1、U4 Listening and SpeakingPeriod FourPeriod FourUsing Language(1)Listening and Using Language(1)Listening and SpeakingSpeakingLearning AimsLearning Aims(学习目标)1.Listening.(1.Listening.(重点难点重点难点)2.Speaking.(2.Speaking.(重点难点重点难点)策略指导英语听力测试不只是考查学生的英语听力，同时还会考查英语听力测试不只是考查学生的英语听力，同时还会考查学生的临场应变能力、猜测能力和记忆能力等。
2、平时还要多积学生的临场应变能力、猜测能力和记忆能力等。平时还要多积累一些常见的话题词汇和话题句式。本单元的话题是在旅行中累一些常见的话题词汇和话题句式。本单元的话题是在旅行中谈论风景与文化。听力文本是一段发生在谈论风景与文化。听力文本是一段发生在Li DaiyuLi Daiyu，Liu QianLiu Qian和火车上的一位加拿大旅行者和火车上的一位加拿大旅行者AnnaAnna之间的对话。在对话中，她之间的对话。在对话中，她们边欣赏窗外的美景，边交流感受。们边欣赏窗外的美景，边交流感受。常见常见话题词汇：话题词汇：1.freeze(1.freeze(过去式过去式frozefroze，过去分词，
3、过去分词frozen)frozen)结冰；冻住结冰；冻住2.go skating/skiing/hiking/camping2.go skating/skiing/hiking/camping去滑冰去滑冰/滑雪滑雪/远足远足/野营野营3.cool/hot summers3.cool/hot summers凉爽的凉爽的/炎热的夏天炎热的夏天4.continental climate4.continental climate大陆性气候大陆性气候5.stretch5.stretch伸出；展开伸出；展开6.grassland6.grassland草地草地7.rolling hills7.rolling
4、 hills起伏的丘陵起伏的丘陵常见话题句式：常见话题句式：1.Words fail me.1.Words fail me.言语无法表达。言语无法表达。2.It gets as hot as an oven.2.It gets as hot as an oven.天变得像烤箱一样热。天变得像烤箱一样热。3.The prairie is as flat as a pancake.3.The prairie is as flat as a pancake.草原地势平坦。草原地势平坦。4.That sounds incredible.4.That sounds incredible.那听起来不可思议
5、。那听起来不可思议。5.How interesting!5.How interesting!多么有趣！多么有趣！听力集训.Do listening exercises on the book.1.On the train，Li Daiyu and Liu Qian start talking with a local passenger，a young woman named Anna.Before you listen，look at the pictures below and guess what they will be talking about.(教材P42)2.Listen to
6、 the conversation and answer the following questions.(教材P42)3.Listen again.Match the following idioms and similes with their meanings.(教材P42).Listen to the material again on P42 and fill in the blanks with the words you hear.(精听训练)Daiyu：Look there，Liu Qian!What a beautiful lake!Liu Qian：Oh，my goodne
7、ss!That must be Lake Louise!Its so beautiful！1.Anna：Yes，thats Lake Louise.Daiyu：Its pretty!Anna：Its even prettier in winter，after 2.People like to go skating on the ice.Words fail methe lake freezes overLiu Qian：Does all of Canada get so cold in winter?Anna：A lot of it does.Daiyu：So then，Canada must
8、 have 3.as well.Anna：Thats certainly true of many places.However，many areas of south Canada have a 4.，with very hot summers and very cold winters，so some days it 5._ .Liu Qian：Is all of Canada full of mountains like here?cool summerscontinental climategets as hot as an ovenAnna：Oh，no.In fact，by the
9、time we get to Edmonton，well be in the prairie.This is as flat as a pancake and 6._ more than 1,300 kilometresuntil we reach Winnipeg.After that，there are lakes and forests.Daiyu：What kind of place is Winnipeg?Anna：Its a small city almost in the dead centre of North America，from east to west.Liu Qia
10、n：What do you do to 7.there?stretches for as far as the eye can seekill timeAnna：Oh，you name it.skiing，hiking，camping.But also city things:movies or restaurants on the weekends，for example.So is this your 8.?Daiyu：Oh，no.Last autumn，we travelled from Beijing to Moscow on the Trans-Siberian Railway th
11、rough Mongolia.Anna：9.!What was it like?Liu Qian：Well，once you go north from Beijing，you pass through some low mountains and then enter the grasslands with its 10.first long train journeyHow interestingrolling hillsAnna：Do a lot of people live in that area?Daiyu：Oh，not at all!There are a few small t
12、owns along the way，but the land is pretty empty.Sometimes you might see a few horses or sheep.Its beautiful.Anna：Wow,11.!that sounds incredible01模拟练习模拟练习Activity 1Activity 1In groups of threeIn groups of three，continue the conversation continue the conversation about Canada and China based on your o
13、wn travel about Canada and China based on your own travel experiences or the information you heard or read in this experiences or the information you heard or read in this unit.End the conversation naturally.(unit.End the conversation naturally.(教材教材P43)P43)Activity 2Activity 2Fill in the blanks acc
14、ording to the Chinese Fill in the blanks according to the Chinese in the brackets to complete the following dialogue.in the brackets to complete the following dialogue.D DDaiyuDaiyuLQLQLiu QianLiu QianA AAnnaAnnaA A：I thought China would be very crowdedI thought China would be very crowded，given its
15、 large given its large populationpopulation.D：Well,1.(与许多人的想法正相反)，there are a lot of vast and empty spaces in China，actually.A：Thats great!There must be 2.(惊人的风景)to see in China then!LQ：There is.My favourite trip was by train to Tibet.First，we travelled south across the Kunlun Mountains.D：Even thoug
16、h it was summer，they 3.(被雪覆盖).It was so beautiful.contrary to what many people believeamazing scenerywere covered in snowLQ：Then we entered the Tibetan Plateau.D：The scenery there was simply fantastic.Green grass as far as the eye could see.And there were so many wild animals.LQ：Yes!We saw a lot of
17、antelopes，yaks，deer.and I think I even saw a snow leopard.A：Good heavens!Thats 4.(最罕见的动物之一)on earth.LQ：But you know what was really extraordinary about our trip?A：No，what?one of the rarest animalsone of the rarest animalsLQ：The railway is so high that the trains have a 5._ (专门的氧气供应)for the passenger
18、s，kind of like you would find on an airplane，so that no one will become ill.A：Youre kidding!Anyhow，the next station is my stop!Take care and 6.(享受)the rest of your trip!D：Thanks，Anna!LQ：It was really great to meet you!A：And it was nice talking to you!special oxygen supplyenjoy02写作练习写作练习话题微写作话题微写作请运用
19、本课时所听到的话题词汇和话题句式，再根据下面的请运用本课时所听到的话题词汇和话题句式，再根据下面的汉语提示描述水果采摘活动。汉语提示描述水果采摘活动。在一个非常炎热的夏天，我参加了水果采摘活动。当我们看在一个非常炎热的夏天，我参加了水果采摘活动。当我们看到各种各样的水果时，言语无法表达我们的吃惊。尽管天气像烤到各种各样的水果时，言语无法表达我们的吃惊。尽管天气像烤箱一样热，我们仍然喜欢摘水果，仍然喜欢农场上的美景。这次箱一样热，我们仍然喜欢摘水果，仍然喜欢农场上的美景。这次活动多么有趣，多么有意义！活动多么有趣，多么有意义！_On a hot summer day I took part in
20、 a fruit-picking On a hot summer day I took part in a fruit-picking activity.activity.Words failed us when we saw various fruits.Though it got Words failed us when we saw various fruits.Though it got as hot as an ovenas hot as an oven，we still enjoyed picking fruits as we still enjoyed picking fruits as well as amazing scenery on the farm.How interesting and well as amazing scenery on the farm.How interesting and meaningful the activity was!meaningful the activity was!Thank you!
