Unit 5 he Economy of the UK and the US.docVIP

Teaching Plan Instructor: Cui Luoqiang Teaching content: Unit 4 The Economy of the UK and the US Teaching periods: 4 Teaching Aims: to help students be familiar with the general idea about the economic structures of the UK and the US to help students have a command of the basic vocabulary and useful expression in this unit to help students improve their speaking competence on the general idea about the economic structures of the UK and the US Difficult points : 1. A general idea about the economic structures of the UK and the US. 2. The stages of economic development. Key points: 1. World-famous enterprises and important figures. 2. The present economic situation. Teaching Allotment: Period 1-2: Review (5mins) Warm-up (10mins) 3. Texts Study (75mins) Text A Economy of the UK a. Before WWⅡ b. Postwar Recovery c. The Current Economy d. British Agriculture Period 3-4: Review (5mins) Text B Economy of the US (75mins) a. A Brief history of the Economic Development b. Characteristics of the American Economy 1. Agriculture 2. Industry 3. Tertiary Industry 3. Foreign Trade Summary (5mins) Assignment (5mins) Teaching Procedures: Review T will ask Ss to review what they have learned last time about the power-sharing system in the UK by asking questions below : 1. How many parts are there in the power-sharing system in the UK/ 2. What’re their main functions ? Warm-up: T wil let Ss find out the information about following logos : a. Walmart b. Shell c. London Stock Exchange Walmart: an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the worlds largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500.[4] Founded by Sam Walton in 1962, it is the largest private employer in the world and the fourth largest utility or commercial employer. Wal-Mart is the largest grocery retailer in the United States, with an estimated 20% of th