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1、Period 3Reading and WritingThe General Idea of This PeriodThis period lays emphasis on extensive reading and writing.At first the teacher willcheck the studentshomework, by asking some individual students to read out their summaries of the reading passage “ Puzzlesin Geography ”Then. the teacher wil

2、l ask the students some detailed questions based on the reading passage. This step has two goals. One is to help the students to consolidate what they have learnt during the last period. Theother goal is to lead the topic to “ Sightseeing in London”.In the next step the students are asked to read th

3、e passage fast and write down the places that Zhang Pingyu visited. After reading the passage again, the students will write down the comments on these places. This will be done by filling in a chart. Since it is an extensive reading passage, there is no need to understand it in detail. But the stud

4、ents should pay special attention to how the writer described these places, because they will undertake aAs is well known, language can only be mastered by being used. So, the students will next undertake a rather challenging task, that is, to introduce one of the famous buildings or attractions in

5、their hometown or home village to a tourist. They should practice in pairs by asking and answering questions.Then the students will organize the information from the dialogue into an introduction to the attractions in their local guide book. While doing this, the students should pay special attentio

6、n to wording, especially verbs andTeaching Important PointsTeaching DifficultiesTrain the students speaking ability, especially the ability to deal with some problems in understanding eachother.Teaching Aidsa tape recThree Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge Aimssightseeing, available, tower, uniform

7、, royal, splendid, statue, communism, thrill, pot, smart, site, delight, occasion, longitude, navigation, original, unfair, suggestionhour, set the time, have a photo taken, stand on either side of the line, on show, be proud of, leave sp.for sp., fallWorried about theIt seemed strange that the man

8、who had developed communism should have lived and died in London.Ability AimsLearn some rough information about the attractions in LonTrain the students speaking ability, especially the ability to deal with some problems in understanding eachEmotional AimsTrain the students ability tTeaching Procedu

9、reStep 2 RevisionT: In the last period, we learned some basic information about the United Kingdom, especially the historicalinfluence on the geography and its historical attractions.First, who d like to read your summary of the passage?S: The United Kingdom consists of four countries, which joined

10、together little by little in history, and this canbe seen from the Union Jack. But the four countries don t work together in everyEnglandrea.is the largest of alland it can be divided into three zones. Both London and England were greatly influencedT: I willask yousome general questions about the UK

11、.Whileanswering them, you can refertto yourtextbooks.S: They are England, Wales, Scotland and NortT: No.2 When did GreaS: They are the South, the Midlands and theS: No. They work together in some areas, but they have developed different educational and legal systems as well as different football tea

12、ms for competitions like the World Cup!S: The Romans built the oldest port in the 1st century AD, the Anglo-Saxons built the oldest building in the 1060s and the Normans constT: Do you still remember the pictures of some beautiful buildings in the United Kingdom shown at thebeginning of this unit? H

13、ave you dreamed of going there one day and seeing all the sceneries with your ownT: So today we will learn a passage with the titleT: First read the passage silently and write down all the places thS: She visited the Tower, St Paul Cemetery and the Libra s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Pa

14、lace, Greenwich, HighgateT: You are right. Then what did Zhang Pingyu hear when she came out of the Westminster Abbey?S: She heard the sound of the clock, Big Ben, ringingDay 1CommentsDay 2 and commentDay 3 and comment11223344TS: Let me have a try.Day 1CommentsDay 2 and commentDay 3 and comment1The

15、Tower1 fancyGreenwich: interestinHighgate2St Paul s Cathedral2 splendidCemetery:strange3Westminster Abbey3 interestingThe Library of the4Buckingham Palace4 /British Museum:thrilling, proudS: In Greenwich there is a longitude line. It is an imaginary line dividing the eastern and western halves ofS:

16、No. It is used to display wonderful treasures from different cultures, including some beautiful old ChineseStepT: In our hometown, there are also some interesting buildings or attractions. Work in pairs and choose one of them. One of you is the tourist and the other is the tour guide. The tourist ma

17、y have a few problems understandingthe guide. If so, you may use some expressions on Page 15 to help you. Now work in pairs and five minutes later, I will ask pairs of you to come to the front to demonstrate your dialogues.(Ss work in pairs, meanwhile, the teacher goes round the classroom and helps

18、the students to deal with anyB: Thanks. Would you pleA: I suggest you should go to Linwu Cave in our town.A: The cave, which is also known as Dragon Cave, is faced to Taihu Lake. In the cave staglites stand like aB: Pardon? What did you mean by “ staglites”A: I mean, in the cave there are lime rocks

19、. It is said that the cave is below the bottom of Taihu Lake. The cave is acclaimed by Taoist believers as No.9 Cave under Heaven. There are also some Taoist cultural relics in theB: I feel like going there at once.A: It s about 30 yuan includingB: Really?A: Yes.T: Excellent.T: Next use the informat

20、ion you have collected about this building or attraction and write about it in your local guide book. You want to encourage people to visit it so you should write in an exciting way. Think about the verbs and adjectives you can use. Now I will give you several min utes to finish writing the(The stud

21、ents write the introduction,and the teacher goes around the classroom and helps the students toExample:Why not visit our Linwu Cave?Linwu Cave, which is also called DragonCave,The Cave has a long history. In the cave staglites stand like a forest under smooth ceiling.There are also some Taoist cultu

22、ral relics in it, and the cave was acclaimed by Taoist believers as No.9 Cave under Heaven.On the wayhere, you will also cross Taihu Bridge, the longest bridge over the inland lake in China.It is the lake that has lin ked the island with Suzhou.Having bought a ticket of 30 yuan, you can also enjoy t

23、he Plum Blossom Garden.Step 5 HomeworkIf the students haven t finished writing the introduction to one of the attractions in their hometown, they can go on to do it after class. Even if the students have finished writing, they should try to beautify the words and sentence strThe Design of the Writin

24、g on the BlackboardUnit 2Period 3 .Places visited and comments:Day 1CommentsDay 2 and commentDay 3 and comment112233442.I beg your pardon ？6.I didn t understand.Advertisement-competAfter class, each pair should try to finish their introduction to the chosen attraction and make it into an advertiseme

25、nt. They can go to the library or surf the Internet for some further information or pictures. Then eachpair should put up their advertisement on the wall. Every student will act as a tourist and choose one place that heor she wants to visit most after reading the advertisements. And everyone is aske

26、d to put one flag under the The one that gets the most flags will be the best advertisement and themakers will be supplied with a prize.Reference for TeachingThe City of Londonbread shop.The old St.Paul s Cathedral, there for a thousand years before that, went in the fireThe. Cathedral you see today

27、 was built by Sir Christopher Wren. There is also a monument to the fire, near Eastcheap, where there fire started, and you can climb up it and look down on the city. Or, if you feel like climbing, you can go up the 627After the fire of London, some Londoners made new homes in new parts of London. O

28、thers wanted to come back, but found the new houses too expensive. The city started to lose its people and then, when the railways came, it was even easier to work in the city and live outside it. In the Second World War, many homes in the city wereSo now the city has very few shops and homes.street

29、 names make you think of the people who used to live there, and bought their food in Fish Street and Breadoften they only sleep there, and go away for weekends. The shops are shut on Saturdays, and the restaurants andpubs shut at six o clock in the eveningIfyou.go into the city at eight o clock at n

30、ight, you feel you are in deadcity, while a kilometer away;the streets of the West End are full of people.The CockneyAlmost everyone who has heard of London has heard of the term“ Cockney(倫敦佬 ) ” .Strictly speaking, inorder to call oneself a Cockney, one should have been born“ within the sound of Bo

31、w bells” , that is to say, withinthe sound of the bells of the church of St Mary-le-But, in fact, all London s citizens who were born and bred in the city may call themselves Cockneys if they like.However, the term is generally reserved for the Londoner with aThey Cockney accent is not a particularl

32、y pleasant or melodious （悅耳的） one, and the Cockney s distortion（扭曲 , 變形）of the English language is such that the foreigner often finds it impossible to understand thespeaker until his ear has become acclimatized （適應(yīng)）to the peculiar tones. The principal characteristics of theCockney accent consist in

33、 a general slurring of consonants and a distortion of vowel sounds. The best knownexample of Cockney speech is modern English literature is that of Eliza Doolittle, the heroine of Bernard ShawBut if Cockney speech is unpleasant, the Cockney himself is usually far from being so.The average Cockneyis

34、distinguished（區(qū)分 , 辨別） by his quick wit, his ready sense of humor, his ability to“ carry on” under udifficult conditions and by his willingness to be of help if he can.The Cockney（諷刺s的humor） is often satbut it is never vicious （邪惡的） ;he is always ready to laugh at other peo ple s peculiarities（怪癖）bu

35、t he isequally ready to laugh at his own. He often makes jokes under the most difficult conditions, a quality that wasvery apparent during World War .This rather lugubrious type of humor is well exemplified （舉例證明）by thetitleNowadays, as the tempo of life in big cities grows ever faster (although the

36、 Cockney opposes this processwhen he can), the opportunities for the Cockney to exercise his wit and humor diminish( 減少 , 變小 ).But if one keeps one ears open on buses, in railway stations, in street markets and similar places, it will soon becomeevident that the spirit of Cockney humor is still very

37、 much alive, although the old Cockney pronunciation is lessMost people who call themselves Cockneys usually do so with some pride.And,by and large, they areFamous Buildings in London Hyde ParkCovering an area of 350 acres (140 hectares) Hyde Park is one of the best known Royal parks. Originally owne

38、d by the monks of Westminster Abbey, the park was later seized by Henry .Since then the park was historically recognized for duels （決斗） , hunts and political demonstrations. The Rolling Stones and Pavarotti have performed concerts here, amongst many others. The Serpentine is an artificial lake used

39、for boating and bathing, and Speakers Corner situated at the north-east is packed with soapbox speakers airing their points ofWestminster AbbeyFounded in 1065 by Edward the Confessor, Westminster Abbey has been the site of every Royal Coronation since 1066 (except those of Edward and Edward ) and is

40、 the final resting place of many sovereigns, politicians, poets and artists. Burial in the abbey is one of the rarest and greatest honors in Britain. The nave is over a hundred feet high, the tallest of any church in the country. Behind the High Altar, in the Chapel of Edward the Confessor, the most

41、 sacred part of the abbey, rests the Coronation Chair. Coronations and royal weddings have been performed here for centuries.Buckingham PalaceBuckingham Palace has served as the Monarch（spermanent永久的）London residence, since the accession（就職） of Queen Victoria in 1837. Built on the site of a notoriou

42、s （聲名狼藉的）brothel（妓院）, its days beganin 1702, as the Duke of Buckingham s city Laterresidenceitwas. sold by the Duke s son,to inGeorge1762.Whilst the Queen is in residence the palace is closed to the public. During the two months that Her Majesty is not at home, the doors to the Palace are open to th

43、e general public. Tickets must be purchased in advance for aKew GardensSpring is probably the best time to visit, but all year round you will find a stunning array of flowers, lawns, formal gardens and botanical greenhouses .More than 50 000 different species of plants are cultivated at Kew.Commissi

44、oned （代理） by George s mother, Princess Augusta, in 1759, Kew is now one of the world important botanical research centres. Kew also offers many historical buildings including Palm house, a metal andSt Paul s CathedralSet amongstthe towerblocksofLondon sfinancialsector, St Paul Cathedralshas a domina

45、tingamazing 160 m spire（尖頂） which was one of the wonders of medieval Europe until it was destroyed by fire. The Cathedral is open for visitors on Monday to Saturday from 8: 30.The last admission to the Cathedral for sightseeing is at 16: 00.The Cathedral Shop in the Crypt and the Crypt Cafe are open

46、 from 9: 00 to 17: 00 on Monday to Saturday and from 10: 30 to 17: 00 on Sundays. Special services and events may close all or part of the Cathedral sometimes at short notice. It is a great privilege to welcome those who come here from many partsof the world to share the worship of St Paul s Cathedr

47、al.Inside the enormous dome lies the Whispering Gallery( 回音廊 ).It is said that if you whisper close to the wall it can be heard over a hundred feet away at the other side of the dome, although the gallery is normally too busy to try this for yourself.Tower of LondonThe Tower of London started as a s

48、imple watch tower, built by William the Conqueror, to keep an eye on the city. The Tower of London has acted as a royal residence, treasury, mint（造幣廠） and a prison. The Crown Jewels are found in the Jewel House, and for many catching a glimpse of these precious stones can be the highlight of their v

49、isit.Tower BridgeDespitebeing justoverone hundredyears old,TowerBridgeranksas one of London mostfamousattractions. A steel frame clad in granite（花崗巖）and PortlandStone, represents an amazing engineeringachievement, allowing the road crossing to be raised giving tall ships access to upper reaches of t

50、he Thames. It isan impressive sight although it happens infrequently.Inside the north tower an exhibition explains the bridgesShakespeare in LondonSome time between 1585 and 1592, it is believed that Shakespeare left Stratford for London and joined acompany of actors as a performer and a playwright.

51、 Legend long held that Shakespeare left Stratford because hewas being pursued bythe law for poaching deer on private property. By 1592 Shakespeare had received somerecognition,though notentirely positive,as an actor and playwright.Hewas mentionedina pamphlet(AGroats-worth of Wit) written by Robert G

52、reene. Greene refers to Shakespeare as an“ upstart crow in the” Londontheater and charges that Shakespeare was an unschooled player and a writer whoused materialwrittenbyhisbetter educated contemporaries. Also during this year, the theaters in London closed due to the plague.By 1594Shakespeare had j

53、oineda theater troupe knownas the Lord ChamberlainMens.Scholarsattribute several ofShakespeare s plays to this time periodAlthough. no one can be certain of the dates of composition for any of theplays, a considerable amount of scholarship has gone into the endeavor of accurately determining an appr

54、oximatetime period during which Shakespeare wrote each play. Some believe that The Comedy of Errors, a farcical playcentering on the mistaken identitiesof two sets of twins, may have been ShakespeareAfewsfirstcounterplay.that The Two Gentlemenof Verona, whichfocuses on the conflict between romantic loveand friendship, mayhave been Shakespeare s firstSomeplay. scholars suggest that these plays may have been writte