人教版高中英语选修8 Unit 1“A land of diversity”（Using language）课件.pptVIP

Read George’s diary again. Put the mark “^” in the places where George has left out some words. Discuss with others in your class: Why did George leave out some words when he wrote his diary? Rewrite the diary entry for Tuesday inserting all the missing words. I teamed up with a couple from my hotel (Peter and Terri) and hired a car. We spent all day driving around the city. There’s a great drive marked out for tourists. It has blue and white signs with seagulls on them to show the way to go. It’s a 79km round-trip that takes in all the famous tourist spots. We stopped many times to admire the view and take photographs. I now have a really good idea of what the city’s like. In the evening, I went to Chinatown with Peter and Terri. Many / A lot of / Some Chinese immigrants settled in this area in the 1850s. The fronts of the buildings are decorated to look like old buildings in southern China. There are some interesting temples, a number of markets and a great many restaurants here. There are also art galleries and a museum containing documents, photographs and all sorts of objects about the history of Chinese immigration, but it’s closed in the evening. I will have to go back during the day. We had a delicious meal and then walked back down the hill to you hotel. 1. Built in 1873, the cable car system was invented by Andrew Hallidie, who wanted to find a better form of transport than horse-drawn trams. 缆车系统建于1873年，是由安德鲁·海利迪发明的，他试图找到一种比马拉轨道车更好的交通方式。 tram: n.[英](有轨)电车; 有轨电车轨道; You should take Tram No.52.你应该坐52路有轨电车。 They are switching the tram.他们使电车换了轨道。 2. Apparently he’d been shocked when he saw a terrible accident in which a tram slipped down the hill dragging the horses with it. 显然当他看到一场事故中轨道车拖着马匹滑下山坡时大为震惊。 apparently adv.显然地；显而易见地 Apparently, you have done a lot of work. 很明显你们已经做了很多工作。 Apparently, she was trying her best to save her child from severe illness. 很明显,她在尽力设法挽救她那重病的孩 子。 (1) slip滑，滑倒，失足 　 A tram slipped of/from her