Unit 1 Asia Reading ITeaching aims:1 To introduce famous cities in China in English.2 To strengthen patriotism education of students.Teaching steps:Step 1 Revision汉译英1.最好做某事 had better do sth.2.坚持工作 keep working3.休息 have/take a rest4.想要继续 want to go on5.把我叫醒 wake me up6.在你回来的路上 on your way back7.计划环游中国 plan to travel around China8.一个可以去的很棒的地方 a wonderful place to go9.谢谢你的建议Thanks for your suggestions.10.爬这么多台阶真的很累It’s really tiring to climb so many steps.Step 2 Presentation1. New words.Teach the new words. Pay attention to the key words. emperor n. 皇帝 landscape n. 风景；地形 watchtower n. 瞭望塔 cave n. 洞穴 attraction n. 向往的地方；吸引 middle n. 中间，中央in the middle of 在……中间raising n. 升高wonder n. 奇迹 lie vi. 位于shape n. 形状，外形 underground adv. 在地下hang vi.&vt. 垂下，悬挂 point vi. 指，指向upwards adv. 向上 hire vt. 租用；雇佣 eastern adj. 东部的，东方的 south-east n. adj. &adv. 东南方location n. 地点，方位 2. Complete Section B1 and check the answers.1. emperor ____ a pay some money to use something for a short time2. attraction ____ b the ruler of a country or several countries3. wonder ____ c a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground 4. lie ____ d something that fills you with surprise5. cave ____ e an interesting place to go6. hire ____ f be in a place 3.Free talk.l Have you ever visited a big city before?l How well do you know about the city?l Would you like to visit it again one day?Get the students to talk about the questions. Encourage the students to share their own opinions.Step 3 Reading of passage 1I. Read the article of Beijing and answer the questions:1. How many attractions are mentioned in this article? 2. What are they?Keys：Four.They are the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City; Tian'anmen Square; the Summer Palace and the Great Wall.II. Read the article of Beijing again and answer some more questions:1. Where is the Palace Museum?2. Who used to live there?3. When was it turned into a museum?4. What can we see there?5. Where is Tian'anmen Square?6. How big is it?7. What do people like to do in Tian'anmen Square early in the morning? 8. Where is the Summer Palace?9. What was it used for?10. How long is the Great Wall?11. How far is it between the watchtowers?12. When was it first built?13. What makes the Great Wall so special? Keys: 1. It’s in the middle of the ancient city of Beijing, the capital of China.2. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live there.3. It was turned into a museum in 1925.4. Wonderful buildings and art treasures.5. It’s next to the Palace Museum.6. It’s the biggest city square in the world.7. People like to gather there early in the morning to watch the raising of the national flag.8. It’s in the north-west of Beijing.9. It was once a nice place for the emperors to spend the summer.10. It runs for over 6,000 kilometres across northern China.11. It’s about few hundred metres.12. It was first built more than 2,000 years ago.13. It’s one of the wonders of the world.III. Post-reading of passage 1Kevin is asking Daniel about Beijing. Complete their conversation with the words in the box.dynasties gather museum palaceraising summer wondersKevin: Have you ever visited the Palace Museum, Daniel?Daniel: Yes, of course. It was a ①______ for two ② _________. Twenty-four Chinese emperors once lived there.Kevin: Can we go inside the Palace Museum?Daniel: Certainly. It’s now open to the public as a ③ _________.Kevin: The Summer Palace was also a palace for the emperors in the past, wasn’t it?Daniel: Yes. It was a nice place for the emperors to spend the ④ _________.Kevin: Have you ever seen the ⑤ _______ of the national flag?Daniel: Yes, I have. A lot of tourists like to ⑥________ in Tian’anmen Square early in the morning to watch it.Kevin: What about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?Daniel: Sure. As an old saying goes, “He who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.” It’s one of the ⑦ _________ of the world.Keys: palace, dynasties, museum, summer, raising, gather, wondersStep 4 Reading of passage 2I. Read the article of Guilin and answer the questions:1. Where is Guilin? 2. What can we enjoy in Guilin?Keys: 1. It’s in southern China.II. Read the article of Guilin again and answer some more questions:1. Where does Guilin lie?2. Why do many tourists come to visit Guilin?3. Are the mountains around Guilin the same?4. Where is the Reed Flute Cave?5. What can we see in the Reed Flute Cave?6. What is the cave praise as?7. How can we enjoy the beauty of the Lijiang River?8. If I want to travel around the countryside, how should I do?Keys: 1. It lies on the two sides of the Lijiang River. 2. Because of its fantastic landscape. 3. No. The mountains stand in different shapes. 4. In the north-west of the city. 5. There are so many rocks in unusual shapes-- some hang down, and others point upwards. 6. It is praised as the “Art Palace of Nature”. 7. Take a boat trip. 8. Hire a bike and ride around the countryside.III. Post-readingThe nest day, Kevin is telling his friend Chris about Guilin. However, some of the details are wrong. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.1. Guilin is in eastern China. _____2. Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape. _____3. The Reed Flute Cave is in the south-east of Guilin. _____4. You can find amazing rocks inside the Reed Flute Cave. _____5. You can take a boat trip along the Lijiang River. _____ 6. You need to buy a bicycle to ride around the countryside. _____ Keys: FTFTTFStep 5 Reading togetherRead the articles in chorus.Step 6 PracticeKevin wants to make notes of the two cities. Help him complete his notes.BeijingThe Palace Museum: in the _________ of the ancient city, wonderful buildings and ______________.Tian’anmen Square: the _________ city square in the world, the raising of the ________________.The Summer Palace: in the ___________ of Beijing, a large Chinese _______ set in a natural landscape.The Great Wall: over ___________ across northern China, was first built more than _______ years ago.GuilinLocation: on the two sides of the _____________ What to see: _________ stand in different shapes; the Reed Flute Cave, an _____________ cave with ___________ in unusual shapes.What to do: take a ___________ along the Lijiang River; hire a bicycle and ride around the __________.Keys: middle, art treasures, biggest, national flag, north-west, garden, 6,000km, 2000 Lijiang River, mountains, underground, many rocks, boat trip, countryside. Step 11 Homework1. Read aloud the articles and underline the difficult parts.2. Remember the new words in this lesson. 。