Unit9Haveyoueverbeentoamuseum SectionB2a 2e Objectives TolearnsomethingaboutSingapore Torememberthenewwords thousand safe simply fear whether Indian Japanese fox whenever spring mostly WhatdoyouknowaboutSingapore WhatdoyouknoworwanttoknowaboutSingapore Discussitwithyourgroup 2a Readthearticle HowmanyreasonscanyoufindforvisitingSingapore MakingNotesAfterreading writedownthreeormorethingsyouhavelearned Wealwaysrememberthingsbetterifwetaketimetoreflect 2b HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore ForthousandsoftouristsfromChina thissmallislandinSoutheastAsiaisawonderfulandsafeplacetotakeaholiday Ontheonehand morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese soyoucansimplyspeakPutonghuaalotofthetime Ontheotherhand SingaporeisanEnglish speakingcountry soit salsoagoodplacetopracticeyourEnglish Singapore APlaceYouWillNeverForget HaveyouevertriedChinesefoodoutsideofChina Maybeyoufearthatyouwon tbeabletofindanythinggoodtoeatwhenyoutravel InSingapore however you llfindalotoffoodfromChina youwon thaveanyproblemgettingrice noodlesordumplings Singaporeisalsoanexcellentplacetotrynewfood WhetheryoulikeIndianfood WesternfoodorJapanesefood you llfinditallinSingapore Mostlargecitieshavezoos buthaveyoueverbeentoazooatnight SingaporehasaNightSafari Itmightseemstrangetogotoazoowhenit sdark However ifyougotoseelions tigersorfoxesduringthedaytime they llprobablybeasleep Alotofanimalsonlywakeupatnight sothisisthebesttimetowatchthem AttheNightSafari youcanwatchtheseanimalsinamorenaturalenvironmentthaninanormalzoo OnegreatthingaboutSingaporeisthatthetemperatureisalmostthesameallyearround Thisisbecausetheislandissoclosetotheequator Soyoucanchoosetogowheneveryoulike spring summer autumnorwinter And ofcourse it snottoofarfromChina WhereisSingapore 2 WhatlanguagesdopeoplespeakinSingapore 3 WhatkindsoffoodcanweeatinSingapore ItisinSoutheastAsia para1 ChineseandEnglish para1 Chinese Indian Western Japanesefood para2 Accordingtothepassage answerthesequestions 4 Whatisthebesttimetowatchanimals Why 5 Whyisthetemperaturealmostthesameallyearround Atnight Becausealotofanimalsonlywakeupatnight Becausetheislandissoclosetotheequator para4 para3 1 wonderfulandsafeplacetotakeaholiday 2 canspeakPutonghua 3 goodplacetopracticeEnglish 4 abletofindalotoffoodfromChina 5 placetotrynewfood 6 theNightSafari 7 temperatureisalmostthesameallyearround soyoucanvisititatanytime 8 nottoofarfromChina ReasonsforvisitingSingapore 1 MostpeopleinSingaporeonlyspeakEnglish 2 ItisnoteasytogetmanydifferentkindsofgoodfoodinSingapore 3 Itisbettertoseelionsandtigersduringthedaytimebecausetheywillprobablybeawake 4 ItisbesttovisitSingaporeintheautumn Thestatementsbelowarefalse Useinformationfromthearticletocorrectthem speakEnglishandChinese 2c easy night YoucanvisitSingaporeallyearround A I mgoingtoSingaporenextweek youever therebefore B Yes I ve toSingaporemanytimes It smyfavoritecountrytovisitin Asia A Whatlanguagesdopeople there B MostlyChineseand A Whataboutthefood Isitgood FillintheconversationaboutSingaporeusingtheinformationfromthearticle Have been been Southeast speak English 2d B It sexcellent youevertriedIndianfood IndianfoodisreallygoodinSingapore A Isee Haveyou heardoftheNightSafari Someonetoldmetogothere B Yes I beentotheNightSafari Itwasreallyexcitingto theanimalsinthedark A Andisitalways inSingapore B All round It salwayssummerthere Have ever have see hot year Completethewordmapwiththewordsfromthepassage namesofplaces China Singapore SoutheastAsia zoo NightSafari lions tigers foxes animals seasons summer spring autumn winter Chinese Putonghua English rice noodles dumplings Indian Western Japanesefood languages kindsoffood MakenotesaboutSingapore Writedownanythingthatyouremember Donotlookatthearticle 2e 1 ontheonehand ontheotherhand一方面 另一方面 e g Ontheonehand shetaughtEnglish ontheotherhand shelearnedChinese 她一方面教英语 一方面学习汉语 Languagepoints 2 morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese quartern 四分之一 一刻钟threequarters四分之三e g I vegottogoinaquarterofanhour 一刻钟以后我就得走了 3 SingaporeisanEnglish speakingcountry so 新加坡是一个说英语的国家English speaking的意思是 说英语的 英语为母语的 使用英语的 是由English和speaking两个词组构成 这是英语中一种常见的形容词构词形式 即 由名词和动词的 ing形式组合而成 如 食草动物一次采摘苹果之旅 grass eatinganimals anapple pickingtrip 4 Maybeyoufearthatyouwon t fearv 害怕 担心e g Manypeoplefearchangebecausetheydonotliketheoldwaystobechanged 很多人惧怕变化 因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式被改变 5 Alotofanimalsonlywakeupatnight wakev 醒来 唤醒 woke woken e g ShewentupstairstowakeJohn 她上楼去叫醒约翰 6 Itmightseemstrangetogoto a 好像 似乎 其后加形容词 e g Heseemsunhappytoday 他今天好像不高兴 Sheseemsverysad 她似乎很伤心 b seem tobe n e g Theyseem tobe doctors 他们好像是医生 c seem tobe 介词e g ItseemslikeyearssinceIlastsawher 自从上次遇到她 好像已过了许多年 d seemtodo e g Heseemstobehappy 他好像很高兴 Mymotherseemedtoknowthat 我妈妈好像知道那件事 e Itseemsthat 从句e g Itseemsthatheishappy Heseems tobe happy 他好像很快乐 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 insoutheastAsia threequartersofpopulation havetroubledoingsth duringthedaytime wakeup inanaturalenvironment allyearround I 汉译英 Exercises 1 Haveyou readthepoemIf Yes Ireallyenjoyit A stillB e