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1、 教 案Unit 2 English around the WorldThe first periodI. Teaching Aims1. Ability Aims(1) Enable students to learn about the historical development of English.(2)Enable students to learn about the differences between American English and British English.(3)Improve students communication ability.(4)Impro
2、ve students listening ability.2. Language AimsImportant words and phrasesBring in, a great many.II. Teaching Content Integrating skillsIII. Teaching important points1. Talk about the differences between American English and British English.2. Enable students to improve their listening and communicat
3、ion ability.IV. Teaching Methods1. Asking-and-Answering activity between the teacher and the students.2. Interaction among individuals, pair-work and group-workV. Teaching Aids A recorderVI. Teaching ProcedureStep1. Warming-Up (10 minutes)1. Leading in the topic by Ask-and-answer activity between th
4、e teacher and the students the following questions:T: Every class, do you know what the differences between American English and British English are?Ss: T: How did these differences come about?Ss: T: Now, I will give you five minutes to discuss these questions with your partner, and then I will get
5、the answers from you. Ok, lets start.2. BrainstormingT: Be quiet, times up. Now, who will be the first one to tell me the answer? Any volunteer? Good Ss: T: Another group?Ss: T: Well done. Step2. Reading (20 minutes)Ask students to open the book on page12, and then give students 15 minutes to read t
6、he text and finish the following exercises1, 2.T: (after 15 minutes) ok, now lets look at the exercises. (Then ask someone to give the answer, and give the right answers to students)The keys: 1. (1)America stopped being a part of English in _C_.A. 1707 B. 1828 C. 1776 D. 1911(2)Which of the followin
7、g statements is true? DA. After 1828 American English and British English stayed the same.B. After 1828 American English changed but British English stayed the same.C. After 1828 British English changed but American English stayed the same.D. After 1828 both British English and American English chan
8、ged.(3)British English is different from American English because _C_.A. Britain decided to change the spelling of many American words.B. American English changed but British English stayed the same.C. the Americans and British took different words from other languages.D. America is a bigger country
9、.(4)Noah Webster was _D_.A. an American president B. a Spanish farmerC. a British teacher D. an American writer(5)Which of the following statements is true? DA. In the future both American English and British English will stay the same.B. In the future American English will change but British Englis
10、h will not.C. In the future British English will change but American English will not.D. In the future both British English and American English will change.2. word Borrowed from Cent Old French Florida Spanish Howl Indian Cookbook German Step3. Listening (15 minutes) Let students to close the book
11、and carefully listen to the tap about the text on page12 sentence by sentence for two times. At the same time, ask someone to repeat the sentence in order to improve their listening ability.Step4. Homework Writing a phrase in English, according to the following outline, and compare the differences b
12、etween American English and British English. (About 80 words)1. 拼写方面不同. 例如英国人把 “颜色”一词拼为 “colour”, 美国人拼为 “color”.2. 发音方面不同. 例如英国人把 “dance”读作/da:ns/, 美国人读作/dns/.3. 词汇方面不同. 例如 “秋天”一词, 英国人说 “autumn”, 美国人说 “fall”.4. 语法方面虽有不同,但区别不大.One possible version:There are three main differences between American Eng
13、lish and British English. Theyre different in spelling. For example, the British people spell “颜色” “colour”, but Americans spell it “color”. Theyre different in pronunciation. For example, “dance” is pronounced da:ns in English, but dns in American. Theyre also different in words. “秋天”, for example,
14、 the British people say “autumn”, but Americans say “fall”. Though they are different in grammar too, there are not so many differences between them.The second periodI. Teaching Aims1. Ability Aims(1)Enable students to learn about the differences between American English and British English.(2)Enabl
15、e students to master the important words, phrases and sentences.2. Language Aims(1)Important words and phrases Stay, while, know about, come about, in the same way, just as, end up with, except for, more or less, have difficulty in.(2)Important sentences For a long time the language in American stay
16、ed the same, while the language in England changed. However, most of the time people from the two countries do not have any difficulty in understanding each other.II. Teaching Content Text: American English and British EnglishIII. Teaching Important Points Enable students to learn and master the imp
17、ortant words, phrases and sentences.IV. Teaching Methods1. Asking-and-answering activity between the teacher and the students2. scanning V. Teaching Aids A recorderVI. Teaching ProcedureStep1. Warming Up (5 minutes)T: last class, we have discussed the differences between American English and British
18、 English. Do you still remember it? Who can tell me?Ss: T: Excellent, there are three main differences between American English and British English. They are different in spelling, pronunciation and words. Today, well learn the important words, phrases and sentences in this text. Now, please open yo
19、ur book on page12, lets read this text carefully.Step2. Careful Reading (35 minutes) In this part, read the text sentence by sentence, and explain the important words, phrases and sentences to students.1. make a distinction between: “know about” and “know of”(1) know about: have knowledge of sth/ be
20、 aware of sth (对略有所知) E.g. not much is know about his background. 他的背景所知不多.(2) know of: have information about or experience of sb/sth (强调间接知道) E.g. I dont know him personally, though I know of him. 我并不认识他,但我听说过他.2. Come about: happen (its used in negative sentence or interrogative sentence)Pay atte
21、ntion this sentence pattern: “it comes about that ”“it”在这里指代”that”后面发生的事件.E.g. How does it come about that he is so hardly off when he earns quite a good salary? 他挣那么多钱,却那样贫穷,怎么会这样呢?How did it come about that he know where we were? 他是怎么知道我们在什么地方的呢?*Distinction: come about, happen, take place and bre
22、ak out(1) come about: 不及物动词短语,相当于happen, take place.(2) happen: 强调偶然意外性.(3) take place: 强调必然性或按事先的安排计划而发生.(4) break out: (指战争,火灾,疾病等)突然发生,爆发.Exercises: whatever _ happens_, we must keep calm. The war _broke out_ between the two countries. Great changes have _taken place _ in our school in the past f
23、ew years. He failed in the exam. How did it _come about_?3. Pay attention to this sentence: “For a long time the language in America stayed the same, while the language in England changed.”“stay”: keep or remain, 后面接形容词作表语.E.g. the windows stayed open all night long.窗户整夜开着. I stayed awake because of
24、 missing home last night.我昨晚上想家没睡着觉.“While”: 在句中用作并列连词,意为 “却,而”,表示前后意义的对比和转折.E.g. some people are rich while others are poor.有的人富, 而有的人穷.4. In the same way: 同样, 用同样的方式.In different ways: 不同 In this way: 这样 In no way:决不In the way:挡道,妨碍 In a way:在某种程度上,在某一点上Out of the way:不挡道 On the way:在路上, 即将发生By th
25、e way:顺便说一下 By way of:经由,经过5. “Just as” : 在句中意为 “正如;恰似”, “as”是连词,引导方式状语从句.E.g. Just as you find it difficult to like Mr. Green, I find it easy to like his son.如同你觉得格林先生难以讨人喜欢一样,我觉得他的儿子容易讨人喜欢.6. “end up with”: 以结束E.g. without your help, the experiment will end up with failure,没有你的帮助,这实验将以失败告终.Antonym
26、: begin(start) with: 以为开始E.g. His speech usually begins (starts) with a question.他的演讲通常以一个问题开始。* to begin(start) with: 首先， 第一点，起初E.g. To begin with, we dont have enough time and secondly we are lack of money.首先，我们没有足够的时间，其次我们缺乏资金。7Distinction: except, except for, except that and besides(1)except:主要用
27、来谈论同类的东西.(2)except for: 如果谈论不同类的东西，在细节上加以纠正，有时含有惋惜之意时，就只能用它，意思是 “除了有之外”.(3)except that从句用来表示理由或细节，修正前面所说的情况，可换成 “except for+短语”.(4)besides: 除之外,尚有Exercises: He is a good man _except for_ hot temper. Besides_ his wife, his daughter also went to see him. All went to Beijing except Xiao Cheng. Your art
28、icle is quite good except that there are several spelling mistakes.=Your article is quite good except for several spelling mistakes.8. more or less: 或多或少， 在一定程度上，大约（修饰动词，形容词，数词）E.g. His condition has more or less improved.他的情况在一定程度上好点了。 The repairs to the building will cost $500 more or less.修这幢楼将花费
29、约500美元。9. have difficulty in doing sth: 在做某事方面有困难其中 difficulty= trouble, 可被some, any, no, much, little, a lot of 修饰, in可省略.E.g. He has great difficulty (in) supporting his big family.他很难养活他那一大家子人.Pay attention: 当不强调谁有困难时，可用 “there is/was some difficulty in doing sth”.E.g. Theres some difficulty in t
30、eaching such little children.教这样小的孩子有些困难.10. Distinction: have difficulty in, have difficulty/difficulties with (1) have difficulty in+动名词，意为 “在做某事时有困难”, in可省略.(2) have difficulty/difficulties with+名词，则意为 “在方面有困难”.E.g. I have great difficulty (in) learning English. I have no difficulty with the work
31、.Step3. Homework (5 minutes)1. We thought there were 35 students in the dining hall, _, in face, there were 40.A. while B. whether C. what D. which2. It was not until she got home _ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys. A. when B. that C. where D. before3. Its already 10 oclock, I wonder how it _
32、 that she was two hours late on such a short trip.A. came over B. came out C. came about D. came up4. Theres no light on-they_ be at home. A. cant B. mustnt C. neednt D. shouldnt5. He tried his best to solve the problem, _ difficulty it was. A. however B. no matter C. whatever D. although6. His company has _ more dollars this year than last year. A. brought B. brought in C. brought up D. brought outKeys: A, B, C, A, A, B.