1、Unit 1 Star signsSpeak up and Study skills教学目标：1.知识目标1) 词汇：本课时的四会单词。2) 能够用英语谈论他人的性格特点。2.能力目标：能够恰当表述对他人的看法，并能用适当的事例佐证；能够分辨一封信中的正式用语和非正式用语。3.情感目标：在讨论中能够发现同学身上的闪光点，并能向他学习。教学重难点：如何用恰当的事例作为佐证来谈论其他人的能力。教学手段：tape-recorder, computer板书设计：Formal languageDear ProfessorI am very happy to recommend an excellent
2、student, Alice Green, to your MBA courses.Please feel free to contact me. Sincerely yours,Michael BrownInformal languageHi Jim (informal greetings) Glad to hear from you again. (informal words)It looks cool. (slang words)Hope to see you soon.(informal words)Yours, (informal endings)Millie (only the
3、given name)教学步骤：I. Presentation:T: Today I will introduce some new friends to you. Can you see the four students in front of the class? They are giving a new lesson to the others. They are really hardworking, arent they? And I think its very brave of them to stand in front of the others and give a n
4、ew lesson. Can you see the tallest girl? Her name is Liu Hanya. She used to be the monitor in my class. Now she has graduated and is studying in a high school. When she was my monitor, she could organize class meetings very well. When her classmates met up with some problems, she was always willing
5、to help them. So, what do you think of her? Ss: Very organized, helpful, clever and brave.T: What personal qualities do you think are the most important to be a monitor? Ss: (helpful, organized, brave )II. Listening and practicing:1. Listening: The Students Union needs a new chair-person. Millie and
6、 her classmates are talking about the most suitable person to be a new chairperson of the Students Union. Lets listen to the tape and answer the following questions: Who does Millie think would be a good chairperson? Why does she think so?2. Please read after the tape and try to remember the dialogu
7、e. Later Ill ask you to make up your own dialogues, using Millie and Kittys as a model.3. However, other students dont agree with her. You are one of them. You need to express your own ideas. Please make up your own dialogues in pairs. You can recommend Suzy or David. Remember: give your reasons.4.
8、Maybe you dont think anyone of them is suitable for this position. Who else would be more suitable? This time, you can recommend anybody you know. Maybe he or she is one of your classmates. Just remember: give us enough reasons.III. Formal and informal language:1. T: Great. You have chosen the most
9、suitable person. In this unit, you need to write a formal letter to recommend him. Do you know the differences between formal and informal language?Please look at me: Hi, guys! Hello, ladies and gentlemen!Which one is formal and which one is informal? Ss: The first one is informal; the second one is
10、 formal.T: Now I will give you another two sentences: Excuse me, could I borrow your eraser please? Eraser, please!This time, which one is formal? Which is informal?Ss: The first one is formal, and the second one is informal.2. Give them more expressions to decide if they are formal or informal.3. T
11、: So far, we have know some formal and informal expressions used in oral English. Do you know the differences between a formal recommendation letter and an informal letter to a close friend?4. T: I have an example here. (ask Ss to have a look at the letter in their latest extra homework. Thats a for
12、mal recommendation letter.)Formal recommendation letterDear Professor,I am very happy to recommend an excellent student, Alice Green, to your MBA courses.Finally, let me state my strong recommendation for Alice Green. If you have any question or need more information, I will be happy to talk to you.
13、 Please feel free to contact me.Sincerely yours,Michael BrownInformal letter:Hi Jim,Glad to hear from you againIt looks cool.Hope to see you soon.Yours,Millie3. Conclusion: (try to ask students to make the conclusion. If they cant, teacher can do it.)In formal written language, we cant use informal
14、greetings (hi Jim), informal endings (yours, Millie), slang words (it looks cool), informal words (Hope to see you soon), jokes (David has much more hair than my uncle). Abbreviations(No. 1) and contractions(Hes) can be used in formal oral English, but they cant be used in formal written English.4.
15、Correct the mistakes in a letter:(Correct the mistakes in the letter on P16 in Students books) (explain to the students that we should give our full names at the end of such a formal letter)IV. Homework: 1. 听磁带，熟读 Speak up 部分的对话，并能背诵。2. 根据课堂讨论的内容编一个新的对话，内容是：推荐一人做班长。3. 完成补充练习。补充练习：I以下对话是讨论新班长人选的。请根据首
16、字母提示完成对话。A: Do you think Ricky would be a good m_?B: Well, I think so. He is smart and really h_. He always listens c_ in class and reads a lot of extra books after class.A: Yes. Thats why he often passes every exam s_.B: He is also very l_ and has been to a lot of places. He has a good knowledge of
17、 geography and history.A: Yes. Then why not r_ him as our new monitor?B: The idea s_ great! He is the most s_ person to be our monitor.A: I a_ with you. Lets go.II指出下列句子划线部分是何种使用情况。A. informal greetings B. informal endings C. slangD. jokes E. abbreviation F. contraction1. Hi, Mr Wu, Id like to thank
18、 you for your help. _ _2. We usually start school on Sept. 1st. _3. I have to stop writing and go to bed. So long! _4. Peter is tall and really cool when he is playing basketball. _5. She couldnt swim when she was young. _6. Somebody says if you are clever enough, youll have little hair on your head
19、._ _III以下是一封邀请信。你觉得这里面的用语恰当吗？请画出不够正式的部分，说明为什么并改正。Hi parents, teachers and classmates 1. _Wed like to invite you to a farewell party for our 2. _friends from Britain. We will hold the party on 26th Apr. 3. _Well meet at the gate of the Sunshine Park. 4. _Please bring your own food and drink. (If you
20、dont,you will have nothing to eat and drink. Haha!) 5. _You will feel cool if you join us. 6. _We look forward to seeing you at out party.Cheers! 7. _Chen Dan答案：I. monitor, hardworking, carefully, successfully, lucky, recommend, sounds, suitable, agreeII. 1. A, F 2. E 3. B 4. C 5. F 6. F, DIII. 1. hi (informal greetings) 2. Wed (contraction) 3. 26th Apr. (abbreviation) 4. Well (contraction) 5. If you dont, you will have nothing to eat and drink. Haha! (jokes) 6. feel cool (slang) 7. cheers (informal endings)
