Around the World in Eight Hours Unit3 online tours Around the World in Eight Hours By Carol Fan

Welcome to “Around the World in Eight Hours” Welcome to “Around the World in Eight Hours”. I’m your tour guide, Robin. Have you noticed the “Tour”icon at the top of the page? Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours.

Welcome to “Around World in Eight Hours”. I’m your tour guide, Robin Welcome to “Around World in Eight Hours”. I’m your tour guide, Robin. Have you noticed the “Tour”icon at the top of the page? Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more in only eight hours.

Here we are in “the Big Apple”——New York, the biggest city in the USA. Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island. There are many big companies and international banks here. Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve. It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness! In the centre of the island is Central Park. With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work. When you visit New York, don’t miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century. Have you ever heard of the song ”Memory”? It comes from the famous Broadway musical Cats. OK, so much for New York. There’s a “Back” icon at the bottom of page. Click on it, pick another city and then start your new tour. Back

Work as groups. Task 1 Vocabulary Building (3 min) Time’s up Work as groups. Group members—Read through the text and underline all the difficult words and phrases in it. Exchange ideas with other members. Group leader—Collect the most difficult points and write them down on the note sheet.

Here we are in “the Big Apple”——New York, the biggest city in the USA. Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island. There are many big companies and international banks here. Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve. It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness! In the centre of the island is Central Park. With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work. When you visit New York, don’t miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century. Have you ever heard of the song ”Memory”? It comes from the famous Broadway musical Cats. OK, so much for New York. There’s a “Back” icon at the bottom of page. Click on it, pick another city and then start your new tour. Back

Grand Central Terminal Disneyland Fifth Avenue Golden Gate Bridge Task 2 Read &Tick out the places(1 min) Central Park Broadway Grand Central Terminal Wall Street Times Square

New York Para.3 Para.4 Para.5 Para.6 Match the places with the paragraphs Para.3 Para.4 Central Park Broadway New York Para.5 Wall Street Para.6 Times Square

Here we are in “the Big Apple”——New York, the biggest city in the USA. Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island. There are many big companies and international banks here. Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve. It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness! In the centre of the island is Central Park. With several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work. When you visit New York, don’t miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century. Have you ever heard of the song ”Memory”? It comes from the famous Broadway musical Cats. OK, so much for New York. There’s a “Back” icon at the bottom of page. Click on it, pick another city and then start your new tour.

Task 3 Reading Comprehension(3 min) Complete the exercises on your notes with the details .Exchange your ideas with other group members.

Wall Street trade centre the world-famous ___________ southern at the __________ end of Manhattan Island companies international big __________ and ______________ banks

falling through the darkness Times Square New Year’s Eve People gather here on________________. It’s exciting to see the huge glass ball ______________________________. falling through the darkness

Central Park in the centre ______________ of Manhattan Island. several lakes, hills and a large green ________ . lawn relax hard day’s a good place to ______ after a __________ work.

Broadway famous theaters has been________ for its ________ since the early __________ century . twentieth Memory The song “_________” comes from the famous Broadway_________ Cats. musical

Where to go? When to visit? Where is it? How to get there? What to see? What to do? What to eat? How is the place? ……

Task 4 Work as groups. Find all the useful words and phrases which refer to the place and stick them into the correct columns. Here is an example:

in Manhattan, New York City all year round the statue of Liberty in Manhattan, New York City all year round a symbol of the USA watch a movie beautiful views of Manhattan must visit go to the top of it visit the museum inside Where to go? When to visit? Where is it? How to get there? What to see? What to do? What to eat? How is the place?

The New York Times surprised me!

Recommend several places of interest in New York to me. Homework Pick a place of interest in Suzhou and write a brief introduction to it. or Recommend several places of interest in New York to me. fanjin11@163.com

trade centre a centre where goods is bought or sold between people or countries WTO (World Trade Organization) trade v. trade with India

The World Trade Center in New York City was one of the world's tallest buildings.

international between or involving different countries English is always used in international meetings.

Manhattan Island His home is on an island.

gather come together Hundreds of students gathered in the school hall and waited for the basketball match.

How much honey does a bee gather every day? A. collect B. come together

musical n. She began her musical studies at the age of 5. adj. He grew up in a musical family .

1. The website helps people buy tickets to different places. 2. There is a “Tour” icon at the bottom of the page. 3. New York is also called “the Big Apple”. 4. Wall Street is at the northern end of Manhattan Island. learn about F top F T southern F 29

5. A big apple falls from the sky on New Year’s Eve at Times Square. 6. There are no hills or lakes in Central Park. 7. The song “Memory” comes from the musical Cats. 8. Click on the “Back” icon and you can start a new online tour. huge glass ball falls F no F T T 30

Fill in the blanks. After I search for the information on the website called _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ , I decide to go to the US for my holiday. Around the World in Eight Hours

Fill in the blanks. world-famous trade centre There is a __________ _____ _____ at the southern end of Manhattan Island.

Fill in the blanks. Most young people want to find a good job in an __________ ________ or _____ to earn a lot of money. company bank international

Fill in the blanks. One special activity on New Year’s Eve is to watch the _____ glass ball ______ ______ the darkness. through huge falling

Fill in the blanks. With hills, lakes and a large area of ______, Central Park is another good place to_________ after a hard day’s work . lawn relax

Fill in the blanks. twentieth Since the early __________, the theatres in New York ______ ______ famous. have been

Fill in the blanks. If you haven’t ________ ______ the song “Memory”, you must go and enjoy the ________ Cats yourself. heard of musical

Fill in the blanks. European France is an ________ country. So I need to _____ on “________” icon if I want to learn about it. click Europe

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