Teaching aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and expressions:
Word: influence, form, basis while
Phrases: stand for, be made up of, make the most of, hold together, as it is, consist of, lies off/ to / on /in, in general, as much as, end up with, some time, neither. Nor, be considered to be, as well as, be of great value
Teaching important points:
1. Master the following phrases:
Stand for, be made up of, make the most of, hold together, lie off/ to /on /in, end up with
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. Master the following sentence patterns:
A lies off/ to / on / in the west/ east…. of B
2. Understand the following sentences
(1). The idea that England stands for Fish & Chips, Speakers’ Corner, Big Ben and the Tower of London is not past.
(2). The UK really is a nation of different countries held together by a common language and culture.
Teaching method:
1. Explanation for students to master some language points
Teaching Aids:
1. A computer and a courseware
Teaching Procedure:
Step I Greeting and Revision
T: Good morning class
S: Good morning teacher
T: Last class we traveled six stops of British Isles, do you still remember?
S: Yes. We traveled the brief introduction, the geography, the climate, the culture, the history and the language
T: Well you have good memory
Step II Study the Language Points (I show all the language points on the screen)
Activity I: Para.1 (13 minutes)
T: I think the first paragraph is a bit hard for you to understand. Let’s read it together and I need some students to translate some sentences.
T: Who want to translate the first, the third and the last sentences?
S1: the first sentence means 認為炸魚炸薯條， 大本鐘，倫敦塔 代表英國的觀念已經過時了
T: Yes, you are right. Here that clause explains the meaning of the word “idea” so it is called appositive clause. It is a new grammar in this unite, we will learn it in the next class. In this sentence lies a language point: “stand for”. Stand for means代表，象征， 意味著. Please translate two sentences using the phrase stand for.1. UK 表示大不列顛及北愛爾蘭聯合王國.2. W.C表示廁所 T: Who can give me the answers?
S1: UK stands for the United Kingdom of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland S2: W.C stands for toiletT: Yes, very good. And how to translate the third sentence in this paragraph?
S: It means:大不列顛有三個國家組成這一事實很多人都不知道
T: Yes. In this sentence the that clause is also used to explain the word” fact ”, so this is also a appositive clause. Here the phrase “be made up of ”means: 由……組成. Can you translate the following sentences into English: 1.大不列顛由蘇格蘭，英格蘭和威爾士組成.2.愛爾蘭由北愛爾蘭和愛爾蘭共和國組成. 3.我們班由47個女生組成.
S1: The Great Britain is made up of Scotland, England and Wales.
S2: Ireland is made up of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland S3: Our class is made up of 47 girls.T: You all translate them very well. In the first class we mentioned another phrase means由……組成.. Do you still remember?
Scotland, Wales and England make up the Great Britain. It means:蘇格蘭，威爾士和英格蘭組成了大不列顛
Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland make up Ireland. It means:北愛爾蘭和愛爾蘭共和國組成了愛爾蘭S3: 47 girls make up our class. It means:47個女生組成我們班
T: Good. Does someone can translate the last sentence in this paragraph?
充分利用. 按原來的樣子.使團結一致/連在一起女孩充分利用了每個場合來展示自己. 你應該充分利用電腦來學習 我們應該充分利用我們的機會.你應該充分利用時間） The girl makes the most of the occasions to show herself.
You should make the most of the computer for your study.We should make the most of our opportunities.You should try to make the most of your time.
Tell it as it isI tell her the news as it is We ought to speak English as it is)
實話實說我們把消息原原本本的告訴他我們必須地道的講英語
Activity II: Para.2 (8 minutes)
T: Paragraph 2 is about geography of British Isles. Do you remember where the British Isles is?
S: The British Isles lies off the west coast of Europe
T: Yes here the word “lie” means 位于，坐落于. And the preposition “off” after it tells the relationship between the British Isles and the west coast of Europe. The word “lie ”can be collocated with four position prepositions: off, to, on and in, we can write a sentence pattern with these words to tell the position relationship between A and B
(show the sentence pattern on the screen: A lies off/to/on/in the west /east…. of the B)
T: In the sentence pattern the position preposition “off” means A and B is separated by water. Take two sentences for example. How could you say 大不列顛島位于歐洲的西海岸，臺灣位于大陸的東南岸。（show the Chinese meaning on the screen）
S1: British Isles lies off the west coast of EuropeS2: Taiwan Island lies off the southeast coast of mainland
愛爾蘭島位于不列顛島的西岸浙江位于湖南的東面. (Show the Chinese meaning on the screen)
Ireland lies to the west of Britain.Zhejiang lies to the east of Hunan
T: Well. Another preposition “on ” means A is bounded on B. Now translate these two sentences: 1. 威爾士位于英格蘭的西面 2福建位于浙江的南面 (show the Chinese meaning on the screen)
S1: Wales lies on the west English
Fujian lies on the south of ZheJiang 英格蘭在大不列顛的東南面 浙江在中國的東面(show the Chinese meaning on the screen)
England lies in the southeast of Britain
Zhejiang lies in the east of china
Activity III: Para.3 (4 minutes)
T: Paragraph 3 is about climate and I think it is not very hard for you to understand. I will ask one student to read it and the rest of you to find the difficult language points (ask one student to read)
S: I don’t know what does the phrase “in general”mean.
T: it means : 總的來說，大體上，一般而言, 一般放在句首表示概括. For example, “in general girls like dressing up” and “In general, you do a good job” are you clear?
S: Yes
S: What does the phrase “as much as” mean?
T: It means: 多達. For example “My father earn as much as 10,000 Yuan a month.”
Activity IV: Para.4 (4minutes)
T: The fourth paragraph says the culture of the people of the British Isles was influenced by the culture of the people of the European mainland. Right?
S: Yes
T: Here the word “ influence” means 影響。 For example “His father influence him greatly” and “I don’t influence your decision ”. Here “influence ” is a verb. It also can be a noun. If it acts as a noun , it can be used in a phrase “have (an) influence on / upon / over Sth” and means對…有影響. Here are two sentences in Chinese, please translate them.1. 老師對學生有很大的影響 2. 環境對性格有很大的影響。(Show the Chinese meaning on the screen)
S1: A teacher has great influence on his pupilsS2: Environment has a great influence on characterT: Yes you are right. And look at the second sentence from the top, who can translate it?
S:他們的語言形成了英語語言的基礎。
T: Yes .right And what does the word“their” refers to ?
S: It refers to the people from different parts of northern Europe.
T: Yes. And the phrase “form the basis for”means 形成…的基礎. Do you understand?
S: Yes
Activity V: Para.5 (3minutes)
T: Paragraph 5 is about the influence of the French. First tell me what the word “conquer” mean?
S: It means 侵略
T: Yes. Look at the last sentence, what does the phrase “end up with ”mean?
S: it means以 …結束，告終
T: Good. Could you translate the following two sentences into English?
(1. -晚會以一首美麗的歌曲結束 2. -這個單詞以“y”結尾 show the Chinese meaning on the screen) The party ended up with a beautiful songS2: This word ends up with “y”T: Quite good. Do you have any questions about this paragraph?
S: No
Activity VI: Para.6 (8minutes)
T: I think this paragraph isn’t difficult for you to understand. So read it yourself and tell me what kind of the fourth sentence belongs to and find a useful phrase in the last sentence.
T: Who can tell the type of the fourth sentence?
S: It is an emphatic sentence
T: Good, do you know the pattern of the emphatic sentence?
S: No
T: The pattern is: it is (was)+ the emphasized parts +that clause. Here is an ordinary sentence: “she was born in Wenzhou in 1986”. If you want to stress the place where she was born, how can you change the sentence? Who can?
S: It was in Wenzhou that she was born in 1986.
T: Right. And how to emphasize the date?
S: It was in 1986 that she was born in Wenzhou
T: Yes. Here is another sentence. “Miss Liu teaches us English ”. If emphasize the subject which Miss Liu teaches, how do you change the sentence?
S: It is English that Miss Liu teaches us.
T: Very good. If stress the teacher Miss Liu who teaches English, how do you change the sentence?
S: It is Miss Liu who teaches us English.
T: Yes quite good. When you stress a person you should use “who” to subside for “that”
T: Now look at the last sentence, could you find the phrase?
S: Neither….Nor
T: Yes do you know the meaning?
S: It means 既不也不
T: Yes, now let’s translate the following three sentences together.
(1. -他既不喜歡藍色也不喜歡紅色 2. -她即不愛你也不恨你3. 他走的既不快也不慢 write them on the screen)
He neither likes blue nor redS: She neither loves you nor hates you
S: He walks neither fast nor slowly
T: Good
Activity VII: Para.7 (5 minutes)
T: The last paragraph is still not very hard to understand. Let’s read it together and I will give you some language points
T: In the fourth line there is a phrase: “be considered as” whose meaning is被認為…怎么樣. Now translate these two sentences
(1. 你的計劃被認為是可行的.2.這首歌被認為是2004年最好聽的歌. Show them on the screen)S1: Your plan is considered to be workable S2: This song is considered to be the most beautiful of 2004
T: Good and in the last sentences there is an important sentence pattern: “be of great value”. Do you know its meaning? (Show the sentence pattern on the screen)S: I guess it means be very valuable
T: Yes. So the pattern of this phrase is that be of N= be adj. That is to say the abstract noun after the preposition “of” has the same function of the adj of this noun. So could you tell me how to say be useful and be important in another way?
S1: be of use equals be useful
S2: be of importance equals be important.
T: You’ve got it
Step IV Home work
T: Today ‘s homework is to preview the grammar part, which maybe very difficult for you to understand.