1、Integrated Skills of English 1,Unit 5 England as seen by Americans,Unit 5,ITeaching Objectives: II. Listening and Speaking Activities III. Reading Comprehension and Language Activities,Unit 5,1. Pre-reading discussions: 2. Background knowledge: 3. Main idea of the text 4. Language points: 5. Post-re
2、ading discussion:,ITeaching Objectives:,After learning this unit, students are supposed to: 1. get familiar with the formulae of giving and asking for reasons 2. get familiar with some important grammatical points; 3. have a thorough understanding of the whole text: England as seen by Americans; 4.
3、get a list of the new words and expressions and be able to use them freely in writing and daily conversation.,II. Listening and Speaking Activities,Listen to the conversation and tick the correct answer to each question. Make a similar conversation with the cues in the substitute box by imitating th
4、e example. Make a dialogue on the topic and tell a story to your classmates on the basis of the pictures. 4. Master the ways of giving and asking reasons.,1. Pre-reading discussions:,What impressions do you have about England and the people there? What could English people be like in your mind? Whic
5、h of the following adjectives can be applied to the English and Americans?,open-minded, reserved ,cold , loud , generous ,inquisitive ,hard-working , hospitable, practical,2. Background knowledge:,Americans consider their work as the most important thing in their lives while the English think their
6、private lives, holidays ,gardens ,and animals are more important to them. And Americans work much harder than the English. Englishmen have longer holidays and longer tea breaks and may even make ridiculous excuses for not going to work.,3. Main idea of the text,An American talks about her experience
7、 of living and working in England and what the British are like in her own eyes.,inquisitive, average, inferior, compare with, reaction, ridiculous,take it, lead to , look forward to , get into, obviously , spotaneous 2) Grammatical structure countable nouns and uncountable nouns. the plural forms of countable nouns.,4. Language points: 1) Vocabulary,5. Post-reading discussion:,Which kind of life style do you prefer, American life style or English life style? Why?,Integrated Skills of English 1 综合英语教程,课件制作人： 周广爱,
