Unit 12

Warm-up

What is culture shock?

down

up

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A story says many nations were in a wild island. What would the Frenchmen, the Germans, the Chinese and the Americans do?The Frenchmen were enjoying

themselves by dating.The Germans were examining

how to survive in this island.The Chinese were holding a

meeting.The Americans were actually

swimming toward their hometown.

What things can be different from where you live?

differences

foodplaces

sports

free time

weather

E2&3

Unit 12 Lesson 1 Visiting Britain

Period 1 Reading & Speaking

Objectives:

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to

•know more about Britain;•identify paragraph topics;• get some detailed information from Xiaojin’s letter; • retell the advice for visiting Britain.

What do you want to know if you are going to visit Britain this summer holiday?

food

tipping money

accommodation

humor

Britain

money

Bed & Breakfast— A typical kind of hostel in Britain. It can provide you a bedroom and breakfast.

fish and chips

This is a

letter to Aunt Mei from Xiaojin

Reading:

Before-reading:

Paragraphs Structure What is the paragraph about?1

2

3

4

5

6

7

While-reading:

Beginning

Body

Ending

opening and greeting

introduction beginning

foodadvice for tipping and moneystaying in the English countryside

British humour

Detail-reading:

1. owe• owe sb sthI owe you a big meal in the restaurant.• owe sth to sb./sthWe owe a great deal to our parents. • 我欠你一个生日礼

物。 _____________________________________.

• 事故是由于他的粗心造成的。 _____________________________________.

A good sponge (海绵 ) can absorb a lot of water.

I am absorbing all the new things around me.

expect v. = look forward to

expectation n. = hope, anticipation

我们正在等待着他从英国寄来的信。 __________________________________.你对去伦敦的期待是什么？____________________________________.

We are expecting this letter from Britain.

What are your expectation of visiting London?

at least 至少

那座建筑至少有二百年的历史 .

Birds use at least half of the air they take in to cool their bodies.

That building must be at least 200 years old.

鸟儿至少要使用它们吸入空气的一半来使自己降温 .

1. You can only eat English food in London.

2. Aunt Mei is visiting for one week.

3. You don’t always need to leave a tip after a meal in a restaurant

4. Some British mushrooms aren’t safe to eat.

5. British people never laugh.

6. There are many Chinese restaurants in Britain.

7. Most British people are friendly.

8. It is always foggy in London.

Read to learn: True or false?

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Group work: Retell the advice of visiting Britain. Each member should choose one of the things to talk about: food; tipping; money; accommodation; humor.Advice of visiting Britain:____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

HOMEWORK:

P79 E5A passage about advice of visiting Britain. (50-100 words)

Thank you!