Reading,Two cities in China,Unit 1 Asia,n. emperor 皇帝,New words,n. landscape 风景；地形,n. watchtower 瞭望塔,n. cave 洞穴,New words,attraction n. middle n. raising n. wonder n. lie vi. shape n. underground adj. hang vi. Tiananmen Square; the Summer Palace and the Great Wall.,Scan para. 2 and complete the table below,in the middle of Beijing,the Forbidden City,the emperors lived there,was turned into a museum,wonderful buildings and art treasures,Welcome to Beijing,Scan para. 3 and check the sentences (T/F).,Its the biggest city square in the world. ( ) 2. Few tourists gather there to watch the raising of the national flag because its too early. ( ),T,F,Welcome to Beijing,Scan para. 4 and answer the questions about the Summer Palace.,Where is the Summer Palace? 2. What was it used for in the past?,Welcome to Beijing,Its in the north-west of Beijing.,It was once a nice place for the emperors to spend the summer.,Scan para. 5 and fill in the blanks about the Great Wall.,As one of the _ of the world, the Great Wall runs for over _ kilometres across _ China. It was first _ more than two thousand years ago, _ watchtowers every few hundred metres.,wonders,6,000,northern,built,with,Welcome to Beijing,Skim Mei Fangs article and answer:,All about Guilin,1. Where is Guilin?,2. What famous attractions does it have?,the Reed Flute Cave and the Lijiang River.,In southern China.,Scan para. 2 to 3 and complete the table.,different,shapes,landscape,amazing,north-west,praised,hang,upwards,All about Guilin,Step3 Post-reading,The next day, Kevin is telling his friend Chris about Guilin. However, some of the details are wrong. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.,1. Guilin is in eastern China. _ 2. Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape. _ 3. The Reed Flute Cave is in the south-east of Guilin. _ 4. You can find amazing rocks inside the Reed Flute Cave. _ 5. You can take a boat trip along the Lijiang River. _ 6. You need to buy a bicycle to ride around the countryside. _,F,T,F,T,T,F,language points,1. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live there. 明朝和清朝的皇帝曾住在那儿。 used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事(现在不做了)”。 e.g. 以前我每天步行上学。 I used to walk to school every day.,【辨析】,used to do sth, be used to do sth, be used to doing sth,used to do sth 意为“过去常常做某事”，后跟动词原形，表示过去的习惯、经常发生的动作或状态。,be used to do sth. 表示“(某物)被用来做某事”,实际上就是被动语态。,be used to doing sth. 表示“习惯于做某事”，to为介词，后接名词或动名词。,2.It was turned into a museum in 1925. 1925年它被变成了博物馆。,turn . into. 把变成,e.g. 水可变成冰。,Water can turn into ice.,他们一动不动地站在那儿，好像已经变成石头人了。,They stood there as if they had been turned into stones.,3.With wonderful buildings and treasures inside, it is well worth a visit.,be (well) worth sth/doing sth 非常值得/做,e.g. The necklace is worth a lot of money. 这条项链值很多钱。,The film is well worth seeing. 这电影很值得一看。,worth后可接“钱”或数字，意为“值(多少)钱”。 e.g. The car is worth more than $7,000. 这辆车价格的多于七千美元。,4.It lies on the two sides of the Lijiang River.,句中的lie“位于，坐落在”,5. . it is amazing that there are so many rocks in unusual shapes-some hang down, and others point upwards. The cave is praised as the “Art Palace of Nature”.,e.g. The town lies on the coast. 这个小镇位于海滨。,someothers 一些，另一些；有的有的,be praised as,被誉为,Some people learn by experiment and others learn by experience. 一些人通过实验学习，另一些人则从经验中学习。,这种植物被誉为自然的活化石。 This kind of plant is praised as natural living fossils.,1.Im Wei Ke from Beijing, the c_ of China. 2.The Forbidden City _(变成)a museum in 1925. 3.The Palace Museum is well worth _(参观). The Palace Museum is well worth a _(参观). 4.The Great Wall is one of the _ (wonderful) _(有着 )watchtowers every few hundred metres. 5.Guilin is in the _ (south) part of China. 6.There re mountains in different _ (shape) in Guilin 7._ is great fun to ride a bike in the countryside. 8.Guilin l_ on the two s_ of the Lijiang River.,apital,was turned into,visiting,visit,wonders,with,southern,shapes,It,ies,ides,Exercises,Homework,1. Find more cities in China and introduce them to the exchange students. 2. Try to know more about Chinese culture on the internet.,THANK YOU FOR LISTENING,