Unit 6 Emails and descriptions of places 课件.pptVIP

Unit 6 Emails and descriptions of places Before you read 1 What do you know about the hutongs in Beijing? What are they? How old are they? Who lives there? 2 Why do think he hutongs interest foregin tourists so much? Reading---An email from Lucy new words: hutong 胡同 Palace Museum 故宫博物院 lane 小巷 clash 刺耳的撞击声 fumes 难闻的烟、气 aroma 香气 restrictive 限制性的 attributive 定语的 define 说明 elevator 电梯 checking your comprehension 1 Who wrote this email and to whom is it written? Lucy wrote the emails. She wrote in to Abbie and Mike. 2 Why is the writer in Beijing? To go sightseeing. checking your comprehension 3 List at least three differences between the houses where rich or important people lived and those where ordinary people lived. checking your comprehension 4 List at least three things that the writer enjoyed while in Beijing. Studying the organization Formal emails to strangers begin and end differently from emails to friends and relatives. They usually start by giving the reason for writing and end more formally. They usually avoid the pronoun I. Emails are similar to letters in structure, but can be more informal. Addresses in emails are placed differently from letters. Studying the language Adding details Adding details to a description makes it easier for the reader to see, hear, smell, etc the the scene in their imagination. 1 What do these descriptions from the text refer to? a twisting and turning b very large and beautiful decorated c so narrow that only one person can pass through at a time d smaller and plainer e narrow f high grey 2 What might these details refer to? a clean, white b large and grassy with wooden picnic tables c clash of drums and explosion of fireworks d so loud we couldn’t hear ourselves speak e heavy with car fumes f sweet song g damp smell of earth h delicious aroma of cooking 3 With a partner, write sent