Unit12 Culture shock Warm-up & Reading

1. Unit12 Culture shock Warm-up & Reading

2. Which of the Key Words in the box do you associate with countries in the photos? USA

3. Britain

4. Australia

5. Food barbecues fish and chips hamburgers hot dogs kangaroo, steaks roast beef Australia Britain USA USA Australia Britain

6. Places Britain USA USA Britain USA Australia Australia Big Ben World Trade Centre Hollywood the River Thames the Statue of Liberty Sydney Opera House the Great Barrier Reef

7. Sport American football baseball basketball football (soccer) surfing windsurfing USA USA USA Britain Australia Australia

8. Listening 1. Listen to three people taking. Which country are they from? 1) Australia 2) America 3) Britain

9. Lesson 1 Visiting Britain

10. London Bridge

12. Big Ben

13. Buckingham Palace

14. The Beatles Spice Girls

15. Sports David Beckham

16. Castles

17. Ancient stone cross. It can be found in Ireland or Scotland.

18. Cambridge

19. Oxford

20. River Thames

21. Shakespeare Harry Potter

22. The United Kingdom

23. A quiz about the UK: 1. How many countries does the UK consist of? A. two B. three C. four 2. How long does it take to fly from Beijing to London? A. About six hours B. About four hours C. About sixteen hours

24. 3. Who rules the country: the prime Minister or the Queen? A.The Queen B. The prime Minister C. both 4. What are the provinces called in England? A. counties B. departments C. provinces

25. 5. Which is the longest river in England? A.The River Avon B. The River Thames C. The River Seven

26. Ask and answer • What’s the full name of the UK? • The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland • 2. What’s the money used there? • Exchange Rate: 1 pound= 1.8 US dollars = ￥14.8

27. What parts does the UK (United Kingdom) consist of ?

28. An independent state Scotland Belfast Edinburgh The UK N. Ireland The Republic of Ireland Dublin England Wales Cardiff London

29. Lesson1 Visiting Britain Reading

30. True or False *Read the passage and finish Ex. 2 on P36. 1. You can only eat English food in London. 2. Aunt Mei is visiting for one week. 3. You don’t always need to leave a tip after a meal in a restaurant. 4. Some British mushrooms aren’t safe to eat. F T T T

31. 5. British people never laugh. 6. There are many Chinese restaurants in Britain. 7. Most British people are friendly. 8. It is always foggy in London. F T T F

33. Grammar can’t help, dislike, avoid, consider, finish, suggest, deny, give up, imagine, put off, risk, mind, keep, miss, enjoy, can’t stand, fancy, admit, delay decide, refuse, learn, ask, tell, fail, choose, promise, expect, wish, intend, manage, pretend, agree, help, arrange, afford, plan, would like/ love/ prefer, persuade, seem, appear, offer, attempt

34. Verbs followed by either the infinitiveor -ing form: 1) begin, start, continue, intend He started to build/building his own laboratory when he was only 14. 2) hate, like, love, prefer I hatedriving alone on a long journey. = Driving alone on a long journey is something I don’t enjoy.

35. 3) remember, forget, regret, mean, try, stop, need/want remember to do something = You remember that you have to do something later. remember doing something = You remember that you did something earlier.

36. regret to do something = You feel sorry before you do something. regret doing something = You do something and then feel sorry about it.

37. stop to do something = You interrupt an activity in order to do something else. stop doing something = You are doing something and then you interrupt this activity.

38. try to do something = You make an effort to do something. try doing something = You do something to find out if it produces a result you want.

39. Exercises • _______in the matriculation for postgraduate in a short time is really a hard nut． A. To make high scores B. Making high scores C. To make low goal D. Making low goal

40. 2. I found ________ to answer all the questions within the time given． A. no possibility B. there was impossibility C. Impossible D. it impossible

41. 3. The students expected there _____ more reviewing classes before the final exams． A. is B. being C. have been D. to be

42. 4. You’re going to England next year. You should now practise ______ English as much as possible. A. speak B. to speak C. speaking D. Speak about 5. If we don’t start out now, we must risk ______ the train. A. miss B. missing C. being missed D. to miss

43. 6. There is no point ___further. A. argue B. to argue C. arguing D. being arguing 7. Nowhere in nature is aluminum found free, owing to its always __with other elements, most commonly with oxygen. A. combined B. having combined C. combine D. being combined

44. 8. They stopped ___, but now I’m getting interested. A. listening B. to listen C. listen D. having listening 9. I am sorry to hear that you resorted ___.A. to cheat B. to cheating C. cheating D. cheat

45. 10. He wasn’t asked to take on the chairmanship of the society, ___ insufficiently popular with all members. A. being considered B. considering. C. to be considered D. having considered

46. Homework Work in groups and write advice for a foreigner visiting Beijing. Use the following words and the verbs in this lesson to help you. weather, accommodation, differences, eating out, money, telephones, travel