Unit 5 The British Isles

a. in the center of salisbury b .around the city
c. in and around salisbury d. on the tops of hills
2). a traveller may be interested in ______.
a. the history of the country b. the cathedral of salisbury
c. a place of interest here d . hundreds of thousands of sheep
3).about salisbury, which of the following is not true?
it lies where 3rivers join together
it is in southern england
it is a large and fine city
salisbury is about 3 miles away from clarendon park.
4).the author’s purpose is to ______.
a. introduce england to you b. tell you how many sheep in england.
c. advise you to make a trip in england
d. introduce salisbury in southern england to you.
5).what can you infer from the passage?
a. people there live a happy life. b. salisbury is a mountainous city
c. people in salisbury mainly grow fruit trees
d. salisbury has a short history.
answers: ccada
(students begin to read the passage silently while listening and teacher shows some questions on the screen. )
2. further comprehension of the text
get the students to read the passage carefully again for details and answer more questions:
1. what did he see all round the city of salisbury?
2. what historical relics were interesting to traveler?
what is the cathedral famous for?
3. how many important kinds of produce and trade are there in the city of salisbury? what are they?
4.what’s the life like in salisbury?
5. how was the landscape around the city?
(after a few minutes, teacher collects the students' answers and then checks them. while asking and answering the questions, some language points can be dealt with at the same time.)
step 4. learning of writing skills
divide them into small groups to study the text carefully and try to find out :which order did daniel defoe describe the city of salisbury?
the landscape history what we can the people, the wider
near the city relics around see in the their life, work landscape
the city city and culture around the city
step 5. writing
t: now you've known how to describe the landscape, the people, their lives when we see them. in our hometown, there is beautiful landscape (such as yandan mountain), rich people and many cultural relics. before this unit, i have asked you to investigate our hometown and visit some government departments for information to fill in the table:
name of my hometown location weather places of interest the life of residents population or history
now please describe our beautiful home town using the information you have collected. you can describe the landscape , cultural relics, the most important features of our town , the people , their life, trade and culture. and also tell the tourists how to make a trip to our city easily. (teacher gives students enough time to discuss and write and then asks students to read their passages. )