Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehendingppt课件课堂实录

Unit 3

Australia--Warming up、Prereading、comprehension

Learning Aims 1.

To practice the reading and listening ability. 2.

To get to know some basic information about Australia.

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To improve the speaking ability by using what we have learned. Task 1 Lead-in

Speaking of Australia,

1.what animal can you think of first? 2.Do you know some areas about Australia ? •

Queensland 昆士兰

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New south Wales 新南威尔士

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Victoria

维多利亚

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Tasmania

塔斯马尼亚

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South Australia 南澳

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Western

Australia 西澳

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Canberra 堪培拉

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Sydney 悉尼

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Melbourne 墨尔本

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Hobart 霍巴特

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Adelaide 阿德莱德

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Perth 珀斯

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Darwin 达尔文

3. Enjoy a short video about Australia

Task 2

Fast reading Match each part with a proper description. 1.a postcard from someone on holiday

Paragraph 1 2.part of a tourist brochure

Paragraph 2 3.an advertisement

Paragraph 3 4.part of a text in an encyclopedia (百科全书)

Paragraph 4 5.a newspaper article

Paragraph 5

Task 3

Careful

reading Facts :Glimpses of Australia

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Official name

Commonwealth of Australia

2,228

Highest point

15

Lowest point

7,686,850

9,600,000

20,000,000

1,300,000,000

Australia is the only country that is also a ________. It is the ______ largest country in the world Only a few ____

_______have adequate rainfall. Australia is famous for its huge, open ________, bright _________ and large number of _______ and ______ and its unusual _______. •

Australia is made up of ____ states and it has a _______ government.

Citizenship ceremonies planned around Australia

澳大利亚公民庆典活动

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Australia Day falls on 26th February .

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During the citizenship ceremonies, some people who come from different cultural and social backgrounds will become Australian citizens on that day . 3.

People could sing ,dance and taste the food from all over the world during the ceremony . Summary •

Text 1：

Some physical features and

ecology of Australia and its

political organization

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Text 2：

A citizenship ceremony on

Australia Day

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Text 3：

Two rail journeys across Australia

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Text 4 ：

Uluru

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Text 5 ：

Cradle Mountain National Park Task 4 Discussion

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Discuss with your partners and try to choose five words or phrases to describe Australia

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large

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spacious •

spectacular •

diverse

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multicultural •

full of wonder •

…. Task 5 Group work: Making a dialogue

Classmate1 : Can I ask you some questions about

Australia? I am very interested in it. Mary:

Sure, go ahead! Classmate1 : What’s the population of Australia?

Mary:

About 20 million.

Classmate 2: Where do most Australians live? …..

Classmate 2: Thank you very much Mary. I think

Australia is really worth visiting.

Mary:

Yes, of course! Welcome to our county

and I’m very glad to be your tour guide!

Homework

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Write a letter to your friend Lily.

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Tell her something about Australia.

Task

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Fast

reading 1.

Invite her to visit Australia together with you next summer holiday.