Module 1 Unit 1
It’s more than twenty thousand kilometres long.
外研版新标准英语（三起）六年级上册
The task

We’ll learn how to talk about places in English. And after this, please be a guide (导游) for the tourists from abroad (海外旅游者).
Simon: These postcards are great!
Daming: Yes, they are.
What are they talking about?
They are talking about _________.
A. the Great Wall
C. Beijing
D. A&B&C
B. New York
D
How long is the Great Wall?
2. How big is New York?
3. How big is Beijing?
Read the dialogue and find out the answers.
It’s more than twenty thousand kilometres long.
It has got more than eight million people.
It has got about twenty million people.
20
20000
>
twenty
more than twenty thousand
000
thousand
Simon: Tell me more about the Great Wall. ______________?
Daming: ________________________________________.
the Changjiang River
more than 6,000 kilometres
Daming: Look at this one. It’s a picture of the Changjiang River.
Simon: Tell me more about the Changjiang River.
______________________?
Daming: _______________________________.
8
eight
20
twenty
,000,000
million
,000,000
million
Daming: Can you tell me something about New York? ___________?
Simon: __________________________________. How big is Beijing?
Daming: _____________________________________________.
How big is it
It has got more than eight million people
Beijing has got about twenty million people
Dalian
more than 6,000,000 people
Can you tell me something about Dalian. __________?
_______________________.
It’s more than twenty thousand
kilometres long.
主语是单三，be动词用is。
These postcards are great!
主语是复数，be动词用are。
It has got more than eight million people.
has got用于表达城市拥有的人口数量。
Learning Tips（学习小提示）:
more than 20,000
kilometres
about 20,000,000
people
more than 8,000,000
people
Retell the main information of the dialogue.
Retell the main information of the dialogue.
A guessing game. (A model.)

A: It’s an animal.
B: Tell me more.
A: It’s fat and heavy.
B: Is it a/an…?
A: No, it isn’t.
B: Tell me more.
A: It’s black and white.
B: Is it a panda?
A: Yes, it is.
To be a guide for the tourists from abroad.
This is Beijing.
It’s very big.
It has got about twenty
It’s in the north of China.
Welcome to Beijing!
This is the Great Wall.
It’s very beautiful.
twenty thousand kilometres long.
It’s very old and long.
Welcome to the Great Wall!
It’s more than
How to describe (描述) a
beauty spot (景点)?
A. What is it?
B. Say its features (特点).
How to describe a city?
A. What is it?
B. Where is it?
C. Say its features (特点).
million people.
Describe the places like these.
This is…
It’s very…
It has got more than / about
It’s in the… of China.
Welcome to…!
This is…
It’s very…
Welcome to…!
It’s more than / about…
… people.
the Changjiang River
more than 6,000 kilometres
the Huangshan Mountain
more than 1,800 metres
the information
about Shanghai:
in the east
the biggest city in China
more than 24,000,000 people
To be a guide for the tourists from abroad.
the Changjiang River
more than 6,000 kilometres
the Huangshan Mountain
more than 1,800 metres
the information
about Shanghai:
in the east
the biggest city in China
more than 24,000,000 people
Choose one, say and write something about it.
This is…
It’s very…
It’s in the… of China.
This is…
It’s very…
Welcome to…!
It’s more than / about…
… people.
It has got about / more than
Welcome to…!
In the east of the world, there is an ancient and youthful country.
在世界的东方，有一个古老而又朝气蓬勃的国家。
Beijing is the capital of China. It’s a very big and very beautiful city.
北京是中国的首都，这是一个很大很美丽的城市。
In Beijing, there are many beautiful places to go.
在北京有许多美丽的地方可以去。
You can go to China National Stadium, a great building in the world.
你可以去中国国家体育场， 这是一座世界上伟大的建筑。
Opposite the stadium, you can see a wonderful swimming pool, Water Cube.
在体育馆的对面， 你能够看到一座奇特的游泳馆，水立方。
Of course, you can visit the Great Wall. It’s very famous.
It’s more than 20,000 kilometres long.
当然，你也可以参观长城，它闻名于世，超过两万公里长。
And also you can go to the Forbidden City, an old palace.
你还可以去故宫，那是一座历史悠久的宫殿。
Welocme to Beijing! Welcome to China!
北京欢迎您！中国欢迎您！
Homework

The whole class:
1. Listen and read the dialogue twice.
2. Read and copy the words and sentences five times.

Most of the class:
1. Talk about the three places in English.
2. Make a PPT about a city in English in teams.