英语必修 第二册Unit 1 Cultural Heritage教案及反思

2019新人教高中英语必修二Unit1 Listening and Talking 教案

Analysis of the teaching material:

Listening and Talking introduces the theme of “Talk about history and culture”.

The listening text is a dialogue between two tourists and tour guides when they visit the Kremlin, Red Square and surrounding buildings. The dialogue focuses on the functional items of “starting a conversation”, which is used to politely and appropriately attract the attention of the others, so as to smoothly start a conversation or start a new topic. The purpose of this section is to guide students to understand the history and current situation of Chinese and foreign cultural heritage in their own tourism experiences or from other people’s tourism experiences, explore the historical and cultural values, and be able to express accurately and appropriately in oral communication.

Teaching aims:

1.    Enable students to practise listening for the main idea and details.
2.    Acquire some main information of the Kremlin, Red Square and St. Basil’s Cathedral.
3.    Explore the language structures of how to start the history and culture of a certain place.
4.    Use the relative words and phrases to talk about the history and culture of a certain place.

Teaching key and difficult points:

StepⅠ: Listen to the tape, which is about a dialogue between two tourists and a tour guide when they visit the Kremlin, Red Square and surrounding buildings for the first time, and then ask the students to solve the following tasks.

Activity1. Listen to the conversation and answer

(1).Where are the speakers? On a street.

(2).What are they doing?Sightseeing.

(3).What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

Tourists and a tour guide.

Activity 2 Listen again and complete the fact sheet with the words you hear.

Suggested answers:

14th17ththe President;symbol;centre;concerts

Activity 3  Introduce places in greater detail

Finish the following relative clauses according to the given information.

1.the Kremlin/a special government area/built between the 14th and 17th centuries/the President lives here

The Kremlin is_____________________________________________________

2.the Saint Basil's Cathedral/looks like a flame/a symbol of the country

The Saint Basil's Cathedral____________________________________________

3.Red Square/the centre of Moscow/used to be a marketplace/a place for music concerts,parades and even ice hockey games

Red Square is______________________________________________________

Suggested answers:

1.a special government area which was built between the 14th and 17th centuries and where the President lives

2.which is a symbol of the country looks like a flame

3.the centre of Moscow which used to be a marketplace and now is a place for music concerts,parades and even ice hockey games

Activity 4  Third listening

Listen again and fill in the blanks.

Tour guide: OK,here we are: the Kremlin and Red Square!

Tourist 1:_________________________________________the Kremlin exactly?

Tour guide:The Kremlin is a special government area. Inside,there are five palaces and four cathedrals.It's where the President lives,too.

Tourist1:__________________________________________the Palace Museum in Beijing.

Tour guide:_____________________________________________The Kremlin was actually built

around the same time between the l4th and 17th centuries.

Tourist 1:_____________________________________________________,with the colourful round towers? I’ve seen so many photos of it.__________________,like a flame.

Tour guide: That's Saint Basil's Cathedral. People all over the world think of Russia when they see it.It's like the Eiffel Tower in France or the Great Wall in China,a symbol of the country.

Tourist 2:________________________ can you tell me more about Red Square?

Tour guide:___________________________________the centre of Moscow,and there have been many important parades and events held here. It also used to be a marketplace a long time ago.

Tourist 2:_________________________________________________

Tour guide:_________________________________the photos of an ice hockey game._______________children can skate on Red Square in winter?

Tourist 2:___________________________________________________

Tour guide: Yes.Red Square is also a place for music concerns. People have a lot of fun here.

Suggested answers:

Excuse me, but what is/Wow... a little bit like/Yes. I guess you could say that./ What’s that building over there/ It looks so pretty/Forgive me for asking, but/ Well, it’s considered/ Oh,really? How amazing!/ I see that you’re looking at/ Did you know that/ No way! That’s so cool!

Activity5 Summary

Classify what you hear in the above task and fill in the table.

StepⅡ Talking

Activity1 Describe the following pictures using relative clauses.

Activity 1　Describe the following pictures using relative clauses.

The Forbidden City is a palace _______________________________________

The valuable vase _____________________________is called “blue porcelain”. 

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The Terra-cotta Army were found in 1974,__________ some farmers were digging a well. 

The Terra-cotta Army were in fact 8,000 statues_________________________. 

Suggested answers:

The Forbidden City is a palace where the emperors of China lived in the past and now a big museum where thousands of valuable articles are stored.

The valuable vase which is decorated with beautiful blue designs is called“blue porcelain”.

The Terra-cotta Army were found in 1974,when some farmers were digging a well.

The Terra-cotta Army were in fact 8,000 statues which were used to guard the tomb of the emperor Qinshihuang.

Activity 2　Work in groups.Choose a cultural site that you like and role-play a conversation between some tourists and their tour guide according to the given information.During the process,pay attention to how to start a dialogue and how to respond.

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Example:

Tourist A:I beg your pardon,but is this the Xuanyuan Mirror?Could you please tell me about it?

Tour guide:Yes,it is.It is said that it’s a mirror that can tell right from wrong!...I see that you’re looking at that carving on the roof.Did you know that it’s called chiwen—one of the nine sons of the Chinese dragon?

Tourist B:No,I didn’t.That’s so interesting!

Suggested answers:

1. Tourist:Forgive me for asking, but what was the forbidden City used for in history?

Tour Guide: Well, it is said that the Forbidden City served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government for almost 500 years.

Tourist:I see that you're looking at that valuable vase. Do you know anything about it?

Tour Guide:It's called“blue porcelain”.Some 1.17 million pieces of art are thought to be stored in the Forbidden City, so it is also called“the Palace Museum”.

Tourist:That's really amazing!

2. Tourist:Forgive me for asking, but what was the Terra-cotta Army used for?

Tour guide:Well,it is said that the Terra-cotta Army was made to guard Qinshihuang's tomb. I see that you are looking at the different faces of the statues. Do you know why?

Tourist:I have no idea.

Tour guide:Researchers think that each statue is a copy of a real soldier.

Tourist:It's so amazing! Excuse me,but when was it found

Tour guide:It was found in 1974,when some farmers were digging a well.

Step Ⅲ  Homework

When we introduce the tourist sites, we are proud of the treasures that our ancestors left us. It's our duty to pass them down to the next generation. However, some of them are faced with many problems. What should we do to preserve world heritage? Have a research on the Internet and write down your opinions.