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Unit 3

Australia

Reading Ⅰ. Teaching aims: 1.

Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 2.

Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Ⅱ. Teaching important points:

Get some information of Australia in the text

Ⅲ. Teaching difficult points:

Enable the students to distinguish different styles of extract articles Ⅳ. Teaching methods: Cooperative learning, task-based learning Ⅴ. Teaching aids:

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record Ⅵ. Teaching procedures:

StepⅠ Lead-in 1.

Greeting 2.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about---“Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are having winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, ect. Do you know which country it is?”

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Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each picture associates with. “Have you ever been to Australia? What places do you know in Australia? (Well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc.) Look at the pictures. What do you see in each picture? Can you recognize them? Why?”

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Ask Ss to find the places listed in Question 1 on the map 5.

Ask Ss to work in groups and discuss what they know about these places. Step Ⅱ Pre-reading 1.

Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five text and match each reading passage with a description. 2.

Get the Ss know some reading strategies: skimming, detail reading and paying attention to the words that frequently appeared in the text and equally important, their relative words. Step Ⅲ Reading 1.

Ask the Ss to read the text quickly and answer questions listed in Exercise 1, Comprehending part. 2.

Ask the Ss to read the texts in detail and finish different tasks.

Text 1: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.

The _______ name of Australia is Commonwealth of Australia, ____ an area of 7,686,850 km2, which is the _______country in the world. However, the population is _________. It is the only country that is also a continent, Oceania. Australia is a

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______ country with only a few ______ areas that have ________ rainfall, where _______ 80% Australians live. Australia is famous ___ its open ____, sunshine, sheep, _____ and ______. It is also a popular _______ and tourists go there to experience its unique _______. The federal government ________(locate) in Canberra. It’s ______(respond) for matters such as _____, taxation and so on.

Text 2: read and answer questions

1. What are the key words of Text Two? 2. Why do people celebrate citizenship in Australia? 3. What do people usually do after the ceremony?

Text 3~5: read and answer questions

1. What are the last three texts mainly about? 2. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 3. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru? 4. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

Step Ⅳ Discussion

Ask the Ss to work in groups to discuss the following questions. 1.

What kind of people do you think make Australia their home? 2.

Each year large numbers of people became Australian citizens. Why do you think they choose to become citizens? 3.

When do you think traveling by train across Australia would be appropriate and when do you think traveling by plane would be most suitable? Give more than one reasons. 4.

In what part of Australia do you think most agriculture takes place? Give reasons. 5.

Why do you think the population of Australia is so small when it is such a large country? 6.

Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. Step Ⅴ Language points Explain some difficult points as listed in the PPT. Step Ⅵ Homework

1. Finish Ex.1, 2, 3, Page24-25. 2. Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia

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