牛津英语8Aunit3 Reading 1.pptVIP

How much do you know about these places of interest (名胜)? the Opera House the Eiffel Tower the White House The World Park Around the world in a day This section is about a letter. Linda comes from the USA. She is visiting her cousin Kitty. She went with the Class 1,Grade 8 students to the World Park in Beijing. Here is Linda’s letter to her mother about the trip. Who’s writing the letter? Linda. Who’s Linda? Kitty’s cousin. Who’s she writing to? Her mother. Let’s read these New words Listen to the tape carefully and answer these questions: Try to match these sentences, please! Language points Homework 1. Copy the new words. 2. Retell this section in English. (Around the world in a day ) 1. How long was the journey ? About two hours. 2. Did Linda enjoy it at the beginning? No, it is boring. There was a lot traffic. What did they see from the coach when they arrived? They saw the Eiffel Tower. 4. How many places of interest are there? Over a hundred . Which places of interest did they think wonderful? The Pyramids and the Golden Gate Bridge. at the gate of the World Park on the city roads at the school gate What Where a lot of traffic blue sky, the Eiffel Tower Mr Wu, the students met Kitty and Linda Listen to the tape again and discuss the table: in the park What Where over 100 places of interest, the Pyramids, the Golden Gate Bridge, the song and dance parade At the beginning of the trip, 2. When she arrived at the park, 3. When she was inside the park, she couldn’t believe her eyes. She thought the park is wonderful. B. Linda didn’t enjoy it and she felt sick. C. she became excited. She didn’t feel sick any more and she wanted to enjoy herself. 1. invite sb to do sth 邀请某人去干某事 Mary invites me to see a film. 2. at the beginning: at first 起初 We listened to an English song at the beginning of the class. 3. get o