实用英语unit3

Unit 3 Directions & SignsTalking Face to Face Teaching Objectives: 1. how to ask for and give directions2. useful terms in directionsKey Points: 1. asking the way indoors2. asking the way outdoorsDifficult Points: patterns that are appropriate for asking for and giving directions in different situationsTeaching Methods: Task-based learning; Communicative approachTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Show the Ss a map of Hunan Province. Ask them where they are from and how they go back home.Step 2 Tell the Ss how the teacher goes back home and get them to imitate the example.Step 3 Show the Ss the focal words and expressions. Also the focal functions and patterns.Step 5 Show the Ss two maps. One is a street map, and the other is a map of a building, the fourth floor. First Get the Ss to make dialogues with what they’ve learned. Then get them to follow the Samples.Step 6 PracticeTeaching Material:Task1 Lead-inShow the Ss a map of Hunan Province. Ask them where they are from. Then tell them where the teacher is from and how the teacher goes home. At the end get several students to tell others how to get to their home from the school.Teacher’s description: First I take the No. 1 bus and get off at the last stop. Then I’ll take the express train from Shanghai to Chongqing and get off at Lengjiang Station. Go up along the Jinzhu Road and turn left at the corner of Jinzhu Road and Jianshe Road. A seven-story building is in front of you. Go upstairs and my home is on the second floor.Task 2 Data BankTell the Ss It is important for us to know how to ask for and give directions. The following words and phrases and patterns will help us:words and phrases1.walk/on foottake bus/subway/liftgo up/downturn left/right2．on one’s left/rightbehind/in front of/in the middle ofon the second floor/at the corner of3. opposite/next to4.avenue/corridor/crossroadsupstairs/downstairspatternsAsking the way outdoorsInquiring1. How do you usually get to work?2. How can I get to the railway station?3. Is there a railway station near there?4. Excuse me, Can you tell me where the station is?5. How far is it to the station?6. Which direction is it to the station?Directing1. I live in an apartment on North Street.2. The museum is on Low Street.3. Go up / down / along street.4. Go straight on until you come to a crossroads.5. Take the first / second turning on your right / left.6. The station is on the corner / in front of you / to the south / at the opposite. Youcan’t miss it.7. I t’s two blocks straight ahead.Asking the way indoorsInquiring1. Can you tell me where the manager’s office is?2. Will you please tell me how to go to the Sales Department?3. Will you tell me how I can see the personnel manager?Directing1. The manager’s office is on the fourth floor.2. Take the lift to the fourth floor.3. Walk upstairs / downstairs to the second floor.4. Come out of the lift, turn right at the corner.5. At the end of the corridor, turn left again.6. It’s between Ann’s and Bill’s offices.7. It’s the first door on the right / left.8. Go along the corridor in the middle of the hall.9. It’s next to / opposite the manager’s office.Task 3 ExplanationGo through the words and phrases and patterns with the Ss and make sure they understand them. Then get the Ss to read them for a few minutes.1.walkExample: I usually walk over to the museum.2.on footExample:I usually go to the museum on foot.3. take undergroundExample: I take the underground from Wynn Street to Low street.4. go upExample: Go up the road to the third turning on the left .5. turn leftExample: Go down the street till the crossroads and turn left there .6.on one’s leftExample: You will see it on your left7. behindExample: I usually drive my car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church.8. in the middle ofExample: The shop is in the middle of the second block9. on the second floorExample: It’s on the second floor, the third room on the right10. at the corner ofExample: Get off at the corner of Bill Street and Low streetoppositeExample: The bus stop is just opposite my apartment.11.crossroadsExample: Go straight on until you come to a crossroads.12. upstairsExample: Go upstairs to the third floorTask 4: PracticeShow the Ss two maps. One is A Street Map and the other is A Map of a Building, the Fourth Floor. Explain the two maps.A Map of a Building, the Fourth Floor:Task 5 Follow the samplesDialogue 1 Talking About How to Get to WorkPeter: Mark, do you live far away from the museum where you work?Mark: Yes. You know I live in an apartment on Wynn Street and the museum is on Low Street.Peter: How do you usually get to work?Mark: I usually drive my car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church.Then I walk over to the museum.Peter: Oh. Then how about the winter time when it snows?Mark: Well, in winter time when it snows, I’m rather not drive. I take the underground from Wynn Street to Low Street. Then I walk across from Low Street station to themuseum.Peter: That’s convenient, isn’t it?Mark: Yes, it is. I can take Bus No. 16, too. The bus stop is just opposite my apartment. The bus turns from Hall Street into Church Street. I get off at the corner of ChurchStreet and Low Street and walk to the museum.Play the tape of the dialogue for the Ss to listen and get them to point out the route on the map according to the dialogue. Then get the Ss to repeat how Mark gets to work.Route 1 Drive car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church. Then walk over to the museum.Route 2 Take the underground from Wynn Street to Low Street. Then walk across from Low Street Station to the museum.Route 3 Take bus No. 16 opposite his apartment. The bus turns from Hall Street into Church Street. Get off at the corner of Church Street and Low Street and walk to the museum.Play the tape again for the Ss to listen and follow. Go through the dialogue briefly and make sure the Ss understand it.Dialogue 2 Asking How to Get to the Manager’s Office2 How to Get to the Manager’s OfficeBill: Excuse me, where is the manager’s office?Clerk: The manager’s office? It is not on this floor. It is on the fourth floor downstairs. You can just walk down the stairs there.Bill: Would you please tell me how I can find his office?Clerk: Sure. Go down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left. At the end of the corridor, turn left again.Bill: Left, and left again.Clerk: It’s the second door on the right next to the meeting room.Bill: Thank you very much.Play the tape of the dialogue for the Ss to listen and get them to point out the route on the map according to the dialogue. Then get the Ss to find out on the map where the manager’s office is and where the meeting room is. Then repeat how to get to the manager’s office.Route: Walk down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left. At the end of the corridor, turn left again. The manager’s office is the second door on the right next to the meeting room.Play the tape again for the Ss to listen and follow. Go through the dialogue briefly and make sure the Ss understand it.Task 6 Act OutLet the Ss practice the dialogues in pairs. Then ask several pairs to act the scene in front of the class.Task 7 Practice8-1: Show the ss a street map. Ash questions like these: Where is the railway station? Where is the park?...Then get the Ss to fill in the blanks according to the street map.Tom is telling Sally about his life here as they look at the street map.Tom: I work part-time at the supermarket here Main Street.Sally: Oh, it’s just the cinema.Tom: Yes, and there is a park the cinema, the Hall Park. Here,of Main and Second Avenue. Sometimes I go thereto have a good time.Sally: How interesting!Tom: And there is a health club,too.Sally: Oh, really? Where is it?Tom: It is of First and Main. I often go there to do some exercise. Sally: Oh,I see. It’s the flower shop. How do you go downtown? Tom: Well, I often take the subway. Go up the Main to the first turning and then .Go down the street till the and there. You will see the station .Sally: You don’t often drive, do you?Tom: Well, I don’t often drive my car into the city. If I drive, I park my car in the yard the laundry.At the end tell the Ss Suppose you are new here and want to go to the railway station from hotel . Ask a local person for the way.8-2: Show the Ss a guiding directions of a company. Imagine you are Peter at the reception desk of ABC Company and want to call on the Personnel Manager. You are asking the receptionist for the directions.Guiding directions of ABC CompanyReception 108Conference Room 102Financial Accounting 205After Sales 208Sales Promotion 306Advertising 309Personnel 402Marketing Research 405SignsTeaching Objectives:know some common signsTeaching Time: one periodKey Points:signsTeaching Methods: Task-based learningTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Show the Ss a picture and get them to tell the teacher what they can see. Point out that there is a sign on the grass. Explain what the sign is.Step 2 Find the English equivalents to the signs given in Chinese.Step 3 Exercises on signs.Step 4 Show the Ss a map of a shopping mall. Suppose they are going shopping and asking the shop assistant for directions.Teaching Matirial:Task 1 Lead-inShow the Ss a picture.KeepAsk them what they can see from the picture. Point out that there is a sign on the grass. Get the Ss to tell the teacher what the sign is about. Then tell the Ss Signs are marks, pictures or words on a board to draw attention, give warnings or direct somebody towards some place. They are widely used in public places to provide people with all kinds of useful information. Then show the Ss some signs. Task 2 SignsTell the Ss There are fifteen signs and try to find the English equivalents to the signs given in Chinese.Task 3 ExercisesGet the Ss to finish the following exercises. One is to match Column A with Column B. The other is to translate the signs into Chinese.Task 4 Act OutShow the Ss a shopper’s guide of a shopping mall. Go through it briefly. Then tell the Ss Suppose you are doing shopping. You want to do the following things:buy something for physical exercises, buy a coat for your mother’s birthday, buy some tapes for English-learning and then have dinner. Ask the sales assistant for the way.Number of NounsTeaching Objectives: 1. number of nouns2. S-V agreementTeaching Time: one periodKey Points:S-V agreementDifficult Points:uncounted nounsTeaching Methods: Task-based learningTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Explain the Number of Nouns. Get the Ss to pay attention to the difference between counted nouns and uncounted nouns.Step 2 Do some exercises about number of nouns.Step 3 Explain what the agreement is.Step 4 Get the Ss to sum up the rules of S-V Agreement by the exercises.Step 5 Do some exercises about agreement.Teaching Material:Task 1 Number of NounsGive a brief explanation of Number of Nouns to the Ss. Then get them to do some exercises. At the end check the answers.1. 可数名词和不可数名词英语名词按其语法意义分为可数名词和不可数名词。