Unit 2 The United Kingdom Teaching Goals: 1. Get the students to know the information about the United Kingdom. 2. Encourage the students to talk out what they know about the UK and Ireland. 3. Help the students learn to get information by listening.
Teaching methods 1). Skimming & scanning methods to make the Ss get a good understanding of the text. 1.Discussion methods to make the Ss understand what they’ve learned in class. 2.Pair work of group to get every student to take part in the teaching-and-learning activities. 3.Competition and role-play method to arouse the Ss’ interest
Teaching procedures
Period 1 Step 1. New words study. Get Ss read the new words from P93-94 by themselves. Ss read the new words together. T correct some mis-pronunciation for the students. Step 2 Introduction of the UK. Area: 244,820sq.km. Population: 59,113,439 Languages: English, Kymric, Gaelic Religion: Catholicism Composing countries: England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Capitals: London Cardiff Edinburgh Belfast Step 3. Warming up.: Ss compete in answering the questions as quickly as possible. Step 4 Pre-reading. Q: England can be divided into three main areas. Do you know what they are? The south, the Midlands and the north Step 5 Fast reading. Ss read the passage within 4 minutes to find the answers to comprehending 1. 1 The Union Jack flag unites the flag of three countries in the United Kingdom, which country is left out? Why? The country left out is Wales. It is usually assumed to be part of England 2 What three countries does British Airways represent? 1 England 2.Scotland 3 Northern Ireland 3 Which group of invaders did not influence London? The Vikings didn’t influence London, it influence the vocabulary of the North.
Period2 Step1: Intensive Reading. Ss Read the text carefully and divide the passage into three parts. Write down the main idea of each part. Part1(Para.1-4): what England includes; about Great Britain; the UK. Part2 (Para.5):the geographical division of England into zones; their similarities and differences. Part3(Para.6): the cultural importance of London. Step2. Teaching new words and structures 1.consist vi.組成；在于；存在于 常用搭配：consist of =be made up of 由……組成；由……構(gòu)成 Eg. The team consists of four Europeans and two Americans. The committee consists of seven members. consist in=lie in在于； 存在于 eg. What does happiness consist in? The beauty of Venice consist in the style of its ancient buildings. 2 puzzle 1)n. 迷；難題；玩具；迷惑（只用單數(shù)） a Chinese puzzle（中國(guó)玩具）【比喻】復(fù)雜難懂之事 a cross-word puzzle（縱橫填字游戲） 常用搭配：be in a puzzle about對(duì)……大惑不解 I am in a puzzle about the matter.我對(duì)這件事大惑不解。 2)vt. 常用搭配：puzzle sb./be puzzled with使……迷惑; 對(duì)……大惑不解 The question puzzled me./I am puzzled with the question.這個(gè)問(wèn)題使我很迷惑。 3)vi. puzzle over苦思…… I puzzled over the question for quite a while.這個(gè)問(wèn)題我想了好半天。 3.clarify vt., vi.解釋?zhuān)怀吻�；闡明 clarify matters澄清真相 The government has time and again clarified its position on equal pay for women? 政府已經(jīng)反復(fù)闡明政府對(duì)男女同工同酬的立場(chǎng)。 His mind suddenly clarified.他的頭腦突然清醒了。 4.convenience n.適合；方便 We bought this house for its convenience. 我們買(mǎi)下這所房子為的是它方便。 When and where will it suit your convenience for our next meeting? "我們下次見(jiàn)面什么時(shí)候,什么地點(diǎn)對(duì)你方便?" Please come at your convenience.請(qǐng)?jiān)谀惴奖愕臅r(shí)候前來(lái)。 常用搭配：for one’s convenience為 ……方便 for convenience’s sake為方便起見(jiàn) at one’s convenience在……方便的時(shí)候 拓展：convenient adj. 方便的；便利的 Our house is convenient for the shops. 常用搭配：be convenient to sb. 對(duì)……方便 It is convenient for sb. to do sth.某人做……是方便的 Is it convenient for you to come tomorrow? 你明天來(lái)方便嗎？ 5.attraction n.吸引, 吸引力;吸引人的東西;引力 The idea of working for state-owned enterprises has little attraction to young people nowadays. 現(xiàn)時(shí)去國(guó)營(yíng)企業(yè)就職的想法對(duì)年青人沒(méi)有多大吸引力。 The tides are caused by the attraction of the moon for the earth. 潮汐是由月亮對(duì)地球的引力引起的。 A big city offers many and varied attractions.大城市有多種多樣吸引人的東西。 拓展：attract v. 吸引 attractive adj. 有吸引力的 常用搭配：have attraction for sth. 對(duì)……有吸引力 attract one’s attention吸引某人的注意力 be attracted to sth.被……所吸引 6.influence 1) n.（常與on連用）影響力；感化力 My teacher's influence made me study science at college.由于我老師的影響，我上大學(xué)學(xué)了理科。 Many a woman has had civilizing influence upon her husband.許多婦女對(duì)其丈夫有影響。 2) n.（常與over, with連用）權(quán)力；勢(shì)力 Will you exercise your influence on my behalf?你愿意運(yùn)用你的權(quán)力給我?guī)兔幔?br>3).vt. 影響 My teacher influenced my decision to study science.我的老師對(duì)我學(xué)理科的決定起了影響作用。 常用搭配：under the influence of受到……的影響 influence on/upon對(duì)……的影響 注意：influence 可以表示長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)給人思想上以潛移默化的影響；還指影響力；而affect可指對(duì)具體事物的影響，或?qū)θ说乃枷敫星楫a(chǎn)生了影響. I was deeply affected by the news 我深深被這消息所感動(dòng). 7. You must keep your eyes open if you are going to make your trip to the United Kingdom worthwhile.如果想使你在英國(guó)的旅程有意義，你必須睜大雙眼。 解讀：1)句中的keep your eyes open和make your trip worthwhile都是“動(dòng)詞＋賓語(yǔ)＋形容詞作賓補(bǔ)”結(jié)構(gòu)。 He found the room open.他發(fā)現(xiàn)房間是開(kāi)著的。 The rain made the ground wet.雨使地面浸濕了。 2)worthwhile adj.值得做的,常用于It is worthwhile to do sth./doing sth.中。 I don’t think it is worthwhile.我認(rèn)為不值得做這件事。 It is worthwhile discussing/to discuss the question.討論一下這個(gè)問(wèn)題是值得的。 注意：worth, worthy 和worthwhile的區(qū)別 worth現(xiàn)在英語(yǔ)中被看作介詞，因?yàn)樗竺姹仨殠~或動(dòng)名詞。后接動(dòng)名詞時(shí)以主動(dòng)形式表達(dá)被動(dòng)的意思，接名詞時(shí)須接表示價(jià)值、代價(jià)的名詞。 worthy是形容詞，在句中作表語(yǔ)或定語(yǔ)。作表語(yǔ)時(shí)，用be worthy of ＋n./doing sth. 或 be worthy to be done 結(jié)構(gòu)。 This book is well worth reading.這本書(shū)很值得一讀。 This dictionary is worth ten yuan.這本字典值10元。 The place is worthy of a visit/ being visited.這個(gè)地方是值得參觀的。 This suggestion is worthy to be considered.這個(gè)建議是值得考慮的。 Step5.Exercise 單句改錯(cuò) The foreigner tried his best to make his point be understood.（刪去be） They found a piece of rope with one end tying in a circle.（tired） They both spent t he night locking in the room.（locked） What kept you so exciting? （excited） I noticed the traffic holding up after a bad accident.（held） It is a great c_______ to have a cell phone. Generally speaking, students are i__________ by their teachers in world ands actions. Don’t interrupt me！I am doing a word p________. I must _________（澄清） my reasons for not having attended the meeting. To be honest, I can’t tell what the a________ of this famous painting has. convenience2.influenced3.puzzle4.clarify 5.attraction Step6.Homework
