I live in Shangdong Province. Our province has many beautiful cities, such as Jinan, Qingdao, Dezhou, Tai’an, Qufu, Weihai, Yantai, and so on. There is almost no mountain here but a very famous one , Mount Tai, Which attracts a lot of tourists from all over the world. My hometown is also famous for Paji. It’s a pity that you would come here without having one. Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to preview Grammar 1 on page 5 and Grammar 2 on page 7.
Period 4 Grammar 1, Grammar 2
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to know the tense of passive voice. 2. To enable Ss to know subject and verb agreement. 3. To improve Ss’ writing skills. Step 1. Grammar 1
1. Ask Ss to read through the following two sentences and point out their differences in meaning.
(1) Paris is visited by more than 8 million tourists every year. (2) More than 8 million tourists visit Paris every year. Suggested Answer:
The focus is different. Sentence ① emphasizes “Paris” while Sentence ② emphasizes “tourists”. 2. Let Ss read more sentences and work in pairs to answer the following questions.
(1) Paris is visited by more than 8 million tourists every year.
(2) The Sagrada Familia was designed by an architect called Antonio Gaudi. (3) Athens is known as the birthplace of western civilization. (4) The Parthenon was built during this period. Questions:
Q1. What does the word “by” in sentence (1) and (2) tell you? Q2. Why is the word “by” not in the sentence (3) and (4)? Suggested Answers:
A1. It tells us who did the action.
A2. In sentence (3) it means everyone know who did it. In sentence (4) it means we are not interested in who did it. 3. Let Ss finish Activity 2 on page 5. Step 2. Grammar 2
1. Ask Ss to finish Activity 1 on page 7.
2. Present the following grammatical points to Ss.
主谓一致要注意以下几点： (1) 语法上一致
主语为单数形式，谓语动词用单数形式，主语为复数形式，谓语动词亦然。如： ① The numbers of mistakes was surprising. ② Jane and Mary look healthy and strong.
(2) 意义上一致
① 主语形式为单数，但意义为复数。如：
The crowd were running for their lives. 类似的词还有people, police, cattle, …
② 主语形式为复数，而意义却是单数。如：
The news was very exciting.
类似的词还有 physics, politics…
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(3) 就近原则
谓语动词的单复数取决于最靠近它的词。如：
Not only he but also all the other students have passed the examination.
用于类似结构的词组有：neither… nor…；either… or…；not… but… ；There be 句型等。 3. Let Ss finish Activity 2 and 4 on page 7. Step 3. Homework
1. Review Grammar 1 & Grammar 2.
2. Finish Grammar exercises in the workbook on pages 67~68.
Period 5 Listening, Pronunciation and Everyday English, Module File
Teaching goal:
1. To improve Ss’ listening skills.
2. To enable Ss to master of the question tag. 3. To let Ss get more information about the UK. Step 1. Listening 1. Pre-Listening
(1) Get Ss to know some listening skills. For your reference:
① Try to catch the key words according to the task. ② Take notes of the important information if possible. ③ Don’t worry if you miss something.
(2) Ask Ss to see the pictures and catch the information of the questions in Activity 1 on page 6. 2. While–listening
(1) Get Ss to listen to the tape, and then check the answers to the questions in Activity 1. (2) Let Ss listen to the tape and write down the answers to Activity 2. (3) Let Ss listen to the tape again and finish Activity 3. 3. Post-listening
Ask Ss to work in pairs and discuss how to learn a kind of foreign language. Step 2. Pronunciation and Everyday English
1. Let Ss read the conversation in Activity 1 aloud and pay attention to the question tags.
2. Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and notice the question intonation. Then tell Ss the following tips of pronunciation:
The voice rises when asking a real question, and falls when checking something you know . 3. Ask Ss to listen again and then read the sentences in Activity 3. Step 3. Module File
Ask Ss to look at Module File on page 10 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don’t know. Help Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.
Ask Ss to read some articles or novels about sports to strengthen their reading skills and enlarge their vocabulary.
Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to finish the rest of the exercises in the workbook.
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