Unit 2 It’s a wonderful town!Unit 2 It’s a wonderful town!

Words and expressions

nightlife

musical

in the open air

Japanese

n. 夜生活n. 音乐剧；音乐电影在露天adj. 日本的，日语的n. 日语；日本人

basketball jazz

movie…

Pre-read

Look at the

photo and say

what type of

entertainment

or sport you can

see.

Think of other words which you can use

to talk about the photo.

basketball:

match, stadium

player, team,

fans, NBA,

score, teamwork,

coach

Read the passage and find out which paragraph describes the picture.

The second paragraph.

Madison Square

• 1.the city that never sleeps 不夜城• 2.the entertainment capital of the world 世界娱乐

之都• 3.top stars 顶级明星• 4.sports fans 体育迷• 5.plenty of chances 大量的机会• 6. word-famous: adj, 世界著名的• 7.the subject of many movies 很多电影的主题• 8.the great names of jazz 爵士乐的顶级人物

• 9.the stars of today and tomorrow 世界之星和未来之星• 10.opera stars 戏剧迷• 11.you have to book tickets a long time before want to g

o . 你必须在你想去看之前的很长时间定票。• 12.be famous for + 作品： 因为…著名• be famous as + 职业：作为…著名• sb be famous to do 对于某人来说，做什么是会 出名

的。• famous= well-known

• 13. all types of =all kinds of =all sorts of 各种各样的• 14. an area of … 的领域• 15. not just … and… 不仅仅是…而且是…• 16.remember to do 记得去做…• remember doing 记得做过…• 17.in the open air 在户外• 18.lovers of painting 漫画爱好者• 19.at all times of the day or night 24 小时营业• 20.a huge number of 巨大数量的…• 21.night clubs 夜总会

Entertainment In New York In your town

Sport Basketball

Movies

Jazz

Opera

Read the passage again and complete the column In New York with notes.

Film Forum The jazz club of Greenwich Village; Blue Note The Metropolitan Opera House

Theatre

Museums

Restaurants

Night life

Broadway; Central Park

Museum of Modern Art;

Guggenheim Museum

Food from all over the

world

Discos and night clubs

Answer the questions.

1. What do you think are the Bronx and the Battery? Where are they?

The Bronx is a district in the north of Manhattan and the Battery is a park at the south.

2. Why does the writer say New York is probably the entertainment capital of the world?

Because it has so many different forms of entertainment.

3. What do movies do with New York? They make New York the subject of

the movie.4. Why does the writer suggest

spending a day in Center Park watching a play by Shakespeare in the open air?

Because you can see famous actors from Broadway and Hollywood.

5. Why does the writer say New York is

“the city that never sleeps”?

Because there is something to do all

day and all night.

Look at the sentence. The underlined

words suggest an opinion, and the rest

re fact.

Try the Oyster Bar in Grand Central

Station for the best seafood in

Manhattan.

Opinion: what a person thinks about something, based on personal judgment rather than actual facts.Fact: something that has actually happened or is happening; something known to be or accepted as being true.Actually fact is what the thing is, while opinion is how you think about something.

Look at these sentences and underline any

words which suggest opinions.

1. …fans can listen to the stars of today

and tomorrow at the world-famous

Blue Note.

2. One of the most important things to see

at Christmas is the Nutcracker.

3. Broadway is not just a street but an

area of New York. There you can see

some of the biggest and the best plays

and musicals…

Language points

1. To watch baseball, go to the Yankee

Stadium, home of the New York

Yankees or Shea Stadium for the Mets.

to watch baseball 在这里作目的状语。

2. But New York itself is the subject of many movies ...

但纽约本身就是许多电影的主题…… itself 在句中用作主语 New York 的同位语。反身代词常用作主语或宾语的同位语 , 起强调作用 , 表示“自己 ; 亲自”。用作主语同位语时 , 反身代词可以放在主语之后 , 也可以放在句子的末尾；用作宾语同位语时 , 反身代词只能放在宾语之后。

如：He himself doesn’t know the answer.

他自己都不知道答案。You should clean the window yourself.

你应该自己擦窗户。You’d better ask Cindy herself.

你最好问问辛迪她自己。

3. One of the most important things to s

ee at Christmas is the Nutcracter by t

he New York City Ballet at Lincoln C

entre.

to see at …在这里做定语修饰 one of

the most important things.

4. Broadway is not just a street but an

area of New York.

not just … but … 表示 “不仅仅是 …… 而且是……”

I had not just one set to use, but two or three of each.

我不只是使用一套（餐具），每次两三套一起用。

5. In fact, it’s easy to see why they call it “the city that never sleeps”.

事实上，纽约得到“不夜城”的称谓真可谓名副其实。

在 it’s easy to say ... 中， it 作形式主语，真正的主语是后面的动词不定式 to see why ... 。如：

It’s important for us to learn English well. 学好英语对我们来说是重要的。

Complete the column in your town in Activity 3 with notes about the town or city you’ve chosen. Say what you can do and where.

Sport: No. 1 Sports Training School, Huanshan Road, basketball, football

WritingThink about a town or city you know well. You’re going to write a passage about entertainment in your town or city.

Write sentence using the notes

you have written.

The place to watch basketball and

football is No. 1 Sports Training

School in Huashan Road…

Rewrite the sentences with some

words which suggest opinions.

The best place in the whole province

to watch the future stars of

basketball and football is No. 1

Sports Training School in Huashan

Road…

End up with:

It’s easy to see why they call … the

town / city that …

Start up your passage with following

sentence pattern.

… is probably the best place for … in …

Homework

1. Finish the writing.

2. Preview Unit 3.