2. (教师用多媒体或图片展示北京的古城墙，其中有些古城墙已经破烂不堪。引出生词及反意疑问句。)

T:　　 Look, what are these?

Ss: They are old city walls.

T:　 They are very beautiful, aren’t they?

(板书并解释。)

Ss: Yes, they are. (帮助学生回答，并注意反意疑问句的答语。)

T:　 Right, but only a few of them remain now, because some of them are worn out, some of 　　 them were pulled down.

(板书)

T: Class, do you want to know more about the old city walls? Now let’s listen to the conversation between Kangkang and Michael.(导入1a。)

Step 2　 Presentation 第二步 　呈现(时间:8分钟)

Step 1 　Review 第一步 　复习(时间:7分钟)

1. (通过师生对话导入新课。)

T:　 Hi, S₁. Do you like travelling?

S₁: Yes, I like it very much.

T:　 Where have you been?

S₁: Mount Tai. (学生说什么地方都可以。)

T:　 Would you like to travel to Beijing?

S₁: Yes, I’d love to.

T:　 Why would you like to travel to Beijing?

S₁: Because there are many places of interest in Beijing.

T:　 Could you say some places of interest in Beijing?

S₁: Yes, the Great wall, the Summer Palace…

(让学生尽可能多说，其他学生也可补充。学生说的同时，教师用多媒体课件出示对应的图片，以启发学生们的兴趣。)

录音机/幻灯机或多媒体/小黑板

3. Talk about cultural relics:

(1)These are old city walls. They are more than 700 years old.

(2)There used to be lots of old city walls in Beijing.

(3)Most old city walls were pulled down in the 1960s.

(4)The government is trying to protect and rebuild the old city walls.

2. Learn tag questions:

(1)-It’s a nice day, isn’t it?

-Yes, it is.

　　 (2)Let’s go and have a look, shall we?

(3)-There are still many old city walls in Beijing, aren’t there?

-No, there aren’t.

(4)You know a lot about them, don’t you?

1. Learn some useful words and expressions:

　　 railway, remain, pull, pull down, worn out, government

Ⅲ.

　 The Great Wall of China is one of the greatest wonders of the world. It is about 4000 miles long. The ancient Chinese began to build some walls around 600 B.C. The first emperor, Qin Shi huang, joined the old walls together. From then on, people regarded the Great Wall as a symbol of the Chinese nation. Every year many people in the world visit the Great Wall. But some sections of the Great Wall are worn out. People recently began to protect and rebuild the Great Wall.

Ⅱ.

Mr. Brown was a teacher. He taught in a big school in London. He lived a long way from the school. So he was always quite tired when he went home. At nine o’clock one evening, when he was in bed, the telephone bell rang.

“This is White Bridge 165. Who’s speaking, please?” said Mr. Brown.

“Watt.” a man answered.

“What’s your name, please?” said Mr. Brown.

“Watt’s my name” was the answer.

“Yes, I ask you that, what is your name?” Mr. Brown said again.

“I told you, Watt’s my name,” said the other man. “Are you Jack Smith?”

“No.” answered Mr. Brown.

Both Mr. Watt and Mr. Brown put their telephones down angrily and thought, “That was a silly man!”

5. What’s the matter with your sister, Jim?

4. Japan is smaller than China.