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　　lesson 4 virtual tourim教案
　　objectives
　　•to practise intensive and extensive reading skills (anticipating meaning, scanning).
　　•to develop strategies to match topics with paragraphs.
　　•to identify important words in a text.
　　•to practise using linking words (addition) –also, as well as, too
　　•to practise collocations with do and make.
　　•to listen to a talk to find out main facts.
　　pre-reading
　　1. do you like travelling ? have you been to new zealand ? now today, we are going to travel to new zealand. where is new zealand ?
　　show some pictures about new zealand
　　2. look at the photos and guess a few things about auckland.
　　example
　　auckland is near the sea.
　　reading
　　1. true or false?
　　listen to the tape , are these statements true or false?
　　1) auckland is the capital of new zealand.
　　2) auckland is located on south island.
　　3) sky tower is auckland’s tallest tower.
　　4) maoris were the first people of new zealand .
　　5) the climate in auckland is wet and rainy.
　　6) it’s the paradise(天堂) for water lovers.
　　answers: ffttft
　　2. read the text and complete the table below.
　　populationless than a million
　　locationon north island
　　history*maoris settled 650 years ago
　　european settlement began in 1840
　　famous sights*mt eden; * parnell village;
　　* auckland harbour bridge;
　　* sky tower; *auckland museum;
　　climatewarm, plenty of sunshine
　　3. match the topics a-f with the five paragraphs in the text. there is one extra topic.
　　a) the history of the city
　　b) travel links
　　c) things to see in auckland
　　d) night-life in auckland
　　e) for water lovers
　　f) new zealand’s largest city
　　answers: 25341
　　post-reading
　　match this information with the words in blue in the text. these are called ＂hot words＂. on a real internet page you can ＂click＂ on these words to get more information.
　　1 new zealand produces iron and steel, machines and cars.
　　2 the first people of new zealand came from other pacific islands.
　　3 the capital of new zealand is on the cook strait, which separates the two islands.
　　4 this bridge is one of the city’s most famous sights. it was built in 1959.
　　5 new zealand does not allow nuclear materials anywhere in the country.
　　1 business and industry
　　2 maori
　　3 wellington
　　4 auckland harbour bridge
　　5 nuclear-free zone
　　vocabulary
　　1. population n.
　　人口；（动物的）种群
　　what is the population of this city?
　　这个城市的人口是多少？
　　住在某一地区的人；生长于某一地区的动物
　　the population in these villages still uses well water.
　　住在这些乡村里的人依然饮用井水。
　　2. locate vt.
　　找到…位置
　　i can not locate the shop.
　　我找不到这家商店。
　　设置；住（在）
　　the new building will be located in the center of town.
　　这座大楼将建在市中心。
　　their factory is located at the foot of the mountain.
　　他们的工厂坐落在山脚下。
　　3. settle vt., vi.
　　定居；使定居
　　my son has settled happily in america.
　　我儿子已在美国愉快地定居了。
　　安置；安顿
　　we are settled in our new home.
　　我们住入新居。
　　落下；栖息
　　the insect settled on a leaf.
　　一只昆虫落在一片树叶上。
　　使平静，使安静，使镇静
　　wait until the excitement has settled down.
　　等到兴奋的情绪镇静下来再说。
　　speaking
　　imagine you have a weekend in auckland. choose places you would like to visit and things you would like to do. then work in pairs. plan a weekend together in auckland.
　　example
　　a: why don’t we visit auckland museum on saturday morning?
　　b: that’s a good idea. do you fancy going to the beach after that?
　　tell the class what you have decided to do.
　　homework:
　　there are some tourist from america . they are going to visit zhongshan. suppose you were a tour guide in zhongshan, how would you like to introduce zhongshan to the tourists? (图见后附)
　　writing
　　write an e-mail to a pen friend who is from america about zhongshan.
　　1. introduction/history
　　zhongshan
　　located: ……
　　general: modern/beautiful city
　　population: almost_______
　　history: …….
　　2: things to see:
　　places to visit:……
　　3: things to do:
　　sports:
　　tourism: wugui mountain