Unit12

Culture shockWarm-up & Reading

Which of the Key Words in the

box do you associate with countries

in the photos?

USA

Britain

Australia

Food

barbecues

fish and chips

hamburgers

hot dogs

kangaroo, steaks

roast beef

Australia

Britain

USA

USA

Australia

Britain

Places

Big Ben

World Trade Centre

Hollywood

the River Thames

the Statue of Liberty

Sydney Opera House

the Great Barrier Reef

Britain

USA

USA

Britain

USA

Australia

Australia

Sport

American football

baseball

basketball

football (soccer)

surfing

windsurfing

USA

USA

USA

Britain

Australia

Australia

Listening

1. Listen to three people taking.

Which country are they from?

1) Australia

2) America

3) Britain

Lesson 1

Visiting Britain

London Bridge

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Spice Girls The Beatles

David Beckham

Sports

Castles

Ancient stone cross. It can be found in Ireland or Scotland.

Cambridge

Oxford

River Thames

Shakespeare Harry Potter

A quiz about the UK:

1. How many countries does the UK

consist of?

A. two B. three C. four

2. How long does it take to fly from

Beijing to London?

A. About six hours B. About four

hours C. About sixteen hours

3. Who rules the country: the prime Mini

ster or the Queen?

A.The Queen B. The prime

Minister C. both

4. What are the provinces called in Engla

nd? A. c

ounties B. departments C. p

rovinces

5. Which is the longest river in England?

A.The River Avon

B. The River Thames

C. The River Seven

1. What’s the full name of the UK?

The United Kingdom of Great Britain

and Northern Ireland

2. What’s the money used there?

Exchange Rate: 1 pound= 1.8 US dolla

rs = ￥ 14.8

Ask and answer

What parts does the UK (United Kingdom) consist of ?

Scotland

EnglandWales

N. IrelandThe Republic of Ireland

The UK

An independent state Edinburgh

LondonCardiff

Belfast

Dublin

Lesson1 Visiting Britain

Reading

True or False

1. You can only eat English food in

London.

2. Aunt Mei is visiting for one week.

3. You don’t always need to leave a tip

after a meal in a restaurant.

4. Some British mushrooms aren’t safe

to eat.

F

T

T

T

*Read the passage and finish Ex. 2 on P36.

5. British people never laugh.

6. There are many Chinese restaurants

in Britain.

7. Most British people are friendly.

8. It is always foggy in London.

F

T

T

F

Grammar

verbs + infinitive verbs + -ing form

decide, refuse, learn, ask, tell, fail, choose, promise, expect, wish, intend, manage, pretend, agree, help, arrange, afford, plan, would like/ love/ prefer, persuade, seem, appear, offer, attempt

can’t help, dislike, avoid, consider, finish, suggest, deny, give up, imagine, put off, risk, mind, keep, miss, enjoy, can’t stand, fancy, admit, delay

Verbs followed by either the infinitive or -ing form:

1) begin, start, continue, intend He started to build/building his own

laboratory when he was only 14.2) hate, like, love, prefer I hate driving alone on a long

journey. = Driving alone on a long journey is

something I don’t enjoy.

3) remember, forget, regret, mean,

try, stop, need/want

remember to do something

= You remember that you have to

do something later.

remember doing something

= You remember that you did

something earlier.

regret to do something

= You feel sorry before you do

something.

regret doing something

= You do something and then feel

sorry about it.

stop to do something

= You interrupt an activity in

order to do something else.

stop doing something

= You are doing something and

then you interrupt this activity.

try to do something

= You make an effort to do something.

try doing something

= You do something to find out if it

produces a result you want.

Exercises

1. _______in the matriculation for

postgraduate in a short time is

really a hard nut ． A. To make high scores

B. Making high scores

C. To make low goal

D. Making low goal

2. I found ________ to answer all the

questions within the time given ． A. no possibility

B. there was impossibility

C. Impossible

D. it impossible

3. The students expected there _____

more reviewing classes before the fi

nal exams ． A. is B. being

C. have been D. to be

4. You’re going to England next year. You should now practise ______ English as much as possible. A. speak B. to speak C. speaking D. Speak about

5. If we don’t start out now, we must risk ______ the train. A. miss B. missing C. being missed D. to miss

6. There is no point ___further.

A. argue B. to argue

C. arguing D. being arguing

7. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found

free, owing to its always __with other

elements, most commonly with oxygen.

A. combined B. having combined

C. combine D. being combined

8. They stopped ___, but now I’m

getting interested.

A. listening B. to listen

C. listen D. having listening

9. I am sorry to hear that you resorted

___.

A. to cheat B. to cheating

C. cheating D. cheat

10. He wasn’t asked to take on the

chairmanship of the society, ___

insufficiently popular with all

members.

A. being considered

B. considering.

C. to be considered

D. having considered

Homework

Work in groups and write advice

for a foreigner visiting Beijing. Use

the following words and the verbs in

this lesson to help you.

weather, accommodation,

differences, eating out, money,

telephones, travel