课程内容
Unit 3《Online tours》Reading
Around the World in Eight Hours
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Language points
1. Have you noticed the "Tour" icon at the top of the page?
at the top of... 在……的顶部
e.g. 山上有座塔。
There is a tower at the top of the hill.
2. Just click on it, and you can visit Asia, Africa, ...
click on ... 点击……
e.g. 点击这个图标。
Click on this icon.
3. Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
(1) world-famous 世界著名的，举世闻名的
e.g. 姚明是世界著名的篮球运动员。
Yao Ming is a world-famous basketball player.
(2) at the southern end of ... 在……的南端
south (n.)+ern = southern (adj.)
以此类推：north+ern=northern
west+ern=western
east+ern=eastern
at the end of ... 在……的尽头，末尾；后接时间、地点名词。
e.g. 这个月末 at the end of this month
在路的尽头 at the end of the road
4. Further on is Times Square.
further on 更进一步，再向前
e.g. 再向前一英里 a mile further on
further是far的比较级，除了表示“更远”以外，还可以表示“进一步”。
e.g. 深造 further study
进一步的信息 further information
5. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year's Eve.
(1) gather vi. 聚集
e.g. 医院门口聚集了很多人。
A lot of people gathered at the gate of the hospital.
(2) on New Year's Eve 在新年前夕
e.g. 在平安夜 on Christmas Eve
6. It's exciting to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness.
(1) It's exciting to see ... 看到……很激动
It's + adj. + to do sth. 做某事怎么样
e.g. 对我来说按时完成这么多的工作很困难。
It's difficult for me to finish so much work on time.
(2) see sb. doing 看见某人正在做某事
e.g. 我刚才看见很多孩子在操场上打篮球。
I saw many children playing basketball on the playground just now.
感官动词
see, watch, observe, notice, look at, hear, listen to, smell, taste, feel + do 表示动作的完整性，真实性；
+ doing 表示动作的连续性，进行性。
e.g.
I saw him work in the garden yesterday.
昨天我看见他在花园里干活了。（强调“我看见了”这个事实）
I saw him working in the garden yesterday.
（强调“我见他正干活”这个动作）昨天我见他正在花园里干活。
(3) through the darkness 穿过黑暗
through意为“穿过”，通常指从物体或事物的“内部”穿过。
e.g. 穿过隧道 through the tunnel
穿过雨林 through the rainforest
7. ... it's a good place to relax after a hard day's work.
a hard day's work 一天的辛苦工作
hard的用法：
用作形容词（adj.）
（1）表示“硬的”，例如：
The ground is as hard as stone after the long drought.
长期干旱之后，土地硬得就像石头一样。
（2）表示“困难的，艰难的”，例如：
It's very hard to work out this maths problem.
算出这道数学题非常困难。
用作副词（adv.）
（1）表示“努力地，勤奋地”，例如：
Most importantly, you must work hard to catch up.
最为重要的是，你必须努力学习，迎头赶上。
（2）表示“强烈地”，例如：
The wind is blowing hard outside.
外面风正呼呼地刮。
8. It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century.
(1) be famous for 因……而著名
e.g. 苏州因为它的园林而闻名。
Suzhou is famous for its gardens.
<辨析>与be famous as的区别
be famous as 作为……而著名
(2) since 自从……
Ⅰ．since+过去一个时间点
e.g. I have been here since 1989.
自从1989年以来我就在这里了。
Ⅱ．since+一段时间+ago
e.g. I have been here since five months ago.
我五个月前就在这里了。
Ⅲ．since+从句
e.g. Great changes have taken place since you left.
自你离开后这里发生了巨大的变化。
Ⅳ．It is+一段时间+since从句
e.g. It is two years since I became a middle school student.
我成为一名中学生已经快两年了。
9. Have you ever heard of the song "Memory"?
hear of 听说，得知。如：
Have you ever heard of him (this)?
你听说过他（这件事）吗？
10. There's a "Back" icon at the bottom of the page.
at the bottom of 在……的底部，如：
寻找在列表底部的图标。
Look for the icon at the bottom of the listing.
B1
1. trade ____ a. a play filled with many songs
2. international ____ b. rest after work
3. gather ____ c. come together
4. huge ____ d. a period of 100 years
5. several ____ e. more than two
6. relax ____ f. the activity of buying and selling
7. century ____ g. two or more countries taking part
8. musical ____ h. very large
B2 Fill in the blanks.
B3 True or false
1. The website helps people buy tickets to different places.
2. There is a "Tour" icon at the bottom of the page.
3. New York is also called "the Big Apple".
4. Wall Street is at the northern end of Manhattan Island.
5. A big apple falls from the sky on New Year's Eve at Times Square.
6. There are no hills or lakes in Central Park.
7. The song "Memory" comes from the musical Cats.
8. Click on the "Back" icon and you can start a new online tour.
B4 Kitty also wants to know the website. She is asking Daniel about it. Complete their conversation below.
Kitty: Daniel, what's the website called?
Daniel: It's called "(1)________________".
K: It gives people (2)______ tours, right?
D: Yes. It can show you cities in (3)______, Africa, (4)______, America and other places.
K: Can we find more information about a city?
D: Of course. Look, here's New York, and here's Wall Street.
K: I see. Wall Street is on Manhattan Island. There are many big (5)______ and (6)________________ there.
D: Yes, and Times Square is another great place to visit. Every year, many people gather there to welcome the (7)______.
K: That sounds great. Look! That's Central Park. People like to (8)______ there after work.
D: Yes, and don't miss Broadway. It has been famous for its theatres since the early (9)________________.
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