Unit 5 The British Isles
[单元综述]
英国的全称是什么?坐落在何处?自然环境、气候、风土人情以及与不列颠岛的关系如何?编者在本单元就上述问题给出了较为详尽的介绍。在warming up中，首先通过几幅具有代表性的图片，让学生自然地想到英国。在speaking中就三个背景知识作了介绍，通过对reading的学习，编者又在post-reading中，让学生填写一张英文地图，旨在进一步巩固所学的知识。
基本要点分类
I．词海拾贝：
consist, state, powerful, advantage, narrow, republic, form, mild, influence, basis, mountainous, union, generally, belief, proof, own, production, produce, research, coast, foot, employ, bear, grain, wild, approach
II．短语归纳：
consist of, be made up of, make the most of, hold together, lie off, at one point, run over, stand for, be separated from, be surrounded by, in general, as much as the result of, end up with
III．句子结构：
1.The idea that English stands for Fish and Chips, the Speakers’ Corner and the Tower of London is past.
2.The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many people.
3.The result of so much French influence was that the English language ended up with many French words such as table, animal and age.
4.Some people feel that Wales is an ancient fairy land.
5.That most of these are now threatened and may disappear is a serious matter to the people in Britain.
IV．交际用语：
1. Don't you think that...? 2. I don't think that's right....
3. You must be mistaken.... 4. I'm afraid you are wrong....
5. Aren't you confusing...? 6. I'm not sure about that....
V．语法概述：
1．委婉表达
I don’t think that’s right.
Yes, you are right, but….
2．提出建议
Don’t you think that…?
I’m afraid that….
3．名词性从句（1）


The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Do some listening and train the students’ listening ability.
2.Talk about the UK and Ireland.
3.Practise expressing agreement and disagreement.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Improve the students’ listening ability.
2.Master the expressions for agreement and disagreement.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.Improve the students’ ability.
2.How to express agreement and disagreement.
Teaching Methods:
1.Free-talk method to get the students to talk about the UK and Ireland.
2.Listening activity to have the students go through the listening material.
3.Speaking activity to make the students go through the speaking task and improve the students’ speaking ability.
Teaching Aids:
1.a computer and courseware
2.a projector
3.a tape recorder
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings
Step II Free-talk
Step III Warming-up
Step IV Listening
Step V Speaking
Useful expressions:
Don’t you think that…?
I don’t think that’s right….
I don’t think so.
You must be mistaken….
No, you are wrong thinking that….
I’m afraid you are wrong….
I believe that you’ve got it right.
I’m not so sure you’ve got it right.
I’m not so sure about that….
Surely it must be ….
Yes, you are right, but….
Aren’t you confusing…?
Yes. I agree with you.
Step VI Summary and Homework
Step VII The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 5 The British Isles
The First Period
Agreement:
Certainly/ Of course/ Sure.
Yes. That’s true.
I think so.
It’s a good idea.
That’s just how I feel.
Disagreement:
I don’t agree with you completely.
I’m afraid not.
I’m sorry, but I don’t…agree with you.
Step VIII Words and Expressions: ①②③④⑤
1.P33 Warming-up 2. Name five important cities in the United Kingdom. 说出英国五大城市的名字。
name vt. 说出的名字；取名；名叫；任命，提名；指定，说定；提出（价格等）
Can you name all the plants and trees in the garden?
The couple named their baby Dick.
Mr Smith had been named as the new manager.
We have named the National Day for our wedding.
Roller skating, now easy and fun, changed because of a man nam
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