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Unit 3 Travel
In this unit, we are going to
·describe travel experiences and discuss the importance of travel
·raise inter-cultural awareness by comparing travel experience
·organize ideas using a mind map
·scan for particular information, join in a discussion, and write a concluding sentence
Reading A
Eleanor went to Rome last week. What did she do there? Did she enjoy her visit? Read the text and learn about her travel experiences in Rome.
A ROMAN HOLIDAY
· Last week I visited Rome for the first time. I spent three busy days in the Italian capital, seeing lots of tourist attractions and walking down streets lit with Christmas decorations. Here are the things that I loved about the city. Comment by 作者: tourist attractions 旅游景点 Comment by 作者: light的过去分词形式,light做动词时,有“照亮”的意思。
· Rome is one of the most ancient cities in the world and is full of wonderful relics from its distant past. These include the Roman Forum, which was once the centre of public and political life in Ancient Rome, as well as the vast Coliseum, the largest outdoor theatre ever built and one of the greatest wonders in the world. The ruins of buildings and temples are fascinating: you can’t quite believe how old they are. Comment by 作者: be full of…充满了…
类似的句型还有:
1、be filled with….
2、be crowed with… Comment by 作者: relic /ˈrɛlɪk/
N-COUNT If you refer to something or someone as a relic of an earlier period, you mean that they belonged to that period but have survived into the present. 遗物; 遗迹
例:
Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history that has passed.
德国的避难法是欧洲历史上一个逝去时代的遗留物。
Comment by 作者: as well as 此处做连词,表示“也、同时也”的意思;
· I studied the masterpieces of the Renaissance period at school and was excited to see them in real life.When I walked around the museum in Vatican City,I saw plenty of famous sculptures. The best part of the visit was, without doubt, the Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted in the early 16th century by the great Michelangelo. It was so breathtaking that I c