1 Work in pairs and discuss the questions

1. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. Example answers 1 Five or six big ones and a lot of small local ones. 2 We have a market for paintings, one for handicrafts, an electrical appliances one, a big one full of food stalls and one mainly for clothes. 3 Almost everyone in the town and the paintings and handicrafts ones get a lot of visitors too. OUDS presents >>>>>>

4 The food one is open only for lunch, the others start opening in the morning and are fully open around midday. 5 From 6 till 8 pm I would guess. 6 There’s plenty of bars, karaoke places and some night clubs and discos. OUDS presents

Extra activity: market in my Hometown Procedures 1) Suppose each one of you is an official of the Traveling Bureau in your hometown. You are attending a National Travel Fair to promote tourism in your hometown. You are to introduce one interesting place—a market—in your hometown to attract more visitors. 2) Group members take turn to do the introduction. questions on page 86 can be used as your reference. 3) The group vote for the place you want to travel most based on the introductions. OUDS presents >>>>>>

5) Groups choose the most attractive market in your group to compete in the class. 6) The class comment on the advantages and disadvantages of all the presentations and vote for the place the class want to travel most. OUDS presents

2. Watch Conversation 1 and answer the questions. Example answers 1 2 3 4 Most weekends. Every day of the week. / All week. 10 am to 6 pm. It gets pretty lively as people go to the pubs and restaurants all around. 5 They sell pretty well everything. 6 It’s a famous club. / It’s 7 one of THE great clubs in London. 7 To the Electric Ballroom. 8 No, she doesn’t.

3. Watch Conversation 1 again and match the speakers with the statements. Answers The statements said by Janet are: 4 and 8. The statements said by Andy are : 3, 6 and 7. The statements said by Joe are: 1, 2 and 5. More about Camden Market

Extra Language Exercise 1) You don’t have to be born a Londoner to 2) feel like one. 2) It’s a very trendy kind of place. 3) They sell pretty well everything here. Please translate the sentences into Chinese. Pay special attention to the underlined parts. Keys: 1) 不一定非要出生在伦敦才会有伦敦人的感觉。 2) 这是一个非常时尚的场所。（kind of经常用在口语中， 表示有一点，稍微 ） 3) 所有的东西在这里几乎都有卖。（pretty well经常在口 语中用，表示almost）

4. Work in pairs and discuss the questions. Answers 1 He may feel embarrassed or disappointed. 2 There must be historical ones and probably ones belonging to the various ethnic groups in London – like the Spring Festival in Chinatown. 3 I assume it is an area of London where people with an African origin live. 4 The crowd seem to be dressed quite lightly so it must be summer.

5. Watch Conversation 2 and choose the best way to complete the sentences. Keys: 1) c 2) c 3) d 4) d 5) c More about Carnival 6) b

6. Watch Conversation 2 again and complete the sentences. to be Janet People always seem (1) ______ having fun in London _________! Camden Market was great! Joe Great for shopping! Andy Well, there are lots and lots of festivals of film and music. And there also quite a few street festivals, like the Notting Hill Carnival. Janet OK, and what happens? Andy I’ll show you some footage from last year. Notting Hill is a district of London and it has a large West Indian community. So at Carnival, the kids and adults go on a parade through the streets, (2)_________ wearing these amazing _____ costumes and dancing to live Caribbean music. >>>>>> More about West Indian

Joe And there’s lots of street food, and music and parties going on along the Carnival route. Yes, it is great fun. Janet And does everyone in London go to watch? attracts about two million people a year. Joe Well, it (3) _______________ Janet Wow! And when does it happen? It takes place at the end of August, although (5) Andy (4) ______________ the usual time for carnival for the rest of the world is February. Janet What does carnival mean? a festival which takes place in many Catholic Joe (6) It’s _____________ countries 40 days before Easter, after which everyone is meant to eat and drink only moderately. >>>>>> More about Catholic and Easter

Joe Janet Andy And the carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is probably the best-known, but there also carnivals in other cities. But then why is the Notting Hill Carnival in August? for the rest of the year the weather is Because (7) ___________, awful. Anyway, we’d better be going now, Janet. Oh, yes. Go where? I invited Janet to a jazz concert this evening. (8) It_________. starts in half an hour Bye Andy. Take care! Bye Janet. Look after yourself.

7. Everyday English They sell pretty well everything here. all sorts of cool places to hang out The weather is awful. Take care! Look after yourself. Answers 1 (a) (b) 2 (a) 3 (b) 4 (b) 5 The weather is awful!

Extra activity: story-making 1) Everyone makes up a story of your own. You should use at least 4 of the expressions in the previous page in your story telling. Try to make your story interesting and logical. 2) Share your story in your group. 3) The group discuss all the members’ stories and vote for the best one. 4) Share your groups’ best stories with the class.

8. Work in groups of three and act out the conversation. Work in pairs. Read the cues and functional expressions in the box on Page 89. Plan your market. (What? When? What people do and what the area is like? ) Two volunteers perform the example conversation to the class. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation. In pairs, you work out and perform your own version. One or two pairs perform your dialogues to the rest of the class.

Extra exercise: Watching and understanding Work in groups and discuss the following questions on the basis of the video clip on the next page. Warm-up: Match the key words in the video with its Chinese equivalent. Sequin Antidote G-string float Samba reveler Bailout Real 紧急援助 (衣服上的圆形)闪光装饰片 桑巴舞 狂欢作乐者 解药，对抗手段 丁字裤，遮羞布 雷阿尔（巴西基本货币单位） 彩车

Watch the video clip discuss the following questions in groups. 1) Where does this carnival take place? 2) What is the antidote(矫正方法)to economic crisis? 3) What is the carnival like according to one Russian visitor? 4) How much did the hotel booking rate drop? 5) What’s the impact of economic crisis on the carnival? How did Brazilians cope with the problem? 6) How did Brazilians make their floats with a lack of fund?

Answers 1) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2) Features, G-strings(脱衣舞服装), and sequins. 3) A giant football match, only naked. 4) 1/5. 5) The organization committee of the carnival lacks money, so the state government provides a bailout(紧急 融资) with nearly 4 million dollars. 6) They turn to plastic bottles and other recyclables.

After-class work: Carnivals around the world 1. Work in groups of 4 or 5 and introduce one carnival event around the world. You can either choose one from the carnivals introduced in class or any other one you are interested in. 2. Surf on the Internet to get more detailed information about the carnival, e. g. time, activity, customs, special points, etc. 3. Prepare a presentation, with ppt, audio files and video files as facilitators. 4. Make your presentation on the next class. 5. The class vote for the best presentation and speaker.

Culture Tip (1): Camden in North London is a major tourist attraction. A craft market (Camden Lock Market) was opened by the canal (hence lock) in 1974 and quickly became very popular. Other markets followed: Camden Stables Market (horses used to be kept there for pulling barges along the canal), which specializes in alternative fashion, Buck St. Market, Inverness St Market, and at the weekend, Camden Village Market, with the indoor fashion market in the Electric Ballroom open only on Sundays. BACK

Culture tip (2): carnival True or false The following statements are about carnival. Work in groups and decide whether it is true (T) or false (F).

1) Carnival is a festival traditionally held in English-speaking _______ countries. F 2) Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent (大斋节, being the six weeks directly before Roman-Catholic Easter ). T 3) Lent lasts 40 days, but the Sundays in Lent are not actually part of it. T 4) The main events are usually held during _____ August. F 5) The actual word of “carnival”means “goodbye meat” in Latin as one is not supposed to eat it during Lent. T 6) Carnival typically involves a public celebration February or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. T DETAIL >>

Culture Tip (2): Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent (大斋节, being the six weeks directly before Easter ); the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations. Carnival is a festival traditionally held in Roman Catholic societies. The Brazilian Carnival is one of the bestknown celebrations today, but many cities and regions worldwide celebrate with large, popular, and days-long events. >>>>>>

Culture Tip (2): Carnival around the world Brazil: Considered the festival of festival, Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is famous around the world. The streets are blaring ritual music that was rooted Afro-Brazilian culture. Rio Carnival is actually famous for its Samba Parade that consists of a plenty of people and dancers from various samba schools. Carnival is very important to the Brazilians, it sums up their culture. >>>>>>

Culture Tip (3): Carnival around the world New Orleans: Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday in English) in New Orleans, Louisiana, is a Carnival celebration well-known throughout the world. The New Orleans Carnival season is a season of parades, balls (some of them masquerade balls), and king cake parties. It has traditionally been part of the winter social season.

Culture Tip (2): Carnival around the world Italy: During Carnival in Venice, you have a good chance of seeing the occasional person dressed up in St. Mark's Square. Masked participants will be found in all major piazzas. No private cars are allowed in the water city, so Carnival participants dressed in their exotic costumes must walk to their balls, giving everyone a chance to have some entertainment while eating at the sidewalk cafe.

Culture Tip (2): Carnival around the world Belgium: Binche—close to the French border—holds an annual pre-Lenten festival. Having started around the 16 th century, this is the must see event in the March. The centerpiece of the carnival's proceedings are clown-like performers known as Gilles, which are characterized by their vibrant dress, wax masks and wooden footwear. BACK

Culture Tip (3): West Indian The islands of the West Indies in the Caribbean were largely British colonies and there has been a considerable degree of immigration into the UK from them. London has a large population of people with West Indian and ultimately African descent, and they put great effort into the huge annual street party—Notting Hill Carnival. BACK

Culture Tip (4): Catholic A Catholic is a person who is a member of the Roman Catholic Church. The Church is a part of the Christian religion and has a leader called the Pope, who is based in Rome. Catholic Church The Pope >>>

Culture Tip (5): Easter is one of the two most important Christian celebrations and takes place in late March or early April, actually the 47 th day after Carnival. Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Day. The Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunts Easter bunny have become part of the holiday's modern celebrations. These customs are particularly important in Catholic countries. BACK Easter Egg