致用英语 阅读教程（第二版）下册 教学课件unit 3.ppt

Unit3Livinginthecity

ContentsUnit3LivinginthecityLearningObjectivesSupplementaryReadingReadingSkillsStartersPassageAPassageB

LearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthisunit,you’llabletousetheSQ3Rstrategytogetabetterunderstandingofthereadingmaterials;gettoknowthedifficultiesinlivinginsomefamousbigcities;understandtheresponsibilityasaresidentinthecity.

Startersfast-pacedlifeFactorstoliveinthecitydensepopulationconvenienttransportation……Whichareadoyouprefertolivein?Shareyourviewswithyourpartner.peacefulatmospherefreshairplentifulvegetation……Factorstoliveinthecountry

PassageADoYouKnow?London,thecapitalofbothEnglandandtheUnitedKingdom,isoneoftheworldsmostimportantbusiness,financialandculturalcentres.Anditsinfluenceinpolitics,education,entertainment,media,fashionandtheartscontributestoitsstatusasamajorglobalcity.

PassageADoYouKnow?GreaterLondoncontainsfourWorldHeritageSites:theTowerofLondon;thehistoricsettlementofGreenwich;theRoyalBotanicGardens,Kew;andthesitecomprisingthePalaceofWestminster,WestminsterAbbeyandSt.MargaretsChurch.

PassageADoYouKnow?TrafalgarSquareisasquareincentralLondon,England.ItstrademarkisNelsonsColumnwhichstandsinthecentreandthefourlionstatuesthatguardthecolumn.Statuesandsculpturesareondisplayinthesquare,includingafourthplinthdisplayingchangingpiecesofcontemporaryart,anditisasiteofpoliticaldemonstrations.

PassageADoYouKnow?Londonhasatemperatemarineclimate,sothecityrarelyseesextremelyhighorlowtemperatures.“LondonFog”ispopularduetothefoggyclimateinLondonEngland.Londonrainsalot.Therainmaderubberbootsaverycommonsightonpeoplesfeet.

PassageAQuestionsforYouNameanexpensivecityanddescribethelifetherebasedontheinformationyoufindonthe