Unit4PublictransportReading2教学设计单元：Unit4Thefirstundergroundintheworld板块：Reading2Thoughtsonthedesign:本节课是阅读教学的第二课时，其目的是帮助学生在进一步理解课文信息的基础上，感知、领悟、操练并运用关键词及短语。各语言点不是零散的孤立呈现，而是以地铁发展过程为主线自然地呈现，并贯穿于文本的研读之中。语言点的讲解方式以呈现示例及学生归纳为主，力求体现对学生自学能力的培养及教师的指导相结合的教学理念。此外，在语言点的运用过程中，教师设置各种真实的情境，为学生搭建实践平台，强化他们的语用意识。Teachingaims:Afterthisclass,studentswillbeableto1.furtherunderstandingofthetext.2.understandandusethewordsandphrases:distinction,complex,distant,choke,accelerate.3.beplacedundertheauthorityof…,linkup,permit.4.helpstudentsanalyzethefollowingsentences：1）However,mosttrainsintoLondononlywenttotheoutercitylimits,becausebuildingrailwaytracksintothecitywouldhavedamagedmanyoldbuildings.2）Havingseenthesituation,awealthyAmericanbusinessman,CharlesYerkes,undertookimprovingthesystembyobtainingownershipofthemanydifferentlinesandsettinguptheUndergroundElectricRailwaysofLondon,in1902.5.applythetargetlanguagetopracticaluseandincertaincontexts.Teachingprocedures:Step1AbriefrevisionofthetextTrytohelpstudentstorecalltheinformationoftheLondonUndergroundintheworldinthefollowingaspects:introduction,reasons,development,unusualfunctions,popularity(ppt.4)Step2LanguagefocusPartonethebriefintroductiontotheundergroundDuringthisprocess,teachercanofferrelevantexercisestostudentsandhelpthemmakeasummaryaboutusagebythemselves.Studentsaresupposedtoworkfirstindividuallyandtheninpairsoringroups.1.Pleasefillintheblanksinthetwosentences(ppt.5)☆WelcometotheLondonUnderground,orasitis________known,theTube.☆Ithasthe___________ofbeingtheoldestandmost_________undergroundsystemintheworld.Answers:usually,distinction,complex2.Askstudentstoreadthefollowingsentenceswiththeword“distinction”andchoosethesentencewhichhassimilarmeaningtothatinthetext.(ppt.6)☆Theschoolmakesnodistinctionbetweenmaleandfemalestudents.☆NoonetodaydoubtsYaoMingisabasketballplayerofdistinction.3.Askstudentstoanswertwoquestionsandexplainthemeaningsoftheword“complex”.(ppt.7-8)☆whydowecallitthemostcomplexundergroundsystem?☆Canyouguesswhatthedetectiveissayingtohimself?Answers:NoonetodaydoubtsYaoMingisabasketballplayerofdistinction.Manydifferentpartsarecloselyconnected.MyGod,thecaseissocomplex!ParttwoThereasonsforthebuildingoftheunderground1.Helpstudentstoparaphrasethesentence(ppt.10)MosttrainsintoLondononlywenttotheoutercitylimits,becausebuildingrailwaytracksintothecitywouldhavedamagedmanyoldbuildings..Iftherailwaytracks________builtintothecity,theywouldhavecauseddamagetomanyhistoricbuilding.Sotrainsonlywenttotheplacesthatare_____awayfromthecity.Answers:hadbeen,far2.Helpstudentstofindanotherwordtoreplace“convey”?(ppt.12)Horse-drawnbuses,trams,cabsandcarriageswereusedtoconveypeopletoandaroundthecitycentre.☆Allthisinformationcanbeconveyedinasimplediagram.☆Yourluggagewillbeconveyedtothehotelbytaxi.Answers:expressed,carried3.helpstudentstofillintheblank.Unfortunately,thenumberofvehiclesontheroadcausedunbelievabletraffic________,andtheroadbecamesobusythatnoonecouldtravelanywhere.Thistrafficproblemledtothedevelopmentoftheundergroundsystem.Answer:jamPartthreeThedevelopmentoftheundergroundsystem(ppt.14-23)Helpstudentsfinddetailedinformationaboutthedev...
