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

2. Fill in the blanks with the1
Fill in the blanks with the
words given. Then make
your own sentences with
the words:

3. 1 My English writing is good,
but I need to_______ my
listening skills.
2 I don’t________. Could you
explain that again, please?
3 That’s a special cinema.
It only _______ foreign films.
4 Have you_____ what you want
to do after school?
5 You can ______ bicycle at
the amusement park.
understand
decided
rent
improve
shows

4. Use the information in 2 Unit 9 to make your own
Then survey 3 students
in the class.
questionnaire

5. Have you ever Mei fan never Lin de No, never. Daming Yes, many times
been to an
amusement park?
Yes, many
times
Yes, only
once
Never.
Yes,
she has.
Yes,
he has.
No, he
hasn’t
spoken to a native
speaker of English?
written to a
Foreign friend?
No,
never.
never
Yes, he
has.
argued with your
parents?
Yes, she
has.
No,
he hasn’t.
Yes, he
has.

6. 3
Use the information in your survey to write a short report.

7. ______________________
Mei Fang has been to an amusement
Park in Guangzhou. She didn’t enjoy
it because it is a little smaller than she
thinks . It has few people there.
Meifang has ever spoken to a native
Speaker of English because she likes
English very much. And she has written
to an English friend for a long time.

8. Just for fun !!

9. Have you ever been to an amusement park? Let’s Isn’t it great?
No, I haven’t.
Let’s
go tonight.
Isn’t it great?

10. PAIRWORK Stars from Asia 1 Who is your favorite pop star?
Who is your favorite movie star?
Tell your partner who they are
and why you like them

11. my favorite movie
star:
my favorite pop star:

12. I like S.H.E. because they are
so lovely and sing well.
I like Zhang Manyu because she
is beautiful and mature.

13. 2a: Look at the title and then Circle those you think will
look at the words and
expressions below.
Circle those you think will
be in the reading.
Kung Fu, Internet, Coco Lee, tradition
Hollywood, Africa

14. 2b: Now go through the reading and see if you were correct.
Stars from Asia

15. MTV is the most popular television
channel that shows music videos.
Fans from Asia choose their favorite
MTV stars online. Among the popular
choices from Hong Kong are singers
Sammi Chen (Zheng Xiuwen), Kelly
Chan (Chen Huilin), and handsome
Heartthrob Andy Lau (Liu Dehua).

16. Online: on the internet.
heartthrob:
a good-looking star

17. Seventy million people visit the site every month.
MTV has recorded 4 million
votes in 2 weeks on its Asian
website,
The website has news on pop
music as well as on films.
Seventy million people visit
the site every month.

18. MTV predicts that Asians will soon
be the most famous stars in the
world. There are already many
examples of big stars, such as singer
Coco Lee (Li Wen) and actor
Jackie Chan (Cheng Long).

19. Coco Lee uses Latin music and other western styles to attract fans from different countries. Jackie Chan can ask for $15 million to do a Hollywood film.
Latin : Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese culture

20. Frank Brown, President of MTV
Asia, says that he sees in the west a
growing interest in Asia and what
Asian artists are doing. “You have
Madonna singing about India,” Brown
says.

21. “The singer’s new look even
borrows from traditional Indian culture. ”The popularity of Asian stars is growing because westerners find talented stars
from different cultures new and exciting.

22. This has already begun in the
Movie world. Asian actors like
Zhang ZiYi and Bond girl
Michelle Yeoh (Yang Ziqiong)
are big stars in Hollywood.

23. Oscars: awards for the best movies
Asian films produced outside
Hollywood are also doing well in
North America. For example, Hong Kong’s Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon, won 4 Oscars in 2001,
the most ever for a film not in
English. Other popular movies are South Korea’s Chunhyang and India’s Lagaan.
Oscars: awards for the best movies

24. Hong Kong’s Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon

25. South Korea’s
Chunhyang

26. India’s Lagaan

27. These films have stories western
audience enjoy and find interesting.
But many of these stories aren’t
shown in Hollywood movies.
A common theme in Asian films, for
example, is how families and
friendships are changed by modern
life.
Modern life: the times we are
living in now

28. 3: Match the words and expressions with their meanings. Then make
sentences with the words and
expressions.

29. online heartthrob Latin Oscars modern life a good-looking star
on the Internet
Spanish, Italian and
Portuguese culture
d. the times we are
living in now
e. awards for the best
movies
online
heartthrob
Latin
Oscars
modern life

30. Read the article and find the4:
Read the article and find the
answers to these questions.
1 How does Coco Lee attract
fans?
She uses Latin music.

31. He can ask for $15 million to
2 How do we know that
Hollywood likes Jackie Chan?
He can ask for $15 million to
do a movie.

32. Because westerners like
3 Why are Zhang Ziyi and
Yang ziqiong famous in
Hollywood?
Because westerners like
talented stars from different
cultures.

33. They vote on-line. 4 How do fans choose their favorite MTV stars?
5 What do Asian films show
that western films don’t?
A common theme in Asian
films is how families and friendships
are changed by modern life.

34. GROUPWORK homework 5 Think of movies you have seen
this year. List your choices
for each item in the chart.
Then vote to see which one
gets an Oscar.