Unit 5  Learning about China
Topic 1  Could you tell me something about the
       places that you visited?
Section A
The main activities are 1a and 2. 本课重点活动是1a和2。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Master some new words and phrases:
tourist, a number of, fetch, introduce, lie in
2. Learn attributive clauses which use“that”and“which”.
(1)China is a great country that has about 5,000 years of history.
(2)It’s a book which introduces China in detail.
(3)It’s Mount Tai that/which lies in Shandong Province.
3. Learn about the geography of China.
4. Cultivate the students’ patriotism through learning about the geography of China.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
   录音机/长城和五岳的图片/幻灯片/中国地图/小黑板
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案
Step 1  Review 第一步 复 习(时间:10分钟)
让学生尽可能地和同伴说出他们最喜爱的名胜，激活他们的英语思维，培养他们的爱国之情。呈现新词，引出并学习定语从句。
1. (学生很快谈论一下My favorite place is ...，激活他们的英语思维。)
T: China has a long history. It’s very beautiful. It has many places of interest. What place have
you been to?
S1: I’ve been to Mount Huang.
T: Do you like it? Why?
S1: I like it very much. The scenery is very beautiful.
T: What’s your favorite place?
S2: …
T: Can you describe it for us?
S2: …
(结对活动，谈论My favorite place is …,对其加以描述，并让1-2组学生表演。)
2. (教师出示长城图片。)
T: Have you been to the Great Wall?
(学生可能没去过，教师自己介绍。)
T: I went there two years ago. I like it best. The Great Wall lies in the north of Beijing. Every year many tourists visit it. It attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world.
(板书画线部分的生词和短语，然后解释，并领读。要求掌握lie in, tourist和a(large) number of，理解attract。最后以四人小组形式让学生用所学新词说出他们最喜爱的名胜，操练新词。)
(板书)
lie in→be in
tourist n.→traveler
attract v.→interest you and make you like it
a large number of→many
T: Now work in groups of four and talk about your favorite places with the new words and phrases. You can say them like this: My favorite place is … It lies in … It attracts many/a large number of tourists …
(然后让学生汇报本组其他成员的情况。Kangkang’s favorite place is …)
T: In our country, many places of interest attract many tourists. And China also has a number of beautiful mountains and rivers. Can you say some?
 (学生很快说出名山和河流。)
T: I think a number of students want to know more about our country. Now I can fetch you a book. It can also say: I can fetch a book for you. Here“fetch”means“go and bring sth. back”.
(板书画线部分的生词，然后解释，并领读。要求掌握fetch。最后让学生操练新词。)
(板书)
fetch v. →go and bring sth. back
T: The book is Guide to China. It introduces China in detail. I can also say: Guide to China is a book that/which introduces China in detail.
(板书句子，要求学生掌握“that”和“which”引导的定语从句。)
(板书)
Guide to China is a book. The book introduces China in detail.= Guide to China is a book that/which introduces China in detail.
Step 2  Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10分钟)
呈现并学习1a，同时完成1b。
1. (听1a的录音，准备回答问题，教师可以先把这些问题写在小黑板上。)
T: Now, let’s listen to the tape. Prepare to answer the questions:
(板书)
(1) How long have Mr. and Mrs. Green been in China?
(2) How many years of history does China have?
(3) What book can introduce China in detail?
(4) Can you say some beautiful mountains or rivers in China?
(核对答案，写下关键词。)
(板书)
Two years.
About 5,000 years.
Guide to China.
Mount Tai, Mount Huang, Mount Song, Mount Emei, the Yangze River and the Yellow River.
2. (看1a让学生找出定语从句，教师总结其用法。)
  T: Please find out attributive clauses within one minute.
(1分钟后，核对答案。教师放幻灯片显示定语从句，并让学生找规律。在此引出并学习生词introduce。)
1.China is a great country that has about 5,000 years of history.
2.There are many places of interest which attract millions of tourists from all over the world
every year.
3.It’s a book which introduces China in detail.
(板书)
introduce
T: What rule do you find? Please tell us.
S1: …
S2: …
(学生说完后，教师总结定语从句的用法。)
(然后用幻灯片给出两组简单句，引导学生合并成含有定语从句的复合句。)
1.My favorite place is Kunming. It is known as the Spring City.
2.She was not on the train. The train arrived just now.
Step 3  Consolidation 第三步  巩 固(时间:7分钟)
巩固1a。
1. (再看1a，完成1b。)
T: Please read 1a again. Then fill out the form of 1b. I will ask some of you to give your answers.
(师生对话，核对1b答案。)
2. (让学生根据1b和呈现1的关键词复述1a。)
T: Please look at 1b and the key words, then retell 1a.
Step 4  Practice 第四步  练 习(时间:7分钟)
(方案一: 通过活动2，继续学习并操练定语从句，而后进行活动3的听力训练。)
1. (教师展示一幅中国地图，练习定语从句，引出并让学生了解生词province。)
  T: What place is this?
  Ss: It’s Hefei.
  T: Where is it?
  Ss: It’s in Anhui Province.
  T: We can also say this is Hefei which/that lies in Anhui Province.
  (然后老师手指多个地点，先让学生一起说，再找几个学生个别地说。)
2. (让学生看2中的例子，然后仿照例子编对话。有条件的可以用幻灯片把五岳的图片展示出来，这样学生可以不看课本中的例子，真正地脱离课本进行交际。)
  T:  OK. Look at the example in 2, please. Then you can make dialogs after the example while looking at the pictures.
  Ss: …
  (然后教师抽几对进行表演，检查效果，特别注意学生在使用定语从句时会不会用关系代
词。)
3. (让学生先看3，脑中形成初步的印象，然后听3录音并有针对性地捕捉关键信息，听两遍后再让学生填空。第三遍检查，有必要时停顿。如果效果好，听两遍亦可，灵活把握。)
T: Please look at 3 and try to know what information you need to get from the tape. Twice for listening. Check your answers for the third time.
(方案二: 让学生介绍自己的家乡，进一步练习定语从句，完成3。)
1. (由五岳名山过渡到学生家乡的山、水、人。)
T: We all know, Mount Tai, Mount Hua, Mount Heng, Mount Song are in different areas. They also have their own special scenery. What about your hometown? Where is it? Are there any beautiful mountains or famous rivers?
(给学生3分钟时间组织语言。)
2. T: Let’s describe our hometown. The information on the blackboard can help you.
Direction: east, west, north, south …
Places of interest: (mountains, rivers, cultural relics) beautiful, long, clear, high, green …
Food: delicious …
People: friendly, kind …
3. (为降低难度，教师也可以给学生提供一个范例。)
Example:
My hometown is a small town that lies in          . There is a beautiful river flowing in front of my house. It’s not wide, but long. The water is clean and clear. My hometown is surrounded by high mountains. The mountains are          all the year round.         is famous for the red mountains. There are many kinds of delicious food in my hometown, especially         . It is made of         . The most important is that the people are very friendly. Welcome to         . Come on!
4. (任务设置的目的是调动全体学生参与到活动中来，展示的同时要注意让学生都有事做，所以在Group work的展示中，一个说，三个听并作评委，要求四个人中每个人都说一次，同时每个人都作三次评委，选出最优秀的那个。)
T: Tell your partners about your hometown. Choose the best one in your group.
5. (完成3。)
T: First read 3. Then fill in the blanks while listening to the tape.
Step 5  Project 第五步  综合探究活动(时间:9分钟)
收集地理知识，用which/that引导的定语从句交谈。
1. (进行一个Group work, 复习所学的中国地理。)
(1)教师将事先准备好的中国地形图分给各组。
(2)要求各组拿出笔、纸进行查找和记录中国的名山、大河。
(3)组与组间进行汇报。
(4)教师选个别的组进行展示。
T: Let’s find out the beautiful mountains and famous rivers on the map of China. Write them down on a piece of paper.
(3分钟后)
Group A reports your result to Group B. Group C reports to Group D …
(2分钟后)
Please tell me your results.
Group A: …
Group B: …
Group C: …
Group D: …
2. (进行一个语法练习，巩固which/that引导的定语从句。)
(1)(教师出示一块小黑板，要求用that/which来连接两个简单句。)
T: Look at the small blackboard and connect these sentences using “which” or “that”.
① This is the photo. You took the photo last summer.
② The building is a supermarket. The building stands near the train station.
③ The computer was sold out. I wanted to buy that computer.
④ That is the Yellow River. The Yellow River is the birthplace of Chinese culture.
(2)(核对答案，并复习that/which引导定语从句的用法。)
3. Homework
(1)Think about famous mountains and rivers you know and write each of them in the correct column below.
 Mountains Rivers
China  
World  
(2) Make a dialog about traveling.
Requirement:
①Talk about places of interest, the famous mountains, rivers, cultural relics...
②Use attributive clauses as many as possible.
(下节课同学们可以带来各自的旅行照片。)
板书设计：
Could you tell me something about the places that you visited?
Section A
lie in Guide to China is a book.
tourist The book introduces China in detail. =
attract Guide to China is a book that/which introduces China in detail.
a number of
fetch
introduce
Section B
The main activities are 1a and 2a.本课重点活动是1a和2a。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Master some new words and phrases:
fantastic, tale, tourist attraction, so … that …
2. Go on learning attributive clauses which use“that”and“which”.
(1)Could you tell me something about the places that you visited there?
(2)That’s the most fantastic place that I have ever heard of.
3. Learn more about the geography of China—the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and West Lake.
4. Cultivate the students’ patriotism.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
录音机/幻灯片/青藏高原图片/打印材料/小黑板
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案
Step 1  Review第一步  复 习(时间:7分钟)
检查作业，然后用师生课前准备的旅行照片谈论他们去过的景点，复习旅行的话题。
1. (检查作业。)
T: Last class I asked you to make a dialog about traveling. Who can act it out to us with your partner?
S1: ...
S2: …
2. (教师出示自己的旅行照片与学生交流。)
T: It’s a beautiful picture. Can you find me in it?
Ss: Yes.
T:  You can ask me some questions according to the picture.
S3: Where did you go?
T:  I went to Mount Tai that lies in Shandong Province.
S4: When did you go there?
T:  Last summer holiday.
S5: Did you have a good time and what did you see?
T:  Yes. I saw sunrise. It made me surprised and excited. The scenery there is fantastic. Mount Tai is well worth visiting. That’s the most beautiful mountain that I have ever been to. I had a lot of fun there. I wish you to go there some day.
Ss: OK. I will.
(板书并领读，掌握生词fantastic，了解生词scenery。)
scenery
fantastic
3. (学生与同伴交流他们去过或喜欢的景点，教师给出一些单词和词组。)
T: You and your partner can talk about your pictures. I’ll give you some words and phrases.
(用小黑板或幻灯片展示。)
lie in, wonderful, famous, fantastic, scenery, surprised, excited, be well worth visiting, have a lot of fun, some day...
(选几名学生介绍，介绍完后，其他学生可以自由提问，最后选出他们最想去的地方。)
4. (1)(呈现青藏高原图片，并教授此词。)
T: Can you guess what place it is?
Ss: 青藏高原。
T: Yes. In English it’s the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
(板书并领读。)
Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
(2)(教师可以针对青藏高原进行简单的问答，为下一步呈现扫清障碍。)
T: Where is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau?
S6: It’s in the west of China.
S7: It’s in the north of China.
T: It’s in the southwest of China. It’s a fantastic place. It’s more than 4, 000 meters above sea level. The weather there changes a lot. You can experience four seasons in a day. Do you want to know more about it?
Ss: Yes.
T: OK. Let’s learn 1a.
Step 2  Presentation第二步  呈现(时间:10分钟)
呈现1a。
1. (以听力的形式呈现1a。)
T: Listen to the tape and mark True (T) or False (F).
(幻灯片/小黑板/打印材料出示问题,边听边判断。)
(1)The Greens went to Tibet last summer.
(2)They didn’t enjoy themselves there.
(3)They visited Jokhang Temple and Potala Palace.
(4)The weather there never changes.
(5)Susanna looks forward to visiting there as soon as possible.
(再听1a，核对答案。)
T: Listen again and check the answers.
2. (Pair work. 读对话，找出关键词。)
(1)T: Read the dialog with your partner and find out the key words and phrases.
(2)(找几组学生到黑板上写出他们找到的关键词。)
(教师可以在学生找出的关键词中解释be worth doing和seem的用法。)
(板书)
be worth doing sth. 值得做……；做……是值得的
be well worth doing 很值得做……
Harry Potter is well worth reading.
This idea is worth considering.
It seems/seemed that … 似乎……
seem+adj./to do sth. 好像，似乎，看来
You seem happy.
They seem to know me.
It seems that they know what they’re doing...
(3)①(教师用幻灯片/图表的形式出示由关键词组成的对话图解。)

②(教师解释只能用that引导的定语从句。)
(板书)
That’s the most fantastic place that I have ever heard of.
Step 3  Consolidation 第三步  巩 固(时间:8分钟)
复述1a完成1b。
1. (利用1a的关键词，不看课本复述对话，给学生大约3分钟的时间自己组织语言。)
T: Let’s retell 1a according to the key words and phrases on the screen.
2. (展示复述的结果。)
T: Who can retell the dialog?
S1: …
S2: …
3. (为调动多数学生参与对课文的复述，进行Pair work，一个说，另一个听，再反之。)
T: Retell the dialog in turn to your partner.
4. (完成1b。)
T: Let’s finish 1b. Fill in the blanks according to 1a.
Step 4  Practice 第四步  练 习(时间:12分钟)
训练学生的阅读能力，完成2a和2b。
1. (直接进行2a的学习。)
T: Do you know West Lake?
Ss: Yes, I do.
T: What do you know about it?
S1: I know the story about West Lake.
S2: I know the poem about West Lake.
(可以让学生用汉语来表述关于西湖的故事及诗句。)
S3: I know it’s beautiful.
T: Do you know where West Lake is?
S4: It lies in Hangzhou.
T: Have you ever heard of the romantic tale which/that is about Xu Xian and the White Snake?
S5: Yes. I think it’s a beautiful story.
(板书并领读掌握生词tale，了解生词romantic)
romantic, tale
T: Do you know anything else about West Lake?
2. (让学生带着2b问题读2a。)
T: Read 2a and find out the answers to 2b within 2 minutes.
(2分钟后，核对答案。)
3. (Group work, 读短文，找出难以理解的短语或句子。小组讨论，尝试解决这些问题。)
T: Work in groups of four. Read the passage again and find out the phrases and sentences that you can’t understand. Discuss and try to understand them.
(对本环节的处理，教师要本着这样的原则: 学生自己解决疑难，学生不能解决的教师再提供必要的帮助。)
(学习并掌握短语tourist attraction和so...that ...)
(板书)
West Lake is surrounded on three sides by mountains.
be surrounded on three sides by mountains 三面环山
the surrounding area
tourist attraction
The scenery is so attractive that visitors often lose themselves in it.
so…that…
4. (Group work, 教师把图解做在小纸片上，由各组快速完成。)
(1)
West Lake
Position:                              
The parts of West Lake:                
Tourists:                             
Famous for:                         
Others:                                
                                   
                                   
                                   

(2) (选两个小组作汇报。)

T: Please report your information about West Lake to the class.

Step 5  Project 第五步  综合探究活动(时间:8分钟)
进行活动3。
1. (根据活动3的要求，以小组形式介绍自己的家乡。)
  T: According to Activity 3, please introduce our hometown to each other in groups. Then report to the class.
2. (做一张明信片，一边是我国的名山或河流，另一边是英文简介。)

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