牛津泽林版高中英语必修3 - Unit3　Back to the past Word power_学案2

Unit3 Back to the past Word power
Learning Aims
1．Enlarge the students’ vocabulary.
2．Get the students to know about formal and informal English; and know something about countries and their official languages.
3．Through the listening practice, help the students know more how to improve their English.
Learning Important and Difficult Points
1．Make the students know something about Formal and Informal English.
2．Master the words in this part and use them freely.
3．How to make the students use this skill freely to solve some problems
Learning Procedures
Step 1 Lead in
①An informal letter:
Dear Mr. Lee,
I am so sorry that I cannot come to the dinner you and Mrs. Lee are giving next Saturday for your brother because of a previous engagement that evening.
I do appreciate your asking me and hope that I will have the opportunity to meet your brother on some other occasion in the near future.
②To judge which is the better expression:
1．(To a professor you first meet)
----- Hi, Bob. Fancy meeting you here.
----- Good morning, Mr. Mosley. How are you?
2．(To a close friend)
----- Mr. Wells, would you be kind enough to pass me the salt?
----- Could you possibly pass me the salt?
----- Pass me the salt, Jack.
③Read the following sentence and find which part you think is informal.
I am sorry to say that a lot of your answers to those questions in your homework are not precise, so you must think about them.
Then ask students to present some other examples.
Formal and informal English（Fill in the blanks in the form）
Formal English
Informal English
a large amount/number of
_______________________
_________________
sort out
child
______________
_______________
throw away
I regret to inform you…
_________________
_________________
right away
in addition
__________________
______________________-
Hope…
prevent
_______________________
______________________
buy
reply
_______________________
_________________________
have a word with
take my concerns into consideration
______________________
Step 2 Presentation
1．Ask students to read the introductions to formal and informal English. Formal English is more common in writing, while informal English is more common in speaking.
2．Compare the formal English words with the informal English words listed in the chart.
Step 3 Practice
Ask students to practice what they have learnt above. First point out the informal places while they are reading the letter.
Then rewrite the letter in formal English.
Dear Mr. Smith,
I want to ①______you about the condition of the playground．I②________that people do not ③_______their rubbish properly. They leave rubbish on the ground instead of using the bins. Yesterday a 6-year-old ④_________fell and cut his hand on a broken bottle. The boy was taken to hospital⑤_____________. ⑥____________;the beautiful view of the park is spoiled．
I believe that there are ⑦___________actions you could take to solve this problem. For example, you should ⑧__________additional litter bins and⑨_______security to ⑩_______people from littering.
It is （11）_______that you will （12）__________. I look forward to your （13）_______
Yours sincerely,
Jerry Broker
Step 4．Countries and languages.
1．How many languages are spoken in the world today? _____________
2．Do you know the ten most widely spoken languages? What are they?
____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
①. Organize students into groups of four and provide each group with a word map. Have each group write down as many names of countries and their official languages as possible.
Use the following diagram as a pattern to organize the in format
Look at your books and fill in the form.
Country
Official language(s)
Country
Official language(s)
Australia
English
Mexico
___________
Bengal
Bengali
New Zealand
English, Maori
Canada
_________
Portugal
Portuguese
Chinese
Chinese
Russia
__________
Egypt
Arabic
Saudi Arabia
Arabic
France
________
Singapore
English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil
Germany
__________
Spain
__________
India
English, Hindi
Switzerland
French, German, Italian
Ireland
English, Irish
UK
___________
Italy
Italian
USA
English
②.Then have students finish Part A and share their answers with their group members.
③.Ask students to fill in the blanks of the following diagram about country, official language(s), people and capital, this help students enlarge their vocabulary.
country
official language(s)
people
Capital
Australia
_________
Australian
Canberra
Greece
Greek
__________
________
Spain
__________
Spanish
Madrid
Egypt
Arabic
Egyptian
Cairo
Russia
Russian
__________
Moscow
France
_________
French
Paris
Mexico
Spanish
__________
Mexico City
Japan
Japanese
Japanese
_________
Italy
__________
Italian
_________
Step 5 Excercise
单词拼写
1．His face was r_______ in the mirror.
2．The green colors on the map r_____ plains.
3．The theory of relativity is rather c_______.
4．The government did whatever they could to prevent the disease from s_____ to other countries.
5．He failed in the English exam, mainly because he has a poor v______.
6．Canada has two o_____ languages: English and French.
7．I knew the town well, so I had no d______ finding his home.
8．For westerners, Chinese c_______ are hard to write.
9．Because neither of them can win the election(选举), the two parties in the country have c______ to form a government.
10．For students, their future d_______ on how well they do in the entrance exams.
11．White is always a _____(象征) of purity.
12．From the old man’s _____ (方言)， I think he comes from the south of China.
13．The war has lasted for years. It will take quite a long time for the government to bring the country under _____(控制).
14．Do you know why water cannot be _____（混合）with oil.
15．With the _____（发展）of science and technology, it is not too difficult for human beings to go and travel in space.
16．Now traveling in five _______(欧洲的) countries, including France, Germany, Austria, Vatican and Italy, in 10days costs one about 14,000yuan.
17．Mr. Wang sets high ______ (标准) for every student in his class.
18．He ______(答应，许诺) to be here at nine o’clock.
19．He worked so hard that ______(最后) he made himself ill.
20．The woman turned and walked off in the ______(相反的) direction.
练习答案
Step 3
1．speak to 2．regret to inform you 3．discard 4．child 5．immediately
6．In addition, 7．a large number of 8．purchase 9．arrange 10．prevent
11．my hope 12．take my concerns into consideration 13．reply.
Step4
1．About 6,000
2．They are Chinese, English, Hindi, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Bengali, Portuguese, Malay and French..
Step5
1．reflected 2．represent 3．complex 4．spreading 5．standards
6．promised 7．eventually 8．opposite 9．combined 10．depends
11．symbol 12．dialect 13．control 14．mixed 15．development
16．European 17．standard 18．promised 19．eventually 20. opposite