Unit4Reading2教案牛津版选修7.doc

PAGE  PAGE 4 Unit 4 The first underground in the world Reading（period two） Teaching aims: After this class, students will be able to further understanding of the text; understand and use the words and phrases: distinction, complex, distant, choke, accelerate, be placed under the authority of…, link up, permit help students analyze the following sentences: They only went to the distant boundary of the city because building railway tracks would have caused damage to many historic building. Having seen the situation, a wealthy American businessman, Charles Yerkes tried to improve the system by buying many of the different lines and setting up the Underground Group. （4）apply the target language to practical use and in certain contexts Teaching procedures: Step  HYPERLINK \o 欢迎登陆全品高考网 1 A brief revision of the text Try to help students to recall the information of the London Underground in the world in the following aspects: introduction, reasons, development, unusual functions, popularity (ppt.4) Step 2 Language focus Part one the brief introduction to the underground During this process, teacher can offer relevant exercises to students and help them make a summary about usage by themselves. Students are supposed to work first individually and then in pairs or in groups. Please fill in the blanks in the two sentences (ppt.5) ☆The first underground in the world is ________ known as the tube. The first underground in the world is _________ known as the tube. ☆It has the ___________of being the oldest and most _________ underground system in the world. Answers: commonly, usually, distinction, complex 2. Ask students to read the following sentences with the word “distinction” and choose the sentence which has similar meaning to that in the text. (ppt.6) ☆ The school makes no distinction between male and female students. ☆ No one today doubts Yao Ming is a basketball player of distinction. 3. Ask students to answer two questions and explain