Unit 1 College Life
单元主题: 校园生活 学习内容:
Speaking: 5-minute in-class presentation
Talking the pictures of College Life
Talking about College Life in pairs Role play the conversation.
Listening: PET(A)——(2013年12月真题听力练习) Reading: A:Companionship of Books
B:Campus Living: On Campus vs. Off Campus
C:(2012年6月真题阅读练习) Grammar: 词类以及构词法 Writing: Business Cards
学习目标:通过本主题学习,让学生熟悉有关大学生活的英文词汇,掌握见面问候的英
文技巧,了解中西方大学寝室文化的差异,掌握英语词类以及构词法,学会制作英文名片。
学习重点:1. 学生能简单地用英语问候他人,并了解中西方大学文化异同;
2. 学生掌握Text A 中的词汇以及重点句型,基本理解文章意思; 3. 学生掌握词类以及构词法; 4. 学生学会制作英文名片
学习难点:1. 用英语谈论大学生活
2. 学会制作商务名片
教学安排: 内容 1. Class presentation 2. Oral Practice 3. Listening Practice 4.Reading Text A -----Companionship of Books 5. Exercise of Text A 6.Text B and Extra reading 7. Grammar 8. Writing----- Business Cards
2 2 2 课时 2
Section I Oral Practice
Task 1 Brainstorming
List words and phrases about the following pictures, and share them with others. Teaching tips:
1. Ss read Speaking Task 1.
2. Ss list words or phrases about these pictures.
3. List the words or phrases on the board or invite students to write them on the board. 4. Teacher gives more supplements of the topic. Suggested words: Having meals canteen buffet Chinese cuisine western cuisine school library reading room self-study room library card sports school clubs English corner multimedia whiteboard friendship conversation mutual understanding
Task 2 Pair work
Talk about advertisements with your partner. You can take turns asking your partner the following questions. What’s your major? Do you like reading?
What kind of books do you like best? Teaching tips:
1. Give Ss 5 minutes to interview each other using the given questions or their own. 2. Teacher monitors and assists if necessary.
2. Ss prepare an oral report using their partner’s answers. 3. Some Ss present their reports. Model
I am majoring in Computer Science. But I like English very much, and I want to improve my oral English. So I often go to the English corner and find chances to talk with foreign teachers and students there.
I like my English teacher most. She is our foreign teacher. In fact, she is very fat, but lovely. She always has so many good ideas to make her class active. She divided our class into some groups and let us compete with each other. The loser should sing a song. Sometimes she asked some volunteer to make a speech in class and the winner can have photos with her. We like her very much.
Task 3 Role play
Read the following conversation and role play it with a partner.
Situation: John and Amy are high school classmates. They are talking about their college life.
Teaching tips:
1. Nominate one or two pairs to role play the conversation. 2. Get the Ss practice the conversation in pairs. 3. Ask some Ss to role play the conversation in class.
4. Teacher gives some comments and emphasis the intonation and the pronunciation.
John:Hello, Amy. Long time no see!
Amy: Hello, John. It's a long time we haven't seen each other since we left high school.
John: Yes. Where are you studying now? Amy: I am studying at a vocational school.
John: Well, that must be a lot of fun. How do you think about your college life? Amy: It’s interesting. We have our skill training classes in a hospital. John: Wow, What’s your major?
Amy: My major is Nursing. I am really busy with my study every day.
John: You told me you want to be a “White Angle” in the future, you made it, congratulations! Amy: Thank you!
Section II Listening Practice (2016. 12 应用能力考试真题听力)
A. Listen to the five dialogues for only once, and choose the best answer to each of the questions you hear. Teaching tips:
1. Explain the rules of the listening practice to the whole Ss. 2. Mention some listening skill to help Ss finish the task better. 3. Play the recording for the first time and get Ss finish the exercise. 4. Check the answers with the whole class.
5. Play the recording again and explain the key/difficulty words in each conversation. 1. A) Have a holiday. B) Fly to Beijing. C) Travel on business with him. D) Prepare some documents. 2. A) In a cinema. B) In a library. C) In a store.. D) In a bank.
3. A) He likes watching football games. B) He likes traveling with his friends.
C) He prefers to go traveling alone. D) He prefers to stay at home with his family. 4. A) He wants to get a ticket. B) He has finished a report. C) He cannot go to see the movie. D) He has already seen the movie. 5. A) She was making a phone call. B) She was driving to the airport.
C) She was working in her office. D) She was having a meeting. Key: 1.D 2.D 3.B 4.C 5.B
B. Listen to the two short conversations for two times, and choose the best answer to each of the questions after each conversation. Teaching tips:
1. Explain the rules of the listening practice to the whole Ss. 2. Mention some listening skill to help Ss finish the task better. 3. Play the recording for the first time and get Ss finish the exercise. 4. Check the answers with the whole class.
5. Play the recording again and explain the key/difficulty words in each conversation.
Conversation 1
6. A) He is a sportsman. B) He is a sports writer. C) He is a tour guide. D) He is a bus driver.
7. A) Exciting. B) Dangerous. C) Unpleasant. D) Boring.
Conversation 2
8. A) One year B) Three years. C) Five years. D) Seven years. 9. A) Because he expects a better salary. B) Because he is tired of his boss.
C) Because he doesn’t like traveling. D) Because he likes to work in a big company. 10. A) In three working days. B) Within two weeks. C) The next day. D) A month later. Key: 6.B 7.A 8.C 9.A 10.B
C. Listen to a short passage for two times, and fill the missing words or phrases in the blanks according to what you hear. Teaching tips:
1. Explain the rules of the listening practice to the whole Ss. 2. Mention some listening skill to help Ss finish the task better. 3. Play the recording for the first time and get Ss finish the exercise. 4. Check the answers with the whole class.
5. Play the recording again and explain the key/difficulty words in the short passage.
Ladies and gentlemen:
There are about 3.7 million businesses in the UK. About 75% of British jobs are in ____(11)_____ industries-hotels, restaurants, travel and shopping. These are the fastest ____(12)______businesses and employ over twenty million people. Most British people work
a five-day week. The working week is, ____(13_)_____, the longest of any country in Europe. In 1998 a new law _____(14)_____. The law says that workers do not have to work more than 48 hours a week if they don’t want to. According to the law, British employers must give their workers _____(15)_____ of 24 days a year. Key: 11.service 12. growing 13.on average 14. was passed 15. a paid holiday
D. Listen to the short passage for two times, and answer the five questions with a word or a short phrase (in no more than three words). Teaching tips:
1. Explain the rules of the listening practice to the whole Ss. 2. Mention some listening skill to help Ss finish the task better. 3. Play the recording for the first time and get Ss finish the exercise. 4. Check the answers with the whole class.
5. Play the recording again and explain the key/difficulty words in the short passage. 16. Who is being introduced at the meeting?
Mr. John Smith, the new ____ office manager_______ . 17. How long did Mr. John Smith work in Chicago? For over____twenty years______________ . 18. What position did Mr. John Smith hold in his previous company? He worked as the ____office director______________ . 19. What kind of knowledge does John Smith have that is very important to the company? His knowledge of_____office work system_______________ . 20. What kind of business does the speaker’s company do? It is an ______international trade________ business.
Section III Reading Practice
Text A Read the passage and do the exercises. Teaching tips:
1. Get Ss to read the title of the passage and help them to guess the main idea of the passage.
2. Give Ss 5 minutes to learn the new words of this unit.
3. Lead Ss read the passage for the first time by ask them the following questions. (Do advertisements influence people’s life? / What are the advantages and disadvantages of ads?)
4. After Ss have finished the first reading, ask them to go over the passage again to finish Exercise A as soon as possible.
5. Then teach the key words and sentences structures in each paragraph with the following notes.