English around the world說課稿

The Second Period

This is the second period of this unit which focuseson language. In this period, several exercisesabout language on the textbook will be dealt with. Some important

language points in the warming up and reading willbe explained in detail.

Language is the part which is tested much inany examination. Instead of rememberingwords and phrases inflexibly ,using them correctly should be the target. So this period should be taught with thispurpose

At the beginning of the lesson, homework will bechecked. After that, students arerequired to recall the information on the content of the passage. By doing so, students can get more chances topractice their spoken language. Then theexercises on language will be dealt with. In this part, students are expected to learn touse the words and phrases in the warming-up and comprehending. There are various types of exercises on words andexpressions. Besides, there is an exercise about prepositions in Am. Englishand Br. English. And it offers a listening practice on differences between Am. Englishand Br. English.

To let students master words and phrases better,I1l present more detailed explanations about how to use them in practice by offeringsome examples. After that, students should practise using them by making up sentences.With this method, students can master the words and phrases better.

●三維目標(biāo)

1. Knowledge:

Do some exercises to master words and phrases.

2. Ability:

Learn to use these words and phrases in daily life.

3. Emotion:

Train students perseverance and patience by rememberingnew words and phrases.

●教學(xué)重點(diǎn)

Explanation of words and phrases and practise usingthem.

●教學(xué)難點(diǎn)

How to let student master them well.

●教具準(zhǔn)備

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●教學(xué)過程

Step 1 Greetings and revision

Greet the whole class as usual.

T:Yesterday we learnt a passage and I asked youto finish the comprehending

exercises. Who can tell me the answer?

S:A,D,C,D,B

T:Great!Now who can retell the content of the passageto us?

S: Let me try. English is used more and more today. The number of the people speaking

it is in ereasing rapidly. China has the biggestnumber of English speakers. However, even two native speakers do not speak the sameEnglish because there are many kinds of English. That is caused by communicationof culture. So actually even they can notunderstand everything they say. Besides being spoken as the native tongue, Englishis also used as a foreign or 2nd language in many other countries. In a word, it is more and more important.

Step 2 Learning about language

T:You did such a good job. You have mastered thetext quite well. This period we will try to master the useful words and expressionsin the first period. First lets do exercise1 in the part of learning about language. Please read the word or phrase and thenmatch it with the right meaning.

(Suggested answer:CD E FABJGIH)

T:Keep these words in mind. And then choosesome of them to fill in the blanks in exercise 2.

(suggested answer: native, actually, vocabulary,apartment,elevator)

T:Now we ll turn to a difficult one. Youshould fill in the blanks using the words from warming up and reading. At thesame time, you d better pay attention to the forms of the words.

(Suggested answer: includes; culture; present;Actually;phrases; gas;international; rapidly; Actually; government)

T: Well done!As we all know, therere somedifferences between British Englishand American English. Can you give me some examples?

S:(Ss can present their report on their researchyesterday)

Suggested examples about differences between Am.English and Br. English inspelling:

T:Sometimes, they even use different prepositions.Lets move to exercise 4.

(Suggested answers: In Am. English; on; on; of;on; from; on; In Br. English: in;at; to; into; at)

T:Excellent. Just now you said that British and AmericanEnglish use different words to express the same meaning. Lets move to exercise5 and find out the different words that mean the same.

S: sweets and candy; lorry and truck; autumn andfall

T:So nice!Now please practise reading them in pairs,paying attention to the sentence stress and intonation.

(Practice reading for a few minutes. )

Step 3 Language points

T:Then Ill explain some useful words and expressionsin warming-up and comprehending to you.

1. include v. (never progressive) if one thing includesanother, it has the 2nd

thing as one of its parts. 包含，包括

e. g. Theprice includes dinner, beds, and breakfast.

Durable goods includes such items as cars computersand electrical appliances. including prep.

Included adj. (never before nouns)

The bill came to $450, including tax.

The bill came to $450, tax included.

contain v. (never progressive) if sth. contain sth, else, it has that thing inside，it or as part of it.包含；含有；容納

e. g. This drink doesnt contain any alcohol.

There were four or five books containing toysand books.

The information you need is contained in this report.

container n. 容器，集裝箱

2. play a role 扮演；起作用

play (a role/part) as. . . in. . . 在…… 中扮演……

e. g. Monitor plays an important role inmanaging a class.

The role he played as a hero in that movie wonhim many prizes.

3. the number of. . . ……的數(shù)量(謂語動(dòng)詞為單數(shù)形式)

a number of. . . 大量的；修飾可數(shù)名詞

The number of homeless people has increased.

Huge numbers of animals have died.

A large number of problems have been raised.

表示“許多”的詞語歸納

①只能修飾可數(shù)名詞的有

many,a good/great many,a (large/great) number of,many a(+n)

②只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有

much, a great/good deal of, a great amount of

③ 可數(shù)和不可數(shù)均可修飾的有

a lot of, lots of, plenty of, a large/great quantityof; quantities of

4. even if

Even though 即使

He didn t take her advice, even though he knewit to be true.

Even though he has got a good job, he stillwants to look for a better one.

5. not everything

not 與 every, each, both,all, everything, everybody 等連用為部分否定，全部否定用no one, none, neither, nothing, nobody, notany等。

e. g. Not every student enjoys playing football.

→Every student doesn t enjoy playing football.

→Some students enjoy playing football while othersnot.

No student enjoys playing footbal1.

6. come up (to):(1) move toward 走到跟前，走近 (2)to appear above the soil破土而出 (3)被提出，被討論

e. g. Strangers come up to him and say how muchhis books are.

The subject came up in the conversation.

→Someone came up with the subject in the conversation.

The seeds are just beginning to come up.

7. communicate: vt. &vi. (1)傳達(dá)：通知；communicate+n(to sb.) (2)communicate with 與某人聯(lián)系或交流

e. g. He communicated his intention to me.

We communicate with each other by letter.

8. base vt. base sth. on/upon sth. 以……為基礎(chǔ)

What are you basing this theory on?

The movie is based on a real story.

Please write a new story based on the plots of themovie.

9. rule:(1)v. control 控制，管理 (2)n. 規(guī)章，條例 (3)習(xí)慣，常規(guī) (4)規(guī)則，

定律 (5)統(tǒng)治，控制，管理

e. g. She once ruled over a vast empire.

Our country is developing fast under the rule ofthe Party. to follow/obey/break a rule

I go to bed early as a rule. the rules of grammer

10. become closer to

close to: 接近，靠近；幾乎

e. g. Our house is close to the bus stop.

Go further away!You are too close to me.

Come closer to me.

It is close to 6 o clock.

The car came close to killing the granny.

closely adv. 緊密地；密切地

I sat and watched everyone very closely.

He walked into the room, closely followed by therest of the family.

11. make (good/full/no. . . ) use of 使用，利用

e. g. We could make good better use of our resources.

Every minute should be made use of to study more.

12. 0nly time will tell.

tell:know or judge 知道；判斷

e. g. Its hard to tell whether hes telling thetruth.

Time will tell whether he is faithful to you.

tell A from B區(qū)分，辨別

e. g. Can you tell Tom from his twin brother?

13. one another互相，通常為三者或三者以上之間的互相；each other 兩者之間的互相

e. g. I think weve learned a lot about one anotherthis term.

The couple loved each other deeply.

14. because of 為介詞詞組，后跟名詞性詞組

because 為連詞，后跟從句

e. g. We went by bus because it is cheaper.

The first game of the season was canceledbecause of the snow.

It is really a useful book because it explains everythingvery clearly.

Because of the Asian crisis, the companys profitfall by 15% during 1997.

15. such as 例如，用來列舉事物。一般列舉幾個(gè)例子。插在被列舉的事物與前面的名詞之間。as后不可有逗號(hào)。 for example 例如，用來列舉說明某一論點(diǎn)或情況。一般只列舉一個(gè)為例，作插入語，可位于句首、句中或句末。

e. g. For example, air is invisible.

Ball games, for example, have spread around theworld.

His spelling is terrible!Look at the word for example.

I like drinks such as tea and coffee.

16. present

(1)adj. 現(xiàn)在的；出席的；到場(chǎng)的；出現(xiàn)的

e. g. in the present situation 在目前形勢(shì)下

at the present time 目前

be present at. . . 出席…… ;在場(chǎng)

be present in (物質(zhì))存在于……

Most fathers wish to be present at the birth oftheir child.

大部分父親都希望孩子出生時(shí)自己在場(chǎng)。

There are about 200 people present at the meeting.

大約200人出席了會(huì)議。

Levels of pollution present in the atmosphere areincreasing.

大氣中的污染程度正在加深。

注：表示“出席的，到場(chǎng)的”時(shí)，不作前置定語。

All the guests present at my birthday party aremy good friends.

(2)n. 禮物；禮品：目前；現(xiàn)在

e. g. birthday/Christmas/wedding present

(3)v. 給：提出；展現(xiàn)，顯現(xiàn)

present sb. with sth. ; present sth. to sb. 把. . 交給；頒發(fā)；授予

present sth. (for sth. )/present sth. to sb.

e. g. Om his birthday, his friends presented hima collection of stamps.

在他生日時(shí)，他的朋友們送給他一套郵票作為禮物。

The sword was presented by the family to the museum.

這家人把寶劍捐贈(zèng)給了博物館。

The committee will present the final report to Parliamentin June.

委員會(huì)將在六月向議會(huì)提交最后的報(bào)告。

You need to present yourself better.

你需要更善于展現(xiàn)自己。

It is essential that we present a united front.

至關(guān)重要的是我們要表現(xiàn)得更加團(tuán)結(jié)。