Unit 2 Welcome to
Teaching objectives:
1. to revise and expand vocabulary about lifestyle and activities
2. to guess general meaning from pictures, keywords and context
3. to identify names of places and activities
4. to infer meaning from context and photographs
5. to skim text for overall meaning and scan for detail
Teaching importance and key points:
Level A
Words: 1. underground 2. lillte --- less 3. air 4. area 5. country 6. lake 7. building
8. such 9. place 10. like prep. 11. close 12. far 13. so 14. western
15. theatre 16. teach
Phrases; 1. tell sb. about 2. by + vehicle 3. go walking 4. most of us
5. such a tall building 6. close to 7. have to do sth. 8. at night
9. want help with one’s homework
Sentences: 1. Welcome to Sunshine town.
2. There are lots of things to do in
3. It is only 40 minutes from the center of
4. Why don’t you visit our local theatre with us?
5. Never mind.
Level B
Words: 1. pollution 2. hey 3. until 4. local
Phrases: 1. air pollution 2.
Sentences: 1. There is less air pollution in sunshine town than in other areas of
2. Most of us live in places like this.
3. You can shop until
4. If so, you are in the right place!
5. You can choose any food you like in Sunshine town.
Teaching methods:
Revision methods Aural-oral methods situational methods
Teaching procedures:
Step1 Presentation and practice
1. Do you like delicious food? What’s your favourite food? Did you eat Beijing Duck? How do you like Beijing Duck? Where can we enjoy Beijing Duck? Did you try some Western food? How do you like Western food?
2. Have you ever been to
3. Have you ever been to the other cities? Which city have you been to? Did you go shopping there? Where did you go shopping in a small shop or in a shopping mall? Did you buy some nice things? Did you buy some local things? One of my friends has been to the
Guess why my friends bought me this as a souvenir? Because I live very far from his home, I can’t see him often. By the way，where do you live in Nanjing? You know, Mr. Wang, your math teacher, lives in Mai Gaoqiao. How does he go to school? How can he go to the school next year? Do you like to go to Xinjiekou by underground? Can you go to Xinjiekou by underground now? Could you go to Maigaoqiao by underground last year? Where do you live in
Look at the picture:
Do you like to live in such a dirty place?
Why? Because there is more air pollution. Do you like to live in such a place with more air pollution? Where would you like to live?(a place with less air pollution)
So what is a good place to live in?
There is less air pollution.
Has beautiful parks.
Good shopping malls, nice cinemas and theatres
Step2 Skim-reading
Please look through the text and find the answers to the questions:
1. What is
2. Where can the exchange students go shopping?
3. Where can they go to eat Chinese food?
4. Where can they enjoy Beijing Opera?
Step3 Listen to the text and do true or false questions:
1. It takes 40 minutes to walk to the centre of
2. There is less air pollution in
3. Many students live in tall buildings.
4. There are only two shopping malls in
5.
6. There is a beautiful park in
7. There are no Western restaurants in
8. There are only two shopping malls in
9. You can eat Beijing Duck in
10. You can enjoy Beijing Opera at the theatre.
Step4 Read the text after the tape paragraph by paragraph and answer the questions
The first period
1. Where is
(How far is it from the centre of
2. Why is there less air pollution? (park, hills, trees and a lake)
3. What can people do in the park? (go walking)
4. What is the park called?
The second period
1. Where do people live in the town?
2. How many floors do the buildings have?
3. Why do the students like to live in such tall buildings? (be close to their friends)
The third period
1. What is their favourite shopping place?
2. When does the shopping mall close every day (
3. Where can the exchange students buy lots of souvenirs?
The fourth period
Where can the exchange so go to eat Chinese and Western food?
The fifth period
1. Where can they enjoy Beijing Opera?
2. Who can teach them to sing it?( class 1, Grade 7 students)
Step5 Read the text together and fill in the blanks
Star Shopping Mall is our Shopping Mall. You can shop
Do you enjoy Beijing Opera? Why visit our local
with us? You can enjoy Beijing Opera here.
（ keys：new / modern, the centre of, underground, less, than, Most, close to, have to, with, favourite, until, at night, any, western, don’t you, theatre ）
Step6 homework
Blackboard design:
Unit 2
Welcome to
Words: Expressions: Sentences:
n. theatre 1.
adj. local 2.
n. souvenir 3. a shopping mall
4. by underground 3. Why don’t you visit our local theatre with us?
5. such a dirty place 4. Never mind!
6. in the country
7. have to