Option Two

　　1)Read through the words and have students repeat them after you. Pay attention to those words which don't have the stress on the first syllable: attractive, industrial, polluted.

　　2)Ask students to discuss the meanings in pairs and then come up with a list of the positive features. Then call back their answers in a whole class setting and make a list on the blackboard.

　　2. Activity Two

　　1)Divide the whole class into five groups according to their choice. They are then required to describe the city they have chosen. Their description should cover as many words in Activity One as they can.

　　2)A representative from each group reports in a whole class setting.

　　Sample descriptions:

　　New York is a modern and wealthy industrial city, and it is busy and crowded although not very dirty.

　　Beijing is the economic and political centre of our country. It is an attractive city with a lot of beautiful buildings.

　　My hometown is on the bank of the Yellow River. It is very poor now, but I make up my mind to work hard to make it wealthy and attractive.

　　3. Activity Three

　　1)Offer three pairs of cities for students to choose from and then divide them into four groups according to their choices. The three pairs of cities can be as follows: Beijing & Shanghai; London & Barcelona; Florence & New York. You may ask them to discuss the following aspects of the cities: population, industry, climate, location, transport, tourism in groups and then try to fill in the form.

　　(Show the following on the screen. )

　　Taking Shanghai & Beijing as an example

Aspects Shanghai and Beijing Population Shanghai has a larger population than Beijing and is much more crowded. Industry Beijing has more industry and is more polluted than Shanghai. Climate Shanghai has more rain than Beijing. Location Beijing is in the north of China, while Shanghai is in the south. Transport The traffic is busier in Beijing than in Shanghai. Tourism There are fewer tourists in Shanghai than in Beijing. 　　

　　2)Then you may wish to ask a representative from each group to say something about their choice.

　　→ Step 3 Writing

　　1. Read through the following steps with students and make sure they understand what they have to do.

　　(Show the following steps on the screen. )

　　1. Think of two regions, cities, towns or villages you know well. One of them could be your hometown.

　　2. Write notes about some of these features:

　　population, climate, industry, location, tourism, transport.

　　3. Write sentences using your notes.

　　E. g. Harbin is a cold, industrial centre in the north. It has over three million inhabitants.

　　Guangzhou is a hot, industrial port in the south. It has over four million inhabitants.

4. Rewrite the sentences and compare the two places. Use the link words in Grammar, and