Unit1 Announcements LTeaching Aims 1.Improve the student'sspeaking ability related to making announcements: 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage: 3.Master the useful words and expressions in this unit. II.Teaching Points .Ss are required to understand the announcements in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in making announcements,retelling and discussion 3.Useful expressions and words:crew,leaflet,prohibit,mobile,duty-free,vegetarian. be b 09 arena,pottery,admission,reso I.Teaching Methods 1.Communicative Teaching Method,Task-based Teaching Method 2.Individual,pair,or group work 3 Discussion and Presentation Explanatio IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Sometimes eshoud make abou an upcoming event or activity th t may be of int rest to them;and at times we often hea announcements at the airports,stations or some other places.Today we'll listen to some announcements and learn to make our own announcements. Step Two Micro-listening 1.Play the tape recorder for the students. Check the 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: be ready for boarding,proceed,non-stop.departure.depart,a change of platforms/time Step Three Macro-listening 1.Explain the new words and expressions (1)crew n.all the staff operating a plane.ship.train.etc (2)leaflet n.sheets of printed matter giving information (3)prohibit v.to ban,not allow (4)mobile:a.able to move,not fixed in one place (5)duty-freea.not requiring payment oftaxes (6)vegetarian n one whos di et mainly consists of grains,vegetables,fruits and no mea (7)be bound for:to head for,to leave for (8)court n.open ground marked with appropriate lines for ball games such as tennis basketball,etc
Unit 1 Announcements I. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to making announcements; 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage; 3. Master the useful words and expressions in this unit. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the announcements in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in making announcements, retelling and discussion. 3. Useful expressions and words: crew, leaflet, prohibit, mobile, duty-free, vegetarian, be bound for, court, arena, pottery, admission, resort III. Teaching Methods 1. Communicative Teaching Method, Task-based Teaching Method 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Discussion and Presentation 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Sometimes we should make an announcement to an audience about an upcoming event or activity that may be of interest to them; and at times we often hear announcements at the airports, stations or some other places. Today we’ll listen to some announcements and learn to make our own announcements. Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: be ready for boarding, proceed, non-stop, departure, depart, a change of platforms/time Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) crew n. all the staff operating a plane, ship, train, etc. (2) leaflet n. sheets of printed matter giving information (3) prohibit v. to ban, not allow (4) mobile: a. able to move, not fixed in one place (5) duty-free a. not requiring payment of taxes (6) vegetarian n. one whose diet mainly consists of grains, vegetables, fruits and no meat (7) be bound for: to head for, to leave for (8) court n. open ground marked with appropriate lines for ball games such as tennis, basketball, etc
(11)admission n.the act of allowing someone to enter (12)resort n.places frequently visited by holiday makers 2.Explain language and culture notes. (1)A flight announcement Before the plane takes off,an announcement usually made about safety in flyir how to fa n the safety bel wha at to do in c gao8q3p8us1Iu3NM1Ypef3qpu013ayMaue contains a weather report of the place where the plane is going to land.The announcement is made in several languages if it is an international flight. (2)A direct flight a flight from one city to another city directly or without any stop The airplane in the pasae is flying directly from ingtoNew York (3)A duty-free bar a place on the plane where cigarettes and liquor can be bought with no payment of tax (4)The exhibits of early people exhibits possibly of pottery,arrowheads,tools, equipment.etc.that were once used by primitive people (5)Sand painting a ceremonial art form of certain groups of American Indians who make paintings by stick king colored sand on a template 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4.Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Explain the sentenc structures of making announcements and ask the students to dothe Exercise on P11. 2.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. Vacation (3)Activities to Celebrate the Spring Festival Step Five Homework 1.Listen to the second announcement and try to retell it. 2.Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"after class VI Refe 《大学英语听说1V)(学生用书，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006 2.《大学英语听说V》(教师用书)，虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教有出版社，2006 .大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版），牛津大学出版社，2004
(9) arena n. a large structure for open-air sports (10)pottery n. bowls, pots or plates, etc. made from clay and hardened by heat (11)admission n. the act of allowing someone to enter (12)resort n. places frequently visited by holiday makers 2. Explain language and culture notes. (1) A flight announcement Before the plane takes off, an announcement usually made about safety in flying, e.g. how to fasten the safety belt, what to do in case of emergency, where to find the life jacket. When it is made before landing, it also contains a weather report of the place where the plane is going to land. The announcement is made in several languages if it is an international flight. (2) A direct flight a flight from one city to another city directly or without any stop. The airplane in the passage is flying directly from Beijing to New York. (3) A duty-free bar a place on the plane where cigarettes and liquor can be bought with no payment of tax (4) The exhibits of early people exhibits possibly of pottery, arrowheads, tools, equipment, etc. that were once used by primitive people (5) Sand painting a ceremonial art form of certain groups of American Indians who make paintings by sticking colored sand on a template 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Explain the sentence structures of making announcements and ask the students to do the Exercise on P11. 2. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1) A Typical Day in winter Vacation (2) An Unforgettable Thing in winter Vacation (3) Activities to Celebrate the Spring Festival Step Five Homework 1. Listen to the second announcement and try to retell it. 2. Ask the students to finish the “Home Listening” after class. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说 IV》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说 IV》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育 出版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004
