Reading and vocabulary教学设计及教案分析

Period 1: Reading Step 1: Reading 1.

Leading-in After discussing something about our homes, our neighbourhood , we restudied some new words in this unit ,maybe I think everyone is eager to live in a city with beautiful sceneries around it .Now ,today let’s come to one city in the northwest of Xiamen. The passage will introduce something about the city. I guess most of you must hope to visit it after reading it. 2. Fast reading

Now, let’s read the text together and then answer the following questions: 1) Is this John Martin’s first time to visit Xiao Li’s hometown?

2) What’s the climate like in Xiamen?

3) Do the tourists bother Xiao Li ? 4) Where is the most interesting part of the city ? 5) From the dialogue, can you tell me something about Gulangyu Island?

Group work: Put the sentences in the right order according to this dialogue. (

) There are a lot of high-rise buildings recently in the business district; (

) The climate in Xiamen is pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter ; (

) There are a lot of tourists in summer; (

) Gulangyu Island is a gorgeous island with really interesting architecture. It lies in the western of this city; (

) Xiamen is a city on the coast. ( Key: 4. 2. 3. 5. 1 ) 3. Listening to the tape of the text and try to find the following new words appearing in the passage and then use some of them to complete these sentences.

architecture

area

climate

coast

district

nuisance

hometown

island

park

rent

tourist

gorgeous

1) A lot of ____ visit Xiamen in the summer. 2) The parks in the ____ district are very pretty. 3) I can’t listen because of the noise. What a _______! 4) The ____ for a modern apartment in Xiamen is usually very expensive. 5) Which ____ of the city does Xiao Li live in? 6) If we _____ the car over there , we can go for a walk along the harbour. ( Keys: tourists, coast, nuisance, rent , district, park ) 4. Detailed reading for information A.

Read the passage and choose the correct answers.

1)

John Martin is visiting _____ . a. Xiao Li’s hometown

b. a town near where Xiao Li lives c. a shopping mall 2) Xiao Li lives _____. a. on the island of Gulangyu

b. in Xiamen

c. in a town to the northwest of Xiamen

第

1 页

共

2 页

3) John and Xiao Li are _____ . a. at Xiao Li’s home

b. driving around the city in a car

c. on a train ( Keys: 1.a

2. c

3.b ) B.

Read the passage again and decide whether the following statements are True or False. 1). John and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for six years. 2) John has never been to China before. 3) Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. 4) There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. 5) There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. ( Keys: 1. T

2. F

3. T

4.F

5.F

6. T ) Step 2: Homework

1.

Retell the text in your own words. 2.

Learn the new words again using the dictionary if necessary. 3.

Preview the Grammar part of this unit

第

2 页

共

2 页