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Unit 1 Wish you were here

Integrated skills: Making a travel plan for foreign guests

 内容分析：

本板块围绕单元话题，以“为外宾制订旅游计划”创设情境，展开一系列具有综合性、关联性和实践性的听、说、读、写等学习活动。教学活动首先引导学生听一段介绍外宾来访的音频，获取相关信息；再让学生阅读一份上海旅游计划，学习如何规划旅游行程；最后让学生就如何为到访家乡的外宾制订旅游计划展开讨论，以邮件的形式告知外宾相关安排。上述活动环环相扣，每个活动既有侧重点，又与其他活动有关联性，构成一个语言技能整合的活动。

 教学目标：

By the end of this section, students will be able to:

1. learn about what is included in a travel plan;

2. grasp the features of the travel plan;

3. arrange a two-day visit to their hometown;

4. write an email to inform foreign guests of the travel plan;

5. improve their cross-culture communicative competence.

 教学重难点：

1. Grasp the features of the travel plan;

2. Writing an email about the travel plan.

 教学过程：

Step 1 Lead-in

Ask students the question:

1. Where would you go to spend your winter vacation?

2. Do you have a travel plan?

3. What might be considered while making a travel plan?

A. Destination.

B. Starting and ending date.

C. Transportation.

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【设计意图：快速引入单元话题。】

Step 2 Listening

A1. Ask students to listen to the announcement and answer the following questions.

1. When are the foreign guests coming to the city?

2. What will they do at Ms Zhao’s school?

3. How many days will the guests spend working?

4. When will Ms Zhao discuss the details with the students interested in showing

the guests around?

Suggested answers:

1. Next month.

2. They will learn more about Chinese methods of education.

3. Three days.

4. At the end of the class.

A2. Listen to the announcement again and complete the notes below.

Making a travel plan

General information about the guests

From Boston, the USA

(1) ______ guests in total

Purposes of the visit

To (2) __________________

To (3) __________________

To visit our school

To explore our city

Suggestions for the travel plan

Visit (4) _________________ to learn more about our city’s history.

Buy some souvenirs.

Have a lunch or dinner at (5) _________________.

See the sights of our city (6) _________________.

Suggested answers:

1. 15 2. attend a conference 3. give some lectures

4. our city museum 5. a local restaurant 6. on foot

Step 3 Reading

B. Ask students to read the travel plan and answer the following questions.

1. What aspects are included in the travel plan?

2. Why are these tourist attractions included in the travel plan?

3. How can you improve this travel plan?

Suggested answers:

1. Time, tourist attractions, transportation, activities.

2.

These tourist attractions are representative of different aspects of Shanghai. For

example, we can enjoy beautiful scenery in Yu Garden, experience the elegant

lifestyle in Xuhui District, gain a glimpse of the Buddhist culture at Jing'an Temple,

buy some souvenirs in Nanjing Road, learn more about history in Shanghai Museum

and appreciate classical art in Shanghai Grand Theatre.

3. We can add the suggested tour time and ticket price for each destination. And we

can also reduce the number of attractions, as the two-day schedule seems tight.

Step 4 Discussion

C. In pairs, discuss how to arrange a two-day visit to your hometown for the foreign

guests. Use the following ideas to help you.

Basic information about your hometown

Tourist attractions

Food

Cultural products

Step 5 Writing

D. Write an email to the foreign guests who are going to visit your hometown. Use

your ideas from part C and the information in parts A and B to help you.

Learning about the structure

When writing an email to tell the guests about a travel plan, follow the structure

below:

Greet the guests first and state the purpose of the email.

Introduce your hometown briefly

Arrange your travel plan in time order and list all planned activities.

End the email by offering a warm welcome to the guests.

Learning about the language

Tone is the general feeling of a piece of writing. For example, when writing to an

official, you need to keep your tone serious and polite. When writing to a foreign

guest, you need to keep your tone friendly and polite. Your choice of language will

differ according to your audience.

Sample

Dear Guests,

Welcome to Xi’an! I hope you have a smooth journey to China. My teacher Ms

Zhao, some classmates and I have arranged a two-day travel plan to show you around

Xi’an after you finish your work.

Xi’an is an ancient city rich in history. In fact, it is one of the oldest cities in

China and the oldest of the four great ancient capitals. The former name of Xi’an is

Chang’an, which means “everlasting peace”. As you can imagine, there is a lot to do

and see in this beautiful old city.

Following our travel plan, on the first day we would like to show you the main

attraction in Xi’an. It is the Terracotta Army in the tomb of the first emperor of a

united China. Dating back to the Qin Dynasty, the tomb is a world-famous UNESCO

World Heritage Site. This tomb includes thousands of life-size terracotta soldiers,

chariots and horses. After the tomb visit, we will enjoy a lunch of local food like

flatbread in mutton soup at a nearby restaurant. In the afternoon, we will head to the

Textile Town and an art district, where we can see some local artists at work. Perhaps

you might find a piece of art as a souvenir there. For the evening, we will go to the

renowned food and shopping street in the city, where we will try some famous Xi’an

dishes such as hot and sour dumplings and biangbiang noodles.

On the second day, we are going to take you on a tour around more historic

sights of Xi’an. We will view the magnificent ancient city wall which surrounds the

city centre and then make our way to the famous Bell Tower and Drum Tower. Then

we will have lunch, and after that, we plan to head to the legendary Big Wild Goose

Pagoda for a temple tour. The evening will include a very satisfying dinner of

delicious local dishes for you to enjoy while you watch a traditional style of Chinese

opera called Qinqiang Opera.

I hope you are excited about this two-day travel plan of Xi’an. I am sure you will

enjoy its attractions, food, culture and people. I look forward to showing you around

soon.

Best regards,

Mary Tang

Step 6 Homework

Polish up your writing and make a presentation to the class.

【设计意图：明确语篇特点，锻炼写作技能。】

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教学反思