初中英语牛津译林版九年级下册Unit 1 Asia教学设计

Reading I

Teaching aims:

1 To introduce famous cities in China in English.

2 To know more about famous attractions in China.

3 To strengthen patriotism education of students.

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Revision

汉译英

最好做某事  had better do sth.

坚持工作    keep working

休息        have/take a rest

想要继续    want to go on

把我叫醒    wake me up

在你回来的路上 on your way back

计划环游中国   plan to travel around China

一个可以去的很棒的地方 a wonderful place to go

谢谢你的建议。Thanks for your suggestions.

爬这么多台阶真的很累。It’s really tiring to climb so many steps.

Step 2 Presentation

1. New words.

Teach the new words. Pay attention to the key words.

n. emperor  皇帝

n. landscape 风景；地形

n. watchtower 瞭望塔

n. cave  洞穴

n. attraction 向往的地方；吸引

middle  n. 中间，中央

in the middle of   在……中间

e.g. There is a big tree in the middle of the park. 在公园中间有棵很大的树。

raising  n. 升高

e.g. I hope to watch the raising of the national flag some day.

我希望某天能看上升国旗。

wonder  n.  奇迹   

e.g. It’s a wonder that the child came through without a scratch.

   那个小孩康复了，没留下伤疤，这真是奇迹啊。

lie  vi.  位于

e.g. Japan lies to the east of China. 日本位于中国的东面。

shape  n.  形状，外形 

e.g. This island is triangular in shape. 这个岛屿呈三角形状。

underground adj.  地下的

e.g. Moles stay underground most of the time. 鼹鼠大部分时间呆在地下。

hang vi.&vt.  垂下，悬挂 

e.g. I’ll hang the pictures as high as I can. 我想把这些画尽量挂的高点。

point vi.  指，指向

e.g. The hands of the clock pointed to five o’clock. 钟表的指针指向了五点。

upwards adv.  向上 

e.g. Citizens of eighteen years and upwards have the right to vote.

十八岁以上的市民都有选举权。

hire vt.  租用；雇佣  

e.g. We hired an advertising company for help to sell out our product.

    我们雇了一家广告公司帮我们卖产品。

eastern adj. 东部的，东方的 

e.g. Bamboo has always been a material of great importance to Eastern cultures.

   在东方文化里竹子总是一种具有重要作用的材料。

south-east n. adj. &adv.  东南方

location n. 地点，方位 

e.g. Now, you are able to use mobile phone to locate your own location, watch TV, play games, etc.

   现在，手机可以用来定位，看电视，打游戏等。

2. Complete Section B1 and check the answers.

1. emperor   ____   a pay some money to use something for a short time

2. attraction ____   b the ruler of a country or several countries

3. wonder   ____    c a large hole in the side of a hill or under the ground

4. lie       ____   d something that fills you with surprise

5. cave     ____   e an interesting place to go

6. hire     ____   f be in a place 

2. Free talk.

        Have you ever visited a big city before?

        How well do you know about the city?

        Would you like to visit it again one day?

Get the students to talk about the questions. Encourage the students to share their own opinions.

Step 3 Reading of passage 1

I. Read the article of Beijing and answer the questions:

1. How many attractions are mentioned in this article?

2. What are they?

Keys：Four.

They are the Palace Museum, also called the Forbidden City; Tian'anmen Square; the Summer Palace and the Great Wall.

II. Read the article of Beijing again and answer some more questions:

1. Where is the Palace Museum?

2. Who used to live there?

3. When was it turned into a museum?

4. What can we see there?

5. Where is Tian'anmen Square?

6. How big is it?

7. What do people like to do in Tian'anmen Square early in the morning?

8. Where is the Summer Palace?

9. What was it used for?

10. How long is the Great Wall?

11. How far is it between the watchtowers?

12. When was it first built?

13. What makes the Great Wall so special?

Keys:

1. It’s in the middle of the ancient city of Beijing, the capital of China.

2. The emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties used to live there.

3. It was turned into a museum in 1925.

4. Wonderful buildings and art treasures.

5. It’s next to the Palace Museum.

6. It’s the biggest city square in the world.

7. People like to gather there early in the morning to watch the raising of the national flag.

8. It’s in the north-west of Beijing.

9. It was once a nice place for the emperors to spend the summer.

10. It runs for over 6,000 kilometres across northern China.

11. It’s about few hundred metres.

12. It was first built more than 2,000 years ago.

13. It’s one of the wonders of the world.

III. Post-reading of passage 1

Kevin is asking Daniel about Beijing. Complete their conversation with the words in the box.

Kevin: Have you ever visited the Palace Museum, Daniel?

Daniel: Yes, of course. It was a ①______ for two ② _________. Twenty-four Chinese emperors once lived there.

Kevin: Can we go inside the Palace Museum?

Daniel: Certainly. It’s now open to the public as a ③ _________.

Kevin: The Summer Palace was also a palace for the emperors in the past, wasn’t it?

Daniel: Yes. It was a nice place for the emperors to spend the ④ _________.

Kevin: Have you ever seen the ⑤ _______ of the national flag?

Daniel: Yes, I have. A lot of tourists like to ⑥________ in Tian’anmen Square

      early in the morning to watch it.

Kevin: What about the Great Wall? Have you ever been there?

Daniel: Sure. As an old saying goes, “He who has never been to the Great Wall is

           not a true man.” It’s one of the ⑦ _________ of the world.

Keys: palace, dynasties, museum, summer, raising, gather, wonders

Step 4 Reading of passage 2

I. Read the article of Guilin and answer the questions:

1. Where is Guilin?

2. What can we enjoy in Guilin?

Keys: 1. It’s in southern China.

     2. We can enjoy the Reed Flute Cave and the beauty of the Lijiang River.

II. Read the article of Guilin again and answer some more questions:

1. Where does Guilin lie?

2. Why do many tourists come to visit Guilin?

3. Are the mountains around Guilin the same?

4. Where is the Reed Flute Cave?

5. What can we see in the Reed Flute Cave?

6. What is the cave praise as?

7. How can we enjoy the beauty of the Lijiang River?

8. If I want to travel around the countryside, how should I do?

Keys: 1. It lies on the two sides of the Lijiang River.

     2. Because of its fantastic landscape.

     3. No. The mountains stand in different shapes.

     4. In the north-west of the city.

     5. There are so many rocks in unusual shapes-- some hang down, and others point upwards.

     6. It is praised as the “Art Palace of Nature”.

     7. Take a boat trip.

     8. Hire a bike and ride around the countryside.

III. Post-reading

The nest day, Kevin is telling his friend Chris about Guilin. However, some of the details are wrong. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.

1. Guilin is in eastern China.                                     _____

2. Guilin is famous for its beautiful landscape.                       _____

3. The Reed Flute Cave is in the south-east of Guilin.                  _____

4. You can find amazing rocks inside the Reed Flute Cave.              _____

5. You can take a boat trip along the Lijiang River.                    _____ 

6. You need to buy a bicycle to ride around the countryside.             _____ 

Keys: FTFTTF

Step 5 Reading together

Read the articles in chorus.

Step 6 Practice

Kevin wants to make notes of the two cities. Help him complete his notes.

Beijing

The Palace Museum: in the _________ of the ancient city, wonderful

                   buildings and ______________.

Tian’anmen Square: the _________ city square in the world, the raising of the

                   ________________.

The Summer Palace: in the ___________ of Beijing, a large Chinese _______ set in a natural landscape.

The Great Wall: over ___________ across northern China, was first built more than _______ years ago.

Guilin

Location: on the two sides of the _____________ 

What to see: _________ stand in different shapes; the Reed Flute Cave, an _____________ cave with ___________ in unusual shapes.

What to do: take a ___________ along the Lijiang River; hire a bicycle and ride around the __________.

Keys: middle, art treasures, biggest, national flag, north-west, garden, 6,000km, 2000

     Lijiang River, mountains, underground, many rocks, boat trip, countryside.

Step 11 Homework

1. Read aloud the articles and underline the difficult parts.
2. Remember the new words in this lesson.