New Zealand

Unit 4

Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism

肥西中学

高一（ 15 ）班

授课教师：李福妹

Lead-inIf you had time and money, where would you like to go?

If I had time and money , I would go to a city which is the largest city in New Zealand. Do you know what city is it?

Auckland

Map of the WorldMap of the World

New Zealand

China

奥克兰

惠灵顿

New Zealand

The capital city

Auckland

Wellington

However, flights from Europe take over twenty-four hours and are expensive.

So ,let’s have a virtual tour to Auckland.

tourist n. traveler

tourism n. the industry of travel

Task 1: True or False? Listen to the tape , are these statements true or

false? (10 point for each statement)

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.

FF

TT

FT

Reading strategies( 阅读策略 ) Reading each paragraph carefully Pay attention to the first sentence of each

paragraph as it often introduces the main idea. Identify 3—5 of the most important words and

underline them with a pencil. Look at the list of topics and match them to the

paragraphs. Check that the extra topic does not match any of

the paragraph.

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

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Task 2: Fast reading

Read the text and do exercise 3 on P14Population

Location

History

Famous

sights

Climate

less than a million

On North Island

Maoris settled 650 years ago

European settlement began in 1840

Warm, plenty of sunshine

Mt Eden; Parnell village;

Auckland Harbour Bridge; Sky Tower; Auckland museum;

Task3: Intensive reading

Word bank

Auckland is located on North Island.

The capital of New Zealand moved to

Wellington , because it is more central.

locate. v. location n.

= lie on

adj. middle

centre n.

Word bank

Auckland lies by the sea.

Auckland is a seaside city.

Word bank

Maoris first arrived in Auckland 650

years ago and settled there.

Settle v. solve ; make one’s home in some place

Settlement n.

Settler n.

Word bank

I don’t live in the city, I live in the suburb.

Auckland now has many large modern suburbs.

Mt EdenMt Eden

Mt Eden is known as a volcanic hill.

Volcano n.

Word bank

Ships and boats often stay in the harbour for protection.

Auckland Harbour Bridge is one of the famous sights.

You can visit some of the first European homes at the Parnell Village.

Parnell Village

Sky Tower

You can enjoy an amazing view from it.

Auckland Museum, where you can see Maori traditional dances.

Auckland Museum

Auckland is called “the city of sails”.

Word Bank

The city has a warm climate with plenty of sunshine-the average temperature in January is 23.4 .

Word bank

Auckland has some of the best beaches for swimming ,diving,fishing,sailing and surfing.

too 常用词，多用于口语，语气较随便。 一般用在肯定句中，放在句末，或作为插入语放在句中。I'm in Row 1 ， too ．我也在第一排。 She ， too ， is a singer ．她也是一位歌唱家。also 较正式的用语，语气较庄重。 它经常放在句中， 位于行为动词之前；系动词 , 助动词或情态动词之后。 Mrs. Green can also sing the song in Chinese

They also have fish shops in that small town ．as well as 连接两个并列的成分 , “ 也 , 还”。

它强调的是前一项 , 后一项只是顺便提及。连接并列主语时 , 谓语动词与前一致；

Your wife as well as you parents is friendly to me.

too ， also ， as well as 区别

Complete the description with “also, as well as, too”

• Auckland is a modern city. It is a nice place to live and it has good weather (1)______. The city has lots of good beaches for water sports (2)__________ lots of good places to fish. It is (3)_________ known as “the city of sails” because of all the boats there.

too

as well asalso

Group work

You will do a role-play.

Suppose one student of your group is a guide in Auckland.

Others are the students who come from China to visit Auckland.

What will happen? What will you say?

Group work:Group work: Work in groups of 4Guide1 giving a brief introduction （ location ， population ， general ， histor

y ，） Guide2 introducing famous sightsGuide3 introducing about climateGuide4 introducing activities and transportation

We will follow you to go on a virtual trip. Let’s go.

Population

Location

History

Famous

sights

Climate

less than a million

On North Island

*Maoris settled 650 years ago

European settlement began in 1840

Warm, plenty of sunshine

*Mt Eden; * Parnell village;

* Auckland Harbour Bridge; * Sky Tower; *Auckland museum;

Summary

Homework

1. Do the exercise book .

2.Plan a virtual tour to somewhere you like and write an Internet page on it.