1、A Lively City If you had a chance to live in a big city,what do you think you should know about it?Brainstorminglocationclimateenvironmentpeoplelocal productsinteresting placesarchitectureA citytrafficeconomyWhat about a visitor?uHint 1.Its a coastal city,which is beautiful and clean.uHint 2.It is l
2、ocated in Fujian province.uHint 3.It is famous for the Gulangyu Island.Guesswork:Which city is it?1.It is in the southeast of China;2.It is a seaside city;3.It has a famous Island-Gu Langyu Island.Xiamen What do you know about Xiamen?Its an attractive city on the southeast coast of China.Its known a
3、s the National Garden City(国家园林城市)It is famous forGulangyu islandXiamenUniversitypoliticsfirst impression of Xiamenpeopleclimateculturescenic spot景点locationhistoryeconomytouristdistrictChoose the topics that are mentioned from the following ones choose the best answers.1.John Martin is visiting _.(a
4、)Xiao Lis hometown (b)a town near where Xiao Li lives (c)a shopping mall2.It seems that _.(a)Xiao Li and John Martin have been classmates.(b)Xiao Li and John Martin once lived in the same city.(c)Xiao Li and John Martin saw each other 6 years ago.(d)Xiao Li and John Martin are pen friends.Step 2:Car
5、eful Reading3.The dialogue takes place most probably_.(a)at the airport (b)on Gulangyu Island (c)in the business district (d)on the returning way from the airport4.If the dialogue develops,whats the topic for the following dialogue (a)the food of Xiamen (b)the beautiful scenery of Xiamen (c)the weat
6、her of Xiamen (d)the touring industry of Xiamen Read the passage carefully to find out the detailed information about Xiamen the text introduced._in the summer and _ in the winterA great number of _ buildings and great _ A lively city-Xiamenpretty hotquite coldMany_ come here in the summer.shopping
7、malls.The most _part of the city with some_.A _island with some really interesting_On the south coast of ChinaThe most attractive,lively,interesting city.locationclimatetourismBusiness districtWesterndistrictscenery(Gulangyu)impressionhigh-rise tourists interesting pretty parksgorgeousarchitectureXi
8、ao Lis hometown,1._(lie)in the northwest of Xiamen,is one of the 2._(attract),interesting and lively places.The people there are 3._(friend).It is hot and wet in the summer,4._ can be quite cold in the winter.Every year thousands of 5._(tour)come to visit its beautiful scenery.In the business distri
9、ct lots of high-rise buildings 6._(put)up,and the rent is very high.There are some great shopping malls,too.The western district is 7._ most interesting part of the city,8._ there are many pretty parks.There is a nice little restaurant near the parks and you can park there to have a rest or a big me
10、al when you are 9._(starve)or tired.Gulangyu Island is a gorgeous one 10._ some really interesting architecture.Summarylyingstarvingwherethehave been puttouristsbutfriendlymost attractivewithParaphrase:1.We havent seen each other for six years.2.I have never visited your hometown before.3.There are
11、so many tourists that they can bother us a lot in the summer.Find sentences in the dialogue to take the place of the following ones.Its been six years since we last saw each other.This is the first time Ive visited your hometown.They can be a nuisance in the summer because there are so many of them.
12、Discussion:How to describe a place.Location(位置).People.Climate.Tourism.Culture.Food.Local products.Places of interest.impression Use the following adjectives to describe the places youve been toattractive lovely lively friendly modern traditional huge littleinteresting beautiful gorgeous great prett
13、y hot quite cold niceYou can use the following hints（线索）.location in the of chinaPopulation million(5)Climate pretty hot,cold,warm,dryplaces of interestspecialty Useful expressions:1.is in ；.is located in 位于 2has a population of 有人口 3 covers an area of 占地 4.be famous for 因而有名Role play:a letter and a replySuppose you and your partner are Xiao Li and John Martin.Martin wants to visit Xiao Li this summer.So he sends Xiao Li an email to ask him something about his hometown-Xiamen.Xiao Li writes a reply to introduce his city.
