Unit 5 Travelling abroad
It is the fifth unit of the New Senior English For China Student’s Book 7. It mainly practices the ability of reading and writing of students. The book includes a large number of new words, which are difficult for my students to understand. Therefore, it is important for them to preview the new words and the reading parts. The English of my students is poor. So it is difficult for them to get the main idea of the reading.
【知识目标】
1. 四会词汇
board, cafeteria, lecture, qualification, preparation, recommend, shopkeeper, comfort, substitute, academic, requirement, tutor, numb, acknowledge, occupy, hopefully, enterprise, succeed, comment, passport, visa, agent, parallel, abundant, govern, destination
2. 认读词汇
summarize, Lima, Cuzco, the Andes, Peru, Lia, Lake Titicaca, Inca Empire, Machu Picchu, Puno, the Amazon Jungle
3. 词组
adjust to , keep it up , fit in, (get/be) used to, as far as one is concerned, feel at home, travel agent, settle in
4.重点词汇
board, preparation, recommend, substitute, occupy, enterprise, comment, destination
5. 重点句式
It was the first time she had ever left her home country, … P38
Xie Lei , who is 21 years old, has come to our university
to complete a business qualification. P38
It’s not just study that’s difficult. You have to get used to
a whole new way of life, which can take up all your …. P38
I have been so occupied getting used to everything
that I haven’t had time for social activities. …. P39
I’m going to join a few university clubs and hopefully
I’ll meet some people I have things in common with. … P39
Why does Lia prefer to…?
I like/don’t like doing/ to do…
I prefer to…
【能力目标】
Enable Ss to know something about volunteer and Jo’s work in PNG as a volunteer teacher.
Help Ss to learn about PNG and find out more information about the country through internet.
【情感目标】
Make Ss know what is a volunteer and the spirit of volunteers.
Get the Ss to realize that they should make the most of what they own and do something for the poor
Help them realize the importance of sharing.
【教学重点】
Talk about travel or live in another country
Practise expressing and supporting an opinion
Revise the Attributive Clause (non-restrictive)
Write a letter to a penfriend.
【教学难点】
How to revise the Attributive Clause(non-restrictive).
How to improve communication skills.
How to write a letter.
Multimedia
Part 1 Warming up and reading
Step 1 Warming up
Q1:If you have chance to go abroad, which country would you like to visit and why?
Q2:What should we take into account when planning to travel abroad?
Q3:Do you want to go abroad for a further study?
advantages VS disadvantages
become more independent
learn a foreign language
learn advanced knowledge and technology
broaden one’s outlook
…
cost much money
communication problems
adjust to a new life
lonely & homesick
…
Step 2 Reading
Task 1: Fast reading
Keep it up, Xie Lei
Chinese student fitting in well
Task 3:Skimming
1. a student newspaper
2. how Xie Lei has adapted to university life in England
Xie’s preparation year(一年预科)
Benefits of her preparation course
The author’s best wish for Xie
Benefits of living with a host family
Xie felt better and had a new plan
Xie , a Chinese girl, came to study in London
Xie’s difficulty getting used to a new way of life
Task 2: Reading carefully
1. Questions
1.How did Xie feel after getting her visa to England and why did she have such feelings?
2.Why is she doing a preparation course?
3.Why did Xie feel like a child when she first arrives in England?
4.Which two types of people have helped Xie most since she came to England?
5.Why has Xie decided to join a few club?
2. 细节题
Benefits
Difficulties
of doing a preparation course
1. to learn how to ____Western academic requirements.
2. to get used to a new way of______.
of living with a host family
1. to learn more about ______.
2. to have people ___________ difficult to understand.
of having a tutor
1. to explain about why you cannot ________ what other people had said without ____________ them.
2. to ___________ you to express your own ideas.
Difficulties
at the university
1. to learn to read _________ text and _________ what you had read.
2. to _____one’s own opinions and explained the reason.
of a new way of life
1. to find a ________ between study and a ____________.
2. to make new __________.
3. True or False
Xie has been to the university for half a year to complete a science qualification. ( )
At first, Xie couldn’t always follow the native speakers. ( )
The academic requirements of a western university are similar to those of China. ( )
Now Xie is more able to deal with her academic work on her own. ( )
Xie decides to set aside her study so as to make some new friends. ( )
Task 3 . Retelling
Six months ago, Xie Lei boarded a plane for ______ to study for a________ qualification. When she came to England, she lived with a ___________who helped her a lot. At the beginning, she had to get used to a new way of ______. Later, she also had to face difficulties of _______ work at the university. In Western universitiesshe shouldn’t use other people’s works. Instead , she should learn to express her ______ ideas. With the help of the host family and her ______, now she has ______ to the life and study abroad. And she decided to take part in some social activities, for example, to join a few______, because she thinks it is important to have a______ between ______ and _______________.
Task 4. Discussion
What kind of person do you think Xie is?
Personality & Evidence
Independent
She left her city to go to England even though she had never travelled abroad before.
She settled down well enough to feel at home in a strange country.
Tough
She had problems when she first arrived, but worked at them till she succeeded in getting over them.
She did not give up with her first setback over the essay.
Hardworking
She did research on the internet for her essay
When her tutor did not give her a good mark , she went to see him to find out why.
She put her tutor’s ideas into practice
Why do you think the reporter used some direct speech in the article?
Direct speech makes the passage appear more immediate and vivid;
This article is not referring to people in general but is concentrating on the experience of one student.
Step3. Homework
Review the passage
Read the article
Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?
and answer the father’s question
Part 2 Grammar
Step 1 定语从句 定语从句(二)
定语从句的分类
定语从句根据其与先行词的密切程度可分为限制性定语从句与非限制性定语从句。
1.限制性定语从句
限制性定语从句与先行词关系密切,从句是整个句子不可缺少的部分,从句与主句之间不用逗号隔开。如果去掉它,句子的意思就不完整或不明确。译成汉语时,一般先译定语从句,再译先行词。
I don't like people who always think of themselves.
我不喜欢那些总是为他们自己着想的人。
2.非限制性定语从句
非限定性定语从句起补充说明作用,缺少也不会影响全句的理解,在非限定性定语从句的前面往往有逗号隔开,如将非限定性定语从句放在句子中间,前后都需要用逗号隔开。
The sun, which rises in the east, gives us heat and light.
太阳从东方升起,带给我们光和热。
(1)引导非限定性定语从句的关系代词:
(2)关系代词as和which
两者均可引导非限制性定语从句,有时可以互换,但下列情况多用as。
①关系代词引导的定语从句居句首时。
②在such...as...,the same...as...,as...as...,as many/much as...等结构中,as不能用which代替。
③当从句和主句语义一致时,用as,反之用which。
④as在从句中作主语时,后面常接行为动词的被动语态,如be known,be said,be reported等,如从句中行为动词是主动语态,一般要用which作主语。
He was late again, as / which we had expected.
=As we had expected, he was late again.
正如我们所料,他又迟到了。/他又迟到了这是我们早就料到的。
The young man cheated his friend of much money, which was disgraceful.
那年轻人诈骗了他朋友许多钱财,这是不光彩的。(不用as)
I live in the same building as he (does).
我和他住在同一座大楼里。
He knows as many people as are present at the meeting.他认识所有到会的人。
(3)应注意的问题
①大多数关系代词和关系副词均可引导限制性和非限制性定语从句,但that 一般不用来引导非限制性定语从句。
误: Fang passed her exam,that surprised me a great deal.
正: Fang passed her exam, which surprised me a great deal.
②使用非限制性定语从句时,先行词指人,关系代词主格用who,宾格用whom,作定语用whose;先行词表时间或地点且在从句中作时间状语或地点状语时,可用when,where来引导。
Last Sunday I reached Shantou, where I met Chai.
上星期我到达汕头,在那里碰到了钗。
Linmeimei died in the night, when she was lonely.
林妹妹死于晚上,那时她是孤寂的。
③关系代词的省略情况,不同关系代词在限制性定语从句作宾语时可以省略去,而非限制性定语从句中,所有的关系词均不可省略。
This is the pen(which/that)I bought yesterday.
这是我昨天买的笔。
The pen, which I bought yesterday,has been given to my friend.
我昨天买的笔,现已送给我的朋友了。
二、特殊的先行词
1.one of the +复数名词”后面定语从句中谓语单复数情况
这一结构后面的定语从句的谓语动词通常用复数形式,即与定语从句前面的复数名词在数上保持一致。
如果one of +复数名词这一结构前面带有the only,the very之类的限定语,后面定语从句的谓语动词则要用单数形式,这是因为定语从句在意义上修饰的是the...one而不是那个复数名词。如:
He is the only one of the teachers who knows French in our school.(修饰the only one)
He is one of the teachers who know French in our school.(修饰the teachers)
This is the only one of the rooms that is free now. (修饰the only one)
This is one of the rooms that are free now. (修饰rooms)
2.先行词是the way时,其后的定语从句的关系词
①当way作先行词并在定语从句中作状语时,关系词用that或in which或省略。
I like the way in which / (that) the teacher gives his lessons.我喜欢这位老师的授课方式。
②当way作先行词并在定语从句中作主语、宾语时,用that或which。作宾语时可将关系词省略。
The way which/ that/不填 he told us was practical.
他告诉我们的这个方法很实用。
3.当先行词为case,condition,situation,position,point,stage等名词,表示情况、方面、处境时,如果关系词在从句中作状语,用关系副词where。但先行词是occasion时,用关系副词when。
I have reached a point in my life where I am supposed to make decisions of my own.
我已经到了应该自己作决定的那个人生阶段。
I can remember very few occasions when he had to cancel because of ill health.
我记得他因健康不佳而被迫取消的情况绝无仅有。
三、定语从句和同位语从句的区别
1.意义
同位语从句是用于说明所修饰名词的具体内容的,它与被修饰词语通常可以划等号;而定语从句是限制所修饰名词的,它的作用是将所修饰的名词与其他类似的东西区别开来。
We are glad at the news that he will come. 听到他要来这个消息我们很高兴。
(news的内容就是that he will come,故that引导的是同位语从句)
We are glad at the news that he told us.
听到他告诉我们的这个消息我们很高兴。(that从句是限制the news的内容的,即我们高兴只是因为他告诉的这个news而不是其他的news,故that从句为定语从句)
2.引导词
what, how, if, whatever 等可引导名词性从句,但不引导定语从句。
that引导同位语从句时,不充当句子成分,而引导定语从句时,它作为关系代词,要么充当定语从句的主语,要么充当定语从句的宾语。如上例 that he told us中的that就充当told的宾语。
3.被修饰词语
同位语从句所修饰的名词比较有限,通常有hope, wish, idea, news, fact, promise, opinion, suggestion, truth等,而定语从句所修饰的名词则非常广泛。另外,when和where 引导定语从句时,通常只修饰表示时间和地点的名词,而它们引导同位语从句时却不一定;又如why引导定语从句,它通常只修饰名词the reason,而它引导同位语从句时不一定。
I have no idea when they will come.
我不知道他们什么时候来。(同位语从句)
I'll never forget the days when I lived there.
我永远不会忘记我住在那儿的日子。(定语从句)
We don't understand the problem why this is the best choice.
我们不明白这个问题,为什么这是最好的选择。(同位语从句)
The reason why he didn't come to the meeting is that he is ill.
他未能来开会,原因是他生病了。(定语从句)
Step2 【感悟高考】
1.A lot of language learning,________has been discovered,is happening in the first year of life,so parents should talk much to their children during that period.(2012·安徽,29)
A.as B.it C.which D.this
解析 句意:正如人们所发现的那样,许多语言学习是在生命的第一年进行的,所以在那个时期父母应该多跟孩子说话。考查非限制性定语从句中关系代词的选用。根据句子结构可知,空格处为非限制性定语从句的引导词,先行词为整个主句(即:A lot of language learning is happening...),先行词在定语从句中作主语。故答案为A项,as意为:正如。
答案 A
2.I made a promise to myself________this year,my first year in high school,would be different.(2012·浙江,4)
A.whether B.what C.that D.how
解析 句意:我向自己保证:今年——我高中的那一年——将会是不同寻常的一年。此题考查名词性从句。分析句意可知空格处引导的是同位语从句,解释说明promise的内容,并且此从句结构和意义完整,故用that引导。
答案 C
Step3 根据句子意思,在空白处填入适当的关系词
①Such points ________ you've mentioned are really important in solving the problem.
②We have reached a stage ________we have almost no rights.
③He seems not to have grasped what I meant, ________ greatly upsets me.
④Liquid water changes to vapor, ________is called evaporation.
⑤The boys ________are playing football are from Class One.
Prat 3 Writing
应用文 演讲稿
【写作任务】
用英语写一篇演讲稿。
【写作内容】
假设你是李华,中国某中学高中学生,今年暑假将前往澳大利亚参加主题为“WATER FOR LIFE”的交流活动。请你以参访代表的身份,根据以下图片提示,用英语写一篇发言稿。
Ladies and gentlemen,
Good morning, I'm Li Hua from China, It's my great honor to be here to say something about the global water shortage and ways of dealing with it.
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
That's all. Thank you.
【写作要求】
1.根据图片的内容适当展开,以使行文连贯;
2.开头与结尾已写好,不计入总词数;
3.文中不能出现考生的具体信息;
4.词数:120左右
参考词汇:短缺shortage;资源resource
【写作分析】
第一步:认真审题
一审体裁:本次写作要求写一篇演讲稿,属于应用文写作范畴。演讲稿要求语言要具有感染力,具有鼓动性。演讲让对方接受的主要方式或途径是让对方能听懂,并使听众对你所讲的观点产生同感,所以采用的语言要尽量简洁有力,避免使用晦涩难懂的单词或句子,否则就会影响演讲的效果。
二审结构: 演讲稿一般由开头语、正文和结束语三部分组成。开头语一般来说比较简单,其目的就是要吸引听众或读者的注意力,常见的表达方式有“Your attention please./Attention, please. /May I have your attention, please? /It is my honor to speak here.”等 。正文是演讲稿的主体,主要是提供论点和相关的论据等,论点要明确,论据要充分、有力。结束语是演讲稿是否成功的关键,常起到画龙点睛的作用。
三审时态:文章的时态以现在时态为主。
第二步:提炼要点
1.as we know
2.due to
3.it's high time...
4.turn... into ...
5.by law
6.Last but not least
7.make good use of
8.be aware of
第三步:扩点成句
1.As we know, the global water shortage is becoming increasingly severe mainly due to global warming.
2.It's high time we did something about it.
3.We must stop water pollution by law.
4.Last but not least, it's everyone's responsibility to make good use of water.
5.People around the world should be aware of the real situation of water shortage.
【写作模板】
演讲稿常用句式:
开头:
I appreciate... 我感谢……
Thank you for... 感谢您……
It is/was my honor... 我很荣幸……
On behalf of... 代表……
I'd be happy to...我很高兴……
正文:
The topic of my speech today is...今天我演讲的主题是……
What I am going to talk about today is... 今天我想讲的是……
How can we...? 我们怎样才能……?
So long as...只要……
Working together... 一起努力…
结尾:
We sincerely hope...我们衷心希望……
I look forward to... 我期待……
Best wishes for... 对……致以良好的祝愿
Part 4 Using language
Step 1 Skimming
What is the main idea of this passage?
This text is a factual report about _______________________ of Peru.
Step2 Scanning
1. Which continent is Peru in?
2. Which country once conquer Peru?
3. Which mountains are in Peru?
Rocky mountains
Andes Mountains
Himalayas Mountains
Alps Mountains
The Andes Mountains, runs parallel to the Pacific coast, and it is the longest Mountains in the world. “the”用在江河湖海、山脉、群岛、海峡、沙漠等地理名词前。
4. Which city is the capital of Peru?
5. Which empire once existed in Peru?
6. Which is the ancient capital of Inca?
Step 3 Reading
1. Why is Cuzco popular with tourists?
2. What is special about Lake Titicaca?
3. What do you think the two official languages of Peru are?
1. Why is Cuzco popular with tourists?
Cuzco is popular because it is close to the famous Inca ruins of the city of Machu Picchu and is a good place to see both Spanish and Indian culture and art.
2. What is special about Lake Titicaca?
Lake Titicaca is the highest lake in the world, on which boats can travel.
3. What do you think the two official languages of Peru are?
Spanish and Indian.
Step 4 Homework
1. Try to know more about Peru after class.
2. Write the passage about a famous site on your exercise book.
Part 5 Language points
1. Chinese student fitting in well
这是A Chinese student is fitting in well 的省略形式。在英语标题中,为了简洁需要,通常指出现实词,而把虚词、冠词、介词、助动词、连词等略去,省略是英语新闻标题的一大特点。如:
Saddam Hussein Captured 是
Saddam Hussein was Captured萨达姆侯赛因被捉的省略形式。
2.It was the first time she had ever left her motherland.
这是她第一次离开自己的祖国。
(1)本句用了一个固定句式:“It/This/That was/is the first time
(that) ...”, 句意为“这是第一次……”。that 在句中引导定语从句,修饰先行词 time。
①It is the first time (that) I have been to Beijing.
这是我第一次去北京。
②It was the first time that she at evening school.
这是她第一次上夜校。
[点津] 该句型中从句的时态一般为完成时态:主句为一般现在时,从句用现在完成时;主句为一般过去时,从句用过去完成时。
(2)the first time 可用作连词引导一个句子,具有此类功能的
常见的词(组)有:
the+序数词+time, the moment/minute/instant, directly, immediately, each time, every time 等。
③I thought her nice and honest the first time I saw her.
我第一次见到她就认为她非常善良、诚实。
④She came to the scene the moment she heard the news.
她一听到这个消息就赶到了现场。
⑤The police set out to save the kidnapped boy immediately they had the clue.
警察一得到线索就马上出发去救那个被绑架的孩子。
3.But I was also very nervous as I didn't know what to expect ...(P38 para1)
但是我又非常紧张,因为我不知道我所期望的是什么 ……
I couldn't decide which city to visit during the summer holidays.
我无法决定暑假期间去参观哪座城市。
4.Besides, as far as he was concerned, what
other people thought was not the most important thing.
此外,他认为,别人的想法并不是最重要的。
He used to take a walk after supper, often as far as two or three miles.
As far as English is concerned, he is the best in our class.
就英语来说,他是我们班最优秀的。
It's going to rain; besides, it's dark.
5. You have to get used to a whole new way of life, which can take up all your concentration in the beginning ...你还必须习惯一种全新的生活方式,刚开始这会占去你的全部注意力……
1) I'm sure that youo will get used to country life.
2) We are used to working at night.
3) He used to be nervous about speaking in public.Now I am comfortable speaking in public.
4)I'm sorry to have taken up so much of your time.
5) Everything is difficult in the beginning.
6)Diaoyu Islands have been China's territory since ancient times, which is a fact nobody can change.
6. Xie Lei told me that she feels much more at home in England now, and what had seemed very strange before now appears quite normal.谢蕾告诉我说,现在她在英国感到自在多了。以前看似很奇怪的事,如今觉得似乎很正常了。
feel/be at home(像在家一样)舒服自在
She felt at home on the stage this time, though she seldom appeared.
She is quite at home, because she recognized familiar faces.
7. She deserves to succeed.
她是应该成功的。
deserve: be worthy of; be fit for
值得;应受
Good work deserves good pay.
干得好应该得到好的报酬。
Homework
Finish the exercises on Page 79--81
教后反思
? 单元词汇的学习注重学生对于新单词,词汇的融会贯通,学生能在理解词义的基础上努力加以运用,效果良好。
? 学生在学习、练习及巩固的过程中掌握了本单元的重点语言点,积累并运用。