Listening and vocabulary教学设计模板

Module 4 A Social Survey – My Neighbourhood I. 教学内容分析

本模块以A Social Survey – My Neighborhood为话题，通过介绍学生自己的居住地或熟悉的城市展开。以对话形式，介绍了旅游城市——厦门的概况，掌握相关新词汇，以及就学生自己熟悉的社区这一话题发表自己的观点，通过社会实践写一份调查报告。培养学生关心社会的主人翁意识和社会责任感。

Introduction 部分介绍了与建筑、居住地及某个地方有关的词汇，以及两篇介绍学生家乡的小短文，通过三个活动，使学生可以初步熟悉这些词的意义，为以后的各项学习活动做好准备。

Reading and Vocabulary 部分是本模块的主要内容，通过一个对话来介绍了厦门市的地理位置、气候、城市概况。围绕着课文，设计了四个与课文内容和词汇有关的练习。通过这些练习，学生可以熟悉课文内容并学会使用与介绍人们的居住地有关词汇，并培养学生的快速阅读能力，以及对词汇的认读和应用能力。

Grammar 包括两个部分，第一部分是通过分析句意了解现在完成时的用法之一：过去发生的动作或事件对现在的影响和联系，并能独立地完成书上的练习；第二部分是学习两类不同的动词（延续性动词和非延续性动词）在现在完成时中的用法，要求学生能辨别它们之间的不同并能正确地使用。

Listening and Vocabulary

部分是两篇关于社区状况介绍的听力材料。在训练听力之前，有一个词汇练习，让学生先熟悉材料当中出现的一些新词，并能通过此部分来猜测听力材料的主要内容；在听力的过程中，着重训练学生抓住文章大意和数据信息的能力；最后配有一个听后活动，让学生进行口头方面的训练，进一步熟悉听力材料，达到学以致用的目的。

Pronunciation

部分通过听节选于听力材料中的重读词着手，要求学生掌握句子中哪些词该重读，体会重读体现的情感态度，并能正确朗读，规范学生的语音语调。

Writing部分通过看图说话，让学生先自行说说该怎么描绘一个地方，然后再通过范例对比，让学生体会如何才能较好地描述一个地方，并掌握怎样在文章和句子中运用but和and，从而提高学生的英语写作能力。

Everyday English 部分让学生通过做选择题来学习掌握七个来自于听力材料的日常用语，要求学生明确其含义，从而达到会在真实语境中正确使用的目的。

Function and Speaking 部分通过问题导入的形式介绍了交际功能中指示方向和地点（showing position and direction）语句，要求学生在回答问题过程中练习怎样指示方向及地点，并能在对话练习中熟练运用。

Cultural Corner部分是一篇介绍西欧农村生活变化的文章，通过阅读本部分内容，使学生了解一些西方国家社会生活的真实面，并能就此向周围的同学介绍一个地方。还有利于拓展学生的国际视野。

Task部分要求学生调查自己所住地区的情况，并用英语做一个报告，从而锻炼学生的语言综合运用和社会实践能力。增强他们的社会责任感。

Module File部分有助于学生对本模块学习内容进行归纳，对自己的学习进行反思和

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检验。

II. 教学重点和难点

1. 教学重点

(1)

掌握一些描述地方的词汇

(2)

学习现在完成时的用法，并与一般过去时略作比较

(3)

学会如何指示方向和地点

2. 教学难点

(1)

听懂对介绍某个地区特征的文章；

(2)

运用现在完成时表达变化的句子，说出含有指示方向和地点等功能的句子

(3)

理解现在完成时所给予的信息

(4)

描述或介绍居住地或熟悉的城市

III. 教学计划

本单元分五个课时：

第一课时：Introduction, Function and Speaking, Cultural Corner 第二课时：Reading and Vocabulary 第三课时：Grammar 1 第四课时：Listening and Vocabulary, Everyday English, Grammar 2 第五课时：Writing, Task, Module File IV. 教学步骤：

Period 1 Introduction, Function and Speaking, Cultural Corner Teaching Goals:

1. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about neighborhood; 2. To introduce the topic “A Social Survey – My Neighborhood”; 3. Get the Ss to learn some words to describe buildings; 4. Let the Ss know how to show position and direction; 5. Get the Ss to know some villages in western Europe. Teaching Procedures: Step 1 Leading-in and Introduction Purpose: To arouse Ss’ interest in learning about neighborhood. 1. Pair Work. We have known each other for more than one month but how much do you know each other? Do you know where your deskmates live? If so, please tell me what you know. If not, please get the information immediately.

(Allow them 2 minutes to talk about their living condition.) 2. (Group Work)

Just now you all mentioned some buildings. But do you know how to describe the buildings? Let’s learn some new words.

apartment apartment blocks high-rise building

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five-storey building suburb urban countryside 3. Pair Work. Ask them to look at the words in Activity 1 on P31. Decide which words can be used to describe buildings? Suggested answers: apartment, apartment blocks, five-storey, high-rise building, (second)floor, stone

4. Pair Work. Ask Ss to read the passage carefully, then try to answer me some questions.

(1) Where do Zhang Hua and Lin Xiaoyun live?

(2) Do they live in the centre of the city?

(3) How many floors are there in Zhang Hua’s apartment block?

(4) How many storeys are there in Lin Xiaoyun’s house?

(5) What is her house made of? Suggested answers: (1) Zhuang Hua lives in the south of China, in the city of Guangzhou. Lin Xiaoyun lives in the countryside in southern Liaoning. (2) No, they don’t. Zhuang lives in a suburb in the northeast of the city, and Lin lives in the countryside which is about 50 miles away from the city of Dalian. (3) It is a five-storey apartment block. (4) The house is two storeys high. (5) It is made of local stone. 4.

Pair Work. Let Ss pay more attention to the phrases “in the south of China”, “in the northeast of”, “ in southern Liaoning”. Ask them to how to show the position and direction. Step 2 Function Purpose: To let Ss know how to show position and direction. 1. Pair Work. Ask them to answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 38. 2. Pair Work. Make Ss work in pairs to discuss the questions on the slide.

(1) How big is your flat / house?

(2) Where is your flat / house located?

(3) Is it close to your school?

(4) Is it close to your parents’ place(s) to work?

(5) Do you like your neighborhood?

(6) Do you have good neighbors?

(7) Are there parks or other public facilities nearby?

(8) Is there good public transportation?

(9) Are there markets and shops nearby? 3. Pair Work Ask one or two pairs to repeat their conversations at the stage. Step 3 Cultural Corner

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Purpose: Let Ss know some villages in western Europe. 1. Leading-in: Show Ss some pictures to let them guess where they are. Do you want to live there? What do you think of the village?

2. Individual Work. Ask Ss to read the passage and answer the following questions.

What are these problem? Suggested answers: Young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work .People can’t afford village house because city-dwellers buy them up. Farmers sell their land and stop farming.

3. Read the passage again and try to summarize the main idea of each paragraph. Suggested answers: Paragraph 1: Some villages in western Europe are disappearing. Paragraph 2: Reasons for the change of the villages. Paragraph 3: Hopes for the survival of the villages. 4. Post-reading. Group Work. Ask Ss “Do villages in your area have similar problems?”

Allow them to discuss with their partners. 5. Group Work. Understand the passage by themselves, and the teacher walk around the classroom to help Ss if necessary. Step 4 Homework: 1. Finish Workbook Reading Exercises on page 87-88. 2. Preview the Reading and Vocabulary. Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary Teaching Goals: 1. Let Ss master how to read a passage; 2. Let Ss master some words and phrases; 3. Get Ss to talk something about Xiamen Teaching procedures: Step 1 Leading-in and Vocabulary 1. Presentation.

Last module we have learnt something about Australia, right? Maybe it is the place where we all don’t go before. But today we are going to talk about a near place. There’s a great chance that we will go there some day. Can you guess where it is?

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(1) It locates on the southeast coast of China.

(2) It is a place of interest. It has many tourist attractions, such as Gulangyu Island and gulang Stone. 2. Show the pictures about Xiamen on the screen. Ask Ss to say one or two sentences about Xiamen. Tell them something about Xiamen.

Delonix regia（凤凰木）

Bougainvillea (三角梅）

egret (白鹭

)

Gulangyu

Gulang Stone

(Gulangyu is located to the southwest of Xiamen. It is separated by the Lu River, which only takes you five minutes to get there by ferry.)

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church Step 2 Reading Purpose: To improve the Ss’ reading skills. 1. Fast reading:

Individual Work. Read the passage quickly, and finish Activity 1 on page 33. Suggested answers: ①

a ②

b ③

b 2. Careful reading: (Individual Work)

(1) Read the passage and finish Activity 2 on page 33. (Do some explanations about them if necessary) Suggested answers: ①

T ②

F ③

T ④

F ⑤

F ⑥

T

(2) Read the passage again, and answer the following questions.

Q1. How long haven’t they seen each other?

Q2. Is this JM’s first time to visit XL’s hometown?

Q3. What’s the climate like in Xiamen?

Q4. Do the tourist bother XL?

Q5. Where is the most interesting part of the city?

Q6. From the dialogue, can you tell me something about Gulangyu Island?

Q7. Where do they plan to have lunch? Suggested answers: A1. They haven’t seen each other for 6 years. A2. This is his first time to visit XL’s hometown. A3. Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter. A4. Yes, it can be a nuisance in the summer. A5. The western district. A6. It’s a gorgeous island with some really interesting architecture. A7. A nice litter fish restaurant. 3. Post reading

Group Work. Suppose you were a guide, how do you introduce Xiamen? Let Ss work in pairs or groups with the help of the chart bellow.

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The city of Xiamen Weather: ____________________ in Summer, ___________________ in winter Tourist: Many, but they can be a _______________ The business district: ______________ buildings, many great _______________________ Harbor: _______________district, pretty ___________ Gulangyu: Across the water, it’s ________________with __________________. Suggested answers: Pretty hot, rather cold

nuisance

high-rise, shopping malls Western, parks

gorgeous, architecture Step 3 Language study Purpose: To let the Ss understand the passage well. 1. Group work.

Ss are divided into groups of four. Each group is supposed to read through each part, and then discuss them.

(1) It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know. ◆

since +过去一个时间点（如具体的年、月、日期、钟点；1980，last month, half past six）

Eg I have been here since 1989.

◆

since + 一段时间+ago

Eg I have been here since five months ago.

◆

since +从句

Eg Great changes have taken place since you left.

◆

It is +一段时间+ since从句

Eg It is two months since I became a teacher. (2) And this is the first time I’ve visited your hometown.

在英语中表示“第几次做某事”时，要用完成时。This/It is +序数词+time + (that) + sb + have done sth Eg ①

This is the second time I have been to Changsha. ②

That was the first time I had seen a snake. (3) …but this is one of the

most

attractive places I’ve

been

to.……但这是我到过的最吸引人的地方之一。

◆

Eg This is the best tea I have ever drunk ◆注意下列两种说法的区别：

(sb) have been to a place: （某人）到过某地（该人现已不在那个地方）

(sb) have gone to a place: （某人）已去了某地（该人不在说话现场

(4) It’s so lively, and every one seems so friendly.

lively: 活泼的，有生气的，用做定语或表语，可以指人或物

Eg I find the girl has a lively mind. ※

[辨析]

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◆

live: 活的，活生生的，有生命的，现场直播（做定语，放在被修饰的名词前）

Eg ①

Have you caught a live fish in the river? ②

There is a live basketball match at 9:45 tonight. ◆

living: 活的，健在的，现行的（作表语或定语）

Eg Ba Jin is regarded as one of the best living writers.

◆

alive: 活的，有生命的（作表语，后置定语或补足语，作表语的时候，可与living互换）

Eg He was alive / living when he was sent to the hospital. (5) I feel very fortunate living here. 生活在这里我感到很幸运。

(sb) feel fortunate (in) doing sth （某人）因有机会做某事而感到幸运

Eg I feel fortunate (in) working with you. (6) What’s the difference among the following sentences?

You live in the northwest of Xiamen.

(in: 范围之内)

You live to the northwest of Xiamen.

(to: 范围之外的，不接壤)

You live on the coast of the sea.

(on:范围之内，可指接壤，也可指在河畔) (7) Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter.

注意:二者都可以用作副词，意为“相当、很”，但用法上有所不同。Pretty通常用于口语，放在被修饰的词前面。Quite可以直接修饰行为动词，放在其前面；当名词前有another, a few等修饰语时，只能用quite；与不定冠词连用时，放在不定冠词的前面。

Eg ①

It was pretty/quite cold last night.

②

She quite agreed with us.

③

Liu Xiang is quite a good athlete. (8) Sounds OK to me. / That sounds great.

Sound在此处作连系动词，后跟形容词作表语，无被动语态。有类似用法的连系动词还有look, smell, taste, feel, get, turn, become等。

(9) You don’t really see tourists where I live. 我住的地方你其实是看不见游客。

此句是where引导的地点状语从句, 意为“在……地方”。

Eg ①

Where there is a will, there is a way.

②

Put the book where it was! (10) They’ve put up a lot of high-rise building recently.

put up有以下及中含义：

①

build

Eg Have you put up the tent? ②

put up: to offer for sale

Eg She is putting her house up for sale.

③

put up: raise one’s hand

Eg Put up your hand. (11) Now we’re leaving the business district and approaching the harbour.

be + V-ing:用现在进行时表示将来，往往表示：“意图”、“打算”、“安排”、常用于人。

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有此类用法的词还有come, go, start, arrive, leave, stay等。

Eg ①I'm leaving tomorrow.

②

Are you staying here till next week? (12) So they tell me.

他们就是这样告诉我的。

So在倒装句中的不同意义：

①

so + 助动词＋B: A怎么样，B也怎么样

②

B＋助动词＋so: A让B去做某事，B按A的要求去做了

③

so + A + 助动词: A确实怎么样

[相关] ①

either/nor +助动词+B: A不怎么样，B也不怎么样

④如前一句中谓语既有肯定，又有否定，应用So it is/was with B或It is/was the same with B。

2. Pair Work. Vocabulary: Ask the Ss to finish Activity 3 & 4 on page 33.

(Call back the answers after several minutes.) 3. Group Work. Let Ss raise some questions about understanding the passage. Step 4 Homework 1.

Try to retell the conversation by the key words you just noted down. 2.

Prepare for the Grammar 1 and 2. Periods 3 Grammar 1

Goals: 1. To get Ss to have knowledge of this grammar point: Present perfect tense;

2. To enable Ss to use the present perfect tense properly. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Revision

1. Ask two students to retell the conversation. Use the key words. 2. Now, let’s do the competition. Try your best to find out the sentences using present perfect tense from the conversation which we have learnt yesterday. The more you write down, the higher score you will get. Step 2 Grammar 1 Purpose: Let Ss know how to use present perfect tense properly. 1. (Individual Work) Ask Ss to say out the sentences using present perfect tense, and then ask some questions according to the sentences.

(1) It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know. Question: Do you know when the last time was the speaker saw his friend? Answer: The last time that the speaker saw his friend was six years ago.)

(2) This is the first time I’ve visited your hometown.

(3) I’ve seen quite a lot of China. I’ve visited some beautiful cities. Question: Do we know when the speaker saw these places?

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Answer: No, we don’t.

(4) They’ve just completed it. Question: Is it a recent event? Answer: Yes, it is.

(5) They’ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently. Question: Did they do this a long time ago? Answer: No, they don’t. Recently means lately.

(6) My wife’s just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.

(7) A friend’s told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here. Question: Did this happen recently? Answer: Yes, it did. 2. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to summarize when to use present perfect tense.

We were friends for about six years. (我们过去是朋友，现在是不是，没有说明。）

We have been friends for about six years. (结果对现在有影响：我们现在仍是朋友。) Suggested answers: 现在完成时的用法之一：过去发生的动作对现在产生的影响。人们使用现在完成时，并不关心动作何时发生，只关心这个动作和现在有无联系或对现在产生的影响。但是一般过去时则把注意力放在过去某时发生的动作。

现在完成时与for或since引起的短语连用时，表示从过去开始的动作或状态延续至今；而一般过去时与for引起的短语连用时，只指过去的动作或状态在过去延续了多长时间。

一般过去时通常与表过去某时刻的时间状语连用，如last night, yesterday, last year, three weeks ago等；而现在完成时所带的时间状语包括说话时在内或与说话时非常接近，如today, these days, recently, just等。

3. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to finish Activity 2 on page 34. Suggested answers: (1)

have built (2)has got (3) came , stay (4) has visited (5) has lived (6)has not bought, has seen

4. (Group Work) Ask Ss to tell his / her partners about an interesting place that he / she has been to. Tell him / her when you went and what you did there. And ask if he / she has been there. Try to use the present perfect tense.

(Ask two pairs to act out their dialogue.) Step 3 Practice 1. Choose the best answers: (1) I wonder why Jenny ______ us recently. We should have heard from her by now.

A. hasn’t written

B. doesn't write

C. won’t write

D. didn't write (2) — The window is dirty.

— I know. It ______ for weeks.

A. hasn’t cleaned

B. didn't clean

C. wasn’t cleaned

D. hasn’t been cleaned

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(3) They have lived in this city_______ several years ago.

A. for

B. at

C. since

D. / 2. Translate the following sentences.

(1) 我已在这儿住了三十多年了。

(2)自二月份以来她还没有给我写过信呢！

(3)你去过长城吗？

(4)

她从未到海滨度过假。

Suggested answers: (1) I have lived here for more than thirty years. (2) She hasn’t written to me since February. (3) Have you ever been to the Great Wall? (4) She has never spent a holiday at the seaside. Step 4 Homework

Finish off the grammar exercises on page 85-86. Prepare for the listening class. Period 4

Listening and Vocabulary, Everyday English, Grammar 2 Goals: 1. Review the present perfect tense.

2. Enable Ss to know some skills of listening.

3. To study some daily expressions.

4. To learn how to pronounce words stressed in sentences. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Revision Check the answers to the WORKBOOK exercises of Grammar. Step 2 Vocabulary Purpose: To get Ss to know some new words 1. (Group Work) Ask Ss to look at the picture and guess who they are.

2. (Group Work) Let Ss discuss the following questions.

(1) What do you know about the neighborhood committee?

(2) How have they helped people?

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(3) Would you like to be on the committee when you are older? 3. (Pair Work) Ask them to guess the meaning of the words in Activity 1 on page 35 with each other.

(1) organisation:

n.

Do you know what WTO is short for? WTO is short for World Trade Organisation.

(2) join:

v.

He joined the dance club, have you joined any clubs?

(3) He lost his job, so he is unemployed at present.

employ: vt.

The film employs about 100 people. employment: n.

反 unemployment

n. The rate of unemployment is high. employer n.

- employee

n.

interviewer n.

- interviewee

n.

(4) household:

n.

all the people living together in a house

Eg The whole household was / were up early. (5) occupation:

n.

job, employment (6) Yaoming is a professional basketball player. (7) manual:

adj.

using the hands

manually

adv.

manual work / worker 体力劳动

/ 劳动者

mental work / worker 脑力劳动

/ 劳动者

Step 3 Listening Purpose: To get the main information in the listening part;

To develop Ss’ listening ability.

1. Pre-listening: (Pair Work) Ask them to predict what the passage is about. 2. While-listening: (Individual Work)

(1) Listen to the interview and check your answers. Suggested answers: The passage is about a neighborhood group.

(2) Listen to part 2 and complete the chart. Number of households Total population Number of professional people Number of office workers Suggested answers: Number of households Total population Number of professional people

850

322

850 2800 322 Number of manual workers Number of shop workers Number of adults in employment Number of students Number of manual workers Number of shop workers Number of adults in employment

183

280 378 183 1400 12

Number of office workers 517 Number of students 280

3) Listen to the tape and fill in the missing words.

Part 1:

Interviewer: Mr. Yang, you’re from Nanchang, aren’t you? And _____________________

that you’ve lived here all your life?

Yang Hua:

Yes, I was born in this street.

Interviewer: Really? And you work for an organisation called “the neighborhood

committee”, is that right?

Yang Hua:

Yes, _____________________ for four years now. It’s been very interesting.

Interviewer: We don’t have these organisations in France. What kind of work does the

committee do?

Yang Hua:

________________________. Our job is to look after the neighborhood.

Interviewer: Can you give us some examples?

Yang Hua:

Yes … Umm, for example, __________________ a holiday club for children.

A lot of children _________________ it. It’s done very well.

Interviewer: Yes, we have that kind of thing in France.

Yang Hua:

And we’ve begun a neighborhood watch, where people watch the houses and

streets. It’s been very successful, so far. The streets are safer ____________.

Interviewer: Congratulations! Part 2:

Interviewer: You’ve just completed a survey of the neighborhood, haven’t you?

Yang Hua:

Yes, __________________. In the past we didn’t know much the people who

live in our area. Now we have a lot more information.

Interviewer: I’d be interested to hear some of the figures.

Yang Hua: Well, there are 850 households.

Interviewer: So it’s quite a small area.

Yang Hua:

Yes, it is. The total population is 2,800.

Interviewer: 2,800. Have you collected any information about _________________?

Yang Hua:

Yes, we’ve got 322 professional people, teachers, etc. There are 517 office

workers, 378 people in manual work and 280 students. There are 183 people

working in local shops like the butcher’s and the greengrocer’s.

Interviewer: I see. What about the number of adults in _________________?

Yang Hua: We _______________ 1,400. We’ve certainly done our best to help people find

__________________.

Interviewer: I’m sure you have! Suggested answers: am I right in thinking

I’ve worked for it

A great many things

we’ve started have joined

as a result

it’s been fascinating

occupations

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employment

make it

employment

Step 4 Everyday English Purpose: To let Ss know some useful expressions. 1. (Individual Work) Ask Ss to read what they have filled in just now. And then ask them to finish the Everyday English exercises on page 38. Suggested answers: (1) a (2) a (3) a (4) a (5) a (6) b (7) b 2. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to use the phrases to make sentences. Step 5 Pronunciation – Stressed Words in sentences Purpose: Enable Ss to know how to read the stressed word in sentences. 1. (Individual Work)

Pre-pronunciation: Ask Ss to think of what they have learnt in last module. According to their notes, try to underline the stressed words in each sentence in Pronunciation section.

2. (Pair Work) Pronunciation

(1) Listen and check the answers. Suggested answers: stressed words: Yang, aren’t, all, life, right, I was, in this, Really, work, organization, neighborhood committee,worked, for years, interesting

(2) Read the sentences after the tape.

(3) Read the extract with a partner to see who is better. Step 6 Grammar 2 Purpose: Let Ss to distinguish verbs that can last and that cannot last. 1. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to look at some sentences on the screen. Decide which sentences describe events that continue over a period of time and which sentences describe events that happen at a particular point in time.

(1) And you’ve lived here all your life …

(2) I’ve worked for it for four years now.

(3) … we’ve started a holiday club for children.

(4) A lot of children have joined it. Suggested answers: Sentences 1, 2 describe events which continue over a period of time. Sentences 3, 4 describe events which happen at a particular point in time. 2. (Pair Work) Ask them to finish Activity 2 on page 36. Suggested answers: A: know

live

remain

stay B: borrow

buy

give

leave

open

put

send 3. (Pair Work) Ask them how to distinguish the words. Suggested answers: 在现在完成时态中，非延续性动词不能和表示延续概念的“for + 一段时间”的时间状语

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连用。

在表达延续一段时间的动作时，可用与其意义对应的状态性短语来表示。

Eg 他已经结婚10年了。

He has married for 10 years.

(

×

) He has been married for 10 years.

(

√

) He married 10 years ago.

( √

) It is 10 years since he get married.

( √

) 4. (Individual Work) Ask the Ss to finish Activity 3 on page 36. Suggested answers: (1) have, known, have known (2) has borrowed (3) has lived (4) Have, sent (5) has, left

5. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to read the sentences in Activity 4 on page 36. Try to find out which phrases have the same meaning.

(The three phrases all have the same meaning. Their meaning is “到目前为止”.)

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about what you have learnt so far / up to now, this term, in your lessons at school. Step 7 Homework 1. Finish Workbook Vocabulary Exercises on page 86-87. 2. Work in groups. Contact your neighborhood committee to do a social survey. You can make a list of the information you want. The listening passage chart will help you . Period 5 Task, Writing, Module File Goals: 1. Help Ss review what we have learnt in this module;

2. Get Ss know how to punctuate a paragraph.

3. Help Ss learn how to write an article about your childhood. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Revision

Check the Workbook Vocabulary Exercises on page 86-87. Step 2 Task 1. (Group Work) Allow Ss to prepare for the presentation within 3 minutes. 2. (Individual Work) Ask two or three students to give their brief report of their neighborhood. 3. (Group Work) Ask some groups to present their interview. One is an interviewer, and the other three are interviewees. They can make an interview about their neighborhood committee. Step 3 Writing

Purpose: Let Ss know how to write an article about a place. 1. (Group Work) Get Ss to read the passage on page 37. Compare their oral composition with the paragraph in order to know how to write this kind of article. 2. (Pair Work) Ask them to complete the paragraph with and or but.

(Allow Ss to exchange their ideas. During the time, they can learn how to use the words

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properly. “And” indicates some additional information is being given, while “but” indicates the following information is going to modify the previous statement in the other way.)

Suggested answers: (1) and (2) and (3) and (4) and (5) But (6) and (7) and (8) but (9) and (10) and (11) but

(12) and (13) and 3. (Pair Work) Ask Ss to read another sample on page 89. While reading, let them make a list of the and of living on an island. Suggested answers: Advantages: (1) beautiful big house (2) friendly people (3) peaceful Disadvantages(1) impossible to have a private life (2) no secondary school (3) no bank (4) (5)no hospital (6) nothing for young people to do in the evenings (7) no old people’ home

4. (Pair Work)

Work in pairs, and make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of your neighborhood.

Where I live Advantages

Disadvantages Step 3 Module File 1. Leading-in: Now we have nearly finished module, what have we learnt? 2. Allow Ss a few minutes to read the module file.

3. Review the grammar rules:

(1) Present perfect tense used for experiences;

(2) Present perfect tense used with words that cannot last;

(3) Present perfect tense used with words that can last;

(4) Adverbial phrases used with the present perfect tense 4. Practice:

Translate the following sentences.

a. 我们住在广东省的北部---韶关市。

b. 他们有一套房子在一幢八层的公寓楼的六楼。

c. 她的祖父母住在150公里远的靠海边的一个农村。

d. 我两个星期没去购物街了。

e. 这是我第二次读有关鼓浪屿的文章。

f. 我见过中国的许多地方。

g. 这是商业区。这里的建筑都比较漂亮，但一套房的租金相当高。

h. 在北中学习我们感到很幸运。

i. 到目前为止，肉价没有上涨。

j. 他离开这个组织三个星期了。

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k. 我弟弟入党两年了。

l. 这间美术馆1992年就关闭了。

m. 那老人去年就去世了。

n. 这本书我上星期就买了。

o. 她的表几个月前就坏/丢了。

Suggested answers: a

We live in the north of Guangdong province, in the city of Shaoguan. b

They have a small apartment on the sixth floor of an eight-storey apartment block. c

Her grandparents live in a countryside by the seaside about 150 kilometres away. d

It has been two weeks since I last went to the shopping mall. e

This is the second time I’ve read about Gulangyu Island.

f

I’ve seen quite a lot of China.

g

This is the business district. The architecture here is pretty gorgeous, but the rent for an apartment is rather high. h

We feel very fortunate (in) studying in Beijiang Middle School. i

So far, the price of meat hasn’t gone up.

j

He’s been away from this organization for three weeks.

k

My brother has been in the Party for two years. l

The art gallery closed down in 1992. / The art gallery has been closed since 1992. m

The old man died last year. / The old man has been dead since last year. n

I bought the book last week. / I have had the book since last week / for a week. o

Her watch was broken / lost months ago. / Her watch has been broken / lost since months ago /for months.

1. The Neighbourhood Committee

摘自：http://www.rainlane.com/printpage.asp?BoardID=27&ID=13775

2. Brief Info

Sunlight Rock Shuzhuang Garden Bright Moon Garden Yu Garden

Piano Garden

Sea View Garden Xiamen Museum (Eight Diagrams Building)

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摘自中国厦门旅游网http://www.visitxm.com/en/home/

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