1. Unit 9

2. Have you ever been to a museum?
Unit 9
Have you ever been to a museum?

3. Section B 1
1a-2e

4. Revision
Complete the sentences.
1. 她已经去火车站接她朋友了。
She ___ ____ to the train station to
meet her friend.
2. 谢谢你所做的一切。
Thanks for all that you ____ ____.
has gone
have done

5. 3. 我很久没有看到你了。
I _______ ____ you for a long time.
4. 雨下了多久了？
How long ___ __ ____ raining?
5. 他很友好，从没有和任何人争吵过。
He is very friendly and ___ _____ argued with anyone.
haven’t seen
has it been
has never

6. New words
thousand num. 一千
thousands of
数以千计的

7. safe adj.
安全的
fear v. & n.
害怕；惧怕
Japanese adj.
日本人；日本的
Indian adj.
印度人；印度的

8. fox n. 狐狸
equator n. 赤道
spring n. 春天

9. Have you ever been to these places?
the Great Wall

10. the Palace Museum

11. the Terracotta Army

12. the Bird’s Nest

13. 1a
Match the pictures with names. c b d a
____ the Terracotta Army
____ the Great Wall
____ the Bird’s Nest
____ the Palace Museum c a d b

14. Listening 1b √ √ √ ____ Have you visited the Palace Museum?
Listen to a student interviewing a foreign
student. Check (√) the questions you hear.
____ Have you visited the Palace Museum?
____ Have you been to the Great Wall?
____ Have you been to the Bird’s Nest?
____ Have you seen the Terracotta Army?
____ Have you tried Chinese food? √ √ √

15. the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Army
Listen again and take notes.
Name: ______________________________
Country: ____________________________
How long in China: ____________________
Places visited: ________________________
_____________________________________
Food: _______________________________
Peter
Australia
two weeks
the Palace Museum,
the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Army
Beijing Duck

16. Speaking
Work in pairs.
What places have you been to? Ask your partner. 1d
Have you visited …?
Have you been to …?
Have you seen …?
Have you tried …?

17. What do you know about Singapore?
Reading
What do you know about Singapore?

19. What do you know or want to know about Singapore?
Discuss it with your group. 2a

20. Introduce Singapore briefly
Made up: main island 63 small islands
Area: square kilometres.
Population: 3,437,300
(Chinese 76.2％, Malays 13.8％,
Indians 8.3％, Others 1.7％ )

21. Singapore’s geographical position (地理位置)
Fill in the blanks according to the article.
Singapore’s geographical position (地理位置)
A small island (1) ________________
Language(s) people speak in Singapore
(2) _____________ ____________
Food we can find in Singapore
Chinese food, (3) __________________ _____ and Japanese food.
in Southeast Asia
Putonghua and English
Indian food, western food

22. Name of the night zoo in Singapore
(4) ___________
Temperature in Singapore
It is (5) _________
_____ all year round.
Night Safari
almost the same

23. Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore?2b

24. The statements below are false
The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them. 2c
1. Most people in Singapore only speak English.
2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore.
both English and Chinese
very

25. 3. It’s better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake.
4. It’s best to visit Singapore in the autumn.
at night
whenever you like

26. Fill in the conversation about Singapore using the information form the article.2d
A: I am going to Singapore next week. _____ you ever ____ there before?
B: Yes, I’ve ____ to Singapore many times. It’s my favorite country in ________ Asia.
A: What languages do people _____ there?
B: Mostly Chinese and _______.
Have
been
been
Southeast
speak
English

27. A: What about the food? Is it good?
B: It’s excellent! _____ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is really good in Singapore.
A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night Safari? Someone told me to go there.
B: Yes! I ____ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to ___ the animals in the dark.
A: And it is always _____ in Singapore?
B: All ____ round! It’s always summer there!
Have
ever
have
see
warm
year

28. Making Notes
After reading, write down three or more things you have learned. We always remember things better if we take time to reflect.

29. Language points
1. on the one hand… on the other hand
一方面……另一方面……
e.g. On the one hand, she taught English, on the other hand she learned 
Chinese.  
她一方面教英语, 一方面学习汉语。

30. 2. …more than three quarters of the population are Chinese…
quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟
three quarters 四分之三
e.g. I’ve got to go in a quarter of an hour.
一刻钟以后我就得走了。

31. 3. May be you fear that you won’t…
fear v. 害怕；担心
e.g. Many people fear change because they do not like the old ways to be changed.
很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式被改变。

32. 4. A lot of animals only wake up at
night…
wake v. 醒来；唤醒 (woke woken)
e.g. She went upstairs to wake John.
她上楼去叫醒约翰。

33. 5. It might seem strange to go to…
e.g. He seems unhappy today.
他今天好像不高兴。
She seems very sad. 她似乎很伤心。
b) seem + (to be) + n.
e.g. They seem (to be) doctors.
他们好像是医生。
c) seem + (to be) + 介词
e.g. It seems like years since I last saw her.
自从上次遇到她, 好像已过了许多年。

34. d) seem to do.
e.g. He seems to be happy.
他好像很高兴。
My mother seemed to know that.
我妈妈好像知道那件事。
e) It seems that + 从句
e.g. It seems that he is happy.
= He seems (to be) happy.
他好像很快乐。

35. Translate the following phrases.
在东南亚 _______________
2. 四分之三人口 ________________________
3. 做某事有困难 ______________________
4. 在白天 ________________
5. 睡醒 ________
6. 处于一个自然的环境中
______________________
7. 一年到头，终年 _____________
in southeast Asia
three quarters of population
have problems doing sth.
during the daytime
wake up
in a natural environment
all year round

36. Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember
Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember. Do not look at the article.