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| Brief Analysis of Unit 3 The Land Down Under
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作者： 浙江省丽水中学英语组 / 杨健敏
发表时间： 2005-10-21 文章出处： JXJYW
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I. Brief statements based on the Unit
The title of this unit is The Land Down Under. Perhaps when we see the title at the first sight, we may wonder what it is about. We may even doubt whether it is grammatically wrong. But after consulting it in the dictionary, we learn “down under” means “in Australia ”.
The whole unit gives us detailed information on Australia . After learning the unit, we let the students learn about various aspects of Australia .
Warming up and Listening: It begins with 3 interesting topics and a map to call back what the students already know about Australia , and it can attract the students to go in for the discussion. It has three subjects in Listening. Exercise one asks the students to predict what they will hear on the tape. Exercise two is a chart. Exercise three is to ask the students to know something about how to stay safe, what to bring and how to protect environment. The three exercises try to improve the students' ability of how to predict, how to catch and filter useful information.
Speaking: In speaking part, students are asked to talked about a trip to Australia , using the information from the listening. What the students talk about is all that they are familiar with. They will surely improve their speaking ability in the warm discussion.
Pre-reading: It starts with some interesting questions, which are made to ask the students to predict. And then ask the students to arrange the items ticked in the order in which they expect them to appear in the text. It is meant to improve the students' logic ability. It is also meant to arouse the students' interests to the country. The students are eager to read the text to judge whether their prediction is right or wrong.
Reading : The text is a good material for us to know Australia . It tells us about its make-up, location, foundation and its national flag. It introduces to us about its regions, famous cities, such as Sydney , Canberra , and Melbourne . It gives us information about the first Australians, its history and its culture. It also introduces some Australian English.
Post-reading: It provides some questions to check whether the students understand this passage or not.
Language study: It is made up of two parts--word study and grammar. Word study is a revision of some words and how to give definitions. Grammar reviews the Predicative. Plenty of exercises are given to the students to master them.
Integrating skills: It consists of two parts--a reading material and writing. In the reading material, more information about Australia is offered in the text, including a variety of animals and plants, which can be only found in Australia . It also tells us its climate, size and population. In the course of reading, students will acquire a lot of useful words and expressions. In the Writing task the students are asked to write an article, describing an unusual animal in Australia . Since detailed information is given, it is easy for the students to arrange their article.
II. Teaching goals
Talk about Australia .
Practice expressing prohibitions and warnings.
Review the Predicative.
Write a description of animals.
III. Important words, phrases and sentences
strait, islander, fellow, criminal, govern, resemble, diverse, transform, immigration, strengthen, differ, pronunciation, vocabulary, female, concept, chew, chairwoman, entire, mine, fence, birthplace, outing, lemonade, barbecue, roast, steak, barrier, pointed, claw, hairy, medium, bushy
as a consequence (of), break out, feed ... on, be made up of, have an influence on, benefit from
Later, when the American War of Independence made it impossible for England to send prisoners to North America, Australia was chosen as a new place where prisoners and criminals were sent. P22
The newcomers changed the way land was managed and introduced new plants and animals that were harmful to the Australian ecosystems. P22
Many Aborigines and Islanders were moved and had their land taken away from them. P22
VI. Difficult teaching points
How to help the students understand the reading materials, especially some complex sentences.
How to help the students write a description of animals.
VII. Teaching periods
.Period 1 Warming up ,speaking and listening
.Period 2&3 Reading
.Period4 Language study
.Period 5 Integrating Skill and Writing
Teaching plan for Reading
Teaching Aims:
Learn and master some useful words and expressions.
Learn about the outline, history and language of Australia .
Further develop the students' reading ability and reading skills.
Teaching Important Points:
Train the students' reading ability and develop their reading skills.
Enable the students to understand the text better.
Master the useful phrases appearing in the reading passage correctly
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students understand the reading material thoroughly.
2. How to make the students finish the concerned exercises after reading
Teaching Aids:
The multimedia
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Greeting
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step 2 Lead in
Summarize what they learned during the last period. Ask some students to talk about what they know about Australia .
Step 3 Pre-reading
Tell the students we are going to read a passage about Australia . Before we read the passage, please guess what will be talked in the passage. Ask the students to work in pairs and tick the questions that they think will be answered in the text.
After a while, ask two students to give their answers by guess.
Step 4 Fast-reading
Look at these numbers. Ask the students to read the passage quickly, and find out what happened in these years.
In 1770
Over the next 80 years
In 1901
In the 1930s
5000 years ago
3 minutes later, check answers.
(keys: Captain James Cook claimed the east coast of the continent for the British Crown.
About 160,000 prisoners were sent to Australia .
The Commonwealth of Australia was formed.
The country suffered from the Great Depression.
The first people came to the continent.
Step 5 Careful reading
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Introduction
How large is Australia ?
What's the capital of Australia ?
What does the Australian flag look like?
Body
When was Australian founded?
Who lives in Australia ?
Conclusion
How is Australian English different from British and American English?
(Give them enough time to read the passage and then asks some students to give the answers.)
Step 6 Post-reading
Work in pairs to make up a dialogue.
A Chinese college student who studies history came to Australia for a trip. His pen friend showed him around the. They talked about the history and development of the country.
教学反思 :
本单元的话题是澳大利亚。具体涉及澳大利亚的地理概况、自然历史、风土人情等。语言技能和语言知识都围绕“澳大利亚”这一中心话题设计展开。其实澳大利亚的文化，建筑，地理特征，名胜古迹，民间传说，民俗特色，政权形式，科学成就都很值得老师引导学生去了解，这对学好英语是有很大的帮助的。 尤其是能够体会领悟澳大利亚的社会特征和人文特点，在学生阅读文章时就能够减少很多障碍。但是内容涉及很广，我们不可能在一个单元的时间内让学生都了解，但是应当鼓励学生上网或去图书馆查阅资料，自主学习。同时也应该提醒学生思考英国，美国 和澳大利亚这三个国家的相似的地方和不同的地方，做一些比较。
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