Using LanguageⅠ课堂实录及点评

Book 9

Unit Three

Australia Reading & Writing Teaching goals 1.

Target language a.

Important words and phrases Capital,

area,

population,

continent,

coastal,

south-eastern,

rainfall

b.

Important sentences (1) …, whose capital is …, covers an area of… with a population of ... (2) It is the sixth largest country in the world and is in the smallest continent —

Oceania. (3) It is a mainly dry country with …

(4) … live in t… area, which includes …

(5).. is famous for …, which include…

(6)… is made up of…. 2.

Ability goals Enable the students to learn to get some information about Australia. 3. Learning ability goals Help the students to grasp the main idea of the reading and learn about the structure of writing about a place. Teaching important and difficult points Enable the students to write about a place with the structure of the reading they have leaned..

Teaching methods Listening, explaining, practicing and reading. Teaching aids A multimedia computer and blackboard. Teaching procedures Step One

Revision 1.

Go over the reading about Australia; 2.

Find out the sentences about Australia’s area, population, formation, position, weather and attraction. (1) …, whose capital is …, covers an area of … with a population of …

(2) It is the sixth largest … and is in ... (3) It is a mainly dry country with …

(4) … live in …, which includes …

(5)… is famous for…, which include …

(6)… is made up of …

Step Two

Sentences Practice 1.

Practise the sentence structures found in the reading by translating

(1) 英国，首都为伦敦，面积24.4万平方公里，拥有5800万人口。 (2) 它位于欧洲，由英格兰，苏格兰，威尔士和北爱尔兰组成。

(3) 80%的人口都集中在英格兰。

(4) 英国总的说是个潮湿的国家，有大量降雨。

(5) 英国因其悠久的历史和许多壮观的建筑而闻名，其中包括大本钟(Big Ben)和伦敦塔(the Tower of London)。

2. Consolidate the sentence structures by translating an article about China 中国，首都北京，面积为960万平方千米，拥有超过13亿的人口。大部分人集中在中部和东南部沿海地区。中国是世界第三大国，位于亚洲东部。中国因其悠久历史，多元的文化和宏伟的建筑而闻名于世，其中包括有长城和故宫。

Step Three

Discussion 1.

Ask the students to discuss about more expression to write about a place; 2.

Help the students to organize more expressions: （1）

Position —

… is in/on/to …; lies in/on/to…; is located in/on/to …

（2）

Weather —

is a mainly dry … with …; has dry weather with …;

The weather of … is …

（3）

Attraction —

… is famous for/as …; is popular with … for its …

… has a history of …

Step Four

Article Practice 美国，首都华盛顿，国土面积936.4万平方公里，人口超过3亿。美国是世界第四大国，位于北美洲的中部。它北与加拿大接壤，南靠墨西哥，西临太平洋，东濒大西洋。美国由50个自治州组成，有着许多著名的城市，包括纽约，洛杉机和旧金山。美国因其电影，音乐，和篮球等而受到许多人的喜爱。

Step Four

Homework 1.

Go over the sentence structures learned today; 2.

Write out an article introducing a place with sentence structures.