39.Review1.Read and master the words and phrases from (36) to (39) on page141.(5′trade→ the activity of buying and sellinginternational→ two or more countries taking partgather→ come togetherhuge→ very largeseveral→ more than tworelax→ rest after workcentury→ a period of 100 yearsmusical→ a play filled with many songsLead to the new knowledge• Free talk(3′• (1).What do you usually use your computer for?• (2). How often do you use your computer for this?• (3). Have you ever used computers to search for travel information?Guide One1.Open your books and turn to page 36. Read the article quickly. Then tell me what city Daniel is visiting and how he’s visiting the city.(3′(1).What city is Daniel visiting?(2).How is he visiting the city?He is visiting New York.He is visiting the city by an online tour.Guide One2. Listen and find out the answers to the following questions quickly.(3′(1). What is the name of the website?(2). How many places of interest do you know from the passage?(3). What are they?Around the World in Eight Hours.Four.Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park and Broadway.Task 1• Look at the chart in Part B2 on page 38. Can you help Millie find out what people can see in New York. Read the article again and write down the answers.(3′• a world-famous trade centre• people gather there on New Year’s Eve• with lakes, hills and a large green lawn• Be famous for its theatresTask 2• Read the sentences in part B3. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it’s false.(6′• FFTFFFTT• help people travel to different places• at the bottom of the page• at the southern end of Manhattan Island• fall from the sky on New Year’s Eve• click on the “Back” icon• start a new online tourGuide Two1.Let’s read after the tape. Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.(8′Task 4• Kitty also wants to learn something about the online tour. She’s asking Daniel about it. Complete their conversation in Part B4.(5′• (1)Around the World in Eight Hours (2)online• (3).Asia (4).Europe (5).companies• (6).international banks (7).new year• (8).relax (9)twentieth century• the early twentieth century(20 世纪早期 )Homework• 1. Read the article three times correctly.• 2.Complete the exercise of Reading I in Exercise Period carefully.
