Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending优质课一等奖

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: 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.

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 4 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 5 Try to revise what you have learned and retell it.

Step 6.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?

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 7.Homework.