北师大版高中英语必修四 Unit 12 Culture shock Lesson 4 The New Australians 教学设计

Lesson 4 The New Australians Teaching aims:

To identify facts and opinions in a reading text

To practise using words with negative and positive connotations

Teaching difficulties:

To practise using words with negative and positive connotations

Teaching Aids:computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

I. Warming up

T: What do you know about Australia?

Australia lies on the southern hemisphere. Australia is the sixth biggest country in the wo rld and the only country covering the whole continent. Australia is also one of the oldest continent. It has special animals. Can you name their names? But today we talk the topi c “The New Australia”. Can you guess what does the text talk about? Let’s read the text and see if your prediction is right.

II. Reading

1) Before reading the text can you write two questions about things you’d like to know a bout life in Australia? Then ask students to hand in their notes to the teacher.

After reading the article teacher can ask these questions students write.

2) Read the article again||，do the exercise 3 and make if the statements are true||，fals

e or no information is given.

When checking students’ answers||，have them read out the section of the text which giv es the answer and have them correct the false statements.

3) Listen to the cassette and do the exercise 4

4) Do the first two with the whole class. Then students work in pairs||，reading the sent ences and discussing who said them

III. Further understanding

Now||，go into the text for detail information. What can we do at night in Sydney ?

? a wide choice of opera

?classical concert

?Shakespearean drama

?Aboriginal culture

?rock concert

?Broadway musicals

?comedy

?cabaret

Why Australia is a marvelous mixture of many different culture?

1) early Anglo-Irish cosmopolitan immigrants from Italy||，Greece||，Yugoslavia||，Turke y||，Vietnam||，and Cambodia. These lead to: influence in modern Australian cooking --f usion food --- A brilliant mixture of : delicious Mediterranean flavors||，Southeast Asian spices||，native Australian food

2) during the time teachers can show some picture of famous people to make students int erested.

Do the exercise 5

Read the Strategies with the class and find the sentences that are quoted in the text. Students then look back at the sentences in Exercise 4and||，as a whole class discuss if e ach sentence is fact or opinion.

Do the exercise 6

Students work individually ||，referring to the text and matching the expressions with the definitions

IV. Vocabulary: (Lesson 4 )

14. belong vi. 属于；为……之财产be a possession of; be the property of

China belongs to the third world. 中国属于第三世界||。

Does this book belong to you? 这书是你的吗？

Glory belongs to the Party. 光荣属于党||。

vi. 是（社团、家庭等）的成员to be part of; to be a member of

She belongs to the tennis club. 她是网球俱乐部成员||。

These languages belong to the Latin family. 这些语言都是属于拉丁语族的||。

vi. 应归入；原位在；适合待在某处have its right place||，etc.

She doesn’t belong here. 她不应该在这||。

belong in 在……中有适当的地位

This lamp belongs in this room. 这灯应归这个屋||。

He thinks he belongs in teaching. 他认为自己适宜于从事教学工作||。

15. fond adj. 特别喜爱liking something or someone very much

I am fond of mushrooms. 我特别喜欢吃蘑菇||。

I am very fond of flowers. 我爱花||。

You’re very fond of reading. 你非常喜欢看书||。

He is fond of playing the piano. 他喜欢弹钢琴||。

adj. 亲爱的||，慈爱的loving; kind

He has a fond look. 他有副慈爱的面孔||。

She is very fond of her son. 她很宠爱她的儿子||。

a fond mother 慈祥的母亲

adj. 溺爱的；痴妄的||，不切实际的foolishly loving; foolishly trusting or hopeful

She has fond hopes of becoming a movie star. 她妄想成为一名电影明星||。

a fond dream 黄梁美梦

16. spot n. 点；斑点small||，round mark

A tiger has stripes and a leopard has spots. 老虎身上有条纹||，而豹有花斑||。

She has a white dress with blue spots. 她有一件白底蓝点的连衣裙||。

n. 污点；疵点dirty mark

There were black spots all over it. 这上面到处是黑点||。

How did you get that spot on your face? 你脸上怎么弄脏了一块？

n. 地点；场所place

I don’t know the exact spot where it happened. 我不知道事情发生的确切地点||。

The policeman ran to the spot immediately. 警察立即跑到了现场||。

vt. 弄脏；留下污点make a mark on something

The ink has spotted my clean shirt. 墨水把我的干净衬衫弄脏了||。

vt. 认出；出现see someone or something

He spotted his friend in the crowd. 他在人群中认出了他的朋友||。

on the spot 当场；立即then and there; at once

He was killed on the spot. 他当场被杀||。

17. addition n.[U] 加法；增加putting things or numbers together

He is very clever at addition. 他擅长加法||。

There is no room for addition. 没有增加的余地||。

n.[C] 增加物；增加部分something added to another thing

A new baby is an addition to the family. 新生儿给家庭增加一口人||。

in addition 另外；还also

When Diane fell||，she hurt her arm and||，in addition||，broke her glasses.

黛安妮摔倒时||，摔伤了胳臂||，还摔坏了眼镜||。

In addition||，I paid 100 yuan. 另外我又付了一百元||。

in addition to 此外||，除此之外besides

In addition to his homework||，he did many exercises. 除了家庭作业外||，他还做了许多习题||。

In addition to English||，he has to study a second foreign language. 除英语外||，他还要学第二外语||。

18. contrast n. 比较；对比the act of contrasting; the state of being contrasted

Black is a contrast to white. 黑白形成对比||。

She seems prettier by contrast with her sister. 她与她妹妹相比似乎更美些||。

He looks healthier in contrast to his former self. 他与以前相比||，显得更健康些||。Compare and contrast English with Chinese. 把英语和汉语进行比较和对比||。

n. 有明显差别的东西 a thing which shows differences when placed with another Anybody can see the contrast between black and white. 任何人都能看出黑色和白色的差别||。

There is a big contrast between summer and winter weather. 夏季和冬季的天气很大的差别||。

This picture is a great contrast to that. 这画和那幅有很大的差别||。

an impressive contrast 给人印象深刻的对照

a marked contrast 明显的对照

a sharp contrast 尖锐的对照

afford a contrast 提供对照

bring out the contrast 引出对比

form (=offer) a contrast 形成对照

lend a contrast 显出对照

make a contrast with 与……做对比

notice a contrast 注意到差异

point out a contrast 指出差异

in contrast with (to) 对比

This appears small in contrast with that. 这个东西和那个东西比就显得小了||。

vt. 对比；差别compare (two things) so as to show their differences

When I contrasted the two bicycles||，I saw that one was older.

当我对比两辆自行车的时候||，我看出其中一辆旧了一些||。

Contrast our climate with that of the tropics. 将我们和热带气候比较一下||。

vi. 形成对照||，映衬show striking differences when they are put together or compared The black and the gold contrast prettily in that design. 这图案中黑与金黄两种颜色对比效果很好||。

contrast … with 把……与……对比

This colour contrasts strikingly with green. 这个颜色显然不同于绿色||。

This colour contrasts well with green. 这颜色和绿色衬起来很好||。