ENGLISH YEAR 5
UNIT 1 TOWN & CITIES
LESSON 1
AIM: TALK ABOUT
PLACES IN A TOWN OR
CITY
GET TO KNOW THESE
VOCABULARY
LIBRAR
图书馆 Y
At the British Library,
there are fourteen million
books.
LIBRAR
PARK
公园 Y
The scenery at the park was breathtaking.
LIBRAR
HOTEL
酒店 Y
The Weil Hotel is a very famous hotel.
LIBRAR
MONUMENT
纪念碑 Y
Nelson’s Column is a tall monument.
LIBRAR
SQUARE
广场 Y
Nelson’s Column is at Trafalgar Square.
LIBRAR
SHOP
商店 Y
Harrods is a very famous shop.
LIBRAR
BUS
STATIONY
巴士站
London buses stop at Victoria bus station.
LIBRAR
MARKET
Y
菜市
People shop at the markets in Covent
Garden.
LIBRAR
CINEMA
Y
电影院
People watch 3D films in the IMAX cinema.
LIBRAR
RESTAURANT
Y
餐馆
Many interesting Chinese food are in the
restaurants of Chinatown.
LIBRAR
STATION
Y
站
Take a train from King’s Cross station.
LIBRAR
THEATRE
Y
戏院
The West End is London’s theatre district.
LIBRAR
BRIDGE
Y
桥
You can see the Thames River from Tower
Bridge.
LIBRAR
OFFICE
BUILDING
Y
工作楼
The shard is London’s new and very tall
office building.
Listen
Is your town a good place to live? Yes, I think so.
It’s great that there are lots of things to do in
the evening. There are some cafes, cinemas,
restaurants, things like that. There isn’t a theatre
here. It’s a interesting place to live. Have you got
a favourite place in your town. Yes, my favourite
place is a French restaurant. I really love French
food. There isn’t a theatre here. I like living in
this town.
THERE ISN’T A _________
theatre
HERE.
Listen
Tell me about your city. Do you like it here. Yes,
it’s okay here. I like it. We got a sport centre near
our house and it’s great and there are some parks
in the city, too.
THERE ARE
parks
SOME_________ IN THE
CITY.
Listen
What do you think of your town? We got a library
near our house. There is an old bridge and a
monument too. Yes, it is an exciting place. There’s
a café. Yes, but there is one café and it is at the
bus station.
THERE IS AN OLD_________
bridge
.
cafe
THERE IS A _________ .
Listen
Yes, there aren’t any good shops there. Yeah, it
isn’t really good to be honest. Yes, it isn’t really
good.
THERE ARE ANY GOOD
shops
_________ .
There’s, There are + a, an, some, any
• There is ( There’s ) + Singular noun
affirmative
There’s a cinema.
negative
There isn’t a cinema.
There’s, There are + a, an, some, any
• There is ( There’s ) + Singular noun
affirmative
There’s an office building.
negative
There isn’t an office building.
There’s, There are + a, an, some, any
• There are + plural noun
affirmative
There are two cinemas.
There are some cinemas.
negative
There aren’t any cinemas.
Exercise: Affirmative /Negative
Affirmative: There are some shops in my street.
Negative: There aren’t any shops in my street.
Exercise: Affirmative /Negative
Affirmative: There is a nice sports centre in my
area.
Negative: There isn’t a nice sports centre in my
area.
