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Unit 4 Cyberspace Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism Period 1 Wang Fengmei Teaching Aims: 1. To learn something about Auckland of New Zealand. 2. To practice intensive and extensive reading skills. 3. To develop strategies to match topics with paragraphs. 4. To identify important words in a text. Teaching Focus: Use the reading skills to understand the text better. Teaching Difficulty: Vocabulary. Teaching procedures: StepI. Show the teaching aims StepII. Pre-Reading 1. Watch a short video of New Zealand to arouse the students’ interest. 2. Show a map of the world and a map of New Zealand to know the location of Auckland and New Zealand. 3. Look at some famous sights in Auckland and say something about them. Example: Auckland is near the sea. StepIII. Fast Reading Task 1: Look through the text quickly. Then do Ture or False. True or False 1 Auckland is the capital of New Zealand. 2 Auckland is located on South Island. 3 Sky Tower is Auckland’s tallest Tower. 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 lovers. FFTTFT Task 2: Listen to the tape, and fill in the table on page 14. Population ? Location History Famous sights ? Climate Answers: Population less than a million Location On North Island History *Maoris settled 650 years ago European settlement began in 1840 Famous sights *Mt Eden; * Parnell village; * Auckland Harbour Bridge; * Sky Tower; *Auckland museum; Climate Warm, plenty of sunshine StepIV. Careful Reading Task 3: Read the text carefully, and find out the topic sentences in each paragraph. Task 4: Do exercise 4 on page 14. Match the topics a-f with the five paragraphs in the text. There is one extra topic. 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□ Answers: 253-41 StepV. Language Points 1. guide [课本原句] Auckland * New Zealand a guide [寓词于境] 1.The girl gui