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8Unit1Icanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.1.Teachingaims:•Togetthemainideasofthelisteningmaterialandtheconversation•Tounderstandtheobjectclausewiththatincontext•TobeabletointroduceaplaceofinterestinyourhometownTeachingaims2.Maincontents:•Keyvocabularyhardly,takeup;pointout;atthetopof;waste•KeystructuresIcanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.Idon’tthinktheyallowpeopletoswiminthelake.Ihopeitwillbecooleruphere.Doyouliketotravel?Wheredoyouwanttogo?Doyouknowsomeworldfamoustouristattractions?Lookateachpicture(symbolbuilding)andsayoutthenameofthecityintwoseconds.BigBenLondonTiananmenSquareBeijingEiffelTowerParisOperaHouseSydneytheStatueofLibertyNewYorkFujiMountainJapan1.Lookatthephotoandlisten.Whatistheconversationabout?TheconversationisaboutgoingtoBeihaiPark.1.Tonyhas/hasn'theardaboutBeihaiPark.2.Tonyguessesthattheparkisverypopular/notverypopular.3.Linglingsuggeststhattheyspendthedaythere/DarningandBettycometoo.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.3.Listenandread.Lingling:Hereweare.WelcometoBeihaiPark.Tony:Wow!It’ssoquietherethatIcanevenhearthebirdssinging!Icanhardlybelievewe'reinthecitycentre.Lingling:Thisparkisfamousforitslake,bridgesandtheancientbuildingsonthehill.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______thatyoucanevenhearthebirdssinging.2.Theparkisfamousforits_____,bridgesandtheancientbuildingsonthehill.3.Thelaketakesup________oftheparkarea.4.Youcanpointoutthe______ofBeijingfromthetopofhill.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.Listenandnoticehowthespeakerpronouncesthewords.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:•whereitis•whereitis●whatisspecialaboutit•anyotherinformationyouknowaboutit•howbigitis•howolditisUsetheseexpressions:Iguess(that)…Iknow(that)…Ithink(that)…I’msure(that)…Ican’tbelieve(that)…1.timeofftimeoff“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。2.hardlyadv.几乎不；几乎没Icanhardlybelievewe’reinthecitycentre.我几乎不敢相信我们是在市中心。hardly是一个含有否定意义的副词，常用于be动词、情态动词或助动词之后，行为动词之前。它用于反义疑问句时，其附加疑问句要用肯定形式。hard即可用作形容词，也可用作副词。用作形容词时，意为“坚固的；困难的；硬的”；用作副词时，意为“努力地；辛苦地；猛烈的”。例如：•Theylivedahardlifetwentyyearsago.二十年前，他们过着艰苦的生活。(形容词)•It’srainingsohardoutside.(副词)外面雨下得很大。3.It’ssoquietthatIcanevenhearthebirdssinging!这里如此安静，我甚至可以听到鸟儿在唱歌。so…that…意思是“如此……以至于……”,可以引导结果状语从句，so后面跟形容词或副词的原级，that后接从句。例如：•It’ssohotthatIcan’tsleep.天如此热，我无法睡觉。hearsb.doingsth.意为“听见某人正在做某事”，doing表示动作正在进行。•Iheardthegirlplayingthepianoatthistimeyesterday.昨天这个时候我听见那个女孩正在弹钢琴。hearsb.dosth.意为“听见某人做某事”，do表示动作已经完成，即动作的全过程结束了或动作经常发生。•Ioftenhearthegirlplaythepianointhenextroom.我常常听见那个女孩在隔壁房间弹钢琴。4.Thelaketakesupoverhalfoftheparkarea.湖占据了这个公园一半多的面积。Readingtakesupmostofmytime.阅读占用了我大部分时间。takeup既可以指时间上的“占去”，也可以指空间上的“占去”。takeup还有“开始从事；开始做；接受”等意思。例如：•They’vetakenupgolf.他们学起了打高尔夫球了。awaybackdownphotospartinoffout解除；消除退回；收回拆掉；写下拍照参加起飞；脱掉带……出去；切除take5.Let'swalkalongthelake,crossthebridgeandclimbupthehill.咱们沿湖散步，过桥去爬山吧。walkalong沿着…走•Walkalongth