Unit 22 Britain and Ireland一、教学目标与要求本单元的教学目标是使学生通过对课文的学习，进一步了解英国和爱尔兰的地理及历史情况。并能借助地图，运用自己所学到的语言，对其进行简单描述，如地理概况、天气情况、语言使用、过去和现在的对比等。二、教学重点与难点1．重点词汇 puzzled；separate；especially；lead； shoot；stand for；be made up of；di－vide...into...；all sorts of；live on...；go bad；die of；keep in touch with；lead a simplelife；play a part in2．重要句型 1） But I thought you said you weren’t English．2） It’s to the north ofEngland；it’s part of Britain．3） The larger of the two islands is Britain．4） There used to bea lot of coal mines in the south． 5） Generally，the weather in Britain is neither too cold inwinter nor too hot in summer．3．语法复习以前学习过的语法项目。4．日常交际用语辨别人物（Identifying people）：1） Are you from the USA？2） Whereare you from then？三、课型（一）对话课Ⅰ．教具 录音机，投影仪。Ⅱ．课堂教学设计1．教师通过以下步骤导入本课：向学生提出下列问题： Can you tell me where English is spoken as the first language？（Britain；America；Canada；Australia and New Zealand）OK．Now let’s talk aboutBritain． Does anybody know anything about this country？鼓励学生尽可能多地谈一谈。教师可以提供一些话题： 1） Where is it located？（In Eu－rope）2） What is the country officially called？（The United Kingdom of Great Britain andNorthern Ireland）3） Which city is the capital of Britain？（London）4） How many parts arethere in Britain and what are they？（Four parts：England；Scotland；Wales and NorthernIreland）5） Any famous buildings you know in Britain？ And anything else you know aboutBritain？1针对最后一个话题，可让学生尽情发挥。通过这种练习，复习大量有关词汇，并交流很多相关信息。2．准备放对话录音。借助投影片打出以下听前提问：What did Zhou Lan ask for at theend of...
