外研版 (新标准)八年级下册Unit 1 I can hardly believe we are in the city centre教学ppt课件

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首先通过询问同学们的周末去处导入学习主题,通过图片和听初步切入到Beihai Park的话题，然后在学习本单元的新单词的基础上通过听对话大体了解对话内容，再通过学生阅读和一些练习的设置让学生掌握对话内容，并掌握本单元核心词汇和重要结构的用法。同时了解对话中几个宾语从句的意思。最后让学生能利用本单元所学内容谈论一处名胜。

教学目标

通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标

1. 知识目标：

掌握单词和短语：hardly, take up, point out, sights, thirsty, at the top of…, waste

2.能力目标：

（1）能听懂和阅读关于介绍去北海公园旅行的语言材料

（2）能通过相关词汇和图片描述自己和他人对北海公园的观点

（3）能够谈论一处名胜

3.情感目标：

学会倾听他人的旅行经历和观点；激发学生对大自然的热爱，陶冶情操

重点难点

重点：词汇hardly, take up的用法；宾语从句的认识；谈论名胜

难点：能够谈论一处名胜

教学准备

PPT 课件；活动1、2、3、5的录音

授课时数

2课时

教学过程

Step 1 Warming up

Ask students where they would like to go on weekends.

T:Where would you like to go on weekends?

S:I would like to go to the zoo/museum/farm/park...

T:Why do you like to go to...?

S:Because I think...

Step 2 Listening

1         Let students look at the photo and listen. Then answer the question:

What is the conversation about?

Answer: The conversation is about going to Beihai Park.

2         Let students listen again and complete Activity 2 and check their answers.

Step 3 Learning about new words

1. Let students know the meanings of the following new words with the help of pictures and so on.

hardly, take up, point out, sights, thirsty, at the top of…, waste

2.Lead the students to read the new words three times or more.

Step 4 Listening, reading and practice

1       Ask students to listen to the dialogue and answer the following question.

Who is introducing Beihai Park?

Answer: Lingling.

2       Ask students to listen to the dialogue again and answer the following question.

What is Beihai Park famous for?

   Answer: lake, bridges and ancient buildings

3       Ask students to read the dialogue and mark T or F.

1)        Beihai Park isn’t in the city centre.(   )

2)        The weather is hot.(   )

3)        They can swim in the lake.(   )

4)        They will have a picnic at the top of the hill.(   )

4       Check students’ answers and ask them to say how they know the answer.

    Answers: 1)F 2)T  3)F  4)T

5  Ask students to complete the sentences about Beihai Park. Then check the answers.

6  Ask students to say the meaning of the following words.

    hardly   sights   thirsty   waste

7  Ask students to complete Activity 4 and check their answers.

Answers: 1.Tony knows they are in the city centre.

 2.Lingling wants them to look at something.  3.Yes, he does.

     4.Tony thinks they are spending their time badly.

8  Let students know the meaning of some object clauses.

   I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre.

I don’t think they allow people to swim in the lake.

I hope it will be cooler up there.

9  Learn about “Everyday English”.

   Here we are. 我们到了。

   Wow!哇！

   I can hardly believe...我几乎不能相信……

   That’s too bad. 那太糟了。

   Come on! 快点儿！

10  Ask the students to role-play the dialogue with their deskmates.

Step 5 Language points

1. Welcome to Beihai Park. 欢迎来到北海公园。

  (1) welcome作感叹词，意为“欢迎”。“welcome to+地点名词”意为“欢迎来到……”。welcome后接home, here等副词时，不加介词to。

  Welcome to Suzhou. 欢迎来到苏州。

　 Welcome back home. 欢迎回到家里。

　(2) welcome作动词，意为“欢迎”。

    Let’s welcome the English guests.  让我们欢迎英国客人们。

2. It’s so quiet here that I can even hear the birds singing！

　这里如此安静以至于我甚至能听见鸟儿在歌唱！

(1)so... that...意为“如此……以至于……”，that引导结果状语从句。so后面跟形容词或副词，that后接从句。

It’s so hot that I can’t sleep well.天气如此热，以至于我睡不好觉。      

(2)辨析：hear sb. doing sth.与hear sb. do sth.

I heard them reading English in the classroom.我听到他们正在教室里读英语。

We often hear her play the piano.我们经常听到她弹钢琴。

3. I can hardly believe we’re in the city centre.我几乎不能相信我们在市中心。

    hardly  副词，意为“几乎不；几乎没有”,本身表示否定含义，常位于连系动词、情态动词之后，实义动词之前。

    It was so dark that I could hardly see anything.

    光线太暗了，以至于我几乎什么也看不到。

　 There is hardly any food in the fridge. Let’s go and get some.

   冰箱里几乎没有食物了，我们去买一些吧。

 【注意】hardly并非hard的副词形式。hard作副词，意为“努力地”；作形容词，意为 “硬的；艰苦的” 。

   My sister works so hard that she gets good grades.

　 我妹妹学习很努力，所以她取得了好成绩。

　 He lived a hard life. 他过着艰苦的生活。

4. This park is famous for its lake, bridges and the ancient buildings on the hill. 这个公园因为它的湖、桥和山上的古建筑而闻名。

China is famous for the Great Wall. 中国以长城而闻名。

His aunt is famous as a movie star. 他的姑姑作为一位影星而出名。

5.The lake takes up over half of the park area.

湖占据了这个公园面积的一半多。

(1)take up 意为“占用，花费(时间或空间）”。

  This desk takes up too much room. 这张桌子太占地方。

  I know you are very busy. I don’t want to take up too much of your time.

  我知道你特别忙，不想占用你太多的时间。

(2) over副词，意为“多于；超过”，相当于more than。

  I have learned over 2000 English words.

我已经学了2000多个英语单词了。

6.Then I can point out the sights of Beijing for you.

然后我可以为你们指出北京的景点。

point out意为“指出；指明” 为“动词＋副词”结构的短语，当人称代词作其宾语时，人称代词只能放在point与out之间。

I’ll point him out to you next time he comes in.

他下次进来的时候，我指给你看。

Just now Mr Black pointed out all the mistakes.

刚才，布莱克先生指出了所有的错误。

【拓展】point at/ to意为“指向；指着（某人或某物）”。

Tony pointed at a photo and said something.

托尼指着一张照片并说着什么。

7.I don’t think they allow people to swim in the lake.

我认为他们不允许人们在湖里游泳。

allow sb. to do sth. 意为“允许某人做某事 ” ，动词不定式作宾语补足语。

His parents don’t allow him to go out at night.

他的父母不允许他晚上外出。

【拓展】allow doing sth.意为“允许做某事”。

They don’t allow smoking in this room.

他们不允许在这间屋子里抽烟。

8. Let’s not waste any more time.我们不要再浪费时间了。

  waste此处作及物动词，意为“浪费，滥用”。

  waste time/money in doing sth.意为“浪费时间或金钱做某事” 。

　We shouldn’t waste water. 我们不应该浪费水。

  She is always wasting time in playing computer games.

  她总是浪费时间玩电脑游戏。

Step 6 Pronunciation

Let the students read the sentences of Activity 5 and ask them to try underlining the words the speaker stresses in each sentence.

1         Let the students listen to the tape and check their answers.

2         Show the correct answers to the students.

3         Let the students listen to the tape again and read after the tape aloud.

Step 7 Speaking

Ask the students to work in pairs to talk about a place of interest in their home town.

  They can talk about:

•where it is

•what is special about it

•how big it is

•how old it is

•any other information you know about it

 Use these expressions:

Step 8 Homework

1. Read the conversation.

2. Talk with your partner about a place you have ever been to.

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