Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.
Name _____ Class_____
【学习目标】
1. 熟悉本课所学新词汇与短语。
2. 通过准确地比较方位和正确运用形容词的比较级描述家乡和国家。
【课前预习】
一．利用单词表，并按照词性归类，写出本单元新词（仿照示例），并在组内齐读。
名词1___________ ____________ _________
2_____________ ____________ _________
3___________ ____________ _________
4_____________ ____________ _________
5___________ ____________ _________
6_____________ ____________ _________
7___________ ____________ _________
8_____________ ____________ _________
形容词： _____________ ___________ _________
副词：_____________ ____________ _________
二． 利用课时精练P10中的重点词组或根据课文中P12的活动2内容，并结合上下文意思写出中/英文。
1. Cambridge University___________
2.in the east/west/north/south of________________________
3.on the River Cam_____________________
4.有着约120,000的人口_____________________________
5. be famous for________________6.such as___________
7.enjoy trips along the river__________________
8. be eighty kilometers from London_______________________
9.更大更繁荣____________________
10.Buckingham Palace_____________11.Tower Bridge_____________
12.be part of ________________
13. on the coast______________ 14.be popular for holidays_____________________
15.low mountains___________ 16.any time of the year __________________
17. bring an umbrella with you______________________
18. most days________________
三、通读P12活动2文章，并试着回答问题。
1. Where is Tony’s hometown? _____________________________
2.What is the population of London? _____________________________
【课中合作与交流】
一、 Look at the map of England and read the sentences.(书本P12活动1)
1. Complete
东______ 南_________ 西________ 北________
在....的东/南/西/北部 _______________________________________
2.Look at the map of England and work in pairs. Ask and answer
Where is...?
It’s in the east/west/north/south of...
二、Reading. Tony Smith is talking about his home town Cambridge, London and England. Read and finish the following tasks.
1) Read the passage and choose a title for each picture(书本P12活动2)
1. Tower Bridge and the River Thames
2. Cambridge University and the River Cam
2) Skiming. Read the passage quickly and match each paragrap h with its main idea.
Paragraph1 ★Something about London
Paragraph2 ★Something about England
Paragraph 3 ★the weather of England
paragraph4 ★Something about Cambridge
3)Scanning.
1. Read Para 1 and answer the questions.
1)Where is Cambridge?
_____________________________________________________________________
2)What’s in Cambridge?
_____________________________________________________________________
3)What’s it famous for?
__________________________________________________________________
2. Read Para 2 and fill in the blanks
Where
How
Age
Population
Be famous for
Fill in the blanks to retell Para 2.
London is in the _____ ___ of England and it is on ________________. The population of London is about ____________________, so it is ______ and _______ than Cambridge. London has a history of as long as __________ and it’s famous for _________, Buckingham _______ and ____________.
3. Read Para 3 and answer the questions.
1) What’s in the north of England? ______________________________________
2) What’s in the south of England? ________________________________________
4. Read Para 4 and do T/F questions.
1) When you travel in England ,you need to bring an umbre lla with you. ( )
2)It’s very hot in summer, and very cold in winter in England.( )
三、Complete the table.
Cambridge
England
Location(地理位置)
River
Population
Famous places
History
四、Writing.
1. Possible answer:
My home town is Dalian. It is an important city in Liaoning Province in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. The city is over 100 years old. It has a lot of beautiful beaches like the Tiger Beach and the Bangchui Island Beach. Many people go there for holidays and for swimming every year. Dalian is also famous for Dalian Discoveryland Theme Park and Xinghai Square. They are very interesting and lots of tourists go to visit them. It i s warm in winter and hot in summer in Dalian. The temperature doesn’t change very much and it is usually sunny. I think it is a great city.
请仔细阅读以上这篇关于介绍作者家乡—大连的文章，并试着归纳介绍家乡或城市一般可以从哪几个方面去描写：
_______________ __________________ ___________________ ________________ ______________________ _____________________ _______________________
2. Write a passage about your home town. (请模仿上一篇文章，并结合课外阅读的内容来介绍家乡-永康。)
My home town
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
【课外阅读】
Yongkang (Chinese: 永康; pinyin: Yǒngkāng) is a county-level city located in the central part of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 1,049 km2 (405 sq mi) and a population of 536,000 with more than 100,000 non-residen t workers. Its built-up (or metro) area, made of Yongkang City and Wuyi County, was home to 1,073,389 inhabitants at the 2010 census.
History
The county was established in the time of Wu Kingdom (AC 222~280) during the famous Three Kingdoms Period. The Chinese name means "Forever Well-being". In the last two decades, Yongkang has been well known for both its aggressive promotion of tourism and booming economy in hardware manufacturing. It is widely considered as "Hardware Capital of China". In 2003, Yongkang GD P ranked 47th out of over 1000 counties nationwide in China.
Reason behind the name: Lizhou was the ancient name of Yongkang, according to legend, When the mother of Sun Quan (the King of Wu Kingdom) was ill, She pilgrimage to pray for the "forever well-being" in a Temple in Yongkang. After she recovered, Sun Quan was very p leased, then granted names for Yongkang. (At that time, Yongkang is a part of Wushang City.), and stand-alone for the county. During the Tang Dynasty, Yongkang was promoted to state. In 1992, the State Council approved the county to city.
Economy[经济]
Yongkang, Zhejiang, since ancient times, it is "metal craftsmen take the Quartet, the government prefectures County, not bad health" reputation, Yongkang metal craftsmen from generation to generation nurtured its rich heritage and cultural traditions and history of hardware, achievement of a reputation Yongkang hardware. 30 years of reform and opening up, Yongkang successfully achieved the traditional hardware to modern hardware transformation to accelerate the pace of industrial upgrading, product brand, grade has been a qualitative leap and become famous at home and abroad, "hardware capital." Among them, in order to anti-theft security door at the core products, Yongkang Door Industry has now become the eight Yongkang hardware industry, the largest and most stable industries in the world, in this year facing an unprecedented economic crisis situation, the industry still maintained a strong growth momentum in the first half growth rate of 18% growth rate among the eight Yongkang hardware industries. Category Yongkang hardware products have become the dominant p roduct, a Yongkang city's calling card. Yongkang anti-theft door industry, the rise since 1997, from the start as metal gate, through 13 years of hard work, the industry now has 454 enterprise portal products, annual output of more than 2,500 million tang variety of products and export more than 700 million tang, industry-year output value of 100 billion yuan, accounting for 70% of the national output of anti-theft door. To achieve such stellar results, the most fundamental reason is that from the early stage of development, the whole Yongkang Door Industry attached great importance to product quality and having a rational understanding of the development. To "establish the brand, standards and innovation" has always been Yongkang Door manufacturers' consensus.
Yongkang produces 150, 000 scooter everyday, the most in the world. Yongkang produces 30,000 anti-theft door everyday, accounting for 70% of the national output of anti-theft door. Yongkang produces 200,000,000 cup class every year, accounting for 90% of the national output of different types of cups. Accounting for 52% of the national output of stainless steel tableware series supplies from Yongkang. Accounting for 45% of the national output of Daily-use Weighing apparatus supplies from Yongkang. Accounting for 1/3 of the national output of power tools from Yongkang. Packaging drums, building non-slip case scales, the degree of scales, and other products accounted for more than 90% of the domestic market. Scooters, gas stove burners accounted for 90% of the total exports. -Pump accounted for 50% of the total exports. Saw blade accounted for 1/3 of the total exports. Weighing manufacturing enterprises accounted for 1/3 of the national output accounted for 2/3.
Every day there are 17 new private enterprises in Yongkang.
Yongkang is “the Cradle of Hardware of China”, “the Hardware Capital of China”, “the Cups Capital of China”, “the Doors Capital of China”, and “the Recreational Vehicle Capital of China”.[2]
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Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.
课型
Reading and vocabulary
教学目标
Knowledge:
To describe the location of a place
To get information about Cambridge, London and English
To write about your home town
Key vocabulary: north, south, west, home town, be famous for, island, area, low, mountain, countryside, umbrella
Key structures: It … has a population of about 120,000.
… so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge.
It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.
教学重点
(1)能听并读懂介绍家乡的文章，了解文章的主旨
(2)运用所学语言学会简单介绍自己的家乡
教学难点
学会运用形容词的比较级谈论描述自己的家乡
教学方法
PWP Communicative
教学用具
Multi-Media (or Tape recorder, OHP)
教学过程
Preparation
l. Look at the map of England and read the sentences.
? Ask the students to look at the map and tell what it shows.
? Read the four compass points (north, south, east, west) separately and then have the students repeat.
? Read out the sentences while they follow.
? Read the sentences again and have the students repeat chorally and individually.
2. Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below.
? Ask the students to look at the pictures and elicit what they can see.
? Ask them to guess which places the pictures show and predict the title for each picture.
? Ask them to read the passage and check whether their guesses and predictions were right.
? Ask them to choose the correct titles and check the answers with a partner.
Extension:
? Write one true and one false example statements on the board for the students to check. For example:
Cambridge is in the east of England. (T)
London is about 1,000 years old. (F)
? Ask the students to work in pairs and write as many true/false statements as possible. Go around the class and check if the statements are grammatically correct.
? Tell the students to give their statements to another pair to decide whether they are true or false.
? Elicit a few pairs to present their statements to the class.
3. Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London.
? Ask the students to look at the table to see what information they have to find.
? Tell them to scan the passage quickly to find the key information and underline it.
? Ask them to complete the table on their own.
? Ask them to check answers with a partner.
? Elicit answers in full sentences from the whole class.
4. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
? Read through the words and expression in the box with the class. Make sure they are clear about the meanings.
? Ask the students to read the passage. Make clear what it is about.
? Tell them to read again and complete the passage.
? Elicit answers from the whole class.
? Nominate a few students to read the passage aloud line by line.
Language points
1. … in the south of …
in the south of意为“在……（内部）的南部”，与此类似的还有in the east / west / north of ..., 意为“在……（内部）的东/西/北部”。如：
Shanghai is in the east of China.
上海位于中国的东部。
广州在中国的南部。
_______________________________
(Guangzhou is in the south of China. )
2. 以west(西方)为例，讲讲方位词和不同的介词搭配时的意思。
A. Gansu is in the west of China.
甘肃在中国的西部。
B. Shanxi is on the west of Hebei.
山西在河北西部。
C. China is to the west of Japan.
中国在日本的西方。
例句A中, Gansu位于China范围内的西方, 本句用的介词是in；例句B中, Shanxi在Hebei的西部, 彼此接壤, 本句用的介词是on；例句C中, China位于日本范围外的西方, 本句用的介词是to。
in指在某地域范围之内的某个方位；
on指与某一地域边界相接的某个方位;
to指在某一地域范围之外某个方位。
3. be famous for
be famous for是一固定短语，意为“因……而闻名/出名”。如：
Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake.
杭州以西湖而闻名。
中国以长城而闻名。
_______________________________
(China is famous for the Great Wall.)
[辨析]
be famous for; be famous as
都是“以……而出（著）名”的意思，但它们会在含义和用法上有区别。
(1)当主语是表示人的名词时，be famous for表示“以某种知识、技能、作品或特征而出名”，be famous as 则表示“以某身份而出名”。试比较：
Einstein was famous for his Theory of Relativity.
爱因斯坦以他的相对论而著名。
Einstein was famous as a great scientist.
爱因斯坦以一位伟大的科学家而著称。
He is famous for his novels.
他因他的小说而出名。
Lu Xun was famous as a writer.
鲁迅是位著名的作家。
(2)当主语是地点名词时，be famous for 表示“以某种特点（产品）而出名”；be famous as 则表示“以什么样的产地而出名”。如：
Scotland has many lakes and mountains, and is famous for its beautiful countryside.
苏格兰有许多湖泊和山脉，并以其乡村美景著称。
The area is famous as a green tea producing place.
这个地区以绿茶产地而出名。
(3)当主语是事物名词时，be famous for表示“以其内容、特征、价值等而被人所知”；be famous as 则表示“以某种形式出名”。如：
This grammar book is famous for its practical usage.
这本语法书以其实用性而被人所知。
This book is famous as a reference book.
这是一本有名的参考书。
China is _____ the Great Wall and pandas.
A. famous as B. famous for
C. ready to D. ready for
4. … with seven and a half million people.
million意为“百万”，当million与具体数字连用时，million要用单数形式，且不和of搭配；而当million意为 “成百万的；数以百万的”，表达不确切的数字概念时，应该用 millions of 。
He was prepared to pay two million.
他愿意支付200万。
A careless mistake cost the company millions of pounds.
一个粗心的错误使公司蒙受数百万镑的损失。
About forty ________children from poor families still need ________．
A. million；help
B. million；helps
C. millions：help
注意
hundred, thousand, million这些词的用法极为相似，需注意的用法有：
当这些词与具体数字连用时，通常不加复数词尾-s, 也不后接介词 of。
2. 当这些词不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要加复数词尾-s, 而且要后接介词 of, 然后才能接名词。
There are about two ______ students in the newly built school. (2006 杭州)
A. thousand B. thousands
C. thousand of D. thousands of
解析：当hundred, thousand, million, billion等词前有确切数字时，这些词应用单数形式。答案A。
这里的with意为“带有；具有”。 如：
I have a new building with a big garden.
我有一座带有一个大花园的新楼。
另外, with还可表示“使用工具、手段等;和……在一起”的意思。如：
The little boy writes with a pencil.
这个小男孩用铅笔写字。
Tony lives with his parents in Beijing now.
托尼和父母现在一起住在北京。
Writing
5. Answer the questions and write notes about your home town.
? Read through the questions with the whole class.
? Ask the students to answer the questions individually in notes.
? Tell them to exchange their notes with a partner and work together to correct factual and language mistakes.
? Elicit answers and check with the class that they are correct.
6. Use your notes and write answers to the questions in Activity 5.
? Ask the students to use the notes to write full answers to the questions in Activity 5.
? Tell them to exchange their sentences with their partners. Read them together to notice and correct mistakes.
? Collect a few examples from the class. Present them.
7. Write a passage called My home town. Use Tony's passage to help you.
? Ask the students to read Tony's passage again as a model.
? Ask them to write about their own home town, using their answers in Activity 6 to help them. Tell them that they can add more interesting facts than they had in Activity 6 if they want.
? Remind them of joining sentences with "and".
? Ask them to exchange their passages with a partner for a final correction together.
? Ask for some examples from the class. After the first one, ask for others whose passages are a little different to read out.
My Home Town
My hometown is in the southeast of Shandong， a seaside village.
It is a small village. There are about 600 people. Most of them are peasants. They mainly plant wheat， corn and cotton. Some of them often go fishing in the sea.
Great changes have taken place in the past ten years. Now the peasants here use tractors in their work. A lot of new buildings have appeared. Many families own fridges and some even have air-conditioners. In the evening they watch TV as the people in cities do.
There is a primary school in the village. Most of the peasants’ children are studying in college now.
I love my home town. I believe she will become more and more beautiful in the future.
课件18张PPT。Module 2Unit 21. … in the south of …
in the south of 在……（内部）的南部
in the east / west / north of ... 在……（内部）的东/西/北部
Shanghai is in the east of China.
上海位于中国的东部。 广州在中国的南部。
_______________________________ Guangzhou is in the south of China. 2. 方位词和不同的介词搭配时的意思：
A. Gansu is in the west of China.
甘肃在中国的西部。
B. Shanxi is on the west of Hebei.
山西在河北西部。
C. China is to the west of Japan.
中国在日本的西方。 例句A中，Gansu位于China范围内的西方, 本句用的介词是in；例句B中，Shanxi在Hebei的西部，彼此接壤，本句用的介词是on；例句C中，China位于日本范围外的西方, 本句用的介词是to。
in指在某地域范围之内的某个方位；
on指与某一地域边界相接的某个方位；
to指在某一地域范围之外某个方位。Hong Kong is ______ the south of China,
and Macao is ______ the west of Hong Kong.
A. in; to B. to; to C. to; in D. in; in
2. Japan lies ______ the east of China.
A. to B. in C. about D. atAA3. be famous for
be famous for 因……而闻名/出名
Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake.
杭州以西湖而闻名。
中国以长城而闻名。
_______________________________China is famous for the Great Wall.[辨析]
be famous for和be famous as 都是“以……而出（著）名”的意思，但它们会在含义和用法上有区别。
(1)当主语是表示人的名词时，be famous for表示“以某种知识、技能、作品或特征而出名”，be famous as 则表示“以某身份而出名”。试比较： Einstein was famous for his Theory of Relativity.
爱因斯坦以他的相对论而著名。
Einstein was famous as a great scientist.
爱因斯坦以一位伟大的科学家而著称。
He is famous for his novels.
他因他的小说而出名。
Lu Xun was famous as a writer.
鲁迅是位著名的作家。Scotland has many lakes and mountains, and is famous for its beautiful countryside.
苏格兰有许多湖泊和山脉，并以其乡村美景著称。
The area is famous as a green tea
producing place.
这个地区以绿茶产地而出名。 (2)当主语是地点名词时，be famous for 表示“以某种特点（产品）而出名”；be famous as 则表示“以什么样的产地而出名”。如：This grammar book is famous for its practical usage.
这本语法书以其实用性而被人所知。
This book is famous as a reference book.
这是一本有名的参考书。 (3)当主语是事物名词时，be famous for表示“以其内容、特征、价值等而被人所知”；be famous as则表示“以某种形式出名”。如： 用适当的介词填空。
1. Wei Fang is famous ______ the kites.
2. Zhang Ziyi is famous ______ an actress.
Lady Gaga is famous _______ her beautiful voice. ??? A. as?????????? B. with???????????? C. for forasCespecially adv. 尤其4. especially I love reading, especially novel.
我喜欢阅读，尤其是小说。
Millions of flowers colour the roads, especially in April.
尤其是在四月份，不计其数的鲜花使道路五彩斑斓。在表示“特意地”“尤其”时，especially指某事超乎一般的重要，不寻常，强调“超过其他”，而毫无“目的性”可言。例如:
I like maple tree, especially in autumn.
我喜欢枫树，尤其是秋天的枫树。especially & speciallyspecially则表示为了某一特定目的而“特意”“专门”采用某一方式做某事。例如:
The meeting is specially arranged for you.
这次会见是特意为你安排的。安排 请改为同义句，每空一词。
1. How large is the population of Shanxi? _______ the population _____ Shanxi?
2. The population of Hong Kong is seven million.
Hong Kong __________________ seven million.What’sofhas a population ofExercise3. Tom is taller than me.
I am ___________ Tom.
4. John is younger than Jim.
Jim is __________ John.
5. This street is ten metres wide. That street is sixteen metres wide.
That street is __________ this street. wider than shorter thanolder thanGuangzhou is in the south of China.— What’s Hong Kong famous for?
— Victoria Peak.1. 广州在中国的南部。2. — 香港以什么闻名？ — 太平山顶。翻译句子。Beijing is the capital of China, and it has a larger population than Nanjing.China has a history about 5,000 years,
with about 1.3 billion people.3. 北京是中国的首都，它比南京人口多。4. 中国有大约五千年的历史, 人口大约有13亿。
