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1、UNIT11TravelWarmup-ThinkingabouttheTopicLookatthesephotos.Talkaboutthemwithyourpartner.1Whatsortofplacesarethese?2Trytoidentifythemandnamethecountrieswheretheycanbefound.3Whichisthemostrecentone?4Now,worktogetherwithapartnertomakesomesentencesabouttheimages.BeginningtoReadSca
2、nningforSpecificInformationTheWeirdandtheWonderful-That'sTourism!ATheBeijingOlympicsstartedon08.08.08,buton07.07.07therewasaneventofalmostequalimportance,Onthatearlierdate,thenewSevenWondersoftheWorldwereannounced.Thesereplacedmostoftheoriginalancientones,althoughEgypt'sPyram
3、idsweregivenanhonoraryplace.ThefinalrevisedlistincludedtheancientstonecityofPetrainJordanandtheruinedcityofMachuPicchuinPeru.Italy'sColosseum,India'sTajMahalandMexico'sChichenItzawerethreemagnificentbuildingsthatwereincluded,andBrazil'stoweringstatueofChristtheRedeemer,whichw
4、asonlybuiltin1931,joinedtheoldermembersofthelist.And,needlesstosay,theupdatedlistwouldhavebeenincompletewithouttheinc1usionof8China'sGreatWall,whichwasbuilttodefendthecountryfrominvaders.BThosesites,areverypopular,andpeopletravelfromallovertheworldtoviewthem,butotherthanlooki
5、ngatthem,there'sverylittleelsetodo.Touristcompaniesincities,townsorvillageswanttogetpeopletocomeandhaveagoodtimeandspendtheirmoney,sotheyhavetodreamupwaysofattractingthetourists.Thentheyhavetokeepthemtherebyprovidingthemwithsomethingdifferent,excitingorevendownrightdangeroust
6、odo;thetrick,though,istothinkofsomethingunique.CThatcouldbesomethinglikeNewZealand'soriginalbungyjumping,forexample,whereastretchyropeistiedaroundyouranklesandyoujumpfromagreatheight,stopping(hopefully)justbeforetheground.Oritcouldbedragonboatraces,forinstance,whichtakeplacei
7、nChinaeachyearonthefifthdayofthefifthmonthaccordingtotheChineselunarcalendar.Ifyousaybungy,peopleimmediatelythinkofNewZealand,andifyousaydragonboat,peopleatoncethinkofChina,butyoucandobungyjumpsinotherpartsoftheworld,andyoucanseedragonboatracinginSingaporeorotherplacesoversea
8、s.DBigcitiesusuallyhavemanyattractionstokeeptouristshappy,butsmaller
