1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上專心專注專業(yè)專心專注專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔傾情為你奉上專心專注專業(yè)Unit 1 A land of diversity The First Period Warming up一Aims:1. Teaching aims 教學(xué)目標(biāo)：Help the students learn more information about America.重點詞匯和短語ocean, coast, mountain, range, compare2. Ability aims能力目標(biāo)Enable the students to know more about Americ

2、a and can give some cities names 二Contents Step I Ask the students to talk about the names in groups, and then write down them on the map.Step II Compare answers with other groupsStep III Give the correct names to the students.Step IV Tell the students some information about America to improve their

3、 interest. And ask some students to say what they know about America. Homework To observe an American mapThe Second Period Reading一Aims:Enable the students to talk about things about the USA.Help the students learn the huge diversity of races and cultures in America, especially in California.二Conten

4、ts:Step 1 Warming up.Ask the students to describe what they learn about the USA.Group work: look at the map of the USA with your group. Write on the map the names of as many of the following as you can. Compare your names with other groups.Step 2 Pre-readingAsk the students to tell things about Cali

5、fornia including its location, size, population, economy, history etc. What do you learn about California?Show the students some pictures and encourage students not only to say what each picture is about but how each one relates to California.Step 3 Fast readingRead through the passage and get the m

6、ain idea.Reading comprehension.Ask the students the following questions:When you look at the title, what so you think of ?A land of differences. California is a land of great differences differences in climate, in landscape and attitude.2) Why is the USA called a melting pot? There are many immigran

7、ts to the USA and there are many cultures and nationalities. So it is a place in which people, ideas, etc of different kinds gradually get mixed together.Beside each date note down an important event in Californian history. 15,000 years ago16th centure182118461848First settlers crossed the Bening St

8、rait from Asia. These people are now known as Native Americans.Spanish soldiers arrived in South America.California became part of Mexico.The US declared war on Mexico.Gold was discovered in California.California became the 31st state of the US.Step 4 Detail reading Beside each cultural group , writ

9、e the period in which they first came to California in large numbers.Cultural groupsPeriodsCultural groupsPeriodsRussiansearly 1800sJapaneseEarly 1900sChineseLate 1840s/early 1850sCambodiansFrom about the 1970sAfricans1800sKoreansFrom about the 1970ItaliansLate 1800sDanish1911Jewish1920sPakistanisFr

10、om about the 1970sStep 5 After reading Why is California in the 21st century such a multicultural community? (Using 3 or 4 sentences to explain. )Step 6 Homework Finish “Learning about language” on page 4.The Third Period Language Points一Aims:Learn expressions and phrases.Learn language points.二Cont

11、ents:1. means: a method or a way of doing. 方式，方法，手段（但復(fù)數(shù)同形）Translate:一切可能的辦法都試過了。All possible means have been tried.= Every possible means has been tried.by means of : by using 依靠，憑借2.occur: come into sbs mind (想起，想到)happen, take place(發(fā)生)1)When did the accident occur?發(fā)生2)A good idea occurred to me a

12、ll at once.想到3.multi-前綴，是“多，多方面，多方向”的意思multi-coloured多色的multi-racial country多種族國家multi-media多媒體multiparty多黨multiparty system多黨制multi-purpose多種用途思維拓展：mono-前綴：one, single 單eg: a monolingual dictionary(單語詞典)bi-前綴：two, twice, double雙eg: a bilingual dictionary(雙語詞典) 4.Declare v.宣告，聲稱，宣稱，申報translate the f

13、ollowing sentences 1) War was declared on the enemy. 2) She declared that she knew nothing about it. 3) Have you anything to declare.declare oneself 發(fā)表態(tài)度declare war on/upon宣戰(zhàn)declare against聲明反對declare for聲明支持5.Keep up:保持,堅持,持續(xù) 1)The manager asked the workers to keep up the work. 2)The rain kept up f

14、or two days and the roads were floaded.Step 4 Exercises: translation1.我就是想不起他的名字.(occur)His name just didnt occur to me.2.他宣稱他是正確的.(declare)He declared that he was right.3.鼓起勇氣,成功就屬于你.(keep up)Keep up your courage, and success will be yours.4.他雖然不會說話,但能通過手勢讓別人知道他的意思.(by means of)He couldnt speak, bu

15、t made himself understood by means of signs.Step 5 Homework Review the language points.The Forth period Learning about language and using language一Aims Target languageUseful words and expressions: luggage, tram, apparently, slip, bakery, ferry, hire, seagull, immigration, team up with, mark out, tak

16、e in, a great many.Teaching important and difficult pointsImprove the students reading ability (skimming and scanning).enable the students to grasp the useful words and expressions.二Contents Step 1 Lead-inLook at Georges photos. Then quickly read Georges diary. Write the days he saw these things und

17、er the photos.Read Georges diary more slowly and answer the questions.1.Why did Andrew Hallidie invent the cable car system?2. Where did George eat lunch on his first day in San Francisco?3. Why did George hire a car? Why do you think he joined up with Terri and Peter?4. Name three things that visit

18、ors can do in Chinatown.5. What is Alcatraz Island famous for?3. Read Georges diary again. Put the mark” in the places where George has left out some words. Discuss with others in your class: Why did George leave out some words when he wrote his diary?Step 2 Language pointsTeam up with: make an effort in cooperation with; work together with與協(xié)力從事,合作Translate: He teamed up with an experienced worker in the project.2.hire 解雇 fire 租,雇傭Take in接受,接納,接待吸收,領(lǐng)會,理解改小(衣服)包含,包括欺騙1)You are _fired_, because you are so lazy for the work. 2) I must _hire