Book3（教案）-浙江外国语学院——大学英语.精品课程.doc

Unit 1, book 3 The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams Teaching Objectives: Arouse students’ interest in the topic to be discussed and prepare students for further understanding of the text global understanding of the text and active acquisition of the language points Teaching Procedures: Stage 1: Warming-up Activities (1 hour) Group work: Go over the preview, the pre-reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read. Questions for thought and discussion: Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions (see the textbook on p.2). To get some ideas about the background information of the text by answering the following questions. You may discuss them in groups or refer to the dictionary to answer them: 1. Tomintoul (Do you know Tomintoul? What is Tomintoul? Ok, it is a proper name. Is it a person’s name or a name of a place? Can you guess? Ok, it’s a name of a place.)??? Tomintoul is a village which is the base camp for climbers and walkers in the area round the rivers Avon and Livet. Nearby, Cromdale and the Ladder Hills foreshadow the Cairngorm Mountains. Please visit the web site for more information. 2. Scotland?(Do you know Scotland? Where is Scotland?)??? Ok, Scotland is one of four constituent（有选举权的）nations which form the United Kingdom (the other three are England, Wales and Northern Ireland). Forming the northern part of the island of Great Britain, Scotland is 31,510 square miles in area, 274 miles long from North to South, and varies in breadth between 24 and 154 miles. The official language is English, although Gaelic is spoken, primarily in the North and West of Scotland.???? Scotland is divided into three main regions: the Highlands, the Midland Valley and the Southern Uplands. Most of the population and the majority of Scotland’s industry is located within the Midland Valley.???? Scotland includes 787 islands, of which most belong to groups