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Unit 1 New Zealand The First Period Teaching Aims: 1.

To encourage the students to get to know more about New Zealand. 2.

To train the students to make up dialogues. Teaching Procedures: Step 1.Lead-in 1)

Ask the students whether they know a lot about English-speaking countries. 2)

Ask the students to introduce what they have learned. 3)

Traveling is really interesting. Now I will show you some beautiful pictures. Try to guess where these pictures are from(New Zealand).Learn some difficult words while showing the pictures of volcanoes, harbors, sand beaches, bay and so on. Step 2.Warming up Ask the students what they know about New Zealand.Work with a partner and decide whether the statements below are True(T) or False(F). 1)New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Australia.( ) 2)The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.( ) 3)New Zealand is approximately the same size as the UK.( ) 4)There are nearly 40 million sheep in New Zealand.( ) 5)There are more people living in New Zealand than in the UK.( ) 6)About 10% of New Zealanders are Maori.( ) 7)New Zealanders are often called “Kiwi”after the kiwi bird that lives only in New Zealand.( ) 8)Kiwi birds are strong flyers.( ) 9)There have been humans living in New Zealand for about 10,000 years.( ) 10)New Zealand has many high mountains.( ) Step 3.Talking Ask the students to make up some dialogues.Suppose A acts as a guide and B acts as a foreigner,make up some similar dialogues between A and B. Step 4 Homework Ask the students to look up some information about New Zealand on the Internet. Background materials: Welcome to NZ.Com, a site dedicated to providing tourism, travel and other information about New Zealand. Take a Virtual Tour of New Zealand, visiting Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, and other locations in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island. Book tours, activities, sites and attractions in these tourism & travel locations.

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The Second Period Teaching Aims: 1)

To learn the important and useful words and expressions and have a good knowledge of New Zealand. 2)

To cultivate the students’ ability of reading comprehension: skimming, canning, generalization, inference and so on. Teaching Procedures: Step1.Pre-reading Look at the map of New Zealand and discuss what you can learn about New Zealand. Discuss especially: 

latitude and longitude 

seas surroundings the country 

islands that make up New Zealand 

mountains and mountain ranges 

lowest and highest areas 

possible areas for farming 

major cities 

possible climate Step 2.Reading 1.

Guessing If you are the writer of the passage ,what will you write to introduce the country---New Zealand? They may have various answers such as population, geography, history, natural beauty, climate ,agriculture ,culture, life and so on. 2.

Read and answer: 1)

Read the whole text carefully and get the main idea of each paragraph. 2)

Answer some questions. a.

Which New Zealand island has the most mountains? b.

In which island is there more geological activity? c.

On which part of the South Island are you most likely to find sheep farms? Give reasons. d.

What part of the South Island had the most rainfall? e.

Where and when was gold discovered in New Zealand? 3)

Put the following historical events in order. A.

Many Maori died from disease or war. B.

Maori tribes began moving to the North Island and started to grow crops. C.

After the Land Wars, more and more European settlers began arriving. D.

The British government and the Maori signed a treaty, which made New Zealand the property of Great Britain, but gave the land to the Maori people. E.

The first humans settled in New Zealand. F.

Sealers and whalers from Europe came to New Zealand. G.

Forests began disappearing and some animals and plants became extinct. H.

War between the Maori and Pakeha ended with the loss of much Maori land. I.

Wars began between tribes. Step 3.Language points: 1.

range: n. 排，行，一系列 a range of buildings 范围，幅度 a wide range of choice Phrases: at long/short/close range 在远/近距离

beyond the range of 超越…范围

out of one’s range某人达不到的，在某人知识范围以外的

vt. 使成行，排列 The teacher ranged his students along the path. vi.位列，分布，涉及 He ranges with /among the great poets. This plant ranges from France to Italy. 2.

carve:vt.to make or form by or as if by cutting 雕刻,切开

e.g.The statue was carved by John. He carved his initials on the tree trunk. The marble was carved into a statue. 3.

extinct: adj.已灭的,灭绝的,断绝

an extinct volcano 死火山 an extinct species 绝种的物种

We expect the tribe to become extinct in the near future. extinction: un.熄灭,绝种

The extinction of the lights left the room in darkness. 灯火熄灭使房间陷入一片黑暗. Apes are in danger of extinction.猿猴有灭绝的危险. 4.

wipe out 清除,垮台

wipe up消灭,揩干

wipe off擦去,购销(债务等) wipe down把…上下揩干净

5.

take over接管

take apart拆开

take away拿走,夺走

take down放下,记下

take in吸收,领会,理解,欺骗, take up占据,开始,着手做某事

take out拿出

take off起飞,(产品等)大受欢迎,匆忙离开

6.

worse still 更糟的是

what is worse to make matters worse Step 5 Discussion 1.

On which island would you expect there to be more people?Give at least two reasons. 2.

What changes happened that caused the Maori people to be become more warlike? 3.

In what ways was the arrival of the first Europeans a disaster for the Maori people? 4.

What kind of changes to the land do you think happened after Europeans started arrived? Step 6 Homework Try to revise what you have learned and retell it.

The Third Period Teaching Aims: 1.

To train the students’ listening and speaking abilities.

2.

To express themselves in English. Teaching Procedures: Step 1.Listening 1)

Play the tape and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation. 2)

Listen to her talk and answer True (T) or False (F) to the questions below.If the statement is wrong, correct it. a.

While New Zealand is only slightly smaller in area than the UK,it has a much smaller population. b.

Most of New Zealand’s population live in towns and cities because most of the land is farmland, mountains or forest. c.

Because New Zealand sells so much meat, dairy products and wool to other countries,there are many people working on the land. d.

New Zealand is a country that has a unique ethnic mix.Some people are from more than one racial background.

e.

In the next part of Kim’s talk, she is going to talk about when and where the people of New Zealand originally came from. Step 2.Practice Listen again to the first few sentences and pay attention to the way Kim pronounced differently from British or American speakers? I start New Zealand surprising that area Than compare with light parts houses Step 3.Speaking Task 1)

In groups,make a table to list information about NZ and your part of China.In what ways are they similar and how are they different? New Zealand My area Only 4 million people Over…….people

Many mountains 2)

Report to the class .Listen to the reports from other groups.If you disagree with any of the answers,express your opinion and give reasons. Step 4.Homework After class ,give them more listening materials to practice.

The fourth period Teaching Aims: 1.

To have a deep understanding of passage. 2.

To arose students’ interests in learning the passage and evoke their enthusiasm in discussion and communication. Teaching Procedures: Step 1.Lead-in We have learned a lot about New Zealand. Perhaps you can not retell it in English.So I want you to read the passage aloud and then we will have an interesting activity. First,I need three students to help me.Suppose they are from NewZealand.Now they are to hold a travel conference in Beijing to introduce their own country.One person is geographer.One is the Heading of the Travel Conference and the third one is a historian. The rest students will be the reporters or travel lovers from China or other countries.They can ask any questions about New Zealand. Step 2.Reading Read the text from the Internet on the next page.It is about traveling in NewZealand,but the headings for each section are missing.Write the letters A—E beside the headings below to show where they belong.Not all headings are needed. 1.

What’s the best way to travel around New Zealand?

2.

What’s the best time to visit?

3.

What is the weather like? 4.

Is New Zealand safe to travel in? 5.

What do I do about accommodation? 6.

How long should I stay? 7.

Why travel to New Zealand? 8.

Can I hire a car? Step 3.Language points: 1.

access: UN.接近,通路,接近的方法

He is a man of difficult/easy access. 他是难以/容易接近的人. Get/gain/obtain access to…得以接近,进入,会见或使用

He couldn’t get access to the classified information. 他无法接近那份机密情报

give access to 使能接近(接触) have access to能接近

I have access to his library. Only high officials have access to the president. Within easy access of…在容易去到….的地方

accessible: adj.可接近的,可使用的,可以得到的,易于了解的

She is not accessible to strangers. These documents are not accessible to the public. This book is easily accessible to the young reader. 2.

get around/round 四处走动，传开，回避

get about 传开，四处走动

get across通过，被理解

get through通过，到达，办完，做完

3．handy: adj.熟练的，手灵巧的，便利的，在手边的

He’s very handy with a computer. She ’s handy at making dresses. This tool is very handy. Keep the dictionary handy. Come in handy 派得上用场

3．cater:vt.vi.备办酒席，承办酒席，提供食物

cater for sb./sth.:为某人提供适合某人需要

We also cater for weddings and banquets. Step 3. Writing task

Use the following information to write a letter to travel New Zealand. Your relatives or friends need your help.They want to take a holiday in New Zealand.Their scheldule will only allow them to spend one week in New Zealand and they want to do ad much as possible.Their plane will arrive in Auckland.Make a list of the things which you think will interest them.Write a letter for them to Travel New Zealand explaining what they are interested in and asking for information about the best places to go and what kind of accommodation is available. Step Homework Revise what you’ve learned in this unit.