八年級英語下冊 Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum Section B（2a-2e） 人教新目標(biāo)版

1、Section B 2a-2e,Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum,To learn about Singapore. To learn new words: thousand, safe, simply, fear, whether, Indian, Japanese, fox, whenever, spring, mostly,Singapore is so close to the equator that the temperature is almost the same all the year round,2a,What do you kn

2、ow or want to know about Singapore? Discuss it with your group,Made up: main island，63 small islands Area: 719.1 square kilometres. Population: 5,535,000 (Chinese 76.2, Malays 13.8, Indians 8.3, Others 1.7,Introduce Singapore Briefly,First impression (印象) of Singapore,Merlion 魚尾獅,It is regarded as t

3、he symbolize of STB (Singapore Tourism Board), first appeared in 1964. And it turned Singapores symbol very quickly. It is created by the Van Kleef aquariums governor named Fraser Brunner,新加坡的原意為“獅城”。據(jù)馬來史籍記載，公元1324年左右，蘇門答臘的一個(gè)王子乘船到達(dá)此島，在現(xiàn)今的新加坡河口無意中發(fā)現(xiàn)一頭動(dòng)物形若獅子，于是把這座小島取名Singapore?！癝inga“就是獅子的意思，“Pore”則代表

4、城市，而獅子具有勇猛、雄健的特征，故以此作為地名，這就是新加坡 “獅城” 的來歷,獅城”的由來,2b,Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting Singapore,There are eight reasons for visiting Singapore: wonderful and safe place to take a holiday, can speak Putonghua, good place to practice English, able to find a lot of food from C

5、hina, place to try new food, the Night Safari, temperature is almost the same all year round (so you can visit it at any time), not too far from China,2c,The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them,1. Most people in Singapore only speak English. 2. It is not easy

6、 to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore. 3. It is better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably be awake. 4. It is best to visit Singapore in the autumn,speak both English,very,and Chinese,at,night,whenever you like,2d,Fill in the conversation about Sing

7、apore using the information from the article,A: Im going to Singapore next week. _ you ever _there before? B: Yes, Ive _ to Singapore many times. Its my favorite country to visit in _Asia. A: What languages do people _ there? B: Mostly Chinese and _,Have,been,been,Southeast,speak,English,A: What abo

8、ut the food? Is it good? B: Its excellent! _ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is really good in Singapore. A: I see. Have you _heard of the Night Safari? Someone told me to go there. B: Yes! I _ been to the Night Safari,Have,ever,have,It was really exciting to _ the animals in the dark. A: An

9、d is it always_in Singapore? B: All _round! Its always summer there,hot,year,see,2e,Make notes about Singapore. Write down anything that you remember. Do not look at the article,1. In Singapore, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese, so you can simply speak Putonghua a lot of the time,2. Singapore is an English-speaking country, so its also a good place to practice your English,Many f