Unit 1 Cultural Relics
(architect i m pei has a lot to smile about.
the bank of china building in hong kong)
task 2: listen and get the main idea and some key points.
task 3: listen and finish ex. 2(p44).
1.i m pei studied at __________________, where he soon became a _ ______________.
2. in 1951, he travelled to _________ to see its great _________ for himself.
3. it was designed to look like both a __________ chinese and __________ western hotel.
true or false questions:
(1) i m pei designed a library for president john f kennedy.( )
(2) he designed new parts of famous are museums in the capital cities of the us and england. ( )
(3) two famous chinese universities honored him. ( )
task 4: make some notes about i m pei’s life and finish ex.1.(no.1&2)
step 4 role-playing
no.1: play the roles of a reporter and i m pei according to the notes.
no.2: make a dialogue.
step 5 homework
prepare for next period.
the eighth period speaking and writing
step 1 cooperative learning
discuss and make a dialogue
1. are you sure he/she was telling the truth? how do you know that?
2. how can you be sure of that?
3. why / why not?
4. i (don’t) believe…, because…
5. that can’t be true. 6.it is (not) a fact.
7. i (don’t) agree with you. 8. i don’t agree that…
9. it can be proved. 10. the truth is (not) easy to know.
11. i think they have said useful things. 12. …h(huán)as no reason to lie.
situation 1:
jane said she would join you in the game, but now she hasn’t turned up…
situation 2:
li hua promised to have a barbecue with you all on saturday. but something unexpected happened. you don’t know whether it was true or not.
step 2 reading and writing
task 1: leading-in
we have talked about what we should do to protect the cultural relics; now we’ll learn a letter from a german newspaper. the writer gives his opinion about what should be done with a cultural relic that has been found.
task 2: read the letter and write a short reply to it. you may choose to agree or disagree and give reasons.
model a
dear johann,
i must say that i agree with you. if you find __________, it should belong to you because ____________________________. even if i lost something, i wouldn’t expect ______________. once i lost a ________, i decided not to __________. people need to understand that ___________________. your letter helps me to remember that people need to be careful with ___________. then they won’t need to worry about ____________. so you see, johann, i got two