1、 Unit 3 Pardon MeLesson 17: Do Mistakes Matter? Teaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: pardon, mention, pocket, double, mistake, make a mistake, depend, commonOral words and expressions: Bruce, confused, confusing, depend on, bargainingTeaching aims:1. Know the cultural differences between
2、 China and western countries.2. Improve the students abilities of speaking English.Teaching Important Points: 1. Target language: I made a mistake. He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing.2. Train the students focus abilities and cooperation spirit.Teaching Difficult Points: the diffi
3、cult cultures of different countriesTeaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of Lesson: new lessonTeaching procedures:Step1. Lead inThe teacher shows some pictures to the students with the Multi-media computer. The pictures show the differences between China a
4、nd Western countries. From the peoples appearance and the colour of the skin，We can tell the differences. The others show cultural differences. We use chopsticks but they use the fork and knives.Divide the class into several groups and finish the task. Encourage the students to speak more. They can
5、use their own pictures to help them. Step2. Listening task Listen to the text and answer the following question: 1. Where is Bruce from?2. What does Bruces father do?3. How much does Li Ming pay for the two pops? 4. How much did Bruce pay for one pop? Ask the students to listen carefully and answer
6、the questions. We can arrange the students to listen to the part that is connected with the two questions.Step3. Read and find the new words: He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing. I made a mistake. Let the students try to make sentences with the new words. Step4. Reading task: Read
7、 the text again and answer the questions: What are Bruce and Li Ming doing? Is Bruce confusing? Where dont people try to change the price, in China or in North America? Encourage the students to ask more questions by themselves. Step5. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given. 1.My
8、 brother is _(迷惑的). 2.It is so _(迷惑的) a thing. 3.Does he often _(犯错误)? This part is used to check if they have grasped the new words. Step6.Activity Suppose you and Bruce are shopping, you are bargaining with the clerk. Bruce can bargain, too. Divide the class into several groups and talks about the
9、 questions. After a while, let the students act their out in front of the class. Encourage the students to speak loudly in front of the class. Choose the best group and praise them.Step7. Think about: Whats the difference between people in China and North America when they are shopping? Use the form
10、al group to finish the task. When the students discuss, the teacher walks around the classroom to see if they need any help. 来源:学优中考网Step8. Talk about: Where would you like to buy things, in shopping center or market? Let them debate the questions. As usual, the class can be divided into two groups.
11、 One group thinks the shopping center is good. The other thinks the market is better. Let them debate for five minutes. Then let one student in each group to sum the opinions of his own group. Step9. Homework Find more information about the differences between China and western countries. Summary: T
12、his interesting text is about bargaining in China. Its based on the different cultures between Chinese and Western countries. In some countries in North America, people dont try to bargain, so some foreign friends feel confused when they buy things in China. Try to help them when you meet foreigners
13、. Try to find more differences between Chinese and Western countries on the Internet. Lesson 18: Wait! Dont Eat Yet!Teaching Content: Mastery words and expressions: society, politely, manner, especially, unless, polite, fork, serve, forever, act, compare, theirsOral words and expressions: custom, ta
14、blecloth, rude, toothpick, Spaghetti, sauceTeaching Aims:1. Find the differences between the Chinese and Western customs at table.2. Cultivate the students creation and cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points:1. The expressions of similarities and differences.2. Grasp the Past Future Tense. Tea
15、ching Difficult Points:The expressions of similarities and differences.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of Lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedures:Step1. Lead in: a pair work. The teacher asks the students the following question: Have you ever traveled t
16、o other places? Where have you been? Show some pictures with the help of the multi-media. The pictures are from Australia, France, China, England, America and Japan. Let the students discuss for 2 or 3 minutes. Then let them say in front of the class. When the student is speaking, the others can ask
17、 him or her questions about his subject. Step2. Listening taskListen and answer the following questions:1. Table manners in China and Canada are quite _.2. In China, if your guests have no food on their plates, putting food on their plates is _.3. Its _ to use a toothpick at the table.Finish the tas
18、k in class in oral. Step3. Read the text and find out the sentences with the new words. All societies have customs about how to eat politely.We call these customs “table manners”.Its okay to eat it, especially if its something dry, like a piece of bread.In Canada, if you drop something on the tablec
19、loth, you pick it up and put it on your plate.Parents are forever telling their children: “Dont talk with your moth full!”Step4. Reading task:Read the text and decide the statements are true or false.1. In China, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you usually pick it up and eat it.2. In Canada
20、, to finish the food in front of the class in rude.来源:学优中考网In China, everybody has a knife at the table. Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.1. I think_(sing) loudly at table is not polite. 2. Its rude _ (point) to the others when you eat at table.3. His mother said
21、 he _ (return) the fork to the restaurant tomorrow.4. Nobody _(know) the secret except me.Step6.Activity: Project: Whats the story? 1. Find pictures in magazines. 2. Make up a quick story about your picture. 3. Trade your picture with the students from another group. Practice: Show some pictures to
22、the students. Let the students picture them. Show some different pictures in different situations. Let them give vivid description. When they finish one picture, try to show them the whole story. If we dont have enough time, show them the main idea. Step8.Consolidation Suppose you have a foreign fri
23、end. He will come to China. Make a chart. Write down his/her name, his nationality, his language and his aims. Show it to your partner, then finish it in class. Lesson 19：Sayings Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: culture, several, action, fly, as soon asOral words and expressions: sayi
24、ng, penny, earn, boil, hatch, judge, prevention, cure, worm, fence, spoil, broth, honey, vinegar, Nick, giggleTeaching Aims:1. Know more about the differences between the Chinese and Western table manners.2. Train the students focus abilities.3. Cultivate the students cooperation abilities.Teaching
25、Important Points: 1. Understanding the English saying.2. The expressions of similarities and differences. 3. The past future tense.Teaching Difficult Points:Learn the expressions of similarities and differences between Chinese and Western countries on table manners and sayings.Teaching Preparation:
26、picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of Lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedures:Step1.Lead in:The teacher begins the class by discussing the question. It is a group activity. Ask the students to tell the manners at the table. In the activity, the students will think of many funny
27、 stories. Give them chance to speak in front of the class. Praise the groups that act well.Step2. Listening task:Listen and answer the following questions: 1. Who does Nick sit beside?2. Is Nick full at last?Listening is necessary for training the students listening abilities. Remember to give them
28、a few easy questions to answer. Step3. Reading task: Read and find the new words: But as soon as his bowl was empty, the grandmother put more in it. Wu Yangs little sister giggled.Let the students make sentences with the new words. S1: The students stop talking as soon as the teacher comes in. S2: M
29、y mother came in as soon as I watched TV. S3: While I am speaking, Wang Yan giggles all the time. Step4. Read and find the difficult language points: 1. Nick ate it all up. 2. The grandmother kept giving him more.3. Wu Yang was trying not to smile.Let the students try using the phrases in English. S
30、5: Im so hungry that I eat up all the food on the table. S6: He was not good at English, but he kept trying his best. We all admire him. S7: Try to pass the exam, please. Step5. Divide the class into several groups in three or four. Guess the meanings of the English sayings. First let them exchange
31、the meanings of the sayings in the group first. Then exchange the meanings in groups. Let the students decide which are the correct answers to the English sayings.Step6. Exercises: 1.I will call you _(一就)I come back.2.You must _(解释) it to your parents.3.Although he failed, he kept _(努力).4.What _(其他的
32、) can I do for you?If the teacher wants to know if they have grasped the language points of this lesson, he can give them some exercises to see the result. Step7. Project:It is a group activity. Divide the class into several groups to finish the task. The people in the story have a problem. They don
33、t understand each other very well. Write an ending for the story.Explain why you choose you ending. Search more information about the differences between China and western countries at the table.Lesson 20: Where I Come From Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: greetingOral words and expre
34、ssions: forgiveTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the cultural differences among different countries.2. Cultivate the students cooperation spirit.Teaching Important Points:1. The different greeting ways in different country.2. The Past Future Tense.Teaching Difficult Points:The similarities and diffe
35、rences.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure: Step1. Lead in by discussing in groups. Finish the task with the help of the flashcards.Divide the class into groups of three or four. Let each group discuss the following
36、 questions with the help of the pictures.He /she will come to your home for dinner next Sunday. What will you prepare for him/her? Try to finish the task in five minutes.Step2. Listen to the tape and let the students sing after it for several times.Step3. Show a globe to the foreign students. Lets s
37、ee where we are. Ask some students come to the front and point up where we are on the globe. A game. Ask two students to the front. Lets who can find more places in limited time. The one who finds more is the winner. Step4. Read the text as a poem and find the new words. Then make sentences with in
38、greeting, forgive Where I come from we shake hands in greeting and ask, “How are you?” During a meeting and forgive a mistake or two. Step5. Group work.Ask the students to say some special customs of the foreign countries. For example, the schools are different in China and other countries.Divide th
39、e class into groups of three or four to finish the task.Step6. Activity Work in groups. Think about your culture. List some special Chinese customs that arent found in other cultures. Step7. Homework 1. Finish off the exercises in activity book. 2. Go on the next reading in the student book. 来源:学优中考
40、网 xyzkwSummary: English songs sometimes are the same as the Chinese songs. They also describe a subject and the content is all about it. Because of the English songs, the students know more about the foreign customs and culture. Lesson 21: Whats in a Name? Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressi
41、ons: given name, family name, sirOral words and expressions: formalTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the foreign culture.2. Cultivate the students learning abilities.Teaching Important Points:1. The structure of English names.2. The differences between English and Chinese names.Teaching Difficult Po
42、ints:The structure of English names.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead in by discussing: How much do you know about the differences between Chinese and Western names?Work in groups. Then one of the memb
43、ers of the groups gives a report to the class.Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the information you hear. 1. In Western countries, people have _names.2. _ is Li Mings first name. Finish the task in class in oral. Step3. Read and find the new words in the text. 1. My given names a
44、re “Brian” and “James”.2. My family name is “Smith”.3. That formal in English.Practice the new words in class.Stp4. The language points: Im a little confused.But in China it comes last!What do they say when they meet on a formal occasion?Make sentences with the language points.Step5. Practice:Tell u
45、s why Danny is confused. If you understand, give us an example.Let some students say give some examples to show the differences between Chinese and English names.Step6. Work with a partner. Write a dialogue in which Brian and Wang Mei meet and introduce themselves. What do they say when they meet on
46、 a formal occasion. Step7. Homework Give English names to each of your family members. Summary: English names are so different from Chinese names that some Chinese students are confused about them. Let the students choose English names themselves. Then they can choose English names for their family
47、members. I believe practice makes perfect. Lesson 22: Do Manners Matter? Teaching Content:Mastery words and expressions: praiseOral words and expressions: JoeTeaching Aims: 1. Know more about the foreign culture.2. Cultivate the students abilities about learning English.Teaching Important Points: 1.
48、 Good manners in China and North America.2. Apologies, similarities and differences.3. Past Future Tense.Teaching Difficult Tense: Past Future Tense.Teaching Preparation: picturesTeaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, picturesType of lesson: new lessonTeaching Procedure:Step1. Lead in by a group work
49、.Ask the students to tell the differences about the manners when you receive the presents. Work in groups of three or four. Everyone writes his or her answers down on a piece of paper. Then exchange their ideas. Next sum the main ideas and present them to the class. Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the correct words.1. Wu Zhou has lived in
