Unit 5 The British Isles

today's homework: imagine yourself to be an experienced guide in britain. you have been asked to arrange a four-week tour of britain for a group of tourists. you introduce your travel plan ,beginning with ‘hello everyone, i’d like to tell you about…’and ending up with ‘i hope that everyone can enjoy staying here and have an unforgettable travel experience. thank you for listening.’

the fifth period

teaching goals:
1. improve the ability of defining words in english
2. learn and master noun clauses as the subject, the object, the predicative and the appositive introduced by “that”.
3. master the differences between the appositive clause and the attributive clause.

teaching procedures
step 1. word study
t: in this unit, we've learnt many important words. now look at the words on the screen. try to think of their meanings. then finish the exercise on the screen to check if you can use them correctly. after finishing it, you can check your answers with your partner.
(teacher shows the following on the screen.)
complete each sentence with the words in the box.
view, narrow, kingdom, consist, mild, influence, basis, upper, union, republic
1. a group of trade_______ leaders met to discuss questions about job safety.
2. the official name of our country is the people's________ of china.
3. more and more young people go abroad to study when they graduate from high school. what's your________ on it?
4. generally speaking, the_______ classes don't have a clear idea of the common people's lives.
5. our class________ of twenty-five boys and thirty-two girls.
6. the weather is________ today; it is neither hot nor cold.
7. the street is too________. it doesn't allow two cars to pass each other.
8. because of her teacher's_________, she chose to study english at college.
9. don't judge a person only on the_________ of appearance.
(after three minutes, teacher may ask some students to say their answers .teacher corrects the mistakes if any and gives some explanations. )
step 2. grammar: noun clauses
lead-in
show a picture of pierce brosnan, the current 007and have a free –talk about him together by asking and answering ‘who is this man? what does he do? what’s his first film? what else do you know about him?’ etc. then present the description on the screen:
pierce brosnan was born on may 16, 1953. few people know that he is in his fifties,(oc) because he looks much younger than his age. and also that he is irish is unknown to many people(sc). his wife died of cancer in 1991. it’s reported that he met his present wife in 1994 and married again(sc). the fact that he was offered the job as 007 in golden eye (1995) is not new to everyone(appositive clause). his second film is “tomorrow never dies”. besides his career in films, he has a production company with a long-time friend . another important fact for which we should show him respect is that he has raised a lot of money to help research into breast cancer(pc).