内容正文:
U3 Diverse Cultures
Period 2 Reading and Thinking
CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO
Watching
Watching
Read for text type
Q: What is the style of the text?
A. a news report
B. a letter
C. a travel guide
D. a travel journal
a travel journal
in the past tense(过去式)
A Travel Journal
time information
Read for structure
Q: How is the text organized?
in time order
Skim and scan
Scan the text and find out Li Lan's travel routes
Read for structure
Step І. Read the text and underline the topic sentence of each paragraph that gives the main idea. Then match them.
Para.1 A. In the morning - wandered around the Mission District and
Mexican Chinese noodles.
Para.2 B. In the afternoon - visited a local historical museum.
Para.3 C. In the evening - went to Chinatown and enjoyed the food there.
Para.4 D. Tomorrow evening - will go to a jazz bar in the Richmond
District.
Para.5 E. General impression of San Francisco - a city with many
beautiful old buildings.
Before coming to S. F.
Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Tomorrow
looked at the street art for a few hours…;
ate delicious food
I learnt the history of this city.
I ate in a Cantonese restaurant.
I’m going to a jazz bar.
Read for details
What did I do or see?
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What impressed Li Lan first about S.F.?
Para. 1
Read and think
A. an ancient city
B. a beautiful and modern city
C. a tough(坚韧的) and attractive city
通过分析原文信息,概括旧金山城市特点,深度理解文章信息;训练逻辑思维与批判性思维;
补充文章中的信息gap
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My hotel is near downtown, in the Mission District, one of the oldest parts of the city. Many of the people living here are from Mexico or Central America. This district used to be a poor area of town, but is now a centre for art, music, and food. In fact, an art movement called the “Mission School” started here. It’s influenced by graffiti art and comic art. I walked around looking at the street art for a few hours