Unit 4 Cyberspace

1. Do you like travelling? Have you

ever been to Auckland, which is

one of the biggest cities in New

Zealand?

Show you some pictures about

Auckland, New Zealand.

Map of the World

New Zealand

China

奥克兰

惠灵顿

New Zealand

The capital city

Auckland

Wellington

National flag

Kiwi bird(几维鸟 )

National bird

dancing

greeting

tattoo

traditional food

AucklandAuckland Beaches

Mt Eden

Auckland harbour bridge

Auckland harbour

parnell village

Sky Tower

Auckland Museum 

2. Look at the photos and guess a

few things about Auckland.

Example:

Auckland is near the sea.

The city of sails!

What are the Maoris doing?The Maoris lived in New Zealand than the European

The article talks about Auckland’s

___________, ________, ________,

______________and_________.

1.Listen to and Read the article .

What’s the main idea of the article?

population location historyfamous sights climate

1) Auckland is the capital of New Zealand.

2) Auckland is located on South Island.

3 ） Sky Tower is Auckland’s tallest Tower.

4 ） Maoris were the first people of New

Zealand.

5 ） The climate in Auckland is wet and

rainy.

6 ） It’s the paradise (天堂 ) for water lovers.

F

2. True or false ？ If the sentence is false , please correct

it.(Wellington)(Wellington)

F(North(North)) T

T

F(Warm(Warm))(sunny)(sunny)

T

3. Read the text again and complete the table below.

Population

Location

History

Famous

sights

Climate

less than a million

On north island

Goes back 650 yares

Mt Eden; Auckland Harbour

Bridge; Parnell village; Sky

tower: Auckland museum

Warm; plenty of sunshine

4. What can we do or see in the five famous sights?

Mt Eden

It’s known as its volcanic hills, so we can enjoy_________

Parnell village

We can see_____

Auckland Harbour Bridge

We can enjoy harbour _____and_____

We can enjoy an amazing view of _________ from Sky Tower

Auckland museum

We can see______

_____

Thinking: 1.Who created the beauty?2.Can you create beauty in the future?3.What should we do now?

5. Match the topics a-f with the

five paragraphs in the text.

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

2

5

3

4

1

5. Travel flights

1. Population and location

2. History 3. sights

4. climate, sports

Text analysis

Imagine your pen friend

from Auckland would like

to visit Hefei. Write an

E-mail to your pen friend

about Hefei.

Writing

Auckland Hefei

Populationless than a million

More than 4 million

Locationin North Island

In the centre of Anhui, Including Lake Chao

Historya history

of 650 years

More than 2000 years

Famous

sights

Mt Eden;

Parnell

Village; Sky

Tower; …

Pearl Square,

Shushan Forest

Park, Xiaoyaojin

Park, Zipeng

Mountain, Sanhe

Ancient Town, …

Climate warm; plenty

of sunshine

spring?summer?

autumn?winter?

Best time to

visit?

Imagine your pen friend from

Auckland has arrive in Hefei and

would like to spend a weekend

with you. Choose places and

time for your friend to visit and

things to do. Work in pairs to talk

about the tour in Hefei.

A: Why don’t we visit Zipeng

Mountain on Saturday morning?

B: That’s a good idea. Can we hike

there and enjoy the delicious native

food for lunch?

A:Yes. Do you fancy going to Sanhe

Ancient Town after that? …

Example

1. New Zealand produces iron and steel,

machines and cars.

business and industry

2. The first people of New Zealand

came from other Pacific islands.

3. The capital of New Zealand is the

world’s most southern capital.

Maoris

Wellington

4. This bridge is one of the city’s most

famous sights. It was built in 1959.

5. New Zealand does not allow nuclear

materials anywhere in the country.

Auckland Harbour Bridge

nuclear-free zone

Auckland is a modern city. It is a nice place to live and it has good weather, ____. The city has lots of good beaches for water sports _________ lots of good places to fish. It is ____ known as “the city of sails” because of all the boats there.

tootooas well asas well as

alsoalso

Post-reading

also (p1), as well as (p3), too (p5)

Vocabulary

do

make

dodo one’s homework       做作业        do the housework         做家务do some cooking          做饭          do some reading          看书do some shopping         买东西        do some washing          洗东西 /衣服do some cleaning         搞清洁        do some sewing           做针线活do some typing           打字 /打东西   do some talking          谈谈话do some walking          散散步        do the research          作研究

makemake an answer           回答      make an explanation     解释make a suggestion        提建议         make a mistake           犯错误make a choice            进行选择      make friends             交朋友make preparations         准备        make repairs             修理make a conclusion        下结论      make a face              扮鬼脸make money               挣钱          make a trip              进行旅游

Surf the Internet and get

information about Beijing,

our capital city. Write an

article to introduce it.

Homework