Lesson 20 How Far Is Beijing?
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step4:give the students some examples.
1. li ming lives in china. jenny lives in canada.
we know china is far from china. do you want know how far is it from china to canada?
it is about eight thousand five hundred kilometres.
2.i live in xi’an. my friend lives in beijing.
we know xi’an is far from beijing. do you want know how far is it from xi’an to beijing?
it is about one thousand two hundred kilometres.
phrases: a.how far is it from … to …?
b.it is about … kilometres.
then give the students some minutes make sentences.
step5:listen to the tape,then answer some questions.
1. how far is it from china to canada?
2. how far is it from shijiazhuang to beijing?
3. how far is it from edminton to shijiazhuang?
4. china is _____________ canada.
step6.check the answers.
1. it is about eight thousand five hundred
kilometres.
2. it is about two hundred seventy-eight kilometres.that is about three hundred kiloimetres.
3. it is about nine thousand six hundred kilometres.
4. far from
step7.read the text together,then role play the text.
step8.do exercises.