牛津高中英语M9U1Task：planningatrip.doc

Planning a trip Step 1 Listening strategies When you are listening to a speech or a conversation, sometimes you have to infer or guess some of the information that is not clearly stated; or sometimes you have to pay special attention to the detailed information though it’s mentioned directly. In this case, you have to take notes and see what you can learn from the speech or conversation. Step 2 Listening 1. Ask the students to read the instructions. Have a look at Part A and explain to them some famous places in New York. (1) Kennedy International Airport(肯尼迪国际机场)是纽约市的主要国际机场，也是全世界最大机场之一。1963年11月22日美国总统约翰·肯尼迪遇刺身亡，12月24日机场改名为“约翰·菲茨杰拉德·肯尼迪国际机场”以纪念这位总统the island of Manhattan(曼哈顿岛) (3) the Statue of Liberty(自由女神像) (4) the UN Headquarters(l联合国总部) 2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. Typescript Ms Martin: Hello, Mr Liu. Mr Liu: Hello, Ms Martin. Ms Martin: We have finished organizing the trip. Could you confirm when you are arriving, please? Mr Liu: Yes. We will arrive at Kennedy International Airport on Friday, October the fourteenth at five thirty p.m. Will you be able to meet us? Ms Martin: Yes. We’ll have a bus there to meet you. You’ll be staying at the International Students’ Inn at ninety West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street in Manhattan. That’s number ninety on West One Hundred and Sixteenth Street. Manhattan is spelt M-A-N-H-A-T-T-A-N. The phone number is two-one-two-eight-six-two-seven-eight-two-four. That’s two-one-two-eight-six-two-seven-eight-two-four. Mr Liu: Thanks. Ms Martin: Now, your band will perform two concerts. The first one will be on Monday the seventeenth at Lincoln High School. Lincoln is spelt L-I-N-C-O-L-N. Two days later, your band will perform a second concert at Washington College. We are also inviting you to attend our school’s concerts on Saturday the fifteenth, and again on Tuesday the eighteenth. Then, there will be a farewell party on Thursday night at our school. For fun, we have organized some group tours to show you aro