English around the world教案1
unit 2 english around the world
the first period warming up, speaking and integrating skills
teaching aims:
1.learn a dialogue about american english and british english
2.do some exercise about sentence transformation
3.read the passage and fill in the form
step1. listen to the tape and then answer the following questions:
1. what does nancy thinks joe wants to do?
2. what does joe really want to do?
3. what causes the misunderstanding between the two people?
in american english bathroom: a place where you are sure to find a toilet.maybe you will find a bath; maybe not.
in british english bathroom :a place where you are sure to find a bath or shower , but sometimes you may not find a toilet
step2. integrating skills : read and answer:
what differences between american english and british english are mentioned?
• different words with the same meaning
• spelling
• pronunciation
• borrowing words from other languages
differences between am e & br e
british english american english
spelling colour labour favour neighbour
metre centre theatre practise color labor favor neighbor
meter center theater practice
pronunciation fast half pass glass dance path class / a: / either /ai: / fast half pass glass dance path class / æ /
either / i: /
different words with the same meaning film patrol shop post
lift term baggage
autumn taxi at once movie gas store mail
elevator semester luggage
fall cab right now
english comes from different countries:
french: court , literature(文學) spanish:cafeteria (自助餐廳)
step3. read the dialogue and fill in the blanks
step4.grammar point
1. for the first time首次做,在句中充當狀語 the first time充當連詞引導時間狀語從句
the two students met for the first time at the beginning of term
i thought her nice and honest the first time i met her.
it is /was the …time +clause
it is the first time i have been to the great wall. it was the first time i had left home.
2.what is it that joe can’t find in the bath room?
強調句基本結構：“it+ is/was+被強調部分+ that/who”
i met liping in the park yesterday.
a.強調主語it was i that /who met liping in the park yesterday