英语人教版八年级下册Unit 9 Reading

课题 Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? Section B 1 (1a-2e)

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标 1. Knowledge and Ability Objects

(1) Key vocabulary:

the Terracotta Army, the Great Wall

the Bird’s Nest, the Palace Museum

Singapore, population, southeast Asia, western food, Indian food,

Night Safari…

(2) Target language:

Have you visited …?

Have you been to …?

Have you seen …?

Have you tried …?

(3) To train students’ listening, speaking reading abilities and skills..

2. Method Objects in Teaching

(1) Listening and speaking methods.

(2) Reading methods.

(3) Practice method.

3. Sensibility and Value

(1) To raise students’ interest of learning English.

(2) To make students get to know cultures of other countries.

教 1. Teaching Key Points 材

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析 1. Key vocabulary in this period.

2. Target language in this period.

2. Teaching Difficulties

1. Improve students’ listening.

2. Improve students’ reading skills.

3.Teaching Aids

1. A computer for multimedia use.

2. A tape recorder.

时序 Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Revision

Complete the sentences.

Step 2 Pre-listening

1. Look at the pictures and learn the new words.

thousand num. 一千 thousands of 数以千计的 safe adj.安全的

fear v.& n.害怕；惧怕 Indian adj.印度人；印度的 spring n.春天

Japanese adj.日本人；日本的 fox n.狐狸 equator n.赤道

Step 3 Reading

1. Introduction of Singapore

1) Look at some pictures and watch some videos about Singapore

2) Talk about the symbol of Singapore

2. Fill in the blanks according to the article.

Singapore’s geographical position A small island (1) ____________

Language(s) people speak in

Singapore (2) ______________________

Food we can find in Singapore Chinese food, (3) __________ and

Japanese food.

Name of the night zoo in Singapore

(4) ___________

Temperature in Singapore It is (5) _________

_____ all year round.

Keys: 1. in Southeast Asia 2. Putonghua and English 3. Indian food, western food 4.

Night Safari 5. almost the same

3. Work on 2b. Read the article. How many reasons can you find for visiting

Singapore?

4. Work on 2c. The statements below are false. Use information from the article to correct them.

1. Most people in Singapore only speak English.

2. It is not easy to get many different kinds of good food in Singapore.

3. It’s better to see lions and tigers during the daytime because they will probably

be awake.

4. It’s best to visit Singapore in the autumn.

Keys: 1. speak English as well as Putonghua

2. not 去掉

3. at night

4. You can visit Singapore at any time of the year.

5. Work on 2d. Fill in conversation about Singapore using the information form the

article.

A: I am going to Singapore next week. _____ you ever ____ there before?

B: Yes, I’ve ____ to Singapore many times. It’s my favorite country to visit

in ____ Asia.

A: What languages do people ______ there?

B: Mostly Chinese and _______.

A: What about the food? Is it good?

B: It’s excellent! _____ you ever tried Indian food? Indian food is really good

in Singapore.

A: I see. Have you ____ heard of the Night Safari? Someone told me to go

there. B: Yes! I ____ been to the Night Safari. It was really exciting to ___ the animals

in the dark.

A: And it is always _____ in Singapore?

B: All ____ round! It’s always summer there!

Keys: Have, been, been, Southeast, speak, English, have, ever, have, see, warm,

year

6. Making notes

After reading, write down three or more things you have learned. We always

remember things better if we take time to reflect.

Step 6 Language points

1. For thousands of tourists from China…

thousand num. 一千

前面可以有one, two等具体数词修饰，这时thousand后不加“-s”。

e.g. There are two thousand students in our school.

thousand的复数形式thousands意为“数千；成千上万的，常和介词of连用，其前不可以受表示具体数字的词修饰。

e.g. There are thousands of buildings in this big city.

用thousand的适当形式填空。

1) Fifty __________ people visit the Expo Park today.

2) We can see ___________ of stars at night if there are no clouds in the sky.

3) There are five ________ students in our school.

4) __________ of people come to the square. 2. On one hand, more than three quarters of the population are Chinese… On the

other hand…

on the one hand… on the other hand 一方面……另一方面……

e.g. On the one hand, she taught English, on the other hand she learned

Chinese. 她一方面教英语, 一方面学习汉语.

3. …more than three quarters of the population are Chinese…

quarter n. 四分之一；一刻钟

a quarter = one fourth

e.g. three quarters 四分之三

a quarter = fifteen minutes

e.g. a quarter past seven = 7:15

I’ve got to go in a quarter of an hour.

一刻钟以后我就得走了。

“数词+ quarter(s) of +名词”作主语时，若名词为复数形式，谓语动词用复数形式；若名词为单数形式或不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。

e.g. A quarter of students go to school by bike.