单元：Unit2Wishyouwerehere板块：WordpowerThoughtsonthedesign:本板块以教会学生扩充词汇的方法、培养学生学习词汇的兴趣和帮助学生扩大词汇量为教学目标。在教学实践中，教师应始终将培养学生词汇学习兴趣和方法放在首位，根据中学生的年龄特点和心理特征，设计一系列由易到难、由单一到综合的教学活动；循序渐进地引导学生在轻松愉快又富有挑战性的氛围中，兴趣盎然地获得学习词汇的方法和最大限度地习得本单元的话题词汇。Teachingaims:Afterlearning,thestudentswillknowmoreaboutadventuresandtheirvocabularyaboutitemsforholidaycanbegreatlyenlarged.Inaddition,thestudents’interestinlearningEnglishcanbefurtherstimulated.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inShowpicturesofplacesofinterestinChinaliketheWestLake,theYellowMountain,theGreatWallandsoontotheclassandaskthemquestionsasfollows:1.Doyouliketraveling?2.Haveyoueverbeentoanyoftheplaces?[Explanation]通过对中国名胜古迹的图片浏览，激发学生对祖国大好河山的热爱，并唤起学生强烈的求知欲望和学习热情，寓教于乐。Step2WarmingupAsktheSstodiscussthefollowingquestion:Supposeyouaregivenachancetochooseoneoftheplacesforyourholiday,wherewouldyouliketogo?Whatkindofthingswillyouplantotakewithyou?Thendividethewholeclassinto4or5teamsandaskthemtocompetewitheachotherformoreanswers.Writedowntheiranswersontheblackboard.Afterwards,showpicturesoftheitemsthatareoftenpackedbypeoplefortheirholiday.[Explanation]这个比赛环节的设计既是为了促进学生的快速思维，又让他们对以前学过的相关词汇作一个回顾。同时，游戏常常能很大程度地活跃课堂气氛，起到很好的“热身”作用。Step3Pre-readingShowthequestionbelowonthescreenandgetthewholeclasstothinkabouttheanswer.Whatdoyouthinkisthemostimportantwhenyouaretravelinginadifferentworld?(Possibleanswer—tomeetdifferentpeople;toeatdifferentfood;toknowdifferentculture;toexperienceadifferentwayoflife;tokeephappy;tomakesureofsafety;tobroadenourhorizon.)[Explanation]对于旅行中重要问题的思考可为进一步的相关词汇学习作铺垫。Step4Reading1.Inordertobroadenhishorizon,Colindecidestogoonanadventureholiday.Nowheisthinkingaboutwhattopackforit.PleasereadtheshortpassageinPartAandcompletetheformbelow(showitonthescreen):WhattotakeWhytotakethem1.atenttosleepin2.asleepingbagtokeepwarm3.alifejacketforwhite–waterrafting4.apantocookfood5.bootsfortrekkinginthemountains6.extraclothestokeepwarm2.Showpicturesoftheitemstotakebyclickingthewordsinthecolumn“whattotake”sothattheSswillhaveaclearideaofthem.[Explanation]表格形式使得阅读任务更加清晰，有助于学生训练扫读能力，并帮助学生对所学词汇语义层面的掌握。Step5Vocabulary-learningAllofthethingsmentionedarenecessaryforColin’sadventure.Inordertomakehisholidaycomfortable,safeandhappy,Colinhasalsopackedsomethingelse.Let’sfindwhattheyare.ShowthepictureinPartBonthescreenandtalkaboutalltheitemsandtheirusagewiththewholeclass.PayattentiontoSs’pronunciationofthesewordsatthesametime.Afterthat,asktheSstohaveadiscussioningroupsaboutwhichitemwouldbethemostusefulforColinandgivetheanswerinthefollowingsentencepattern:IfIwereColin,Iwouldneverforgettopack_______,becauseIcoulduseitto_____________.[Explanation]借助图片进行词汇教学能达到比较直观的效果。学生比较容易接受，也能学得更轻松些。句型操练可以帮助学生加深记忆以巩固所学词汇。Step6VocabularyextensionNowdoyouthinkColiniswellequippedforhisjourney?Ishemissingsomethingreallyimportant?Ashisfriend,Jenniferwroteane-mailtohim,remindingallthethingsthatheshouldtaketomakehistripmoreenjoyable.AllowtheSs5minutesorsotocomp...
