Unit 3 Reading Welcome to Beijing

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Unit 3 Reading Welcome to Beijing
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Where would you like to go?
Beijing
Guilin
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The introduction of Beijing
Beijing is the capital of the Peoples
Republic of China, with an urban population of
7.34 million.
It is not only the nation's political center,
but also its cultural, scientific and educational
center, and a key transportation hub.
Beijing's temperate continental climate produces
four clearly contrasted seasons.
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Why do so many people dream of being to
Beijing? Can you just imagine the reasons?
Ornament columns
video
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Can you use different words that begin with the
following letters to describe Beijing? A
B
C attractive D
E F
G
H I J K
clean
charming
big
centre
capital
amazing
be well-known
beautiful
cultural
CCTV
developed
famous
entertainment
friendly
delicious food
fantastic
emperor
duck
host
great
grand
hospitality
good
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Now please listen to the tape carefully and then
match the words with the correct definitions(??)
1.not allowed 2.rulers of an empire 3.a line
dividing two countries 4.come or bring someone
together in one place 5.a building in which
objects of artistic, cultural, historic or
interest are displayed 6.the official home of a
ruler 7.Things or events that cause feelings of
surprise and delight
emperor forbidden wonder border
gather museum palace
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The Reading Text may be divided into 4 parts, now
please reread the text carefully, and then
finish the clue tree
Tiananmen Square
Forbidden City
Welcome to Beijing !
Summer Palace
Great Wall
Back to China
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Help David and Karl match the name of the name of
the interests on the left with their information
on the right
Some emperors of the Qing dynasty spent their
summers there. We can go there to watch the
raising of the national flag. It was the
place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing
dynasties lived. It was used to
protect the northern border of China in the past.

The Forbidden City Tiananmen Square The
Summer Palace The Great Wall
Back
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Forbidden
City 1.Where
is the Forbidden City?
____________________
2.Who used to
live there?
________________ 3. What is it used for
now? _____________________ 4. What might be the
most attracting things to us? ___________________
______________
The Forbidden City is at the centre of
Beijing.
The emperors of the Ming and Qing
dynasties.
It is now used as a museum.
We might be attracted by the beautiful buildings,
the clothes and the furniture used in the past.
Back to Beijing
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• Tiananmen Square
• What does the word
• Tiananmen means?
• ____________________
• 2. Is it the biggest square
• in the world?
• _______________
• 3. Which ceremony can we see there?
• _________________________________
• 4.What do the local people like to do there?
• ______________________________

It means a gate of
heavenly peace.
Yes, it is.
We may watch the raising of the national flag.
They like to take a walk and fly kites there.
Back to Beijing
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Summer Palace Summer Palace is
located in the ___________ Beijing. It is a
____________ garden. The emperors used
to spend _________ there.
It is still very beautiful and
attractive
for the ______and a
_______________________
__________________
__________________
north-west
Chinese-style
summer
hill
man-made lake, with bridges, pagodas and halls
all over the area.
Back to Beijing
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The Great Wall
The Great Wall
runs
_______________________, and it was built with
______ and_______. The Great Wall was used to
________the country. It is one of the
seven ________ of world. It is very tiring
to reach the top of the Great Wall
______________.
more than 5,000 kilometers
stones
bricks
protect
wonders
step by step
Back to Beijing
Language points
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Language Points 1.Unless you have a map, you
will get lost easily. (line2)
unlessif not
e.g. ? I will not go there unless I hear from
him.
? I shall go there unless it rains.
exercise ? ?????????,????????.
Dont leave the building unless you are
told to do so.

? ??????????,????????
You wont catch the early bus unless you
get up earlier.
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get lost It means be lost ??? get
pp./adj. e.g. get married/ broken get
hungry/ angry/ happy/ sad
Related phrase
??
get off
get in
??
get down
??
??
get along with
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3. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties
used to live here.
(line10)
used to do sth. did something repeatedly in
the past
e.g. His father used to smoke after supper.
The boy used to be late for school.
Related phrase be/get used to doing sth.
e.g. I am used to getting up early.
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4. It is the biggest square in the world and is
always filled with tourists.
(line17) be filled
with It has a similar meaning to be full of.
e.g. The jar is filled with water.
????????.
That basket is filled with flowers. ?????????.
More exercise
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5.Every day many tourists gather here early in
the morning so that they can watch the
raising of the national flag.

(line18) so that ??? in order that,
??????????.
exercise 1.?????????,??????????. 2.?????????,
???????.
I finished my homework quickly so that I
could go swimming with my dad.
I go to school by bike every day so that I
could get some exercise.
More exercise
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Go through the text quickly and then circle
the correct answers 1.Beijing is in ____
China. (A). north-west (B). south-east
(C). northern 2. You will get lost easily,
if you ______. (A). dont have a map (B). dont
live in Beijing (C). dont like Beijing 3. The
Great Wall was build for _______. (A). people to
fly their kites (B). emperors to spend the
summer (C). Protecting the northern border of
China
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• 4.Tianan men Square is close to _______.
• (A). Summer Palace (B). the Forbidden
  City
• (C). the Great wall
• 5. The emperor of the Ming and Qing dynasties
  __________ in the Forbidden City .
• used to live (B) are used to
  live
• (C) used living
• 6. You will ______ by the beautiful design os the
  buildings, and the clothes and furniture.
• attractive (B) to attract
• (C) be attracted

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Consolidations 1.Retell the text
2.Do you know any other famous places? Would
you like to describe them?
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Good Bye