第四课时
 
Using language

Reading and talking：STANDARD ENGLISH AND DIALECTS

第一步：教师从英式英语和美式英语的区别引出本课的话题；

第二步：学生阅读文章，总结文章的大意；

第三步：细节学习；

Why does the US have so many dialects?

1. Because people have come from all over the world.

2. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.

第四步：学习文中的知识难点：

1. Believe it or not, there is no such a thing as standard English.

   Believe it or not, dinosaurs died of hunger.

2. Geography also plays a part in making dialects.

   Women play an important part in today's political life.

3. Although many Americans move a lot, they still recognize each other's dialects.

   We can easily recognize Mark in the crowd because he is very tall and strong.

   We all recognize him as the best football player in our school.

第五步：Activity 1，不同学生用家乡方言说出同一句话，体会不同地区的方言；

第六步：Activity 2，学生说出他们知道或者听过的方言；

第七步: Activity 3，学生讨论以下问题：

Why does the government encourage us to speak Putonghua?

第八步：个别学生发表意见（课后可让学生根据本活动要求说出或者编写一个有关方言的有趣小故事）。

Workbook （P51，Reading task：The Oxford English Dictionary)

第一步：向学生简单介绍有关 The Oxford English Dictionary 的历史。

How it began

1857: The Philological Society of London calls for a new English Dictionary

More work than they thought

1884: Five years into a proposed ten-year project, the editors reach ant

One step at a time

1884-1928: The Dictionary is published in fascicles

Keeping it current

1933-1986: Supplements to the OED

Making it modern

1980s: The Supplements are integrated with the OED to produce its Second Edition

Into the electronic age

1992: The first CD-ROM version of the OED is published

The future has begun

The present: The OED is now being fully revised, with new material published in parts online

第二步：让学生快速阅读文章，找出练习所需要的信息；

第三步：全班核对答案，老师解释学生有疑问的句子；

1) The spelling f English has always been a problem but it was more of a problem in the days before a dictionary.

2) These men spent nearly all of their lives trying to collect words for their dictionaries. For them, it wasn't only a job; it was a wonderful journey.

3) It included more than 15,000 words in twelve books. And you thought your English dictionary was big!

第四步：分组快速讨论我们应该从James Murray 身上学习他的什么品质( hard working, intelligent, determined, etc);

第五步：播放录音让学生跟读，提醒学生注意语音语调和新单词的读音。

Homework

Translation：Workbook P 50, Exercise 3.
 

第五课时
 
Listening

第一步：复习 Reading 学习过的 All languages change when cultures communicate with one another. 指出语言是会发展变化的。

第二步：教师向学生介绍有关美国的地理位置、特点及其对语言的影响, 特别是美国南方的口音是很明显的。提醒学生在后面的听力中认真体会美国南部的口音。

第三步：学生看图，猜测故事的内容；

第四步：学生阅读六个要求回答的问题，猜测本篇文章的内容；

第五步：学生听录音，在文中找出所需信息；

第六步：老师和学生一起核对答案。

第七步：学生重听录音，找出带有浓重南方口音表达，感受不同口音的英语。

Speaking

第一步：学生阅读小对话，找出其中人物所用的不同词汇，老师在黑板上板书；

Amy (American) ───── Lady ( British )

Subway         ───── underground

left           ───── left-hand side

keep going straight  ── go straight on

two blocks     ───── two streets

right          ───── right-hand side

第二步：两人活动，仿照上述对话使用不同的词汇编写关于问路和指路的小对话，注意要同时使用直接引语和间接引语。

第三步：老师提供地图，学生编写对话，请几组学生表演对话。

Workbook （P51，Listening Task）

第一步：Activity 1，让学生先看地图 English Around the World, 一起说出世界上讲英语的国家有哪些，让学生了解说英语的国家的分布情况。

第二步：Activity 2，假设我们是国际学校的一个班，学生都来自不同的说英语的国家，让学生用英语作自我介绍，可能的话，可以简单介绍不同国家的习俗风情。

第三步：Activity 3，听录音，两人一组合作，共同完成此项听力任务，找出听力原文中六个学生分别来自于那个国家。

Homework

复习本单元的话题内容：The English language and its development