Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism

Objectives

·To practise intensive and extensive reading skills (anticipating meaning, scanning).

·To develop strategies to match topics with paragraphs.

·To identify important words in a text.

·To practise using linking words (addition) -also, as well as, too

·To practise collocations with do and make.

·To listen to a talk to find out main facts.

Pre-reading

1. Do you like travelling? Have you been to New Zealand? Now today, we are going to travel to Zealand. Where is New Zealand?

　Show some pictures about New Zealand

2. Look at the photos and guess a few things about Auckland.

Example

Auckland is near the sea.

Reading

1. True or False?

Listen to the tape, are these statements true or false?

1) Auckland is the capital of New Zealand.

2) Auckland is located on South Island.

3) Sky Tower is Auckland's tallest Tower.

4) Maoris were the first people of New Zealand.

5) The climate in Auckland is wet and rainy.

6) It's the paradise(天堂) for water lovers.

Answers: FFTTFT

2. Read the text and complete the table below.

Population less than a million Location On North Island History *Maoris settled 650 years ago

European settlement began in 1840