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Write to a friend about a travel plan
Reading for Writing
Unit2 Travelling Around
Clue 1: It is an old city in the northwest of China.
Clue 2: It has the best-preserved and the largest exisiting ancient city wall.
Clue 3: It is the setting of a popular animated film in last summer.
Lead-in
Guessing game
PART 1
What do you know about Xi’an?
Terracotta
Army
Shaanxi
History
Museum
Xi'an City
Wall
The Grand
Tang Mall
a city with a long history
3
Dayan Pagoda
Li Mountain
What do you know about Xi’an?
Cuihua Mountain
Numerous attractions
local delicacy
What do you know about Xi’an?
Countless delicacies
PART 2
Read the brochure
Why did people build the Terracotta Army?
Why do people believe that each one is a copy of a real soldier?
How did people find the tomb?
Find evidence(证据) to prove that the tomb is really huge.
PART 2
Read the brochure
Why did people build them?
To guard the tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang
Why do people believe that each one is a copy of a real soldier?
Each statue has a different face.
How did people find the tomb?
Some farmers found the tomb while they were digging a well in 1974
Find evidence(证据) to prove that the tomb is really huge.
More than 8,000 statues were made, however, these statues fill only one part of the tomb, which still has not been completely unearthed.
More than 700.000people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb.
PART 3
Read I
Writer and receiver?
From Richard to Xiao Li
Writing style? Formal or informal?
informal
Where? When? How?
Xi’an; October holiday; taking the train
Find out the structure of an email.
Subject/Theme
Main body
Greetings
Signature
email address
PART 3
Read II
What is the main purpose for this trip?
The Terracotta Army
What are other plans for the trip?
Shaanxi History Museum, and Xi'an City Wall
What aspects are mentioned in the travel plan?
When; where; whom to go with;
Why; how; what
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(1) Was Richard excited for the travel? Find the evidence.
(2) What tense(时态) did he use when talking future plans in paragraph3?
You have made a plan and taken some real action to carry out(实行) it, and you will definitely(肯定) do it in the future.
He used present continuous tense(现在进行时) for future plans.
can’t wait to go; unbelievable; It’s amazing that…; look forward to…
exclamation marks (!)
PART 3
Read III
Requirements:
Have a clear purpose for the trip.
Each paragraph has a clear main idea.
Use words and phrases to express your emotion.
Use present continuous tense for future plans.
Show promise and expectation in the last paragraph.
Write an email about your travel plan for the coming holiday to Richard.
PART 4
Writing
sight
unbelievable
statue
treasure
sightseeing
right away
guard
tomb
copy
soldier
completely
unearth
discover
dig a well
名胜; 风景
adj.令人难以置信的
n.雕像
n.宝藏
观光
立刻,马上
v.守护 n.警卫
n.墓
n.复制品
n.士兵
adv.完全
v.出土
v.发现
挖一口井
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