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1Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldTheFirstPeriod●从容说课Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Thisperiodfocusesonreading.Inthislesson，thereareawarmingupandapassageofreading“TheRoadToModernEnglish”.Thiswarmingupattractsstudents’attentiontothephenomenonofworldEnglish.ThereadingpassagetellsusthepresentsituationinwhichEnglishisusedandthedevelopmentofEnglish.ToletstudentstoformagoodhabitofreadingandhaveproperreadingstrategiesareoneofthemaintasksforseniormiddleschoolEnglishteaching，sointhisperiod，weshouldteachaccordingtothisaim.Inthislesson，studentswillhaveageneralideaoftheconceptionofworldEnglishbyguessingsomewordsonAmericanEnglishandBritainEnglish.Toarousestudents’interest，I’llpresentthemsometypicalfunnystoriesaboutdifferentkindsofEnglish.Thisistogetthestudentsreadyforthereadingpart.Beforereadingthepassage，studentsshouldfirstgetfamiliarwiththenewwordsinthetexttoremovethebarrierinreading.Thenstudentsareaskedtoguesswhatthetextwilltellus.Thisstepisdesignedtotrainstudentsabilitytopredictthecontentofapassageaccordingthetitle.Thenextstepistoaskstudentstohaveageneralideaofthestructureofthetextwiththepurposeofimprovingtheskillofskimming.Afterthat，detailedreadingfollows.Inthestep，studentswillbeaskedtodealwiththepassageparagraphbyparagraphinwhichtheywillhavedifferenttaskstofinishsuchastrue-or-falseexercise，fillingaformwithinformationinthetextandretelling.Thissteptrainsstudents’scanningskillandconclusionskill.Thelaststepforstudentsistodiscussthetopic“ItisnotnecessaryforweChinesetolearnEnglishsincewehaveourownelegantlanguage”.Thisistotrainstudentstoreadcritically.Besides，itcanarousestudents’interestinlearningEnglish.●三维目标1.Knowledge：MasterthewordsandphrasesandgetaviewoftheroadtomodernEnglish.2.Ability：Trainstudents’readingskill.3.Emotion：LetstudentsknowmoreaboutEnglishandinspirestudentstostudyEnglishhard.●教学重点Theunderstandingandcomprehensionofthepassage.●教学难点（1）Howtogettomastertheusefulwordsandexpressions.（2）Howtoimprovestudents’abilitytoreadanarticle.●教具准备cassetterecorder，somepiecesofslide●教学过程Step1Greetings2T：Goodmorning，boysandgirls!S：Goodmorning，teacher!Step2WarmingupT：Englishisawidelyusedlanguage.DoyouknowinwhichcountriesEnglishisspokenastheirnativelanguage？Sa：TheUS，theUK，Australia，Canada...T：（aslide：Nancy：Oh，thereyouare.Nowthen，didyouhaveagoodflight？Joe：Sure，weflewallthewaydirectfromSeattletoLondon.Nancy：Youmustbeverytired.Didyousleepatallontheplane？Joe：No，notreally.I’mverytired.CouldIuseyourbathroom？Nancy：Why，ofcourse.Youdon’tneedtoask，justmakeyourselfathome.Letmegiveyouacleantowel.Joe：Atowel？Nancy：Yes.Hereyouare.Thebathroomisupstairs.It’stheseconddoorontheleft.（Afterawhile）Nancy：Haveyoufoundit？Joe：Well，eh，yes，Imeanno.Imean，Ifoundthebathroom，butIdidn’tfindwhatIwaslookingfor!）Hereisashortdialogue.Readitanddiscusswithyourpartner：WhatisitthatJoecan’tfindinthebathroom？Whycan’thefindit？Sb：Itisthetoilet.T：Andwhy？Sc：PerhapswhenJoesays“bathroom”，hemeansaplace，wherethereisatoilet.ButinNancy’seyes，itisaplacewherepeoplecanonlyhaveabath.T：Youareright.Doyouknowwhythere’samisunderstandingbetweenthem？Sd：BecausetheyspeakdifferentkindsofEnglish.T：Great.There’smorethanonekindofEnglishintheworld.Insomeimportantwaysthey’redifferent.They’recalledworldEnglish.Canyouguesswhattheyinclude？Se：Canadian，British，American，AustralianandIndianEnglish.T：Right.SoyouknoweventwonativespeakersofEnglishmaystillnotspeakthesamekindofEnglish.LookattheexamplesonP9.NowtrytoguesswhichofthefollowingwordsareBritishEnglishandwhichareAmericanEnglish.Suggestedanswers：Am.English：mom；onateam；rubber；gasBr.English：mum；inateam；eraser；petrolStep3NewWordsT：Fromtodayon，we’lllearnsomethingaboutEnglisharoundtheworld.Firstofall，let’sgetfamiliarwiththenewwords.YesterdayIaskedyoutoreadthenewwordsandlookupthemeaningofthem.Nowlet’shaveagameinwhichoneofyoutellsusthemeaningortheexplanationofthewordsandtheothersguesswhichworditis.Let’sgo!Suggestedexplanation：1.include：havesomethingorsomebodyasoneofagroup.e.g.：ThetourincludedavisittotheScienceMuseum.2.playarolein：haveapartin3.international：connectedwithtwoormorecountries34.native：（1）connectedwiththeplacewhereyouhavealwayslivedorhavelivedforalongtime（2）apersonwholivesinaparticularplace，especiallysb.whohaslivedtherealongtime5.elevator：lift6.flat：（1）havingasmoothsurface（2）（Br.E）asetofroomsforlivingin7.apartment：（Am.E）asetofroomsforlivingin8.modern：ofthepresenttimeorrecenttime9.comeup：tomovetoward10.culture：thecustomsandbeliefs，art，wayoflifeandsocialorganizationofaparticularcountryorgroup11.actually：really；infact12.present：（1）existingorhappeningnow（2）beinginaparticularplace13.rule：control14.vocabulary：allthephrasesandphrasesyoulearn15.usage：thewayinwhichwordsareusedinalanguage16.identity：whoorwhatsb./sth.is17.government：thegroupofpeoplewhoareresponsibleforcontrollingacountryorastate18.rapidly：fastT：That’sgreat!You’vemadeagoodpreparation.Nowpleasereadthewordstogether.（showwordsandexplanationsontheslide）Step4Pre-readingT：Justnow，we’veknownthatthere’remanykindsofEnglishintheworld.Thenwhyaretheresomanykinds？Ss：Wedon’tknow.T：Anyway，we’llfindoutthecausetoday.