Unit  Seven     Metropolises 

I.    Teaching Objectives 

1.      To learn about some famous metropolises in the world.

2.      To review the past future tense.

3.      To practise describing places orally.

4.      To learn to write complex sentences.

II.                Language Focus and Difficult Points  

   predict/ come true/ change for the better(worse)/ go through/ spring up/ concern

III.             Teaching Allotment:

1.      Leading into the text and going through the new words.

2-3. Text (三城市参考摄影图片链接在教案末尾)

4. Consolidating what is learned in the text. (Finishing Ex C and checking Ex D)

5. Structures , Listening and Writing.

6. Additional reading.

7. Workbook.  

 

                 The  First  Period   

I.                   Daily talk:  Do you like cartoons or comic strips? Why?

II.                Preparing for reading:

   A 1  Do you know anything about the following cities?

Beijing – the capital of China       Shanghai – the biggest city in China

Hong Kong – the Pearl in the East     Tokyo – the capital of Japan

Moscow – the capital of Russia     London – the capital of UK

Paris – the capital of France        New York – the biggest city in the US

Toronto - the biggest city in Canada    Brasilia – the capital of Brazil

Johannesburg – the biggest city in South Africa

III.             Going through the new words and phrases:

financial:  ~ ability财力  ～difficulties(troubles)财政困难

~ circles金融界    n. finance财务，财政状况

cultural :  ~exchange   n. culture

describe:  Words cannot ~ her beauty.  Can you ~ the man to me?

   Please ~ exactly what happened.     n. description  描述，记叙 

crime:  prevent ~   commit/do a ~犯罪  a major ~严重罪行

a horrible ~恐怖的罪行 

      pace:  a few ~s away    go at a good (fast, slow) ~

     protest:  v./n.  The people ~ed (about) the noise and dust from the construction site.     a ~ march

     fog:  I had to drive very slowly because of the ~.

       a.  foggy   a ~ day    It is very ~ tonight.

    rarely：  adv.  not often ,seldom很少，难得  

        I ~ meet him now.   He is ~ late.  I ~ go to bed before midnight.

    sight：  情景，景象；名胜  The flowers are a lovely ~ in spring.

       He saw some amazing ~ at the zoo.

   symbol : a thing that is regarded as representing or standing for another

           象征，标志，符号   The dove is the ~ of peace.

 ♀is the ~ for female, and ♂for male.

IV.            Homework:

1.     Read all the new words and phrases fluently.

2.     Look up the following words and phrases in the dictionary:

predict,  come true,  go through,  spring up,  concern

   3. Read the text and do Ex B on p.101. 

The  Second  Period

I.       Reviewing all the new words and phrases and checking Ex B.

II.    Text (par A) :

(A)Comprehension Questions:

1.     What did a businessman predict in the 19th century?

2.     Why do we think the prediction has partly come true?

3.     What can visitors see in New York?

4.     Is New York a perfect city in every respect?

  (B)Language points:

1.     predict :  Mr Black ~ed a bright future for Tom.

The weather station ~s rain for tomorrow.

The surgeon ~ed that the patient would be walking again in a week.

     n.  prediction   His ~s seldom come true.

         He made a ~ that Jim would break the school high-jump record in the

         coming sports meet. 

   2. come true :   come – linking verb变得，成为 

         My dream has ~~.      What he had hoped at last came true.

         We believe things will come right in the end.

         It came easier when we tried again.

         The buttons on my coat came unfastened.

III.             Homework:

   1. Retell the text.    2. Ex. D1(p.105)  New York

The  Third  Period 

I.       Revision: What do you know about New York?

Key words:  predicated that… the center of…come true…for…is regarded as

 …capitals of…the United Nations…

  …is generally described as…made up of…is well known to…There are…

   for visitors… like … its own problems…However…is fascinating…

II.      Text (Par B & C)

(A)   Comprehension questions:

1. Is London known as a foggy city?

2.     What changes has the old city gone through?

3.     Why does London remain one of the most interesting and wonderful cities

in the world?

4.     Is it cheap to live in Tokyo? How do you know it?

5.     Why are pushers needed in Tokyo?

6.     What result do the problems of overcrowded lead to?

(B)   Language points:

1.  change for the better/ worse:

We all hope the weather will soon ~~~~.

He feared the situation would change for the worse.

The doctor has warned him that his health will change for the worse if

 he doesn’t stop smoking.

2.     go through :  经历（困难、痛苦等），经过（阶段等）

Traditional techniques have also gone through many changes in the past

 fifty years.

She went through one hardship after another.(many developments in her life)

He seemed to have forgotten all that he had gone through.

His relationship with Harry went through three stages.

3. The second half of the 20th century saw …

see：experience  经历，体验，遭遇,目睹 （不用进行时）

I have seen various difficulties.    Last century saw two world wars.

4. spring up (sprang, sprung) 涌现，突然出现（发生），迅速生长，（念头）突然浮现

 A storm has sprung up.    New buildings are springing up everywhere.

 A new idea sprang up in his mind.    The boy has really sprung up.

5.       Japan’s capital is one of the …  = the capital of Japan …

Japan’s 与 Japanese 等名词所有格与相对应的形容词的用法区别：

(1)名词所有格强调地理概念或说明领属关系

形容词强调事物的性质、特点，往往涉及人、语言、文学、文化等。

Some people believe that without drastic(果断的、彻底的) measures

Europe’s lands and forests would one day become acidic wastelands.

She was once a very popular actress on the European stage.

(2)当名词前有形容词最高级、序数词以及only, last这类词时，通常与名词

  所有格连用。

Africa’s first arts festival       this country’s only university

(3)除了Chinese people (literature, culture，restaurant…)必须用形容词以外， 有些固定说法也要引起注意：eg. Chinese lantern (灯笼) ，Chinese character(中国字)，Chinese cabbage (白菜)

6.     …raised a lot of concern about…

raise : to cause 引起   His remarks ~d a laugh.

 The discussion ~d my interest.

concern  n. 担心，挂念；关怀；关系，利害关系   vt. 与…有关；使…担心,

           为…操心

 The young man expressed ~ over the future.

 She shows a true ~ for her students.

 The traffic problem ~s us all.

 His serious disease ~ed the whole family.

She is ~ed about her son’s future.  (常用被动语态) 

III.     Homework :

1.Retell the text and try to find something more interesting about the three cities in books or on internet.         

2.Finish Ex D1 (p.106)

 

The  Fourth  Period  

I.             Revision:  Suppose you have just come back from London or Tokyo, tell something you know about the city you visited. If you have more information about them, you’ll be welcome to introduce more to your classmates.

II.      Checking Ex D.

III.       Doing Ex C :  

(Besides the annotated new words in C2, there are still several new words or phrases for the students:  residential areas,  head office,  in the course of,  old buildings of interest,  preserve,  no matter how )

IV. Homework :

1.     Make a dialogue with your partner about the topic “The City I Like Best”. (referring to page 111 in the textbook)

2.     Finish part of the workbook.

 

The  Fifth  Period 

I.  Dialogue.

II.          Listening. 

III.             Structures : The past future tense

IV.            Writing : Review the object clause

Three sentence patterns:  SVO,  SVoO,  SVOC (用it做形式宾语) 

V.  Homework: 

1.     Preview the Additional Reading.

2.     Review all the new words and phrases in Unit Seven.

 

The  Sixth  Period     

I.         Dictation  

II. Additional reading:

  Some more new words:

1.     within  prep./adv.  Inside(the limits of) 在（限度）以内

She’ll be here ~ half an hour.   I can hear sounds from ~ the building.

His actions were ~ the law.

2.     decrease  v.  to make or become less 减少，下降 

The number of traffic accidents ~d last year.

If you ~ speed, you go slower.

  3. expand  v. to make or grow larger; to spread out wider（使）扩大、膨胀，扩展

    He ~ed the state university from 18,000 students to 23,000.

    My business had ~ed.

III. Homework :  Finish the workbook.

 

The  Seventh  Period  

 Workbook

 

参考图片链接：

 纽约之春horizontals5

 伦敦剪影http://www.yizu.com/macleng/ReadNews.asp?NewsID=28&BigClassName=异国风情&SmallClassName=雾中伦敦&SpecialID=0

     东京风情http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~mineharu/