师:okay, sit down. You know the world looks beautiful and lively in spring, right? Would you like to go traveling?
生:yes.
师:me too. So let's imagine we're on a bus. What place of interest can you see? Any ideas? Yes, you please.
生:oh, excuse me.
师:what place of interest can you see? Okay, for example, what's this? I put a picture in front. Yes, now, yes. Okay.
师:anybody else? Everybody else, how about a try? Look, what about this one?
生:this is a famous place in London. The London something, please. It is big.
师:you know, this one is bigger. Yes, now, yes. Okay, sit down. Thank you. And you please, any other place of interest?
生:see, it's a tower, right? But it looks a bit strange, like it's falling down. So what's that?
师:it's a little bit difficult. Try. Okay, thank you anyway. Because this is the first time we've met each other. Maybe you're a little bit nervous. Anybody else? I need help. Come on.
生:this is a leaning tower in Pisa, yes. In Italy.
师:okay, in Italy, sure. But you know it takes a long time to travel around the world. Hmm, can we travel around the world in a short time, maybe just a few hours? Can we? Yes or no?
生:yes.
师:how? How can we do that?
生:we can use computers to do that.
师:that is a great idea. That is a useful tool. Okay, sit down. Now please turn to page thirty - six. Read the introduction part. Let's read it together. Daniel is looking at a website.
生:website.
师:website, good. Okay. See question one, what is it?
生:it is a...
师:yes, a student number one. Yeah, tell me what it is.
生:it's a website.
师:good, good. What may the passage be about? Number three, yes.
生:travel.
师:travel online tour, good. Good, sit down. So next, let's look at the whole passage. As you can see, there are seven paragraphs, right? How many parts can we divide it into?
生:we can put it into three parts.
师:right. So paragraph one is part one. From paragraph two to paragraph...
生:six.
师:is part two. Okay, the last paragraph goes to part three. Okay, now please try to skim the passage, that is to say, you read it very quickly and tell me the main idea of each part. Have a try. For example, part one is about...
生:how to travel online.
师:how to travel right, how to travel online. What about paragraph two to paragraph six? Number five, yes.
师:excellent. Good. The last part, sit up. The last part is about how to... oh, excuse me, how to start a new tour, right?
生:yes.
师:okay. So next, before reading, let's look at a web page. See at the top of the page, what can you see? Number six, what can you see?
生:tour, camera and Britain.
师:they are called icons, right? Okay, follow me twice, icon.
生:icons, icons.
师:excellent, sit down. Okay, so next, we will listen and try to think, who is Robbie? And question two, how to start a new tour online? Oh, excuse me, I need a boy, a tall boy to help me. Can you?
师:yes, welcome to "Around the World in Eight Hours". I'm your tour guide Robbie. Have you noticed the tour icon at the top of the page? Just click on it and you can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more. In any case, okay. So let's take a look at, who is Robbie together?
师:and how to start an online tour? Three steps. The first one is...
生:find the tour icon.
师:right. Step two?
生:click on it.
师:okay, yes. What about step three?
生:pick a city.
师:yes or no? So which city have you chosen?
生:New York.
师:good, good. Question two, tell me where America is. So this is a map. Where is America? Can you tell me? Come on.
师:oh, okay. Let me see. Is this America? Yes or no?
生:yes.
师:okay, yes. That's it. Okay, let's know something about it. Let's read it together. Let's know something about the world. Okay, so follow me. This is Europe.
生:Europe, Europe.
师:next one, Asia.
生:Asia, Asia.
师:Africa.
生:Africa, Africa.
师:and the last one here is America, right? Actually, this is not America. This is South America, you know. Okay, the last question, let's listen again.
师:so much for New York. There's a back icon at the bottom of the page. Click on it, pick another city and then start your new tour. So how to start a new tour? Yeah, number seven, tell me how to start a new tour.
师:okay. So next we will come to New York with the help of Robbie. Before we start your online tour, I have three questions. How many places of interest does Robbie introduce? What are they? And can you mark them on the map? Okay, so much fun. Have you noticed there's a tour icon at the top of the page? Yes, can you mark them on the map? Question one, how many places of interest are there?
师:yes, yes. Yes. What are they?
生:they are Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park and Broadway.
师:yes, excellent. Good. And can you mark them on a map? I mean you put a mark here. So where is Wall Street? Can you find the sentence that tells us where is Wall Street in paragraph three? Right, let's read it.
生:Wall Street, the world - famous trade center is at the southern end of Manhattan island.
师:so it's here, you know. So it's here right. So after that, the next one is Times Square, right? Okay, and next is together, Central Park. The last one is Broadway, yeah. Okay, so you found the places of interest so quickly. Can you tell me how did you find that? Yes, the girl, yes.
师:how did you find that? Yes, you please.
师:so how did you find that? Just as we can see here. See. Okay, what about next? Which sentence tells us where is Times Square? You read it.
生:further on is Times Square.
师:good, further on is Times Square. Okay, next, Central Park. Any volunteer to read about Central Park? Yes.
师:yes, yes, with glasses. In the center of the island. Sit down. So my question is, how does Robbie introduce New York? Time order or space order?
生:space order.
