高二英语Unit5 The British Isles The second period

高二英语Unit5教案The second period
江西宜黄一中王德刚
教学内容：Unit5 The British Isles 人教版新教材高二年级英语第二册〔上〕Unit5〔需四个课时〕
教材分析：本单元的中心话题是“不列颠群岛〞。

整个单元的热身、阅读等语言知识和语言技能项目都围绕该话题展开。

学情分析：高二年级的学生已经学习英语多年，对于英语的发源地必定会有浓厚的兴趣。

本单元学习不仅将使学生了解不列颠群岛的位置、气候、文化、历史、语言等各方面概况，而且旨在此基础上培养学生学以致用的能力。

教学目标：1. Talk about the British Isles.
2. Practise expressing agreement and disagreement.
3. Learn about Noun Clauses (1).
4. Write a description of a landscape.
教学理念：1、学生是学习和发展的主体，教师是活动的积极组织者和引导者。

高中英语教学应以听、说为基础，读、写为主要技能训练目标。

2、根据英语课程的基本特点，教学组织要引导学生在学习的过程中获取基本的英语素养，并受到思想情感的熏陶，使英语素养与人文素养的教育溶为一体。

教学过程：
The Second Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words and expressions:
words: form, influence, basis, inland, mountainous, narrow, diversity, republic, Wales, mild, union, strength, Welsh, Scofish
phrases: be made up of, make the most of, hold together, lie off, at one point,
the Atlantic Ocean, run over
2. Further develop the students' reading ability and reading skills.
3. Get the students to know more about the British Isles.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Train the students' reading ability and develop their reading skills.
2. Enable the students to understand the text better.
3. Master the following phrases:
stand for, be made up of, be unknown to, make the most of, hold together, lie off, be separated from, at one point, in general, as much as, run over, end up with
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. Master the following sentence patterns:
(1)A is in/on/to the north/east/…of B
(2) be of great value
2. Understand the following sentences:
(1) The idea that England stands for Fish and Chips, the Speakers' Corner and the Tower of London is past.
(2) The fact that the mainland of Great Britain is made up of three kingdoms is still unknown to many.
Teaching Methods：
1. Fast reading to get a general idea of the text.
2. Question-and-answer activity to get the detailed information in the text.
3. Explanation for students to master some language points.
Teaching Aids:
1. a computer and a courseware
2. a tape recorder
3. a projector
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step II Revision
T: In the last period, we summed up the expressions for agreement and disagreement. Now I'll check your homework. I'll ask some pairs to act out the dialogues they have made up before the class.(Teacher asks two pairs to come to the front to act out their dialogues. )
SA and SB:…
Step III Lead-in
T: Yesterday we talked much about the United Kingdom and you know a lot about it. (Teacher shows a picture on the screen.)
T：Now look at the picture. It is the most famous clock in England. Do you know its name?
S s:Big Ben.
T: Yes. Do you know Big Ben? In what part of England is it? Any volunteers?
S1: It is on the River Thames in the north of the Houses of Parliament. It's one part of the Houses of Parliament.
T: What else do you know about the clock?
S s: No.
T: I'll tell you about it. It's famous for its huge clock face. It's the biggest clock in England. It's 320 feet high. Its minute hand is 14 feet long. It strikes the hours. It looks most spectacular at night. You even know when the parliament is in session because a light shines above the clock face. Also Big Ben is an excellent timekeeper, which has rarely stopped. Whoever goes to London, he'll go to enjoy the beautiful clock tower.
Step IV Pre-reading
T: Now open your books at Page 35. Look at the questions in Pre-reading and have a discussion about what you know about these questions.
1. What are the most important facts about the United Kingdom?
2. How many countries make up the British Isles?
3.What are the most important facts about Ireland?
Suggested answers:
1.The United Kingdom (UK) is short for the United Kingdom of Great British and Northern Ireland. It consists of Scotland, Wales, and England, and Northern Ireland.
2.The British Isles is a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe. The British Isles consists of two islands: one is called Ireland and the other Britain. Britain, or Great Britain, is the larger of these two islands. And it is divided into three parts: Scotland, Wales and England.
3.Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801, but it soon grew discontented, and for forty years the “Irish Questions〞had been the greatest headache of the British parliament. At
last Ireland divided itself into two: Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Northern Ireland
is still part of the United Kingdom. The Republic of Ireland is an independent country.
Step V Reading
T: Let's read the passage to learn about the British Isles to understand its details and answer some questions on the screen.
(Teacher shows the questions on the screen.)
Answer the questions:
1. What is the UK?
2. What's the weather in the British Isles like?
What about in Scotland?
3. Has the culture of the people in the British Isles received many influences? From here?
4. Who ran over the Great Britain in 10667 what’s the result of French influence?
5. Which are the first two countries that joined in the United Kingdom?
6. What do people throughout the British Isles speak now?
(Teacher gives students a few more minutes to read the passage. After a while, teacher asks some students to give their answers. )
Suggested answers:
1. The UK is really a nation of different countries held together by a common language and culture.
2. The climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain. Scotland is colder throughout the year. It also has plenty of rain.
3. Yes. It has received many influences from the European mainland.
4. The French. The result of much French influence was that there were many French words in the English language.
5. The first two countries are England and Wales.
6. English.
T: Read the passage again and try to get the main idea of each paragraph.
Main ideas
Part 1 General introduction to the UK.
Part 2 The climate of the British Isles is mild with a lot of rain.
Part 3 The culture of the people in the British Isles has received many influences
from the European mainland.
Part 4 The United Kingdom has a long history.
Part 5 There are six spoken languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles plus two local accents.
Step VI Study the Language Points
T: There are some important words, phrases and sentences we should master. Now let us deal with them.
1.The idea that England stands for Fish & Chips, the Speakers’ Corner, Big Ben and the
Tower of London is past .用炸鱼土豆条、讲演角，大笨钟和伦敦塔象征英国的时代已经成为历史。

→句中that引导的从句是同位语从句。

同位语从句与定语从句很相似，同位语从句是名词性从句；定语从句是形容词性从句。

同位语从句用来进一步说明前面名词的内容；而定语从句用来修饰前面的名词。

同位语从句中的连词在从句中不充当句子成分；定语从句的连词那
么是从句的成分，如主语、宾语等。

e.g.I made a promise that if anyone set me free, I would make him rich.
我许愿说无论谁把我释放了, 我将使他富有。

Mother made a promise that excited her son.
妈妈许下一个令她的儿子非常激动的诺言。

→“stand for〞means “to be a sign or short form of, represent〞象征，代表
The letters NBC stand for National Broadcasting Company Inc.
NBC代表全国广播公司。

2. The fact that Great Britain is made up of three countries is still unknown to many. 大不列颠是由三个王国构成的事实很多人还不知道。

→句中that引导的从句是同位语从句。

be made up of表示“由……组成〞。

e.g. Our class is made up of twenty girls and twenty-five boys.
我们班有二十名女生二十五名男生。

与make搭配的短语:
be made from 由……制成〔发生化学变化的制成〕
be made of 由……制成〔发生物理变化的制成〕
be made in 在……制造be made into 把……制成
be made up of 由……组成make a decision 决定
make a face 做鬼脸make a good effort 作很大努力
make a mistake 犯错误make an agreement with 同……签订协议
make a plan for为……作计划make a promise 许诺
make a record 录制唱片make friends with 交朋友
make fun of 取笑某人make sense 有道理
make progress 取得进步make sure of 确定
make to one’s own measure 按照某人自己的尺寸
make up 弥补；编出make up one’s mind 决意
make use of 利用
3. Within Great Britain for many years now, there has been a growing movement to make the most of its cultural diversity. 多年以来，在英国国内，一项开发多种文化的运动正在蓬勃发展。

→“make the most of 〞means “put something to the best possible use〞充分利用。

e.g.He doesn’t do well because he doesn’t make the most of his ability.
他干得不好是因为他并未充分发挥他的能力。

4. The British Isles is a group of islands that lies off the west coast of Europe.
不列颠及北爱尔兰王国由一些稍离欧洲西海岸的岛屿组成。

→“lie off〞means “to stay not far from the shore or another ship〞稍离陆地。

e.g. We could see the ship lying off the harbor.
我们能看到那艘轮船停泊在离港口不远的地方。

5. The largest island is called Britain, which is separated from France by the English Channel, which at one point is only 20 miles wide.
最大的岛叫不列颠岛,英吉利海峡将其与法国隔开，海峡中有一处仅20英里宽。

→句中which 引导一个非限制性定语从句，进一步补充说明不列颠岛的情况。

at one point表示“在某处〞; “一度〞。

e.g. She is at the point of the death.在她弥留之际。

6. The British Isles are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and the North Sea to the east.
大不列颠群岛西面被大西洋环绕，东部由北海环绕。

→be surrounded by 被……围绕/环绕，是被动语态。

e.g. We are surrounded by dangers.
我们的处境危机四伏。

→注意：surroundings 作名词，表示"环境"。

e.g.You don’t see animals in their natural surroundings at a zoo.
你在动物园里看不到生活在自然环境中的动物。

7. The culture of the people in the British Isles has received many influences from the European mainland.大不列颠和北爱尔兰人的文化受到来自欧洲大陆的很多影响。

→句中influence 是可数名词的复数形式, 表示“很多影响〞。

e.g.Television has many influences on people.电视对人有很大的影响。

8. There are six spoken languages that are considered to be native to the British Isles plus two local accents. 在大不列颠和北爱尔兰有六种口语被认为是母语外加两种地方语。

→“be conside red to be〞means “be regarded as〞认为
e.g.He is considered to be a weak leader.他被认为是个没有能力的领导。

→注意：consider doing consider sb. to do (be)
9. They realize that it is of great value to record and teach them to the younger generation. 他们
意识到记录这些语言并将它们传给后代是十分有价值的。

→“be of great value〞means “be very valuable〞非常有价值。

e.g.A college education is of great value in one’s life.
高等教育在人生中很重要。

→be + of + n. = be + adj.
The meeting is of great importance. = The meeting is very important.
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. …
T：You are clever. Well done. England is a beautiful island country. It's known for thick trees, natural parks and national parks. Do you know anything about the trees, mountains and so on? Let's do Ex. 3 on Page 36 in groups. After a while, I'll ask some of you to report them to the class.
Suggested answers:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland lies in the west of Europe. The mountains in Great Britain are al- most all in the north and west. They are not very high. The highest ones are in scotland. There are many low hills in some parts of the country, but not in the south and west, where there are almost no hills. The west of Eng- land is very beautiful part of the country. The lakes there are the most beautiful in Eng- land. There are trees and flowers and green grass round them. There are large lakes in Scotland, too, with mountains round them. They are not like the English ones: there are not so many trees and flowers, and green hills round them. but they are beautiful too. The mountains here are higher, and they are gray and dark. of all the cities in Great Britain London is the largest. It is on the River Thames. Liverpool is the second largest city and seaport. It lies on the west coast of England. The third city and seaport is Manchester. It lies in the northwestern of England. Other big cities are Edinburgh, Cardiff and Glascow.
Step IX Summary and Homework
T: Today we've read a passage and learnt something about the United Kingdom and Ireland, especially about the British Isles. Now we all know that the climate there is mild with a lot of rain. There are all kinds of flowers all year round and many trees everywhere. Also there are many cultural relice, places of interest and natural parks. Do you want to travel to England if you have a chance? Where are you going?
Today's homework: please make a travel plan for going on a trip through the UK. At the same time, give your reasons and list the things and clothes you'll take. I think you'll do the best.。