Unit 2 The United Kingdom
2. who guarded the queen’s jewels? what kind of clothes did they wear?
3.what interested her most? what kind of line is it?
4.which places did she visit on the last day?
5.what seemed strange to her?
step 4 make a list of zhang pingyu’s tour of london and a comment on each place she visited.
sites of london
comments
day 1
1. tower
delight
2.st paul’s cathedral
splendid and interesting
3. westminster abby
interesting
4 big ben
famous and very loud
day 2
greenwich
famous and interesting
day 3
karl marx’s statue
famous and interesting
british museum
thrilled
step 5 language points
1. sightseeing n.& a.觀光的 go sightseeing 觀光 游覽
sightsee v. 觀光 sightseer n.觀光客 游客
2. available adj.
1) (sth.)that can be used 可用的；可得到的
this was the only available room.
2)(sb.) be free to seen 可會見的
i am available in the afternoon.
he was not available for the interview.
3. delight n.&v. 愉快，樂趣，快樂
to one’s delight 令…感到愉快的是 delight sb. with sth. 用某物使某人高興
delight in 喜歡，嗜好 take delight in 樂于，愛好
delighted adj. be delighted to do
1)i took delight in books.
2)to his delight, he passed the driving test.
3)she delights inbeing surrounded by admirers.
4.省略句：結構中的主語與主名句的主語一致時，可省略相同成分。
it looked splendid when first built!
當第一次建的時候它看上去很輝煌！
when first built=when it was first built
when asked why he was late , he went red.
unless invited to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.
5.in memory of=in honor of 為了紀念
in celebration of 為了慶祝
eg: the museum was built in memory of the great writer – lu xun.
6.it is strange (necessary, natural, important, a pity) +that (should) +v. 虛擬語氣（引導主語從句）
e.g:you can’t imagine that a well-behaved gentleman (should) be so rude to a lady.
it is strange that he know so much about me.