Unit12Lesson4TheNewAustralians教學設計【教學目標】identifyfactsandopinionsinareadingtext.practiseusingwordswithnegativeandpositiveconnotations.【教學重點】computerandcassette.【教學難點】Topractiseusingwordswithnegativeandpositiveconnotations.【課時安排】1課時?！窘虒W過程】一、導入新課：WarmingupT:WhatdoyouknowaboutAustralia?S:…T:Australialiesonthesouthernhemisphere.Australiaisthesixthbiggestcountryintheworldandtheonlycountrycoveringthewholecontinent.Australiaisalsooneoftheoldestcontinent.Ithasspecialanimalsnowlet’slookatthem.（showsomeslides）Canyounametheirnames?S:…T:Buttodaywetalkthetopic“theNewAustralia”.Canyouguesswhatdoesthetexttalkabout?S:…T:Nowlet’sreadthetextandseeifyourpredictionisright.二、講授新課：Reading（1）Beforereadingthetextcanyouwritetwoquestionsaboutthingsyou’dliketoknowaboutlifeinAustralia?Thenaskstudentstohandintheirnotestotheteacher.Afterreadingthearticleteachercanaskthesequestionsstudentswrite.（2）Readthearticleagain,dotheexercise3andmakeifthestatementsaretrue,falseornoinformationisgiven.Whencheckingstudents’answers,havethemreadoutthesectionofthetextwhichgivestheanswerandhavethemcorrectthefalsestatements.Listentothecassetteanddotheexercise4.Dothefirsttwowiththewholeclass.Thenstudentsworkinpairs,readingthesentencesanddiscussingwhosaidthemWhencheckingstudents’answershavethemgivereasonsfortheirchoice.FurtherunderstandingNow,gointothetextfordetailinformationWhatcanwedoatnightinSydney?awidechoiceofoperaclassicalconcertShakespeareandramaAboriginalculturerockconcertBroadwaymusicalscomedycabaretWhyAustraliaisamarvelousmixtureofmanydifferentculture?EarlyAnglo-IrishcosmopolitanimmigrantsfromItaly,Greece,Yugoslavia,Turkey,Vietnam,andCambodia.Theseleadto:influenceinmodernAustraliancooking--fusionfood--Abrilliantmixtureof:deliciousMediterraneanflavors,SoutheastAsianspices,nativeAustralianfood.Duringthetimeteacherscanshowsomepictureoffamouspeopletomakestudentsinterested.Dotheexercise5ReadtheStrategieswiththeclassandfindthesentencesthatarequotedinthetext.StudentsthenlookbackatthesentencesinExercise4and,asawholeclassdiscussifeachsentenceisfactoropinion.Dotheexercise6Studentsworkindividually,referringtothetextandmatchingtheexpressionswiththedefinitionsVocabulary:ConnotationsDotheexercise7Studentsworkinpairs,findingthewordsinthetextanddiscussingwhethertheyexpresspositiveornegativefeelingsDotheexercise8Studentsworkingroupsoffourorfive.TheytaketurnstomakeasentenceaboutthethingsusingadjectivesfromExercise7.HomeworkandSpeakingStudentsworkinpairs.Eachstudentturnstopage91tofindtheirAustralianfactfile.