1、Unit2TheUnitedKingdom第一课时教学设计Unit 2 The United Kingdom第一课时教学设计第一课时 听说课（一）将 Warming Up 部分与 Using Language 中的 Listening、Workbook (WB) 中的 Talking 放在同一课时（以听为主）。可将 WB 中的 Speaking Task 和 Project 相结合，设计成本单元的开放性作业。第一步 引入话题 Jacques Rogge1. London becomes the focus of the world.Video News：Jacques Rogge announ
2、ced:“The games of the 30th Olympiad in 2012 will be held in the city of London.” 2. Ask students 1) Why was Great Britain able to beat out four other world class cities?2) Have you ever been to the UK? 3) Whats the full name of the UK?(the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)4) Can
3、you give us some information about the UK in geography, literature, politics, sports, sightseeings and so on?Possible answers and new words:Geography: Scotland, England, Wales, Northern IrelandLiterature: Shakespeare, Shelly, Charles Dickens.Sports: Manchester United, Beckham, Owen.Politics: Karl Ma
4、rx(communism),capitalism.3. The importance of Great Britain especially as an English-speaking country.Work in pairs. Do this quiz and find out how much you know about the UK. (Page 9 Warming Up)1. How many countries does the UK consist of? What are they?2. Who rules the UK: the Prime Minister or the
5、 Queen?3. What are the provinces called in England?4. Which is the longest river in the England?5. Does South Ireland belong to Britain?Answers: 1. Four. They are: England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.2. The Prime Minister. Further information: It may appear to an outsider that the Queen ha
6、s an important role in ruling the country. However, this is not so. Her position is ceremonial: opening Parliament, welcoming Heads from other countries, going on tours to other countries to encourage trade with Britain, etc. The Prime Minister together with his most important ministers (called the
7、Cabinet) and his Members of Parliament each from a different part of the country make the important political decisions and the laws.3. counties (further information:The counties of Britain are much smaller than provinces in China. They have local government powers for their area. Counties have seve
8、ral Members of Parliament，depending on the size of their population. Large towns such as Reading have two MPs and the largest city in England outside London, which is Birmingham, has ten MPs.)4. The River Thames.5. No. 第二步 看一看 猜一猜Gather some brief information from students about Warming Up. Then sho
9、w the following pictures to the whole class to lead in the text. Queen Elizabeth II Michael OwenBig Ben the River Thames London Tower BridgeNational Flag 第三步 听力训练(双人活动)1. Finish P15 Listening.Ask students to read Question 1 so that they are familiar with the new names. Practice the pronunciation.2.
10、Build up two family trees to help them the family relationships. 3. P15 ListeningTask 1. Listen and finish Ex1 on page 15.Task 2. Listen and fill in the blanks in the following passage.These two princes were _ and _ six hundred years ago. They had come to London for the older brother to be crowned _
11、 after his father, King Edward IV, _. He was only thirteen years old. His wicked uncle, Richard, was supposed to _them both, but instead he had them _ while they were _.In the 1550s when queen Elizabeth I was still a _, her sister, Queen Mary, brought her to the Tower as a _ because she thought Eliz
12、abeth was a traitor. She _ through a special gate _“Traitors Gate”. That only _ to very bad people. Suggested answers:brothers, lived, King, died, look after, killed, asleep, princess, prisoner, went in, called, happened4. Listen again and answer the questions in Exercise2. 第四步 口语活动：(双人活动)The purpos
13、e of this talking activity is to give detailed directions to another person.1. （WB Page 48）Put the students into pairs. Ask the students to sit facing each other, give one student map A, and the other map B.2. The student with map A wants to get to St Pauls Cathedral. He needs the student with map B
14、 for help to reach his/her destination.3. When this has been achieved to student As satisfaction, then it is the turn of student A to give direction to student B, who wants to go to the Globe Theatre.4. Let the students practice their directions and be ready to do this role-play in front of the clas
15、s.第五步 作业布置1. Task OneWB Page 54 ProjectDo some research on the geography or history of the United Kingdom or a European or African country. Make a poster or give a talk to the class. Then develop their research and study skills by searching through the internet or from a library.2. Task Two让学生根据自己的兴趣从英国的四个“王国”中选择一个并收集它的资料，然后根据所选的王国进行自然分组，每组按人数制作信息卡，所有信息卡汇总后可在全班举办竞赛，也可编辑成册资源共享。3. Think about the questions in Part 2 “Pre-reading”.4 / 4
