Reading Vocabulary Revision an apartment an apartment block
Reading & Vocabulary
Revision
an apartment
an apartment block
brick a high-rise building
Our teaching building has ____ seven _____. storeys seven storeys high Our teaching building is _______. Our teaching building is a ______ seven-storey building.
Period 2: Reading and Vocabulary Q: Do you know which city it is? 1. This city lies in the southeast of China; 2. It is a seaside city; 3. It has a famous Island -----Gu. Langyu Island. Xia. Men What else do you know about it?
A lively city -----Xiamen
Listening
Listen and choose the correct answer. 1. John Martin is visiting (a) Xiao Li’s hometown (b) a town near where Xiao Li lives (c) a shopping mall 2. Xiao Li lives (a) on the island of Gulangyu (b) in Xiamen (c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen 3. John and Xiao Li are (a) at Xiao Li’s home (b) driving around the city in a car (c) on a train
Fast Reading
True ( T ) or false ( F ) 1. John has never been to China before. False 2. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. True 3. There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. False 4. There a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. False 5. There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. True
Careful Reading
Discuss in groups. What are mentioned about the city in this conversation ?
Xiamen location climate tourism On the south coast of China summer—pretty hot winter—quite cold Many tourists come here in summer. Business Huge apartment blocks; high-rise buildings; great shopping malls. modern district Western The most interesting part of the city, some pretty parks. district scenery A gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture (Gulangyu) summary The most attractive, lively, interesting city.
Fill in the blanks. attractive Xiamen is one of the most ______cities on coast The climate is ______and Pretty hot the______. wet in summer , but it can be quite cold in winter. Every tourists come to Xiamen to spend their year, many_______ business district holidays, especially in summer. Its______has put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. And shopping malls The western there are some great_______. district is the most interesting part of the city. It’s pretty parks Xiamen is famous for got some really______. gorgeous with some Gulangyu Island. It’s a ____island architecture really interesting______.
Describe our hometown---Anshan location area scenery minerals population Local product climate development
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