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Unit 3 Diverse cultures
Reading and Thinking
Learn about a city that has diverse cultures
What do you know about the USA?
Brainstorm
Warming up
Enjoy a video about S. F and Chinatown
What did you see in this video?
Video
S.F.
and
its cultures
What can you see in the video?
The Golden Gate Bridge
A suspension(悬浮) bridge serves as the symbol of SF.
Monsters
vs
Aliens
Bumblebee
Know something about San Francisco
Golden Gate Bridge
金门大桥,1937年开通,全长约2.7千米,桥两端有两座高达227米的塔,是世界上最大的单孔吊桥之一,世界上无数桥梁中最繁忙的桥梁之一,每天都约有10万辆汽车从桥上驶过,被视为旧金山的象征。
China Town
Golden Gate Bridge
Gold Rush
What did you see in this video?
Mission District
Scan the text quickly
1. basic information:
Who:________________
Where:_______________
When:_________________
What: Li Lan recorded
_______________________
_______________________
2. How does the author develop the passage?
in ______ order
time
Li Lan
San Francisco
Wednesday 21, June
morning
what she saw and did and how she felt.
a travel journal
afternoon
evening
tomorrow
Before coming to S.F
morning
Redwood Forest
Napa Valley
Mission District
a local museum
Chinatown
Richmond District
a jazz bar
Timeline of
Li Lan's trip
4. Find out Li Lan’s route (the places that she has been to or plans to visit)
Tip: skim for the names of places(place names will be capiltalised)
Camped in the Redwood Forsest;
Visited Napa Valley
Afternoon
Morning
Tomorrow
Evening
got the first impression of the city;
walked around the Mission District
ate Mexican -Chinese noodles
visited the local museum
learnt about the history of California
went to Chinatown
ate at a Cantonese restaurant
will go to a jazz bar in the Richmond District
Reading Task 3:Complete the timeline of Li Lan’s trip.
Before coming to San Francisco
What did Li Lan do on her trip?
Classify and organise information
We can better understand a passage by classifying or organising the information in it. Classifying means deciding the kind of information,
e.g. dates, numbers, opi