Lesson 4 Virtual TourismLesson 4 Virtual Tourism

By Xiu xiaohong

Pre-readingPre-reading

1. Do you like travelling? Have you bee

n to New Zealand? Now today, we ar

e going to travel to New Zealand. W

here is New Zealand?

Show some pictures about New

Zealand.

Map of the World

New Zealand

China

National emblem

National flag

2. Look at the photos and guess a few

things about Auckland.

Example:

Auckland is near the sea.

奥克兰

New Zealand

The capital city

Auckland

Wellington惠灵顿

The city of sails!

Auckland

The city is near the sea.

Maoris

3. Match the topics a-f with the five

paragraphs in the text.

a) the history of the city

b) travel links

c) things to see in Auckland

d) night-life in Auckland

e) for water lovers

f) New Zealand’s largest city

2

5

3

4

1

1) Auckland is the capital of New

Zealand.

2) Auckland is located on South Island.

F

F

Reading

1. True or False:

Listen to the tape, are these

statements true or false?

3) Sky Tower is Auckland’s tallest To

wer.

4) Maoris were the first people of New

Zealand.

5) The climate in Auckland is wet and

rainy.

6) It’s the paradise( 天堂 ) for water lo

vers.

T

T

F

T

Population

Location

History

less than a million

On North Island

Maoris settled 650 years

ago European settlement

began in 1840

2. Read the text and complete the table

below.

Famous

sights

Climate

Mt Eden; Parnell village;

Auckland museum; Sky To

wer; Auckland Harbour B

ridge

Warm; plenty of sunshine

Mt Eden

It’s known as its volcanic hills.

Parnell village

Auckland Harbour Bridge

Auckland museum

Sky Tower

Post-reading

Match this information with the words

in blue in the text. These are called “hot

words”. On a real internet page you can

“click” on these words to get more

information.

1. New Zealand produces iron and steel,

machines and cars.

business and industry

2. The first people of New Zealand

came from other Pacific islands.

3. The capital of New Zealand is on the

Cook Strait, which separates the two

islands.

Maoris

Wellington

4. This bridge is one of the city’s most

famous sights. It was built in 1959.

5. New Zealand does not allow nuclear

materials anywhere in the country.

Auckland Harbour Bridge

nuclear-free zone

Speaking

Imagine you have a weekend in

Auckland. Choose places you would

like to visit and things you would like

to do. Then work in pairs. Plan a

weekend together in Auckland.

A: Why don’t we visit Auckland

Museum on Saturday morning?

B: That’s a good idea. Do you fancy

going to the beach after that?

Tell the class what you have

decided to do.

Example

There are some tourist from America.

They are going to visit Zhongshan. Sup

pose you were a tour guide in Zhongsh

an, How would you like to introduce Z

hongshan to the tourists?

Homework

Auckland Zhongshan

Populationless than a million

人口约 235 万

Locationin North Island

位于广东省珠江三角洲南部The Pearl River Delta

Historya history

of 650 years

距今有 800 多年历史

Famous

sights

Mt Eden;

Parnell

Village; Sky

Tower;……

石岐步行街 ; 孙中山故居 ; 紫马岭公园 ; 岐江公园 ; 中山詹园 ;…

…

Climate warm; plenty

of sunshine

气候湿润，多雨；全年平均气温约为摄氏 22 度

Former Resident of Sun Yet-san

Pedestrian Street

Writing

Write an E-mail to a pen friend

who is from America about Zho

ngshan.

1. Introduction/history

Zhongshan

located: ……

general: modern/beautiful city

population: almost_______

history: …….

2: Things to see:

Places to visit:……

3: Things to do:

Sports:

tourism: Wugui Mountain