英语八年级下册Unit 3 Online tours教学设计

Integrated skills

Teaching aims:

1. To listen and get useful information from the tape recording.

2. To grasp some listening skills.

3. To talk to your partners about the problems you may have.

4. To know some basic information of Sydney.

Teaching Steps:

Step 1 Revision

Translate the following sentences.

1. 几天前我在街上遇见了一位老朋友。

2. 我已经很久没有看电影了。

3. 我希望有一天能去欧洲游览。

4. 你有没有曾经梦想过不用护照环游世界？

5. 你真幸运！我还从未去过香港。

Step 2 Free talk

1. Do you like travelling?

2. Where would you like to visit if possible?

3. How can we go travelling if we don't have enough money?

Step 3 Travelling at home

1. Daniel and Peter are planning an online tour of Sydney, Australia. Listen to their conversation and help Peter complete his notes.

How to use the website

The website takes you to different places around the world. To learn

about a city, just find it in the menu (1)________ of the page and click on it.

If you click on the “(2)_________” icon, you will see some (3)_________ of

the city first. Further down at the (4)_______ of the page, you can also find other information about the city.

2. Check the answers.

3. Peter took some notes of Sydney. Listen to Daniel and Peter's second conversation. Write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false.

1. Sydney is on the north-east coast of Australia.

2. Sydney is the largest city in Australia.

3. Sydney is near a lake.

4. The Sydney Opera House looks  like a ship with many sails.

5. It takes about 30 minutes to climb the Harbour Bridge.

6. In April, it is spring in Australia.

4.  Check the answers.

5. Peter is writing about the online tour. Listen to their second conversation again and help him complete his article.

Today Daniel and I took an online tour on the website “Around the World in Eight Hours”.

Sydney is on the (1)_________ coast of Australia. It is the (2)_______ city in Australia.

On the website, we saw lots of pictures of Sydney. Sydney is near the (3)_______. There are many beautiful (4)_______ there. We also saw a wonderful building called the (5)__________________. It is a (6)_________ and looks like a (7)______ with many sails.

Near the Sydney Opera House is the famous (8)_______________. People can climb it. It takes about (9)___________. It is really cool!

Australian seasons are the opposite of ours. For example, in April, it is (10)_________ in Australia!

6. Check the answers.

Step 4 Speak up

1. Sandy is asking for Millie's help with the online tour. Listen to their conversation and answer these questions.

• How can we start the online tour?

• If I want to see some pictures of the city, how should I do?

• Can we print the pictures out?

2.  Read follow the recording.
3.  Talk to your partner about the problems you may have. Use the conversation as a model.

4.  Act it out.

Step 5 Language points

1. Sydney is on the north-east coast of Australia.

on the north-east coast of Australia  位于澳大利亚的东北海岸

e.g. 太平洋位于北美洲的东海岸。

 The Pacific Ocean is __________________ North America.

2. The Sydney Opera House looks like a ship with many sails.

a ship with many sails   一艘有很多帆的船

此处with表示“带有或拥有”，例如：白宫是一个带有大花园的美丽建筑。

The White House is a beautiful building with a big garden.

3. Australian seasons are the opposite of ours.

the opposite of   与……相反/相对

e.g. 他们的观点与我们的相反。Their ideas ________________ ours.

4. Would you mind showing me how to  start this online tour?

句型 Would you mind ... ? 可用于客气 地请人做某事。

e.g. Would you mind explaining the sentence again? 你再解释一下这句话行吗？

mind doing sth. 介意做某事

e.g. 你介意帮我搬这张书桌吗？

Do you ____________ me carry the desk?

“介意某人做某事”用mind one's doing sth.，例如：

你介意我在这儿抽烟吗？

Do you _________________ here?

Step 6 Exercises

1. 进一步向下在这一页的底部，你还能找到关于这个城市的其他信息。

2. 三亚位于中国的南海岸。

3. 澳大利亚的天气正好和中国相反。

4. 科学家们花了三天的时间穿过这片雨林。

5. 你介意我把收音机的音量调高吗？

6. — 谢谢你能来我的生日聚会。— 我的荣幸。

Step 7 Homework

Recite the key phrases and expressions in the lesson.