高中英语Module 4 A Social Survey -- My Neighbourhood教案

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Module 4 A Social Survey — My Neighbourhood
I． 模块教学目标
技能目标Skill Goals
▲ Talk about neighbourhood
▲ Learn how to show position and direction
▲ Learn the present perfect tense
▲ Learn to describe where you live

II. 目标语言

功
能
句
式
Showing position and direction
The Summer Palace is in the suburb of Beijing.
The city Urumqi is in the northwest of china.
Japan is to the east of china.
Chongqing is on the east of Sichuan.



词
汇

1． 四会词汇
neighbourhood, local, suburb, hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, bother, nuisance, rent, district, approach, harbour, gorgeous, architecture, starve, park(v.), traffic, organization, unemployed, household, occupation, professional, manual, employment, exchange, fascinating, afford, survive, contact
2． 认读词汇
survey, committee, gallery
3． 词组
put up, so far, up to now, till now, get away from, a great many, a number of, go up



语
法



Present perfect tense used for recent events
They’ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently.
Present perfect tense used for experiences
I’ve seen quite a lot of China.
Present perfect tense used with words that cannot last
We’ve started a holiday club for children.
Present perfect tense used with words that can last
I’ve worked for it for four years now.


重
点
句
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1． And this is the first time I’ve visited your hometown. P32
2． It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know. P32
3． It’s been very successful, so far. P36
4． Up to now, I’ve understood everything the teacher’s said. P36
5． We’ve had very good weather this winter, till now. P36
6． But they are never beautiful in the way that the countryside is beautiful. P37
7． Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms. P39
III. 教材分析与教材重组
1. 教材分析
本模块的中心话题是A Social Survey — My Neighbourhood，围绕如何介绍居住地或所熟悉的城市展开。谈论的话题涉及描述居住地、指示地点和方向、了解社区居委会等。旨在通过本模块的学习，使学生学会使用一些描述某一地方的词汇，以及就neighbourhood这一话题发表自己的观点，并能通过进行社会调查，写出描述neighbourhood近期变化以及居委会工作及所起作用的一篇调查报告。
1.1 INTRODUCTION介绍了一些与建筑、居住地以及某个地方有关的词汇，以及两篇学生描述自己neighbourhood的示范小短文，使学生初步了解这些词的意义，为本模块的学习奠定良好的基础。
1.2 READING AND VOCABULARY部分提供了一段对话，介绍厦门市的地理位置、气候及城市概况。让学生阅读文章后完成练习，培养学生的快速阅读能力，以及对词汇的认读和应用能力。
1.3 GRAMMAR 1部分要求学生通过分析句意了解现在完成时，并能够区分一般过去时与现在完成时。
1.4 LISTENING AND VOCABULARY部分含两篇关于社区的对话形式的听力材料。要求学生在听完一段材料后，能够抓住大意并获取自己所需的一些数据信息。
1.5 GRAMMAR 2部分学习两类不同动词，即延续性动词和非延续性动词在现在完成时中的用法，并要求学生学会正确运用。
1.8 EVERYDAY ENGLISH部分使学生通过做选择题掌握七个日常用语的意义，达到会正确使用的目的。
1.9 FUNCTION AND SPEAKING部分要求学生练习怎样指示方向及地点，并能在对话练习中熟练运用。
1.10 CULTURAL CORNER是一篇介绍西欧农村生活变化的文章，使学生了解一些关于西方国家社会生活的知识。
1.11 TASK部分要求学生根据本模块所学知识写一篇关于自己所住地区的调查报告，是对学生综合运用语言能力及社会实践能力的检验。
2. 教材重组
2.1 将INTRODUCTION， FUNCTION AND SPEAKING与WORKBOOK中Exercise 17整合在一起，上一节“口语课”。
2.2 把READING AND VOCABULARY设计为一节“阅读课”。
2.3 将GRAMMAR 1，GRAMMAR 2与WORKBOOK中Grammar整合在一起，上一节“语法课”。
2.4 将LISTENING AND VOCABULARY，PRONUNCIATION, EVERYDAY ENGLISH与WORKBOOK中Exercises 11-16整合在一起，上一节“听力课”。
2.5 将CULTURAL CORNER与WORKBOOK中Reading整合在一起，上一节“泛读课”。
2.6 将WRITING，TASK与WORKBOOK中的Exercises 18-19整合在一起，上一节“写作课”。
3. 课型设计与课时分配
1st Period Speaking
2nd Period Reading
3rd Period Grammar
4th Period Listening
5th Period Extensive Reading
6th Period Writing
IV． 分课时教案
The First Period Speaking
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
apartment, apartment block, countryside, high-rise building, local, suburb, neighbourhood, across the water
b. 重点句式 P31
He lives with his parents in a suburb in the northeast of the city.
She lives in the countryside in southern Liaoning, about fifty miles away from the city of Dalian.
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to talk about their neighbourhood and know how to show position and direction.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Teach the students to learn how to introduce the neighbourhood with the target language.
Teaching important && difficult points 教学重点和难点
Learn how to describe the neighbourhood and give directions.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Pair work, speaking and task-based method.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A computer, a projector and some slides
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Greetings and Lead-in
T: Good morning / afternoon, class!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms...
T: We have known each other for more than one month but do you know where I come from? You can guess. Perhaps some of you have known it.
Ss: Are you from Xi’an?
T: Yes, you are right. I come from Xi’an. It is a very beautiful city and one of the six ancient capitals in China. Have you been there? And how much do you know about it?
S: Xi’an is the capital of Shannxi province. And it is famous for its delicious food and tourist attractions. Though I haven’t been there, I have learnt a lot about it by watching TV.
T: Then do you know what the most famous tourist attraction is?
S: I think the most famous thing in Xi’an is the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Emperor Qin Shihuang.
T: Yes, every year thousands of people from other parts of China or from other countries visit the Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Museum. Have some of you visited it?
S: Last summer I have visited it with my parents. It is the biggest on-site museum in China. The museum looks quite elegant and delightful. Three main buildings of the museum, which are named Pit 1, Pit 2, Pit 3, were constructed on their original sites in different periods of time.
T: I believe you have learnt a lot of knowledge by visiting it about history, culture and human civilization.
S: Yes, I think so.
T: Very good. I suggest you visit famous tourist attractions all over our country when you have spare time. By doing this, you can enlarge your view and knowledge. OK! Besides the Emperor Qin’s Terracotta Museum, there are many other tourist attractions in Xi’an, such as the Huaqing Pool, Da Yan Tower etc. And the most famous food is Jiaozi dinner, Tang-style dinner and pancake soaked in mutton broth. They are all delicious. Welcome you to Xi’an and welcome you to visit my home. There I live with my parents in a two-storey house, which is in a suburb in the southeast of the city. We have lived there for over ten years. OK. Today we are going to learn a new module about neighbourhood.
Step II Warming up
T: Now please look at some words on the screen and pick up those we can use to describe buildings. I will give you one minute.
Show the words on the slide.
apartment, apartment block, countryside, five-storey, local, high-rise building, mile, (second) floor, suburb, stone
T: Time’s up. Volunteer?
S: I think there are 6 words that can describe buildings. They are apartment, apartment block, five-storey, high-rise building, (second) floor and stone.
T: Yes, you are right. What about the other words?
Ss: The others can be used to describe where the buildings are.
T: Well done. Now please open your books. Read the two short passages carefully, then decide if the sentences on the screen are true or false. If they are false, please correct them. I will give you two minutes to complete them.
While the students are reading the passages, show the sentences on the slide.
1. Zhang Hua lives with his parents in the center of the city.
2. Lin Xiaoyun lives in the countryside in southern Liaoning, about thirty miles away from the city of Dalian.
3. Lin’s parents have recently built a house which is two storeys high.
After two minutes.
T: Who will tell us if the sentences are true or false? Volunteer?
S: The first one is false. Zhang Hua lives with his parents in a suburb in the northeast of the city.
S: The second one is false. Lin Xiaoyun lives in the countryside in southern Liaoning, about fifty miles away from the city of Dalian.
S: The third one is correct.
Step III Speaking
T: Answer the questions of Activity 1 in FUNCTION AND SPEAKING. One question, one person.
Students answer the questions one by one.
Sample answers:
1. Tian’anmen Square is in the middle of Beijing.
2. The British Isles are near continental Europe.
3. Guangzhou is in the south of China.
4. The city Urumqi is in the northwest of China.
5. The Summer Palace is in the suburb of Beijing.
6. We can see the high-rise buildings of Pudong across the water.
Combine Activity 3 with Exercise 17 in WORKBOOK. Make the students work in pairs to discuss the questions on the slide.
T: Now please work in pairs. Describe your homes according to the questions on the screen, and compare your homes. A few minutes later, I’ll ask some pairs to act out your dialogues.
Show the questions on the screen.
1. How big is your flat / house?
2. Where is your flat / house located?
3. Is it close to your school?
4. Is it close to your parents’ place(s) of work?
5. Do you like your neighbourhood?
6. Do you have good neighbours?
7. Are there parks or other public facilities nearby?
8. Is there good public transportation?
9. Are there markets and shops nearby?
After they have finished, ask one or two pairs to repeat their dialogues in front of the class.
A sample dialogue:
S1: I live with my parents in a fifteen-storey apartment which is in a suburb in the southeast of Beijing. Our apartment isn’t very big. Because it isn’t close to either our school or my parents’ places of work, we have to take bus everyday. Fortunately, there is very good public transportation. What about you?
S2: I also live with my parents. We live near our school in a flat which isn’t big, either. Everyday I walk only about five minutes to get to school. But my parents have to take bus to get to their places of work. By the way, are your neighbours kind and good?
S1: Yes, they are all kind people. We get along quite well with each other. We always visit each other at our leisure.
S2: You know, in 2008, the 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing. In recent years, Beijing has taken on a new look. More and more high-rise buildings have been put up and the air has become fresher and fresher. However, I only know the condition of urban districts, what about the suburb?
S1: The same thing has happened to the suburb.
Step IV Homework
T: Today, we’ve learnt how to describe the neighbourhood and direction, and we’ve also learnt some new words and useful expressions. You should review them after class. Besides, collect some information about the city of Xiamen. OK! That’s all for today. See you tomorrow!
The Second Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target Language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
hometown, attractive, fortunate, pretty, sound, tourist, bother, nuisance, rent, district, approach, harbour, gorgeous, architecture, starve, park, put up
b. 重点句式 P32
It’s been six years since...
This is the first time I’ve...
You live in the northwest of Xiamen, is that right?
Pretty hot and wet in the summer, but it can be quite cold in winter.
It’s a gorgeous island with some...
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to describe the city of Xiamen.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students to learn how to introduce or describe a city from different aspects, such as its location, climate, and famous tourist attractions etc.
Teaching important && difficult points 教学重点和难点
Enable the students to learn words and expressions used to describe a place.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Fast reading, intensive reading, pair work and discussion.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A projector, a computer and a map of China
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Greetings and Revision
T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms...
Put up a map of China on the blackboard and ask the students some questions to make them practice telling others a place.
T: Here is a map of China. Would you like to tell me where Fujian province locates?
S: It is in the southeast of China.
S: It is on the southwest of Zhejiang province.
S: It is on the southeast of Jiangxi province.
...
T: You are right. And the capital of Fujian province is Fuzhou, which is a big and beautiful city of Fujian, but there is another big and famous city in Fujian, do you know the name of this city?
S: It is Xiamen.
T: Then do you know the position of Xiamen?
Ss: It locates on the southeast coast of China.
T: OK! Please look at the map. Xiamen is here.
Indicate the location of Xiamen on the map.
T: Now would you like to tell me any information about Xiamen?
S: Xiamen is a very beautiful and clean city. Xiamen University is well known all over China. My brother is studying there.
S: Xiamen has been accredited as National Garden City, National Model City for Environmental Protection and National Excellence in Tourism City.
S: Xiamen has many tourist attractions, such as Sunlight Rock, ShuZhuang Garden of Gulangyu Island etc. It has been recognized as one of the most attractive locations for foreign visitors.
T: OK! You have done a good job.
Step II Pre-reading
Ask the students a few questions to activate the atmosphere of the class and try to arouse their interest in learning the text.
T: Now I will give you five minutes and please work in pairs to discuss with your partners the three questions on the slide. Then I will ask several pairs to give me your answers.
Show the questions on the slide.
1. Have you ever been to Xiamen?
2. If you have been to Xiamen, what impression does it make on you?
3. If you haven’t, can you imagine what it is like?
Five minutes later.
T: OK! Time’s up. Volunteer?
S: I have been to Xiamen last summer holiday. I went there with my parents. The first feeling I had when I just got there was the air was so clear and it was hot and wet in summer. Several days later, I got used to the weather of Xiamen gradually. I liked to see the sea and visit the sights. In a word, Xiamen is a very beautiful city and people of Xiamen are very kind to visitors or guests.
S: What a pity! I have never been there. But through our textbook, I have got much information about Xiamen. In my opinion, Xiamen should be a prosperous and bustling city. Because of its location on the coast of sea, I think it is cool and wet in summer and warm in winter. I guess many visitors from home and abroad visit Xiamen every year.
S: I come from Xiamen. The deepest impression on me is its rapid development. When I was a child, there weren’t so many high-rise buildings and visitors. But in recent years, more and more skyscrapers have appeared and the life of people has been improved greatly. I believe this has happened as a result of the rapid development of our country.
T: Thank you. You did a good job. Xiamen is a scenic port city, facing Taiwan Island with Taiwan Straits in between. It has a beautiful name — The Garden City. It is also called Egret Island, because it is said that in ancient time’s flocks of egrets settled on this island. It is one of China’s top ten cities suitable for human habitation with its fast development in culture and education as well as its prosperous economy and picturesque scenery. Each year tens of thousands of tourists from home and abroad come here to enjoy the azure sky, blue sea, golden beach, green hills, grotesque rocks, fantastic caves, well-cultivated gardens and parks, rare flowers and plants. They visit the ancient temples and historical sites. They experience special local customs, and taste typical seafood in south Fujian flavor. OK! Now please open your books. Let’s read the text and see how Xiao Li and John Martin talk about Xiamen.
Step III While-reading
Task 1 let the students read the text individually and answer some questions according to the text.
T: Please read the whole text quickly and answer the questions on the slide.
Show the questions on the slide.
1. How many years haven’t John and Xiao Li seen each other?
2. Has John never been to China before?
3. Does Xiao Li enjoy living on the coast?
4. Are there very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen?
5. Are there a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island?
6. Are there any interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island?
After a few minutes.
T: OK! Time’s up. Who will answer the first question?
S: They haven’t seen each other for six years.
T: You are right. What about the second?
S: No, John has seen quite a lot of China.
T: And the third?
S: Yes, he feels very fortunate living on the coast.
T: And the fourth?
S: Yes, there are very few tourists in the northwest of Xiamen.
T: What about the fifth?
S: Yes, there are a lot of new high-rise buildings in Gulangyu Island.
T: And the last one?
S: Yes, there are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island.
T: OK! Your answers are correct. Look at Activity 1 and choose the correct answers.
A few minutes later, check the answers to Activity 1.
T: Then please read the text carefully and pay attention to some important words. After you finish reading, do Activities 2, 3 ＆ 4.
Check the answers after a few minutes.
Task 2 Ask the students what the writing characteristics of the text are and by doing this teach the students how to introduce a place.
T: After reading the text, would you like to say something about the writing characteristics?
S: The text is in the form of a dialogue.
S: The text introduces the location, the climate and a famous tourist attraction of Xiamen through the dialogue between Xiao Li and John Martin.
T: Very good. Then if you are asked to introduce a place, how do you describe the place?
S: I will describe the place from different aspects such as its location, its environment, its climate, its tourist attractions, its food and its economy.
T: OK! Excellent!
Task 3 Explain difficult language points.
T: Now let’s deal with some difficult language focuses in the text. Look at the following sentences.
1. It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know.
“Since” is often used in the sentence structure: It is / has been＋时间段＋since ...
e.g. It has been three years since he joined the army.
他参军已经三年了。
2. ... but this is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to.
……但这是我到过的最吸引人的地方之一。
(sb.) have been to a place（某人）到过某地（该人现已不在那个地方）
比较：（sb.）have gone to a place（某人）已去了某地（该人不在说话现场）
e.g. A: Where have you been? We have been looking for you.
B: I have been to the library. I was looking up some information on the net.
A: 你上哪去了？我们到处找你。
B: 我去图书馆了，在网上查了些资料。
Mr. Li isn’t in. He has gone to the town.
李先生不在。他进城去了。
T: I’d like to hear some sentences from you by using these two language points.
S1: It has been 15 years since he left his hometown.
S2: It has been a long time since last time I watched a film.
S3: My mother has gone to Dalian for business. She won’t be back until next week.
S4: I won’t go with you since I have been there twice.
Step IV Post-reading
T: By learning the text, you have had a general idea about Xiamen. Now I will ask you a question: Would you like to live in Xiamen? Why or why not? Work in pairs and discuss with your partners for three minutes.
A sample version:
S: I would like to live in Xiamen. It is one of the cleanest cities of China and also the National Garden City, so I can breathe fresh air every day. And when I have spare time, I can visit so many famous and beautiful tourist attractions conveniently. And my dream is to study in Xiamen University. If I can go to the university and live in Xiamen, I can live with my parents in stead of being far away from them.
T: Then another question: Is your hometown similar to Xiamen?
S: My hometown is also beautiful and the air is also clean but the economy isn’t so prosperous as that of Xiamen.
T: So what should you do?
S: One of my dreams is to work hard for the construction of my hometown and make contribution to its prosperity and environment improvement.
T: I think everyone should study hard and try your best to make our country more and more powerful. Don’t you think so?
Step V Homework
1. Retell the whole passage by describing the city of Xiamen and the neighbourhood where Xiao Li lives in the third person.
2. Find out all the sentences in present perfect tense in the text.
A sample of retelling:
Xiao Li is from Xiamen, one of the most interesting cities on the coast. It’s very lively and everyone is friendly. XiaoLi lives in the northwest of Xiamen. It is hot and wet in summer, but quite cold in winter. In summer, many tourists come to Xiamen but there are not many in the area where XiaoLi lives. The district where XiaoLi lives is very modern. It is one of the busiest districts. There are a lot of newly built high-rise buildings and great shopping malls. The western district is near the harbour and it has some pretty parks. You could also see the gorgeous island, Gulangyu Island.
The Third Period Grammar
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
traffic, present(n.), repaint, bathroom, furniture, decorate, so far, up to now, till now, all one’s life
b. 重点句式
The traffic in the city has got much worse recently. P34
Xiao Li has stayed in Xiamen all his life. P34
I’ve worked for it for four years now. P36
I’ve known him since September. P36
It’s been very successful, so far. P36
Up to now, I’ve understood everything the teacher’s said. P36
We’ve had very good weather this winter, till now. P36
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Learn to use present perfect tense.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Teach the students learn how to use present perfect tense.
Teaching important points 教学重点
The differences between past simple tense and present perfect tense.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
Present perfect tense with verbs to describe events happen at a particular point in time and to describe events that can continue over a period of time.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Explanation and practising.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A computer, a projector and some slides.
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Greetings and Revision
T: Good morning / afternoon, everyone!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms...
T: In the last period, I asked you to find out the sentences using present perfect tense in the text. Have you found them?
Ss: Yes.
T: OK! Now one student, one sentence. And I will ask you some questions according to the sentences you offer. Volunteer?
S1: It’s been six years since we last saw each other, you know.
T: I have a question. When was the last time that the speaker saw his friend?
S1: The last time that the speaker saw his friend was six years ago.
S2: This is the first time I’ve visited your hometown.
S3: I’ve seen quite a lot of China.
T: Do you know when the speaker saw these places?
S3: I think the speaker saw these places before he talks to Xiao Li.
S4: I’ve visited some beautiful cities.
T: Do you know when the speaker visited these cities?
S4: I think he visited these cities before he visits Xiao Li’s hometown.
S5: They’ve just completed it.
T: Is this a recent event?
S5: Yes, this is a recent event.
S6: They’ve put up a lot of high-rise buildings recently.
T: Did they do this a long time ago?
S6: No, they did this not long ago. “Recently” means “not long ago; lately”.
S7: My wife’s just bought a beautiful dress from one of the shops there.
S8: A friend’s told me about a nice little fish restaurant near here.
T: Did this happen recently?
S8: Yes, I think so.
Step II Grammar 1
T: Now please do Activity 2.
A few minutes later, ask the students to check the answers. Then let the students work in pairs to talk about an interesting place they have been to to practice the present perfect tense.
T: OK! Now please work in pairs and tell your partners about the interesting places that you have been to. Tell your partners when you went and what you did there. And ask if they have been there. Don’t forget to use the present perfect tense.
A sample version:
S1: Hi! I haven’t seen you for several months. Where have you been?
S2: I have been to France.
S1: Really! When did you go there?
S2: I went there three months ago. I studied two courses. France is a wonderful place. There are a lot of tourist attractions. Have you been there?
S1: No. I wish I could have your luck.
Explanation:
1．一般过去时所关心的是过去某时发生的动作，与现在无联系，常有表示过去某时的状语；而现在完成时所关心的是过去发生的动作和现在的联系或对现在产生的影响，强调过去与现在的关系。
2．一般过去时常带有表示过去某时刻的时间状语，例如last night, yesterday, last year, three months ago等；而现在完成时所带时间状语包括说话时在内或与说话时非常接近，例如today, these days, recently, just等。
3．现在完成时与for或since引起的短语连用时，表示从过去开始的动作或状态延续至今；而一般过去时与for引起的短语连用时，只指过去的动作或状态在过去延续了多长时间。
Let the students do Exercise 3 in WORKBOOK to further practice the present perfect tense and enable them to distinguish between the present perfect tense and the past simple tense.
T: Please do Exercise 3 to choose correct forms of the verbs.
Check the answers after the students finish it.
Step III Grammar 2
Let the students do some exercises to enable them to distinguish verbs that can last and that cannot last.
T: Now please look at some verbs on the screen and classify them into two groups. One group is verbs to describe events that can continue over a period of time. And the other group is verbs to describe events that happen at a particular point of time.
Show the words on the screen.
work, start, join, borrow, buy, give, know,
leave, live, open, put, remain, send, stay
A few minutes later, check the answers.
Sample answers:
Verbs to describe events that can continue over a period of time: work, know, live, remain, stay
Verbs to describe events happen at a particular point in time: start, join, borrow, buy, give, leave, open, put, and send
T: Now let’s do some practice to see how these verbs are used in past prefect tense. Do Activity 3. When you do it, please pay attention to the verbs to see which group they belong to, A or B?
After a few minutes, check the answers.
Explanation:
在现在完成时态中，非延续性动词不能和表示延续概念的“for ＋ 一段时间”的时间状语连用，在此时可用与其意义对应的状态性短语来表示。例如：
He has died. 他已经死了。
We can’t say “He has died for several years”. Instead, we say:
He has been dead for several years. / He died several years ago. / It is several years since he died.
T: Please look at the three sentences of Activity 4 and answer which phrases have the same meaning.
S8: I think the three phrases all have the same meaning.
T: Correct. Their meaning is “到目前为止”. Now please work in pairs and ask and answer about what you have learnt so far / up to now this term, in your lessons at school.
A sample version:
A: What have you learnt in your English lessons so far this term?
B: I’ve learnt three modules.
A: What have you learnt in your maths lessons up to now?
B: ...
Step IV Homework
Complete the Exercises 1, 2 ＆ 4 in workbook.
The Fourth Period Listening
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 词汇和短语
committee, organisation, unemployed, household, occupation, professional, manual, employment, fascinating, population, butcher, greengrocer, traditional, personally, all one’s life, a great many, as a result
b. 重点句式
Am I right in thinking that...? P35
The streets are safer as a result. P35
We make it 1,400. P35
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to learn about the work of neighbourhood committee.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Enable the students to learn how the neighbourhood committee works and what they can do to help their neighbours.
Teaching important points 教学重点
Enable the students to understand the new words introducing neighbourhood committee.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
Enable the students to pick some important numbers and data from listening material.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Discussion and listening.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A recorder and a projector.
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Greetings and Revision
T: Good morning / afternoon, everyone!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms...
T: Before we begin a new lesson, let’s check the homework.
Check the homework.
Step II Listening and Vocabulary
T: Today we are going to listen to some materials. Before we listen to the first passage, please look at some words on the slide. Most of them are unfamiliar to you. Look them up in your dictionary and get their meanings. Then discuss with each other to guess what the passage is about.
Show the words on the slide.
neighbourhood, committee, organisation, join, club, unemployed, survey, information, household, population, occupation, professional, manual, worker
T: What does the word “committee” mean? Who’d like to explain it in English?
S: It means “a group of people appointed to deal with a particular matter”.
e.g. the transport committee 运输委员会
the football club committee 足球俱乐部委员会
T: How about “organisation”?
S: It means “a group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association”.
e.g. a local organisation 一个地方组织
a benevolent organization一个慈善组织
...
Deal with the rest of the words in the same way.
T: From these words, can you guess what the passage is about?
S: I think it is a passage introducing an organization.
S: I think the passage is about a survey of a neighbourhood.
...
T: Very good. You are all right. What you said is contained in the passage more or less. Now let’s listen to the passage and check out what it is about on earth.
Play the tape for the first time.
T: After you listen to the passage, what do you think it is about?
Ss: The passage is about a neighbourhood group.
T: Yes, you are right. Now I will play Part 2 for you. Before I play the tape, you should read the chart to get the listening points first. When I play it, you should listen carefully and try your best to grasp the important information. Then when I play it again, please complete the chart.
Play the tape twice. Check the answers to the questions.
T: EVERYDAY ENGLISH. Read the 7 questions first. Then we’ll listen to the passage again.
After playing the tape.
T: Have you got the answers?
Ss: Yes.
T: These expressions are very useful spoken English. Practice them after class with your partners.
Ask several students to present their answers and check them. Then do PRONUNCIATION to help the students learn which words in a sentence should be stressed.
T: Please do PRONUNCIATION. When you listen to the extract, underline the stressed words in each sentence. Pay attention to the stressed words.
Then let the students work in pairs to read the extract, stressing the underlined words.
Explanation:
句子中较重要的词应重读，其它词可不重读，这就是句子重音。通常需重读的词有名词、动词（除to be, to have,助动词和情态动词）、形容词、副词、数词、疑问代词和指示代词、疑问副词、名词性物主代词、反身代词等等。而冠词、连词、介词和人称代词等一般不重读。
T: OK! Now please work in groups of four to talk about the neighbourhood committee in your area by asking and answering the following questions.
1. What do you know about the committee?
2. How have they helped people?
3. Would you like to be on the committee when you are older?
4. What have you done to help in your neighbourhood?
A sample version:
S1: In my opinion, the job of the neighbourhood committee is to look after the neighbourhood, such as solving problems between neighbours,keeping the neighbourhood safe etc.
S2: I think they help people in almost every aspect.
S3: When I am older, I would like to be on the committee, because I am willing to help people. Just as the saying goes: A near neighbour is better than a distant cousin. We should help each other.
S4: The other day, I helped Grandma Li clean her room because she caught a cold and didn’t feel well. I will continue helping in my neighbourhood. I think helping others is the virtue of us Chinese.
Step III Listening and Speaking
T: Now please look at some questions on the slide and discuss them. Three minutes later, I will ask some of you to answer them.
Show the questions on the slide.
1. What’s it like living on an island?
2. What are the advantages of living in your town?
3. Where will you live when you leave home?
4. Where would you like to live?
5. How long have you lived in this neighbourhood?
6. What is life like in the countryside?
After three minutes.
Sample answers:
1. Living on an island isn’t so good, but also isn’t so bad. The advantages are we can live quietly and we can breathe fresh air. The disadvantage is we almost haven’t any entertainment.
2. Living in a town has many advantages. When you want to visit others in the town, you don’t have to take a bus. Perhaps you can go there on foot. Moreover, if you like living quietly, you’d better live in a town. Besides, the air in a town is fresh.
3. To go to high school, I have to leave my home and live in the city of Beijing. For me, I think it’s better and safer to live in the dormitory.
4. I would like to live in a city. There are many attractive things and places in a city.
5. I have lived in this neighbourhood since I was born.
6. Life in the countryside is quiet and simple. But sometimes it is very boring because there are few places to go to and few things to do.
T: OK! Excellent. Now I will play the tape for you to listen to five interviews. The first time when you listen, you should grasp the main idea of every interview and do Exercise 12 in workbook. And the second time, please complete the sentences of Exercise 13. The third time, you can check your answers.
After listening to the tape, check the answers.
T: Next, we’ll read a passage about living on an island in workbook. After you read it, work in pairs to make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of living on an island.
Sample answers:
Advantages: beautiful big house, friendly people, peaceful
Disadvantages: impossible to have a private life, no secondary school, no bank, no hospital, nothing for young people to do in the evenings, no old people’s home
T: You have known the general conditions of living on an island. Now I have a question: Would you like living on an island? Why? Volunteer?
S: I would like to live on an island. I think people there are very kind. I like living simply and don’t like to live in a noisy place.
S: I wouldn’t like to live on an island. Though a city is noisy and sometimes the air isn’t so fresh, I still would like to live in it. When I’m at leisure, I can go to many beautiful places.
...
Step IV Homework
T: Today we have listened to two materials. One is about a neighbourhood group — “the neighbourhood committee”; the other is five interviews talking about different places to live in such as an island, a small town, countryside and cities. After class, you should listen to them again and tell which place you would like to live in.
The Fifth Period Extensive Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
afford, survive, ugly, youth, project, include, competition, create, regular, rewarding, talkative, laughter, contact, individual, go up, take part in, be proud of, be filled with
b. 重点句子
Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village, where they come and stay at weekends. P39
We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop smoking. P87
Since the creation of our visiting group, over twenty volunteers have joined us. P87
Up to now, we have organised three group evenings and a concert. P87
Everyone finds the experience rich and rewarding. P87
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Help the students learn about some information about villages in western Europe and an organisation called Community Youth Club.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to compare the villages in western Europe and their areas.
Teaching important && difficult points 教学重点和难点
Find the main idea of the two reading materials.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Fast reading, discussion and asking-answering activity.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A projector and some slides
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Greetings
T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr / Ms...
T: In the last period, five persons talked about the places they would like to live in. What about you? Where would you like to live? Why?
A sample answer:
For me, the ideal place to live in is a two-storey building in a quiet and clean countryside. There should be a garden where I can grow some flowers and plants. The air is fresh and there is not much noise. I can drive to the town to buy what I need.
Step II Culture Corner
Pre-reading
T: Now please look at the picture. This is a picture of a village in western Europe. What do you think of the village? Do you want to live there?
S: It just looks like a picture, so attractive! I really hope I can live in such a place.
T: But unfortunately there are some problems in these villages. Can you guess what the problems are?
S: I think perhaps a big factory will be set up here, so villagers have to move to other places.
S: I guess the water that the villagers drink has been polluted by something discharged from factories and the villagers have to fetch water from a distant place.
While-reading
T: You are full of imagination. Now let’s read the passage quickly and find out what these problems are on earth.
A few minutes later.
T: Time’s up. Who will tell us the problems? Volunteer?
S: Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are disappearing.
T: Yes, you are right. But what causes the problems?
S: There are many reasons. Young people move to towns for a livelier life and work. People can’t afford village house because people from the cities buy them up. Farmers sell their land and stop farming.
T: Excellent. Please read the passage again and summarize the main idea of the passage and the main idea of each paragraph.
Several minutes later, check the summary.
The main idea of the passage:
Some villages in western Europe are disappearing because of several reasons. But these villages are very important to the countryside, so people hope they can survive.
The main idea of each paragraph:
Para. 1: Some villages in western Europe are disappearing.
Para. 2: Reasons for the change of the villages.
Para. 3: Hopes for the survival of the villages.
Post-reading
T: Now I have a question: Do villages in your area have similar problems?
S: Yes, I think so. Nowadays, more and more parents encourage their children to study hard and go to universities in cities. With time passing by, the population of villages will become smaller and smaller. As a result, villages will disappear gradually.
Step III Reading
T: Please open your WORKBOOK. We are going to read an article from a Youth Club magazine. Now read through the article and do some reading comprehension exercises according to it.
Several minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.
T: OK! Since you have finished reading the article, who can tell us the main idea of it. I will give you three minutes to discuss.
Three minutes later, check the answer.
The main idea of the article:
The article introduces an organisation called Community Youth Club. It organizes not only leisure activities but also social activities. And recently it has formed a group which visits the local old people’s home regularly.
T: What leisure activities does the Youth Club organize? What social activities does the Youth Club organize?
S: Leisure activities are holiday camps, discos and sports competitions, etc.
S: Social activities are activities for small children and forming a support group to help young people stop smoking.
T: Good. Would you like to take part in such an organisation? Why?
S: I would like to. If I take part in such an organisation, I can join in a lot of interesting projects. I can take part in fun activities such as holiday camps etc.
S: I also would like to. I think smoking is very harmful to people’s health. I want to take part in the group to help people stop smoking.
S: I also would like to. I think taking care of old people is always a virtue of Chinese. Besides, by doing this, I can get to know what the old people are like and have correct ideas of the lives they are leading in the old people’s homes.
T: There are many different kinds of such organizations around us concerning the environment, the disabled, drop-outs, AIDS and so on. They are all very important for a healthy and harmonious society. I hope everyone can choose one that interests you and do something for our society.
Step IV Language Points
T: Let’s look at the screen. I will explain some language points to you.
Show the slide.
1. Our local Community Youth Club is a very popular organisation with young people in my town.
“be popular with sb” is used to express the meaning of “admired or enjoyed by sb”.
e.g. Jeans are popular with young people.
I’m not very popular with the boss at the moment.
2. We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop smoking!
“to help ...” is used to express the purpose.
3. Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village, where they come and stay at weekends.
The clause introduced by “where” is an attributive one.
e.g. The store where they put their goods is behind the supermarket.
Step V Homework
T: Today we’ve learned about two reading materials and also learnt some useful words and expressions. After class, please go over these words and expressions. Besides, listen to the tape of the passages and imitate the pronunciation. The most important thing you will have to do is to contact your neighbourhood committee to do a social survey of your neighbourhood. You should ask them what they have done recently and what the recent changes of your neighbourhood are. Make some notes while you are doing the survey.
The Sixth Period Writing
Teaching goals 教学目标
1. Target language 目标语言
a. 重点词汇和短语
gallery, exchange, get out into, get away from
b. 重点句子 P37
But there are times when I need the peace and quiet of the countryside.
Cities are interesting, and they can be beautiful, but they are never beautiful in the way that the countryside is beautiful.
2. Ability goals 能力目标
Enable the students to plan a presentation to give a brief report of a neighbourhood.
Enable the students to use and to link similar ideas and but to contrast ideas.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the students learn how to write a brief report of a neighbourhood.
Teaching important && difficult points 教学重点和难点
How to explain the use of and and but in sentences or passages.
Teaching methods 教学方法
Task-based learning, discussion and writing.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A projector and some slides.
Teaching procedures ＆ ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Writing
T: Good morning / afternoon, boys and girls!
Ss: Good morning / afternoon, Mr. / Ms...
T: Please look at the sentence on the slide from the text A Lively City. Pay attention to the way the words and and but are used.
Show the sentence on the slide.
You know, I’ve seen quite a lot of China, and I’ve visited some beautiful cities, but this is one of the most attractive places I’ve been to.
T: Who can tell us the difference between and and but.
S: I think “and” indicates some additional information is being given, while “but” indicates the following information is going to modify the previous statement in some way.
T: Yes, you are quite right. Now that you have understood the meanings of the two words, please complete the paragraph with and or but. I will give you five minutes to finish it. You may discuss with each other.
Five minutes later, check the answers. Then ask some students to make sentences using and and but.
T: Who’d like to make sentences using and or but.
S: My shoes are very beautiful and comfortable, but they are pretty expensive.
S: He’s a nice and clever boy, but he’s quite lazy.
T: OK! You did a good job.
Step II Practice (P90, Workbook)
Ask the students to work in pairs and make a list of the advantages and disadvantages of their neighbourhood, and then using and and but to link similar ideas and contrast ideas respectively to write a short passage about where they live.
T: In this module, we have learnt about how to describe neighbourhood by reading and listening to some materials. Now please work in pairs and discuss with your partners about your neighbourhood. Then make a list of the advantages and disadvantages.
A sample list:
Where I live
Advantages
Disadvantages
comfortable big house
noisy
convenient transportation
fairly dirty
friendly people
far from the school
near a park

Ask some students to read their lists.
T: OK! Very good. Then can you write a short passage describing your neighbourhood using and and but? I will give you fifteen minutes to finish it. Then I will ask some of you to read your passages.
Fifteen minutes later.
A sample version:
I live with my parents in a ten-storey building near the center of the city. And we have a comfortable and big house. Though everyone living in the building is busy, we visit our neighbours when we are free. I have to go to school by bus every day because our house is far from the school. Fortunately, here the transportation is very convenient. But because of a lot of cars and buses, the air here isn’t fresh and sometimes it’s fairly dirty. And there is much noisy. Every morning we can go to the park nearby to breathe some fresh air and do exercises.
Step III Task
The purpose of this writing task is to enable the students to plan a presentation to give a brief report of their neighbourhood.
T: In the last period, I asked you to contact your neighbourhood committee to do a social survey. Have you finished it?
Ss: Yes.
T: OK! Now I will give you fifteen minutes to write a short passage to give a brief report of your neighbourhood according to your notes. In the passage, you can tell us the recent changes in your neighbourhood and what the neighbourhood committee has done recently. Then I’ll ask some of you to read your passages to the class.
Fifteen minutes later, ask some students to read their passages.
A sample version:
In China, the neighbourhood committee plays a very important role in almost every residential community all over the country. Its job is to look after the neighbourhood and to solve problems for the community, such as the security of the area, taking care of elderly people etc.
Recently the neighbourhood committee of our community has held several meetings discussing how to solve a problem. What is the problem? The road we use every day was built many years ago and now it has become very old and shabby. It becomes more and more difficult for people or vehicles to travel, especially when it is raining. The committee made a decision to rebuild the road. After the meetings, the committee has decided to collect money from every family of the community to mend the road. When I visited the committee, the money needed has been collected. I believe a month later, we will see a brand new road.
Step IV Homework
1. Summarize what you have learnt in this module.
2. Preview the next module.
附 件
The Neighbourhood Committee
Most Chinese residents are used to the term and functions of their neighbourhood committee, which, as the grass-roots government organization, handles the day-to-day affairs in the community. However, in the newly set-up international communities in the Pudong District of Shanghai, most of the residents are foreigners. They are not used to such administrative institute and its functions. When Yandlord Neighbourhood Committee was established in 2002 in Yandlord Garden (one of the international communities), some foreign residents showed an indifferent and even hostile attitude towards the committee and its work, because some regarded it as a spy working for the government to watch the activities of the residents. Here lies the cultural gap between the Chinese and the foreigners from western countries.
The neighbourhood committee has a certain number of members that can be divided into two types: the formal staff assigned by the government with monthly pay and the resident representatives who, elected by their residents in the community, work as volunteers. The committee holds regular meetings on monthly basis to discuss problems concerning the community and handle them correctly, such as the security of the area, sanitation problem, taking care of elderly people who live alone, and even family planning.
As a matter of fact, the neighbourhood committee plays an indispensable role in Chinese social life.
Tourist attractions in Xiamen
Gulang Islet Tourist Area
Gulang islet of Xiamen is a major scenic spot in the country and enjoys laudatory titles of the “Garden on the Sea”, “Land of Music” and “Land of Piano”.
Gulang islet is in the south of Xiamen with an area of 1.78 square kilometres, separated form the downtown by a 500 m-wide strait. Its name, meaning “drumming wave” came from the rocks in the southwest that give a drumming sound when high tide hits them. On the undulate hills, villas of western styles are embedded in the green trees, red flowers, blue waves and white clouds, thus, the islet is praised to be a “Museum of International Architecture.” The courtyards and small lanes among flowers and trailers are completely free from noise of vehicles and filled with fragrance and melodious music, giving one sense of fairyland.
Today, Gulangyu is listed as one of the nation’s major scenic spot. The main sites of interest here include the Sunlight Rock, Shuzhuang Park, Gangzihou Bathing Beach and Zheng Chenggong Museum, which are visited annually by millions of people from all parts of the country and the world.
Sunlight Rock
The rock is also called Huang Rock (Dazzling Bright Rock),
which is located on the top of Dragon Head Mountain slightly south of the islet’s center. It is 92.68 meters above sea level, being the peak of the whole islet. On the top, there is a sightseeing platform, where tourists can have a panoramic view of Xiamen and Gulang islet.
On the mountain, huge and precipitous rocks form many caves and gullies. Pavilions are hidden among green trees. If you go up the steps, you will come to the Lotus Flower Convent first, where a huge rock named “A Piece of Tile”, sitting on the top, forms a hall below. On the large rocks beside the convent are inscribed “Wonderland of Gulang”, “Heavenly Wind and Sea Billows”, and “Number One along the Egret River”.
Close to the convent is the historical site of Zheng Chenggong’s Dragon Head Mountain Fastness and the platform for directing the raining of his seamen. In addition, plenty of caves, ancient walls and stone carvings can be seen indistinctly among the trees. They would stir up people’s feelings and lead them to contemplate the present and recall the past. It takes only about 10 minutes’ walk from the ferry to the rock.
Shuzhuang Garden
Established in 1931, the garden is located in the south of the islet,
facing the sea and against the Sunlight Rock, with tourist village in the east and the Gangzihou Bathing Beach in the west. Originally it was the private villa of a local celebrity Lin Erjia and was transformed into a garden open to the public in 1955.
The whole garden can be divided into two parts — Canghai Garden for sea views and Bushan Garden for hill views. Each part has five sightseeing spots. Walking on the meandered Forty-four Bridge, tourists would feel as if they were walking on water. And Twelve-Cave Paradise, the tortuous, interlinked and spiraled rockery built on the hill, are especially interesting. The scenic spots in the garden are well proportioned, complementary and harmonious. The garden is on the sea and the sea is included in the garden. The garden combines the beauty of exquisite garden with vigorous sea view of splashing waves and hovering seagulls. Activity and inertia contrast and complement each other. Visitors are always attracted and enchanted by the beautiful scenes.
Bright Moon Garden
The garden is located in the southeast of the islet, facing the Lujiang harbor. The garden occupies an area of nearly 20,000 square kilometers. It was established in August 1985. The Zheng Chenggong Statue, standing between the sky and the earth, is the main structure of the garden. It is 15.7 meters in height, and is the biggest Chinese historical figure statue. On the plaza in the garden a group of bonze statues show us the historical scene of driving out the Dutch invaders out of Taiwan under the leadership of Zheng Chenggong.
The garden forms a wonderful view combining buildings of Ming Dynasty style with natural beauty, like gulls, trees, and sea view and mountain sight. Altogether they constitute a picture of natural beauty. It only takes five minutes’ walk from the ferry to the garden. Every main crossing has clear direction signs. With them, you can never get lost on the islet.
Yu Garden
Going along the Zhangzhou Road or Fuxin Road by the side of Bright Moon Garden, we reach Yu Garden. This beautiful and peaceful garden was built in 1984 in memory of people’s medical scientist, expert of gynecology and obstetrics, Professor Lin Qiaozhi. The garden is well proportioned. There is a statue of Professor Lin, made of white marble in the garden. Beside the Exhibition Room for Lin Qiaozhi’s Life Story, the two hoop pines, planted by our famous revolutionist Deng Yingchao, represent the noble character of Professor Lin.
Piano Garden
Piano Garden is a tourist attraction, which is pervaded with a deep cultural atmosphere. It is located on the Hero Mountain on the islet, standing opposite to the Sunlight Rock. It consists of several different parts, all of which were named in relation with music, especially with the piano, such as Melody Square, Thinking-of-piano Square, Harmonious Music Building, Flowing Music Building, Lingering Sound Gate, etc.
The islet is also famous for its ownership of pianos, ranking No.1 in China, and there are many talented musicians and pianists coming from here. It is often referred to as “islet of Pianos” and “Cradle of Musicians.” On pleasant days, if you walk on the islet, in the peaceful streets, the music played on the piano and the violin from houses and gardens will surely bring you great happiness and relaxation.
Sea View Garden
Sea View Garden is an holiday villa with unique natural scenes in the southeast part Gulang islet. With an area of 100,000 square metres, it combines the delightful serenity of traditional Chinese gardens and the lively openess of the western-style villas. Under the management of Xiamen Gulang islet Sea View Garden Holiday Villa Co. Ltd, the garden not only boasts of landscape of sea and mountains, but also possesses a joint foreign-concerning villa hotel to serve guests, conference needs and tour groups both home and abroad. Equipped with luxurious suites, general suites, standard rooms, a sea-food restaurant, a karaoke hall, a dancing hall, a market place, yachts and a special dock, the hotel can also provide other services like dining and lodging, entertainment and the one-day sightseeing on the sea package tour.
Xiamen Museum (Eight Diagrams Building)
Standing in a high place anywhere in Xiamen, you can easily find the two landmarks of Gulang islet: Sunlight Rock on the highest peak by Lujiang Harbor and Eight Diagrams Building overlooking Xiamen and Gulang islet. The original owner of the building — Lin Heshou, cousin of Lin Erjia, original owner of Shuzhuang Garden, set up the building in 1907.
Now it is Xiamen Museum. Because of its special red round roof in shape of the Eight Diagrams, people call it Eight Diagrams Building. Within the museum, there are records of Xiamen’s history and developments, the construction process of the SEZ, its sports accomplishments and development of its relationships with other cities and countries. There are also collection of porcelain, jade and weapons through the ages.