Module6《OldandNew》CultureCorner课件（外研版必修3）.ppt

Module 6 Old and New Culture Corner;Teaching Aims 1. Make some notes about the Empire State Building. 2.Why there are so many tall buildings in the world?;the Empire State Building 帝国大厦;Taipei, 101 台北101大楼 ;Petronas Towers 吉隆坡石油双塔;Sears Tower 西尔斯大厦 ;Jin Mao Building 金茂大厦; International Finance Centre 国际金融中心;CITIC Plaza 中信广场;Shun Hing Square 信兴广场（地王大厦）;Central Plaza 中央广场;Answer the following questions. What is the tallest building in the world? What is the tallest building in the US? What is the tallest building in mainland? When were most of the tallest buildings in the world built? When were the World Trade Centre destroyed?;Read the table on page 59 and answer the questions. 1. How many of the World’s Top 10 tallest buildings are in China? 6 of them. 2. How high is the Sears Tower in Chicago? 442m. 3. In which year was Jin Mao Building in Shanghai built? In 1999.;102 1931 6,500 5 500;Choose the best answers according to the passage. 1 .The writer’s purpose in writing this text is to ______. A. share some information about the Empire State Building B. tell readers to visit the Empire State Building C. describe the events happening to the Empire State Building D. introduce the tallest buildings in the world;C;Language points: Point out and explain some difficulties in the passage. 1. in the 1990s and in the twenty-first century 2. in the construction of the building 3. on a clear day 4. on a foggy day 5. The building has 88 storeys.;1. It was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Centre was built in New York in 1972.它一直是世界上最高的建筑，直到1972年纽约的世贸中心建成。 until与till 表示“直到”之意，引导一个时间状语从句。当主句动词为延续性动词时，句子用肯定形式；当主句动词为非延续性动词时，句子用否定形式。;He waited until/till his mother came back. 他一直等到妈妈回来。 I won’t leave here until you ask me to. 你叫我走我才走。;2. Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year. 每年帝国大厦遭雷电袭击达500次。 1） lightning n. 闪电 lightning rod 避雷针 a flash of lightning 一道闪电;2） strike vt. (灾害、疾病等)突然袭击 A very big earthquake struck Japan thi