Unit 3

A Day out

Reading

八年级牛津版 8A

1.坐 / 乘船旅行2.经过 3.玩得愉快4. 保持健康5. 美国总统

Revision

take a boat trip

go past

have a great time

keep fit the President of the USA

5. 塞纳河畔6. 埃菲尔铁塔 7. 白宫8. 悉尼歌剧院10. 港湾大桥

by the River Seine

the Eiffel Tower

the White House

the Opera House

the Harbour Bridge

How much do you know about these

places of interest ( 名胜 )?

the Opera House

the Eiffel Tower

the White House

Washington

Sydney

Paris

France

the USA

Australia

Do you want to travel around

the world in a day? Let’s go to the World Park in

Beijing.

What do you think of these places of interest?

The World Park

the pyramids

the Golden Gate Bridge

the Eiffel Tower

coach: a bus for taking people on long trips

boring : not interesting

a lot of traffic : lots of cars, buses, and

trucks on roads

highway : a main road between cities

feel sick : not feel well

at the beginning : ( 反义词） in the end

Let’s read these useful expressions:

Fast reading

Try to match these sentences, please!

1. At the beginning of the trip,

2. When she arrived at the park,

3. When she was inside the park,

A. she couldn’t believe her eyes, she thought

the park is wonderful.

B. Linda didn’t enjoy it and she felt sick. C. she became excited, she didn’t feel sick any more

, she wanted to enjoy herself.

1. Did Linda and Kitty meet Mr Wu and other students at the bus stop?

2. Where did Linda see a lot of traffic, on the highway or on the city roads?

3. Did Linda see the Golden Gate Bridge from the coach at the gate of the park?

4. The best part was the song and dance parade, wasn’t it?

No, she met them at the school gate.

On the city roads.

No, she saw the Eiffel Tower.

Yes, it was.

Detailed Reading

Read the first paragraph and answer the questions:

1. Where did Linda go?

2. Who did she go with?

3. Did she enjoy the trip at the beginning?

With Kitty’s class.

To the World Park in Beijing.

No, she didn’t.

Questions about the second paragraph:

1. Where did they meet?

2. How did they go there?

3. Did Linda feel well? Why or why not?

At the school gate.

By coach.

No, she didn’t. Because there was a lot of

traffic.She felt sick.

Questions about the third paragraph:

1. What did they see from the coach?

2. How did they feel?

The Eiffel Tower.

They felt excited.

1. Where were they ?

2. What was in the park?

3. How did Linda feel when she saw the Golden Gate Bridge ?

In the park.

There were over a hundred places of interest

from all over the world.

She couldn’t believe her eyes. She thought they

were wonderful.

Questions of the fourth and the fifth paragraphs

Questions about the rest parts of the text:

1. What’s the best part of that day?

2. Could Linda’s mother see the photos ? Why or why not?

The song and dance parade.

Yes. Because Daniel put his photos on

the Internet for everyone to look at.

根据课文内容判断正误：

1. The letter is from Linda to her mother.

2. Linda traveled to the Park world with her cla

ssmates.

3. It was an exciting trip, but Linda didn’t enjo

y it at first.

T

F

T

根据课文内容判断正误：

4. It took them about three hours to get to the

World Park from Kitty’s school.

5. The traffic was too heavy all the way, so Lind

a felt sick for the most of the trip.

6. They didn’t see anything from the coach whe

n they arrived at the World Park.

F

F

F

Listen and read the letter together.Then put the pictures in the correct order!

1 2 3

4 5 6

Fill in the blanks according to the text:

It was October 25th. Mr Wu Linda

to in their school trip to the World

Park. It was a day. But they did

not it at the .

invited

join

great

enjoy beginning

They at the school gate. Then they

got on a . The trip about two

hours by . It was .

There was a lot of on the city roads

but it got ________ when they were on

the . Kitty and Linda felt for

the most of the trip.

met

coach took

coach boring

traffic

better

highway sick

, they at the World Park.

The sky was and everything was

. They became very________.

when they saw from the

coach. It is of and really tall.

When the coach , they all got off

quickly. Kitty and Linda did feel sick

_________. They just wanted to the

park and .

Finally arrived

blue

beautiful excited

the Eiffel Tower

made metal

stoppednot go into

enjoy themselves

any more

Table 1

Place Linda saw

at the school gate

on the city roads

at the gate of the World Park

in the park

a lot of traffic

blue sky, the Eiffel Tower

Kitty, Mr Wu, Kitty’classmates , a coach

over 100 places of interest, the pyramids, the Golden Gate Bridge, the song and dance parade

Listen to the tape and discuss the table:

Hi! I’m Linda

at the school gate

on the city roads

on the highway

at the gate of the World Park

inside the park

.

Discuss in groups:

Talk about the place of interest you want to visit

best.

1) where to go 2) when to go

3) how to go 4) why to go

5) what to see 6) how to feel

Activity 1

1.我们应该邀请他来参加我们的聚会。

2.有好的开始才有好的结果。

3.昨天我花了两小时完成作业。

4.我们的课桌是由木头制成的。

5.那孩子看到他妈妈之后再也不哭了。

Homework

Translate the following sentences.