高中英语Unit 4 Journey Across a Vast Land教学设计

Unit 4 Period 4 Using langauge （1） Listening教学设计

The theme of the listening section is " talking about scenery and culture along a journey."

The part is designed to further lead the students to understand Canadian natural geography and social environment, and integrated into the cultural contrast by mentioning the long train journey from Beijing to Moscow routes. On this basis, the part activates students related travel experience, lets the student serial dialogue, guides the student to explore further the pleasure and meaning of the long journey, and Chinese and foreign cultural comparison.The part also provides a framework for the continuation of the dialogue, which is designed to provide a framework for students to successfully complete their oral expressions, and to incorporate an important trading strategy to end the dialogue naturally.

1. Help students to understand and master some common English idioms in the context, and experience the expression effect of English idioms.
2. Guide the students to understand the identity of different people in the listening context, and finish the dialogue according to their own experience.
3. Instruct the students to use appropriate language to express surprise and curiosity about space and place in the dialogue, and master the oral strategy of ending the dialogue naturally.

1. Instruct students to grasp the key information and important details of the dialogue.

2. Instruct students to conduct a similar talk on the relevant topic.

Lead in:Look at the picture and guess what they will talk about.

keys:

They will probably be talking about a beautiful

Alpine lake, going skating on a frozen lake, going camping and going hiking in a forest.

Step2: While listening: listen and answer:

1.What do people do when Lake Louise freezes over in winter?

2.What does Anna say about Canadian summers? 

3.How far is it from Edmonton to Winnipeg?

4.What kinds of things do people do in Winnipeg?

5.What other long rail journey have Li Daiyu and Liu Qian taken?

keys: 

1. Go skating on the ice.
2. Many areas of south Canada have very hot summers.
3. More than 1,300 kilometres
4. Skiing, hiking, campimg, and city things like movies or restaurant on the weekends.
5. They travelled from Beijing to Moscow (on the Trans-Siberian Railway through Mongolia).

Step 3: Listen for useful idioms 

1.Oh, my goodness! That must be Lake Louise! It's so beautiful!  _____________________

2. ...with very hot summers and very cold winters, so some days it gets_______.

3. ...we'll be in the Prairie. This is ________________and stretches for ______________________-- more than 1, 300 kilometers.

4. It's a small city almost in ______________of North America,  from east to west.

5. ---What do you do __________________there?

  ---Oh_______________skiing, hiking, camping.

keys: 1.words fail me

2.as hot as an oven

3.as far as the eye can see

4.dead centre

5.kill time

Step 4: Instruct students to make a short presentation. Use the example and useful phrases below to help them.

In groups of three, continue their conversation and end it naturally.

Example:

Anna:  I thought China would be very crowded, given its large population.

Daiyu: Well, contrary to what many people believe, there are a lot of vast and             empty spaces in China, actually.

Anna: That's great! There must be amazing scenery to see in China then!

……

Anna:  Anyhow, the next station is my stop! Take care and enjoy the rest of your trip!

Daiyu: Thanks, Anna.

Liu Qian: It was really great to meet you!

Anna: And it was nice talking to you!