Unit 2 The game that they like most is Australian football.
Ⅰ.Teaching model
Reading and writing
Ⅱ.Teaching aims
1．To learn and understand the key vocabulary and the key structure
2．To read the long passage and write some notes about it
3．To improve the students' reading ability
Ⅲ.Teaching aids
Tape recorder，video
Ⅳ.Teaching steps
第一课时(Activity 1－Activity 2)
Step 1：Warming up and lead?in
Travelling can make you relaxed and pleased.
·Have you been to a foreign country
·Do you know anything about Australia
Step 2：Pre?reading
1．Look at the pictures in Activity 1 and describe them.
2．Teach the students the new words in the following passage.
3．Guess what Tony is going to say in his letter.
Step 3：Reading
1．Get the students to read the passage once or twice quickly，and after that ask them to find the information about some discriptions.Then check the true sentences.
2．Get the students to read the passage again，but this time read it more slowly.Then ask them to take some notes for Tony.The students can finish this job individually or they can discuss with their partners.
3．After the students are familiar with the passage，ask them to read the passage after the tape.Then they can read by themselves.
Step 4：Explain
After reading，the teacher explains some useful expressions and grammar points.
Step 5：Homework
1．Read the words and the passage frequently.
2．Copy the words and expressions.
3．Finish some exercises in workbook.
Blackboard Design
Unit 2 The game that they like most is Australian football.
1．at the moment
2．be surprised at
3．a center of
4．in many ways
5．in the middle of
6．be left far behind
