老师：Hello, boys and girls. Welcome to my English class. Today is the last lesson of Unit 4, history and traditions, video time. First of all, let's focus on the learning objectives in today's lesson. You will collect key information about historic places in London through the video, understand the importance of history to London, and introduce a local city. From the aspects of history and traditions in your previous lesson, you have Learned a lot about the UK. How about London? What do you know about London? Can you tell me? Actually, in the reading text, there is a short introduction to London. Last, listen and recall.
学生：The capital city. London is a great place to start, as it is an ancient port city that has a history dating all the way back to Roman times. There are countless historic sites to explore and lots of museums with ancient relics from all over the UK.
老师：Indeed, there are countless historic sites and a lots of museums in London. If you have a chance to visit London, what do you expect to see? Here is a list of must seas in London. Do you know them? Or let's read them together. Please read after me.
老师：Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, houses of Parliament, tower of London, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge. What's means to Abby? What do you know about these historic places? What do they look like and what are their features? Can you match the names with the photos? Well, let's watch and explore. Please do. Activity one, match the place names with the photos and take notes to record their information. Here we go.
学生：London is one of the world's 10 great cities, and it's a perfect blending of the past and the present. A city with so many places to visit that you could never find the time to view them all. Samuel Johnson was right when he said that when someone is tired of London, he is tired of life.
学生：Here's the Westminster Bridge on the River Thames. It's a great city to walk in, as there are no hills to negotiate on foot. And the best starting point is near the Parliament Buildings and Westminster Bridge, with its views of the Parliament Buildings and Big Ben. With a population of almost nine million people, London is Europe's biggest city, spreading over an area of more than 900 square miles from its core on the River Thames.
学生：The Tower Bridge has long symbolized the city of London to people around the world. It's the gateway to the capital for ships coming up river to dock in the port. And it is the first bridge over the Thames coming up river from the east. Ships are not required to wait. The road traffic on the bridge must give way to the traffic on the river.
学生：The tower of London marks the eastern extent of the Old City. It's usually thought of as a place of imprisonment and death, but has variously
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