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ⅱ.teaching goals��
1.talk about australian history,geography,nature,customs and culture.��
2.practise expressing prohibitions and warnings.��
3.review the predicative.��
4.write a description of animals.��
ⅲ.background information��
australia��
australia is a large island continent lying to the south of asia,which has a various people in size,colour and origins.it is more than two hundred years old.its big cities lie on the southeast coast,where most australians live.australians prefer to have their own houses,though some live in public living houses.australians are the cities for many miles,and so efficient transport is of great importance.as the economy grows,so do its industries—a longer level of production,a wider range of products.the australian work hard,but they like relaxing themselves.the climate there makes outdoor activities the most popular.canberra,the capital of australia,is a planned modern city lying inland.australia is ruled by a parliamentary democracy the representatives of other countries have their embassies here.australia wants to strengthen relations with her neighbours.australia is a strange land,a land of large wild space—rich valleys,snow fields and deserts—also a land with special animals,many of which can not be found on any other continent today.much of the continent is dry,but man has made use of the land,made it productive,with its tools,with its technology.this is the driest continent of all,and water is a precious possession,more precious than all other natural resources.large dams are built to collect water,which is then carried down to the plains below—there to irrigate the fields of grassland and crops.but australia is changing.the land of wool and wheat is now a land of large scale industry and mining.the costs of developing the new mineral discoveries are very large,but the rewards are great,too.australia is a young nation.australia is a nation that wants to communicate with its neighbours.��
ⅳ.teaching time:five periods��
the first period��
teaching aims:��
1.learn and master some new words for names of places.��
2.do some listening.��
3.do some speaking to practise expressing prohibitions and warnings.��
teaching important points:��
1.improve the students’ listening ability.��
2.master the important phrases and expressions.��
3.make the students be free to talk about the favourite places,give reasons for their decision and make some dialogues.��
teaching difficult points:��
1.how to finish the task of speaking.��
2.how to make dialogues correctly.��