HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?ReadingUnit9Ⅰ.Leadingin.

〔情境導(dǎo)入〕GuessinggameWhatcountryisit?Doyouknowaboutthecountry?theUnitedKingdomHaveyoueverbeentherebefore?Doyouknowaboutthecountry?FranceDoyouknowaboutthecountry?ItalyDoyouknowthecountry?ChinaDoyouknowthecountry?AmericaDoyouknowthecountry?JapanDoyouknowthecountry?AustraliaWhatisthenameofthecountry?Doyouknow?SingaporetheLionCity.ItisalsocalledHaveyoueverbeentherebefore?Isitbeautiful?Location:WhereisSingapore?Location:inSoutheastAsia

It’sonthesouthofMalaysiaWhatdoyouknowaboutSingapore?BeforeyoureadMorethanthreequarters〔四分之三〕ofthepopulationinSingaporeareChinese,soyoucansimplyspeakPutonghua.ItisanEnglish—speakingcountry.SoyoucanalsopracticeEnglish.BeforeyoureadYoucanfindalotoffoodfromChina.Soyouwon’thaveanyproblemfindingrice,noodlesordumplingsChinesefoodBeforeyoureadhave…problem(in)doingsth做．．．有困難Ifyouarebrave(勇敢),itisanexcellentplacetotrynewfood.Whether

Indianfood,Japanesefoodorwesternfood.(無論----還是)BeforeyoureadItiscalled“NightSafari”----akindofzooopenswhenitisdark。BeforeyoureadThetemperaturethereisalmostthesameallyearround,andyoucangotherewheneveryoulike.Ⅱ.Readingcomprehension

〔閱讀理解〕Completethewordmapwiththewordsfromthereading.(P753a)Namesofplaces:China,Singapore,SoutheastAsia,zoo,NightSafariAnimals:lions,tigers,foxesSeasons:spring,summer,autumn,winterLanguages:Chinese,Putonghua,Englishkindsoffood:rice,noodles,dumplings,Indian/Western/JapanesefoodTask1WhileyoureadTask2ReadeachparagraphandanswersomequestionsWhileyouread1.WhereisSingapore?2.WhatlanguagedopeoplespeakinSingapore?Paragraph1It’sanislandinSoutheastAsia.ChineseandEnglish.3.WhycanwespeakChineseinSingapore?4.CanwespeakEnglishthere?Why?BecausemorethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese.Yes.BecauseSingaporeisanEnglish-speakingcountry.WhileyoureadCanwefindanyChinesefoodthere?2.WhatkindofChinesefoodcanwefind?Paragraph2Yes,wecan.Rice,noodlesanddumplings.3.Canwetryanykindofnewfoodthere?4.Whatkindsofnewfoodcanwefind?Yes,wecan.Indianfood,westernfoodandJapanesefood.WhileyoureadParagraph3Whileyouread1.Singaporehasaspecialzoocalled__________________.2.Alotofanimals________atnight,sothisis_____________towatchthem.3.Atthezoo,youcanwatchlions,tigers,andfoxesina____________thananormalzoo.the“NightSafari”wakeupmorenaturalenvironmentthebesttime1.WhatistheweatherlikeinSingapore?Why?2.WhencanwegotoSingapore?Paragraph4Thetemperatureisalmostthesameallyearround.Becauseitissoclosetotheequator.Whenever(atanytimeofyear/inanyseason)Whileyouread1.SingaporeisabigcountryinEurope.2.InSingapore,youcanonlyfindJapanesefood.3.ItIsbettertoseelionsandfoxesduringthedaytimebecausetheywillprobablybeawake.4.ItisbesttovisitSingaporeinautumn.Singaporeisasmall(island/country)in

SoutheastAsia.YoucanfindmanykindsoffoodinSingapore.It’sbettertoseelionsandfoxesatnightwhentheyareawake.

YoucanvisitSingaporeatanytimeofyear/inanyseason.(Whenever)Task3Thestatementbelowareallfalse.Usinginformationfromthereading,writefourtruesentences.(P753c)Ⅲ.Graspingthekeypoints.〔掌握生詞〕HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?HaveyoueverbeentoSingapore?FormanyChinesetourists,thissmallislandinSoutheastAsiaisawonderfulplacetotakeaholiday.Ontheonehand,morethanthreequartersofthepopulationareChinese,soyoucansimplyspeakPutonghuaalotoftime.Ontheotherhand,SingaporeisanEnglish-speakingcountry,soit’salsoagoodplacetopracticeyourEnglish!southeast

n.東南wonderful

adj.極好的takeaholiday休假；度假quarter四分之一threequarters四分之三population

n.

人口ontheonehand一方面ontheotherhand另一方面Paragraph1WhileyoureadHaveyouevertriedChinesefoodoutsideofChina?Maybeyoufearthatyouwon’tbeabletofindanythingtoeatinaforeigncountry.InSingapore,however,you’llfindalotoffoodfromChina;youwon’thaveanyproblem

findingrice,noodles,ordumplings.However,ifyou’refeelingbrave,Singaporeisanexcellentplacetotrynewfood.WhetheryoulikeIndianfood,westernfood,orJapanesefood,you’llfinditallinSingapore!fearv.害怕；擔(dān)憂noodle

n.面條(常用復(fù)數(shù))dumpling

n.餃子；湯團(tuán)brave

adj.勇敢的excellent

adj.卓越的；極好的Indian

adj.印度的；印度人的haveproblemdoing做某事與困難Paragraph2WhileyoureadMostlargecitieshavezoos,buthaveyoueverbeentoazooatnight?Singaporehasanightzoocalledthe‘Night

Safari’.Itmightseemstrangetogotoazoowhenit’sdark.Butifyou’veeverbeentoazooduringthedaytime,youmightunderstandwhythiszooissospecial.Alotofanimalsonlywakeupatnight,sothisisthebesttimetowatchthem.Ifyougotoseelions,tigers,orfoxesduringthedaytime,they’llprobablybeasleep!AttheNightSafari,youcanwatchtheseanimalsinamorenatural

environmentthananormalzoo.Safari

n.旅行；狩獵遠(yuǎn)征NightSafari夜間野生動(dòng)物園(新加坡)dark

n.黃昏；黑暗fox

n.狐貍natural

adj.自然的；自然界的environment

n.環(huán)境Paragraph3WhileyoureadOnegreatthingaboutSingaporeisthatthetemperatureisalmostthesameallyearround.Thisisbecausetheislandissoclosetotheequator.Soyoucanchoosetogowheneveryoulike—spring,summer,autumn,orwinter!And,ofcourse,it’snottoofarfromChina!temperature

n.溫度allyearround一年到頭；終年(=allyearlong)alldaylong/round整天allnightlong/round整夜equator

n.赤道whenever

conj.無論如何spring

n.春天autumn

n.秋天Paragraph4WhileyoureadLanguagepoints分?jǐn)?shù)表達(dá)法：分子基，分母序，當(dāng)分子大于一時(shí)，分母加s.Eg.五分之三threefifths六分之五fivesixths一半ahalf四分之一aquarter四分之三threequartersLanguagepointsPopulation:當(dāng)表示人口的整體時(shí)，視為單數(shù)。當(dāng)表示人口中的局部時(shí)，視為復(fù)數(shù)。Eg.ThepopulationofChina______1.3billion.Threequartersofthepopulation_____Chinese.isareLanguagepointsWhenever=nomatterwhenHowever=nomatterhowWhatever=nomatterwhatWherever=nomatterwhereⅣ.Cooperationandpractice.〔互助提高〕FormanyChinesetourists,Singaporeisasmall_______forholidayanditisin______________.Ontheonehand,morethanthreequartersofthe__________areChinese,____youcan______spea