1. 高中基础 (2241 期 20150324) 4-5 版 THAT IS NOT LONDON BRIDGE

2. PRE-READING 1. Have you ever visited any famous bridges? Describe your experience of the trip.

3. 2. Do you remember the nursery rhyme London Bridge Is Falling Down? Sing the song for us. London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, my fair lady. Build it up with iron bars, iron bars, iron bars. Build it up with iron bars, my fair lady. Iron bars will bend and break, bend and break, bend and break. Iron bars will bend and break, my fair lady. Build it up with gold and silver, gold and silver, gold and silver. Build it up with gold and silver, my fair lady. gold and silver I've not got, I've not got, I've not got. gold and silver I've not got, my fair lady.

4. 3. Which one is London Bridge in the picture? What’s the name of the other one? How much do you know about these two bridges? Tower Bridge London Bridge

5. WHILE READING Fill in the chart with the information from the passage. NameLondon BridgeTower Bridge Significance __________1____________ in the world __________2____________ over the River Thames _______3______ Age_______4______ years oldabout _______5______ years old Design_______6_____________7______ Decoration __________8____________ on the south side of the building __________9____________ __________10___________ atop the bridge the most well-known bridge the oldest crossing nearly 2,000 plain/not grand an artistic “spike” sculpture a symbol of London 120 entirely decorated bright blue and grey lighting a suspended glass walkway

6. Answer the following questions. 1. Why do Londoners feel annoyed? 2. What makes people get London Bridge and Tower Bridge mixed up? 3. What’s the architectural style of Tower Bridge? Because tourists often post images of Tower Bridge with wrong captions on social media. Their similar names and locations. Neo-gothic.

7. LANGUAGE STUDY Replace the italicized words with the words from the article. 1. It is making me feel slightly angry to be interrupted by other people. 2. The largest part of a group of people are in favor of banning smoking. 3. After so many years, she was still easy to identify instantly. 4. The big and impressive building is located in the center of Shanghai.. 5. The interior of the church was simple without decoration. annoying majority recognizable grand plain

8. SENTENCE STRUCTURE  Then why is it so easy to get them mixed up? 本句 get sth. done 是 “get + 宾语 + 宾语补足语 ” 的结构，意为 “ 使 …… 怎么样 ” 。 done 表示被动；也可用 to do 或 doing 作为宾补， 前者表示动作的全过程，后者表示动作正在进行。  Translate the sentences into English. 1. 天气太糟糕了！我连车都发动不起来。 2. 我的车坏了，只好让修理工来检查一下。 What terrible weather! I can’t get my car started. My car was broken, so I had to get the mechanic to check it.

9. AFTER READING Do you have a dream of traveling around the world? Which tourist destinations would be high on your list? Draw a route on the map and tell your classmates why you choose these locations.