Period 4 Cultural Corner, Writing

课题 Period 4 Cultural Corner, Writing 　课型 New 教学

目标 1. To enable Ss to know more about construction projects in the world

2. To let them write a short passage to describe the changes and effects in their own city 重点 Enable the Ss to know how to write. 难点 How to make proper use of words and phrases. 学情分析 The Ss can finish the task. 教具课件 1. A recorder 2. A projector 3. A computer 教法 Individual work and discussion 教学程序 教学内容（引入、例题、练习题、检测题等） 师生

活动 时间分配 Step 1

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Step 4 Step 1. Revision

　　Check the answers to the Vocabulary and Reading exercises in the Workbook.

Step 2. Cultural Corner

1. Leading-in

　　T: As we all know, there are a lot of construction projects which are world famous just like The Three Gorges Dam. Do you want to know more about them?

　　Then ask Ss to express their opinions in several groups, collecting the answers and share them in class.

2. Reading

(1) Ask Ss to read the text and the information in the table on page 59.

(2) Ask Ss to answer the questions above the text.

3. Language points

1. Ask Ss to find out the Attributive clauses in the passage and translate into Chinese.

(1) It was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Centre was built in New York in 1972.

它一直是世界上最高的建筑，直到1972年纽约的世贸中心建成。

　　until与till 表示"直到"之意，引导一个时间状语从句。当主句为延续性动词时，句子用肯定形式；当主句动词为非延续性动词时，句子用否定形式。

　　He waited until/till his mother came back.他一直等到妈妈回来。

　　I won't leave here until you ask me to. 你叫我走我才走。

(2) From the observatory at the top, on a clear day you can see five US states.从顶部的观察所，在晴天可俯视到美国的五个州。

注意observe 的词性及词形变化：

observatory n天文台，观察所 observe v观察，注意地看

observer n 观察者，观测者 observation n 观测，观察力

(3) Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year. 每年帝国大厦遭雷电袭击达500次。

① lightning n 闪电

※【相关搭配】

lightning rod 避雷针 a flash of lightning 一道闪电

② strike vt (灾害、疾病等)突然袭击

A very big earthquake struck that county 5 years ago. 五年前一次非常强大的地震袭击了那个县。

Beijing was struck by a terrible sandstorm. 北京遭到了骇人的沙尘暴袭击。

2. Ask Ss to find out the Attributive clauses in the passage and translate into Chinese.

(1) The Empire State Building, which was the tallest building at the time, was finished in May 1931. (line 1, Para 2) 帝国大厦于1931年建成，是当时最高的建筑。

(2) The World Trade Centre twin towers, which were destroyed in September 2001, were 417 and 415 metres high. (line 6, Para 2) 世贸中心的双塔分别417、415米，于2001年九月被毁。

(3) In 1945, a US military plane, which was flying over Manhattan on a foggy day, crashed into the building just above the 78th floor. (line 1, Para 2 notes) 1945年，一家美国军用飞机撞到帝国大厦78层之上，当时这架飞机正在大雾天气里飞行在曼哈顿上空。

Step 3. Writing

1. Ask Ss to read the e-mail and find out the answers to the three questions in Activity 1.

2. Ask Ss to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.

Suggested Answers:

　　Para 1: the reason why the writer came here

　　Para 2: description of the changes there

　　Para 3: the writer's own feeling

3. Ask Ss to imitate the e-mail and write down the key words of their own e-mails. Then get them to write down an e-mail.

One possible version:

Dear Mary,

　　I am very happy to visit my hometown recently, which I have been away from for more than ten years. It used to be a small town with trees all around. There was no tall building and the streets were narrow. Just out side the town there was a river. You can see different kinds of fish swimming in the clear water. People here lived a simple life.

　　Great changes have taken place here these years. You can see tall buildings, a department store and a few factories. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the big streets. But with the development of the industry, we have fewer trees. Air and water pollution is becoming more and more serious. I think something must be done to stop pollution and make my hometown more beautiful.

Best wishes

Tom

Step4. Homework

Ask Ss to finish writing the e-mail.

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