Reading and vocabulary国家获奖教案

Book 1

Module 4 A Social Survey—My Neighborhood Cultural Corner：Reading and Writing Teaching Aims：1. Make students know some new words and phrases.

2. Improve students’ reading ability.

3. Make students can write a composition about the changes in their hometown. Important Points：1. Make students find out the changes happening in the countryside of western

Europe and the result of these problems.

2. Make students know how to describe the changes in their hometown. Difficult Points：Make students can analyze the changes in their hometown. Teaching Procedures：

Step 1 Lead-in

（1）show pictures about the countryside in western Europe.

Four pictures：beautiful，quiet.

Three pictures：abandoned，ugly，sad.

（2）words and phrases study：

disappear v. 消失；a number of 许多；lively adj. 充满活力的

remain v. 留下

go up 上升；afford v. 买得起

mean v. 意味着

fight v. 努力争取，为...斗争

survive v. 死里逃生，活下来，从(困难中)挺过来

Step 2 Reading

Fast reading

Task 1 Read the text quickly，and match the paragraphs with the main ideas. （2minutes）

Para.1

A. The problems of some villages in western Europe.

Para. 2

B. Results of these problems.

Para. 3

C. The countryside is changing in some western European countries.

Careful reading

Read the text carefully，and finish the following tasks.

Task 2 Read paragraph 1.（1minute）

Which country is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 1 ?

A.

B.

C.

D.

Task 3 Read paragraph 2.（8minutes）

(1) What are these problems?

Firstly,

move to

to live somewhere

.

Secondly, people move to the

to

, as there are

in

the countryside.

Thirdly, city people make the price of village houses go up, so farmers can't afford to

buy a house there.

Lastly, it is

for

to

from their farms. So they

and

.

Task 4 Read paragraph3. What results will these problems lead to？

First, many

will have to

to

.

Second, the

will be a

and

place. Step 3 Conclusion

The countryside is

in some countries in western Europe.

There are

main problems. First of all, young people move to the towns to live

somewhere

. Also, people move to the cities to

. What's

more, city people make the

of some village houses

, so farmers can't

to buy a house there. Lastly, it is more difficult for farmers to

from their

.

As a result, many western European villages are

to

, and the

countryside would be a sadder place without

. Step 4

Group discussion What changes are happening in the countryside of your hometown？

Step5

Writing: Write down the results of your discussion.

Paragraph 1: Introduction: ... ...

Paragraph 2: Changes: Firstly/First of all, ... ... Secondly/Then/ Also ... ...

Thirdly/What's more, ... ...Fourthly/ Lastly/ Finally, ... ...

Paragraph 3: Results: ... ...

Changes of the countryside in my hometown

Step 6 Homework

Reorganize the results of your discussion, and write them down on your exercise books.