《导游英语》Unit 1

导 游 英 语

Unit 1 Chinese Geography

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Warming-up Listening Speaking Reading Writing Practical Training

WarmingWarming-upRead the following questions and discuss with your partner. 1: How much do you know about Chinese Geography? 2: which part do you like in China, mountain, sea or desert? And why? 3: Do you know anything about the Tibetan Plateau?

Warming-upLook at the following pictures and try to describe it in your own words.

ListeningUseful Expressions in terms of based on 而论; 就...而论 在...方面 而论 方面 以……为基础 为基础

play a crucial role 在……中起(至关)重要作用 中起( 中起 至关) be divided into 被分为

ListeningActivity 1: Spot Dictation. Activity 2: Decide whether the following statements are True or False while listening to the paragraph again. Activity 3: Choose the correct answer while you are listening.

SpeakingProper NounsChina Henan International Travel Service 中国河南国际旅行社 China International Travel Service 中国国际旅行社 Lenovo 联想集团联想集团 IBM International Business Machines Corporation 国际商业机器公司 Geely Geely Automobile Holdings Limited 吉利汽车 汽车控股有限公司 吉利汽车控股有限公司 Volvo 沃尔沃 Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd 南非标准银行。 南非标准银行。

SpeakingKnowledge improvementWith just over 1.3 billion people (1,330,044,605 as of mid-2008; 1,338,612,968 (July 2009)), China is the world's most populous country. As the world's population is approximately 6.7 billion, China represents a full 20% of the world's population so one in every five people on the planet is a resident of China. China's population growth has been somewhat slowed by the one child policy, in effect since 1979.

Speaking

Knowledge improvementAs recently as 1950, China's population was a mere 563 million. The population grew dramatically through the following decades to one billion in the early 1980s. By the late 2010s, China's population is expected to reach 1.4 billion. China's population is expected to peak in 2026. India will surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2025. Around 2030, China's population is anticipated to peak and then slowly start dropping.

Speaking Activity 1: Group discussion. Activity 2: Make up a dialogue. Activity 3: Simulated guiding.

ReadingActivity 1: Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences.

1. Among the major countries of the world, China is the largest country. A. first B. second C. third 2. Chinese climate in the northwest is very . A. dry B. tropical C. wet 3. Extensive uninhabited areas include eastern Junggar basins in Xinjiang and . A. the Chengdu Plain of the western Sichuan Basin B. east of Lop Nur C. 5 autonomous regions

ReadingActivity 1: Choose the correct answer to complete the following sentences.

4. Which of the following is not true? A. the People

’s Republic of China stands as the secondlargest economy B. In the second quarter of 2010, China's economy was ahead of Japan's economy. C. Chinese mineral resources are very deficient in the world. 5. In the year 1970, the US dollar exchange is . A. 2.46 B. 8.19 C. 4.78

ReadingActivity 2: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.approximate occupy average distribution valuable

1. Imperial gardens large areas. 2. Last Sunday, we took a long journey and it took seven hours. 3. The teacher asks the representative to the relative paper to all trainees.

ReadingActivity 2: Fill in the blanks with the words given below. Change the form where necessary.approximate occupy average distribution valuable 4. The tour guide told us that more than two million stone blocks were used to build Khufu Pyramid (胡夫金字 of 2.5 tons each. 塔), weighing an 5. I don't agree with you. As I see it, Kobe has carried on the of the Jordan.

ReadingActivity 3: Answer the following open questions in brief.1: Do you know how many administrative units there are in

China? And which province are you from? What do you know about your province? 2: How do you feel about Chinese rapidly developing? 3: If any foreign country you may go to, which one will you choose? And why? 4: China is rich in natural resources, but not in average. How to deal with it, in your opinion? 5: What can you learn from the table in the text?

Writing-Writing--Plan

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Simulated WritingDirection: According to tips of the following dialogue, please use the words, phrases or expressions you have learnt to make a