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Unit 14 People Who Changed the Shape of Our World Part 1 Communicative Activities Aims: Learning the descriptive language in relation to the tourist attractions of New York City. Understanding cutural elements of New York City, and learning to talk about them in relation to Ss’ personal preference and needs. 1. Interactive listening and speaking: A Pre listening task. Learning suggestions: 1) Read the 19 attractions, pay attention to the pronounciation. 2) Before listening to the recording, guess what you would hear, and get familiar with all these place names. 3) Identify the pictures based on the names. 4) Speak out your guesses and explain why you choose them. B Listening: Sequence Listen and check your guesses. Put your guesses in the correct sequence. Answers 1. Time square 2. Natural History Museum 3. Fith Avenue 4. The St. Patrick’s Cathedral 5. Wall Street 6. Ground Zero 7. The Brooklyn Bridge 8. Ellis Island 9. Chinatown C Listening for details Listen to the recording for several times until you get enough notes for discusstion. Select key words or phrases for the features of the tourst attraction. Report in your own words based on the worksheet. Answer for reference Time Square: the pulse of the city, most exciting location of the night life; Natural History Museum: four floors of exhibits showing all aspects of lige from the beginning and present. 3. Fith Avenue: World-renowned shopping street, full of brand name shops; The St. Patrick’s Cathedral: Seat of Archbishop, the largest decorated Gothic styled Catholic Cathedral, center of catholic life of the US; Wall Street: A financial district which used to be protects by wood wall; Ground Zero: The debris of World Trade Center Towers in memory of the victims of “9.11”; The Brooklyn Bridge: An old bridge built in 1883, the longest then; Ellis Island: A small island in NY Harbor, used to ab immigtation station; Chinatown: Largest Chinatown in the