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Unit 4 History and Traditions
Reading for Writing
What do you know about the band?
Let's enjoy our trip to Ireland!
Q:How much do you know about Ireland?
Irish&English
70, 273 k㎡
4.609 million
Warming-up
rolling green hills
Warming-up
Look at the pictures of Ireland’s countryside and describe your first impression of the country.
The Cliffs of Mopher
(莫赫悬崖)
What is the text mainly about according to the title and the given picture?
Pre-reading
Work in pairs and make a prediction.
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. The beautiful scenery of Ireland.
B. The history of Ireland.
C. Ireland’s beautiful scenery and traditions.
D. The customs of Ireland.
C
While-reading
Read the text and discuss the questions in pairs.
1.What makes the Irish countryside exciting and inspiring?
2.What are the best ways to experience some Irish traditions and culture?
3.What is the meaning of “breathe in the sweet scent of fresh flowers while birds greet the new day with their morning song”?
While-reading
Read the text and discuss the questions in pairs.
1. What makes the Irish countryside exciting and inspiring?
While-reading
2. What are the best ways to experience some Irish traditions and cultures?
While-reading
3. What is the meaning of “breathe in the sweet scent of fresh flowers while birds greet the new day with their morning song”?
It means to not just smell but also breathe in the smell of fresh flowers early in the morning as the birds sing their first song of the new day.
Personification (拟人)
To make readers eager to read
To let readers know the passage ends or help readers remember your writing
Details and examples
Body
Ending
Introduction
1.Identify and underline the paragraph’s introductory sentence and the ending sentence.
Step 4. Post-reading
rolling green hills
sheep and cattle
Emerald Isle
down by the sea
in the mountains
a village pub
Complete the mind map with different senses in the four places.
the sun on the skin
sweet scent of fresh flowers
birds'