Unit2Period3WordpowerTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:InthisperiodstudentscanlearnthedifferencesbetweenAmericanEnglishandBritishEnglish,andcanlearnsomecolloquialisms.Byreading,discussingandpracticingstudentscangetmoreinterestinlearningEnglish.TeachingAims:MakesurethestudentscanknowthedifferencesbetweenAmericanandBritishEnglish.Enablethestudentstomasterthemeaningsofsomecolloquialisms.TeachingImportantPoint:Makesurethestudentscanunderstandthemeaningofsomecolloquialisms.TeachingDifficultPoint:Howtotrainthestudentstoguessthemeaningofthecolloquialismsaccordingtothecontentofthesentences.TeachingMethods:ListeninganddiscussiontoknowthedifferencesbetweenAmEandBrE.Pairorgroupworktomakeeverystudenttoworkinclass.TeachingAids:Aprojectorandsomeslides.Atapeandarecorder.TeachingProcedures:Step1GreetingsandRevisionGreetthewholeclassasusual.T:Yesterdaywelearntsomewordsandphases.Nowlet'shaveadictationaboutthemandtranslatesomesentences.Pleasetakeoutapieceofpaperandwritethemonit.(Thenteacherasksthestudentstohandintheirpaper)Step2Lead-inT:Beforelearningthenewlesson,let'shaveafast-readingaboutadialogue.Afterreadingit,pleaseanswertwoquestions.(1)WhatisitthatJoecan'tfindinthebathroom?(2)Whycan'thefindit?(Theteachershowsthescreen)JoeisanAmericanwhohascometoBritainforthefirsttime.Nancy:Oh,thereyouare.Nowthen,didyouhaveagoodflight?Joe.Sure,weflewallthewaydirectfromSeattletoLondon.Nancy:Youmustbeverytired.Didyousleepatallontheplane?Joe:No,notreally.I'mverytired.CouldIuseyourbathroom?Nancy:Why,ofcourse.Youdon'tneedtoask,justmakeyourselfathome.Letmegiveyouacleantowel.Joe:Atowel?Nancy:Yes.Hereyouare.Thebathroomisupstairs.It'stheseconddoorontheleft.Joe:ThanksNancy.Ifyou'llexcusemenow.(afterawhile)Nancy:Haveyoufoundit?用心爱心专心116号编辑Joe:Well,ehyes,Imeanno.Imean,Ifoundthebathroom,butIdidn'tfindwhatIwaslookingfor!(Twominuteslater,theteachercheckstheanswers.)T:Whocantellustheanswertothefirstquestion?S1.It'sthetoilet.T:Whycan'thefindit?S2:PerhapswhenJoesays"bathroom",hemeansaplace,wherethereisatoilet.ButinNancy'seyes,it'saplacewherepeoplecanonlyhaveabath.T:Yes,youareright.Asweknow,JoeisanAmerican,sohespeaksAmericanEnglish.WhileNancyisEnglish,shespeaksBritishEnglish.That'stosay,therearesomeslightdifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.ThisclasswearegoingtolearnthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.AllofyoupleaseopenyourbooksandturntoP26.Step3LearningandPracticeT:Nowlet'sgothroughthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.(Teacherhelpsthestudentstogothroughthetables.)T:Well,wehaveknownsomethingaboutthedifferencesbetweenBritishEnglishandAmericanEnglish.PleaseusetheinformationabovetochangetheunderlinedwordsandphrasestoBritishEnglish.Igiveyoutwominutestofinishit.(Twominuteslater,theteachercheckstheanswers.)Step4ReadingT:Well,wehavecheckedtheanswers.PleasepractisereadingthedialoguewithyourpartnersusingAmericanEnglish,theninBritishEnglish.Iwillaskseveralpairstoreadit.(Afterafewminutes,theteacherwillaskseveralpairstoreadthedialogue.)T:Nowwehaveknownthreepointsofdifferences.Asweknow,thedifferencesinthespokenlanguagearegreater.Forexample,Americanssaydance,andinsouthernEnglandtheysay/da:ns/.InAmericatheypronouncenot/nat/;insouthernEnglandtheysay/nt/.However,mostofthetime,peoplefromthetwocountriesdonothaveanydifficultyinunderstandingeachother.Step5colloquialismsT:AcolloquialismisaninformalexpressionusedinspokenEnglish.ColloquialismsareneverusedinformalEnglishorinwriting,butareoftenusedinconversations.Nowlet'sreadaconversationandguessthemeaningofthe"costanarmandaleg".(Showtheconversationtothestudents)Bai:Yournewcarisreallynice.Kevin:Itshouldbe.Itcostmeanarmandaleg.Bai:Really?Iamsorrytohearthat.Whendidthecaraccidenthappen?Kevin:Comeon,friend.Iamfine.Imeanthecarcostsalotofmoney.T:Well,accordingtotheconversation,canyouguessthemeaningofthephrase?S1::Itmeansthecarisveryexpensive.S2:ItmeansthecarcostKevinalotofmoney.T:Good!Sowecanknowthatthecolloquialismsareveryimportantinourconversations.Well,let'sdoexerciseA.Readthecolloquialismsandlookatthematchingpictures.Choosethecorrectmeaningforeachonefromtheboxbelow.Igiveyouthreeminutestofinishit.ThenI'llasksomeofyoutogiveyouranswers.T:Nowlet'sgoontoguessthemeaningsofothercolloquialisms.LookatExerciseB.Igiveyouseveralminutestogothroughitanddiscussthemeaningswithyourpartnersorlookthemupinadictionary.(Theteachercheckstheiranswersandgivesenoughexplanations.)用心爱心专心116号编辑1.greenfinger--begoodatgardening(有园艺技能)2.allthumbs--can'tdothingsskillfully;clumsy(笨手笨脚)3.thepotcallingtheKettleblack--thosewhoranonlyfiftypaceslaughedatthosewhoranahundred.(:五十步笑百步)4.rainingcatsanddogs--rainingheavily(大雨倾盆)5.amountainoutofamolehill--makeafussoveratriflingmatter(小题大做)Step6ConsolidationandhomeworkFinishPartAandPartBintheworkbookVisitthewebsite:http://esl.about.com/library/weekly/aa110698.htmFindatleasttwocolloquialismseachstudent用心爱心专心116号编辑
