1、Unit 1 Its more than 2,000 years old. Teaching modelListening and speaking Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching aims1. To learn and understand the topic words through talking and listening;2. To know something about The Terracotta Army, The Three Gorges Dam, The Giants Causeway and Victoria Fa
2、lls;3. To understand conversations involving different tenses. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: man-made, natural, wonder, discussion, eastern, though, loud, wow, opinion, in ones opinion, more than, electricity, millions of2. Key structures: Sentence structure Teaching aidsTape recorder, OHP
3、, video Teaching StepsStep 1 Warming-up1. Show some pictures of the wonders of the world. 2. Enjoy and talk something about the pictures.3. Show some pictures to introduce the new words.4. Learn the new words.5. Read the words after the teacher.Step 2 Match the name.Match the names of the wonders wi
4、th the pictures.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures.2. Read through the names of the wonders.a) The Terracotta Army b) The Three Gorges Damc) The Giants Causeway d) Victoria Falls3. Match the names of the wonders with the pictures.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. C
5、all back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.Step 3 Answer the questions.Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you.1. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity1.2. Ask the students to read through the words in the box.ancient ma
6、n-made modern natural wonder3. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 2.1) Which two are natural wonders?2) Which two are man-made wonders?3) Which is an ancient wonder?4) Which is a modern wonder?4. Look at the pictures and answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help
7、you.5. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.6. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.7. Now listen and check.Step 4 Listen and read.1. Ask the students to listen and read the conversation silently.2. Check()the true sentences.1) Tony thinks the Giants Caus
8、eway is the largest natural wonder.2) Lingling thinks Victoria Falls is more fantastic than the Giants Causeway.3) Betty and Daming are more interested in man-made wonders.4) For Daming, the Three Gorges Dam is more fantastic than the Terracotta Army.3. Ask the students to read the passage and finis
9、h Activity 4.1) Where is the Giants Causeway?2) How wide is Victoria Falls?3) What wonders does Betty think are more exciting?4) How old is the Terracotta Army?4. Read the passage and put the sentences into the right order.A. How I feel about the Grand Canyon.B. The Grand Canyon was not just big, bu
10、t huge.C. I realised I was looking across the Grand Canyon.D. When I arrived, there was nothing to see.E. I asked a stranger the way before I came to some rocks.5. After Reading: Complete the table. WondersThe Giants Causeway_ rocks, _ sides, on the _ coast of Northern IrelandVictoria Fallsin _, _ m
11、etres wide, _ metres highThe Terracotta Armymore than _ years oldThe Three Gorges Dam_ metres long, _ metres high, _ metres wide, produce _ Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking: Listen and mark the pauses.1. Play the recording once without stopping.2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to
12、 repeat.1) Ive never seen it, so Im not sure I agree with you.2) That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic.3) In my opinion, man-made wonders are more exciting than natural ones.3. Ask the students to listen and mark the pauses.4. Now listen again and repeat.S
13、tep 6 Language points1. Lets call Wonder of the World and join in the discussion. 我们给世界奇观节目打电话，加入讨论吧。wonder n. 奇观；奇迹 可数名词。e.g. The Three Gorges Dam is a wonder of the world.【拓展】wonder vt. 想知道 =want to know后面常常跟由when，where，why等引导的宾语从句，从句的语序要用陈述句语序。e.g. The teacher _ the little girl doesnt like learni
14、ng maths. 老师想知道为什么小女孩不喜欢学数学。 wonders why根据汉语意思完成英语句子。1)那个国家有许多伟大的奇迹。 That country has a lot of great _. wonders2)张先生想知道飞机什么时候起飞。 Mr Zhang wonders _. when the plane takes off join in的意思是“参加某种活动，加入到”。例如：We all joined in the game. 我们都参与了游戏。discussion 作名词, 它是由动词discuss 加后缀-ion而构成的, 意为“讨论; 商讨”。如:There wi
15、ll be a discussion about the differences between the two words in our class this afternoon.小试: How many students joined in the _(discuss) last Sunday?2. And I think the Giants Causeway is the most fantastic natural wonder.我认为巨人之路是最神奇的自然奇观。巨人之路位于英国北爱尔兰东部海岸，由大量多边形石柱组成，绵延数百米，呈阶梯状延伸入海。1986年，巨人之路及其海岸(Gia
16、nts causeway and Causeway Coast)被联合国教科文组织列入世界自然遗产名录。3. That sounds great, though I think Victoria Falls in Africa is even more fantastic. 听起来很神奇，但我认为非洲的维多利亚瀑布更壮观。维多利亚瀑布位于非洲赞比西河中游、赞比亚与津巴布韦接壤处，是世界上最壮观的瀑布之一。瀑布上的水雾形成的彩虹景色十分迷人，瀑布的声响可在数公里处听到。因此，当地人称之为“莫西奥图尼亚”，意为“霹雳之雾”。4. But in my opinion, man-made wonder
17、s are more than exciting than natural ones. 但是，在我看来，人造奇观比自然奇观更激动人心。本句中natural ones与man-made wonders相对应，ones代替前面提到的wonders。in ones opinion表示“按某人的意见；据某人看来”。 如：Who, in your opinion, is the best football player in the world today?在你看来，谁是当今世界上最好的足球运动员？5. though though 作连词, 意为“虽然; 尽管”, 常用来引导让步状语从句, 从句可放在主
18、句前或主句后, 但不能与but 或however 出现在同一个句子中。如： Though he was tired, he went on working. Lucy often helps me with my English, though she is very busy.【运用】从题后所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。Grace is going to give much money to charity, _ she is not rich enough. A. if B. unless C. since D. thoughStep 7 Work in pairs.1.
19、Read through the example with the class.Which wonder of the world you like to visit?Id like to visit the Giants Causeway because I love wild places by the sea.2. Make a list of wonders of the world. Say which one you would like to visit and why.3. Work in pairs.Step 8 Exercises: Complete the sentenc
20、es.1. Ask the students to read through the words in the box in Activity 5.discussion eastern huge opinion though2. Read through the sentences in Activity 5.1) In my _, natural wonders are more interesting than man-made ones.2) Victoria Falls, about 1,700 metres wide and 100 metres high, is _. 3) Let
21、s join in the _ about the wonders of the world.4) I think the Giants Causeway on the _ coast of Northern Ireland is a fantastic natural wonder.5) To some degree, Lingling agree with Tony about the Giants Causeway, _ she thinks Victoria Falls are more fantastic.3. Complete the sentences with the word
22、s in the box.4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.Step 9 Exercises 1. 大峡谷是世界自然奇观之一。(The Grand Canyon is _ of the natural world.2. 我认为这部电影中有太多的打斗。(in ones opinion) _. 3. We should give the boy another chance _ he has made some mistakes. A. though B. when C. unless 4. Football is do exciting that _ people in the world play it. A. million of B millions of C. two millions of Step 10 Homework1. Which wonder of the world would you like to visit? Write some sentences about it.2. Preview Unit 2.