英语九年级下册Unit 1 Asia教学设计

Study skills

Teaching aims:

To understand the meanings of different body languages

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Revision

根据汉语、首字母或所给的词写出正确的单词。 

1. There are eight________ in this game. (等级）

2. He said he was very, very grateful for our _________. (服务)

3. A ________ school might be just as marketable. (国家，州)

4. The name and menu are written in _________ kanji rather than Western letters. (日本的）

5. Mount Fuji is the _________ (high) mountain in Japan.

6. On the _________ (two) day, we visited the ancient city of Beijing.

7. The exchange students _____________ (leave) for another country soon.

8. Thailand is the last leg of his _______ (Asia) tour.

9. John missed the _________ (fly) today and he was very upset.

10. The ancient city we travelled around yesterday __________ (call) Kyoto.

Keys: levels  service  state  Japanese  highest   second   are leaving

Asian   flight   is called

Step 2 Study skills

1.  Understanding body language

Body language, as a form of communication, is different from culture to culture. For example, nodding one's head means "agreement" and shaking one's head means "disagreement" in most countries, but in some countries of South Asia, it is just the opposite.

Look at the gesture below. What does it mean? In different places, it means different things.

In most cultures, it means "OK"; in Russia, Brazil and Turkey, it is an insult; in France and Belgium, it means "zero" or "worthless"; in Japan, it means "money".

2.  The meanings of some common kinds of body language in the West:

3. Sometimes the words a person uses do not match his or her body language. When this happens, it is often more important to look at their body language.

  Match the pictures with the meanings. Write the correct letter in each box. 

1                    2                         3

  Keys: a c b

Step 3 Exercises

1．—中国在哪儿？— 它在东亚。

   — Where ______________?

   —It is ________________.

2. — 中国有多少人？

    — 大约十三亿。

   — _________________ are there in China?

   — There are about ________________ there.

3. 新加坡人说什么语言？

   _______________ do people in Singapore ________?

4. 大多数人都是英语和汉语都会说。

 Most people can speak __________________________.

5. 他很少打篮球，是吧？

   He seldom plays basketball, ___________.

Keys: is China   in East Asia

How many people   130 million people

What languages    speak

both English and Chinese

does he

Step 4 Homework

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