Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学内容

新人教版选修9 Unit3

Australia

Reading

教案

Ⅰ. Teaching aims: Enable the students to learn some information about Australia 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,and learning papers. Ⅵ. Teaching procedures: Task Ⅰ

Warming up Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about. Ask Ss to say something about each picture and distinguish what city does each picture associates with. Ask Ss to find the places listed in Question 1 on the map.

Task Ⅱ

Pre-reading Ask Ss to quickly glance at the five text and answer the questions designed for this part. 1. What topic is common to all five texts? 2. What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text?

3. Match each reading passage with a description below. a postcard form someone on holiday

part of a text in an encyclopedia part of a tourist brochure a newspaper article

an advertisement Task III Careful reading

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

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1.Where do most Australians live?

2. In what city do federal politicians work? 3. How many people live in Australia?

4. When is Australia Day?

5. How far is it from Perth to Sydney? 6. How many World Heritage Sites are there in Australia? 7. Which part of Australia gets the most rainfall? 8. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

Task IV Consolidation

Read the five texts again more carefully and fill in the form.

Official name

Capital

Population

________million, approximately 80% live in the _______________________

Area

__________ square kilometers, the ___________ country in the world

The number of states

Two largest cities

Famous for

Australia Day

Travel from Sydney to Perth

On __________, many people who come from overseas will become ___________

View _______________, _____________________ and ________________________

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Travel from Adelaide

Observe to Darwin

_____________,____________________ and___________________________

Uluru Rock

It appears to ____________,from_______________ to __________________.

Cradle Mountain National Park

It is famous for _________________, _____ and ______________.

There is a _______ track and____________________.

Task V

Summary

Fill in the blanks according to the texts. Australia is the only country that is also a continent. It is a mainly dry country with only a few _____1_____ (coast) areas that have adequate rainfall. ________2_______ (approximate) 80% of Australians live in the south-eastern coastal area, ____3______ (include) Australia’s two largest cities- Melbourne and Sydney. Its federal parliament is ____4____ (locate) in Canberra. Australia is also a popular destination __5___ tourists from all over the world who come to experience its unique ecology. If you want to view some of Australia’s unique scenery, you can board the Indian-Pacific train from Sydney to Perth___6__ Adelaide. Along the way you will spot a fascinating ____7____ (various) of wildlife. In Australia, there is one special day, Australia Day, on 26 January. Australia Day celebrations are an excellent way ______8______ (encourage) tolerance, respect and friendship among all the people of Australia. The ______9______ (amaze) rock, the Ayers Rock, is part of one of Australia’s 14 World Heritage Sites. At different times of the day it _____10_____ (appear) to change colour, from grey-red at sunrise, to golden and finally to burning red at dusk.

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Homework Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia.

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