The British Isles（The Second Period）

11. you'd better run over these texts.
 the water ran over the edge of the basin.
12. the party ended up with a pop song.
(teacher asks some students to read the sentences and translate them into chinese. meanwhile. students must pay attention to the underlined phrases. )
t: there are two important sentence patterns and two difficult sentences in the   passage. please look at the screen.
1. a lie in/on/to the east/west/...of
b. e. g. london is in the southeast of england.
london is on the river thames.
ireland lies to the east of britain.
=ireland lies east of britain.
= east of britain lies ireland.
2. be of great value= be very valuable
e. g. the book is of great value/help/use/importance.
=the book is very valuable/helpful/useful/important.
3. the idea that england stands for fish & chips.
 the speakers' corner and the tower of london is past.
4. the fact that the mainland of great britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.
(teacher writes the sentence patterns on the bb.)
t: in the third and fourth sentences, the two clauses are the appositive clauses,       which explain the concrete contents of the nouns: the idea and the fact. the       appositive clause is often put behind the nouns, like belief, fact, hope, idea,       news, problem, possibility and so on. it's usually introduced by “ that”.
“that” can't be omitted.
step vii listening and consolidation
t: now let's listen to the tape. while listening, pay attention to your
pronunciation.
(teacher plays the tape for students to listen. after that, teacher gives students a few minutes to read aloud the passage. meanwhile, teacher asks students to try to remember some details. )
t: please turn to page 36. let's do exercise 1. look at the map and fill in it       with the correct numbers. after a while, i'll check it.
(teacher goes among the students and checks their answers and then shows the map with answers on the screen.)
 
step viii discussion
t: now you've known much information about england. it's known to all of you that england is separated from european mainland by the english channel. is it possible to swim across the channel? where is the best place to do so? how far is it? please have a discussion in groups of four.
(after a few minutes, teacher asks the students to give their results.)
s5: it's possible to swim across the english channel though it is very difficult. now there are many people in the world who have swum across the channel. last july,     zhang jian in our country was also successful in doing so. the best place where     they swim across the channel is from dover in england to gallet in france. it is     33.8 kilometers. …