Unit3MyhometownGrammarLearningobjectivesAUsinga,an

and

theBPrepositionsofplace

PresentationBeiingisthe

capitalofChina.Tian'anmenSquareisa

squareinthecentreof

thecity.Inthesquare,therearealwayspeoplefromallover

the

country.ThereisalsothesummerPalace,anamazingtraditionalchinesegarden.KunmingLake,abiglakeinit,isveryfamous.PresentationBeiingisthecapitalofChina.Tian'anmenSquareisasquareinthecentreofthecity.Inthesquare,therearealwayspeoplefromalloverthecountry.ThereisalsothesummerPalace,anamazingtraditionalchinesegarden.KunmingLake,abiglakeinit,isveryfamous.Weuseaoranwhenwementionaperson/thingforthefirsttime.PresentationBeiingisthe

capitalofChina.Tian'anmenSquareisasquareinthecentreof

thecity.Inthesquare,therearealwayspeoplefromallover

the

country.ThereisalsothesummerPalace,anamazingtraditionalchinesegarden.KunmingLake,abiglakeinit,isveryfamous.Becausethere’sonlyonecapitalofChina.

Weusethein“inthecentre”becausewetalkaboutthespecific

centreofBeijing.Weusethein“ofthecity”becausewementionBeijingforthesecondtime.)PresentationBeiingisthe

capitalofChina.Tian'anmenSquareisasquareinthecentreof

thecity.Inthesquare,therearealwayspeoplefromallover

the

country.ThereisalsothesummerPalace,anamazingtraditionalchinesegarden.KunmingLake,abiglakeinit,isveryfamous.WeusetheherebecausewetalkaboutTian’anmenSquareforthesecondtime.

Weusetheherebecause“SummerPalace”isapropernoun.PresentationPresentationReadthefollowingsentences,payattentiontotheunderlinedwordsandthinkaboutwhenwedon’tusea,an

orthe.Presentation(1)Manypeopleliketovisitmuseums

atweekends.(2)IspeakChinese.(3)SpringinBeijing

isaniceseasonwithbeautiful

flowers.(4)LotsofvisitorsvisitPekingUniversity

everyyear.(5)MysisterandIwenttotheGreatWallin2022.(6)Manypeoplegotowork

bybus

or

bysubway

in

Beijing.Wedon’toftenusea,anorthebeforepluralnouns(e.g.museums),languagenames(e.g.Chinese),seasonnames(e.g.spring),citynames(e.g.Beijing),somepropernouns(e.g.PekingUniversity),years(e.g.2022)ormeansoftransportation

intheformof“by+transport”(e.g.bybus,bysubway).PracticeCompletethefollowingsentenceswitha,an,the

or/.(1)Beijingis______capitalofChina.______cityhasmanyold

streetscalledhutong.(2)Therearehutongbetweenthesiheyuan.Youcangetatasteof

thepastbywalkingthrough______hutong.(3)Thereis______beautifulparknamedBeihaiPark.______

parkhas______biglakeand______whitetower.(4)VisitorsinBeijingliketoenjoy_______Beijingoperaatone

of______localtheatres.theTheaaThethea/thePracticeFinishPartA1onpage35.Lookatthiswonderfulbuilding.ItistheNationalStadium,alsocalled(1)_____Bird’sNest.Itis(2)___modernstadiuminBeijing.Itdatesfrom(3)_____2008andis(4)_____importantbuildingin(5)_____city.Itisbigenoughfor91,000peopleandisnow(6)______popularplaceforsportsandmusicevents.thea/antheaProductionFinishPartA2onpage35.TheWaterCubeinBeijingisanamazingbuilding.Itwasoneoftheplacesforthe2008OlympicGamesandisnowopentovisitors.Itisagreatplace.Peoplecanenjoyswimmingandothersportsthere.Thedesignofthe

WaterCubeisveryspecial.Ibelieveyouwilllikeit.PresentationReadthetiponpage36andunderlinethesentenceswithprepositionsofplaceinthescriptonpage32.(1)NexttothePalaceMuseumisTian’anmenSquare.(2)There’sahouseoneachsideandacourtyardinthemiddle.

(3)Therearehutong

between

thesiheyuan.(4)Youcangetatasteofthepastbywalkingthroughthehutong.Presentation1.Lookatthepictureandanswerthefollowingquestions.(1)Wherearetheflowers?(2)Whereistheshopkeeper?(3)Whereisthebench?(4)Whatcanyouseeunderthebench?(5)Wherearethetwotrees?PrepositionsofplaceTheflowersare

infrontof

theshop.Theshopkeeperis

insidetheshop.Thebenchis

besideatree.Icanseeabasketballunderthebench.Onetreeisnextto

thebench,andtheothertreeisbehindtheshop.UsageWhendoweuseprepositionsofplace?

Weuseprepositionsofplacetodescribethepositionofapersonorthinginrelationtoanotherpersonorthing.Presentation2.Readthedescription

onpage36andpay

attentiontotheuse

ofprepositionsof

place.PresentationGothrough

“Grammarcheck”

onpage144.Give

explanationsif

necessary.B1Lookatthehouseinasiheyuan.Therearetwolanternsjust(1)______theroof.(2)_________________thehouse,therearetwotrees.Anoldmanisstanding(3)