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【精品】英语周报网教师频道98 英语周报网教师频道 网址:www.ew.com.cn Unit5 Traveling Abroad Reading Target language: Keep it up, fit in, board, cafeteria, lecture, qualification, preparation, shopkeeper, comfort, substitute, academic, requirement, essay, tutor, numb, acknowledge, as far as one is concerned, feel at home, occupy, hopefully, enterprise, succeed Xie Lei, who is 21years old, has come to our university to complete a business qualification. It’s not just study that’s difficult. You have to get used to a whole new way of life., which can take up all your concentration in the beginning. I have been so occupied getting used to everything that I haven’t had time for social activities. I’m going to join a few university clubs and hopefully I’ll meet some people I have things in common with. Teaching Goals: Enable the Ss to learn about Xie Lei‟s school life in London Help The Ss learn how to deal with problems that they would face when studying in a foreign country. Teaching important and difficult points: Help Ss to summarize the benefits and difficulties of living in a foreign country. Teaching method Skimming, scanning, task-based method and discussion Teaching Aids A recorder, a projector, and a computer Teaching Procedures: Step1 Revision “We„ve talked about traveling abroad in the last period. Have you ever traveled in another country? Who‟d like to tell us your experience?” (To lead in the difficulties when traveling abroad, If no one goes abroad before, just share points according to a familiar TV series telling the story of Chinese students in Canada.) Step2. Pre-reading Talk about studying in a foreign country. First present two pieces of news to start with. Show the news on the screen.(What can you learn from the two news items?) ----security problems while studying abroad. News1 On Dec 6tth 2005, two Chinese overseas students were killed in Ottawa, 1 合作电话(兼传真):0351,6378222 诚邀一线教师合作,共创辉煌明天, 英语周报网教师频道 网址:www.ew.com.cn Canada. They were shot at a bar, one was sot dead at once, the other died during the way to the hospital. It was said the murder was Vietnamese. New2 Xinhua News Agency) A car accident happened to a group of Chinese overseas students in New Zealand on Sep 7th, 2005. New Zealand police said that the car accident happened in the early morning, one student, Xiao Ding, died on the spot, the other four students were hurt. Now two of them are still in hospital. As we know, now more and more people live or study abroad, even some senior or junior high school students are sent to study abroad. Do you know why? (Learn advanced tech; know more different cultures, enlarge knowledge and improve ability) Besides the security problems, what are other problems they might meet in their study and daily life? Now lets learn a text about a Chinese girl studying in London. First, please turn to page37, look at the pictures and discuss the questions above them. Advantage & disadvantage respectively Step3 While reading Get the Ss comprehend the passage quickly and accurately, meanwhile help the Ss form a habit of reading. ?Skimming main idea of each paragraph. ?Read again. Look at some detailed information of the text, for difficulties / benefits. How she overcome them? Step 4 Post Reading Let Ss listen to the tape and at the same time, get the answers to the four questions in Exercise 1. Suggested answers: Xie Lei is an England for a degree course. She has been in England for six month. Xie lei‟s preparation course can help her to get used to academic requirements of a Western university. When she first came to England, she had to face the difficulties in dally life, for example, how to use the phone, how to pay on the bus. When she came to England she lived with a family who always helped her. The other type of people, I think, is tutor and classmates, especially her tutor. Then let the Ss discuss the questions in Exercise 3.(group discussion is OK. Suggested answers: I think Xie Lei is a diligent and hard-working girl. She is brave to face difficulties and challenges both in life and stud. I think the reporter used some direct speech in the article in order that people 2 合作电话(兼传真):0351,6378222 诚邀一线教师合作,共创辉煌明天, 英语周报网教师频道 网址:www.ew.com.cn who read this article can directly feel the difficulties and the benefits living in a foreign country. It is possible that this article might have been published in China daily. Because she had to learn almost everything again. She didn‟t know how to deal with some simple things. Because she thinks it is important to make a balance between study and life. We have talked about the difficulties and benefits of studying in a foreign contry. Now let‟s list the problems that Xie Lei had when she first went to England, and try to add two or three other problems that she might have and summarize what you would do if you had the same problems. Work in groups. Possible problems and solution: Xie Lei‟s problem Your solution 1. She didn‟t know how to use the 1. Make friends with local people phone, how to pay on the bus, and let them help you .Take an how to ask a shopkeeper for electronic dictionary with you in things she didn‟t know the case you don‟t know the English English for. name of something you want to buy. 2. When she got lost and had to 2. Let the passer-by write down ask a passer-by for directions, she what they would say on a piece of didn‟t always understand. paper 3. Can‟t understand the 3. Ask host family for help. expressions others say. 4. Miss her family. 4.Live with a host family 5. Unable to adapt to different 5. Be confident and give your teaching method or rather learning own opinions. styles. 6. How to have a balance between 6.In your spare time, join some study and a social life. university clubs and meet people you have things in common with. 7. Unable to make friends with Ss 7. Don‟t be shy and say “hello” to from different cultures. someone you would like to make friend with. 8. Break the rules and regulations. 8. Learn some local rules and regulation there. Step 5 Homework Suppose you are Xie Lei, write a letter to your parents or friends in China, telling them about your present life according to what you have learned form the text. 3 合作电话(兼传真):0351,6378222 诚邀一线教师合作,共创辉煌明天, 英语周报网教师频道 网址:www.ew.com.cn 4 合作电话(兼传真):0351,6378222 诚邀一线教师合作,共创辉煌明天,