T: Welcome to my writing class. Please turn to Page 22. Look at the form of the passage. Can you tell me where it comes from?

S: A diary.

T: Yes. Keeping a diary is one of our tasks today. I want to know who has the habit of keeping a diary in our class?

Many students will raise their hands.

T: Very good. Keeping diaries is a good habit. What language do you use when keeping your diary?

Ss: Chinese.

T: Is it easy or difficult to keep a diary?

Ss: Easy.

T: Don't be so proud. Keeping diaries in English is quite a different task. Do you want to know how to keep a diary in English?

Ss: Of course.

T: Follow me. Let's take the passage as an example. First, read the passage quickly and get the general idea of the writer's experience by answering the questions in Activity 2. Are you clear?

Ss: Yes.

After a few minutes.

T: Stop here. Question 1, any volunteers?

S: He is very familiar with Amsterdam, so I guess he must have gone there before.

T: Good. Next one?

S: Because many of the roads follow the canals, which are not straight but are shaped like horseshoes, it is not easy to find your way.

T: That's right. We all know that when walking on a straight street, it is not easy to lose your way. Who can answer the third question?

S: Because in Amsterdam, house owners are taxed on the width of the house, so they try to build their houses narrow in order to cut down the tax.

T: It is so interesting, isn't it? Now let's go on.

S: The writer thinks his art is excellent.