Unit 2Wish you were here 教案.docx

1、Unit 2 Wish you were here 教案Unit 2 Wish you were here 1st Period Welcome to the unitTeaching Aims:1. Talk about traveling.2. Make the students practice their spoken English and share opinions with each other by either discussing their travel experiences or using their imagination. Teaching Important

2、 Point:Make the Ss free to talk in and after class about traveling.Teaching Difficult Point:Help students finish the task of speaking.Teaching Methods:Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.Teaching Aids:The multimedia and the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Brainsto

3、rmingAsk and answer the three questions between T and the Ss.(1) Do you like traveling? Do you want to visit these picturesque places?(2) Why do you want to travel?(3) Why do more and more people like to travel, even some of them traveling abroad?(4) Where do people often travel?(5) What do people n

4、eed to do before traveling?(6) What items should we take?Step 2 Speaking-Our travel routeTalk about the pictures of Grasslands of Africa, Australias famous beaches, Brazilian rainforest, Gobi Desert in pairs or groups.Step 3 InterviewAsk him/her as many questions as possible about his/her traveling

5、experiences using the following sentences.Step 4 Homework 1. Find more information about places in the world and traveling.2. Preview the reading text.2nd periodReading An adventure in AfricaTeaching Aims:1. Help students improve their reading abilities.2. Learn and master the following words and ph

6、rasesTeaching Important Points:1. Improve the students reading ability.2. Enable the students understand the text better.3. Get the students to master the tenses used in the passage.4. Develop the students creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities.Teaching Difficult Point:1. How to improve

7、 the students reading ability.2. The use of some useful expressions.Teaching Aids:The multimedia, the blackboardTeaching procedures:Step 1 RevisionAsk one or two students to talk about their traveling experiences.Step 2 Reading Comprehension1. pre-readingWhat do you think of the pictures in the medi

8、a show? Have you ever been to all these places? Do you like traveling? Yes. Actually, most people are crazy about traveling. With the rapid development of economy, Chinese people are becoming richer and richer. To improve life quality, they will try to find chances to travel. And also the Chinese go

9、vernment has arranged for two golden weeks to that people can have more time to enjoy traveling. As you have seen from the pictures, some places of interest are crowded with tourists. More people are now going out for sightseeing. Then why is traveling becoming more and more popular?As a matter of f

10、act, many of you have ever been to some places of interest, can you tell us the names of the tourist attractions? Well, all these places are located in China. Have you ever been abroad for a visit? Neither have I. Then it doesnt make any difference. We can travel abroad by reading. Here is a passage

11、 about An adventure in Africa. (Teach the students how to pronounce the word “adventure and explain the meaning.)2. Scan the whole text to find the route of the adventure and answer questions:How will Colin and Toby travel through the desert?What activity does Toby think is dangerous?How long will t

12、he brothers stay in Africa?(Present the world map. Show the students the route from London to Morocco by plane.) So this is their first destination for their summer vacation trip. From the map, we know that Morocco is located in northwestern part of Africa. Skim the first second Para. and find the a

13、nswers to these questions.(1)What will they be doing there? (slide show)(2)What will Toby bring a flashlight for? (slide show)Anyway, traveling in desert is romantic, though it is tiring and a little bit dangerous. But Toby has to continue his adventure. Who will tell me their next destination? (Bet

14、ter find a video clip) Questions:(1)What will they be doing while traveling down the Nile?(2) Is there any danger when they do this activity? How to protect themselves?(3)What do you think of the game? Since rafting is dangerous and may kill you, will you experience the game? Why?4. Different people

15、 have different points of view. You have the right to choose to die or live. In rafting, Toby and Colin may feel nervous. So they want to relax at the next destination. What is it? And what are they going to do there? Why do the guides have guns with them?Further thinking:(1). Should Toby drink the

16、cows blood?(2). Should they get as close as possible to the wild animals?After all, wild animals are wild animals. If they are hungry, they might attack anything.5. It is certain that staying with Kenya local people for Toby and Colin will be quite an experience and they had a good time watching the

17、 wild animals. So they are continuing their exciting trip. Do you know the name of the highest mountain in Africa? Kilimanjaro. In which country does it lie?Questions:(1)What do you think of mountain climbing?(2)What problems do some people have while climbing?Discussion:If you feel exhausted in cli

18、mbing mountain, should you give up half way?Adventures such as mountain climbing and white-water rafting can be dangerous. Why do some people risk their lives for these kinds of adventure?Do you think it is worth risking your life for adventure? Why or why not?6. Now the letter is almost coming to a

19、n end. Do you still remember the countries they will be visiting and the things they will be doing? (Present The route and destinations in Africa to the students and ask them to retell what they will be doing along the route)Step 3 An Informal letter sampleDear Toby,How are you? Im glad to . Best wi

20、shes to you! Love, AihuaStep 4 HomeworkYou are supposed to write a letter to Toby telling him your plan for the oversea travel. Pay attention to the style of the letter.3rd periodLanguage focus of An adventure in AfricaTeaching Aims:Revise the reading passage by retelling it.1. Get the students to g

21、rasp the usage of some important words and expressions.Teaching Aids:1. The multimedia2. The blackboardTeaching Procedures;Step 1 Revision Ask the students to retell the story according to the route and destinations in Africa.Step 2 Language focus1. Ive been quite busy arranging my holiday with my o

22、lder brother, Colin.be busy doing sth. 忙于做某事e.g. He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good. 太着急做好事的人，反而找不到时间去做好人。arrange v. 安排，准备e.g. Ill arrange somehow. 我总会设法去办的。Everything has been arranged satisfactorily. 一切都得到了令人满意的安排。2. Colin and I plan to spend a few weeks travelling before he go

23、es to university.spend v. /n. 花费，消耗 spendon sth./spend(in) doing sth. e.g. Tom spent ten cents _ popcorn.He spent three hours _ his homework3. We leave London on 15 July, and we will be flying to Morocco, in northern Africa.Leave, go, begin, arrive, return, come can be used in the present tense to i

24、ndicate the future event.They arrive in Beijing tomorrow.The train leaves in ten minutes time.When does the show begin?4. Altogether, the trip will take six days.altogether adv. 总共，公而言之e.g. Id like to have 100 sheets altogether. 我一共想要100张。 Altogether, our achievements are great. 总而言之, 我们的成绩是很大的。take

25、 在此表示“ 需要，花费”Writing books must _(需要大量时间) go to school every morning.(他每早上学需要20分钟)The flight _ .(花了我们两个小时)5. So, well go white-water rafting.Translate some phrases and sentences.去购物 去爬山去吃苹果 去游泳周末他们去找房子。6. You have to wear a helmet and life jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water.

26、 protection n. 保护，防卫，防护物e.g. The construction workers wore metal helmets for protection. 建筑工人为了防护而带金属头盔。 A thin jacket is a poor protection against cold. 一件单薄的夹克衫不足以御寒。 in case 以防，以防万一Translate the sentences.我整天呆在家里以防Harry打电话。你最好带把伞以防下雨。in case; in case of; in no case; in any caseIn any case, I wont

27、 help the people like him. I shall stay in the hotel all day in case there is news of the missing child.The sign reads “In case of a fire, break the glass and push the red button.” In no case can you cheat in the exams.7. We will live with the local people in their villages, and eat and drink whatev

28、er they do, including cows blood!whatever pron.无论什么，不管什么翻译：无论你说什么我都不会相信的。无论你做出什么决定，我都会支持你。父母不应该孩子要什么就给什么。8. Since well be walking for almost two weeks, Ill need to buy a large backpack in advance to carry my supplies of food and water.in advance 事先，预先Everything was fixed in advance. 一切都是预先安排好的。suppl

29、y / provide sth. to/for sthsupply/ provide sb. with sth. supply/ meet/ satisfy ones need for sth. c.f.: offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb. It is hard to supply the demand for more and better house.The media supplies us a lot of information every day.The water company cut off the supply of water for

30、no good reasons.Step 3 Exercise1.-Hello, could I speak to Mr. Smith?-Sorry, wrong number. There isnt _Mr. Smith here.A. / B. a C. the D. one2. I lost my wallet last week, but _ I didnt have any money or credit cards in it at that time.A. luckily B. hopefully C. gladly D. normally3. Stick to what you

31、 think is right, _ you will gain a surprising happy ending.A. and B. but C. before D. so4._ he has limited technical knowledge, the old worker has a lot of experience.A. Since B. Unless C. As D. Although5. This is a very interesting book. Ill buy it, _.A. how much may it cost B. no matter how it may costC. however much it may cost D. how may it cost6. Lily succeeded, for she had made the greatest _ and got over plenty of difficulties.