Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学教案设计

Unit 3

Reading: Australia Step I Learning aims: (学习目标) 

Learn something about Australia. 

Learn about the features of the different writing styles. Step II Lead in Show the students some photos. National Flag of Australia National Emblem of Australia

koala kangaroo

Step III Pre-reading

自主学习和自我检测

Glance quickly at the five texts below and then answer the questions. P.22 1. What topic is common to all five texts? All five texts are about some aspect of Australia.

2. What aspect of the topic is discussed in each text?

◆Uluru ◆A citizenship ceremony on Australia Day ◆A general description of the physical features and ecology of Australia and its political organization ◆Cradle Mountain National Park ◆Two rail journeys across the length and breadth of Australia Step IV Skimming

Skim the five short passages and find the answers to the questions in Exercise 1 at page 24.

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 get the most rainfall? 8. Why do most people choose not to climb Uluru?

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

Step V Further practice 1. Read the text again more carefully and write down two facts about Australia that you consider to be the most interesting and share your facts with others.

2.Match each reading passage with a description below. Text

4

◆a postcard from someone on holiday

Text

1

◆part of a text in an encyclopedia

Text

5

◆part of a tourist brochure

Text

2

◆a newspaper article Text

3

◆an advertisement

Features

of

encyclopedias

1.

The language is ______________.

A .concise and plain(简练和平实)

B. prolix and gorgeous (啰嗦和华丽) 2. The article usually contains _______ information.

A. a small amount of

B. a large amount of

Features

of

newspaper

articles

1. The article takes up ___________ space but contains _____________ information.

2. __________ is sometimes used in the headline.

3. The ________________is in bold (黑体字).

4. Words from an authority is quoted to increase the reliability of the article.

Features

of

travel

advertisements

usually attractive 1. The title _____________________.

2. Some adjectives which can arouse people’s nice feelings, such as_______, _________, ___________, ____________ and _______________

are used in the article .

Features

of

postcards

1.The author usually talks about his / her ______________, feelings

or ____________ on a postcard.

2. The language is ___________________.

Features

of

tourist

brochures

simple and plain 1. The language is____________________.

2. It introduces a tourist attraction, usually containing the information of ______________, _______________ and ______________.

Step VI Feed –

back（反刍过关）

1. Describe the physical features and ecology of Australia and its political organization.

2. What are the citizenship ceremonies in Australia?

3. What are the two rail journeys across the length and breadth of Australia?

4. Say something about the two World Heritage Sites mentioned in the text.

5. Tell the features of the different writing styles. Homework 1.Read the text aloud. 2. Find out the useful expressions and learn the usage of them .