Reading and vocabulary设计意图

Module 4

A Social Survey-My Neighborhood Teaching aims:

Enabling the students to

1. learn more words to describe their homes 2. grasp the main idea of the passage in reading and vocabulary. Teaching steps: 1. Introduction Vocabulary and writing

Before opening the books, think about the neighbourhood you live in. Try to think out as many words as possible about buildings.

stone, bricks, high-rise building, apartment, floor, storey…

Turn to page 31. Read the words in Activity 1.

Now tell me which words do you use to describe buildings? apartment, apartment block, five-story,

high-rise building, floor, stone. 2. Read about the homes of the two students. Tell us which one is more similar to yours.

What kind of home do you like? Why? 3. Pay attention to the key language points:

1) sixteen-year-old Zhang Hua a five-storey apartment block the house is two storeys high

2) in the south of China

in the northeast of the city 4. Turn to page 32. Reading and Vocabulary.

First look at the picture. Do you know where this place is?

Have you ever been to Xiamen or have you heard Xiamen?

What do you know about it?

Suppose I want to know something about a city. What should you tell me about it?

Listen to the tape of the text and make a note of what you think is important about Xiamen.

one of the most attractive, friendly, the most interesting cities, the climate, many tourists, modern, high-rise buildings, harbour, pretty parks, Gulangyu Island, restaurant…

5. Read the passage and answer the following questions: 1.) Who is visiting whose hometown? 2.) Where does Xiao Li live? 3.) What’s the climate/weather like there?

4.) Which district is the most interesting part of Xiamen? 5.) What is Gulangyu Island like? 6. Try to finish Activity 1 and Activity 2.

Answers: 1) a

2) b

3) b

Answers: 1.4.6 True, the rest are faulse. 7. Read the text again and try to say something about the lively

city-Xiamen. 8. Ask some to tell about the city with the help of this clue.

hometown→beautiful cities→friendly →fortunate→climate→

apartment→business district→shopping malls→dress →

present→

harbor→district→island→restaurant. 9. Homework:

1) Read the passage several times to get more familiar with the information in it.

2) Try to retell about the city.