London is also a cultural and political center. In it there are many world-famous places of interest.
Places of Interest: St. James Park, Hyde Park, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, the Houses of Parliament,
Buckingham Palace. National westminster and so on.
Geography : four parts. They are England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. There are many
kinds of natural resources, such as coal, iron, oil and natural gas.
Languages: English is the official language in the UK. It is also widely used in the world.
Rreligion & beliefs : People in the UK mostly believe in Christ. Some of them believe in Islam, and
Buddhism.
Schools :Two kinds. One is private school and the other is public school. Schooling is free of charge
in public schools while it costs much in private ones. There are many world-famous universities in the UK, like, Cambridge University, Oxford University, London University and
so on.
Famous people :Shakespear / Franscis Bacon
Step 3.Listening
Presentation: So far, we have known so much about the UK and Ireland . Imagine this, today you
have a chance to go to study in a famous university in Ireland—Dublin University, experiencing the school life. (Shows a picture of Dublin University )The teacher is telling us the course schedule, including the time, courses and teachers.
Play the tape for the first time for general ideas.
Play the tape many times for them to tick the sentences which are true ,answer the questions in Ex.
3 and fill in the timetable on P 34.
Extensions: Ask to talk about their own school activities.
Step 4. Summary and Homework
T: Today we learned so much about the UK and Ireland. We’ve also get to know Dublin University. Most of you have done good jobs . After class, please
exchange information you have collected.. Besides , carry out the task of listening in Workbook.
Record after teaching:
The Second Period Speaking
Step 1.Lead-in
T：As far as we know, today people in the world are paying more attention to the spirit of team work.
We almost need to discuss together when we do everything. And more and more views and points
are tolerated . By the way, if we agree or disagree to do something, what can we use to express
ourselves?
(Teacher writes students’ answers and some other expressions on the screen.)
Useful expressions：
Don’t you think that…?
I don’t think that’s right…
I don’t think so.
You must be mistaken…
No, you are wrong thinking that…
I’m afraid you are wrong…
I believe that you’ve got it right. I’m not so sure about that…
Surely it must be…
Yes, you are right, but…
Aren’t you confusing… ?
Yes. I agree with you.
Step 2. Make up dialogues
Ask the Ss to use these expressions to make up a dialogue in pairs in the following situation:
In October, the school meeting will be held. Some students who will take part in 3000-meter-race think that they need sports shoes to run faster and that our class should pay the bill instead of
themselves because they can make contributions to our class. What do you think about it?
Step 3 .Debate
T: Now open your books at Page 34.
Go through the three statements together , while dealing with some words and phrase (consist
of /statements/power/advantage/have advantage over)at the same time. Ask them to summarize these statements into three topics. Then divide the class
into three groups and each group will discuss one topic and debate which point of view is
reasonable.
Group Topics Why?
1 Is English easy or difficult to learn for Chinese people?
2 Can we learn the geography more easily by going there?
3 Which countries have more chances to become rich, small , big or island countries?
(Then teacher asks three pairs to present their dialogues.)
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