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Module 4

The Second Period

Reading

彭山二中

蒲

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Teaching goals

教学目标

Enable the students to describe the city of Xiamen. Help the students to learn how to introduce or describe a city from different aspects, such as its location, climate, and famous tourist attractions etc. Target Language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, bother, nuisance, rent, district, approach, harbour, gorgeous, architecture, starve, park, put up b. 重点句式

P32 It’s been six years since... This is the first time I’ve... You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right? Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter. It’s a gorgeous island with some... Teaching important && difficult points

教学重点和难点

Enable the students to learn words and expressions used to describe a place. Teaching methods

教学方法

Fast reading, intensive reading, pair work and discussion. Teaching procedures ＆

ways

教学过程与方式

1.Revision(复习) survey

n. 调查

neighbourhood n.四邻

local

adj.地方的；局部的

suburb

n.城郊；郊区

hometown

n.家乡

attractive

adj.有吸引力的;吸引人的

fortunate

adj.幸运的；吉祥的

pretty

adv.很；相当

sound

vi.听起来

tourist

.旅游者；观光客

bother

vt.打扰；烦扰；麻烦

nuisance

n.令人讨厌的人或事

rent

n. 租金

district

n.地域；区域；行政区

approach

vt. 接近

harbour n.海港

gorgeous

adj.美丽的；宜人的

architecture

n. 建筑

starve

vi.饿死

park

vt. 停车

traffic

n. 交通

1.Our children all go to the

( 地方的)school. 2.Schools must try to make science more

(有吸引力的)to students. 3.I was f

to

have a good teacher .

4.The house has four bedrooms, so it’s p

big. 5.It’

s

as if you’re getting

a cold . 6.I don’t want to b

her with my problems at the moment. 7.A recent

showed that 58% of people did not know where their heart is . 8.A lot of new families have moved into the

9.I pay more

because my room is bigger. 10.She heard footsteps

（接近）

from behind . 11.Thousands of people will

if they doesn’t get food. 12.Don’t

the car in this street. 2. a) Show some pictures of different cities to arouse the interest of students and give some information about how to describe a city.

b) Give a brief introduction of Xiamen

3.Fast Reading :Listen to the tape and choose the correct answers. 1. John Martin is visiting ___________.

(a) Xiao Li’s hometown

(b) a town near where Xiao Li lives

(c) a shopping mall 2. Xiao Li lives _________.

(a) on the island of Gulangyu

(b) in Xiamen

(c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen 3. John and Xiao Li are _____.

(a) at Xiao Li’s home

(b) driving around the city in a car

(c) on a train

4. Intensive reading

Read the passage carefully and complete the chart below. A(n) 1. __________________ and lively city

Climate

People

Places of mentioned

2. _________________ in summer and 3. __________ in winter

Friendly

interest 4. _______________, a gorgeous island with some interesting 5. ___________

The business district

A great number of 6. _________ buildings and great 7. _____________

The 8. district

_______ The most 9. ___________ part of the city with some really pretty 10. _______

Two districts mentioned

Read the text carefully and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F). 1. John and Xiao Li haven’t seen each other for six years.

2. John has never been to China before. 3. Xiao Li enjoys living on the coast. 4. There are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. 5. There are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. 6. There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island

Read the text (P32) again and choose the best answers. 1. How are Xiao Li and John Martin traveling in Xiamen?

A. By taxi.

B. By bus.

C. By bike.

D. By car. 2. According to the text, what will John Martin do tomorrow?

A. He will leave Xiamen.

B. He will go to visit Gulangyu.

C. He will buy some presents.

D. He will rent an apartment. 3. We can learn from the text that _____.

A. Martin had never been to China before

B. tourists may annoy local people

C. the weather there is wet in winter

D. there are some pretty parks in the northwest

Homework 1.Do the exercises of Part 1 . 2.Write a composition about your hometown using the language points we learned

today .

Step I Greetings and Revision T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms... Put up a map of China on the blackboard and ask the students some questions to make them practice telling others a place. T: Here is a map of China. Would you like to tell me where Fujian province locates? S: It is in the southeast of China. S: It is on the southwest of Zhejiang province. S: It is on the southeast of Jiangxi province. ...

T: You are right. And the capital of Fujian province is Fuzhou, which is a big and beautiful city of Fujian, but there is another big and famous city in Fujian, do you know the name of this city? S: It is Xiamen. T: Then do you know the position of Xiamen? Ss: It locates on the southeast coast of China. T: OK! Please look at the map. Xiamen is here. Indicate the location of Xiamen on the map. T: Now would you like to tell me any information about Xiamen? S: Xiamen is a very beautiful and clean city. Xiamen University is well known all over China. My brother is studying there. S: Xiamen has been accredited as National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection and National Excellence in Tourism City.

S: Xiamen has many tourist attractions, such as Sunlight Rock, ShuZhuang Garden of Gulangyu Island etc. It has been recognized as one of the most attractive locations for foreign visitors. T: OK! You have done a good job. Step II Pre-reading

Ask the students a few questions to activate the atmosphere of the class and try to

arouse their interest in learning the text. T: Now I will give you five minutes and please work in pairs to discuss with your partners the three questions on the slide. Then I will ask several pairs to give me your answers. Show the questions on the slide. 1. Have you ever been to Xiamen? 2. If you have been to Xiamen, what impression does it make on you? 3. If you haven’t, can you imagine what it is like?

Five minutes later. T: OK! Time’s up. Volunteer? S: I have been to Xiamen last summer holiday. I went there with my parents. The first feeling I had when I just got there was the air was so clear and it was hot and wet in summer. Several days later, I got used to the weather of Xiamen gradually. I liked to see the sea and visit the sights. In a word, Xiamen is a very beautiful city and people of Xiamen are very kind to visitors or guests. S: What a pity! I have never been there. But through our textbook, I have got much information about Xiamen. In my opinion, Xiamen should be a prosperous and bustling city. Because of its location on the coast of sea, I think it is cool and wet in summer and warm in winter. I guess many visitors from home and abroad visit Xiamen every year. S: I come from Xiamen. The deepest impression on me is its rapid development. When I was a child, there weren’t so many high-rise buildings and visitors. But in recent years, more and more skyscrapers have appeared and the life of people has been improved greatly. I believe this has happened as a result of the rapid development of our country. T: Thank you. You did a good job. Xiamen is a scenic port city, facing Taiwan Island with Taiwan Straits in between. It has a beautiful name — The Garden City. It is also called Egret Island, because it is said that in ancient time’s flocks of egrets settled on this island. It is one of China’s top ten cities suitable for human habitation with its fast development in culture and education as well as its prosperous economy and

picturesque scenery. Each year tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad come here to enjoy the azure sky, blue sea, golden beach, green hills, grotesque rocks, fantastic caves, well-cultivated gardens and parks, rare flowers and plants. They visit the ancient temples and historical sites. They experience special local customs, and taste typical seafood in south Fujian flavor. OK! Now please open your books. Let’s read the text and see how Xiao Li and John Martin talk about Xiamen.

Step III While-reading Task 1

let the students read the text individually and answer some questions according to the text.

T: Please read the whole text quickly and answer the questions on the slide. Show the questions on the slide. 1. How many years haven’t John and Xiao Li seen each other? 2. Has John never been to China before? 3. Does Xiao Li enjoy living on the coast? 4. Are there very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen? 5. Are there a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island? 6. Are there any interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island? After a few minutes. T: OK! Time’s up. Who will answer the first question? S: They haven’t seen each other for six years. T: You are right. What about the second? S: No, John has seen quite a lot of China. T: And the third? S: Yes, he feels very fortunate living on the coast. T: And the fourth? S: Yes, there are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen. T: What about the fifth? S: Yes, there are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island. T: And the last one? S: Yes, there are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island.

T: OK! Your answers are correct. Look at Activity 1 and choose the correct answers.

A few minutes later, check the answers to Activity 1. T: Then please read the text carefully and pay attention to some important words. After you finish reading, do Activities 2, 3 ＆

4. Check the answers after a few minutes. Task 2 Ask the students what the writing characteristics of the text are and by doing this teach the students how to introduce a place. T: After reading the text, would you like to say something about the writing characteristics? S: The text is in the form of a dialogue.

S: The text introduces the location, the climate and a famous tourist attraction of Xiamen through the dialogue between Xiao Li and John Martin.

T: Very good. Then if you are asked to introduce a place, how do you describe the place? S: I will describe the place from different aspects such as its location, its environment, its climate, its tourist attractions, its food and its economy.