Unit 5 Knowing About ChinaTopic 1 How much do you know about China?Section AThe main activity is 1a. 本课重点活动是1a。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标1. Learn some new words and phrases:a great number of, fetch, introduce, lie in2. Learn the attributive clauses led by“that”or“which”.(1)China is a great country that/which has about 5 000 years of history.(2)It’s a book that/which introduces China in detail.(3)It’s Mount Tai that/which lies in Shandong Province.3. Learn about the geography of China.4. Cultivate the students’ patriotism through learning about the geography of China.Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具五岳的图片/幻灯片/中国地图/录音机Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案Step 1 Review 第一步复习(时间:3分钟)让学生尽可能地用英语和同伴谈论他们最喜爱的名胜，培养他们的爱国之情。
导入新课。
(呈现一些五岳等名胜的图片，引导学生快速谈论My favorite place is ...，激活他们的英语思维。
)T: Look at these pictures. Are they beautiful?Ss: Yes.T: Yeah. They are very beautiful. S1, what places have you been to?S1: I’ve been to Mount Huang.T: Do you like it? Why?S1: Yes. I like it very much. It’s a wonderful place.T: What’s your favorite place, S2?S2: …T: Can you describe it for us?S2: …(双人活动。
谈论My favorite place is …，并对其加以描述。
让1-2组学生表演。
)S3: …S4: ……T: Well done. You’ve just talked about many places of interest. As we know, China is a great country. It has about 5 000 years of history. Do you want to know more about it? OK, let’s come to the new unit.(导入新课。
)Step 2 Presentation 第二步呈现(时间:13分钟)继续谈论中国的名胜古迹，呈现1a内容，引出并学习文中生词及定语从句。
1. (教师出示泰山图片。
)T: Have you been to Mount Tai?(教师介绍。
)T: I went there two years ago. I like it best. Mount Tai lies in Shandong Province. Every year many tourists visit it. It attracts a great number of tourists from all over the world.(板书并要求学生掌握lie in和a great number of，理解attract和province。
然后让学生用所)lie in=be inprovinceattracta great number of=manythis: My favorite place is … It lies in … It attracts many/a great nu mber of tourists …S1: My favorite place is Mount Wuyi. It lies in Fujian Province. It attracts a great number of tourists from home and abroad.S2: My favorite place is …S3: …T: In our country, many places of interest attract many tourists. And China also has a great number of beautiful mountains and rivers. Can you say some?S4: The Huanghe River.S5: The Changjiang River.S6: Mount Tai.S7: Mount Emei.S8: …T: I think a number of students want to know more about our country. Now I can fetch you a book. I can also say: I can fetch a book for you. Here“fetch”means“go and bring sth. back”.fetch。
)动作展示Guide to China这本书。
)T: The book is Guide to China. It introduces China in detail. I can also say: Guide to China is a book that/which introduces China in detail.introduce，理解guide。
))wants to know more about China?Ss: Yes.T: OK, let’s introduce the book to Susanna. Because she has just come to China. She wants to know more about the country. Now, she is talking with her mother. What are they talking about? Let’s listen to 1a and get it.2. (利用幻灯片出示下列问题，让学生听1a的录音，回答问题。
)3. (朗读1a，让学生找出定语从句，引导学生讨论、归纳其用法。
)T: Please read 1a and then try to find out attributive clauses.S1: …S2: …(教师总结学生所找的规律，讲解定语从句的用法并要求学生掌握。
然后用幻灯片给出两通过角色扮演等形式巩固1a。
1. (再朗读1a，同时画出文中的关键词并完成1b。
)T: Please read 1a again and underline the key words. Then complete the table of 1b. I will ask some of you to give your answers.(师生共同核对1b答案。
)2. (两人一组，分角色练习1a。
)T: Work in pairs. I will ask some students to act out the dialog in roles.3. (随机抽几组学生分角色表演，同时引导学生参与评价。
)T: Please act out the dialog. Let’s see which group is the best.Step 4 Practice 第四步练习(时间:10分钟)利用2中的图片和例子，继续学习并操练定语从句，然后完成3的听力训练。
1. (教师展示一幅中国地图，练习定语从句。
)T: What place is this?(教师手指“合肥市”问。
)Ss: It’s Hefei.T: Where is it?Ss: It’s in Anhui Province.T: We can also say “This is Hefei which/that lies in Anhui Province.”(然后学生两人一组操练对话。
练习使用定语从句。
)2. (让学生看2中的图片，仿照例子编对话。
)T: O K. Look at the example in 2, please. Then you can make dialogs after the example while looking at the pictures.S1: What a beautiful place!S2: Yeah! It’s Mount Hua that/which lies in Shaanxi Province.S1: Have you ever been there before?S2: Yes, I have./No, I haven’t.(教师挑选几组进行表演，检查定语从句的运用效果，特别注意关系代词的用法。
)3. (听录音，完成3。
)T: First read 3. Then fill in the blanks while listening to the tape.(如有必要，可重复播放。
师生核对答案。
让学生熟读句子，并掌握其表达方式；另外注意听力原文中定语从句的用法。
)Step 5 Project 第五步综合探究活动(时间:4分钟)收集相关地理知识，用which/that引导的定语从句交谈。
1. (小组活动, 复习所学的中国地理。
)(1)教师将事先准备好的中国地形图分给各组。
(2)要求各组拿出笔、纸进行查找和记录中国的名山、大河。
(3)教师选几组进行展示。
T: L et’s find out the beautiful mountains and famous rivers on the map of China. Write them down on a piece of paper.(3分钟后)T: Please tell us your results.Group A: …Group B: …Group C: …Group D: …2. Homework:(1) Collect some information about famous mountains and rivers you know and fill in theblanks below.Mountain RiverChinaWorld(2) Make a dialog about traveling in pairs.Requirement:①Talk about places of interest, the famous mountains, rivers, cultural relics, ...②Use the attributive clauses as many as possible.(3) There are four attributive clauses in Section B. Let’s see who can find all of them.(引导学生预习Section B)(4) (准备好各自的旅行照片，以备下节课使用。
