1、Unit 1 Asia
Reading 1
Teaching aims
1. To guess general meanings from keywords and context
2. To skim text for overall meanings and scan for details
Teaching focus
Help the Ss to learn to introduce the places of interest in Beijing and Guilin
Difficult points
Talk about the places of int
2、erest in Beijing and Guilin
Teaching procedures
The second preparing lessons
Step 1Free Talk
1. Show a map of China, ask: Where would you like to go?
2. Have a brief introduction of Beijing.
3. Show some pictures about places of interest in Beijing and ask: Why do so many people dream of bei
3、ng to Beijing?
Step 2Presentation
1. Ask students to use different words to describe Beijing.
2. Teach some new words
3. Get students to go through the text and answer some questions
1) Who once lived in the Forbidden City?
2) Why do many tourists go to Tian’anmen Square early in the morning
4、every day?
3) Where is the Summer Palace?
4) What is Wei Ke’s favorite attraction?
5) Why was the Great Wall built in ancient times?
6) Is Guilin in the north or south of China?
7) Are there mountains and rivers in Guilin?
8) How can you travel in Guilin?
Step 3Further reading
Match the plac
5、es
the Palace Museum next to the Palace Museum
Tian’anmen Square in the middle of Beijing
the Summer Palace in the north of Beijing
the Great Wall in the north-west of Beijing
Read it again and do some true or false questions
1)Beijing
6、is in southern China.
2)Tian’anmen Square is close to the Forbidden City.
3)The Great Wall is built around the
Forbidden City.
4) The Reed Flute Cave is in eastern Guilin
5) You can find man-made lakes inside the Reed Flute Cave.
6) We can take a boat trip along Li River
Read the two part
7、s carefully to get some details.
1) Match the name with the correct information.
2) Ask some questions and get the students to answer.
3) Fill in blanks according to the passage.
Step 4 Consolidation
Do some exercises on the exercise book.
2. Post-teaching
Demands(要求):
1)Group one asks questions about Beijing and group two answers them.
2)Group two asks questions about Guilin and group one answers them.
Step5 Homework
1.Think over:how to introduce a city
2. Have a try:introduce our hometown to all