English around the world教案
indirect speech:
1.he told us not to come into the lab without a teacher.
2.he told us not to touch anything in the lab.
3.he told us not to smoke.
4.he told us to watch the teacher carefully.
5.he told us to dip our fingers into the mixture.
6.he told us to suck our fingers.
7.he asked us not to put anything in the basin.
8.he asked us not to talk so loudly.
9.he asked us not to leave the books in the lab.
10.he asked us to write our answers on the blackboard.
11.he asked us to tidy the lab after the experiment.
12.he told us to put everything in the cupboards.
4.now let’s use these patterns to make up some dialogues.please turn to the exercise on p13.
suggested dialogues:
(1)a:excuse me,could you please close the door?it’s so windy.
b:of course.
(2)a:excuse me,please make some room for me.i have to get off the train now.
b:sure.
(3)a:look out!a bear is approaching you!
b:help!i’m so scared!
a:don’t move!keep calm.a bear won’t attack someone who is not to offend it.
step 3 reading
t:as we all know,china is a very big country where different dialects are spoken.can you list some of them?
s:guangdong dialect,shanghai dialect,sichuan dialect...
t:is there anybody who can speak a dialect from other place?
s:(some students act it out)
t:thank you!do you think that it is easy for people to follow those speaking different dialect?
s:no.some dialects are really difficult to understand.
t:then how can we solve this problem?
s:we can communicate in putonghua.
t:yes.the difference between chinese dialects are so big that it’s really hard for people to communicate in it.so now most students are taught in school in putonghua.then do you think that it is the same case with the us?
s:i think so.
t:what is it that makes you think so?
s:i think that the us is a big country just like china.besides,it is a country in which many people are from different places.so i think that people may speak dialects.
t:let’s try to find it out whether it is the case.now read it fast and then answer these questions.
1.is there the same case?can you list some examples?
2.why are there so many dialects in the us?
3.what is the standard english?
4.do you think there’s the standard english?
5.can you tell an interesting or funny story that shows great difference between dialects in chinese?
suggested answers:
1.yes.it has many dialects,such as midwestern,southern,african american and spanish dialects.
2.because people have come from all over the world.geography also plays a part in making dialects.