Unit 1 A Trip to Beijing
3. what can li ming do in beijing?he can go shopping, eat in restaurants and go to a hotel.step ii lead-inshow the students the map of china and the world map to help them to talk about distance.t: look at this map of china. how far is it from beijing to shijiazhuang? do you still remember?s: it is only two hundred seventy-eight kilometers from beijing to shijiazhuang.t: li ming wants jenny and danny to come on a trio to beijing. where do jenny and danny live?s: they live in canada.t: look at the world map. is canada far from china?
s: yes, it is.t: how far is it from canada to china? scan the dialogue in lesson 3 and find out the answer. s: it’s about 8500 kilometers. help the students to say that in english.
t: how far is it from edmonton to shijiazhuang?s: it’s about 9600 kilometers.t: well done!lead the students to read the numbers in this lesson.step iii text learninga. readingget the students to read the text again and answer the following questions.t: now please read the dialogue and find out the answer to the two questions: why is mrs. dinosaur worried? and can danny go?s: because canada is too far from china.s: yes, he can.t: that’s right.b. listeningthen get the students to listen to and repeat after the tape. later, ask them to act out the dialogue.step iv get the students to talk about distance.a. speakingwrite how far is it from … to …? / it’s about… kilometers and some numbers on the bb to let the students practice talking about distance. explain the usage of hundred and thousand. notes: hundred, thousand 前面有具體數字時，不要加s; 一般情況下，百位與個位之間用and （也可以不用and）十位和個位之間可以用連字符，也可以不用。t: (to a student) how far is it from your home to school?s: it’s about one thousand meters.t: (to another student) how far is it from your home to the railway station?s: it’s about two thousand meters.ask more students similar questions to make sure they can use the expression of talking about distance and say numbers well.b. applyingdivide the students into several groups. ask them to make a survey and give a report on the distance between their homes and some important places such as hospital, shopping centre and so on. and then talk about whose neighborhood is the best. the students can carry out the survey by referring to the following expressions.—how far is it from your home to …?—it’s about ...conclusion: i think mary’s neighborhood is the best. her home is not far from the hospital, the shop. it’s only …meters from her home to the hospital. and it’s only … meters form her home to the shop.