八年级英语下册Unit9Haveyou ever been to a museum Section B2a-2e 人教新目标版.pptVIP

Section B 2a-2e Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? To learn about Singapore. To learn new words: thousand, safe, simply, fear, whether, Indian, Japanese, fox, whenever, spring, mostly… Singapore is so close to the equator that the temperature is almost the same all the year round. 2a What do you know or want to know about Singapore? Discuss it with your group. Made up: main island，63 small islands Area: 719.1 square kilometres. Population: 5,535,000 (Chinese 76.2％, Malays 13.8％, Indians 8.3％, Others 1.7％ ) Introduce Singapore Briefly First impression (印象) of Singapore Merlion 鱼尾狮 It is regarded as the symbolize of STB (Singapore Tourism Board), first appeared in 1964. And it turned Singapores symbol very quickly. It is created by the Van Kleef aquariums governor named Fraser Brunner. 新加坡的原意为“狮城”。据马来史籍记载，公元1324年左右，苏门答腊的一个王子乘船到达此岛，在现今的新加坡河口无意中发现一头动物形若狮子，于是把这座小岛取名Singapore。“Singa“就是狮子的意思，“Pore”则代表城市，而狮子具有勇猛、雄健的特征，故以此作为地名，这就是新加坡 “狮城” 的来历 。 “狮城”的由来 2b Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore? There are eight reasons for visiting Singapore: wonderful and safe place to take a holiday, can speak Putonghua, good place to practice English, able to find a lot of food from China, place to try new food, the Night Safari, temperature is almost the same all year round (so you can visit it at any time), not too far from China. 2c The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them. 1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. 2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore. 3. It is better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake. 4. It is best to visit Singapore in the autumn. speak both English very and Chinese. at night whenever you like. 2d Fill in the conversation about Singapore using the information from the article. A: Im going to Singapore next week. ______ you ever _______ there before? B: Yes, Ive _______ to Sin