高一北师大版模块二

Unit 4 Cyberspace

Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism

Look at the map and locate New Zealand

What do you know about New Zealand?

New Zealand is a country in the South Pacific( 太平洋 ). It has over 270,000 square kilometers but it has a small population. The national bird is Kiwi ( 几维鸟 ). The capital of the country is Wellington, but the largest city is Auckland. The main language is English but Maori ( 毛利语 ) is also an official ( 官方的 ) language.

Pre-readingBrief introduction

Wellington

Let’s see some beautiful sites in the main cities of New Zealand.

Kiwi –the symbol of New Zealand

Auckland

The Maoris

Greet each other

Face tattoo

Traditional Maoris dance

Sky Tower: the city’s tallest Tower

More information about Auckland

The city of sails

Home

More boats than anywhere else

The coastline of Auckland

The first European settlers’ houses

water sports: swimming, fishing, sailing, surfing etc.

Mt Eden( 伊甸山 ) is a 200 metres high volcano . It is the highest point in

Auckland, and easily offers

the best view of the city.

Parnell Village

Parnell Village is just a few minutes to the West of the

Domain ( 领土 ). There you can see the first settlers’

houses, church, and cemetery ( 公墓 ). These days Parnell

has some of the best (and most expensive) restaurants, and

is a pretty area.

Auckland Museum

Auckland Harbour Bridge 海港大桥This is one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks built in 1959

a) the history of the city

b) travel links

c) things to see in Auckland

d) night-life in Auckland

e) for water lovers

f) New Zealand’s largest city

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Para. 5Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 1

Skimming for topics : Task: Match the topics with the five paragraphs in the text. ( one extra topic)

Scanning for detailsTask 1: Listen and read the text to fill in the table.

Population

Location

History

Famous sights

Climates

less than a million

on North Island

Maoris settled 650 years ago; European settlement began in 1840.

Mt Eden; Auckland Harbor Bridge; Parnell Village; Sky Tower; Auckland Museum

warm; plenty of water

1. Auckland is the most exciting and cultural city.

2. Maoris are the first people to settle in Auckland.

3. British began to live in Auckland in 1840.

4. The government made New Zealand a nuclear zone.

5. The Parnell Village is famous for palm trees.

6. You can see Maoris perform traditional dances

in Auckland Museum.

7. Auckland has more boats than anywhere else in the world.

8. You can go to the rest of areas from Auckland only

by boat.

Scanning for detailsTask 1: Are the following statements T or F?

FT

TF

F

TT

F

A Summary of AucklandAuckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It has a __________ of about ___ ______ people and is ______ on ______ Island. The history of the city _____ _____ 650 years when ______ settled in the area. Famous sights ______Mt _____, Auckland _______ Bridge, ParnellVillage, Sky _____, Auckland Museum. Aucklandhas a ______ climate with plenty of sunshine. It is known as “_____________” because of moreboats than _____________ in the world

population a million located

North goes back

Maoris

includeEden Harbor

Towerwarm

the city of sailsanywhere else

1. have/has a population of … 拥有……人口。 population 作主语时，谓语动词常用单数， 若说 population 的几分之几、百分之几、或 强调这一整体人口中的成员或成分时，谓语 动词常用复数。常用的句型有 3 种：1) What’s the population of … 有多少人口 ?2) They have/It has a population of … 拥有……人口3)The population of … is larger than that of …

…… 地方的人口比……的多

Language points

例如：1) What is the population of the city?

2) The population in these villages still uses

well water.

3) The city has a population of more than

1,000,000.

4) At present 38%of the Chinese population

smoke.

5) One third of the population here are

women.

2. as well as 也，除……外，既……又……； 它可以连接主语、谓语、宾语、表语、状语 等， 当连接主语时根据它前面的主语来决定 其谓语的单数或复数形式。例如：1 ） Many students as well as Tom like singing. ( 连接主语） Tom as well as many students likes singing. ( 连接主语）2 ） A teacher should entertain as well as teach. ( 连接谓语）教师不仅要教书，也要激起学生的兴趣。

3 ） Do you burn coal as well as wood on this fire? ( 连接宾语）

4 ） She is clever as well as kind. ( 连接表语）5 ） We shall travel by night as well as by day. ( 连接状语）[ 拓展 ]as well, also, too 表示“也”的用法： as well 用在句末， 其前没有“，”； too 用在句末，其前常有“，” 还可紧连在主语后较正式； also 常用在助动词后，行为动词前。如：I, too, know how to work out the maths problem.She is not only good at maths, she is good at English as well.Tom also likes playing computer games.

Homework

1. Surf the Internet, find more about New

Zealand and share them.

2. Do Exercises 5, 6, 7 and 8.