Chapter 2 France is calling 龙城初级中学

Important words: n. 名词 travel 旅行 cycling 骑自行车 skiing 滑雪 wing 翅膀 coast 海岸 mountain 山；山脉 crop 农作物；庄稼 wheat 小麦 castle 城堡 capital 首都 product 产品 wine 葡萄酒；果酒 culture 文化 exhibition 展览会 concert 音乐会 event 事件；大事 iron 铁 avenue 大道 v. 动词 defeat 打败 call 召唤 plan 计划 spread 伸开；伸展 offer 提供 provide 提供；供应 include 包括 shop 购物 relax 放松 adv. 副词 abroad 在国外；到国外

1. Spending a week in my holiday house on the ______ made me feel much better. 2. The farmland here is very rich. Many kinds of ________can be grown here. 3. As we were driving in the countryside, we saw fields of w____. 4. Paris is the ________of France. 5. In fairy tales, beautiful girls are often kept in old _______. 6. We d______ them in the race yesterday. 7. Many foreigners are very interested in Chinese _______. 8. France is famous for the _____. capital castles crops coast heat Fill in the blanks with the correct words: efeated culture wine

1. go 2. spread one’s wings 展开翅膀 Why not spread your wings and visit France? 3. defeat sb. 打败某人 They defeated the enemy and won the war. 4. call on sb. 拜访某人 call at sp. 去了某地 Let’s call on John together. They called at the village the day before yesterday. cycling 去骑自行车 skiing 去滑雪 shopping 去购物 swimming 去游泳

5. (v.) plan to do sth. 计划做某事 (n.)make a plan to do sth.\for sth. 6. offer sth. to sb. 提供某人某物 (= offer sb. sth.) provide sb. with sth. 7. include 包括 (consist of 由 … 组成 ) 如今的数字系统包含了 1 到 9 和 0 的这些数字. The system of numbers today includes \ consists of the numbers from 1 to 9 and shop(v.)\shopping(n.) Are you going to shop with you mother after dinner? Would you like to go shopping with me?

9. relax oneself 放松自己 ---Why are you listening to the music? ---Because I want to relax myself. relaxed adj.( 感到 ) 轻松的 I feel relaxed now. 我现在感到很轻松． relaxing adj. 使 ( 人 ) 松懈 The weather is relaxing. 天气使人无精打采 10. abroad adv. 在国外；到国外 aboard adv. 上（船，飞机等） go abroad 出国 hurry aboard 匆忙上船

1 Which one of these is the French flag? a. b. c. FranceSwitzerlandthe USA

2 What happened to the King of France in 1789? a He went to America. b He lost his head. c He defeated the British.

3 Which two of these sports are not popular in France? cycling baseball tennis basketball skiing soccer

tea champagne ( 香槟酒） 4 Which of these drinks come from France? cola mineral water

What else do you know about France? What else do you know about France?

Great Britain Great Britain

Arc de Triomphe Arc de Triomphe ( 凯旋门 )

the EuroDisney the EuroDisney

old castle ( 城堡 ) old castle ( 城堡 )

Give short answers to these questions 1 Look at the heading and the photos. What will this passage be about? 2 Read the first sentence of the passage. At what time of the year was this written? Who does the writer mean by ’ us ’? 3 Look at th rbeginning of the 5th paragraph. Is this passage written for children or adults 成年人 ? B Look and think

Give short answers to these questions 1 Look at the heading and the photos. What do you think this passage will be about? B Look and think About France, and perhaps about going to France.

2 Read the first sentence of the passage. At what time of the year was this written? Who does the writer mean by ’ us ’? B Look and think “Winter is behind us.” It was written after the winter but before the summer. By ‘us’, the writer means ‘the people of Shenzhen’.

3 Look at the beginning of the fifth paragraph. Is this passage written for children or adults? B Look and think “People (with children) will find EuroDisney a good place to visit.” For adults.

C Read the text and find the meanings Keys to C1 : c a b b a a a C2: 1---d 2—c 3---e 4---b 5---a

D find the facts Attractions of France: many beaches; many _________ for skiing; scenic areas such as the _________, old ______ Capital:___________. Famous places: _______________and _________________ Special attraction for children: _____________ Loire Valleycastles Paris the Eiffel Tower The Arc de Triomphe EuroDisney mountains

D find the facts France is famous for: _______such as bread and cheese _____________such as French film festivals, exhibitions and concerts. food art an culture

E Read and think E1 Here are some sentences about the passage. Read each one and then write T, F or DK. 1 The writer is French. 2 France is a small but very interesting country. 3 The mountain regions are good places for waterskiing. 4 There are probably many farmers in France. 5 EuroDisney is similar to the Disney parks in the USA. DK F F T T

E Read and think E1 Here are some sentences about the passage. Read each one and then write T, F or DK. 6 France is famous for products such as planes 7 You cannot buy French products in Shenzhen. 8. It is easy to learn French quickly. DK F

E Read and think E2 What do the italicized words refer to? 1 It also has many mountains.. (paragraph2) 2 It has famous attractions such as … (Paragraph 4) 3 …and it offers many of the same attractions…(Paragraph 5) France Paris EuroDisney

1. 开始做某事 2. 例如 3. 过去常常做某事 习惯于做某事 4…. 之一 5. 向某人提供某物 6. 以 … 而闻名 7. 帮助某人做某事 在某方面帮助某人 1.start/begin to do sth doing sth 2.such as 3.used to do sth be used to doing sth 4….one of 5.offer sb …/offer … to sb provide sb with … 6.be famous for… 7. help sb (to) do sth help sb with sth Phrases

Paraphrase 1.Why not spread your wings and visit France? 2.Kings and Queens used to live in the old castles there. 3.You can enjoy yourself in France. Why don’t you spread your wings and visit France ? Kings and Queens lived in the old castles in the past. You can have a good time in film festivals.

Sentence Patterns 1.France is a big country, with coasts on three sides. 2.It offers many of the same attractions as the Disney parks in the USA. 3.These days, you can shop for many French foods in large cities in China.

Built by Gustave Eiffel in_______ Made of _________ About_________parts. Height is ________metres. ________building in Paris. People said it was _______at first, but later it bacame __________ iron 18, Highest ugly popular

_______take you to the top, or you can walk up ______steps. The tower is repainted every _______years. Colour:__________. Amazing things at the Tower:A man once ______down all the steps. Lifts 1,792 seven bronze cycled In _______, two English people jumped down with parachutes. 1984

1. 冠词 the

冠词 不定冠词 a, an 定冠词 the a 放辅音前 an 放元音前 a university an unhappy boy 通常我们第一次提到的名词前用不定冠词, 后面 再次提到这个名词时用定冠词： I bought a dictionary. The dictionary cost 60 yuan.

定冠词： 1) 特指 I’m very interested in the film. 2) 表示世界上独一无二的 the world, the moon… 3) 用在序数词, 形容词最高级, 两个人或物比较时 the second story, the largest room He is the taller of the two children in his family. 4) 由普通名词构成的专有名词前 the Changjiang River, the Great Wall

5) 在方位名词或固定词组中 in the east, on the left, in the morning…. 6) 演奏乐器前： play the piano… 7) 指世纪的某个年代 in the 1870’s

固定词组 在名词前不加任何冠词 Go home Go to school/ sleep Play chess/ basketball Have lunch Go by car Watch TV At night 在名词前加 Go to the beach/ cinima Listen to the radio Swim in the river Live in the country In the evening By the way

人名 地名 月份 星期名 Tom Brown, Xiao Liu, Mrs Green Paris, Shenzhen, France, China No. 3 Middle School, Bao’an Airport the USA, the Eiffel Tower January, February, October Sunday, Monday, Saturday. ( 专有名词首字母要大写 )

选择填空 1.This is ___ one-eyed dog. A. a B. an C. / D. the 2. They go to work by underground. A. a B. an C. / D. the 3.The boy likes___ violin but he doesn‘t like play___ chess. A.a, / B. the, / C. the, a D. the, a 4.Now he is ___ artist. He works as ___ university professor.( 教授） A an, an B. an,a C. a, a D. a, an

综合练习册 P3 E P75—79 A1. A2. A4. P82 B2

Where is she going?-WorkBook P6 1.Walk along Flower Road. Take the first turning on the left. It is behind Star House. 2. Walk to the end of Flower Road. You’ll see it on your right. 3. Walk along Flower Road and take the first turning on the right.You’ll find it on your right.

Speaking---directions A: Excuse me. How do I get to ……? Can you tell me the way to …….? Where is ……? B: Walk to the end of the road. You will see……on your right. …… in front of you. It is behind …/ next to …/ between..and…… Take the first turning on the left.

3.cinema 4.hotel bank 1.post office 2.Tom’s house ---- Green Street …… Park Road

Practice A: How do I get to ______________? / Can you tell me the way to …….? / Where is ……? B: ______________________________

Writing Why do people who go abroad for holiday send postcards to their friends instead of sending letters? Because… ( postcards: interesting pictures, cheaper postage, shorter and easier to write,etc.)

“Holiday Postcard” 的写法 注意时态 What you did yesterday (past) 过去时 What you are doing now (present) 现在进行时 What you are going to do tomorrow (future) 将来 时 注意描述的要点 when you arrived;how you get there; where you are staying; where your hotel is; what you are doing now; what you are going to doing.

Answers A March 2. is staying 3. Visit a waterfall (p12) B1. arrived here 2. are staying 3. in the picture 4. are going to

Now, you are in a foreign country on holiday. You want to send the postcard to your friend. choose a picture to write.

the Pyramids ( Cairo, Egypt ) the Little Mermaid ( Copenhagen,Denmark )