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课件网) Unit 3 Fascinating parks Using Language (Listening and Speaking) Visit a city park By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. learn some basic words such as cycle, fountain, and route; 2. grasp some listening skills such as listening for the gist and listening for directions; 3. know how to have a conversation about asking for and giving directions; 4. get some information about Beijing Olympic Forest Park. Learning objectives What do you know about Beijing Olympic Forest Park Have you been there The Beijing Olympic Forest Park built in 2008 located within easy walking distance north of the Bird’s Nest Stadium the largest of Beijing’s city parks It has a wetland area. A wide path has been built down through part of the wetland with walls on each side that are equal in height to the surrounding water. In places in the walls, there are glass windows that allow visitors to see the plants and fish underwater. Lead-in Look at the photos taken in Beijing Olympic Forest Park. Match them with the activities below. Write the correct letter in each circle. A rent a cycle ____ B walk through an underwater corridor____ C rent a pedal boat ____ D watch a fountain performance____ E go on a children’s ride ____ F look at flowers____ B F A C E D Pre-listening Linlin and Yuhui are taking Jake to Beijing Olympic Forest Park. Listen to their conversation. Tick which activities they are going to do below. A rent a cycle ____ B walk through an underwater corridor ____ C rent a pedal boat ____ D watch a fountain performance ____ E go on a children’s ride ____ F look at flowers ____ A B C While-listening Look at the map. Listen to the conversation again and finish the activities below. 1. Draw the route that Jake, Linlin, and Yuhui will take. 2. Mark the places they will visit on the map below. Listen for directions Listening for directions can be difficult, as often a lot of information is given in a short time. You could listen for sequence words and direction words. You can also try to form a mental map of where you are going while the other person is talking. Yuhui: Now that we’re at the park, where would you like to go first, Jake Jake: I don’t know. What interesting things can we see and do here Yuhui: Well, Flower Land, _____ performances, children’s rides... Oh! This is interesting—here’s an _____ corridor! Jake: That does sound interesting. How do we get there Yuhui: Let me _____ the map on my phone... From here, we should go north, and then turn left and follow the main road until we reach the second _____ on the right. Then we turn right on the path and follow it for about three hundred metres until we come to an intersection with a _____. Then we should turn left on _____ path. After about 150 metres, we’ll be at the underwater wetland corridor. Linlin: Oh, that sounds a bit far! Jake: Well, maybe we can _____ bikes to get there. Yuhui: No, we can’t. There are four-wheel __ ... ...
