人教版高三英语选修11 Unit1 New Zealand

Unit 1 New ZealandThe First PeriodTeaching Aims:1.To encourage the students to get to know more about New Zealand.2.To train the students to make up dialogues.Teaching Procedures:Step 1.Lead-in1)Ask the students whether they know a lot about English-speaking countries.2)Ask the students to introduce what they have learned.3)Traveling is really interesting. Now I will show you some beautiful pictures.Try to guess where these pictures are from(New Zealand).Learn some difficult words while showing the pictures of volcanoes, harbors, sand beaches, bay and so on.Step 2.Warming upAsk the students what they know about New Zealand.Work with a partner and decide whether the statements below are True(T) or False(F).1)New Zealand is in the Pacific Ocean to the west of Australia.( )2)The capital of New Zealand is Auckland.( )3)New Zealand is approximately the same size as the UK.( )4)There are nearly 40 million sheep in New Zealand.( )5)There are more people living in New Zealand than in the UK.( )6)About 10% of New Zealanders are Maori.( )7)New Zealanders are often called “Kiwi”after the kiwi bird that lives onlyin New Zealand.( )8)Kiwi birds are strong flyers.( )9)There have been humans living in New Zealand for about 10,000 years.( )10)New Zealand has many high mountains.( )Step 3.TalkingAsk the students to make up some dialogues.Suppose A acts as a guide and B acts as a foreigner,make up some similar dialogues between A and B.Step 4 HomeworkAsk the students to look up some information about New Zealand on the Internet. Background materials:Welcome to , a site dedicated to providing tourism, travel and other information about New Zealand. Take a Virtual Tour of New Zealand, visiting Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, and other locations in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island. Book tours, activities, sites and attractions in these tourism & travel locations.Book accommodation to visit the New Zealand tourism centers - Rotorua, Taupo, Queenstown and Wanaka and the major cities Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin as well as other New Zealand places. If you need it now we also have a discounted last minute booking service that provides web only discounted rates for New Zealand, and other world wide destinations, through the Rates To Go service.For Internet Only special deals on Rental Cars use our Car Rental Online Booking service.View slide show Images from New Zealand of Akaroa, Otago Peninsula, Wellington and more. Read our NZ Guide Book to explore our language, culture, history and weather. Our featured place, for more New Zealand information, is Auckland. Auckland is the perfect place to start your tour of New Zealand.The Second PeriodTeaching Aims:1)To learn the important and useful words and expressions and have a goodknowledge of New Zealand.2)To cultivate the students’ ability of reading comprehension: skimming,canning, generalization, inference and so on.Teaching Procedures:Step1.Pre-readingLook at the map of New Zealand and discuss what you can learn about New Zealand. Discuss especially:●latitude and longitude●seas surroundings the country●islands that make up New Zealand●mountains and mountain ranges●lowest and highest areas●possible areas for farming●major cities●possible climateStep 2.Reading1.GuessingIf you are the writer of the passage ,what will you write to introduce the country---New Zealand? They may have various answers such as population, geography, history, natural beauty, climate ,agriculture ,culture, life and so on.2.Read and answer:1)Read the whole text carefully and get the main idea of each paragraph.2)Answer some questions.a.Which New Zealand island has the most mountains?b.In which island is there more geological activity?c.On which part of the South Island are you most likely to find sheep farms?Give reasons.d.What part of the South Island had the most rainfall?e.Where and when was gold discovered in New Zealand?3)Put the following historical events in order.A.Many Maori died from disease or war.B.Maori tribes began moving to the North Island and started to growcrops.C.After the Land Wars, more and more European settlers began arriving.D.The British government and the Maori signed a treaty, which made NewZealand the property of Great Britain, but gave the land to the Maoripeople.E.The first humans settled in New Zealand.F.Sealers and whalers from Europe came to New Zealand.G.Forests began disappearing and some animals and plants becameextinct.H.War between the Maori and Pakeha ended with the loss of much Maoriland.I.Wars began between tribes.Step nguage points:1.range: n. 排，行，一系列 a range of buildings范围，幅度 a wide range of choicePhrases: at long/short/close range 在远/近距离beyond the range of 超越…范围out of one’s range某人达不到的，在某人知识范围以外的vt. 使成行，排列 The teacher ranged his students along the path.vi.位列，分布，涉及 He ranges with /among the great poets.This plant ranges from France to Italy.2.carve:vt.to make or form by or as if by cutting 雕刻,切开e.g.The statue was carved by John.He carved his initials on the tree trunk.The marble was carved into a statue.3.extinct: adj.已灭的,灭绝的,断绝an extinct volcano 死火山 an extinct species 绝种的物种We expect the tribe to become extinct in the near future.extinction: un.熄灭,绝种The extinction of the lights left the room in darkness.灯火熄灭使房间陷入一片黑暗.Apes are in danger of extinction.猿猴有灭绝的危险.4.wipe out 清除,垮台wipe up消灭,揩干wipe off擦去,购销(债务等)wipe down把…上下揩干净5.take over接管take apart拆开take away拿走,夺走take down放下,记下take in吸收,领会,理解,欺骗,take up占据,开始,着手做某事take out拿出take off起飞,(产品等)大受欢迎,匆忙离开6.worse still 更糟的是what is worseto make matters worseStep 5 Discussion1.On which island would you expect there to be more people?Give at least tworeasons.2.What changes happened that caused the Maori people to be become morewarlike?3.In what ways was the arrival of the first Europeans a disaster for the Maoripeople?4.What kind of changes to the land do you think happened after Europeansstarted arrived?Step 6 HomeworkTry to revise what you have learned and retell it.The Third PeriodTeaching Aims:1.To train the students’ listening and speaking abilities.2.To express themselves in English.Teaching Procedures:Step 1.Listening1)Play the tape and pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.2)Listen to her talk and answer True (T) or False (F) to the questionsbelow.If the statement is wrong, correct it.a.While New Zealand is only slightly smaller in area than the UK,it hasa much smaller population.b.Most of New Z ealand’s population live in towns and cities because mostof the land is farmland, mountains or forest.c.Because New Zealand sells so much meat, dairy products and wool to othercountries,there are many people working on the land.d.New Zealand is a country that has a unique ethnic mix.Some people arefrom more than one racial background.e.In the next part of Kim’s talk, she is going to talk about when andwhere the people of New Zealand originally came from.Step 2.PracticeListen again to the first few sentences and pay attention to the way Kim pronounced differently from British or American speakers?I start New Zealand surprising that areaThan compare with light parts housesStep 3.Speaking Task1)In groups,make a table to list information about NZ and your part of China.Inwhat ways are they similar and how are they different?New Zealand My areaOnly 4 million people Over…….peopleMany mountains2)Report to the class .Listen to the reports from other groups.If you disagreewith any of the answers,express your opinion and give reasons.Step 4.Homework After class ,give them more listening materials to practice.The fourth periodTeaching Aims:1.To have a deep understanding of passage.2.To arose students’ interests in learning the passage and evoketheir enthusiasm in discussion and communication.Teaching Procedures:Step 1.Lead-inWe have learned a lot about New Zealand. Perhaps you can not retell it in English.So I want you to read the passage aloud and then we will have an interesting activity. First,I need three students to help me.Suppose they are from NewZealand.Now they are to hold a travel conference in Beijing to introduce their own country.One person is geographer.One is the Heading of the Travel Conference and the third one is a historian.The rest students will be the reporters or travel lovers from China or other countries.They can ask any questions about New Zealand.Step 2.ReadingRead the text from the Internet on the next page.It is about traveling in NewZealand,but the headings for each section are missing.Write the letters A—E beside the headings below to show where they belong.Not all headings are needed.1.Wha t’s the best way to travel around New Zealand?2.What’s the best time to visit?3.What is the weather like?4.Is New Zealand safe to travel in?5.What do I do about accommodation?6.How long should I stay?7.Why travel to New Zealand?8.Can I hire a car?Step nguage points:1.access: UN.接近,通路,接近的方法He is a man of difficult/easy access.他是难以/容易接近的人.Get/gain/obtain access to…得以接近,进入,会见或使用He couldn’t get access to the classified information.他无法接近那份机密情报give access to 使能接近(接触)have access to能接近I have access to his library.Only high officials have access to the president.Within easy access of…在容易去到….的地方accessible: adj.可接近的,可使用的,可以得到的,易于了解的She is not accessible to strangers.These documents are not accessible to the public.This book is easily accessible to the young reader.2.get around/round 四处走动，传开，回避get about 传开，四处走动get across通过，被理解get through通过，到达，办完，做完3．handy: adj.熟练的，手灵巧的，便利的，在手边的He’s very handy with a computer.She ’s handy at making dresses.This tool is very handy.Keep the dictionary handy.Come in handy 派得上用场3．cater:vt.vi.备办酒席，承办酒席，提供食物cater for sb./sth.:为某人提供适合某人需要We also cater for weddings and banquets.Step 3. Writing taskUse the following information to write a letter to travel New Zealand.Your relatives or friends need your help.They want to take a holiday in New Zealand.Their scheldule will only allow them to spend one week in New Zealand and they want to do ad much as possible.Their plane will arrive in Auckland.Make a list of the things which you think will interest them.Write a letter for them to Travel New Zealand explaining what they are interested in and asking for information about the best places to go and what kind of accommodation is available.Step HomeworkRevise what you’ve learned in this unit.。

BOOK11 Unit 1 New Zealand目标认知重点词汇：extinction, scarce, take over, treaty, representative,not to mention ,extensive , insure,consultant重点句型：表地点状语的介词短语置于句首语法：定冠词精讲巧练Extinction【原句回放】As the coastal water were heavily fished, the seals remained only on the southern-most eventually hunted to extinction. (P2)【点拨】extinction n. the situation when an animal or plant no longer exists表示“灭绝；熄灭”，如：We should protect the species that are in danger of extinction.The race was threatened with extinction.【拓展】extinct adj. 表示“灭绝的，绝种的，不复存在的”，如：Some of the species of birds are extinct.Many words and expressions have become extinct with the development of the society.【随时练】These most primitive cultures were sentenced to ______.A. extinctB. extinctionC. deathD. lifelessKey: Bscarce【原句回放】As the population grew and land and food became scarce. (P3)【点拨】scarce adj. much less than is needed, hard to find 表示“缺乏的，不足的；稀有的”，make oneself scarce 离开，退避，如：That bird has become scarce in this country.Food wand water are scarce and expensive in the flooded area.【拓展】scarcely adv. 表示“几乎不，仅仅”，与when连用时，意思和“hardly…when”相同都表示“一…就”，置于句首时用倒装结构。

Unit 1 New ZealandVocabulary and expression---学案Learning aims:1. Students know how to learn them by heart.2. Let students grasp and master them.3. Students must recite important ones .4. Using some important ones to make sen tencesLearning important ones:1.important and difficult wordsgeological carve extinction scarce warlike representative fasten appetite schedule flexible pace insure theft consultant cater2.important and difficult expressionswipe out take over not to mention get around cater for sb./sth.in large numbersLearning methods:（三探一练）1.Preparing for the words and expressions by themselves before class.2.Working together during class3.Making a thorough enquiry with teacher4.Achieving our targetsLearning procedure:STEP1: Revision(1):listen to the tape, correct pronunciation, follow the tape. of all the words and expressions(2) Check up the following preparation-translation1.geological adj._______; n.________2. plateau n._________3.carve vt.________4. paddle vt._________5,uninhabited adj.________, 6.warlike adj.________7.treaty n.______________ 8.unrest n.__________9.平民_________________ 10.悬挂，悬浮________11.自助餐______________ 12.守门人___________13.起居室______________ 14.统计，统计数字_____15.进度表______________ 16.保险______________17.顾问，咨询者________ 18.数据库____________19.vertical adj.__________ 20 enquiry n._________STEP2 Lead in the new lessonWarming up :Say something about New Zealand（location, population）Now let ‘s learn words and expressions first.STEP3 Finding out some important and difficult points by the dictionary，transl ate them with students. Following the teacher.1.carve vt.【合作探究】(to make or form by or as if by cutting) 雕刻，切开;努力取得；(1) 把一块石头雕刻成像。

Unit1NewZealandⅠ.单词练吧1China is among the countries that have the most serious (地质) disasters.2His walking stick was c with a horse’s head.3We p a little boat in the West Lake.4He dared me to jump over the (篱笆).5You are a (代表) of your company,so remember to conduct yourself in a professional manner.6She gave up (所有权) of the vehicle.7There are signs of political u in the country and people feel worried.8I asked the soldier what his c occupation was.9The little boy has learnt to f shoelaces.10There is a great s bridge over the river.11Exercise gave her a good (胃口).12We met each other for a (早午餐) on Sunday morning.13I happen to have the latest population s with me.14What is on the s today?15An insurance company will i your house against fire.Ⅱ.短语沙龙1consist of……组成2consist with,一致3wipe out;垮台4take over,接收5in spite of;不管,不顾6寻找;寻求7到处走动8更不用说9满足需要;为……提供10为……打算(或设计)的Ⅲ.同义句转换1All bodies are made up of molecules(分子)and atoms. All bodies molecules and atoms.2Some animals,including some bears,only half hibernate. Some animals,,only half hibernate.3Though he has some shortcomings,he was loved by all. his shortcomings,he was loved by all.4Scientists are trying to find a cure for the disease. Scientists are a cure for the disease.5They intend to carry this reform through this year.They this reform should be carried through this year.Ⅳ.课文回顾下面一段文章是课文原文的浓缩,仔细阅读,根据课文内容将其补充完整,并背诵。