GEORGE’S DIARY 12 TH —14 TH JUNE UNIT 1 using language

Angel Island Fisherman’s Wharf Chinatown Name the following things. a road sign Golden Gate Bridge a cable car

Tuesday Wednesday Monday Tourist spots and attractions of the trip a cable carFisherman’s Wharf Golden Gate Bridge Angel Island a blue and white signChinatown

Cable car

Why did George take a ride on a cable car? A __________ view of San Francisco Bay and the city. spectacular a cable car First-day trip (Monday) A better form of _________ invented by Andrew Hallidie. transport Apparently he’d been shocked when he saw a terrible accident.

Fisherman’s Wharf ( 渔人码头 ) It is the district: It is a tourist area: It’s also the place : where Italian fishermen first came to SF and began the fishing industry with lots of shops,sea food restaurants and bakeries to catch ferry to Angel Island and other places in the bay

Who did George join up with to take the trip? take in means: Second-day trip (Tuesday) why did they take the day trip by car? team up with A ________ drive ______ ___ for the tourists.fascinating A 79 km round-trip that ____ __ all the famous _____ _____. tourist spots marked out takes in A. understand B. include C. make… smaller D. cheat road

A. Admired buildings of southern Chinese style. B. Saw interesting temples and markets. C. Tasted cuisine in Chinese restaurants. D. Visited art galleries and a museum. What did they do in Chinatown?

The fronts of the building are _________ to look like old buildings in southern China. decorated Chinatown

Port in San Francisco A good view of the Golden Gate Bridgethe Golden Gate Bridge Angel Island Third-day trip (Wednesday) take ferry

Why was Angel Island famous from1882 to 1940? a immigration station prison cells Miserable stay: How were Chinese immigrants’ stay there?

Poems on the wall What were the poems about? The wrote the poems about their __________ and ________ their former life in China. loneliness mourned The children mourn the loss of the mother.

formal or informal What do you think of its language? √ Post reading Spent all day driving around city. Am exhausted and don’t feel like doing anything else? We spent I am I Can you give another title for the passage ? GEORGE’S DIARY 12 TH —14 TH JUNE Three-day trip in San Francisco the city.

Discussio n Tourist spots in Longwan District Longwan District is attracting more tourists for her cultural and natural scenes. Can you plan a trip around the district? 大罗山 瑶溪 永昌堡

Yongchang Castle A castle …fight against…Japanese pirates( 倭寇 )… … mourn the death of the heroes… …be decorated ….

大罗山国家步行道 灵昆农家乐 …mark out …hikers… … cuisine … …contain documents, photographs ….history…

Yaoxi Scenic Spot ( 瑶溪风景区 ) …a tourist spot where… …a place where…

Discussio n (Route? The tourist spots? Attractions? ) Words : spectacular, fascinating, mourn, decorate, drive… Phrases: do exploring, mark out, take in, team up with… 大罗山 瑶溪 永昌堡 灵昆 A trip around Longwan district “We plan a 1/2-day trip around Longwan District…”

Homework 1. Make a travel brochure of travel in Longwan District. 2. Review the whole unit

1. Teamed up with a couple from my hotel and hired a car. A. bought B. rent C. stole D. borrowed B Choose the Synonyms ( 同义词 )

2. More and more people were able to grasp the opportunity. A. hold B. miss C. lose D. have 3. Apparently he’d been shocked when he saw a terrible accident. A. distinctly B. thankfully C. obviously D. relevantly A C

4. It is a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots. A. cheats B. includes C. understand D. absorbs 5. Chinese people applied for right to live in USA. A. approved of B. asked for C. devoted to D. put on B B

2 Read the diary carefully and answer the questions in pairs. 1.Why did Andrew Hallidie invent the cable car system? 2. Where did George eat lunch on his first day in San Francisco? He ate at Fisherman’s Wharf. He invented the cable car system because the horse-drawn trams used before were unsafe. horse-drawn 为 n + pp→ adj

3. Why did George hire a car? Why do you think he joined up with Terri and Peter? It was convenient for him to tour around the city. It was cheaper to hire a car with other people because they could share the cost. Also he probably enjoyed being in the company of other tourists.

It’s a 79km round-trip that takes in all famous tourists spots. take in understand receive make(cloth e)narrower include cheat What takes in all the famous tourist spots?

1) He had nowhere to live in, so we took him in. 2) The dress needs to be taken in. 3) They listened to my lecture, but how much did they take in, I wonder? 4) Don’t let yourself be taken in by these politicians. receive make narrower understand cheat

思维拓展 : take off 拆开, 拆散 take on 贬低, 贬损名誉等 take apart 从事, 对 ….. 产生兴趣, 打听, 占用空间或时间 take away from 脱下, 脱去, 起居, 休假, 离开 take up 开始雇佣, 露出, 承担, 接受

Post reading Teamed up with a couple from my hotel. team up with: make an effort in cooperation with; work together with Translate: He teamed up with an experienced worker in the project. Who teamed up with me when I spent all day driving?