Unit 4,Topic 3 The builders used live models, didn’t they?

Section A

Presentation Can you say something about the city of Beijing?

Beijing is the capital of our country. There are many interesting places:

the Great Wall

Tian’an men Square

Forbidden City （紫禁城 ）

the Summer Palace

（ 颐和园）

What’s in the pictures?There are some old city walls.

Listen to 1a and 2a ,then answer the questions: 1.Are there many old city walls in Beijing?

2.What happened to the old city walls?

3.Why did people pull lots of them down?

They were pulled down in the 1960s.

No, there aren’t . Only a few remain now.

Because people thought them useless. They made the traffic heavier and the streets crowded. Some were worn out. Peoplethought they were dangerous.Because they were worn out.

4. Why should we try our best to protect and rebuild the old things?

Because they make the city more beautiful. We can learn a lot from them about history and people.

There used to be lots of old city walls in Beijing(before the 1950s).

Most old city walls were pulled down in the 1960s,because they were worn out.

Today ,there’re many modern building and roads .

The government is trying to protect and rebuild the old city walls . They make the city more beautiful, and we can learn a lot from them about history and people.

Discuss and find out the pionts:一、 Some language points:1.more than = over 超过

2.There were…. ＝ There used to be…. 过去有 / 曾经有

3.pull down 推倒，拆毁（建筑物） sth be pulled down 被推倒 / 拆毁

There are more than 2,000 students in our school.

There were /used to be fields here.

I pulled down the chair. The chair is pulled down by me.

4.be worn out 被损害，破旧 / 坏了

5.in the 1960s 读作 :in the nineteen sixties 在二十世纪六十年代

My shoes are worn out, so I’ll buy a new pair.

6. try one’s best to do sth = do one’s best to do sth

尽力 / 设法……

Everyone should try his best to learn English well.

二、 Tag questions( 反意疑问句） ---There are many old city walls in Beijing, aren’t there? --- No, there aren’t.

—There is little water in the bottle, is there?—Yes, there is.

---There aren’t many cars in the countryside, are there? ---No, there aren’t.

反意疑问句的结构 : 陈述句，简略问句？有两种形式：一种是前肯后否，另一种是前否后肯。它的回答方式和一般疑问句一样，按实际用 Yes 或 No 来回答，并且前后必须保持一致。

There be 句型的反意疑问句结构： There be…, be there?

Fill in the blanks ( 完成反意疑问句 ):1.There aren’t flowers on the tree,________? 2.There was a basketball dame yester , _________? 3.There is nothing in the box, ?is there

are there

wasn’t there

Consolidation1. Finish 1b.

2.Retell the change to the old city walls according to the key words: There used to be, remain, pull down ,be worn out (dangerous) ,many modern buildings and roads,the government ,try one’s best ,protect , rebuild,

more beautiful, learn ….from…about(h,p).

Discuss and make a survey:

ActionFor or against

Reasons

Pull down the old city walls

Protect the old city walls

 Project Suppose the local government called

on people to rebuild the town/the city in your area . There are different opinions among people.

What do you think of it ?