Module 8 Around town Part 1: Teaching design第一部分 教学设计FunctionDescribing places in a town and giving directions StructurePreposition of places: imperatives for directionsListening/SpeakingMatching words and pictures Asking for and giving directionsReading/WritingMarking a route on a mapWriting directions to a placeAround the worldA famous placeTaskGiving directions round your townUnit 2 The London Eye is on your right.Warming up The London Eye seen from Westminster BridgeThe British Airways London Eye, sometimes called the Millennium Wheel (Coordinates: 51 30 12 N, 00 07 11 W), is the first-built and largest observation wheel in the world (a type of or evolution on the Ferris wheel), and has been since its opening at the end of 1999. It stands 135 metres (443 feet) high on the western end of Jubilee Gardens, on the South Bank of the River Thames in Lambeth, London, England, between Westminster and Hungerford Bridges. It is adjacent to Londons County Hall, and stands opposite the offices of the Ministry of Defence situated in Westminster which it overlooks to the west.Reading and vocabulary1 Read the tour of London and follow it on the map.On page 66 you see a short tour guide. Now listen to it first, paying attention to the pronunciation, stress, and the intonation of the native speakers. For the second listening, try to read aloud the tour guide to the tape while listening. Now lets go on to read the conversation. While reading try to cut(断句)/ the sentences into parts, blacken（涂黑） the predicates, shade（加影） the connectives and underline （划线）the expressions. Now write all the expressions in your Expression Book.tour of London, welcome to, in this square, in the middle of, the National Gallery, lots of famous paintings, go alongto, Buckingham Palace, turn left, go to, the Houses of Parliament, the London Eye, It takes sb, above the River Thames, most of London, on a clear day, by boat, go along, on ones right, get off, at Tower Bridge, the Tower of London, next to, take theback, along the river, go past, walk along, turn left into Kings Street, at the square Write as they do. (仿写)Tour of BeijingWelcome to this short tour of Beijing. In this Tiananmen Square we are standing in the middle of Beijing. Opposite is the History Museum, a museum with lots of famous things. Go along the Chang An Street to Zhong Nan Hai. The national leaders live here. Turn right and go to the Xi Dan Street. Opposite you can see the CCTV Tower. It takes you 150 metres above the ground. You can see most of Beijing on a clear day. When you are tired, the best way to see Beijing is by bus. You can get on a bus along the Chang An Streets. As you go along the street to the east, Tiananmen Square is on your left. Get off the bus at the International Hotel. Then you can see the Ancient Observatory Tower of Beijing next to a bridge. The Ancient Observatory Tower of Beijing is one of the citys oldest buildings. It is more than one thousand years old. 2 Mark the places on the map. 1 National Gallery a 2 London Eye d3 Tower of London e 4 Houses of Parliament c5 Buckingham Palace b3 Decide which places you can see in the photos.Photo 1 the London EyePhoto 2 Tower BridgePhoto 3 Big Ben4 Match the words with the pictures.Picture 1palace Picture 2store Picture 3bridge Picture 4church Picture 5museum Picture 6 tower Writing5 Write directions to places in London. Choose a place to start on the map, then choose a place to finish.Tower BridgeWe are standing at Big Ben. Next we shall go to Tower Bridge. How could we get there? The easiest way to get to Tower Bridge is by boat. Lets go to the east. We shall walk for twenty minutes. Now we are on the Westminster Bridge. Now we shall get down to the river. We take our boat down there. Here we are at the boat stop. From here we take the boat up the river. Half an hour later, we shall arrive at Tower Bridge. It is a beautiful place. Lets go!Summer Opening Of The State Rooms At Buckingham Palace2004年开放时间 - 国家宴会厅暑期开放Opening hours for 2004 - Summer Opening of the State Rooms 购票资讯Ticket information 开放日期7/31 9/26开放时间09:30am 16:30pm (最晚入场时间为四点十五分)白金汉宫开放时间为计时系统、以每15 分钟为间隔入场Time7/31 9/26Date09:30am 16:30pm (last admission 16:15 )Buckingham Palace operates a timed-ticket system, with admission every 15 minutes throughout the day.门票(包含语音导览)Admission prices (includes audio tour)成人票 (Adult)12.95六十岁以上/学生 (含有效期限之证件)Over 60/Student (with valid ID) 11.00 十七岁以下6.5英镑Under 17 6.50五岁以下Under 5免费入场Free 家庭 (包含二位成人，三位十七岁以下的小朋友)Family (2 adults, 3 under 17s)32.50Write directions from your place to start. Dont say the name of the place where you finish！To Big BenWe shall take the boat from Bridge to Big Ben. We shall arrive at Waterloo Bridge fifteen min