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Unit 5 The British IslesTeaching aims and demands:Topics: Talking about the British IslesVocabulary:consist state powerful mistaken narrow republic Europe form Atlantic general influence basis upper union judge queen cigaretteproof own foul employ sheet grain westwards approachConsist of be made up of make the most of hold together NorthernIreland the Atlantic Ocean in generalFunction: Expressing agreement and disagreementDon’t you think that…Surely it must be…I’m afraid you’re wrong…I don’t think so.Yes. I agree with you.I’m not so sure about that…No, you are wrong thinking that…I don’t think that’s right…Yes, you are right, but…Aren’t you confusing…?You must be mistaken…I believe that you’ve got it right.Grammar: Noun clauses (1)1.Appositive clauseThe idea that England stands for Fish & Chips, the Speakers’ Corner andthe Tower of London is past.2.Predictive clauseThe result of so mush French influence was that the English languageended up with many French words such as table, animal and age.3.Subject clauseThat most of these are now threatened and may disappear is a seriousmatter to the people in Britain.4.Object clauseThey realize that it is of great value to record and teach them to theyounger generation.Moral Education: To learn something about British culture.Teaching aids: tape-recorder, multimediaTeaching periods: 8 periodsPeriod 1 Warming up listening and speakingTeaching Aims:1. Talk about the UK and Ireland.2. Attention to listening and speaking.Teaching Important Points:1. Improve the students’ listening ability.2. Master the expressions for agreement and disagreement.Teaching Difficult Points:1. Improve the students’ listening ability.2. How to express agreement and disagreement.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Warming up1. Answer the questions about the UK.2. DiscussionWork in groups having a discussion and try to find out as much as you can about the geography, history, culture, famous people, building and other things in the UK.Step 2 ListeningListen to the listening materials and try to finish the listening practice within the limited time.Step 3 speakingNow let’s move to the next part, speaking. Get the Ss to know how to express their agreement and disagreement.Language points:Listening1. The conversation workshop(研讨会,研习班) is taught on Wednesday afternoon.2. Try to reach agreement on the main points.①reach agreement on sth .“在某方面取得一致意见,达成协议”E.g. The two countries didn’t reach agreement on disarmament of nuclear weapons.②reach an agreement on sth. 在某方面达成协议E.g. China reaches an agreement on anti-terrorism with the fire countries in the Middle Asia.3. They think it’s just a matter of looking…E.g. It’s just a matter of time before Taiwan and mainland unite.⒋The Group of Eight consists of the eight richest countries in the world.Consist of(不用进行时态),由…组成/构成,同义词为:be made up of, be composed ofE g. The class consists of 48 students =The class is made up of /is composed of 54 students.⒌…island countries have better chances of becoming powerful.Chance(可能性)+of sth./doing sth; to do sth; that clauseE.g. ①Do we have any chances of winning the game?③There’s a faint chance that you’ll find him at home.⒍Do island nations have advantages over other countries?① A have an advantage over B A优于或胜于B, A比B有优势E g. In ancient movie, Jackie Chan has an obvious advantage over others.②have the advantage of sth. 有某种优势(优点)eg. I have the advantage of a first-class education.③take advantage of 乘机利用某事物eg. You ought to take advantage of English programs on TV.Homework: Read the new words of the reading and get ready for the reading,Periods 3 & 4 ReadingTeaching Aims:⒈Get the Ss to know about the British Isles.⒉Learn the main languages points of the text.Teaching Important Points:⒈Train the students’ reading ability and develop their reading skills.Teaching Difficult Points:⒈Master the following sentence pattern:⑴ A is in /on /to the north/east…of B⑵be of great value⒉Understand the following sentences:⑴The idea that England stands for Fish and chips, the Speaker’s Corner and the Tower of London is past.⑵The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Revision and warm up. Ask the questions about the British’s Isles:What do you know about the United Kingdom?How many countries make up the British Isles?What do you know about Ireland?Step 2 Fast readingNow read the text as fast as possible and try to decide whether the following statements are true or not.⒈The British Isles is made of 3 parts.⒉The British Isles lies off the west of Europe.⒊The English Channel is only 20 miles wide.⒋The British Isles is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the British Isles.⒌There’s much rain in the British Isles.⒍Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.⒎There’s 6 languages that’re considered to be native to the British Isles.Step 3 Careful readingRead the text carefully and try to sum up the main idea of each paragraph.Para 1 General idea about England.Para 2 Position of the British Isles.Para 3 The climate of the British Isles.Para 4 The culture of the people in the British Isles.Para 5 The language spoken in Great Britain and Ireland.Para 6 The history of the United Kingdom.Para 7 The languages spoken throughout the British Isles.Step 4 Post-readingStep 5 Consolidation:Language points:⒈The idea th at England stands for Fish&Chips, Speaker’s corner, Big Ben and the Tower of London is past.⑴that引导的是一个同位语从句,用于说明idea的内容。