Unit 1 Lesson 4 City and Country学案
1. Word bank
2. Prediction:
What is this text mainly about?
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Skimming: Read the text quickly and check your guesses.
Reading strategy: prediction
What to predict: ______________________________
How to predict: (1) by using __________________________________________
(2) by reading _________________________________________
Scanning (1): Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives.
Debbie
Paul
Lives in
a big city
a small village
Transportation
/
Working time
work
(in details)
Evening activities
Special activities
Scanning (2): read and answer the following questions.
(1). Why does Debbie dislike the underground while Paul’s children love to go on the tube?
(2). Why does Debbie need to go to the gym?
(3). Why does Debbie like walking in the country?
(4). Why does Paul’s family like going to London for a weekend?
Summarizing:
What’s the lifestyle in the city like?
What’s the lifestyle in the countryside like? (Use some adjectives and give reasons) ____convenient ___fast transportation
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City life _______________ ______________________________
________________ __________________________________
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Country life ________________ ________________________________
_________________ ___________________________________
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Voicing your opinions:
Which life do you prefer, city life or country life?
Homework: Write a short passage to describe the lifestyles of your dreams. Finish the drafting according to the outline below
Life is exciting and convenient in the city. _______________________________. In addition, ___________________________________________________________
Besides, _____________________________________________________________
In a word, city life is colorful.
Living in the country is simple and quiet.____________________________ Moreover, ___________________________________________________________.
Apart from that, _______________________________________________________.
However, both lives have their disadvantages.________________________
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Sharing:
The most important is not how we live but to be happy. Life is not just being alive, but being well. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So treasure every moment and enjoy your life.
M1 U1 Lifestyles Lesson 4 City and Country
学科：英语
学段：模块1
年级：高一
教材：北师大版普通高中课程标准实验教科书（必修模块1）
学生人数：
课堂时长：40分钟
授课人：
学情分析：
我所任教的班为高一普通班，学生刚升入高中，英语学习积极性和主动性都不是太高，英语学习方法有点死板，死记硬背单词，大多数同学体会不到学习英语的乐趣。所以需要教师加强阅读策略的指导，培养良好的阅读习惯；需要教师渗透有效的英语学习方法，比如本课中围绕话题积累词汇，谈论跟自己生活相关的话题，激发学习英语的兴趣。
Teaching objectives:
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:
1. use the reading strategies to predict the main idea;
2. talk about different lifestyles of city and country;
3. have right attitudes towards lifestyle.
Teaching contents:
Reading strategy: prediction
Words and phrases：accountant, tube, underground, crowded, otherwise, be free of, distance learning, find it fresh
Topic：different lifestyles of city and country
advantages: convenient: fast transportation, shopping centers, various schools
City life exciting, interesting: entertainment facilities: cinema, gym
disadvantages: stressful, uncomfortable, crowded: crowd, noise, pollution….
advantages: peaceful, relaxing, comfortable: free time, fresh air, clean environment, close to nature
Country life
disadvantages: inconvenient: slow transportation, few entertainment facilities, far from shopping centers, schools,
irregular: without specific working time
Difficult and focal points:
Students can talk about different lifestyles of city and country.
Teaching Plan
Teaching
Steps
Teaching
Activities
Teaching
Intentions
Interactive Patterns &
Time
Before reading
Step 1
Students predict what the text is mainly about.
培养学生读前预测的能力，引导学生主动思考
Class work 5’
While Reading
Step 2
Skimming
Through fast reading, students check whether their predictions are right.
带着预测问题的快速阅读可提高学生兴趣，同时使学生熟悉文章大意
Individual &
Class work 3’
Step 3
Learn the reading strategy of prediction together.
学习阅读技能，培养学生阅读能力。
Class work 1’
Step 4
Scanning
(1)
Ask students to read again to fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives.
通过填表格，对比Debbie 和Paul的生活，学生能把握细节信息，为下一步输出城市生活和乡村生活特点做铺垫
Individual &
Class work 10’
Step 5
Scanning
(2)
Ask students to read and answer questions about Debbie and Paul’s life.
通过回答问题，引导学生深层次思考城市生活和乡村生活的特点。
Individual &
Pair &
Class work 8’
Post Reading
Step 6
Summarizing
Students work in groups of four to talk about different lifestyles of city and country.
在输入的基础上让学生自己总结输出，谈论城市生活和乡村生活的不同特点。
Group work &
Class work 10’
Step 7
Voicing
Students work in pairs to discuss what lifestyles they prefer.
结合自己的实际情况
Pair work &
Class work 5’
Step 7
Couclusion
Share the teacher’s attitude towards lifestyle with students.
引导学生要珍惜时间，感受生活，抓住每一天。
Class work 2’
Homework: write a short passage to describe the lifestyles of your dreams.
课件19张PPT。 Lesson 4 City and Country Reading and speaking Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
use the reading strategies to predict the main idea;
talk about different lifestyles of city and country;
have right attitudes towards lifestyle.Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London.Paul is a shepherd in a small village in the north of England.Prediction:What is this text mainly about?
Reading: SkimmingRead the text quickly and check your predictions.Reading strategies: predictionWhat to predict:
How to predict:
the main idea of the textScanning: (1) Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives.morning and afternoonall day, early in the morning or late at nightcheck
numbersmake sure animals are free of sickness and look after wheat and vegetablestubehave dance classes,
and French classes; go to the gymplay with his children; study by distance learninggo to the cinema,
drive to the country and go walking therego to London for a weekend breakScanning: (2) read and answer the following questions.1. Why does the underground while to go on the tube?
2. Why does need to go to the ?
3. Why does like ?
4. Why does like
for a weekend?Debbie dislikeloveDebbiegymwalking in the countrygoing to London Paul’s family DebbiePaul’s childrenWhy does Debbie dislike the tube while Paul’s children love to go on the tube?
Because it’s so crowded that Debbie can’t find anywhere to sit. There isn’t tube in the country so Paul’s children find it fresh.
2. Why does Debbie need to go to the gym?
Debbie needs to do that because she doesn’t get enough exercise otherwise.
3. Why does Debbie like walking in the country?
Because there are no shops, crowds or the tube, and the fresh air is good for her lungs.
4. Why does Paul’s family like going to London for a weekend?
There he and his family can do many things to relax themselves.
He watches movies, his wife looks in the clothes shops and his children ride on London’s red buses and go on the tube.
SummarizingWhat’s the lifestyle in the city like ?
What’s the lifestyle in the country like?
( Use some adj.s and give reasons)
city lifefast transportationcountry lifeVoicing your opinions:Which life do you prefer, city life or country life?Homework: writingWrite a short passage to describe the lifestyles of your dreams. Finish the drafting according to the outline below. Life is exciting and convenient in the city. ------------------------------------. In addition,-----------------------------------.Besides,----------------------------------------------. In a word, city life is colorful.
Living in the country is simple and quiet.----------------------. Moreover,-----------------------------------------. Apart from that, -------------------------.
However, both lives have their disadvantages.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------The most important is not how we live but to be happy. Life is not just being alive, but being well.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination.
So treasure every moment and enjoy your life.
