Lesson 4 Virtual Tourim教案
lesson 4 virtual tourim教案objectives
•to practise intensive and extensive reading skills (anticipating meaning, scanning).
•to develop strategies to match topics with paragraphs.
•to identify important words in a text.
•to practise using linking words (addition) –also, as well as, too
•to practise collocations with do and make.
•to listen to a talk to find out main facts.
pre-reading
1. do you like travelling ? have you been to new zealand ? now today, we are going to travel to new zealand. where is new zealand ?
show some pictures about new zealand
2. look at the photos and guess a few things about auckland.
example
auckland is near the sea.
reading
1. true or false?
listen to the tape , are these statements true or false?
1) auckland is the capital of new zealand.
2) auckland is located on south island.
3) sky tower is auckland’s tallest tower.
4) maoris were the first people of new zealand .
5) the climate in auckland is wet and rainy.
6) it’s the paradise(天堂) for water lovers.
answers: ffttft
2. read the text and complete the table below.
population less than a million
location on north island
history *maoris settled 650 years ago
european settlement began in 1840
famous sights *mt eden; * parnell village;
* auckland harbour bridge;
* sky tower; *auckland museum;
climate warm, plenty of sunshine
3. match the topics a-f with the five paragraphs in the text. there is one extra topic.
a) the history of the city□
b) travel links□
c) things to see in auckland□
d) night-life in auckland□
e) for water lovers□
f) new zealand’s largest city□
answers: 25341
post-reading
match this information with the words in blue in the text. these are called “hot words”. on a real internet page you can “click” on these words to get more information.
1 new zealand produces iron and steel, machines and cars.
2 the first people of new zealand came from other pacific islands.
3 the capital of new zealand is on the cook strait, which separates the two islands.
4 this bridge is one of the city’s most famous sights. it was built in 1959.
5 new zealand does not allow nuclear materials anywhere in the country.
1 business and industry
2 maori
3 wellington
4 auckland harbour bridge
5 nuclear-free zone
vocabulary
1. population n.
人口；（動(dòng)物的）種群
what is the population of this city?
這個(gè)城市的人口是多少？