1. Have you ever been to an amusement park?
Unit 9
Have you ever been to an amusement park?
Reading

2. Guess
Do you know these countries?

3. Japan

4. the United Kingdom

5. Canada

6. the United States

7. Mexico

8. India

9. Singapore

10. Group Work
Which countries do you want to visit? Why? Talk with your classmates, and write the information down.

11. Country
Reason
Australia
It is beautiful.
India
... …

13. Pre-reading questions
What do you know about Singapore? Say something about it.

14. Group Work What’s the attraction of Singapore?
Read the passage and find out the answer to the question.
What’s the attraction of Singapore?
Singapore’s attraction lies in its language, food, zoo (especially the night zoo) and the temperature (weather).

15. 3a Complete the word map with the words from the reading.
names of places
animals
seasons
kinds of food
languages
China,
lions,
summer,
Chinese,
rice,
Chinese,
English
all kinds of
food
Singapore
Night Safari
all year round

16. 3c The statements below are all false
3c The statements below are all false. Using information from the reading. Write four true sentences.
1. Singapore is a big country in Europe.
Southeast Asia
small
2. In Singapore, you can only find Japanese food.
all kinds of
3. It’s good to see lions and foxes during the daytime because they’ll probably be awake.
night
4. It’s best to visit Singapore in autumn.
any seasons

17. Discuss
What do you know about the countries you want to visit?

18. Language Points

19. Translation on one hand, on the other hand 一方面，另一方面
On one hand, loss imply gain; on the other hand, gain imply loss.
塞翁失马，安知非福；塞翁得马，安知非祸。
Translation
一方面，我想去那个派对；但另一方面，我不得不学习。
On one hand, I want to go to the party, but on the other hand I have to study.

20. whenever 无论何时
I’ll discuss it with you whenever you like.
你愿意什么时候我就什么时候和你商量这件事。
Whenever she comes, she brings a friend.
她每次来都带个朋友。

21. 特殊疑问词+ever ：无论...
however, whenever, wherever是疑问副词, 引导让步状语从句。
However hard he try, he can't succeed.
Whenever I see him, he always smiles to me.
Wherever you go, don't forget your hometown.
whoever, whomever, whatever是疑问代词, 引导让步状语从句或名词性从句。
Whoever does wrong should be punished.
I will give the prize to whomever you recommend.
I will buy you whatever you want.

22. 1. If we work with a strong will，we can overcome any
difficulty, ______ great it is.
A. what B. how C. however D. whatever
2. It is generally considered unwise to give a child _____
he or she wants.
A. however B. whatever
C. whichever D. whenever
3. We’ll have to finish the job，_______.
A. long it takes however B. it takes however long
C. long however it takes D. however long it takes C B D

23. all year round 一年到头，终年
= the whole year
The temperature there is almost the same all year round.
那里的温度终年几乎一样。

24. More Expressions for years 很长时间 year after year 年复一年，每年（重复）
(= year in year out)
year by year 一年年（逐渐变化）

25. Homework
Write an ad for your hometown or for a place you have been to. Include details about why people should visit it.

26. Have you ever been to …?_________________
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