Unit 2 English around the world(教案).doc

教学序号 2 单元 编制时间 2010年8月20日 Unit 2 English around the world本单元的中心话题是“世界上的英语”，通过对这一话题的探讨加强学生对英语语言的了解，对当代语言特别是英语发展趋势的了解。本课旨在为学生学习英语打开一扇窗户，使学生了解语言的变化趋势，明确为什么除了英国英语和美国英语，还会有印度英语，加拿大英语等，以后还会有中国英语。教学目的和要求类别课程标准要求掌握的项目话题English language and its development; different kinds of English词汇elevator petrol gas official voyage native apartment actually AD base gradual gradually Danish vocabulary spelling latter identity fluent fluently Singapore Malaysia frequent frequently usage command request expression Midwestern eastern southeasternAfrican Spanea northwestern recognize lorry accent lightning straight block cabBecause of come up at present make use of such as play a part in功能语言交际困难pardon? I beg your pardon? I dont understand.Could you say that again, please? Sorry, I cant follow you.Could you repeat that, please? Could you speak more slowly, please?How do you spell it, please?语法直接引语和间接引语 请求与命令“Look at this example,” the teacher said to us.the teacher told us to look at that example.“would you like to see my flat?” she asked. she asked me to see her flat.Period One: Warming up and listening I Warming upTeaching aims: make students know more about the differences betweenBritish English and American English Teaching method: by expressing the same meaning in different ways.Teaching step 1. At first, ask students some questions about English.Questions: A. how much do you know about the English language?1. It is an international language and widely used.2. It is the official language of many countries and the UN3. It plays an important role as a first or second language4. It is learned by people in many non-English speaking countriesQuestion B. in what situations is English used?In an international meeting/talk in schools on the air(on TV/on the radio) When we sing English songs when we listen to English Question C. What is native language?It is the language that one or both your parents speak. You learn it as your first language/your native language/mother tongue.Question D. What is English as a second language ? It is the language used by governments, schools, newspapers and TV, but people speak the language of their country at home.Question E. Do you know the difference between B.E and A.E?Teaching step 2. 让学生做第9页的热身部分，来体现同一事物在英国英语和美国英语的不同表达。Teaching step 3. Read the dialogue and circle the words that mean the same, then tell which is British English and which is American English.A: Do you want to come to my flat?B: How far is your apartment? It is beautiful?B: Shall we go to the pub to celebrate your birthday?A: Wow, bar is a nice place.B: Wow, I want a tin of kola, some biscuits and sweets. What about you?A: Well, I want a can of milk tea, some cookies and some candy.A: Great, I like football match very much.B: Hey, lets go and see a soccer game. It is very exciting.Teaching step 4. Try to write down the words.ChineseBritish EnglishAmerican English公寓flatapartment酒吧pubbar罐头tincan糖果sweetscandy饼干biscuitscookie电梯liftelevator比赛matchgame足球soccerfootball秋天autumnfall汽油petrolgasII Listening. Teaching aim: 让学生感悟美国英语的方言。Teaching method: 通过让学生听录音的方式去感受美国英语之间的差异。Teaching Step 1. Ask students to describe the picture and the boys.T: Any volunteers to describe the picture?S1: There is a river in the picture. At the bank, there is a tall tree. We can see a very big fish in the river.S2: The two boys are laughing another boy. The boy was frightened and fleeing.Teaching step 2. Ask students to read the text and do exercise 4 on page 14.T: Could you find the answers to the four questions?Ss: Yes.T: Good. What does Buford think of Texas? How do you know it?S: He believes its almost a different country from the US. The text tells us.T: How large was the catfish? S: The catfish was almost the size of a house.T: Why did Lester get out of the water very quickly?S: He thought the catfish would eat him.T: Why did Buford and Big Billy Bob laugh?S: Because the fish is harmless but Lester was so frightened and fled so fast.aching step 3. listen to the tape and know of standard English and southern dialects.T: Another two persons will describe this story. One is Buford, who is from Texas and believes bigger is always better. He is speaking with one kind of Southern dialects. The other is his teacher, Jane, who speaks standard British English. First, listen and know of standard British English and Southern dialects.Students listen to the tape and try to understand.T: Buford says “Hey, yall” to greet you. What does the second speaker say to greet you?S: She says “Hello”.Do exercise 3 on page 14.Period II Reading:1.pre-readingTeaching aims: a. 剖析课文主题，激活学生已获背景知识，引发思考。b.激发学生阅读兴趣，寻找未知答案。Teaching step 1. show the world map through the computer, and point outthe countries whose official language is English,such as America, England, Australia, India, Singapore, New Zealand, South Africa.Teaching step 2 know of the topic of the text. Work in pairs to discuss the title of the text, find the key words-road and modern English .then predict what the passage is about. 2. Reading.Teaching aims: To talk about varities of English; To read about the history of the English language. Teaching steps: 1. skimming read the text quickly and find or make out a key sentence for each paragraph.Paragraph 1. Many people all over the world speak English.Paragraph 2. Native speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Paragraph 3. Why has English changed over time?Paragraph 4. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.Paragraph 5. English now is spoken widely by Asia.Teaching step 2. read the text quickly and find some information and facts according to time order. Work in pairs or four to finish the task within five minutes. The goal is to develop the skill of searching for information.Make a timeline of the development of English, using the passage to help you.During the 5th century AD 1. English was based more on German.Between about AD 800 and 1150 2. English was influenced by Danish and FrenchinvadersBy the 1600s 3. Shakespeare used a wider vocabulary than ever beforeIn 1620 4.British settlers moved to AmericaFrom the 18th century 5.British colonized Australia1765-1947 6.English spoken in Indiaby the 19th century 7. Dictionaries standardized the spelling of EnglishTeaching step 3. do exercise1 on page 10. Teaching step 4. explain the underlined phrases in English according to the context.1） So why has English changed over time?(As time goes by)2） cultures meet and communicate with each other.(mix)3） The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling.(characteristics)4） Only time will tell.(it is really hard to know the result)Teaching step 5. understand the text structure. Ask students: Do you know the relationship between the paragraphs? The text can be divided into three parts, can you divide it, please?1-2 the usage of English3-4 the development of English5. English spoken by Asian people.Teaching step 6.Do exercise 3 on page 10. Why do you think people all over the world want to learn English?a. use computers and the internet.b. To tradec. To learn in western universities.d. To read English journals.Why do you think more people in the world now want to learn Chinese?a. as a result of Chinas growing economic power.b. as a result of Chinas growing influence in the UN.c. to trade with China.d.to move some branches of western companies into China.Homework 1) Do exercises 1,2,3 on page 11 and page 49. 2) Read the text again and again, then choose some sentences you like best and recite them.Teaching step 7.Language points.1.Do you know that there is more than one kind of English?(Warming up)more than one +名词单数， 后面的谓语动词用单数。Eg .More than one student wants to go to swim.more than 用法小结 1）. more than后面跟名词，意为“不只是，不仅仅是”。 e.g. Hibernation is more than sleep. Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils. 凯特不仅仅是位教师，她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。2）. more than与数词连用，意思是“多于，大于，超过”。 e.g. I have known him for more than twenty years. More than ten policemen turned up at the spot where the accident happened. 3）. more than与形容词和分词连用，表示“非常、十分”。 e.g. They were more than happy to see us come back from the expedition. I was more than surprised to see the lion standing at the body. 4）. more than与动词连用，对动词起着加强语气的作用。 e.g. Repeated advertising will more than increase product sales. 多次做广告意味着增加产品的销售。His progress in English learning more than encouraged him to learn the subject well. 在英语学习方面的进步激励他学好这门课程。5）. more than和含有情态动词的句子连用，有否定意义，表示“是难以”或“超过了所能”之义。 e.g. The beauty of the mountainous country is more than I can describe. 我难以描述那个山村的美丽。This problem is more than a child like Jack can settle. 这一问题超出了像杰克这样的小孩的解决能力。6）. no more than意思是“仅仅，不过，只是”。 e.g. All his education added up to no more than one year. Their new flat has no more than 60 square metres. 他们的新居只有60平方米。7）. not more than表示“至多，不超过” e.g. Lying on the ground was a peasant boy of not more than seventeen.躺在地上的那个农家男孩最多十七岁。”Both of them are much more than classmates, they are close friends.2. and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries.Because of（复合介词）+名/代/宾从We have made such great progress because of your help.She didnt come to the party because of what you had said.The football match was put off because of the rain.Because（连词）+原因状语从句I was worried because Mary was late.He couldnt walk as fast as the others, because his leg was injured.He realized she was crying _ what he had said.A. because B. because of C. as D. since3. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they dont speak the same kind of English.Even if=even though.连词词组，引导让步状语从句。意为“尽管，即使”相当于though,although.He likes to help us even though he is very busy.We wont give up _ we should fail 10 times.A. even if B. whether C.since D. until4 Id like to come up to your apartment.Come up:a. （人）走近，上来 b. （of the sun）to rise c.引起注意 d.（指意想不到的事）发生 e.出席，参加 f.（of plants）to appear above the soil. g.被提出（主语是被提出的内容）Eg. Come up to the front of the room so everyone can see you.A lot of new questions came up at the meeting.Come up with:提出（主语是提出者）He came up with a good idea to that question.Come out：出现，结果，出版 His new novel came out last week. come to: 达到，谈到 come on: 快点，加油come across 邂逅 I came across some old coins in the drawer. come through通过 Come at 攻击 come from 来自于 come in 进来 come about 发生 Can you tell me how the accident came about?Fill in the blanks with the phrases above.I _ him in the street yesterday.The magazine_ once a month.Many questions _ at the meeting, but he answered none._. The others are waiting.We havent _ a conclusion yet.5 it was based more on German than the English we speak at present.Base sth on/upon sth 以 为基础（be based on）This movie is based on facts.Base sth in sth: 以 为据点，总部They based their company in shanghai. Their company is based in shanghai.Present:adj目前的，现在的，出席的，到场的，出现的 n.礼物 v.呈现，展示What ha said amused all the people present.Whats your present address?at present=at the present time 目前，现在 in the present situation.在目前的形势下 be present at:出席，在场。He bought me a computer as my birthday present.6.Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before.Make use of:利用，使用 make good/full use of:充分利用，很好地使用We should make good use of our resourses.Every minute should be made good use of.7. India has a very large number of fluent English speakers.A numberof:大量的，后面加可数名词复数，谓语动词用复数。A number of people have come.The number of: .的数目， 其后谓语动词用单数。The number of homeless people has increased.The number of people invited_ fifty, but a number of them_ absent for different reasons. A. was; was B. was; were C.were; was D. were; wereAs a result of destroying the forest, a large_ of the desert _covered the land.A: number; has B quantity; has C. number; have D. quantity; have8 English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as south Africa.Such as:like 像 表同类事物的不完全列举，放在名词的前面。For example表举例说明。可放在句首，句中，句末。前后要有逗号隔开。That is=namely 即，同类事物完全列举。Eg. He can speak four languages, such as English, GermanHe can speak four languages, that is, English, German, Chinese and Japanese.The report is incomplete; it does not include sales in France, for example. My doctor told me not to eat fatty foods such as bacon or hamburgers.Period III.Grammar focus Requests and CommandsTeaching aims: 1. 理解间接引语中命令与请求的表达法。2. 让学生学会转述命令与请求时要运用不定式结构Direct speech: Requests. Do, please? Can you.? Could you? Will you? Would you? Commands: Do . Dont Indirect speech: Requests: A asked B to do sth. A asked B not to do sth.Commands: A told/ordered B to do sth A told/ordered B not to do sthDo the exercise 1on page 12.当直接引语为祈使句时，转换成间接引语要使用一个带动词不定式的简单句表达。祈使句：直接引语：主语+动词+“祈使句” 间接引语：主语+动词+to verbeg. The teacher said to me, “come in”.the teacher told me to go in.John said to me, “please shut the window.”John asked me to shut the window.The teacher said to me, “dont be late again.”The teacher advised me not to be late again.祈使句变为间接引语，谓语动词要做一定变化。表示命令，tell, order, command表示请求，ask, beg, request表示忠告，advise感叹句：直接引语：主语+动词+“感叹句” 间接引语：主语+动词+陈述句eg. He said, “what a fine day it is.” He said, “how fine the day is.”He said what a fine day it was. He said how fine the day was.The teacher asked us_ so much noiseA. dont make B. not make C. not making D. not to make.Do the exercise 2 and 3 on page 12.Language points:Request:1. request(for sth/that) 要求，请求 2. request sth (of/from sb) 3. request sb to do sth.Eg. Your request will be granted.We received many requests for the book.I requested him to help me.I requested that he( should) come an hour earlier.1) Our English teacher requested that the homework_ tomorrow morning.A. would be handed in B. be handed in C. hand in D. must be handed in2) Visitors_ not to touch the exhibits.A.will request B. request C. are requesting D. are requested3) At the buyers _, the flowers will be shipped by air. A. request B. question C. call D. problemCommand: v; n.命令，指令，掌握Command that 从句用虚拟语气（should+动词原形，should可以省略）The captions command is that all soldiers (should) start off at five in the morning.Im now at your command, what would you like me to do? 由某人支配，听某人吩咐He has 1200 men under his command. 由某人指挥，控制Period IV Using LanguageReading Teaching aim: 1.从语音角度了解英语存在差异的事实，英语也有方言。2. 使学生掌握一定的阅读技能。通过快速阅读理解文章篇章结构，找出文章主题。Teaching step 1. Get students to think about the title and predict what it says.Teaching step 2. Skimming read the text quickly and find the topic sentence for each paragraph. Para. 1: There is no such a thing as Standard English.Para. 2: American English has many dialects whose words and expressions are different from “standard English”.Para. 3: Geography plays a part in making dialects.Teaching step 3. Scanning.Work in pairs, read the text again and find some particular information.1) Do you know what standard English is from the text?2) What is dialects? Why does American English have so many dialects?Thats because people come from all over the world. And geography plays an important part in making dialects.Teaching step 4. read the text again and try to find some important and difficult sentences.5.language points. 1) play a part (in)= play a role (in) 扮演一个角色；对某事起作用；参与She has played different kinds of roles in her life.She played a major part in the success of the scheme.We all have a part to play in the fight against crime.2) recognize: 辨认出来，承认，公认recognize ones voice.Recognize sb to be; be recognized as; recognize that: 被承认为 注意：recognize是个终止性动词，是指原来很熟悉，经过一段时间的间隔或别的原因又重新认出来。1.Although we had not met each other for over twenty years, I _him in the crowds at the first sight. A. knew B. recognized C. regarded D. recondered2.-Oh, its you. I _ you.-Ive just had my hair cut, and Im wearing new glasses.A. didnt recognize B. hadnt recognized C. havent recognized D. dont recognize3.Tom is recognized_ the best student. A. as B. since C. for D. toPeriod V Reading and speaking.Teaching aims: 1. 进一步理解英国英语和美国英语之间的差异2. 学会语言交际困难的表达法。3.增强口语交际能力Teaching steps.Do the exercise 1 and 2 on page 15.Sample dialogue for situation 2.S1: Excuse me, sir. Could you tell me where the nearest petrol station is?S2: You mean gas station/ Yes of course. Its straight ahead till you reach the traffic lights. Then turn left and cross one street. Then youll see it on your left.S1: Whats that again? I dont understand. How many blocks is that?S2: Blocks? There are no blocks! You just go along this road till you reach the traffic lights.S1: I see for one block? Can you speak more slowly please? I want to write this down.S2: See those traffic lights? Go straight ahead unt