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Unit 6 I’m watching TV
Section B 2a-2c
Do you know these cities?
Beijing
Sydney
New York
Tokyo
China
Australia
the United States (of America)
Japan
2
Look at the clocks and ask your partner about the time in different places.
2a
A: What time is it in Beijing?
B: It’s eight o’clock in the
morning.
Why do the clocks show different times at the same time?
Because these places are in different time zones (时区).
北京东八区,Tokyo 东九区, New York 西四/五区, Sydney 东十区
3
Read the TV report and answer the questions.
2b
What are we going to read?
What is a TV report about?
Do you often read or watch a TV report?
It’s usually about people’s real life.
4
What can you see in these two pictures?
zongzi
the dragon boat race
Guess: What’s this TV report about?
Maybe it’s about the Dragon Boat Festival.
What do you know about this festival?
5
When
the Dragon Boat Festival
on the fifth day of May in the lunar calendar
to remember
the poet Qu Yuan
Why
make and eat zongzi,
watch dragon boat races, …
How
to help us keep healthy
herb sachet
wormwood
realgar wine
6
Read the TV report and answer the questions.
Who is this report about?
Why isn’t the boy in China?
Is the boy living by himself?
It’s about Zhu Hui, a student from Shenzhen.
He’s now studying in the United States.
No. He’s living with an American family in New York.
host family
An introduction to Zhu Hui
Is it good for Zhu Hui to live with a host family?
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host family
When students study in another country, they can live in a host family to learn about the culture and learn the foreign language. This is called homestay(家庭寄宿).
Read the TV report and answer the questions.
2b
1. Why are Zhu Hui’s family
watching boat races and
making zongzi?
What
are watching the boat races on TV
are making zongzi
Who
When
Where
Zhu Hui’s dad and uncle
Zhu Hui’s mom and aunt
9:00 a.m.
at home in Shenzhen, China
_________ of Zhu Hui’s family on ______________________.
Activities
the Dragon Boat Festival
An introduction to Zhu Hui
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