1、北师大版高三 Module 9 Unit 25INDEXPredicting1Detailed-Reading2vocabulary3speaking4Assignment5Read the extracts below from a travel guide to a famous city.Can you guess which city it is?uSmartly dressed business people head for their office,mobile phones held to their ears.uMany of the road signs and adver
2、tising billboards are now in EnglishuA wealthy,international city and a popular tourist destination in AsiauConstruction cranes and 24-hour work crews are seen all over the cityuElegant shopping malls and five-star hotels reach for the skies uMaps of the city go out of date almost as soon as they ar
3、e publisheduA fascinating mix of the past and the present uBicycles that were the main form of transport a few decades ago are now prohibited on the highwaysThe passage talks about _.Beijing and its changes Some of Beijings photosThe Great WallThe Palace Museum Construction workerskyscraperWhich of
4、the following statements do or do not reflect the authors views?And the reason.Beijing is the same today as it has been for centuries.A changing cityThese days,you see nothing of the past in the streets of Beijing.Beijings streets provide a fascinating mix of the past of the present.Read the passage
5、 and answer the questions FFIt is hard to keep up with the pace of change in modern Beijing.The Beijing of today is still changing,so rapidly in fact,that maps of the city go out of date almost as soon as they are published.Beijing is a global city.Today it is a wealthy,international city and a popu
6、lar tourist destination in Asia.TT Life in Beijing today is less comfortable than it was in the 1970s.Public transport is efficient,new businesses are growing,and every modern convenience and international brand is available in this booming global city.Beijing is an amazing place that most visitors
7、love.Today it is a wealthy,international city and a popular tourist destination in Asia.TTSummary:Filling the blanks.Beijing was _ a place for the _,but today it is a rich and international city and a popular tourist _ in Asia.People all over China move to Beijing _ jobs and opportunities because it
8、 is a city where dreams can _.In the city,there is _ energy about the place which is infectious.That is to say,people here all live a very busy and fast-paced life.originally Emperorsdestinationin search of come truea sort of Beijings streets provide a fascinating mix of the past and the present._,o
9、ld couple _ colorful clothing dance _ music while the _ _ listening to rock music on their headsets.In tea houses,groups of the old men play chess while the next door McDonald is filled with teenagers _ milkshakes.You can also see multi-storey _ yet you can take a turn and suddenly find yourself in
10、an old _.For example dressed in to youngsters stroll by sipping skyscrapers alleyway Beijing has changed rapidly in the last 20 years or so.In the 1920s,Beijing was a city of busy lanes with homes built around the courtyards,but these days people live in the high-rise _ blocks of the 21st century.Ma
11、ny _,such as TV,washing machine,are now _ to anyone.Besides,bicycles,a very popular way of _,has been _ on the highways.apartment luxuries available transport prohibited The Beijing of today is still changing rapidly.What matters most is that all the road signs and advertising billboards are now in
12、_,making it more _ to foreigners.Englishaccessible Foreigners enjoy Beijing as the city offers much to see and do.There are many places of _,_ the Summer Palace,the Temple of Heaven,the Forbidden City,and the Great Wall.In addition to these cultural sights,the shopping centers and hotels are _.In fa
13、ct,some visitors complain that they do not have _ time to enjoy all the fascinating place in Beijing.interestsuch as magnificent enough Comment on the following:Changes of buildingsChanges of household appliances and other products Transport SpeakingWork in groups and give your own answers to the qu
14、estions in exercise 5.DiscussionFinish all the exercises on page 18 by using the reading skills from a changing city.Homework Word spot on page 12world,ground,earth,floorv You have all the time in the world.v You have plenty of time.There is no need for you to hurry.v What on earth are you doing now
15、?v for emphasis in a questionv Boeing 777 costs the earth.v an idiom to say that that something is very expensivev Sea/ocean floorv the bottom of the sea v Everyone thinks the world of zhou Enlai.v To show that you have great affection and respect for someone v The dance floor v The place where peop
16、le dance v She is grounded because she got a low mark in this examination.v Parents punishing their children by not letting them go out v Out of this world v Something that is so good that people cannot believe it v It gets off the ground.v A plan or business starts to succeed v I feel as if I were
17、on top of the world when I learnt that I had passed driving test.v I feel absolutely fantastic.v You should try to enter Jinan University.Please keep your feet on the ground.v Be practical and realistic.v Flooding nowadays happen worldwide.v all over the world v Floorboardv The plank of wood in a wooden floor v Earth-shatteringv shocking and important How the mobile phone changed the world?Reading v What has happened to the number of mobile phone users in the last decade?v What basic human quality is extended by the mobile phone?
