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新编实用英语教案unit5
Unit5OurweatherandClimate
objectives
1.Enlargevocabularyrelatedtoweatherandclimate.
2.Getsometipsabouttheuseofbasicsentencestructures.
3.Practicewriting:
describetheweatherinformofweatherforecast.
4.Appreciatepassagesandcompleteexerciseswell.
5.Practicetounderstandeasyweatherforecast.
6.Practicetotalkabouttheweather.
II.Keypoints
1.Masterthevocabularyaboutweatherandclimate.
2.Understandthepassages
3.Practicewriting:
describetheweatherinformofforecast.
4.Practicetotalkabouttheweatherandunderstandeasyweatherforecast.
III.Difficultpoints
1.Getsometipsabouttheuseofbasicsentencestructures.
2.Practicewritingashortweatherforecast.
3.Appreciatepassagesandcompleteexerciseswell.
IV.Teachingmethodology
1.Task-basedlanguageteaching
2.Directmethod
V.Teachingprocedures
SectionITalkingFacetoFace
ImitatingMini-Talks
1.Workinpairs.Practicethefollowingmini-talksaboutgreetingandintroducingpeople.
ActingouttheTasks
2.Workinpairsandactoutthetasksbyfollowingtheabovemini-talks.
Keyforreference:
1.Task:
AskforMark’scommentsontheweather.
2.Task:
Askaboutanddescribetheweatheratthistimeofyear.
3.Task:
AskMr.Greenabouttheweatherconditiontomorrowandplananactivity.
4.Task:
Talkaboutthechangeoftheweatherfromlongrainydays.
5.Task:
Complainaboutacoldday.
StudyingWeatherForecasts
3.Aweatherforecastidastatementthattellsthepublicwhattheweatherconditionisgoingtobe.WeneedtowatchweatherforecastsonTVorhearthemovertheradioeveryispartofourthefollowingsamplesofweatherforecastscarefullyandtrytousetheinformationtopracticeshortdialogues.
FollowingSampleDialogues
4.Readthefollowingsampledialoguesandtrytoperformyourowntasks.
PuttingLanguagetoUse
5.Mr.ParksistalkingabouttheweatheroftwoplacesintheUnitedStateswithheraloudthefollowingdialoguewithyourpartnerbyputtinginthemissingwords.
6.Thereisgoingtobessportsmeetisworriedabouttheweatherandyouaretalkingaboutit.Fillintheblanksaccordingtothecluesgiveninthebrackets.Thenactitoutwithyourpartner.
1.Listento10sentencesforworkplacecommunicationcross-referencedwiththeirChinesetranslations.
Script:
1.Itlooklikesrain.
2.Isitgoingtobefinethisweekend
3.Thereisachanceofsnowthisevening.
4.Todaywillbecoolandpartlycloudy,withachanceofrainthisafternoon.
5.What’sthetemperaturetoday
2.ListentothefollowingsentencesforworkplacecommunicationinColumnAandmatcheachonewithitsChineseversioninColumnB.
3.Listento6sentencesforworkplacecommunicationandchoosetheirrightresponses.
HandlingaDialogue
4.Listentoadialogueanddecodethemessagebyfindingoutthecorrectchoicesinthebracketsaccordingtowhatyouhaveheard.
UnderstandingaShortSpeech/Talk
5.Nowlistentoashortspeech/talkandfilluptheblanksaccordingtowhatyouhaveheard.
Thewordsinbracketswillgiveyousomehints.
6.Listentothespeech/talkagainandcompletetheinformationinColumnAwiththerightchoicesinColumnB.
SectionIIITryingYourHand
PracticingAppliedWriting
1.Readthefollowingtwosamplesofweatherreportandlearntowriteyourown.
2.TranslatethefollowingweatherforecastintoChinese,usingthedatabankintheWorkbookforreference.
3.WriteanEnglishweatherreportaccordingtotheinformationgiveninChinese.
WritingSentencesandReviewingGrammar
4.Analyzethefollowingsentencestoseewhattensetheybelongto.
5.Correcttheerrorsinthefollowingsentences.
6.TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoEnglish.
Keysfortheexercise:
1)Theweatherwasterribleyesterday.Infact,ithasbeenawful.
2)Shehasworkedinthisofficeforfiveyears.
3)IpaidavisittotheGreatWalllastyearandhadaverygoodtimethere.
4)Wehaveneverspokentoeachothersincewequarreledlasttime.
5)TurndowntheTVabit,theweatherforecasthasn’tbegunyet.
WriteandDescribeaPicture
Writeashortpassageofabout100wordstotellastoryoraboutaneventrelatedtothepicturegivenbelow.Someusefulwordsandphraseshavebeenprovidedtohelpyou.
SectionIVMaintainingaSharpEye
Passageone
1.InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage
2.LanguagePoints:
3.ExplanationofDifficultSentences
1)Climatechangemaybeabigproblem,buttherearemanylittlethingswecandotomakeadifference.
Analysis:
Maycanbeusedtointroduceconcessioninputtingforwardanargument.
2)Aswehavelearned,thesegreenhousegasestrapenergyintheatmosphereandmaketheEarthwarmer.
Analysis:
Asisoftenusedtointroduceanindicatoroftheinformationsource,suchasaswehavelearned.Similarstructureare:
asthesayinggoes,aseveryoneknows,asyouknow,asyouputit,etc.
3)Byturningofflights,thetelevision,andthecomputerwhenyouarethroughwiththem,youcanhelpalot.
Analysis:
Byisfollowedbyagerund,introducingaprepositionalphraseof,byisnotnecessarilyalwaystranslatedas“通过”.
4)Oneofthewaystoreducetheamountofgreenhousegasesthatweputintotheairistobuyproductsthatdon’tuseasmuchenergy.
Analysis:
TwoThat-clausesareusedtoserveaspost-modifiersofnouns:
thefirstoneisthatweputintotheair,modifyinggreenhousegases;Thesecondthat-clauseisthatdon’tuseasmuchenergy,modifyingproducts.Note:
Intranslation,thenounphraseproductsthatuseasmuchenergycansimplybetranslatedinto”节能产品”,insteadof“不消耗那么多能量的产品”.
B.ImportantWords
1)trap:
vstore(energy,gasorwater,etc.)sothatitcannotescape.
2)Stand-by:
n.Readinessforduty.
3)Absorb:
v.Takein,sackup(liquid,heat,knowledge,etc.)
4)Membership:
n.Beingamemberof(anorganization)
5)Swell:
v.(numberoramounts)growbigger;expand.
4.PassageTranslation
5.ReadandThink:
Answerthefollowingquestionsaccordingtothepassage.
6.ReadandComplete
1)Completeeachofthefollowingstatementswithwordsorphrasesfromthepassage.
2)Fillintheblankswiththeproperwordsorexpressionsgivenbelow,changingthe
formifnecessary.
7.ReadandTranslate
8.ReadandSimulate
Passagetwo
InformationRelatedtotheReadingPassage
1.LanguagePoints:
A.ExplanationofDifficultSentences
1)ThemostimportantthingtorememberabouttheweatherinBritainisthatitoftenchanges.
Analysis:
Torememberabout...isthepostmodifierofthesentencesubjectthemostimportantthing,andthatintroducesthecomplementclause.
2)AsitisnotverycommoninBritaintohavelongperiodswhentheweatherstaysthesamedayafterday,thekindofweatheryougetwilldependnotonlyonthetimeofyear,butalsoontheluck.
Analysis:
Withintheas-clauseofreason,thereisarelativeclauseintroducedbywhenandmodifyingperiods.Andinitsmainclause,thereisanotherrelativeclauseyougetmodifyingweather,withtherelativethatomitted.
3)Forexample,theopportunitiesforpeopletomeetoutsidedependalotontheweather,soyouwon’tseepeoplemeetingorspendingtimetogetheroutdoorsasmuchasyoudoinhottercountries.
Analysis:
forpeopletomeetoutsidemodifiesmeetingorspendingtimetogetheraretheobjectcomplementofverbsee,anddoreferstosee...
4)ForeignersareoftenamusedthattheBritishpeoplespendsomuchtimediscussingtheweather.
Analysis:
Thatisoftenusedtointroduceaclausewhichgivesthecauseortheeffectofanadjective,justlikeamusedinthiscase.
5)AnotherreasonisthattheBritishpeoplearereluctanttoconverseaboutpersonalmatterswithpeoplewhoarenotfriends.
Analysis:
Herethatintroducesasubject-complementclause,inwhicharelativewho-clausemodifiedpeople.
6)Acommentonanicedayorapersonalcomplaintabouttherainisaneasywaytobreaktheice.
Analysis:
Notethatwhenorisusedtocoordinatetwosubjects,theverbmustagreewiththesubjectafteror.Tobreaktheiceisaninfinitiveclausemodifyinganeasyway.
B.ImportantWords
1)depend:
v.accordingto(nopassive)
B.Needsomeoneorsomethingforhelportobeabletolive.
2)opportunity:
n.Afavorablemomentoroccasion(fordoingsth.)
3)Outdoors:
ad.Intheopenair
4)Amuse:
v.Makesomeonelaugh;causelaughterin
5)Climate:
n.Theaverageconditionsataparticularplaceoveraperiodofyear.
6)Discuss:
v.Talkabout
7)Variable:
a.Changeable,notsteady
8)Reluctant:
a.Unwillingandthereforeperhapsslowtoact.
9)Converse:
v.Talkinformally
10)Personally:
a.Belongingorrelatingtoaparticularperson,nottoothers
11)Social:
toleisureactivitiesthatinvolvemeetingotherpeople
12)Comment:
v.Makearemark,giveanopinion
2.PassageTranslation
3.ReadandJudge:
True/False
4.ReadandTranslate:
TranslatethefollowingsentencesintoChinese.
1)themostimportantthingtorememberaboutBritishistheweather.
2)PeopleinBritaincanenjoythelovelyweathermostoftheyear.
3)Britishpeopletendtotalkaboutweatherquitealot.
4)ItisquitecommoninBritainforpeopletocommentonarainydayoranlovelydayatabusstop.
5)TheeatinghabitsofpeopleinBritainhavealottodowiththeweatherconditionsthere.
6)ThebestwemayusetodescribetheweatherinBritainis“predictable”.
7)ThevariableweatherexplainswhyBritishpeopletalkalotaboutit.
8)TalkingaboutweatherisaninoffensivewaytobeginaconversationwithastrangerinBritain.
SectionVAppreciatingCultureTips
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