1、What tourist destinations have you ever visited or would you like to visit?P 1(2)There are many popular tourist destinations around the world.Look at the postcards below and Look at the postcards below and discuss the following question in pairs.discuss the following question in pairs.ChinaUKUSAAust
2、raliaWhat do you know about these places?P 1The Lijiang or Li River is a huge river in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,China.The river flows 83 kilometers from Guilin to Yangshuo and is one of Chinas best tourist attractions.The Li River is best enjoyed by taking a cruise(乘船游览乘船游览).On the cruis
3、e,you can see the mighty Karst Mountains(喀斯特群山喀斯特群山)and views that will take your breath away.Nearby there are some good markets and places to go for backpacking(徒步旅行徒步旅行).Lijiang RiverThe Empire State BuildingThe Empire State Building is located in Midtown Manhattan,on Fifth Avenue at 34th Street.E
4、mpire State Building,steel-framed skyscraper rising 102 stories that was completed in New York City in 1931 and was the tallest building in the world until 1971.It remains one of the most distinctive(独特的独特的)and famous buildings in the United States and is one of the best examples of Modernist Art De
5、co design(现代主义艺术设计现代主义艺术设计).Big BenBig Ben,is a Clock Tower attached to the Palace of Westminster,the building of Parliament in the United Kingdom.It is one of the worlds famous Gothic buildings,and the landmark building of London and even the United Kingdom.Big Ben first rang across Westminster on
6、31 May 1859.The tower is 95 meters high,the bell has a diameter(直径直径)of 7 meters and weighs 13.7 tons.It goes off every 15 minutes.Uluru,also known as Ayers Rock(艾尔斯岩石艾尔斯岩石),is a large sandstone rock formation in the south-west of Australias Northern Territory.A sacred(神圣的神圣的)site to indigenous(土著的土
7、著的)Australians,Uluru rises 348 metres above the desert plain and reaches a height of 863 metres above sea level.The entire Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park(乌鲁卢乌鲁卢-卡塔丘塔国家公园卡塔丘塔国家公园)was selected by UNESCO as a World Cultural and Natural Heritage Site in 1987.Uluru(/uluru/)(Ayers Rock)How would you describe each of the four postcards above?ChinaUKUSAAustraliaWhats your favourite tourist destination?And how do you feel about it?What tourist destinations have youever visited or would you like to visit?Can you describe your favourite tourist destination to your classmates?
