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1、,北师大版 高三 Module 9 Unit 25,A Changing City,Lesson 3,INDEX,Predicting,Read the extracts below from a travel guide to a famous city. Can you guess which city it is? Smartly dressed business people head for their office, mobile phones held to their ears. Many of the road signs and advertising billboards
2、 are now in English,A wealthy, international city and a popular tourist destination in Asia Construction cranes and 24-hour work crews are seen all over the city Elegant shopping malls and five-star hotels reach for the skies Maps of the city go out of date almost as soon as they are published,A fas
3、cinating mix of the past and the present Bicycles that were the main form of transport a few decades ago are now prohibited on the highways,The passage talks about _.,Beijing and its changes,Some of Beijings photos,The Great Wall,The Palace Museum,Construction worker,skyscraper,Which of the followin
4、g statements do or do not reflect the authors views? And the reason. Beijing is the same today as it has been for centuries. A changing city These days, you see nothing of the past in the streets of Beijing. Beijings streets provide a fascinating mix of the past of the present.,Read the passage and
5、answer the questions,F,F,It is hard to keep up with the pace of change in modern Beijing. The Beijing of today is still changing, so rapidly in fact, that maps of the city go out of date almost as soon as they are published. Beijing is a global city. Today it is a wealthy, international city and a p
6、opular tourist destination in Asia.,T,T,Life in Beijing today is less comfortable than it was in the 1970s. Public transport is efficient, new businesses are growing, and every modern convenience and international brand is available in this booming global city. Beijing is an amazing place that most
7、visitors love. Today it is a wealthy, international city and a popular tourist destination in Asia.,T,T,Summary: Filling the blanks.,Beijing was _ a place for the _, but today it is a rich and international city and a popular tourist _ in Asia. People all over China move to Beijing _ jobs and opport
8、unities because it is a city where dreams can _. In the city, there is _ energy about the place which is infectious. That is to say, people here all live a very busy and fast-paced life.,originally,Emperors,destination,in search of,come true,a sort of,Beijings streets provide a fascinating mix of th
9、e past and the present. _, old couple _ colorful clothing dance _ music while the _ _ listening to rock music on their headsets. In tea houses, groups of the old men play chess while the next door McDonald is filled with teenagers _ milkshakes. You can also see multi-storey _ yet you can take a turn
10、 and suddenly find yourself in an old _.,For example,dressed in,to,youngsters,stroll by,sipping,skyscrapers,alleyway,Beijing has changed rapidly in the last 20 years or so. In the 1920s, Beijing was a city of busy lanes with homes built around the courtyards, but these days people live in the high-r
11、ise _ blocks of the 21st century. Many _, such as TV, washing machine, are now _ to anyone. Besides, bicycles, a very popular way of _, has been _ on the highways.,apartment,luxuries,available,transport,prohibited,The Beijing of today is still changing rapidly. What matters most is that all the road
12、 signs and advertising billboards are now in _, making it more _ to foreigners.,English,accessible,Foreigners enjoy Beijing as the city offers much to see and do. There are many places of _, _ the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Forbidden City, and the Great Wall. In addition to these cultu
13、ral sights, the shopping centers and hotels are _ . In fact, some visitors complain that they do not have _ time to enjoy all the fascinating place in Beijing.,interest,such as,magnificent,enough,Comment on the following : Changes of buildings Changes of household appliances and other products Trans
14、port,Speaking,Work in groups and give your own answers to the questions in exercise 5.,Discussion,Finish all the exercises on page 18 by using the reading skills from a changing city.,Homework,Word spot on page 12 world, , ground, earth, floor,You have all the time in the world. You have plenty of t
15、ime. There is no need for you to hurry. What on earth are you doing now? for emphasis in a question Boeing 777 costs the earth. an idiom to say that that something is very expensive Sea/ocean floor the bottom of the sea,Everyone thinks the world of zhou Enlai. To show that you have great affection a
16、nd respect for someone The dance floor The place where people dance She is grounded because she got a low mark in this examination. Parents punishing their children by not letting them go out Out of this world Something that is so good that people cannot believe it,It gets off the ground. A plan or business starts to su
