1、Have you ever been to a museum?,义务教育教科书（人教）八年级英语下册,Unit 9,Period 4,Section B(2a-selfcheck),New words,thousand num. 一千,thousands of 数以千计的,safe adj. 安全的,fear v. & n. 害怕；惧怕,Indian adj. 印度人；印度的,Japanese adj. 日本人；日本的,fox n. 狐狸,equator n. 赤道,spring n. 春天,What do you know about Singapore?,Reading,What do y
2、ou know or want to know about Singapore? Discuss it with your group.,2a,Made up: main island 63 small islands Area: 697.1 square kilometres. Population: 3,437,300 (Chinese 76.2, Malays 13.8, Indians 8.3, Others 1.7 ),Introduce Singapore briefly,in Southeast Asia,Putonghua and English,Indian food, we
3、stern food,Fill in the blanks according to the article.,Night Safari,almost the same,Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore?,2b,1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. 2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore.,The statements belo
4、w are false. Use information from the article to correct them.,2c,both English and Chinese,very,3. Its better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake. 4. Its best to visit Singapore in the autumn.,at night,whenever you like,Fill in the conversation about Singap
5、ore using the information form the article.,A: I am going to Singapore next week. _ you ever _ there before? B: Yes, Ive _ to Singapore many times. Its my favorite country in _ Asia. A: What languages do people _ there? B: Mostly Chinese and _.,Have,been,been,Southeast,speak,English,2d,A: What about
6、 the food? Is it good? B: Its excellent! _ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is really good in Singapore. A: I see. Have you _ heard of the Night Safari? Someone told me to go there. B: Yes! I _ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to _ the animals in the dark. A: And it is always
7、_ in Singapore? B: All _ round! Its always summer there!,Have,ever,have,see,warm,year,After reading, write down three or more things you have learned. We always remember things better if we take time to reflect.,Making Notes,1. on the one hand on the other hand一方面另一方面 e.g. On the one hand, she taugh
8、t English, on the other hand she learned Chinese. 她一方面教英语, 一方面学习汉语。,Language points,2. more than three quarters of the population are Chinese quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟 three quarters 四分之三 e.g. Ive got to go in a quarter of an hour.一刻钟以后我就得走了。,3. May be you fear that you wont fear v. 害怕；担心 e.g. Many people
9、 fear change because they do not like the old ways to be changed. 很多人惧怕变化，因为他们不喜欢旧有的生活方式被改变。,4. A lot of animals only wake up at night wake v. 醒来；唤醒 (woke woken) e.g. She went upstairs to wake John.她上楼去叫醒约翰。,5. It might seem strange to go to a) “好像，似乎” , 其后加形容词。 e.g. He seems unhappy today.他今天好像不高兴。
10、She seems very sad. 她似乎很伤心。 b) seem + (to be) + n. e.g. They seem (to be) doctors. 他们好像是医生。 c) seem + (to be) + 介词 e.g. It seems like years since I last saw her.自从上次遇到她, 好像已过了许多年。,d) seem to do. e.g. He seems to be happy. 他好像很高兴。My mother seemed to know that.我妈妈好像知道那件事。 e) It seems that + 从句 e.g. It
11、 seems that he is happy.= He seems (to be) happy.他好像很快乐。,Translate the following phrases.,在东南亚 _ 2. 四分之三人口 _ 3. 做某事有困难 _ 4. 在白天 _ 5. 睡醒 _ 6. 处于一个自然的环境中 _ 7. 一年到头，终年 _,in southeast Asia,three quarters of population,have problems doing sth.,during the daytime,wake up,in a natural environment,all year round,结束语,Talents come from diligence and knowledge is gained by accumulation 天才在于勤奋，知识在于积累,