1、Sightseeing In London,Lets review the words,There are some words you should remember.,pot,sightseeing,delight,royal,uniform,splendid,statue,communism,thrill,words,sightseeingthrillroyalsplendiddelightoriginal,E. visiting the sights of a place as a tourist,A. cause sb. to feel excited,B. belonging to
2、 the family of a king or queen,F. very impressive, brilliant,D. a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction,C. existing from the beginning; first or earliest,Warming up,1) Enjoy a radio about London, try to take notes about the sites of London.2) Please tell us other sites of London.,House of parliament,B
3、ig Ben,British Museum,Tower Bridge,London,the Tower,Karl Marxs statue,Greenwich,BuckinghamPalace,Big Ben,WestminsterAbbey,St Pauls Cathedral,British Museum,Find the one you are interested in,The Tower of London,It is a World Heritage Site (世界文化遗产), is one of Londons oldest landmark (地标).it is also c
4、alled “Her Majestys Palace and Fortress(城堡)”,In the 1066, William the Conqueror began to build the square tower by solid stone at the centre of London.,The Tower of London was home to the kings and queens of England for many years, Which was a royal palace. However, it was also a prison for many pri
5、soners.,The combination of royal palace and prison,St Pauls Cathedral,It is designed by the countrys greatest architect Christopher Wren. He built it after the terrible fire of London in 1666.,splendid,St Pauls Cathedral acts as an important meeting place for people and ideas, as a centre for the ar
6、ts, learning and public debate.,Westminster Abbey,it is one of the worlds greatest churches, many of the nations Kings and Queens are buried in the Abbey. (3,000 great men and women),Statue in memory of dead people,The coronation (加冕) of Kings and Queens has taken place here since 1066,Big Ben,Big B
7、en is actually the name of the bell, and his voice booms (发出隆隆声) out every hour.,He stands at one end of the Houses of Parliament, looking out over Parliament Square.,Buckingham Palace,It is the Queens official London house.,Greenwich,Home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Meridian Line (子午线).,It is an
8、 imaginary line dividing the world.,The old ships and clock together set the world time.,Karl Marxs statue,The celebrated monument (纪念碑) is Marxs head which dates only from the mid-1950s, when his grave was moved.,Karl Marx developed communism, and worked in the reading room of the Library of Britis
9、h Museum.,British Museum,It is a museum in London about human history and culture.,Its collection, some eight million works, is the largest in the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present.,Stage 2 While-reading,Step1 Skim the passage, and find the answers to the following questions.
10、 1) How did Zhang Pingyu plan her tour?2) How many days did she spend in London?,Worried about the time available, Zhang Pingyu had made a list of thesites she wanted to see in London.,Three days,Read Para. 1,1) Where did she want to visit first?2) Find the sentences about the description of the Tow
11、er.3) What surprised her most?,Her first delight was going to the Tower.,2) Find the sentences about the description of the Tower.It was _ long ago by _of AD 1066. Fancy! This solid stone, _had remained part of a _and _combined.,built,the Norman invaders,square tower,royal palace,prison,The royal so
12、ldiers guarded the Queens jewels, and wore the four-hundred-year-old uniform of the time of Queen Elizabeth I,3) What surprised her most?,Read Para. 2,1) After visiting the Tower, where did Zhang Pingyu go?_built after a fire, in 1666_contained statues in memory of dead poets and writers._rings out
13、the hour._was the Queens house.,St Pauls Cathedral,Westminster Abbey,Big Ben,Buckingham Palace,Read Para. 3,1) What interested her most in Greenwich? It was the_, which is an _line dividing the eastern and western halves of the world and is very useful for_.,longitude line,imaginary,navigation,Read
14、Para. 4,1) Where did she go the last day?2) What seemed strange to her?_, who developed_, had lived and died in London, and he also had worked in the famous reading room of_. 3) Why did she feel proud?,Karl Marxs statue in Highgate Cemetery.,Karl Marx,communism,the Library of the British Museum,3) W
15、hy did she feel proud?Because she saw many visitors enjoying looking at the beautiful old Chinese pot and other objects on show.,1. Review the route of Zhang Pingyus tour of London,The first day,The Second day,The Third day,1.The tower of London 2. St Pauls Cathedral 3. Westminster Abbey 4. Big Ben
16、5. Buckingham Palace,Greenwich,1.Highgate Cemetery 2. British Museum,2. Please find the adj. to describe the following sites,Fancy,splendid and interesting,huge,grand,interesting,strange,trilled, proud,Try your best!,3. Please look at the pictures of sites in Qiandongnan, try to use the sentences pattern and adjectives to describe them.,It lied in the forest quietly when I first walked into it. Sunshine had warmed it slowly, making it quite sleepy.,Thank you!,
