Unit 5 Topic 1 Section B
Enjoy the song
A: Can you guess what place
it is?
B: Yes, it’s the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau.
A: Where is the Qinghai-Tibet
Plateau?
B: It’s in the southwest of China.
It’s a fantastic place. It’s more than 4 000 meters above sea level. The weather there changes a lot. You can experience four seasons in a day. Do you want to know more about it?
Potala Palace
Jokhang Temple
the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
S e c t i o n
B
1a Listen, read and say （影片2）
Fill in the blanks according to 1a. Mrs. Green went to Tibet with her husband last
summer. Tibet lies _____________ of China. It ’s
____________ the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Mr. and Mrs. Green visited the Potala Palace and the Jokhang Temple
and felt ________ and _________. They seemed ___________ four seasons in a day because the weather there_______________ a lot. Tibet is the most
__________ place that Susanna has ever ________. She wants to go there one day because it __________ visiting.in the southwest a part of surprised excited to experience changes/changed fantastic heard of
is well worth
Language points
be worth doing sth.值得做……；做……是值得的 be well worth doing sth.很值得做……
e.g. Harry Potter is well worth reading.
This idea is worth considering.
It seems/seemed that … 似乎……
seem+adj./to do sth.好像，似乎，看来
e.g. You seem happy.
They seem to know me.
It seems that they know what they’re doing.
Please retell the dialog with the following words.
A: Do you know West Lake?
B: Yes, I do.
A: What do you know about it?
B: I know the story about West Lake. A: I know the poem about West Lake.
West Lake Sudi Causeway Leifeng Pagoda the Broken Bridge Dragon Well Tea
Xu Xian and the White Snake
Su Dongpo
Bai Juyi
2a Read and understand （影片3）
Answer the following questions according to 2a.
1. Where is West Lake?
It lies in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province.
2. What’s West Lake famous for?
It’s famous not only for its special scenery and some beautiful poems but also for Dragon Well Tea.
3. Do you know any poems or stories about West Lake?
Yes, I do.
4. Suppose you are a guide. How will you introduce West
Lake to tourists?
Report the information about West Lake.
West Lake
Position: _______________________ The parts of West Lake: ___________
Tourists: _______________________ Famous for: _____________________ Others:__________________________
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Make a postcard about West Lake.
___________________________
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West Lake is in Hangzhou. It is famous not only for the beautiful scenery but also for some poems .
1. Master some new words and phrases:
fantastic, tale, tourist attraction, so …
that …
2. Go on learning attributive clauses which use “that” and “which”.
3. Learn more about the geography of China: the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and West Lake.
Write a short passage
about your hometown.
Please use attributive
clauses as many as possible.。