剑桥国际英语interchange2-unit11
1 Snapshot
Famous landmarks
The Statue of Liberty
Mac Picchu
The Eiffel Tower
The Colosseum in Rome
2.PESPECTIVES The Empire State Building
A How much do you know about the Empire
State Building?Check (√) the sentences you
think are true.
B Now listen and check your answers.
What information is the most surprising？
3. GRAMMAR FOCUS
Passive with by (simple past)
The passive changes the focus of a sentence.
For the simple past, use the past of be + past particple
Active
The president opened the building in 1931.
An American artitect designed the building.
Pssive
It was opened by the president in 1931.
It was designed by an American architect.
A . Match the phrases in column A from B
A
1. The Kiss
2.Thesong"Yesterday"
3.The film Schindler's List
4. The novel Pride and Prejudice
5.The opera Carmen
B
a. was composed by Georges Bizet.
b. was painted by Gustav Klimt.
c. was written by Jane Austen.
d. was directed by Steven Spielberg.
e.was recorded by the Beatles
B. Pair work Chang these sentences into passive
1 Frederic Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty in 1884.
2 Marie Curie discovered radium in 1898.
3 Gabriel Garcia Marquea wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude in 1971.? 4 Woo Paik produced the first digital HDTV(high-definition television) in 1991.
5 Salma Hayek played Frida Kahlo in the movie Frida in 2002.
5. PRONUNCIATION The letter O
A Listen and practice. Notice how the letter o is pronounced in the following words.
not top no
don't
do
food
one
love
B How is the letter o pronounced in these words? write them in the correct column in part A. Then listen and check your answers. come done lock own shot soon who wrote
6 Listening :Ancient monuments ? 1. The Pyramids 2. Machu Picchu ?
Egyptian an ancient Inca city ?
Nile in the jungle ?
Cairo['ka??r??] tourist attraction ?
burial place ?
mummy ?
preserve[pr??z?:v]: keep ?
belonging 3. The Great Wall ?
man-made structure ?
protect the border ?
stretch
ruin:something are the parts of it that remain after it has been severely damaged or weakened.
7 WORD POWER Where is it from?
A Complete the chart. Then add one more to each category.
cars cattle chickens coffee corn lobsters
microchips oysters rice sheep shrimp televisions Farmed:
Grown:
Manufactured:
Raised:
B Group work Talk about things that are found in your country.
"We grow coffee. We also manufactures cars."
8 CONVERSATION I need some information.
Kelly: Hello?
John: Oh,hello. I need some information. What currency is used in the European Union?
Kelly: Where?
John: The European Union.
Kelly: I think the euro is used in most of the EU.
John: Oh, right. And is English spoken much there?
Kelly: I really have no diea.
John: Huh? Well, what about credit cards? Are they acceped everywhere?
Kelly: How would I konw?
John: Well, you are a travel agent, aren't you?
Kelly: What？This is a hair salon. You halve the wrong number.
9 GRAMMAR FOCUS
Passive without by (simple present)
For the simple present, use the present of be+ past particle
Active
They use the euro in most of the European Union.
They speak English in many European countries.
They manufature a lot of cars in Europe.
Passive
The euro is used in most of the EU.
English is spoken in many European countires.
A lot of cars are manufatured in Europe.
A Complete the sentences. Use the simple present passive form.
Many crops_____(grow) in Taiwan. Some crops_____(consume) locally, but others _________(export). Tea_____(grow) in cooler parts of the island and rice_____(cultivate）in warmer parts. Fishing is also an important
industry. A wide variety of seafood_____(catch). Many people
______(employ) in the electrinics and textile industries.
B Complete the sentence. Use the passive of these verbs.
grow make up manufacture raise speak use
land1. French and English ______ in Canada,
2. A lot of rice ____ in Vietnam.
3. The U.S_____ of 50 states.
4. A lot of sheep ____ in New Zealand.
5, Cars and computer_____ in South Korea.
6. The U.S dollar ____ in Ecuador.
10 LISTENING Colombia
A Listen to a short talk about Colombia. Complete the chart.?Facts about Colombia
Location
Population
Language
Industries
Agricultural products
B Listen again. Check(√）the things the speakers mentions about Colombia.