Discuss in groups：

1．How many places of interest in Guilin are mentioned in the text?What are they?

2．Introduce each of the places of interest in your own words in your group．

lie

1)v．to be in a flat resting position, as on the round or a bed(lay, lain)

e．g．The man was so tired that he ________ on the ground and couldn't get up．

2)v．to be or remain in a flat position on a surface

e．g．Have you ever seen the book that ________ on the table?

3)v．to be in a described place, position, or direction

e．g．The small town ________ to the south of our city．

4)v．to be the responsibility of

e．g．The decision ________ with you．

5)v．to tell a lie, not the truth(lied, lied)

e．g．He ________ again yesterday, it made his mother very angry．

6)n．an untrue statement purposely made to deceive

e．g．It is obviously a ________．Don't trust him any more．

experience

1)n．[U](the gaining of)knowledge or skill which comes from practice rather than from books

e．g．Mr Li is an old teacher with nearly 20 years' ________．

2)n．[C]something that happens to one and has an effect on the mind and feelings

e．g．He will never forget his ________ in Africa and Europe．

3)v．to feel, suffer, or know, as an experience

e．g．I hope you ________ the joy and success after you finish the hard work．

4)adj．experienced

e．g．As an ORBIS doctor, he is very ________ in operating on many patients in one day．

gather

1)v．to(cause to)come together

e．g．________ round, Mr Know-all will tell us a new story．

2)v．to obtain(information or qualities)bit by bit

e．g．My uncle is interested in ________ stamps from different countries．

3)v．to collect or pick(flowers, crops, several objects, etc．)

e．g．“________ your toys up and put them in the box．“said the mother to his son．

4)v．to understand from something said or done

e．g．He hasn't come back yet, I ________ he is ill．

unless

1)conj．If…not, except in the case that

e．g．You will surely miss the first bus in the morning ________ you get up much earlier than usual．

2)unless is not used of imaginary events

e．g．Which sentence is right?

A：If he weren't so silly he would understand．

B：Unless he were so silly he would understand．

still

1)adj．not moving

e．g．Please keep ________ when I wash your hair．

2)adj．calm

e．g．It is good to have a ________ mind．

3)adv．(even)up to now/then and at this/that moment

e．g．Are you ________ here?We all thought you had gone back an hour ago．

4)adv．however

e．g．Nobody can accept it．________, it is the fact that we must face．

knot

1)n．a lumplike fastening formed by tying together the ends of a piece or pieces of string, rope, wire, etc．

e．g．She tied the belt with a ________．

2)v．to make a knot in or join(a piece or pieces of string, rope, wire, etc．)together with a knot．

e．g．Would you please ________ the rope tightly?

3)knotty：adj．full of difficulties．

e．g．To my surprise, it is quite a ________ problem．

attention

意为“注意；注意力”，作名词。是在动词attend的基础上加上后缀-tion构成的。即：v．＋-tion＝n．。又如：instruction。

你能写出几个相同结构的词吗？________　________　________

lifespan

lifespan是由life和span构成的，英语中把由两个单词组合起来的词称为合成词。又如：football。

请你写出几个合成词：________　________　________

empty

1)adj．containing nothing or nobody

e．g．There are three ________ houses around here．

2)v．to take the contents out of something and put them somewhere else

e．g．He ________ the bottle of wine．