新思维职业英语综合教程 3 New Thinking Vocational EnglishUnit Seven.ppt

Intensive Reading Warm-up Exercises ⑤ Pyramids ⑥ Great Wall ⑦ Sydney Opera House ⑧ Taj Mahal Intensive Reading Warm-up Exercises II. Discuss the following questions with your partners. 1. Which place do you like best in the world? 2. What are the characteristics of the place? III. Describe a place to your partners and ask them to guess what place it is. Your description should be brief and clear. Sample: Located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, it is one of the most famous symbols of America. It depicts the goddess of Liberty holding a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. It was a gift to the USA from the people of France in recognition of the French-American alliance during the American Revolution. Answer: Statue of Liberty. Intensive Reading 1 Situated in the southwest of the Indian Ocean, nearly 1 800 kilometers from the African Coast, is the tiny island of Mauritius. Isolated from all other countries, Mauritius has the serenity and beauty that only tropical islands have. Mark Twain was so enamored of the island’s exceptional beauty that he wrote, “Mauritius was made first and then heaven; heaven was copied after Mauritius.” The island’s beauty stems from both its natural landscape and the cultural landscape, shaped by the myriad of immigrants from all over the world. Structure Vocabulary Notes Mauritius—Heaven on Earth Intensive Reading 2 Mauritius is really a tiny place. Locals often compare it to a grain of lentil! It covers barely 1 860 square kilometers. Yet, it is surprising how much geographical diversity it encloses: mountains, rivers, forests, wide flat plains, tropical savannahs and a central plateau. The mountains are of all shapes and sizes, offering unique sceneries. For example, Mount Pieter Both, the second highest mountain of the island, has a large rock at its peak, appearing to onlookers as a human head. Locals say t