八年级下册 Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? Period Three.

八年级下册

Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?

Period Three

Section B 1a-2e

New Words.

Listening Part

Practise

Complete the sentences.

1. 她已经去火车站接她朋友了。 She ___ ____ to the train station to

meet her friend.

2. 谢谢你所做的一切。 Thanks for all that you ____ ____.

has gone

have done

Revision

3. 我很久没有看到你了。 I _______ ____ you for a long time.

4. 雨下了多久了？ How long ___ __ ____ raining?

5. 他很友好，从没有和任何人争吵过。 He is very friendly and ___ _____ argued with anyone.

has it been

has never

haven’t seen

thousandthousands of

safesimplyfearwhetherIndianJapanese

foxall year round equatorwheneverspringmostlylocation

a

b c

d

Match the pictures with names.Match the pictures with names.1a

____ the Terracotta Army

____ the Great Wall

____ the Bird’s Nest

____ the Palace Museum

a

b

c

d

the Great Wall the Palace Museum

the Terracotta Army the Bird’s Nest

Listen to a student interviewing a foreign

student. Check (√) the questions you hear.

1b

____ Have you visited the Palace Museum?

____ Have you been to the Great Wall?

____ Have you been to the Bird’s Nest?

____ Have you seen the Terracotta Army?

____ Have you tried Chinese food?

√

√

√

Listen again and take notes.1c

Name: ______________________________

Country: ____________________________

How long in China: ____________________

Places visited: ________________________

_____________________________________

Food: _______________________________Beijing Duck Beijing Duck

AustraliaAustralia

two weeks two weeks

the Palace Museum, the Palace Museum,

the Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Armythe Great Wall , the Bird’s Nest, the Terracotta Army

Peter Peter

1d

Have you visited …?

Have you been to …?

Have you seen …?

Have you tried …?

2a

Made up: main island 63 small islands

Area: 697.1 square kilometres.

Population: 3,437,300

(Chinese 76.2 ％ , Malays 13.8 ％ ,

Indians 8.3 ％ , Others 1.7 ％ )

Singapore’s geographical position (地理位置 )

A small island (1) ________________

Language(s) people speak in Singapore

(2) _____________

Food we can find in Singapore

Chinese food, (3) __________________ and Japanese food.

in Southeast Asia

Putonghua and English

Indian food, western food

Name of the night zoo in

Singapore

(4) ___________

Temperature in Singapore It is (5) _________

_____ all year round.

Night Safari

almost the same

Read the article. How many

reasons can you find for visiting

Singapore?

2c

1. Most people in Singapore only speak English.

2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in

Singapore.

both English and Chinese

very

3. It’s better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because

they will probably be awake.

4. It’s best to visit Singapore in the autumn.

at night

whenever you like

2d

A: I am going to Singapore next week. _____ you ever ____ there

before?

B: Yes, I’ve ____ to Singapore many times. It’s my favorite country

in ________ Asia.

A: What languages do people _____ there?

B: Mostly Chinese and _______.

Have been

been

Southeastspeak

English

A: What about the food? Is it good?B: It’s excellent! _____ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is

really good in Singapore.A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night Safari? Someone told

me to go there.B: Yes! I ____ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to ___

the animals in the dark.A: And it is always _____ in Singapore?B: All ____ round! It’s always summer there!

Have

ever

have see

warm

year

1. on the one hand… on the other hand

一方面……另一方面……e.g. On the one hand, she taught English,

on the other hand she learned Chinese.  

她一方面教英语 ,  一方面学习汉语。

Language Points

2. …more than three quarters of the population are Chinese…

quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟three quarters 四分之三e.g. I’ve got to go in a quarter of an hour.

一刻钟以后我就得走了。

3. May be you fear that you won’t…

fear v. 害怕；担心e.g. Many people fear change because they do not like the old

ways to be changed.

很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式被改变。

4. A lot of animals only wake up at

night…

wake v. 醒来；唤醒 (woke woken)

e.g. She went upstairs to wake John.

她上楼去叫醒约翰。

5. It might seem strange to go to…a) “ 好像，似乎” , 其后加形容词。e.g. He seems unhappy today. 他今天好像不高兴。 She seems very sad. 她似乎很伤心。

b) seem + (to be) + n.e.g. They seem (to be) doctors. 他们好像是医生。c) seem + (to be) + 介词 e.g. It seems like years since I last saw her. 自从上次遇到她 , 好像已过了许多年。

d) seem to do.

e.g. He seems to be happy.

他好像很高兴。 My mother seemed to know that.

我妈妈好像知道那件事。

e) It seems that + 从句e.g. It seems that he is happy.

= He seems (to be) happy.

他好像很快乐。

Translate the following phrases.

1. 在东南亚 _______________

2. 四分之三人口 ________________________

3. 做某事有困难 ______________________

4. 在白天 ________________

5. 睡醒 ________

6. 处于一个自然的环境中 ______________________

7. 一年到头，终年 _____________

in southeast Asiathree quarters of population

have problems doing sth.during the daytime

wake up

in a natural environment

all year round

1. Review the new words and language points.

2. Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember.

Homework

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