Unit 13 Special Days LTeaching Aim 1.Improve the student's speaking ability related to saying something about special days. 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage 3 master the use eful words and expressions in this unit I.Teaching Point Ss are required to understand the special days in Micro-listening and Macro-listening】 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in retelling and discussion. 3.Useful expressions and words:inform,forum,panel,banquet,backward,native continent. settlement,promote,citizenship,excellence,eve,talent. ceremony,standard. III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work activities 4 or IV.Teaching Period: Iwo teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Introduction dates are frequent topic that crop up in conversations.Asstudents,yo and your friends may talk about school schedules such as when a semester starts and ends,the deadlines of assignments as well as the particular days and dates of exams. You may also talk about certain days and dates that are set out as holidays or are special to you and how you are going to celebrate them.You have certainly leamed to da nd dates in English.Do ou sill reme mber the differ ways of savi them?you talk about when hyad how pope spcial day How do you ask for information if you want to know exactly on what day a certain event occurred or will occur? Step Two Micro-listening Play the tape recorder for the students. Check the answer 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures 1.Explain the new words and expressions (1) Inform:to tell,give information to Forum:an occasion for discussion of a matter of public interest (3) Panel group of people cho to express their opinions in public about something (4)Banquet:a large formal dinner held to honor an occasion or someone (5) Backward:behind others in development (6) native:person born in a certain country
Unit 13 Special Days I. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to saying something about special days. 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 special days in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in retelling and discussion. 3. Useful expressions and words: inform, forum, panel, banquet, backward, native continent, founding, settlement, promote, citizenship, excellence, eve, talent, ceremony, standard. III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Speaking activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Days and dates are frequent topic that crop up in conversations. As students, you and your friends may talk about school schedules such as when a semester starts and ends, the deadlines of assignments as well as the particular days and dates of exams. You may also talk about certain days and dates that are set out as holidays or are special to you and how you are going to celebrate them. You have certainly learned to say days and dates in English. Do you sill remember the different ways of saying them? How do you talk about when, why, and how people celebrate a special day? How do you ask for information if you want to know exactly on what day a certain event occurred or will occur? Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: 1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) Inform: to tell, give information to (2) Forum: an occasion for discussion of a matter of public interest (3) Panel: group of people chosen to express their opinions in public about something (4) Banquet: a large formal dinner held to honor an occasion or someone (5) Backward: behind others in development (6) Native: person born in a certain country
7 Settlement:new colony,place newly taken by outsiders Promote:the of (9) Ceremony:a formal set of activities to mark a special occasion (10)Standard:something established by authority as a rule for the measure of quality.degree.ect. 2 Explain language and culture notes (The united na 用于普通名词等构成的政党、组织机构等名称前：例 句：the united nations.联合国the National People'sCon ress全国人民代表大会 (2)The General Assembly 1.会员大会 2.(美国)司法部长：(U.S.)Attorney General.联合国大会：the general assembly. 3.Information r Places where you can get t leaflets,maps,books,about a particular subject hey also provides various facilities that you can use to find information you need. (4).UNICEF United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural organization. (5).WHO World Health Organization (6)Captain Philip British admiral,bom in London (7)Sydney Cove The where Captain Arthur Philip raised the British flag and set up camp on January 26.1788 (8)Canberra The capital of Australia It is a garden city to the southwest of Sydney. (9)hottest talents take the stage best performers acting on stage. 3.Play the tape recorder for the students. 4Ask the stude me questions about thec sation 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book and teach them some tips for the listening exercises Step Four Oral Practice 1.Explain the sentence structures and ask the students to do the Exercise Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal pre tion (1)Spring Festival in winter Vacation (2)An Unforgettable Thing in the Lantern Festival the mid-Autumn Festival the Dragon boat festival (3)Activities to Celebrate the Spring Festival Step Five Hom ework 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
(7) Settlement: new colony, place newly taken by outsiders (8) Promote: to contribute to the progress or growth of (9) Ceremony: a formal set of activities to mark a special occasion (10) Standard: something established by authority as a rule for the measure of quality, degree, ect. 2. Explain language and culture notes. (1)The United Nations [用于普通名词等构成的政党、组织机构等名称前]：例 句: the united nations...联合国 the National People's Congress...全国人民代表大会 (2)The General Assembly 1. 会员大会.. 2. (美国)司法部长：(U.S.)Attorney General...联合国大会：the general assembly... 3.Information centers Places where you can get leaflets, maps, books, about a particular subject. They also provides various facilities that you can use to find information you need. (4).UNICEF United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural organization. (5).WHO World Health Organization (6)Captain Philip British admiral, born in London. (7)Sydney Cove The place where Captain Arthur Philip raised the British flag and set up camp on January 26,1788. (8)Canberra The capital of Australia. It is a garden city to the southwest of Sydney. (9)hottest talents take the stage best performers acting on stage. 3. Play the tape recorder for the students. 4Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Explain the sentence structures and ask the students to do the Exercise. 2. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1) Spring Festival in winter Vacation (2) An Unforgettable Thing in the Lantern Festival\the mid-Autumn Festival\the Dragon Boat Festival. (3) Activities to Celebrate the Spring Festival Step Five Homework 1. Listen to the second passage 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