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课件网) Period 3 Using Language Ⅰ Unit 3 Fascinating parks 1. To learn the information about visiting a park. 2. To learn to listen for directions through a natural conversation in English. 3. To learn to ask for and give directions. Look at the pictures and say where they are. Visit a city park Look at the pictures: tell us what they are and what they are doing. 3 6 Say activities in the pictures A. rent a cycle ____ B. walk through an underwater corridor _____ C. rent a pedal boat _____ D. watch a fountain performance ____ E. go on a children's ride _____ F. look at flowers _____ 6 1 5 3 4 2 Task 1. Listen to the conversation about a visit to Beijing Olympic Forest Park. 2. Tick which activities Linlin and his friends are going to do. √ √ √ 3 6 The directions and routes Look at the map and know about the directions & routes. Listening strategies Listening for directions can be difficult as often lots of information is given in a short time. 1. Listen for sequence words; 2. Listen for direction words; 3. Form a mental map of where you are going while the other person is taking. Task 2. Listen to the conversation and complete the activities: 1. Draw the route that Jake, Linlin and Yuhui will take. 2. Mark the places they will visit on the map below. Role-play visit the park Ask for and give directions by working in pairs. 1. Useful expressions for conversation. Excuse me/ Pardon me. Do you happen to know where ... is How can I get to... How far is (it) It's about ... metres north of ... It's on the east side of the park. Walk along the raod/ path/... Go through ... When you see the..., you are close to... Follow the path to... Go straight ahead until you come to... take No. 2 bus to ... Practice: make a dialogue Suppose you want to Cuihu park, what should you do next？ Possible answer: A: Excuse me, Sir. B: What can I do for you A: I'm new here. Could you tell me how I can get to Cuihu Park B: Oh, certainly. It's easy to get there. A: But I'd like to go there on foot. B: Yes, Just go straight and turn right at the first corner. Walk along the road and turn left when you find a hospital. Cuihu Park is down the street on your right. A: Thanks a lot. B: It's my pleasure. Yuhui: Now that we're at the park, where would you like to go first,Jake Jake: I don't know. What interesting things can we see and do here Yuhui: Well, Flower Land, fountain perfomances, children's rides …. Oh! This is interesting—here's an underwater corridor! Jake: That does sound interesting. How do we get there Yuhui: Let me check the map on my phone... From here, we should go north, and then turn left and follow the main road until we reach the second path on the right. Then we turn right on the path and follow it for about three hundred metres until we come to an intersection with a washroom. Then we should turn left on another path. After about 150 metres, we'll be at the underwater wetland corridor. Linlin: Oh, ... ...
