Unit 1 Cultural relicsTeaching & Learning Objectives/ Aims:I Language knowledge: Topics: Cultural relics protection, Famous cultural relics in China and abroad.Vocabulary: rare, valuable, survive, vase, dynasty, amaze, amazing, select, honey, design, fancy, style, decorate, jewel, artist, belong, troop, reception, remove, wooden, doubt, former, worth, local, apart, painting, castle, trial, evidence, explode, entrance, sailor, sink, maid, informal, debate, in search of, belong to, in return, at war, less than, take apart, think highly of Functions: Ask for opinions and giving opinions.Grammar: The Attributive Clause (3) (Restrictive and Non-restrictive Attributive Clause)II Language Skills Listening: Listen to the tape of two different descriptions, learn to grasp the main information and fill in the forms. Do the listening exercises in WB.Speaking: Talk about two descriptions, give their own opinions and ask for opinions, discuss and exchange different opinions, and at last give a report to the class. Talk about the topic about cultural protection and famous culture relics in China and abroad according to the contents of this unit. Reading: Read and understand the texts In Search of the Amber house to know the history of the amber house. Develop the students’ ability of grasping the structure and organization of the text and learn the way of telling story. Try to help the Ss to set up a concept to comprehend the text as a whole and summarise the main idea of each paragraph and complete the other exercises. In the Using Language part, get the Ss to read the short paragraphs to distinguish the fact with opinion. Meanwhile, learn the new word, phrases and sentence structures in the texts to improve the...
