内容正文:
Lesson 5: Another Stop along the Silk Road
Unit 1 A Trip to the Silk Road
单词:another, main, sand, believe, sir, safe, fall, amazing, cave,
camel, onto, yay
短语:take a tour, be famous as, on one’s way tofall off, all right
句型: It’s one of the main stops on the Silk Road.
It’s famous as the City of Sands.
I can’t believe it.
能用简单的英语谈论生活中有关游览的话题。
Learning Goals
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• What are the places of interest in Dunhuang?
Mogao Caves
Mingsha
Mountain
Crescent Spring
the Dunhuang frescoes
Presentation
The group arrives in Dunhuang. They take a tour around the city.
Ms. Martin: This is an amazing city.
Li Ming: It’s one of the main stops on the Silk Road. It’s famous as the City of
Sands. Many people come here to see the ancient paintings in the Mogao
Caves.
Jenny: I can’t believe it!We are walking on the same road as Marco Polo.
Danny: Yes, Marco Polo walked here. But did he ride a camel here?
Ms. Martin: Yes, Danny. Of course he did!
Danny: Well, then I want to ride a camel, too!
(They find a camel man on their way to Mingsha Mountain.)
Danny: Hello, sir. May I ride a camel?
Camel man: Sure.
Danny: Is it safe?
Camel man: Yes. You will not fall off.
Danny: Are you sure? That camel is really tall.
Camel man: Yes, he is tall. But you will be all right.
Jenny: Come on, Danny. It will be fun! I will ride a camel, too.
Danny: OK.
(The man helps Danny and Jenny onto the camels.)
Danny: Yay! This is fun! Look at me. I’m Marco Polo!
Culture Trip
In Canada and the U.S., people like to say “cheese” when someone takes a picture of them. Can you guess why they say cheese? What do you say in Chinese? And what does it mean in English?
Language points
They take a tour around the city. 他们游览这座城市。
◉ take a tour 参观,旅游
take a tour around... 与 take a trip to... 以及visit意思相近
※ We will take a tour around Hainan next year.
= We will take a trip to Hainan next year.
= We will visit Hainan next yea