Period 1. Warming up & New words
Aims: 1. Get the students to tell the differences between American English and British English.
2. Learn the new words.
Important and difficult points :The differences between AE and BE.
Procedures:
Step1: Lead in (Free Talk)
1. How many languages can you speak?
2. Which language has the largest number of speakers?
3. How many people speak English in the world today?
4. So many people speak English .Do they speak the same kind of English?
5. List the countries that use the English as an official language?
Step2. Warming up
1. Do exercises 1-2 on P 9 (ask students to tell )
2. List the differences (教参P40-41)
1) difference in vocabulary
2) difference in spelling
3) difference in pronunciation
Step 3 Practice
Do Ex 3 on P 13
Step 4 New words study.
Step5 English Weekly Part I (根据时间)
Step 6. Hw 1. Read the words
2 Preview the passage “ The Road to Modern English”( P 10 Ex1)
Period 2 Reading
Aims : Train the students’ reading skill (sum up the main idea of each para.)
Enable the students to understand the history of English and its development in the future.
Important and difficult points:
1.Sum up the main idea 2.Retell the history of English
Step 1. Review the words
Step 2. pre-reading
T: From last period we know AE is different from BE . How did these differences come about?
Step 3. Prediction
Read the passage quickly and look at the title .guess the main idea of the passage using a sentence.
English has changed and developed over time.
Step 4. Fast reading
Underline the key sentence of each paragraph and tell the main idea of each paragraph in your own words.
Para.1 Many people all over the world speak English.
Para 2 Native speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English.
Para3. Why has English changed over time?
Para 4 . Finally by the 19th century the language was settled.
Para 5. English is now spoken wide in South Asia
Step 5.Caraful reading
1. Read Para 1 and finish the form
Time The numberArea where English was spoken
At the end of 16th century
Later in the next century
Today
2. Read Para 3-5 and fill in the blanks (EW 第三期reading task )
Step 6 Comprehending exercise 1
Step 7 Summary and homework.
1. Read the text more 2.Recite the sentences
3 P11 Exx1-4 4 EW Part 2
Period3-4 Language study.
1. Difficult sentences
At first the English spoken in English between about … today.
Then gradually between about AD 800 and 1150 … later French.
2. Phrases
1) because of + nV-ing pron.
because +句子
He didn’t come because of the heavy rain.because it rained heavily.
2) than ever before 比以往任何时候都。。。(与比较级连用)
China is stronger than ever before.
3) even if though 即使尽管(引导让步状语从句)
He likes to help us even ifthough he is very busy.
4) come up Vi.
A girl come up to me and gave me a letter 走过来
The grass is just beginning to come up 长出地面
Here we can watch the sun come up. 升起
Something terrible has come up.发生出现
The question finally come up for discussion. 被提出
扩展：
come across 偶然遇到或找到
come back 再现记忆
come down 传承,按习惯通过或处理
come on 催促, 快速运动
come out 成为众所周知;发行或发表
come up 出现,显示
come true 实现
come up with 宣布或发现
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5) at present 目前现在At present ,he is on holiday.
present n 礼物
v. 赠送呈现
adj.现在的目前的(前置定语)the present government leaders
出席的，到场的(后置定语) the government leaders present
What’s your present address?
How many people are present at the meeting?
6)make use of 利用(make goodfull use of 好好、充分利用)
Every minute should be made good use of as the final exam is coming.
7)a number of 大量的(其后谓语动词用复数)
A number of people have came.
the number of …的数目(其后谓语动词用单数)
The number of homeless people has increased.
归纳：只能修饰可数名词的：
a large/ great/ good number of, a good/ great many, dozens of, scores of, quite a few
只能修饰不可数名词的：
a great deal of, a large amount of, quite a little, a large sum of
既可修饰可数也可修饰不可数名词的：
plenty of, a lot of, lots of, a large quantity of
8)such as 例如(用来列举同类人、物中的几个例子，但不全部列出)
for example (一般只举同类中的一个例子做插入语，常用逗号隔开，可置于句首，句中或句末)
I like most ball games,such as football ,basketball and volleyball.
I’d like to keep a pet, a dog ,for example.
Words:
1)native adj. 本国的，本地的Chinese is my native language.
be native to +地名 原产于This kind if tea is native to Fenghuang Mountain in Chaozhou.
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2)base Vt. 以。。。。。。为根据
base sth on sth. (be based on)
He base his hope on the good news we had yesterday.
This movie is based on facts.
n. 基地基础the air base 空军基地The base of the house is strong.
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3) latter adj. 较后的
He lived a happy life in the latter part of his life.
the latter(两个人或物中的后者)
John and James are brothers, the former is a doctor , the latter is a teacher.
4) identity n. 本身身份
The police are still uncertain of the dead person’s identity.
Step 3 Pracrices
Check the exercises in EW Part 2
Step 4Homework checking P11 Exx1-4
Step 5 Hw : 1.Review the language points
2.Preview the grammar item. 3. Do reading exercises in the English Weekly(第四期阅读练习)
Period 5 Grammar.
Aim: Help the students to retell command and request into indirect speech.
Important and difficult points:
How to express one’s commands or request into the indirect speech.
Teaching prodedures:
Step 1. Dictation
Step 2. Revision
复习上个单元语法
1. 练习 2规律
Step 3.New words study
1.command give commands
command sb. to do sth. He commanded the soldier to fire.
Command that sb. (should )do sth. He commanded that the solider (should )fire.
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2.request
make a request
at the request of at sb.’s request应某人要求
Vt. request sb. to do sth.. I requested him to invite Tom to the party.
request that sb.( should) do. I requested that he (should) invite Tom to the party.
Step4. Grammar.
1. Sum up the difference between commands and requests
Direct Speech
Commands: Do Don’t …
Requests : Do… please. Please do…
CanCould you (please)do…?
Will Would you please do…?
Classify the sentences into commands and requests.(p12 Ex2)
2. Sum up the pattern of retelling someone’s commands or requests.(Ex1)
Indirect Speech
Commands: told ordered sb.(not)to do sth.
Requests: asked sb.(not)to do sth.
Practice :1) Classify the sentences into commands and requests
2) Retell them in indirect speech.(Ex3 On P 12)
3) Do the exercises on the English Weekly (Part3 )
Step 5.Reading and speaking
1). Read the dialogue onP15 ,then circle the words than mean the same.
2. Oral practice (Ex2 On P 15) (Recite the sentences.)
Step 6. Summary and Homework.
1. Recite the sentences
2. P49-50 Exx1-2
3. Preview the Reading on P13
Period 6 Using language
Aims: 1. Enable the students to gain the knowledge about dialects by reading
2.Revise the words about position and learn some useful expressions.
Important and difficult points:
Talk about dialect and accent
Master some useful expressions
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision Ex2 On P 50
Step 2. Reading
1.Lead- in
Talk about the dialects in China Guangdong (可利用英语周报光盘)
2.,Fast reading
1) Read the passage “ standard English and Dialects” and fine out the topic sentence of each paragraph.
Para 1 Believe it or not…
Para 2.When people use words and expressions…
Para 3 Geography also play a part in making dialects…
2) Questions
How many dialects of African American and Spanish.
Why does American English has so many dialect?
What else has influence on making dialects?
Step 3 Language study.
1.Standard (n.)标准, 规格 (adj.) 标准的
meet standard 符合标准
standard of living 生活水平
on a standard 根据某一标准
2.believe it or not
Believe it or not, all the people present have agreed to the plan.
2. This is because… +原因
This is why…+结果
She failed in the exam . This is because she didn’t study hard.
She didn’t study hard. This is why she failed in the exam.
4. expect Vt. 期望expect sb. to do sth. sb. be expected to do sth.
认为I expect that = I think that.
All the students in our school are expected to go to college.
5.play a part in 扮演一个角色，参与 起作用
She play a leading part in the play.
Television seems to play a big part in our daily lives.
6.recognize Vt. 认识认出
recognize sth./sb. as sth./sb. 把…认作…
Drugs were not recognized as a problem then.
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Step 4 Homework
1. Preview the listening on p14 and reading task on p 51
2. Ew Part 4
Period 7 Listening and reading task
Teaching aims : To improve the students’ listening and reading skills.
Important and difficult points :
Try to listen to the English with a local accent
Help students to gain how the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary work on it.
Procedures:
Step 1. Before listening
Look at the picture and predict the content.
Step 2. While listening
Listen for the first time do exercise 1
Listen for the second time and answer the questions on P14
Listen for the third time and check the answers.
Step 3.Reading
1) Lead-in
When you meet a new word ,what should you do ?
Do you know what is the largest English dictionary in the world?
2) scanning
Who is the editor of the Oxford English Dictionary?
How many years did it take to complete the dictionary?
3) Careful reading
Para1. Why were dictionaries invented?
Who did most of the important early work on dictionaries?
Para2. Making note about Murray’s life.
4) Some sentences and some useful words and expressions
Step 4 Hw : 1.EW 完型与语法填空
2.Preview P53 writing task
Period 8 Reading task
Aims: Learn how to prepare before writing :brainstorming and note –making
Important and difficult points:
Write a passage about problems in learning English
Step 1 Homework checking
Step 2. Writing task
1. Read the sample writing and study how the text is organized.
2. Title: Ways of Improving Writing
Para1 : The main idea
我喜欢用英语在日记里记下我的所思所想，但是我不能用正确的句子表达我想写的内容。
I like setting down my feelings and thoughts in English in my diary but I can’t use the correct sentences to describe what I want to write.
Para 2. suggestions on how to solve the problem
Brainstorming : accumulate materials of different topics
remember some useful sentence structures and English sayings
recite some excellent sample writing
make a foreign friend and write e-mail in English
…
(此部分可让学生们讨论，老师收集各组意见再板书)
Para 3 .conclusion
Step 3 .writing (当堂作文)
Step4 Hw: Review unit 2
