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)Improve 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 communication 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 the 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 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 the 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 following 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 changed.(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.(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 English 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 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 between American English and British English. (About 80 words)1. 拼寫方面不同. 例如英國人把 “顏色”一詞拼為 “colour”, 美國人拼為 “color”.2. 發音方面不同. 例如英國人把 “dance”讀作/da:ns/, 美國人讀作/dns/.3. 詞匯方面不同. 例如 “秋天”一詞, 英國人說 “autumn”, 美國人說 “fall”.4. 語法方面雖有不同,但區別不大.One possible version:There are three main differences between American English and British English. Theyre different in spelling. For example, the British people spell “顏色” “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, 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)Enable 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 stayed 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 important 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 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 your 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 aware of sth (對略有所知) 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 (強調間接知道) E.g. I dont know him personally, though I know of him. 我并不認識他,但我聽說過他.2. Come about: happen (its used in negative sentence or interrogative sentence)Pay attention this sentence pattern: “it comes about that ”“it”在這里指代”that”后面發生的事件.E.g. How does it come about that he is so hardly off when he earns quite a good salary? 他掙那么多錢,卻那樣貧窮,怎么會這樣呢?How did it come about that he know where we were? 他是怎么知道我們在什么地方的呢?*Distinction: come about, happen, take place and break out(1) come about: 不及物動詞短語,相當于happen, take place.(2) happen: 強調偶然意外性.(3) take place: 強調必然性或按事先的安排計劃而發生.(4) break out: (指戰爭,火災,疾病等)突然發生,爆發.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 few 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, 后面接形容詞作表語.E.g. the windows stayed open all night long.窗戶整夜開著. I stayed awake because of missing home last night.我昨晚上想家沒睡著覺.“While”: 在句中用作并列連詞,意為 “卻,而”,表示前后意義的對比和轉折.E.g. some people are rich while others are poor.有的人富, 而有的人窮.4. In the same way: 同樣, 用同樣的方式.In different ways: 不同 In this way: 這樣 In no way:決不In the way:擋道,妨礙 In a way:在某種程度上,在某一點上Out of the way:不擋道 On the way:在路上, 即將發生By the way:順便說一下 By way of:經由,經過5. “Just as” : 在句中意為 “正如;恰似”, “as”是連詞,引導方式狀語從句.E.g. Just as you find it difficult to like Mr. Green, I find it easy to like his son.如同你覺得格林先生難以討人喜歡一樣,我覺得他的兒子容易討人喜歡.6. “end up with”: 以結束E.g. without your help, the experiment will end up with failure,沒有你的幫助,這實驗將以失敗告終.Antonym: begin(start) with: 以為開始E.g. His speech usually begins (starts) with a question.他的演講通常以一個問題開始。* to begin(start) with: 首先， 第一點，起初E.g. To begin with, we dont have enough time and secondly we are lack of money.首先，我們沒有足夠的時間，其次我們缺乏資金。7Distinction: except, except for, except that and besides(1)except:主要用來談論同類的東西.(2)except for: 如果談論不同類的東西，在細節上加以糾正，有時含有惋惜之意時，就只能用它，意思是 “除了有之外”.(3)except that從句用來表示理由或細節，修正前面所說的情況，可換成 “except for+短語”.(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 article 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，大約（修飾動詞，形容詞，數詞）E.g. His condition has more or less improved.他的情況在一定程度上好點了。 The repairs to the building will cost $500 more or less.修這幢樓將花費約500美元。9. have difficulty in doing sth: 在做某事方面有困難其中 difficulty= trouble, 可被some, any, no, much, little, a lot of 修飾, in可省略.E.g. He has great difficulty (in) supporting his big family.他很難養活他那一大家子人.Pay attention: 當不強調誰有困難時，可用 “there is/was some difficulty in doing sth”.E.g. Theres some difficulty in teaching such little children.教這樣小的孩子有些困難.10. Distinct