Unit3ThemeaningofcolourWelcometotheunitThoughtsonthedesign:本课件旨在对第三单元作一个整体的介绍：从颜色所承载的含义开始，到京剧脸谱里颜色所代表的人物的性格，然后向学生介绍各国的国旗和国花。最后，本课以“中国的国花应该是牡丹还是梅花？”这一辩论结束。Teachingaims:Afterlearningthislesson,thestudentswillbeverymuchinterestedinUnit3“themeaningofcolour”.Theywillbehighlymotivated,eagertoknowthemeaningrelatedtocolours,andhowdifferentcountriesdefinedifferentcolours.Teachingprocedures:Step1Warmingup1.AskSsthequestion“Whatisyourfavoritecolour?”,andtheteacheralsoexpectsstudentstogivesomesimplereasonswhyaspecificcolouristheirfavorite.2.Adiscussiononcolours.[Explanation]本课的导入让学生谈论他们最喜欢的颜色，并以“brainstorming”的形式让学生枚举某个具体的颜色会让他们想到什么，从而引起学生学习本课、本单元内容强烈的兴趣。Step2Pekingoperamasks1.AskSstheopen-endedquestion:Whatcolourwouldyouchoosetorepresentyourcharacter?Why?IntroductionofPekingoperamasks.ThecoloursinthemasksusedinChineseoperatelltheaudienceaboutthepersonalityofeachcharacter.2.Matchthemaskswiththecharacters:CaocaoGuanyuZhangfei3.Anexplanationofthecolourusedinthemasks:Black:fierce,violent,loyal,trustworthyWhite:dishonest,evilRed:brave,loyal[Explanation]从讨论学生自己的个性开始，转移到下一个话题“京剧脸谱”，粗略地了解一下京剧脸谱中不同的颜色所代表的不同的性格。Step3Nationalflags1.Differentcountriesareassociatedwithdifferentcolours.Introductionofanothertopic“nationalflags”.2.ApicturefromthetextbookP33:Eachcountryhasitsownnationalflagwithitsownpatternandcolours.3.Adisplayof18nationalflags:NationalflagsofChina/France/Germany/Italy/Russia/Spain/Britain/Australia/NewZealand/USA/Canada/Japan/Singapore/Indonesia/Korea/India/Egypt/SouthAfrica[Explanation]这个部分的教学通过向学生展示18个国家的国旗来作为整个单元，尤其是第二课时reading的铺垫。这些国家的国旗展示次序如下：（1）中国国旗；（2）五个欧洲国家（法国、德国、意大利、俄罗斯和西班牙）的国旗，均为三色旗；（3）英国、澳大利亚和新西兰三国国旗（国旗上均有“米字旗”的图案）；（4）北美洲的两个国家美国和加拿大的国旗；（5）五个亚洲国家（日本、新加坡、印尼、韩国和印度）；（6）两个非洲国家埃及和南非。Step4Nationalflowers1.Besidesnationalflags,differentcountriesusedifferentflowersastheirnationalflowers.2.ApicturefromthetextbookP33.ThetulipcomesinmanydifferentcoloursandisthenationalfloweroftheNetherlands.3.Aguessinggame:ForeachPPTapictureofanationalflowerispresented,theSsareaskedtoguesswhichcountrythenationalflowerbelongsto.Tulip—theNetherlandsCherry—JapanRose—USASunflower—RussiaLotus—IndiaIris—FranceOrchid—SingaporeCarnation—Spain4.AdebateonChinesenationalflower:Dividethestudentsintwogroups:GroupAisinfavourofthepeonyasournationalflower,whileGroupBthinkstheplumblossomshouldberegardedasournationalflower.Thegroupwhichprovidesthemostsupportingdetailswins.[Explanation]该部分主要的目的是通过对“中国的国花应该是牡丹还是梅花？”的讨论，锻炼学生的英语口语。Step5Homework1.Gooverwhatwehavelearnedtoday.2.PreparationforReadingonP34-35.
