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Unit 3 Australia Warming up and reading 一．Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Learn the new words and expressions of the reading passage. 2. Talk about Australia including its general situation, geography, scenery, cities, animals and so on. 3. Get a general idea of Australia and arouse the students’ interest in it.

4. Train the students’ reading ability(skimming, detail reading, distinguishing different styles of articles) Learn how to talk about the general situations of Australia. 二．Teaching important points 教学重点

1. Get the general idea of Australia by completing the tasks. 2. Talk about the general situation of Australia. 三．Teaching difficult points 教学难点

1. Learn to analyze the reading passage.

2. Learn to distinguish different styles of extract articles

四．Teaching methods 教学方法

Cooperative learning, task-based learning 五．Teaching aids 教具准备

A computer, a blackboard, a tape-record 六．Teaching procedures 教学过程

Step 1 Lead-in

1.

Greeting 2.

Ask Ss to guess the country we are going to talk about---“Today we are going to learn about a country. It is a country and also a continent. It is surrounded by oceans. While many other countries are having winter, it is in summer. In this country, you will see many plants and animals that cannot be found anywhere else, such as the kangaroo, koala bear, ect. Do you know which country it is?”

3. Australia is in Oceania, the smallest continent in the world. The capital is Canberra. Sydney is a famous city, which has the well-known building Sydney Opera House. In the year of 2000, the 27th Olympic Games was held in Sydney. Australia has some unique animals, such as the kangaroo, the emu and the koala. 4. What places do you know in Australia? (well-known cities, famous scenic spots, etc. )

Step 2 Warming Up

Look at the pictures. What do you see in the pictures? Can you recognize them? Let’s have a quiz.

1.Which of the pictures below do you associate with the following places in Australia? Write the number of the picture beside the place. (Show some pictures of Sydney, Great Barrier Reef, Uluru, Kakadu, Perth, Canberra) Sydney: the largest city in Australia, which is the capital of the state of New South Wales and an important financial, industrial, and educational center. It’s known especially for the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House. The Olympic Games was held in Sydney in 2000. Perth: the capital of Western Australia, Australia’s largest city in the western part of the country. Kakadu: a national park in the Northern Territory. It is a popular destination for tourists interested in Australia’s tropical north and its wildlife, including crocodiles.

Canberra: The Federal Capital of Australia. Parliament House for the Commonwealth of Australia is built here. Uluru: a very large red rock in the Northern Territory, Australia, which is the world’s largest monolith (= block of stone). It was formerly known as Ayers Rock, but the original Australian Aboriginal name for it, Uluru, is now preferred. It is another popular tourist destination. Great Barrier Reef: a chain of coral reefs stretching about 2,000 kilometers along the coast of Queensland. This is a world heritage area, famous for its abundant tropical fish and corals.

2.On the map of Australia, find the places listed above. Then write the numbers of the photos in the blanks on the map. Step 3 Pre-reading Glance quickly at the five texts and then answer the questions. 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.

(The students do the task in Pre-reading by glancing at the passage quickly.) Step 4 Reading 1. Fast-reading The students skim the passage quickly to answer the questions in Task 1 in Comprehending. 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? 9. What two Worlds Heritage Sites are named in these texts?

Step 5 Careful-reading Now read the five texts again and fill in the form. (Something about Australia) Step 7 Post-reading 1. Fill in the blanks according to the texts. Glimpses of Australia:

It’s the sixth largest country in the world and a mainly ____ country; famous for its huge, open spaces, bright ________, enormous number of sheep and cattle and its ______________; made up of ____ states. Citizenship Ceremonies:

On 26 ________, Australia Day, in over 200 locations across the nation, more than 9, 000 people will become Australian citizens. Tours:

3 nights on board the _____________; 2 nights on board the Ghan; tours outside Hobart. 2. Discussion 1. What’s the writing style of the passage? 2.What’s the characteristic of the passage?

3. What’s the writing purpose of the passage?

4. Choose five words or phrases to describe Australia. Step 8 Homework 1. Listen to the passage one more time. 2. Preview the tasks in Learning about Language. 3.Write an article about the reasons why people want to travel in Australia.