Unit2Englisharoundtheworld(說課稿)

1、Unit2 English around the worldThis is the second period of this unit which focuses on language. In this period ， several exercises about language on the textbook will be dealt with. Some important language points in the warming up and reading will be explained in detail.Language is the part which is

2、 tested much in any examination. Instead of remembering words and phrases inflexibly ， using them correctly should be the target. So this period should be taught with this purpose.At the beginning of the lesson ， homework will be checked. After that ， students are required to recall the information

3、on the content of the passage. By doing so ，students can get more chances to practice their spoken language. Then the exercises on language will be dealt with. In this part，students are expected to learn to use the words and phrases in the warming-up and comprehending. There are various types of exe

4、rcises on words and expressions. Besides， there is an exercise about prepositions in Am. English and Br. English. And it offers a listening practice on differences between Am. English and Br. English.To let students master words and phrases better，I'll present more detailed explanations about ho

5、w to use them in practice by offering some 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1. Knowledge ：Do some exercises to master words and phrases.2. Ability ：Learn to use these words and p

6、hrases in daily life.3. Emotion ：Train students perseverance and patience by remembering new words and phrases. 教學重點Explanation of words and phrases and practise using them. 教學難點How to let student master them well. 教具準備slides教學過程Step 1 Greetings and revision Greet the whole class as usual.T ： Yester

7、day we learnt a passage and I asked you to finish the comprehending exercises. Who can tell me the answer ？ S：A，D，C，D，BT： Great! Now who can retell the content of the passage to us ？S： Let me try. English is used more and more today. The number of the people speaking it is increasing rapidly. China

8、has the biggest number of English speakers. However ， even two native speakers do not speak the same English because there are many kinds of English. That is caused by communication of culture. So actually even they can not understand everything they say. Besides being spoken as the native tongue ，

9、English is 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 languageT： You did such a good job. You have mastered the text quite well. This period we will try to master the useful words and expressions in the first period

10、. First let 's do exercise 1 in the part of learning about language. Please read the word or phrase and then match it with the right meaning. ( Suggested answer： C D E F A B J G I H )T： Keep these words in mind. And then choose some of them to fill in the blanks in exercise 2. (suggested answer：

11、 native， actually ， vocabulary ， apartment，elevator)T： Now we 'll turn to a difficult one. You should fill in the blanks using the words from warming up and reading. At the same time， you'd better pay attention to the forms of the words. (Suggested answer：includes；culture ；present；Actually ；

12、phrases；gas；international ；rapidly ； Actually ； government )T： Well done! As we all know ，there're some differences between British English and American English. Can you give me some examples ？S：( Ss can present their report on their research yesterday)Suggested examples about differences betwee

13、n Am.English and Br.English in spelling ：American English British Englishneighborhoodlaborcolor honorable humor favorite theater kilometer meter somber center traveling labeling canceling controled license offense practice defense organization neighbourhood labour colour honourable humour favourite

14、theatre kilometre metre sombre centre travelling labelling cancelling controlled licenceoffencepractisedefenceorganisationT： Sometimes， they even use different prepositions. Let 's move to exercise 4.(Suggested answers： In Am. English ：on；on；of； on；from ； on；In Br. English ： in； at； to； into ； a

15、t)T： Excellent. Just now you said that British and American English use different words to express the same meaning. Let's move to exercise 5 and find out the different words that mean the same. S： sweets and candy； lorry and truck ；autumn and fallT ：So nice! Now please practise reading them in

16、pairs ， paying attention to the sentence stress and intonation.( Practice reading for a few minutes. )Step 3 Language pointsT：Then I 'll explain some useful words and expressions in warming-up and comprehending to you.1.include v. (never progressive) if one thing includes another ， it has the 2n

17、d thing as one of its p arts.包含，包括e.g. The price includes dinner ， beds， and breakfast.Durable goods includes such items as cars computers and 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

18、. ( 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 doesn 't contain any alcohol.There were four or five books containing toys and books.The information you need is contained in this report. container n. 容器，集裝箱2. play a role 扮演；

19、起作用play (a role/pa rt ) as. in.在 , 中扮演 ,e.g. Monitor plays an important role in managing a class.The role he played as a hero in that movie won him many prizes.3. the number of. , 的數(shù)量(謂語動詞為單數(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 lar

20、ge number of problems have been raised. 表示“許多”的詞語歸納 只能修飾可數(shù)名詞的有many，a good/great many， a (large/great) number of ， many a (+n.) 只能修飾不可數(shù)名詞的有much， a great/good deal of， a great amount of 可數(shù)和不可數(shù)均可修飾的有a lot of ， lots of ， plenty of，a large/great quantity of ； quantities of4. even ifeven though 即使He didn

21、't take her advice ，even though he knew it to be true.Even though he has got a good job， he still wants to look for a better one.5. not everythingnot 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， not any 等。e.g. Not every student enjoys playin

22、g football.T Every stude nt does n 'enjoy p lay ing football.T Some stude nts enjoy p lay ing football while others not.No student enjoys playing football.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 much his books are.

23、The subject came up in the conversation.TSomeone came up with the subject in the conversation.The seeds are just beginning to come up.7. com muni cate: vt.& vi. (1) 傳達； 通知；com muni cate + n. (to sb.)(2) com muni cate with與某人聯(lián)系或交流e.g. He communicated his intention to me.We communicate with each o

24、ther by letter.8. base vt.base sth. on/upon sth. 以 , 為基礎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 the movie.9. rule: (1) v. control控制，管理 (2) n.規(guī)章，條例(3)習慣，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 coun

25、try is developing fast under the rule of the Party. to follow/obey/break a ruleI go to bed early as a rule.the rules of grammer10. become closer toclose 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.clock.It is close to 6 oThe car cam

26、e 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 the rest 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.1

27、2. Only time will tell.tell ： know or judge 知道；判斷e.g. It ' s hard to tell whether he ' s telling the truth.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 we ' v

28、e learned a lot about one another this 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 canceled because of the snow.It is really a useful book because it explains everything very clearly.Be

29、cause of the Asian crisis ， the company's profit fall by 15% during 1997.15. such as 例如，用來列舉事物。 一般列舉幾個例子。 插在被列舉的事物與前面的名詞之間。 as 后不可有逗號。 for example 例如，用來列舉說明某一論點或情況。 一般只列舉一個為例， 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 the world.His spelling

30、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；到場的；出現(xiàn)的e.g. in the present situation 在目前形勢下at the present time 目前be present at. 出席 , ；在場be present in (物質(zhì))存在于 ”Most fathers wish to be present at the birth of their child. 大部分父親都希望孩子出生時自己在場。Ther

31、e are about 200 people present at the meeting. 大約 200 人出席了會議。Levels of pollution present in the atmosphere are increasing. 大氣中的污染程度正在加深。注：表示“出席的，到場的”時，不作前置定語。All the guests present at my birthday party are my good friends.(2) n.禮物；禮品；目前；現(xiàn)在e.g. birthday/Christmas/wedding presentYou' ve got to for

32、get the past and satrt living in the present. 你必須忘掉過去，開始現(xiàn)在的生活。I'm sorry he's out at present ( =now ) .(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.On his birthday， his friends presented him a collection of stamps. 在他生

33、日時，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. 這家人把寶劍捐贈給了博物館。The committee will present the final report to Parliament in June. 委員會將在六月向議會提交最后的報告。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. 至關重要的是我們要表現(xiàn)得更加團結。Step 4 Consolid

34、ationT：Now that we haVe got a general idea of these words and phrases. Lets make up some sentences using them to master them.Suggested sentences：1. Your duties include typing letters and answering the telephone.2. It is one of the greatest roles that she has played.3. A large number of people haVe a

35、pplied for the job.4. The number of the panda is declining.5.I'll go there， eVen if I haVe to walk.6. He came up to me to ask for a light.7. The noVel is about a family who can't communicate with each other.8. He based his plan on interests of most people.9. Why doesn'the make use of his

36、 singing talent？Step 5 Summary and homeworkT：Today we dealt with seVeral new words and phrases. After class I hope that you can read them again and again to keep them in mind. That 'sall for today. You are dismissed.板書設計Unit 2 English around the world The Second PeriodThe words and phrases： 1.in

37、clude ； including ； included2. play a role in3. the number of；a number of4. even if ；even though5. not everything6. come up7. communicate 8.base.on.9.rule10. close to11. make use of 12.Only time will tell. 13.one another14. because of/because15. such as/example16. present活動與探究This activity is to sup

38、ply students with a chance to use the words and phrases and inspire students imagination. So I will ask students to create an imaginary story with at least six words or phrases in it. They can work in pairs to work on it and in some spare time they can communicate their story to others. In the end ，

39、 I will judge which one will be the top 3.備課資料American English and British EnglishWritten English is more or less the same in both Britain and the USA ， and in everyday speech the two peoples have little difficulty in understanding one another. In fact ， the Americans have explored a large number of

40、 their words and phrases to Britain through literature ，the movies ， TV ， American soldiers during both world wars and tourists. The following words and phrases are of American origin ： teenager， boyfriend ， radio ， right away ， way of life ，etc.Some of the words that Americans now use come from the

41、 languages of their immigrants ， particularly from the Germans. The basic meaning of “ dumb ” in both British and American English ，is “ unable to speak”.In the USA ，it acquired a second meaning “ stupid”，straight from the German “ damn”（ stupid），and this second meaning has now crossed the Atlantic

42、to Britain. Of course ， there are some American words that are peculiar to the USA and are quite different from their equivalents in the rest of the English-speaking world. Here is a list of some of the most important.British English American Englishtaxi transport petrol main road motorway undergrou

43、nd subway pavement lorry car park secondary school universityautumn holiday fortnight rubbish dustbin wardrobe flat ground floor lift term hire a car tap bath dustbin rubbish to queue cab transportation gasoline highway interstate subway underpass sidewalk truck parking lot high school college fall

44、vacation two weeks garbage trashcan closet apartment first floor elevator semester rent a car faucet bathtub garbage can garbage， trash to line upThe words for the “ toilet ” can also cause confusion ，although the word “ toilet ” itself isroomroomcommon to both languages Am.English Br.English comfort station restroom bathroom li