Unit3 Reading Around the World in Eight Hours

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Unit3 Reading Around the World in Eight
Hours
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• Questions for Paragraph 1

1.Whats the name of the new educational CD-ROM?
Its name is Around the World in Eight Hours .
2.What can it help you to do?
It can help us learn English and geography at the
same time.
3.Who is the designer?
Nancy Jackson.
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Questions for Paragraph 2
Itchy Feet.
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Travelling.
Lying on the grass and looking at the beautiful
blue sky.
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• Choose the words and fill in the blanks .
• 1. This is a new __________ (related to
  education) CD-ROM.
• 2. Hello Kittys __________(a person who design
  something ) is a Japanese.
• 3. Liu Xiang becomes the __________ (of any time)
  popular runner.
• 4. Which __________(a person in a book,
  film,game, etc.) do you like best,Dao Mingsi,Hua
  Zelei or Meizuo?

designer character educational all-time
educational
designer
all-time
character
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Lets play a game!!!
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Can you say something about this game?
Maths

• Area of study
• Playing steps

1. Listen to some instructions 2. Look at the
whiteboard carefully 3. Work out the problem 4.
Click the right ice cream 5. After you finish
it, the old woman will say thanks to you.
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Questions for Paragraph 34
A cloud will come down and carry you to a place
you have never visited before.
1.What will happen if you have earned enough
points ? 2. How long does it take you to
finish the game ? 3. What do the questions
test ? 4.What will you see on the screen
when you reach a new place ? 5.What can you
learn about when you reach London? 6.What
will you see when you pass a level ?
Eight hours if you are smart.
Your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.
A lot of useful information about that place.
About the Museum of London and many other
interesting places.
A world map.
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7.What happened to the places you have visited ?
They are marked in bright purple.

• 8. What will he see on the screen when he
  reaches a new place?
• What will happen to the places he has visited?
• 10. Why can you learn English and Geography at
  the same time when you play this game?

A lot of useful information about the place on
the screen.
They will be marked in bright purple.
Because it provides me information about
different places and tests my knowledge of
English as well.
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When you are playing this game, what is happening
step by step?
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See a golden cloud with instructions on it
Get a point every time you answer a question
correctly
See a world map. The old place is marked in
bright purple
See clouds with information about different
places
A cloud will come down and carry you off to a new
place
See clouds with questions on them
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Hurray!!!
Get a point every time you answer a question
correctly
The end
8 levels
Get enough points
See clouds with information about different
places
A cloud will come down and carry you off to a new
place
See clouds with questions on them
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More questions are waiting for you

• What is the new educational CD-ROM called?
• Who is the main character?
• 3. What did he do after he fell asleep?

Around the World in Eight Hours.
Itchy Feet.
He had a very strange dream.
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• 4. How can he earn a point?
• 5. What will happen when he has earned enough
  points?
• 6. How many levels does the games have?
• 7. What do the questions test?

Every time he answers a question correctly.
A cloud will come down and carry him off to a
place he has never visited before.
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They test the players knowledge of English
grammar and vocabulary
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Can you design a table for this new educational
CD-ROM?
Around the World in Eight Hours
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Itchy Feet
13 years old
Different countries
English and Geography
Nancy Jackson
All computer shops and bookshops
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• Do you know a new ___________ CD-ROM called
  ___________________________ has just come out? It
  sounds __________. It can help you learn _______
  and __________ at the same time. It helps you
  learn English by testing your _________ of
  __________ _________ and ___________. It is
  designed by ______________ who is also the
  designer of ______ ________. Now let me
  introduce this CD-ROM to you.

educational
Around the World in Eight Hours
interesting
English
Geography
knowledge

English grammar
vocabulary
Nancy Jackson
Online Traveller
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main character

• The _____ _________ is Itchy Feet. When you
  answer a question correctly, you can earn
  _______. When you have enough points, a cloud
  will __________ to a new place. This game has __
  levels, and each level takes you ____________ to
  finish. So if you are smart, you can pass all
  levels in ______ ______. Is it interesting? Lets
  get it now!

a point
take you off
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about an hour
eight hours
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T or F 1. The game starts with the main character
having dinner. 2. The main character is called
Itchy Feet. 3. The main character loves to
travel. 4. The main character was lying on the
grass when he fell asleep. 5. The questions test
your knowledge of English. 6. The fastest player
can finish the game in an hour. 7. The game has
eight levels. 8. Every time you pass a level ,you
will see a map of china.
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Homework

• Think about one educational CD-ROM you have known
  and try to collect as much information as
  possible.

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Listen to the tape and answer the following
questions

• Who is the designer of the new educational
  CD-ROM?
• What can you do with the new educational CD-ROM?

Nancy Jackson
Travel around the world in eight hours on line
and learn English at the same time.
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One more game!!!
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• Character
• Area of study
• Designed by
• Copied from
• How to play it

Blue and Steve
Sequencing/reordering, visual literacy
Viacom International Inc.

NickJr.com

• Listen to the instructions
• Look at the photos and think about their order
• Put them in the right place
• Press play if you want to go on playing.

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all-time favourite CD-ROMs.
educational CD-ROMs
educational CD-ROMs
knowledge of nature
knowledge of English
designer a Chinese
designer an Englishman
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earn play the role of levels knowledge
play the role of

• 5. If Li Lei plays this game, he will
  _______________
• JingTian.
• 6. There are 8 _________ in the game.
• 7. If you pass all levels, youll
  _____(get)10,000 points.
• 8.The questions test your ___________(information
  and understanding in the mind) of English.

levels
earn
knowledge
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Step 4 Reading.
1. Scanning Ask a question How can you earn
points in this game ? (If you answer questions
correctly.)
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Give Ss the following table. Listen to the whole
passage while reading through the passage.Then
fill in the table.
2 Listen while reading
Around the World in Eight Hours
Nancy Jackson
Itchy Feet
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8
an hour
English geography
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• lt3gt Put the following sentences in the right
  order.
• A The places are marked in bright purple.
• B Every time we pass a level, well see a
  world map.
• C Well see a lot of useful information about
  that place.
• D We earn a point when we answer a question
  correctly.
• E When we have earned enough points, a cloud
  will carry
• you off to a place.
• F We see a golden cloud with some words on it.

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F. We see a with some words
on it.
golden cloud
A. Well see big clouds of different colors with
on them .
questions
D. We earn a point when we answer a question
.
correctly
E. When we have earned enough points, a
will carry you off to a place.
cloud
C. Well see a lot of useful ___________ about
that place.
information
B. Every time we pass a level, well see a
. The places are marked in bright
________ .
world map
purple
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Complete their conversation below Millie Daniel,
can you tell me more about the _______? what is
its name again? Daniel It is called___________
___________________. Millie It certainly
sounds____. I heard that it is an____CD-ROM, is
that right? Daniel Yes, it is. It helps you
learn____ and_____ at the same time. Millie That
would be nice .I love to __ and play at the same
time .But I have bought many educational CD-ROMs
before and none of them is good. Daniel Don't
worry .Im sure you will like this one. But Im
not sure if you will like the name of the
main__________ in the game. Millie Is it a very
strange name? Daniel Yes ,it is. His name
is______________. Millie Well ,that's a funny
name .Why? Do his feet itch? Daniel Ha! Ha! No!
He just loves to_________. Millie Oh ,I get it
now.
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Homework

• 1. Find out which paragraph they are in.
• (1) come out (2) be sold out (3)
  at the same time
• (4) main character (5) lie on (6)
  fall asleep
• (7) big clouds of different colors with questions
  on them
• (8) come down (9) play the role of (10)
  on your screen
• (11) for example (12) pass a level
• (13) thats for you to find out
  (14) on the market
• Paragraph 1 ___________________
• Paragraph 2 ___________________
• Paragraph 3 ___________________
• Paragraph 4 ___________________
• Paragraph 5 ___________________

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• 2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese
  
• and dictate them.
• (1) A new educational CD-ROM called Around the
  world in
• Eight Hours has just come out.
• (2) She is the designer of the all-time favourite
  CD-ROM Online
• Traveller.
• (3) You earn a point every time you answer a
  question correctly.
• (4) A cloud will come down and carry you off to a
  place you have
• never visited before.
• (5) This CD-ROM helps you learn English by
  testing your
• knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.
• (6) Get it now before its sold out!

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Thank you!