Unit One
1) Words:
east, west, south, north, south-east, south-west, north-east, north-west, distance, building, sushi; 2) Phrases:
in Asia, travel to different cities, at an exhibition, half an hour, one and a half hours=one/an hour and a half, two and a half days=two days and a half, read some information, huge department stores, famous hotels; 3) Sentences:
1. Which city is the capital of Japan? 2. Tokyo is the capital of Japan. 3. It’s north-east of Shanghai.
4. How far is it from Shanghai to Beijing? 5. It’s about 1,400 kilometres. 6. How can we travel to Beijing? 7. We can travel by train.
8. How long does it take to travel from Shanghai to Beijing by train? 9. It takes about ten hours.
10. In the past, people travelled to other places by ship.
11. Today, people usually travel to other places by plane or
by train.
12. Beijing is the capital of China. 13. Beijing is in the north of China.
14. Beijing is (to the) north of Shanghai.
15. You can find museums, palaces and parks there. 16. Many tourists like visiting those places. 17. They always visit the Great Wall.
18. There are more than 15 million people in Beijing. 19. They enjoy eating dumplings. 20. There are about 12 million people (living) in this city. 21. Bangkok is the capital of Thailand. 22. There are many temples and beaches in Bangkok. 23. A lot of tourists enjoy swimming in the sea at these
beautiful beaches.
Vocabulary
1. Asia n. --- Asian adj./ n. 2. China n. --- Chinese adj./ n. 3. Japan n. --- Japanese adj./ n.
4. tour n. --- tourist n. = traveller= visitor 5. build v. --- building n.
*6. east n. --- eastern adj. west n. --- western adj. south n.---southern adj. north n. ---northern adj. *7. Thailand n. --- Thai adj./ n.
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*8. different adj. --- difference n. Grammar
1. Which city …? e.g. Which city is the capital of Canada? 2. It’s (to the) north-east of Shanghai. *c.f. in/ on/ to
e.g. Shanghai is in the south-east of China.
Jiangsu province is on the north of Shanghai. Japan is to the east of China. 3. How far… from … to…?
e.g. How far is it from your home to school?
* c.f. How far it is to travel from Shanghai to the South Pole! 4. kilometre = km metre = m
5. How…? 提问出行方式 e.g. How can we travel? 6. How long …?
e.g. How long does it take to travel from London to Paris? 7. In the past, 在过去 Today, 现如今
8. by ship = by sea
by plane=by air=by aeroplane=by airplane
9. travel to other places = * travel from one place to another 10. information n.
a piece of information some information
a lot of information= a huge amount of information 11. palace n. the Summer Palace the Palace Museum the Children’s Palace
12. more than = over less than/ fewer than 13. like/ love/ enjoy + doing go/ start/ begin + doing
14. There are about 12 million people (living) in this city.
= About 12 million people live in this city.
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