Sightseeing in London Sightseeing in London How is

Sightseeing in London

Sightseeing in London How is the passage organized, in order of In order of time or place?

Schedule Time The first day The second day The last day Places she visited Tower St Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey Big Ben Buckingham Palace Greenwich Highgate Cemetery British Museum (Leaving London)

Listen & Underline the description of each site.

Day 1

Background information: The Tower of London

The Tower of London It was built… This solid, stone, square tower… Although… , it remained…

St Paul’s Cathedr splendid

Westminster Abbe It contained statues in memory of dead ____ poets ______ and _____, writers such as ______. Shakespeare

Big Ben famous

Buckingham Palace

Day 2

Greenwich The famous Greenwich Clock sets ______ the world _______. The longitude time line is an imaginary line, dividing _______ the eastern and ___________ western halves of the world It is useful for ______. navigation _____.

Day 3

Highgate Cemetery Statue of Karl Marx ? It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and died in London. It was hard for her to believe that Karl Marx, who had developed communism, lived and died in a country of capitalism.

The British Museum In the British Museum, many wonderful _______ are treasures from ____ different cultures displayed, including pots and other objects from _______. China

What a feast for our eyes!

Please find proper sites for these students: 1. Smith is an art student. He is extremely British Museum interested in ancient Chinese artworks. 2. Anna studies history in college. She is now Tower of London writing a paper about the The royalty in Britain. 3. Lisa is also a history student. But in her spare time she likes reading poems and plays by Shakespeare. Westminster Abbey 4. Wang Lin wants to follow the trail of Karl Cemetery Marx and learn something. Highgate about him. 5. Bob lost his watch when shopping in London. Ben He wants to know the exact time. Big now.

1. arrange v. (for连用) 安排, 筹备, 布置 arrangement n. 筹备, 安排 arrange to do sth. 安排做某事, 预定 arrange for 安排, 准备 Fill in the blanks: arrange the books on the shelves. 1) Please _______ 2) I have to ______everything. arrange (for)

for 3) They have arrange _____another man to take his place. 4) She helped me _______ arrange the flowers. 5) She arranged ____ to meet Tom after work. 6) They made _______ an arrangement to share the food.

The little child folded her hands in prayer. 这个小孩合上双手祈祷。 She folded the handkerchief and put it in her pocket. 她叠好手绢, 放进了口袋里。

1. arrange v. (for连用) 安排, 筹备, 布置 arrangement n. 筹备, 安排 arrange to do sth. 安排做某事, 预定 arrange for 安排, 准备 Fill in the blanks: arrange the books on the shelves. 1) Please _______ 2) I have to ______everything. arrange (for)

for 3) They have arrange _____another man to take his place. 4) She helped me _______ arrange the flowers. 5) She arranged ____ to meet Tom after work. 6) They made _______ an arrangement to share the food.

The little child folded her hands in prayer. 这个小孩合上双手祈祷。 She folded the handkerchief and put it in her pocket. 她叠好手绢, 放进了口袋里。

3. sightseeing n. & a. 观光的 sightsee v. 观光 sightseer n. 观光客, 游客 go sightseeing 观光, 游览

4. be worried about / for 为…着急 be anxious about sth. 为…担忧 be upset about sth. 对…感到苦脑 be curious about sth. be eager for 为…好奇 盼望得到, 想得到 be confused with 对…感到混乱

5. available adj. 1) (sth. ) that can be used 可用的; 可得的 This was the only available room. Tickets are available at the box office. 2) (sb. ) be free to seen 可会见的 I am available in the afternoon. He was not available for the interview.

6. delight n. &v. 愉快，乐趣，快乐 to one’s delight 令…感到愉快的是 take delight in 乐于, 爱好 delight sb. with sth. 用某物使某人高兴 delight in 喜欢, 嗜好 delighted adj. be delighted to do

Fill in the blanks with in /to: 1) I took delight __ in books. 2) To __ his delight, he passed the driving test. 3) She delights __ in being surrounded by admirers.

7. 省略句: 结构中的主语与主句的主语 一致时, 可省略相同成分。 It looked splendid when first built! 当第一次建的时候它看上去很辉煌！ When first built = When it was first built When__________, asked why he was late he went red.

1) Generally speaking, __according to the directions, the drug has no side effect. A. when taking B. when taken C. when to take D. when to be taken 2) 2) Unless ____ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference. A. invited B. inviting C. being invited D. having invited

8. in memory of = in honor of 为了纪念 in celebration of 为了庆祝 The museum was built in memory of the great writer – Lu Xun. A grand party was held in celebration of their victory.

9. It is strange (necessary, natural, important, a pity) +that (should) + v. 虚拟语气 (引导主语从句) You can’t imagine that a wellbehaved gentleman (should) be so rude to a lady.

It is strange that he ___ so much about me. A. knows B. knew C. has known D. know

10. thrill vt. 使激动的, 使胆战心惊的, 有时 相当于excite The film thrilled the audience. a thrilling experience thrilling = exciting thrilled = excited

11. display n. & v. 陈列, 展示, 表露 on display 展览 on show 展示 = on exhibition The seller displays all kinds of fruits in the shop. 商人在店里摆了各种水果。 display one’s true feelings 表露自己真正的感受

12. feel / be proud of take pride in 以……为自豪 他以自己的成功自豪。 He takes a pride in his success. He prides himself on his success. He is proud of his success. 他以自己是一个科学家感到光荣。 He is proud to be a scientist.

remain 一、remain 不及物动词 1. 指某事“尚待、有待于以后被处置”，后面常接不定式 的被动形式，表示主语是不定式的承受者。 Many problems remain to be solved. It remains to be seen whether you are right. 2. “剩下”、“余下”、“遗留”： After the fire，very little remained of their house． Only a few leaves remained (=were still) on the tree. 3. remain “留下”、“停留”、“呆在”，相当于“stay” The children remained out because of the weather．

二、系动词，指某人或某事物仍保持某种状态，意为“仍 然；依旧”，“留；呆；住；待”. 1. Peter became a manager, but Jack remained a worker. It remained a secret. 2. Whatever achievements you’ve made, you should remain modest. 3. He had to remain in hospital until he was better. 4. 接分词作表语 接过去分词作表语, 表示主语所处的状态或已经发生的 被动动作；现在分词作表语，表示正在进行的主动动作。 The guests came in, but she remained sitting at the desk reading. As before, he remained unmoved.

• 三、remaining 形容词, 剩余的, 常作前置定语； 而left则只能作后置定语。 • There are still some apples left. • I bought a gift for her with the remaining money.