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1．Teaching Aims
（1）Knowledge aims
1）Have a good understanding of the text.
2）Be familiar with new words and useful expressions to express the same ideas.
3）Obtain the knowledge about Britain and Ireland geographically.
（2）Ability aims
1）Learn to use the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and careful reading to read a text efficiently.
2）Learn to introduce a country from possible aspects, preparing for their writing skills.
3）Practice four basic English skills-listening, speaking, reading and writing if possible.
（3）Emotion aims
1）Cultivate students’ team spirit through cooperative learning method.
2）Students are to be more familiar with Britain and Ireland.
2．Teaching important points
（1）Getting the students to know the structure of the text.
（2）Improving students’ reading ability.
3．Teaching difficult points
（1）How to get the students to grasp the main idea.
（2）How to get the students to catch the key words of each paragraph as quickly as possible.
（3）How to get them to finish tasks successfully.
4．Teaching methods
（1）Guided reading method.
（2）Task-based teaching method through students’ individual work, pair work and group work.
（3）Situational teaching method.
（4）Communicative teaching method.
5．Teaching aids
Multi－media computer; map.
6．Teaching procedures
［Step 1］Lead－in（5 minutes）
Task 1: Pictures appreciation
Task 2: Map－reading
Listen to the tape of paragragh1 Questions like this will be asked:
1）What is the larger of the two islands called?
2）What is the smaller of the two islands called?
3）Where is the Irish sea?
［Step 2］Reading（17 minutes）
Task 1: Skimming
Questions will be asked:
1）What do the letters UK stand for?
2）How many countries is the UK made up of?
3）What are they?
Task 2: Scanning for details
Task 3: Careful reading
Choose the best answers according to the information given.
Country: A）England; B）Wales; C）Scotland; D）Northern Ireland; E）Ireland
Special Information:
_______1）lacking of snow fall, being full of all sorts of fish in the sea, being very fond of music and poems.
_______2）the largest country in Britain; much of the land is rather flat, though there are hills in the northeast and in the centre of the country.
_______3）the capital lies on the River Thames with a population of 7 millions.
_______4）It lies to the west of England; it’s capital is Cardiff. The first language in north is Welsh; there used to be lots of coal mines.
______5）Edinburgh is its capital; many lakes and mountains; being famous for its beautiful countryside.
Questions:
1）Generally speaking, what is the weather like in Britain?
2）Does it rain in Britain every month?
3）Does it snow in Ireland?
［Step 3］Consolidation（3 minutes）
1．The larger of the islands is ______, which lies to the east of_______. The two islands are separated by the _____ _____.
2．“UK” stand for ________________________________. In the north is ________, with its capital ______.
3．Scotland is famous for its _______ ________.
4．_____ lies to the _____ of England. Its capital is_____.
5．The first language in north Wales is _______.
6．______, the largest country in Britain, is in the _______.
7．London lies on _________ and has a population of_______.
8．Generally, the weather in Britain is neither ____ ___ in winter nor ____ ____ in summer.
［Step 4］Reporting（10 minutes）
The reporting situation:
Suppose you are college students in Oxford University. You are studying in the same class, but you come from different parts of UK. Now please choose one country of UK as your hometown and introduce it to your classmates. Students can begin like this:
Hello, I’m___. I come from Scotland. Scotland lies in……
［Step 5］Discussion（5 minutes）
Imagine that your American friend has sent you an e－mail, asking for help. He wants to know a brief introduction to your hometown－Wuxi. Please discuss with your partner about it.
Possible aspects:
1．Location—southeast of China; Jiangsu Province
2．History—more than 3,000 years
3．Population—5 millions
4．Landscape—Taihu Lake, parks, mountains
5．Weather—four seasons
7．Assignment
（1）Review the useful expressions in the text.
（2）Write a short passage to introduce our hometown－Wuxi.
（1）Knowledge aims
1）Have a good understanding of the text.
2）Be familiar with new words and useful expressions to express the same ideas.
3）Obtain the knowledge about Britain and Ireland geographically.
（2）Ability aims
1）Learn to use the reading skills such as skimming, scanning and careful reading to read a text efficiently.
2）Learn to introduce a country from possible aspects, preparing for their writing skills.
3）Practice four basic English skills-listening, speaking, reading and writing if possible.
（3）Emotion aims
1）Cultivate students’ team spirit through cooperative learning method.
2）Students are to be more familiar with Britain and Ireland.
2．Teaching important points
（1）Getting the students to know the structure of the text.
（2）Improving students’ reading ability.
3．Teaching difficult points
（1）How to get the students to grasp the main idea.
（2）How to get the students to catch the key words of each paragraph as quickly as possible.
（3）How to get them to finish tasks successfully.
4．Teaching methods
（1）Guided reading method.
（2）Task-based teaching method through students’ individual work, pair work and group work.
（3）Situational teaching method.
（4）Communicative teaching method.
5．Teaching aids
Multi－media computer; map.
6．Teaching procedures
［Step 1］Lead－in（5 minutes）
Task 1: Pictures appreciation
Task 2: Map－reading
Listen to the tape of paragragh1 Questions like this will be asked:
1）What is the larger of the two islands called?
2）What is the smaller of the two islands called?
3）Where is the Irish sea?
［Step 2］Reading（17 minutes）
Task 1: Skimming
Questions will be asked:
1）What do the letters UK stand for?
2）How many countries is the UK made up of?
3）What are they?
Task 2: Scanning for details
Task 3: Careful reading
Choose the best answers according to the information given.
Country: A）England; B）Wales; C）Scotland; D）Northern Ireland; E）Ireland
Special Information:
_______1）lacking of snow fall, being full of all sorts of fish in the sea, being very fond of music and poems.
_______2）the largest country in Britain; much of the land is rather flat, though there are hills in the northeast and in the centre of the country.
_______3）the capital lies on the River Thames with a population of 7 millions.
_______4）It lies to the west of England; it’s capital is Cardiff. The first language in north is Welsh; there used to be lots of coal mines.
______5）Edinburgh is its capital; many lakes and mountains; being famous for its beautiful countryside.
Questions:
1）Generally speaking, what is the weather like in Britain?
2）Does it rain in Britain every month?
3）Does it snow in Ireland?
［Step 3］Consolidation（3 minutes）
1．The larger of the islands is ______, which lies to the east of_______. The two islands are separated by the _____ _____.
2．“UK” stand for ________________________________. In the north is ________, with its capital ______.
3．Scotland is famous for its _______ ________.
4．_____ lies to the _____ of England. Its capital is_____.
5．The first language in north Wales is _______.
6．______, the largest country in Britain, is in the _______.
7．London lies on _________ and has a population of_______.
8．Generally, the weather in Britain is neither ____ ___ in winter nor ____ ____ in summer.
［Step 4］Reporting（10 minutes）
The reporting situation:
Suppose you are college students in Oxford University. You are studying in the same class, but you come from different parts of UK. Now please choose one country of UK as your hometown and introduce it to your classmates. Students can begin like this:
Hello, I’m___. I come from Scotland. Scotland lies in……
［Step 5］Discussion（5 minutes）
Imagine that your American friend has sent you an e－mail, asking for help. He wants to know a brief introduction to your hometown－Wuxi. Please discuss with your partner about it.
Possible aspects:
1．Location—southeast of China; Jiangsu Province
2．History—more than 3,000 years
3．Population—5 millions
4．Landscape—Taihu Lake, parks, mountains
5．Weather—four seasons
7．Assignment
（1）Review the useful expressions in the text.
（2）Write a short passage to introduce our hometown－Wuxi.