
【教学目标】
●Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary: square, kilometers, shape, human, wake, somebody, path, pull
Key structures: wake up, pull off
●Ability objective
To get information about Zhangjiajie.
To master the object clauses.
●Moral objective
To know more about other person’s opinion;
To love our natural beauties in our country;
To protect the environment and make our world more beautiful.
【教学重点】
1. To learn some expressions in the passage.
2. To learn the object clauses.
【教学难点】
To get information from the article.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teachers shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Look at the photo and write down words that can best describe it.
2. Work in pairs and say what do you know about Zhangjiajie?
Then answer the following questions.
Where is it?
How large is it?
Where can you stay?
What animals can you see?
What is the most famous thing to see?
Step 4 Fast-Reading
1、Read the e-mail quickly and find the main idea for Paragraph 1, 2 and 3.
A. Descriptions of Zhangjiajie.
B. The story of their climbing Mount Tianzi
C . A special experience at night during the holiday.
Step 5 While-reading
1、Paragraph 1 Descriptions of Zhangjiajie
Read the para1 and answer the questions
Where is Zhangjiajie?
It’s in Hunan province.
How large is it?
It’s about 480 square kilometres(km2).
What is it famous for?
It’s famous for the strange shape of its rocks.
2、Paragraph 2 A special experience at night during the holiday
Read the para2 and Check the true sentences.
(1)Last night, they camped on the mountain.
(2)A loud noise worried her on that night.
(3)They found a hungry monkey is looking for food.
3、Paragraph 3 The story of their climb Mount Tianzi
Read the para3 and fill in the blanks
We _____ _____the path, past trees, waterfalls and plants back to our tent. I _____ a leaf ____ a plant, but Lingling’s uncle said that it was wrong to ____leaves and we should _______ everything here. I __________ sorry.
4、Number the sentences in the correct order.
a) Betty pulled a leaf off a plant.
b) The noise woke everybody up.
c) They climbed Mount Tianzi.
d) A monkey made some noise.
e) They camped by a small lake.
f) Linging’s uncle said that people should protect everything in Zhangjiajie.
Answers: 5,3,4,2,1,6
Step 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
1.Read the sentences carefully.
2.Choose the right words to fill in the blanks.
human kilometre path shape wish
1)Are there rocks in _______ or animal _______ in your home town?
2)How many ___________ is Zhangjiajie from your home town?
3)Is it safer to walk along a ______ or climb over rocks?
4)Where do you ______ you were right now?
3.Ask and answer the questions in Activity 5 in pairs.
Step 7 key phrases
It is/ was wrong to do sth. 做某事是错误的
promise to do 承诺做某事
stay with sb. 和某人待在一起
square kilometre 平方公里
Some ……others…… 一些……其他……
look like 看起来像
wild animal 野生动物
by a lake 在湖边
wake (sb)up 吵醒(某人)
move about 到处/周围移动
make noise 制造噪音
It is/was a pity that+从句 ……真是遗憾。
walk down 走下来
pull…off… 把…从…拉/拽下来
the second-largest freshwater lake 第二大淡水湖
Step 7 key sentences
Find out these sentences
1. We thought somebody was moving about.
2. Lingling’s uncle said it was an animal.
3. We came out without making any noise, and found it was just a hungry monkey looking for food.
4. ..., but Lingling’s uncle said that it was wrong to pull leaves off plants and that we should protect everything here.
Step 8 Grammar
that引导的宾语从句
当谓语动词表示肯定的概念,如“希望、相信、知道、说”时,其后面的句子一般用that引导。that 没有任何词汇含义,只有语法功能,目的是使读者清楚后面的句子是宾语从句。多数情况下 that 可以省略。例如:
I hope (that) it will snow this winter.
Betty thinks (that) trees can improve the air.
常接 that 宾语从句的谓语动词有:believe, expect, explain, feel, hear, hope, imagine, prefer, promise, report, say, see, tell, think, under, stand, warn, wish等。
Step 9 Summary
Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.
Step 10 Homework
Finish the practice of Unit2.
