Unit 9 Traveling.doc

Unit Nine TravelingPart Warm up Tick those words or expressions that are associated with traveling.( ) sights ( ) tour ( ) travel( ) tree ( ) shennongxi ( ) temple of Heaven( ) eiffel ( )Kunming World Horticulture ExpositionAgent: May I help you?Tourist: Yes, Id like to take a one-day sightseeing tour around town.Agent: We have several. Here are the brochures that describe them.Tourist: I particularly want to visit the British Museum and the Tower of London.Agent; Yes, this one does.Tourist: How long does the tour take?Agent: About seven hours. Where are you staying?Listen and speakTourist: At the Hyde Park Hotel.Agent: Lets see, the bus stops there at 9:50. You should be back by 5:30 in the afternoon.Tourist: Whats the cost of the tour?Agent: Its 15,including lunch.Tourist: Thats OK. Thank you very much.Act outAct out a dialogue with your partner by using the following information. Pay attention to the underlined words in that dialogue. The Temple of HeavenBeijing HotelKunming World Horticulture ExpositionHaikun HotelPart SHENNONG STREAM,A MIRACULOUS RIVERShennong Stream is a stream flowing all year round on the north bank of the Changjiang River at Badong County, Hubei Province. It originates from the south slope of the main peak of Shennongjia Mountain. According to a Chinese legend, the name was from the story about Shennong(Emperor Yandi) collecting medical herbs by making ladders by himself. The stream has a length of more than 60 km, runs through high and steep mountains from north to south and flows into Changjiang River.Shennong Stream is attracting numerous domestic and foreign visitors with its unique landscape and strong living styles of the Tujia Nationality. Shennong Stream features rock coffins, parrots and Dragon Boat Gorge. Ancient narrow wood boats are used for drifting in the unpolluted stream, with the features of primitiveness, simplicity and wild interest. You can enjoy the landscape of magnificent peaks with the form as if cut with axe and knife and the deep gorges. You can enjoy crowds of monkeys, Mongolian gazelle, crowds of fish, rock swallows, waterfall, rock coffin, plank road along the face of cliffs, featuring peaceful, wonderful, ancient and wild natural landscape. You may feel as if you were in a fictitious land of peace.Exercises1. Answer the following questions according to the text.(1) Where does Shennong Stream originate?(2)How long is Shennong Stream(3)Does Badong County belong to the Tujia Nationality?(4)What are the narrow wood boats used for?(5)What can you see in the stream?2.Writing a passage to introduce your hometown. Chinese version：參考譯文 神奇的神農(nóng)溪神農(nóng)溪-湖北省巴東縣長(zhǎng)江北岸的一條常流性溪流，源于神農(nóng)架主峰的南坡。相傳神農(nóng)氏（炎帝）搭架采藥而故名。溪長(zhǎng)60余公里，由北向南穿行于叢山峻嶺之中，在西壤口注入長(zhǎng)江。神農(nóng)溪以獨(dú)特的自然風(fēng)光和濃郁的土家風(fēng)情吸引著眾多的海內(nèi)外游客。神農(nóng)溪由各具特色的巖棺，鸚鵡，龍船峽組成。乘古老的木扁舟（豌豆角）漂流在原始，古樸，野趣，無污染的溪流中，可領(lǐng)略到斧劈刀削的雄奇山峰和幽深的峽谷風(fēng)光，還可觀賞群猴，黃羊，魚群，巖燕，飛瀑，巖棺，棧道等幽，奇，古，野的自然景觀，使人倍覺置身于“世外桃源”之中。A man was travelling abroad in a small red car. One day he left the car and went shopping. When he came back, its roof was badly damaged. Some boys told him that an elephant had damaged it. The man did not believe them, but they took him to a circus (馬戲團(tuán)) which was near there. The owner of the elephant said, I am very sorry! My elephant has a big, round, red chair. He thought that your car was his chair, and he sat on it!Then he gave the man a letter, in which he said that he was sorry and that he would pay for all the damage. When the man got back to his own country, the customs officers (海關(guān)官員) would not believe his story. They said, You sold your new car while you were abroad and bought this old one! It was only when the man showed them the letter from the circus man that they believed him.( )1.A man was travelling abroad_. A. in a big bus B. in a green jeep C. in a red car D. in a red taxi ( ) 2.The car was damaged because_. A. there was a traffic accident B. the circus man broke it C. it rushed into a shop D. the elephant sat on it( ) 3.The circus man said that_. A. he would pay for part of the damage B. he would pay for all of the damage C. he wouldnt pay for the damage D. he would buy a new car( ) 4. When the man got back to his country, the customs officers_. A. would check his new car B. only checked his car C. searched him D. wouldnt believe what he had said( ) 5.It was only_that made the officers believe him. A. the letter from the circus man B. a newspaper from the country C. the certificate of his D. the letter from the governmentReading.New words attract trkt vt. 吸引;引起 vi. 有吸引力ancient einnt a. 古代的；古老的axe ks n. 斧子as if好像according to按照all year round全年British briti a. 英國(guó)的cost kst n. 代價(jià),價(jià)值,費(fèi)用 vi. 花費(fèi)county kaunti【美】郡(次于州的行政區(qū))collect klekt vt. vi. 收集,聚集,集中,搜集coffin kfin n. 棺材,靈柩crowd kraud n. 群眾,一伙 vt. 擁擠,擠滿,擠進(jìn)crowds of成群的cliff klif n. 懸崖,絕壁domestic dmestik a. 家里的,家庭的;本國(guó)的,國(guó)內(nèi)的drift drift vt. 使漂流,沖漂 vi. 漂流dragon drgn n 龍enjoy indi vt. 享受的樂趣,欣賞,喜愛emperor empr n. 皇帝,君主exposition ekspzin n. 博覽會(huì),展覽會(huì),說明Eiffel aifl (法國(guó)巴黎的)埃菲爾鐵塔(在塞納河南岸)flow flu n. 流程,流動(dòng),漲潮 vi. 流動(dòng),流泄foreign frin adj. 外國(guó)的feature fi:t n 特征,特點(diǎn)fictitious fiktis a. 假想的,編造的,虛偽的form f:m n. 表單, 形狀,表格,形式gzelle gzel n. 瞪羚gorge g:d n. 峽谷heaven hevn 天堂horticulture h:tiklt n. 園藝herb h:b n. 藥草,香草including inklu:di vbl. 包括Kunming World Horticulture Exposition昆明世博園length le n. 長(zhǎng)度ladder ld n. 梯,進(jìn)身的階梯legend lednd n. 傳奇,傳說,傳奇文學(xué),傳奇人物landscape lndskeip n. 風(fēng)景,山水,風(fēng)景畫museum mju(:)zim n.博物館院; 美美術(shù)館, 展覽館miraculous mirkjuls a. 奇跡的,不可思議的medical medikl a. 醫(yī)學(xué)的,內(nèi)科的,藥的mountain mauntin n. 山,高山,大山,山脈main mein a. 主要的,重要的,全力的magnificent mgnifisnt a 華麗的,高尚的,豐富的monkey mki n. 猴子,猿;頑皮numerous nju:mrs a. 很多的,數(shù)目眾多的,多數(shù)的natural ntrl a. 自然的,自然界的,本能的,天然的narrow nru a. 狹窄的nationality nnliti n. 國(guó)籍,國(guó)家,民族性originate prvins v. 開始,發(fā)明,發(fā)起parrot prt n. 鸚鵡,重復(fù)別人的話之人peak pi:k n. 山頂,頂點(diǎn),帽舌province n. 省;地方;本分,職權(quán)particularly ptikjulli ad. 特別,尤其,格外rock rk n. 巖石,巖礁,巨石,石