英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Comic strip & Welcome to the unit
高邮市南海初级中学 柏青青
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. master the important words, phrases and sentences;
2. learn to name the different parts of a computer;
3. learn to talk about the basic uses of computers;
4. know how to make good use of computers.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ases: programme, keyboard, unit, main mouse, screen, receive, online, ah, channel, remote control, word processing, search for information, send and receive emails
2. New structures: It looks like a TV.
Let’s change the channel.
What do you usually use your computer for
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To name different parts of a computer.
2. To talk about different uses of computers.
3. To know how to make good use of computers.
IV. Teaching procedures
Comic strip
Step 1 Lead-in
Free talk
T: Hello, boys and gi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rls. As we all know, the spring break is coming. Do you want to travel to these places
T: I want to travel t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o these places too. How can we travel there for free
T: Yes, we ca ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n watch TV. Besides, we can also use computers to go travelling for free.
【设计意图：通过自由交谈，引导学生思考，导入今天课堂的主题：电脑。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. Watch and answer
T: Do Eddie and Hob ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o know well about computers Let’s watch the flash and then try to answer the following questions:
(1) What do Eddie and Hobo think the computer looks like
(2) What do they think the mouse is
【设计意图：通过观看动画，让学生了解对话大意，知道对话主题。】
2. Read the conversation
T: Read the conve ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rsation after the tape. Pay attention to your pronunciation.
T: Work in pairs. One will play the role of Hobo and the other Eddie.
【设计意图：不同形式的朗读方式为学生提供了更多机会来练习自己的语音语调。】
3. Act it out
T: Now it’s your turn to act out the conversation.
4. Fill in the blanks
T: Look at the sc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )reen and fill in the blanks. And then we will check the answers together.
【设计意图：通过填空练习帮助学生加深对课文的理解，并巩固本部分所学内容。】
Welcome to the unit
Step 1 Presentation
1. Brainstorming
T: How much do you kno ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )w about a computer Write down the words you know about computers.
Show studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts some pictures about computers: email, games, blog, keyboard, click, Internet.
【设计意图：通过头脑风暴，帮助学生复习有关电脑的词汇，激发他们的求知欲。】
2. Learn different parts of computers
T: Most of y ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ou must have a computer, right And I am sure you know the names of different parts of a computer. Do you know how to say these in English
T: Now please open ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )your books and turn to Page 35. Write the correct answers in the boxes in Part A.
3. Test your memory
T: Who has the best ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) memory in our class Let’s complete the sentences on the screen.
【设计意图：通过填空练习帮助学生巩固所学知识。】
Step 2 Practice
1. Listen and answer
T: Computers are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )very useful in our daily lives. Simon and Daniel are talking about the different uses of computers. Let’s listen to their conversation, and answer the question: What does Simon usually use computer for
【设计意图：让学生带着问题听对话，帮助他们更好的了解对话内容，同时训练听力技能。】
2. Read the conversation together
3. Learn about different uses of computers
T: Simon uses the co ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mputer to search for information. What can you use a computer for You can use the pictures and phrases on the screen to help you.
T: What else can ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) you use a computer for Work in groups and have a discussion from the following three aspects: for fun/for study/for life.
【设计意图：通过展示图片和语句结构帮助 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )学生更好地开展讨论。鼓励学生说出电脑的更多用途，拓宽他们的思维。本环节的一系列活动可为接下来的教学步骤做铺垫。】
Step 3 Production
1. Make up new conversations
T: Let’s work i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n pairs and make up your new conversations. You can use the conversation on the screen as a model.
【设计意图：通过编创新对话，帮助学生在语境中练习所学内容，并掌握这些知识。】
2. Make a report
T: Work in grou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ps of four and make a report about computers. You can divide your report into three parts:
Introduction to computers
Different parts of computers
Uses of computers
【设计意图：通过完成一份报道，让学生对电脑的相关知识有一个整体的把握。提供范文和有用的短语供学生参考，帮助他们顺利完成本项任务。】
Step 4 Summary
T: What have you learned today
【设计意图：通过思维导图帮助学生复习本节课所学的知识点，并进行情感升华，让学生领悟到电脑的最大用途在于为生活提供服务。】
V. Homework
1. Search for information about the development (发展) of computers.
2. Preview Reading.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Integrated skills
高邮市赞化学校 周蓓蕾
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. learn more information about travelling;
2. know how to ask for help and offer help.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd phrases: coast, sail, Australian, opposite, mind, print, pleasure, my pleasure
2. New struc ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tures: The website takes you to different places around the world.
Sydney is on the south-east coast of Australia.
The Sydney Opera House looks like a ship with many sails.
It takes about three hours to climb the Harbour Bridge.
Australian seasons are the opposite of ours.
Would you mind showing me how to start this online tour
If you cl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ick on the “Camera” icon, you can see many pictures of the city.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To get important information by listening.
2. To make new conversations to ask for and offer help.
IV. Teaching procedures
A Travelling at home
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Watch and answer
T: Today, I will ta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke you to visit a wonderful city. First, let’s enjoy a video. As we can see, there are many different places of interest in the city. What are they What’s the name of the city
【设计意图：利用视频提高学生的学习热情，导入新课。】
Step 2 Pre-listening
Brainstorming.
1. We all know Sydney ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is in Australia, but who knows its exact location
2. Is Sydney the capital of Australia
3. In Austral ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ia, the seasons are different from those in China. Do you know why
4. Look at th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is picture of the Sydney Opera House. What does it look like And where is the Harbour Bridge
5. Do you want to learn more about Sydney
【设计意图：通过头脑风暴，让学生说出悉尼的不同景点；通过与学生的自由交谈，引导他们了解更多悉尼的相关知识，为下面的听力训练扫除生词障碍。】
Step 3 While-listening
1. Finish Part A2
T: Listen to Daniel an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d Peter’s conversation and tell if the sentences in Part A2 are true or false.
【设计意图：本环节训练学生通过整体听来获得信息的能力，同时也可采用截取听力的办法，对难句进行重复训练。】
2. Finish Part A1
T: We have learned a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lot about online tour in Reading. Can you say something about it
T: Peter wants to wri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )te about how to use the website. Listen to a conversation and help him complete the notes.
3. Finish Part A3
【设计意图：通过对Reading课文的回忆 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，引导学生利用已有的信息及从听力中获得的信息来完成任务。在获得有关网上旅游的信息之后，要求学生加以梳理并完成信息的输出，此举也可以增强学生的写作意识。】
B Speak up: My pleasure.
Step 1 Listening
1. Listen and answer
T: Sandy is asking ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Millie how to start an online tour. Listen to their conversation and answer two questions.
(1) How do we start an online tour of a city
(2) If I want to see some pictures of the city, what should I do
2. Underline useful sentences
T: Read the conversation and underline useful sentences.
Step 2 Practice
1. Create new conversations
T: Now it’s your t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )urn to talk about how to use the website. You can talk to your partner about the problems you may have. If you want to find more information from the website, you can design some new icons.
【设计意图：通过设计新对话来培养学生综合运用语言的能力。】
2. Describe your own online tour
T: Plan an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )online trip to your favourite place, and then introduce the trip to your partner. You can use the passage in Part A3 as a model.
【设计意图：让学生描述自己的网上旅游经历，培养他们的写作能力。】
V. Homework
1. Write a short passage about your own online tour.
2. Recite the conversation in Part B.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Grammar
高邮市南海初级中学 柏青青
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. tell the diff ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )erences between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense;
2. use the simple past tense and the present tense correctly.
II. Teaching contents
New words and phrases: dream, passport, dream about/of
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To understand ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the differences between simple past tense and present perfect tense.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Pre-task
1. Enjoy a song
T: Hello, boys an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d girls. First let’s enjoy a song. Please pay attention to the blue and red words on the screen.
T: Do you know ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the differences in structures between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense
【设计意图：用一首歌导入，与学生自由交谈，引导他们回忆一般过去时和现在完成时态在结构上的区别。】
2. Enjoy a video
T: Enjoy a video ab ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )out the USA. Then read the following passage and find out the tenses used.
Millie had a dream la ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )st night. She dreamt of travelling to the USA. Millie has been to the USA once. She went there in 2013. She has been there for two months. She had a wonderful time there.
T: Do you kn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow the differences in concepts between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense
【设计意图：通过谈论Millie的梦，引导学生发现一般过去时和现在完成时态在概念上的区别。】
3. Finish some exercises
Part A Part B
T: Do you know the dif ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ferences in time expressions between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense
【设计意图：及时通过练习帮助学生掌握所学知识点，并引导学生在练习中发现一般过去时和现在完成时态的时间标志词。】
4. Make a summary
Differences bet ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ween the simple past tense and the present perfect tense.
(1) We use the simple past tense to tell what happened in the past.
We use the present p ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )erfect tense to talk about an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
(2) We use the simple past tense to tell what happened in the past.
We use the prese ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nt perfect tense to talk about the result of an action. When the action happened is not very important. It may have just happened or happened some time ago.
(3) We use the simple past tense to tell what happened in the past.
We use the pr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )esent perfect tense to tell how many times an action happened till now.
【设计意图：通过具体的规则和形象的时间轴表，帮助学生理解一般过去时和现在完成时的区别。】
Step 2 While-task
1. Task 1: Look and say
T: Look at the pic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tures and complete the sentences with the key words.
(1) Key words: years ago, live, small old houses
key words: since 1990, move, new flats
(2) key words: used to, go out, bicycle
key words: at present, the government, build, railway station
(3) key words: Jay, is, little boy, 10 years ago
key words: now, grow up
(4) key words: in the past, the village, poor, dirty
key words: now, the village, become, rich, clean
2. Task 2: Finish exercises
Part C
【设计意图：设置语境，让学生用所学语态造句，通过多种练习形式，帮助学生运用知识，巩固所学内容。】
Step 3 Post-task
1. Make a new dialogue
T: Work in pai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rs and make your own conversations. You should use the simple past tense and the present perfect tense, and you can use the conversation on the screen as a model.
【设计意图：给学生提供对话框架，让他们在对话中灵活运用两种时态。】
2. Finish exercises
Part D
3. Writing
T: Millie went to t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he USA last winter. Please write about her trip according to the form on the screen. You can add some details if you like. Remember to use the simple past tense and the present perfect tense correctly.
4. T: What have you learned today
【设计意图：再次呈现表格，帮助学生回顾本节课的重点知识。】
V. Homework
1. Review the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )usage of the simple past tense and the present perfect tense.
2. Finish writing Millie’s trip to the USA.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Reading (I)
高邮市赞化学校 周蓓蕾
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use different reading skills;
2. describe some famous places in New York;
3. grasp the main idea of the article.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phras ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es: guide, icon, click, Asia, Africa, Europe, America, world-famous, trade, southern, international, gather, huge, darkness, island, lawn, several, relax, hard, musical, bottom, pick, play, website, so much for sth., at the top of the page, at the bottom of the page, since the early twentieth century
2. New structu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )res: Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
Further on is Times Square. Every year, thousands of people gather here on New Year’s Eve.
It’s exciting to see ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the huge glass ball falling through the darkness!
With ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) several lakes, hills and a large green lawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work.
It has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To use skimmi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng or scanning to get the main idea or specific information.
2. To find out the indicating words while scanning.
3. To know the structure of the article.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Enjoy a video
T: Today, I will ta ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke you to visit some wonderful places. First, let’s enjoy a video about different places of interest.
T: As we can see, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) there are many different places of interest in the world. Would you like to visit these interesting places Do you think it is possible for us to travel around them within several hours
【设计意图：利用视频提高学生的学习热情，导入新课。】
Step 2 Pre-reading
1. Brainstorming
(1) What do you think of these places of interest
(2) Have you ever travelled abroad
2. Around the World in Eight Hours
T: Perhaps you do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )not have enough time or money. Today, let’s visit some interesting places with the help of the website’s guide. In this article Around the World in Eight Hours, you will know how to visit different places in only eight hours.
【设计意图：通过头脑风暴，让学生说出对 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )景点的感受，通过与学生的自由交谈，了解他们的旅游经历。告诉学生本课可带他们在短短几小时内环游世界，激发他们的求知欲。】
Step 3 While-reading
1. Task 1: Fast-reading
T: When doin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )g fast reading, you are not required to get every detail in the passage. You should scan and skim for the information needed.
(1) Skimming and Scanning.
Skim: Read the passage quickly in order to find the main point.
快速阅读找出文章的中心思想或主要意思。
T: Skim the passage and find out the main idea.
Scan: Read the passage and find out the particular information.
快速阅读找到某一具体信息。
T: Scan the passa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge and answer a question: How can you start the online tour
【设计意图：介绍两种快速阅读技巧，结合一个段落让学生真正掌握技巧。】
(2) More information.
T: Read the passage as fast as you can and answer two questions:
What’s the name of the website
Which city will you visit
T: Sometimes ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), we can get information from the title, the pictures and the first sentence of each paragraph.
【设计意图：通过快速阅读，培养学生利用标题、插图、首句等来获得信息的意识。】
(3) Main idea of each part.
T: Read the passa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge again. Then work in groups and talk about the main idea of each part.
【设计意图：通过快速阅读和小组讨论了解文章的结构，增强学生的篇章意识。】
2. Task 2: Careful reading
(1) Part 1
T: Let’s read Pa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rt One and think over two questions. You can circle some useful words while looking for answers.
a. What is Robin
b. What can you see at the top of the page
T: We can see the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) “Tour” icon at the top of the page, and if we click on the icon, we can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, America and more.
(2) Part 2
T: Read the s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )econd part of the passage and find out how many places of interest in New York are mentioned and what they are. You can circle some useful words while looking for answers.
T: Let’s learn more about the four places.
Paragraph 3: Read Paragraph 3 and fill in the blanks.
Paragraph 4: Wo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )uld you like to visit Times Square What can we do on New Year’s Eve Listen to Paragraph 4 and tell “T” or “F”.
Paragraph 5: Read Para ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )graph 5 and then describe Central Park from four aspects.
Paragraph 6: Listen to Paragraph 6 and choose the right answer.
T: Complete Exercise B2. Fill in the blanks about New York.
(3) Part 3
T: So much for New ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) York. Do you want to start your new tour Read the last part and find out the way.
【设计意图: 通过精读课文的每一个部分，鼓励学生寻找文章的细节信息，深层次地了解相关内容。】
Step 4 Post-reading
1. Make an interview
T: We have l ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )earnt a lot about the website “Around the World in Eight Hours”. Imagine one of your friends wants to learn something about the website and New York. Work in pairs and make an interview. You can use the conversation on the screen as a model.
2. Make a flow chart
T: How are ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the ideas organized in this passage Look at the flow chart.
3. Describe the three famous places in New York
【设计意图：通过采访、完成流程图和复述等不同形式的活动，帮助学生更深一步的理解课文。】
V. Homework
1. Read the article after class.
2. Search for more information about New York.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Task
高邮市教育局教研室 黄国庆
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. use charts to organize different ideas;
2. know how to write an introduction to a country;
3. assess each other’s articles in groups.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ses: England, queen, ruler, pound, European, dollar, be made up of …
2. New structures: The UK has always been famous for its museums.
The best time to visit the UK is from May to September because its winter is wet and cold.
The weather changes often there.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
To teach the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) how to organize different ideas by using charts.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
Watch and answer
T: Today, I have got ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) an invitation from my pen-friend Amy. Do you want to know about it Well, it’s special. It’s a clip of video. Let’s enjoy it.
T: Do you know wher ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e the invitation comes from Yes, it’s from the UK. Do you want to know more about the UK
【设计意图：以invitation主题视频引出the UK话题，并激发学生的学习兴趣。】
Step 2 Presentation: Amy’s chart
1. Information about the UK
(1) The full name of the UK
T: Well, Amy also sen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t me some special post cards. She says that the cards can help me learn more about the UK. Look at the first one. Yes, it’s a map of the UK. The UK is made up of four parts. So, the full name of the UK is very long. Can you remember it
(2) The rulers of the UK
T: Look at the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )second one. Who are they Yes, Queen Elizabeth II and her husband. In the past, kings and queens were the rulers. Both of the cards bring me some general information of the UK. They are both about the country.
(3) Buckingham Palace
T: Look at the t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hird one. It’s a famous palace, Buckingham Palace. And as we know, it’s the home of kings and queens.
(4) The British Museum
T: Look at the fourth ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )one. Yes, it’s a famous museum, the British Museum. We can learn a lot about the world’s culture there. It’s wonderful, isn’t it
(5) The Lake District
T: Look at the fi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )fth one. Yes, it’s the famous Lake District. We can see beautiful swans and other wild animals there. The UK is a good country to visit, isn’t it
(6) Currency
T: But what should we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )pay attention to when we travel there Please look at the sixth one. It shows us the local currency. Yes, people there use pounds, not RMB or dollars. Amy is thoughtful enough to offer me some useful tips.
2. Group discussion
T: What else do you kn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ow about the UK Work in groups of four and have a discussion, and then give a presentation.
3. How to introduce a country
【设计意图：通过创设情境，帮助学生了解英 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )国的一些主要信息，解决生词，同时突出about the country、places to visit、others三个介绍线索。通过预习成果的展示，收集更多可能的信息。】
4. Amy’s chart
T: Now, do you know how to introduce a country
T: Yes, we can pay att ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ention to the three items, “about the country”, “places to visit” and “others”. But how can we get more information about each item
【设计意图：通过引导学生讨论“如何介绍一个 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )国家”及对明信片内容的回顾，进一步明确线索，并就如何搜集、整理更多细节发问，从而引出Amy的表格。】
T: Well, a ch ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )art might help. Amy wants to introduce the UK to me. She collected some information online and made a chart. Now, let’s learn the chart to get more information.
【设计意图：展现Amy的表格，同时布置学生了解更多细节。】
Step 3 Presentation: Amy’s article
T: Yes, we can use a c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hart to organize our ideas when we write. This helps us see and understand the ideas better. With the help of the chart, Amy has written an introduction to the UK.
1. Paragraph 1
T: The first parag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )raph tells us some general information about the UK, so we can also call the part “general introduction”. Please pay attention to some useful expressions in the part.
T: Read the following sentences and judge True or False.
2. Paragraph 2
T: The second part tel ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ls us some places to visit. Exactly, it mentions some places, including palaces, museums and natural beauty, and some things we can do in these places. So we can also call the part “what to see and do”. Besides the useful expression, please pay attention to the three key words in the part.
T: Can you complete the sentences below
3. Paragraph 3
T: The last part offer ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s us some other useful information when visiting the UK. So we can also call the part “some tips or additions”. Besides the useful expressions, please pay attention to some transitions used in the part.
T: Read the third paragraph and answer some questions.
【设计意图：强调写作时表格对材料组织和细节 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )理解的作用，通过对表格和范文的分析讲解，明确段落、主题和细节信息之间的关系，并引导学生关注重要词汇、表达、过渡词；同时通过完成设计的任务对范文的内容进行巩固记忆。】
Step 4 Conclusion
T: Now, let’s ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ke some conclusions. Do you know how to write an introduction to a country
And have you learnt any useful expressions
【设计意图：回顾并总结这一主题，完成输入，巩固习得，为下面的实际写作准备。】
Step 5 Practice
1. Group work: Make up a chart
T: I’m glad to k ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )now that Amy will come to China soon. She will visit China with her parents this summer holiday. Can you help me to introduce China to her
【设计意图：通过创设情境，引出向Amy介绍中国这一任务。】
T: Now, let’s wor ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )k in groups. We need to make a chart before writing. Think carefully: what can we introduce to her We can have a discussion in groups first.
T: Well, I have prepared some information.
【设计意图：设计小组学习任务，通过讨论补充、完善细节信息，训练学生收集、整理信息的能力。】
2. Write the introduction
T: Now, it’s time to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) write our introductions. Pay attention to the organization and key words. You can use the useful expressions given, and try to use some transitions.
【设计意图：布置写作任务，提醒学生关注写作细节，完成输出。】
3. Assess each other’s articles
T: Work in gro ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ups and assess each other’s articles according to the form below.
【设计意图：鼓励学生相互评价习作，为接下来的修改做准备。】
V. Homework
1. Revise your writing after class.
2. Collect some info ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rmation about other countries you’d like to introduce to your classmates.英语（八年级下册）
Unit 3 Online tours
Reading (II)
高邮市龙虬镇初级中学 陶 伟
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
1. get a general idea of what New York is like;
2. use the new words and phrases correctly;
3. give a brief introduction to New York.
II. Teaching contents
1. New words and phr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ases: guide, Asia, Africa, Europe, America, world-famous, trade, southern, international, huge, island, several, relax, hard, so much for sth., bottom, pick, play, website
2. New structures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ): Wall Street, the world-famous trade centre, is here at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
It’s excit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ing to see the huge glass ball falling through the darkness!
With several lakes, hills and a large green pawn, it’s a good place to relax after a hard day’s work.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
1. To give a brief introduction to New York.
2. To use the new words and phrases correctly.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Be prepared to go to New York
T: Life is a jou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rney. Today we’ll visit one of the biggest cities in the world, New York. Would you show me around the city
2. Learn to use the word “pick”
【设计意图：设置情境，以学生是纽约的导游为切入点，为分版块复习课文，讲解新知识做好准备。】
Step 2 Presentation
1. The journey to New York
T: Where is New Yo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rk It is in North America. It is in the northwest of the USA.
T: What attraction ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s will you show the visitors around You can show them around Wall Street, Times Square, Central Park and Broadway.
【设计意图：通过头脑风暴的形式复习有关纽约的基本知识，明确本节课基本结构。】
2. Visiting Wall Street
T: First, we’ll g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o to Wall Street. Here we can experience the world-famous trade centre. It is at the southern end of Manhattan Island.
Here is a map of C ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hina. Where is Inner Mongolia It is in the northern part of China. Where is Yunnan It is in the southern part of China. It is also at the bottom of the map. Where is Xinjiang It is in the northwest of China.
T: Wall Street is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) famous for the international banks. In the word “international”, “nation” means “country”; the prefix “inter” means “among”; the suffix “al” means “of”.
Brainstorming: Words with prefixes; words with suffixes.
Exercise: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the brackets.
【设计意图：通过真实的情景练习，学习有关方位表达的词汇；通过头脑风暴，总结归纳常见词缀的用法。】
3. Visiting Times Square
T: Next, let’ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s go to the Times Square. On New Year’s Eve, people gather in the square. It’s exciting to see the huge glass balls falling through the darkness.
(1) Differences between big, large, little, small and huge.
(2) Group discus ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sion: What safety tips should we know when attending some big events Use the structures and phrases provided.
【设计意图：通过图片与对比，讲解几 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )个近义词的用法；通过探讨大型活动需要注意的安全事项，操练It is + adj. + for sb. + to do的句型。】
4. Visiting Central Park
T: Here is Central ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) Park. It is made up of several lakes, hills and a large green lawn.
(1) Pair work: What can we do in Central Park
(2) Exercise: Translate the sentences into English.
【设计意图：通过对话与翻译练习，运用新学单词relax和hard。】
5. Visiting Broadway
T: Broadway is fa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )mous for theatres in the world. Here, you can enjoy the famous musical Cats. It is a play filled with many beautiful songs. You can hear the famous song “Memory”. In fact, Broadway has been famous for its theatres since the early twentieth century.
(1) Use the correct prepositions to fill in the blanks.
(2) The usage of “since” and “for” in the present perfect tense.
Exercise: Comple ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )te the sentences with the correct forms of the words in the brackets.
【设计意图：通过例句与练习，帮助学生了解be famous for/as/to的意思，巩固since和for引导时间状语从句的用法。】
Step 3 Production
Make an introduction
T: OK, we’ve lea ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rnt a lot about New York. Who would like to give a brief introduction to the city You can use the mind map on the screen to help you.
【设计意图：让学生参考思维导图复述课文，达到语言输出的目的。】
V. Homework
1. Review the important language points.
2. Write a r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )eport about New York and exchange it with your classmates.
