《I can hardly believe were in the city center》Time

8Unit1Icanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.Doyouliketotravel?Wheredoyouwanttogo?Doyouknowsomeworldfamoustouristattractions?Lookateachpicture(symbolbuilding)andsayoutthenameofthecityintwoseconds.Let’splayagame!BigBenLondonEiffelTowerParisOperaHouseSydneytheStatueofLibertyNewYorkFujiMountainJapan1.Teachingaims:TogetthemainideasofthelisteningmaterialandtheconversationTounderstandtheobjectclausewiththatincontextTobeabletointroduceaplaceofinterestinyourhometownTeachingaims2.Maincontents:Keyvocabularyhardly,takeup;pointout;atthetopof;wasteKeystructuresIcanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.Idon’tthinktheyallowpeopletoswiminthelake.Ihopeitwillbecooleruphere./'hɑ:dli//saIts/几乎不；几乎没adv.hardly占去（时间或空间）certain指出；指明sights(用复数)风景；名胜n.pointoutWordsandexpressions/'θɜ:stI//weIst/渴的adj.thirsty在……的顶端atthetopof浪费；滥用v.浪费；滥用n.wasteWordsandexpressions/skweə//'kIlə'mi:tə/;kI'lɔmItə/ʃeIp//'hju:mən//weIk/(表示单位面积)平方的adj.square千米；公里n.kilometre外形；形状n.human人n.唤醒；醒来v.shapewakeWordsandexpressions唤醒某人wakesb.up/'sʌmbədI//ə'baʊt//pɑ:θ//pʊl//'freʃ'wɔ:tə/某人；有人pron.somebody向四周；向各处adv.about小路；路径n.pull(用手)拉，牵，扯v.淡水的adj.pathfreshwaterWordsandexpressions1.Lookatthephotoandlisten.Whatistheconversationabout?TheconversationisaboutgoingtoBeihaiPark.1.Tonyhas/hasn'theardaboutBeihaiPark.2.2.Tonyguessesthattheparkisverypopular/notverypopular.3.3.Linglingsuggeststhattheyspendthedaythere/DarningandBettycometoo.4.4.Linglingthinks/doesn'tthinktheparkwillbebusy.2.Listenagainandchoosethecorrectanswer.Tony:I'veheardthatBeihaiParkisverybeautiful.Lingling:Yes,itis.Shallwegoforawalkthere?Tony:That'sagreatidea.MaybeDamingandBettywillcometoo.Lingling:Let'stellthemthatwe'regoingtoTapescriptspendthedaythere.Tony:Iguessit'saverypopularplace.Willtherebelotsofpeoplethere?Lingling:Well,lotsofpeoplegothere,butit'sabigpark,soIdon'tthinkit'llbeverybusy.Tony:Ihopenot.EverydayEnglish•Hereweare.•Wow!•Icanhardlybelieve…•That’stoobad.•Comeon!3.Listenandread.Lingling:Hereweare.WelcometoBeihaiPark.Tony:Wow!It’ssoquietthatIcanevenhearthebirdssinging!Icanhardlybelievewe'reinthecitycentre.Lingling:Thisparkisfamousforitslake,thebridgeandtheancientbuildingsonthehill.Thelaketakesupoverhalfoftheparkarea.Let'swalkalongthelake,crossthebridgeandclimbupthehill.ThenIcanpointoutthesightsofBeijingforyou.Tony:Yes,goodidea.I'msureit'llbefantastictoseethecityfromthetop.Daming:ButI'msotired,andit'ssohothere.Idon'twanttoclimb.Thelakelooksniceandcool.Whydon'twegoforaswim?Lingling:Idon'tthinktheyallowpeopletoswiminthelake.It'sdangerous.Daming:That'stoobad.Thenwhydon'twehaveourpicnichere?I'msohungryandthirsty.Lingling:Ithinkit'sbettertohaveourpicnicatthetopofthehill.Tony:Comeon!Let'snotwasteanymoretime.Daming:Allright.Ihopeitwillbecoolerupthere.NowcompletethesentencesaboutBeihaiPark.1.BeihaiParkisso______thatyoucaneven2.hearthebirdssinging.3.2.Theparkisfamousforits_____,bridgesandtheancientbuildingsonthehill.4.3.Thelaketakesup________oftheparkarea.5.4.Youcanpointoutthe______ofBeijing6.fromthetopofhill.7.5.Theydonotallowpeopletoswim_________.quietlakeoverhalfsightsinthelake4.Readthesentencesandanswerthequestions.1.“Icanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.”DoesTonyknowtheyareinthecitycentreornot?hardlysightsthirstywasteTonydoesn'tthinktheyareinthecitycentre.2.“ThenIcanpointoutthesightsofBeijingforyou.”DoesLinglingwantthemtolookatsomethingorlistentosomething?3.“I’msohungryandthirsty.”DoesDamingwantsomethingtodrink?Linglingwantsthemtolookatsomething.Yes,hedoes.4.“Let’snotwasteanymoretime.”DoesTonythinktheyarcspendingtheirtimewellorbadly?Tonythinkstheyarespendingtheirtimebadly.5.Listenandhowthespeakerpronouncesthewords.1.It’ssoquietherethatIcanevenhearthebirdssinging.2.Let’swalkalongthelake,crossthebridgeandclimbupthehill.3.Idon’twanttoclimb.Nowlistenagainandrepeat.•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：Willittakealotoftimetogototownonfoot?•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:Thereisapairofshoes.•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：DidyougotoShanghailastyear?•如果短语之间或分句之间有停顿，其相邻的音不连读。如：CanyouspeakChineseor...English?6.Workinpairs.Talkaboutaplaceofinterestinyourhometown.StudentA:You’reavisitorfromanothercountry.StudentB:You’reintroducingaplaceofinterestinyourhometowntostudentA.Youcantalkabout:whereitiswhereitiswhatisspecialaboutitanyotherinformationyouknowaboutit•howbigitis•howolditisUsetheseexpressions:Iguess(that)…Iknow(that)…Ithink(that)…I’msure(that)…Ican’tbelieve(that)…1.timeoff★timeoff“休假，放假”,是名词短语。例如：Youworktoohard.Youshouldtakesometimeoff.你太辛苦了，应该休息一段时间。Herbossgavehertimeoff.她的老板准了她的假。Languagepoints2.Icanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.我几乎不敢相信我们是在市中心。hardlyadv.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。Ihardlyknowyou.我不太认识你。Hewasgivenhardly24hourstopackhisbags.只给了他不到24小时的时间来打点行装。hardadv.努力地Youmustworkhard.你必须努力工作。3.It’ssoquietthatIcanevenhearthebirdssinging!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：IwassotiredthatIsleptinthischair.我太累了，以至于在椅子上睡着了。4.Thelaketakesupoverhalfoftheparkarea.湖占据了这个公园一半多的面积。这里的takeup表示“占用，花费(时间、空间或精力等）”。例如：Thisdesktakesuptoomuchroom.这张桌子太占地方。Ik