高一英语北师大版模块一 Unit 1 Lifestyles Lesson 4 City and Country 教学教案.docVIP

Lesson 4 City and Country Teaching aims: To practise reading for specific information To express opinions orally and give reasons for them Teaching course: Ⅰ Warm up: Before you start Ask students to think about and answer the questions: How are city and country lifestyles different in China? Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain? Students will give their answers and teachers show some slides about countryside and city to make students compare them Advantage of city: Shopping is easily done; entertainment; Convenient; Exciting Disadvantage of city: Crowded; Close to each other; Polluted air; Noisy; Dirty and dusty; Polluted water; Stressed and nervous: Tall buildings; Crowded street. Advantage of country: Endless fields; The vast countryside; Fresh air; Clean and fresh; Clear water; Free and relaxed Disadvantage of country: Distant, Remote Countryside Ⅱ Reading Guess what the two articles are about. Now read the texts quickly and check your guesses Task 1 Find details for each of the main ideas. Main idea Details I hate the tube. Tiring day Busy evening Relaxing weekend Task 2 Main idea details It’s easy for my to get to work. I am free to do my work. I enjoy the evening. I dream of life in the city. Do the exercise 4 Students read the texts again and complete the table with information from them Students write down information about their own life in the table Students work in groups and talk about their life and compare their life with Debbie’s and Pauls. Ⅲ Voice your opinion First give the following materials to make students learn about city and country better. Country life, is walking through a field of hay, as dusk paints orange and purple hues on the sky above. The birds twitter and brood, streams babble and flow, horses graze and gallop, crops are sown and harvested without cease. Life in the country is much more exciting than many city-dwellers would like to believe. In particular: it does you goo