高一北师大版模块二
Unit 4 Cyberspace
Lesson 4 Virtual Tourism
Look at the map and locate New Zealand
What do you know about New Zealand?
Pre-reading
Brief introduction
New Zealand is a country in the South
Pacific(太平洋). It has over 270,000 square
kilometers but it has a small population.
The national bird is Kiwi (几维鸟). The
capital of the country is Wellington, but the
largest city is Auckland. The main language
is English but Maori (毛利语) is also an
official (官方的) language.
Let’s see some beautiful sites in
the main cities of New Zealand.
Wellington
Kiwi –the symbol of New Zealand
Auckland
The Maoris
Face tattoo
Greet each other
Traditional
Maoris dance
More information about Auckland
Sky Tower: the city’s tallest Tower
The city of sails
More boats than
anywhere else
Home
The coastline of Auckland
The first European settlers’ houses
water sports: swimming, fishing,
sailing, surfing etc.
Mt Eden(伊甸山) is a 200
metres high volcano .
It is the highest point in
Auckland, and easily offers
the best view of the city.
Parnell Village
Parnell Village is just a few minutes to the West of the
Domain (领土). There you can see the first settlers’ houses,
church, and cemetery (公墓). These days Parnell has some
of the best (and most expensive) restaurants, and is a
pretty area.
Auckland
Museum
Auckland Harbour Bridge海港大桥
This is one of the city’s most distinctive landmarks
built in 1959
Skimming for topics :
Task: Match the topics with the five
paragraphs in the text. ( one extra topic)
a) the history of the city
b) travel links
c) things to see in Auckland
d) night-life in Auckland
e) for water lovers
f) New Zealand’s largest city
Para. 2
Para. 5
Para. 3
Para. 4
Para. 1
Scanning for details
Task 1: Listen and read the text to fill in the table.
Population
less than a million
Location
on North Island
History
Maoris settled 650 years ago;
European settlement began in 1840.
Mt Eden; Auckland Harbor Bridge;
Parnell Village; Sky Tower;
Auckland Museum
Famous sights
Climates
warm; plenty of water
Scanning for details
Task 1: Are the following statements T or F?
1. Auckland is the most exciting and cultural city.
F
2. Maoris are the first people to settle in Auckland.
T
3. British began to live in Auckland in 1840.
T
4. The government made New Zealand a nuclear zone.
F
5. The Parnell Village is famous for palm trees.
F
6. You can see Maoris perform traditional dances
in Auckland Museum.
T
7. Auckland has more boats than anywhere else in the world. T
8. You can go to the rest of areas from Auckland only
by boat.
F
A Summary of Auckland
Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. It
a million
has a population
__________ of about ___
______ people
and is located
______ on ______
North Island. The history of
goes _____
back 650 years when Maoris
the city _____
______
include
settled in the area. Famous sights ______
Mt Eden
_____, Auckland Harbor
_______ Bridge, Parnell
Village, SkyTower
_____, Auckland Museum. Auckland
has a warm
______ climate with plenty of sunshine.
It is known as “_____________”
the city of sails because of more
boats than anywhere
_____________
else in the world
Language points
1. have/has a population of … 拥有……人口。
population 作主语时，谓语动词常用单数，
若说population 的几分之几、百分之几、或
强调这一整体人口中的成员或成分时，谓语
动词常用复数。常用的句型有3种：
1) What’s the population of … 有多少人口?
2) They have/It has a population of …
拥有……人口
3)The population of … is larger than that
of … ……地方的人口比……的多
例如：
1) What is the population of the city?
2) The population in these villages still uses
well water.
3) The city has a population of more than
1,000,000.
4) At present 38%of the Chinese population
smoke.
5) One third of the population here are
women.
2. as well as 也，除……外，既……又……；
它可以连接主语、谓语、宾语、表语、状语
等， 当连接主语时根据它前面的主语来决定
其谓语的单数或复数形式。例如：
1）Many students as well as Tom like singing.
(连接主语）
Tom as well as many students likes singing.
(连接主语）
2）A teacher should entertain as well as
teach. (连接谓语）教师不仅要教书，也要激起学生的兴趣。
3） Do you burn coal as well as wood on this
fire? (连接宾语）
4）She is clever as well as kind. (连接表语）
5）We shall travel by night as well as by day.
(连接状语）
[拓展]
as well, also, too 表示“也”的用法：
as well用在句末， 其前没有“，”； too用在句
末，其前常有“，” 还可紧连在主语后较正式；
also 常用在助动词后，行为动词前。如：
I, too, know how to work out the maths problem.
She is not only good at maths, she is good at
English as well.
Tom also likes playing computer games.
Homework
1. Surf the Internet, find more about New
Zealand and share them.
2. Do Exercises 5, 6, 7 and 8.