The British Isles（The Fourth Period）

(teacher gives students a few minutes to do so and then collects the answers from each group. at last teacher checks their answers.)
t: ok. you have different ideas and they are very good. now look at the diagram at page 40. it shows what defoe writes about in five paragraphs. please compare them with your ideas and understand the passage better.
step v writing
 t: now you've known how to describe the land scape, the people, their lives      when we see them. in our hometown, there is beautiful landescape, rich people and many cultural relics. now please describe our beautiful home town. and tell the tourists how to make a trip to our city easily. before writing, first have a discussion about what to write about in groups. then write a passage on a piece of paper.
  (teacher gives students enough time to discuss and write and then asks students to read their passages. )
 sample writing:
                          my hometown
          my hometown lies south of tianjin, a hundred kilometers away from it. it is not very large, but i love it, because it is beautiful. east of it, there are two big farms. they are modern ones and there are hundreds of thousands of sheep, pigs, hens and cows there. they provide part of eggs, milk and meat for the people of tianjin. west of my hometown, five miles away, there are beautiful hills covered    with green trees, grass and all kinds of beautiful flowers. it's a good place for    you to hike. you can sit by the clean water of a stream and have a picnic. a
natural park is free to you. around my home town within five to ten kilometers, you'll    see several old temples. they are all large. there are many beautiful frescoes and vivid statues, some of which date from one thousand and two hundred years. if you go over ten kilometers to the north, you'll get to a big modern chemical works. the whole works is a big garden and there is no pollution, no smoke, no rubbish or no wastes there. it is controlled by a center computer and every day you can see thousands of workers wearing clean and fashionable clothes to and from work. the best time to enjoy my hometown is at night. there are two parks in our town. you can walk along the broad and clean streets or sit on the long bench in the park and have a chat with your friends or play chess beside the stone tables. if you want to go shopping at night, it is convenient here, for all the shopping centers will open until eleven. you can also play basketball or football. the bright gymnasium is always waiting for you. you can also go to see a film, sometimes even can go to a concert.