(
课件网) Module 3 Unit 6 Travel More Practice The Leaning Tower of Pisa Pre-reading Where is Pisa? It's in Italy. What's Italy famous for? It's famous for ... Where can you probably find this passage? A. in a diary B. in a travel magazine C. in a novel Pre-reading title What do you think what the passage is probably about? Read and match the main idea of each paragraph. While-reading Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 More detailed information about the Leaning Tower of Pisa. A brief introduction of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. The causes of the tower leaning. Read paragragh 1 and fill in the blanks: While-reading Location: _____ Function of building: _____ Materials(材料): _____ Appearances(外貌)： _____ Italy bell tower of the Pisa Cathedral(教堂) marble (大理石) leaning to one side and looks like it is going to fall over While-reading Year started: Years to complete: Floors: Height: Steps: An important fact about the tower: Galileo did his famous _____about gravity (重力)and falling objects from the top of the tower. in 1173 for nearly 200 years 8 floors 54.5 metres 294 steps experiments Read paragraph 2 and fill in the notes below. While-reading 5 1173 1178 1319 1838 1911 1990 While-reading June,2001 the end, 2001 Something big happened during these years, what is it? Find some key verbs or phrases. tried to save, but failed. began to build 5 1173 1178 1319 1838 1911 1990 The building of the tower began. All the floors were finished. The tower was officially reopened. Engineers tried to save the tower, but failed. The tower was finally opened to the public. It was measured. While-reading June,2001 the end, 2001 The tower began to lean. The tower was closed to the public. Complete the timeline in your own words. Why did the tower begin to lean? What did the builders do to make the tower straight again? But what happened? What did the measurements taken in 1911 show? What would happen if its movement was not stopped? How about the number of visitors? Why is it safe now? While-reading Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions: After-reading Would you like it to be straight or not? Why? You can answer like this: For reference: I would like it to be … because /since/as … /If /In my opinion, …… … … After-reading For being straight With modern knowledge and technology, it won’t collapse. The tower will stay longer and more people will be able to visit it. We should take good care of it so that our next generations can enjoy its beauty. Against being straight If the tower is straight, it won’t be special/attractive. The tower is famous because it is leaning. People won’t visit the tower which is not a landmark any more. The tower will be the same as other towers and it will lose its charm. Nature is the beauty! Just let it be! Would you like it to be straight or not? Why? Assignments: Oral： Retell the passage. Written： Write an introduction about the world-famous attraction--the Great ... ...
