Unit 22 Britain and Ireland

Lesson 85 (dialogue) 教学设计方案

1.Dialogue presentation

　　Ask the Ss some questions and make a dialogue with the students:

　　T: Where are you from ?

　　S: I’m from China(Beijing).

　　T: But you speak English.

　　S: English is used by the world.

　　T: Very good. Do you know what countries are using English ?

　　S: Such as :England, America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and so on.

　　T: So we can say the English, the Americans, the Canadians, the Australians and the New Zealanders are speaking English.

　　T: So today we are going to learn something about England.

　　II. Dialogue Practice

　　Practice 1.Listening.Ask the Ss to fill in the blanks with the information they hear on the tape.

　　David is from Britain.

　　He is British

　　He is not English.

　　He speaks English.

　　He is Scottish.

　　It is  to the north  of England.（斜体为答案）

　　Practice 2.Ask the Ss to retell the dialogue in the third person form.

　　Model:

　　David is from Britain. He speaks English. He is British, but he is not England. He is Scottish. He is from Scotland, which is to the north of England; it's part of Britain.

　　Practice 3.Ask the Ss to make dialogues similar to the one in L85.

　　Model: Fill in the blanks with proper words.

　　Long ago, the first travellers went to Ireland from ________, and later from the south and west of _________. They found that much of the land was _________, but there was ________ grass for sheep and cows, _________ it rained a lot. The seas around Ireland were full of all sorts of __________. Many of the peasants were very poor and they lived mainly on _________. Around __________, potatoes __________ bad because of a terrible disease and many people died of ___________. Tens of thousands had to travel to other countries to look _________ a better life. Although many families became __________, people still kept in __________ with each other. Now life has improved for the population. Most Irish people go to __________ every Sunday and the church plays an important part in people s lives. The Irish are very fond of __________ and ____________. They often get together in the evening to ___________ and ___________ music.

　　A: Are you from England ?

　　B: No, I’m not.

　　A: But you speak English.

　　B: That’s correct.

　　A: Where are you from then ?

　　B: I’m from the USA.

　　A: So you are American.

　　B: That’s right.

　　Practice 4 Ask the Ss the following questions.

　　1) Where is England?(to/on the south of Scotland, in the south of Britain)

　　2)Where is Ireland ?(to the west of England)

　　3)Where is London? (to the east of Cardiff)

　　4)Where is Wales? (on the west of England, to the south of Scotland)

To	不相邻，或接壤，但强调方向
On	互相接壤
In	在内部

　　Practice 5. Get the Ss to ask and answer questions in pairs with the words “to, on, in” using a map of China.

Model: 1) Where is China ? (in the east of Asia, to the east of Japan)

　　　　2) Where is Beijing ? (to the north of Hangzhou)

　　III. Dialogue production

　　Ask the Ss to make dialogues according to the situation given below.

Situation: A and B are university students. They are from different parts of China. Now they are talking about their hometown.

Model:

　　A: Where are you from ?

　　B: I’m from Hangzhou.

　　A: So you’re from the south.

　　B: That’s right. How about you ?

　　A: I’m from Shenyang—the northeast.

　　B: Oh, I know it’s very cold in winter in Shenyang.

　　A: Yes. You have to wear warm clothes.

　　B: Does it often snow in winter there ?

　　A: Of course. How about your hometown?

　　B: It seldom snows. I have never seen snow.

　　A: What a pity! If you have a chance, please pay a visit to my hometown to have a look at the snow scenery.

　　B: That’s very kind of you. I’m looking forward to it.

　　A: Tell me something about your hometown. It must be very beautiful.

　　B: Yes, it is. What I like to do most is to have a walk after dinner around the West Lake.

　　A: What a scene! I wish one day I could go there..

IV Homework

　　1.Page 84 Ex 3

　　2.查阅地理教材，或网上查询“英国的地理概况”

Lesson 86多媒体教学设计方案

Teaching Aims

　　(1) Study this lesson to know more about Britain.

　　(2)The students are trained to improve their reading ability.

　　(3) Learn about the language points concerned with the lesson.

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Presentation

　　教师活动：教师展示大不列颠地图，（见ppt.）然后进行设问，教师让学生积极参与，课堂气氛活跃。

　　学生活动：学生看着地图，找出问题的答案。

　　Show the Britain map then find out the position of the countries.

　　1.Where is Britain? 

　　2.Where is England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales?

Step 2 Watch the Video

　　教师活动：教师演示课文视频(见ppt.)，并且给学生简易地图，学生能够找出各个国家及首都的位置。教师提问各别学生。

　　学生活动：学生通过简易地图，说出并且找出各个国家及首都的位置。

　　Fill the countries on the map.

　　England,  Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Dublin, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London.

Step 3 Listening

　　教师活动：教师把本课的几部分内容进行精听，播放各段声音文件（见ppt.）播放一遍后，给学生问题进行回答，之后教师进行总结并且展示各个国家的地图（见ppt.）

　　学生活动：学生听完录音后，回答下面的问题。

　　Listening each paragraph. While checking the answers, you can write the key words in the blanks.

　　1)UK : a. stands for_________________________ b. It is made up of_____________________

　　Key: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

　　2)Scotland

　　a. Capital_____________ b. position_____________ c. Language ________________

　　d. countryside____________________________

Key:

　　Edinburgh, in the north, English / Scottish, famous for its beautiful countryside

II Wales 

　　a. position __________ b. capital _________ c. language _________ d. countryside _______________________e. coal mines ____________________________________

Key: to the west of England ,Cardiff, Welsh / English , beautiful with lots of mountains and rivers, many of them have been closed, or are about to be closed. 

III England

　　a. position _______________ b. capital __________

　　c. population _____________ d. landforms ________________________________

Key: in the southeast , London,  seven million, rather flat and many hills 

IV Ireland

　　1). Northern Ireland

　　a. position   ______ b. capital ____________   c. Language________

　　2).The Republic of Ireland

　　a. position  _____ b. capital _______________c. Language__________

Key:

　　Northern Ireland　　in the north of Ireland 　　Belfast  English / Irish

　　The Republic of Ireland　　in the south of Ireland　　Dublin  English / Irish      

Step 4Reading

　　教师活动：教师组织学生阅读课文，并且提问各别学生对课文的理解程度。

　　学生活动：学生通过阅读，回答下面的问题。

　　Read the text and choose the best answer to each question.

　　1. _________ divides the “UK” into two parts.

　　A . The Irish Sea          B. The River Thames

　　C. The English           D. The Pacific Ocean

　　2. The island of Britain is made up of _________ .

　　A. Wales, Ireland and England  B. Edinburgh, London and Dublin

　　C. Ireland, Wales and Scotland  D. Scotland, Wales and England

　　3. There used to be a lot of coal mines ________.

　　A. in the south of England    B. in the south of Scotland

　　C. in the southeast of Britain    D. to the west of England

　　4. Which country lies to the west of England and southeast of Ireland?

　　A. Scotland.    B. Wales.    C. England.      D. Ireland.

　　5. Dublin is the capital of _________.

　　A. Britain     B. Ireland   C. Wales     D. the Republic of Ireland

　　6. The Southern part of the island is a separate country, called the Repubhc of Ireland with Dublin as its capital. In this sentence, a “separate country” is a country _________.

　　A. separated by the Irish Sea   B. separated from UK

　　C. which is independent      D. separated by many lakes and mountains

　　7. The reason why the first travellers went to Ireland from Scotland later from the west of Europe perhaps is ________.

　　A. that there was enough grass for sheep and cows

　　B. that it rained so much

　　C. that the seas were full of all sorts of fish

　　D. not found in the text

　　8. Sunday is a day on which most Irish people ________.

　　A. enjoy listening to music　　B. have a party

　　C. read their own poems to each other　　D. go to church

Key: [ADDBDADD]

Step 6 Practise

　　教师活动：教师播放最后一段录音（见ppt.），组织学生一起回答下列问题。

　　学生活动：学生听录音后，回答下列问题。

　　Describe the weather in Britain and Ireland and fill in the form.

Winter: ______________________       Summer: ________________________ North:_______________________       South:_________________________ East:________________________        West:___________________________ Rain: ________________________       Snow: ___________________________

Key:

Winter: not too cold     Summer: not too hot

North: colder          South: warmer

East: drier             West: wetter

Rain: It rains every month of the year in all parts of Britain.

Snow: Snow falls in Scotland every winter, and sometimes in England and Wales too.

Step7 Language points

　　教师活动：教师归纳本课的重点词语并且对部分词汇进行练习，教师可一边讲解，一边练习提问。

　　学生活动：学生在掌握重点词语后，能够会做下面练习。

　　1)Deal with the language points

　　stand for              be made up of           be famous for 

　　to the north of          in the north of          on the north of

　　be about to do sth.      Be divided into          be separated by

　　2)Choose the right phrase for each blank.

　　divide. . .into . . . neither. . .nor. . . be about to, used to ,be famous for, be fond of

　　1. Sydney _______ _________ _______its Opera House (歌剧院) .

　　2. Every year, millions of people ______ ________ smoking (吸烟).

　　3. Kunming is called Spring City, because the weather there is _________ too hot _________ too cold at any time of the year.

　　4. We ______ _________  ______leave when it began to rain.

　　5. This room is too big. We should __________ it __________ two.

　　6. They ______  ________play basketball every day when they were at college.

Key:1. is famous for 　　　　2. die of

　　3. neither . . . nor 　　5. divide . . . into

　　4. were about to　　　　6. used to

Step 8 Homework

　　Prepare Lesson 87

　　Introduction

　　教师活动：教师展示相关内容一些图片（见ppt.），如：River Thames, the Big Ben, Britain Bridge.

Lesson 87多媒体教学设计方案

Fill in the blanks with proper words.

　　Long ago, the first travellers went to Ireland from ________, and later from the south and west of _________. They found that much of the land was _________, but there was ________ grass for sheep and cows, _________ it rained a lot. The seas around Ireland were full of all sorts of __________. Many of the peasants were very poor and they lived mainly on _________. Around __________, potatoes __________ bad because of a terrible disease and many people died of ___________. Tens of thousands had to travel to other countries to look _________ a better life. Although many families became __________, people still kept in __________ with each other. Now life has improved for the population. Most Irish people go to __________ every Sunday and the church plays an important part in people s lives. The Irish are very fond of __________ and ____________. They often get together in the evening to ___________ and ___________ music.

　　Scotland　　fish　　for 　　music

　　Europe　　potatoes　　separated　　poems

　　poor　　1850　　touch　　sing

　　enough　　went　　church　　play

　　 because　　hunger

Lesson 88教学设计方案

Teaching Aims:

　　1. Help the Ss to remember what they have learned in this unit.

　　2.  Finish the listening task.

Teaching procedures:

Step I Revision

　　1. Check their homework.(if possible, the teacher can show a passage written by one student on the blackboard and ask the others to correct it.)

　　2. Give a dictation in class.(if possible, after class the teacher can ask one student who often makes many mistakes in the dictation to check the others’ papers, it is good for him/her)

Step II Listening

　　1. Listen to the tape and answer one question.

　　What is the water used for ? (2 things)

Answers: (1).to make electricity

　　　　(2).to be sent to large cities in England

　　2. Listen to the tape again and fill in the blanks in the ppt.

　　3. Listen to the tape again and do the exercise on Page 128.

Step III Test

　　P32. Part 2. Fill in the blanks.

Step IV Extra work

　　If possible , the teacher can read English newspapers and get some sentences which use the Past Perfect Tense. Give them to the students and help them to understand.

　　1.The passengers, who had organized their tour through six Chinese travel agencies from provinces such as Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi and Shandong, were thrown from their seats.(这是一篇关于中国乘客在越南附近海域遇难的报道)（过去完成时）

　　2.The yacht had stopped completely. （过去完成时）

　　3.Li draws attention to the particularly high suicide rate of Chinese women, which is 25 percent higher than that of men.（定语从句）

　　4.The more easily they are satisfied with themselves and society, the less likely they are to attempt suicide.（句型：the+比较级…,the +比较级….）

　　5.Zhang says it is common for people to experience a sense of defeat.

　　（句型：It is adj for sb to do sth.）

　　（3-5是关于一篇调查自杀的报道）

　　6.Like many other US-based airlines, United had a prosperous 1990’s, in which its staff and their wages increased rapidly.（定语从句）

Step V Composition

1999年高考试题

　　假如你是李华,在一所中学读书，最近受到美国朋友先生的来信. 他三年前参观过你校,听说现在变化很大，希望了解有关情况.参照下图,给他写一封回信,介绍你校的变化.

　　(1).教学楼   (2).操场   (3).教学楼   (4).操场

注意:

　　1. 回信须包括图画的主要内容，可以适当增减细节,是内容连贯；

　　2.  词数100左右.

July 9

Dear Mr Smith,

Best wishes,

　　　Yours

Li Hua

答案:

July 9

Dear Mr Smith,

　　I was so pleased to hear from you and I am writing to tell you somtthing about my school. You are right. Quite a few changes have taken place. On one side of the road there is a  new classroom building . On the other side, where the playground used to be now stands another new building—our library. In it there are all kinds of books, newspapers and magazines. The playground is now in front of the school. We have also planted a lot of trees in and around the school. I hope you come and see for yourself some day.

Best wishes,

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Li Hua

Step VI Homework

　　1.Finish off the rest of the exercises in the workbook.

　　2.Prepare for the next unit.