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

3. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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.

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

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

14. 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

15. 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.

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

17. 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? ……

18. 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:

19. 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?

20. The New York Times surprised me!

21. 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.

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

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

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

25. Manhattan Island
His home is on an island.

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

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

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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

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

33. 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

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

35. 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

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

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

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

39. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8

40. Check for the mistakes