Unit 2

Wish you were here

Task

Planning a holiday for your family

*the day of the month, e.g. the 20th*the month, e.g. March*the year, e.g. 2011

When listening for dates, you need to pay attention to three pieces of information.

Skills building 1: recognizing dates and place names

When listening for dates, the ending of the number can help you. Most dates end with –th (e.g. 4th / fourth).

However, some have different endings.

* 1st / first 21st / twenty-first

* 2nd / second 22nd / twenty-second

* 3rd / third 23rd / twenty-third

For example:

关于四位数年份的读法有下列几种情形：(1) 一般情况下，将表示年份的四个数字按

前后分为两组，每一组的数字都按基数词来读。例如：

1865 年读作 eighteen sixty-five

(2) 如果是整百的年，后面的两个“零”读为 hundred 。例如：

1900 年读作 nineteen hundred

(3) 十位数字上为“零”，该“零”读为字母O 的 发音。例如： 1809 年读作 eighteen O nine

(4) 关于千年的一些读法。例如： 2000 年读作 two thousand 或 twenty hundred

2008 年读作 two thousand and eight 或 twenty O eight

When we talk about names of places, we can talk about:

The name of the city, e.g., Paris

The name of the country, e.g., France

The name of the continent, e.g., Europe

Listen to Mary talk with Charles about her trip to Europe. Complete the table below with the information you hear.

Place Paris, France

Date ________________

Notes

Eiffel Tower,

______________, sitting at a café, wonderful food

25 June

museums

Place ______________, Italy

Date 1 July

Notes Museums, ____________, beautiful old buildings

Rome

churches

Place Geneva, Switzerland

Date ________________

Notes Walking in the mountains, beautiful sights, pretty little _____________

8 July

villages

There are two travel leaflets in the textbook. Read them carefully and fill in as many blanks as possible.

Listen carefully as the travel agent gives you more information. Complete the travel plans.

Step 1: reading travel leaflets

Answers:

Travel plan 1:

Travel plan 2:

1. night train 2. town 3. modern Chinese writer 4. best 5. Mount Tianzi 6. 1,200

7. the City of Springs 8. six 9. the next morning 10. the foot of the mountain

11. teacher 12. 1,300

How do you usually ask questions to others?

We can use what, where, when, who, why and how.

Skills building 2: forming questions

1. Helen is Canada ． Who is from Canada ？ 2. The restaurant is near the station ． Where’s the restaurant ？ 3. I like koalas because they are cute ．

Why do you like koalas ？4. He gets up at 7:00 every morning When does he get up every morning ？5. I climbed to the roof by a ladder. How did you climb to the roof?

对句子中划线部分提问。

Use question words to complete the questions below.

1. Time you left home

_________ did you leave home?

2. Reason you came to Shanghai

____________ come to Shanghai?

When

Why do you

3. Things you would like to see in Shanghai

_________________________________

4. Place you come from

_____________________________________________

What would you like to see in Shanghai?

Where are you from? / Where do you come from?

5. Method of travel

_____________________________

6. Person / people you are traveling with

_____________________________________

How do you come here?

Who/ Whom are you travelling with?

You are talking with your mother to find out about her holiday plans. Write your questions in the form below, using what, where, when, who, why and how.

Step 2: choosing a holiday destination

1. Type of holiday

What type of holiday do you prefer?

2. CostHow much will you spend?

How much money are you going to spend?

3. Places to visit

4. Dates

5. Length of time

Where do you want to go and what do you want to see?

When do you want to go travelling?

How long do you want to go travel?

Son: Mum, what kind of holiday do you want to take? Where do you want to go?Mother: Actually I don’t know. I just want to take an active holiday. I want to see something we haven’t seen before. Son: For example?Mother: I’d like to go to a place where we can see mountains, and the sunrise and sunset.

An example

Son: How long do you want to spend on your holiday?Mother: About 7 days at the most.Son: When do you want to go?Mother: Between the 1st and 7th of May, because I’ll have a ten-day break then.Son: Oh, I see. How much money would you like to spend?Mother: No more than 2,000 yuan per person, I think.

Skills building 3: writing an e-mail

E-mail is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks.

Read the e-mail on P36 and fill in the boxes with correct numbers of the five points.

To: ellen@com.com Subject: Singapore

Hello Ellen! How are you?

I’m in Singapore!

Connie

1

2 3

4

5

Write an e-mail to your father, telling him about the holiday plans you and your mother have made for your family.

You need to mention: where you should go and why when you should travel what activities you can do what you can see the length of time the cost