I_can_hardly_believe_we_re_in_the_city_centerPPT

Think about it!

Do you like to travel? Where do you want to go?

Do you know some world famous tourist attractions?

Let’s play a game!

Look at each picture (symbol building) and

say out the name of the city in two seconds.

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Teaching aims

1. Teaching aims:

To get the main ideas of the listening material and the conversation

To understand the object clause with that in context

To be able to introduce a place of interest in your home town

2. Main contents:

Key vocabulary 

hardly, take up; point out; at the top of; waste

Key structures 

I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre.

I don’t think they allow people to swim in the  lake.

I hope it will be cooler up here.

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Words and expressions

/'h:dli/  几乎不；几乎没  adv.  hardly

              占去（时间或空间） certain

              指出；指明   point out

/saIts/   (用复数)风景；名胜  n. sights

/'θɜ:stI/  渴的    adj.  thirsty

              在……的顶端  at the top of

/weIst/  浪费；滥用    v.  waste

             浪费；滥用    n.

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1. Look at the photo and listen. What is the conversation about?

The conversation is about going to Beihai Park.

2. Listen again and choose the correct answer. 

1. Tony has / hasn't heard about Beihai Park.

2. Tony guesses that the park is very popular / not very popular. 

3. Lingling suggests that they spend the day there / Darning and Betty come too.

4. Lingling thinks / doesn't think the park will be busy.

Tapescript

Tony: I've heard that Beihai Park is very beautiful.

Lingling: Yes, it is. Shall we go for a walk there?  

Tony: That's a great idea. Maybe Daming and Betty will come too.

Lingling: Let's tell them that we're going to spend the day there.

Tony: I guess it's a very popular place.  

Will there be lots of people there?

Lingling: Well, lots of people go there, but it's a big park, so I don't think it'll be very busy.

Tony: I hope not.

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连读的基本规则

句中两词相邻时，如果前一个词的词尾是辅音音素，而后一个词的词首是元音音素， 则往往需要连读。如：Will it take a lot of time to go to town on foot?

以字母r或re结尾的词，在与元音音素开头的词相邻时，/r/要读出来。如:There is a pair of shoes.

英语语音中/j/和/w/是半元音，如果前一个词以辅音音素结尾，后一个词以半元音，特别是/j/开头，也要连读。如： Did you go to Shanghai last year?

如果短语之间或分句之间有停顿，其相邻的音不连读。如：Can you speak Chinese or... English?

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Language points

1.  time off 

★time off“休假，放假” , 是名词短语。

You work too hard. You should take some time off.

你太辛苦了，应该休息一段时间。

Her boss gave her time off.  

她的老板准了她的假。

2. I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre.

我几乎不敢相信我们是在市中心。

hardly  adv. 意思是“几乎不，几乎没有”与   

seldom等词一样，本身含有  否定的意思。

I hardly know you.  

我不太认识你。

He was given hardly 24 hours to pack his bags.

只给了他不到24小时的时间来打点行装。

hard   adv. 努力地

You must work hard.

你必须努力工作。

3. It’s so quiet that I can even hear the birds singing!

这里如此安静，以至于我甚至可以听到鸟叫声！

so…that…引导结果状语从句，意思是“如此……以至于……”,如：

I was so tired that I slept in this chair.

我太累了，以至于在椅子上睡着了。

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Exercise

一、单项选择题。

1. It was raining very _____. What's worse, my car broke down.

A. heavy   B. hardly   C. hard     D. heavier

2. China is ______for its delicious food.

A. good     B. famous    C. popular    D. like

3. —Excuse me. Can you tell me the way to the bookstore?

—Walk along the road and ____ the bridge, and you will see it in front of you.

A. across     B. cross    C. through     D. over

4. We don't allow people _____in the cinema.

A. smoke      B. smoked  

C. smoking   D. to smoke

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二、根据句意和首字母提示写单词。

1. I like the beautiful s_____ of this city.

2. He is very t______ and he needs some water now.

3. I can h_____ understand what he said because he speaks English too quickly.

4. They walked around the lake and c____ the small bridge.

Homework

Learn the new words and expressions in this module.

Describe a park around your home or school .