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课件网) -- Revision Give a short introduction to France based on the text. Describe these places: Paris, the Loire Valley, Nice, and the French Alps. Su Wen wants to visit France during the summer holiday. Please give him some advice and tell him about at least three things to do in France. I want to take a trip to France. What do you suggest doing You can start like this: Hey Su Wen, if you want to visit France, you can… France has something for everyone. I hope you will have a good time there. Revision (optional) Group work Please share the following information about your hometown with your classmates in groups. Then talk about whose hometown you want to visit most and why. 1. Location (where) 2. Place(s) of interest (at least one) 3. Thing(s) to do (at least one) You can start like this: … is my hometown. It is/lies in… I prefer to visit … because… Read Su Wen’s blog post about his trip to Paris and pay attention to the words in bold. Do you know what they are Grammar A They are proper nouns. It is the first day of my trip to France. I’m now with my friend Alfred in Paris. Today we visit the Louvre Museum. It is July, so it is very hot outside. We need to stand in line for a long time to get in, but we are still very excited to see the famous artworks inside. Tomorrow we will visit the Eiffel Tower and take a cruise on the River Seine. In the evening we’ll watch the French National Day celebrations! There is so much to see and do before I leave for Provence on Wednesday! Let’s sum up the rules! refer to particular people, places, organizations, time periods, etc. start with a capital letter. Attention: We do not usually capitalize the, prepositions and conjunctions in proper nouns. For example, the People’s Republic of China. Proper nouns Alfred France Paris the Louvre Museum July the Eiffel Tower the River Seine the French National Day Provence Wednesday Last july, l went to beijing to visit uncle zhang.He took me to many interesting places, such as the great wall, the summer palace and the palace museum.l learnt a lot about the ming and the qing dynasties.We also visited the national stadium. lt was built for the 2008 olympics. We went shopping on wangfujing street. l had a wonderful time in beijing and l plan to go there again next year during the spring festival. Practice makes perfect. 1 Read the passage below. Some of the words should begin with a capital letter. Underline these words and correct them. These words are proper nouns. July Beijing Uncle Zhang Great Wall Palace Museum Ming Qing National Stadium Olympics Wangfujing Beijing Spring Festival Summer Palace Street You have done a good job! Keep going！ Please put the proper nouns into the correct column. July Beijing Uncle Zhang the Great Wall the Palace Museum the Ming dynasty the Qing dynasty the National Stadium the 2008 Olympics Wangfujing Street the Spring Festival the Summer Palace Types Proper Nouns Names o ... ...
