實用英語unit3

1、Unit 3 Directions & SignsTalking Face to FaceTeaching Objectives: 1. how to ask for and give directions 2. useful terms in directionsWordsupstairs, downstairs, avenue, corridor, crossroads Phraseswalk/on foot, take bus/subway/lift, go up/downturn left/right, on ones left/right, behind/in front o

2、f/in the middle of, on the second floor/at the corner ofopposite/next to PatternsInquiring1. How do you usually get to work?2. How can I get to the railway station?3. Is there a railway station near there?4. Excuse me, Can you tell me where the station is?5. How far is it to the station?6. Which dir

3、ection is it to the station?7. Can you tell me where the managers office is?8. Will you please tell me how to go to the Sales Department?9. Will you tell me how I can see the personnel manager?Directing1. I live in an apartment on North Street.2. The museum is on Low Street.3. Go up / down / along s

4、treet.4. Go straight on until you come to a crossroads.5. Take the first / second turning on your right / left.6. The station is on the corner / in front of you / to the south / at the opposite. You cant miss it.7. Its two blocks straight ahead.1. The managers office is on the fourth floor.2. Take t

5、he lift to the fourth floor.3. Walk upstairs / downstairs to the second floor.4. Come out of the lift, turn right at the corner.5. At the end of the corridor, turn left again.6. Its between Anns and Bills offices. 7. Its the first door on the right / left.8. Go along the corridor in the middle of th

6、e hall.9. Its next to / opposite the managers office.Teaching Time: two periodsKey Points: 1. asking the way indoors 2. asking the way outdoors Difficult Points: patterns that are appropriate for asking for and giving directions in different situationsTeaching Methods: Task-based learning; Communica

7、tive approachTeaching Procedures: Step 1 Show the Ss a map of Hunan Province. Ask them where they are from and how they go back home.Step 2 Tell the Ss how the teacher goes back home and get them to imitate the example.Step 3 Show the Ss the focal words and expressions. Also the focal functions and

8、patterns.Step 5 Show the Ss two maps. One is a street map, and the other is a map of a building, the fourth floor. First Get the Ss to make dialogues with what theyve learned. Then get them to follow the Samples.Step 6 PracticeTeaching Material:Task1 Lead-inShow the Ss a map of Hunan Province. Ask t

9、hem where they are from. Then tell them where the teacher is from and how the teacher goes home. At the end get several students to tell others how to get to their home from the school.Teachers description: First I take the No. 1 bus and get off at the last stop. Then Ill take the express train from

10、 Shanghai to Chongqing and get off at Lengjiang Station. Go up along the Jinzhu Road and turn left at the corner of Jinzhu Road and Jianshe Road. A seven-story building is in front of you. Go upstairs and my home is on the second floor.Task 2 Data BankTell the Ss It is important for us to know how t

11、o ask for and give directions. The following words and phrases and patterns will help us:words and phrases1. walk/on foottake bus/subway/lift go up/down turn left/right2 on ones left/rightbehind/in front of/in the middle of on the second floor/at the corner of3. opposite/next to4. avenue/corridor/cr

12、ossroadsupstairs/downstairspatternsAsking the way outdoorsInquiring1. How do you usually get to work?2. How can I get to the railway station?3. Is there a railway station near there?4. Excuse me, Can you tell me where the station is?5. How far is it to the station?6. Which direction is it to the sta

13、tion?Directing1. I live in an apartment on North Street.2. The museum is on Low Street.3. Go up / down / along street.4. Go straight on until you come to a crossroads.5. Take the first / second turning on your right / left.6. The station is on the corner / in front of you / to the south / at the opp

14、osite. You cant miss it.7. Its two blocks straight ahead.Asking the way indoorsInquiring1. Can you tell me where the managers office is?2. Will you please tell me how to go to the Sales Department?3. Will you tell me how I can see the personnel manager?Directing1. The managers office is on the fourt

15、h floor.2. Take the lift to the fourth floor.3. Walk upstairs / downstairs to the second floor.4. Come out of the lift, turn right at the corner.5. At the end of the corridor, turn left again.6. Its between Anns and Bills offices. 7. Its the first door on the right / left.8. Go along the corridor in

16、 the middle of the hall.9. Its next to / opposite the managers office.Task 3 ExplanationGo through the words and phrases and patterns with the Ss and make sure they understand them. Then get the Ss to read them for a few minutes.1. walk Example: I usually walk over to the museum.2. on footExample: I

17、 usually go to the museum on foot.3. take undergroundExample: I take the underground from Wynn Street to Low street.4. go upExample: Go up the road to the third turning on the left .5. turn leftExample: Go down the street till the crossroads and turn left there .6. on ones leftExample: You will see

18、it on your left7. behind Example: I usually drive my car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church.8. in the middle ofExample: The shop is in the middle of the second block9. on the second floorExample: Its on the second floor, the third room on the right10. at the corner ofExample:

19、Get off at the corner of Bill Street and Low streetoppositeExample: The bus stop is just opposite my apartment.11. crossroadsExample: Go straight on until you come to a crossroads.12. upstairsExample: Go upstairs to the third floorTask 4: PracticeShow the Ss two maps. One is A Street Map and the oth

20、er is A Map of a Building, the Fourth Floor. Explain the two maps. UNDERGROUND STATIONBUS STOPBUS STOPCHURCHUNDER-GROUNDSTATION(LOW STREET)CAR PARKNORTH STREETHALL STREETMUSEUMCHURCH STREETLOW STREETWYNN STREETA Map of a Building, the Fourth Floor:Personnel Dept. StairsSales Dept.Marys OfficeMr. Gre

21、ens OfficeMarketing Dept.Meeting RoomManager's office Task 5 Follow the samplesDialogue 1 Talking About How to Get to WorkPeter: Mark, do you live far away from the museum where you work? Mark: Yes. You know I live in an apartment on Wynn Street and the museum is on Low Street.Peter: How do you

22、usually get to work? Mark: I usually drive my car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church. Then I walk over to the museum.Peter: Oh. Then how about the winter time when it snows? Mark: Well, in winter time when it snows, Im rather not drive. I take the underground from Wynn Street

23、to Low Street. Then I walk across from Low Street station to the museum. Peter: Thats convenient, isnt it? Mark: Yes, it is. I can take Bus No. 16, too. The bus stop is just opposite my apartment. The bus turns from Hall Street into Church Street. I get off at the corner of Church Street and Low Str

24、eet and walk to the museum.Play the tape of the dialogue for the Ss to listen and get them to point out the route on the map according to the dialogue. Then get the Ss to repeat how Mark gets to work.UNDERGROUND STATIONBUS STOPBUS STOPCHURCHUNDER-GROUNDSTATION(LOW STREET)CAR PARKNORTH STREETHALL STR

25、EETMUSEUMCHURCH STREETLOW STREETWYNN STREETRoute 1 Drive car up Hall Street and park in the car park behind the church. Then walk over to the museum.Route 2 Take the underground from Wynn Street to Low Street. Then walk across from Low Street Station to the museum.Route 3 Take bus No. 16 opposite hi

26、s apartment. The bus turns from Hall Street into Church Street. Get off at the corner of Church Street and Low Street and walk to the museum.Play the tape again for the Ss to listen and follow. Go through the dialogue briefly and make sure the Ss understand it.Dialogue 2 Asking How to Get to the Man

27、agers Office2 How to Get to the Managers Office Bill: Excuse me, where is the managers office? Clerk: The managers office? It is not on this floor. It is on the fourth floor downstairs. You can just walk down the stairs there.Bill: Would you please tell me how I can find his office? Clerk: Sure. Go

28、down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left. At the end of the corridor, turn left again. Bill: Left, and left again. Clerk: Its the second door on the right next to the meeting room. Bill: Thank you very much. Play the tape of the dialogue for the Ss to listen and get them to point out the ro

29、ute on the map according to the dialogue. Then get the Ss to find out on the map where the managers office is and where the meeting room is. Then repeat how to get to the managers office.Person Example:nel Dept. StairsSales Dept.Marys OfficeMr. Greens OfficeMarketing Dept.Meeting RoomManager's o

30、fficeRoute: Walk down the stairs to the fourth floor and turn left. At the end of the corridor, turn left again. The managers office is the second door on the right next to the meeting room.Play the tape again for the Ss to listen and follow. Go through the dialogue briefly and make sure the Ss unde

31、rstand it.Task 6 Act OutLet the Ss practice the dialogues in pairs. Then ask several pairs to act the scene in front of the class.Task 7 Practice8-1: Show the ss a street map. Ash questions like these: Where is the railway station? Where is the park?. Then get the Ss to fill in the blanks according

32、to the street map.Tom is telling Sally about his life here as they look at the street map.Tom: I work part-time at the supermarket here Main Street.Sally: Oh, its just the cinema. Tom: Yes, and there is a park the cinema, the Hall Park. Here, of Main and Second Avenue. Sometimes I go there to have a

33、 good time. Sally: How interesting! Tom: And there is a health club,too. Sally: Oh, really? Where is it? Tom: It is of First and Main. I often go there to do some exercise. Sally: Oh,I see. Its the flower shop. How do you go downtown? Tom: Well, I often take the subway. Go up the Main to the first t

34、urning and then . Go down the street till the and there. You will see the station .Sally: You dont often drive, do you? Tom: Well, I dont often drive my car into the city. If I drive, I park my car in the yard the laundry. At the end tell the Ss Suppose you are new here and want to go to the railway

35、 station from hotel . Ask a local person for the way.8-2: Show the Ss a guiding directions of a company. Imagine you are Peter at the reception desk of ABC Company and want to call on the Personnel Manager. You are asking the receptionist for the directions.Guiding directions of ABC CompanyReception

36、 108Conference Room 102Financial Accounting 205After Sales 208 Sales Promotion 306Advertising 309Personnel 402Marketing Research 405SignsTeaching Objectives: know some common signs Teaching Time: one period Key Points: signsTeaching Methods: Task-based learningTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Show the Ss

37、a picture and get them to tell the teacher what they can see. Point out that there is a sign on the grass. Explain what the sign is. Step 2 Find the English equivalents to the signs given in Chinese.Step 3 Exercises on signs.Step 4 Show the Ss a map of a shopping mall. Suppose they are going shoppin

38、g and asking the shop assistant for directions.Teaching Matirial:Task 1 Lead-inShow the Ss a picture. Keep Keep off the grassoff the grassAsk them what they can see from the picture. Point out that there is a sign on the grass. Get the Ss to tell the teacher what the sign is about. Then tell the Ss

39、Signs are marks, pictures or words on a board to draw attention, give warnings or direct somebody towards some place. They are widely used in public places to provide people with all kinds of useful information. Then show the Ss some signs.Task 2 SignsTell the Ss There are fifteen signs and try to f

40、ind the English equivalents to the signs given in Chinese.Task 3 ExercisesGet the Ss to finish the following exercises. One is to match Column A with Column B. The other is to translate the signs into Chinese.Task 4 Act OutShow the Ss a shoppers guide of a shopping mall. Go through it briefly. Then

41、tell the Ss Suppose you are doing shopping. You want to do the following things: buy something for physical exercises, buy a coat for your mothers birthday, buy some tapes for English-learning and then have dinner. Ask the sales assistant for the way.Number of NounsTeaching Objectives: 1. number of

42、nouns 2. S-V agreementTeaching Time: one periodKey Points: S-V agreement Difficult Points: uncounted nounsTeaching Methods: Task-based learningTeaching Procedures:Step 1 Explain the Number of Nouns. Get the Ss to pay attention to the difference between counted nouns and uncounted nouns.Step 2 Do som

43、e exercises about number of nouns.Step 3 Explain what the agreement is.Step 4 Get the Ss to sum up the rules of S-V Agreement by the exercises.Step 5 Do some exercises about agreement. Teaching Material:Task 1 Number of NounsGive a brief explanation of Number of Nouns to the Ss. Then get them to do

44、some exercises. At the end check the answers.1. 可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞 英語名詞按其語法意義分為可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞。可數(shù)名詞有單數(shù)和復數(shù)之分，不可數(shù)名詞沒有復數(shù)形式。2. 可數(shù)名詞 （1）單數(shù)：表示一個人或一個事物。 （2）復數(shù)：表示兩個或者兩個以上的事物。3. 可數(shù)名詞 (1)個體名詞：表示某一類人或事物的個體名稱。如dog ,table, child, doctor, computer. (2)集體名詞：表示個體的人或事物的復合體的名稱。如family, class, team, group, crowd.4. 不可數(shù)名詞 (1)抽象名詞：表

45、示品質(zhì)、行為、狀態(tài)或情感等抽象概念的名稱。如fear, love, music, courage. (2)物質(zhì)名詞：表示無法分為個體的物質(zhì)。如water, air , glass, wood, snow, bread, butter.Exercise 1:Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks, paying attention to thenumber form of the nouns given in brackets. 1. Some children are full of _ about the food.(complain

46、t,complaints)2. There might be _about his mistake. (much doubt, manydoubts) 3. How often do you go to the _? (movie, movies) 4. A goods train carries all kinds of things, except for _. (passengers, passenger) 5. Tom hadnt had before he joined the army. (much education, many educations) 6. I forgot b

47、oth of the _. (rooms numbers, room numbers) 7. Beijing, the capital of China, has ( a large population, large populations) now. 8. To their great , the roof of their house caught fire. (fear, fears) 9. They have given us a lot of valuable _. (information, informations) 10.  Mary is spreading _

48、on her bread. (butter, butters) Exercise 2Correct the errors in the following sentences : 1.If he refuses to pay, I shall take measure against him.2.What a lovely hair you have! 3.Mary likes potato better than tomato.4. The Johnsons have just moved into a large house and are planning to buy many new

49、 furnitures.5. All the news are interesting to us.Task 2 Subject- Verb AgreementGet the Ss to supply either the singular or the plural form of the verb given in the brackets. Then check the answers and get the Ss to sum up in what situations are the singular form used and in what situations the plur

50、al form used. At the end ask them to do some exercises and check the answers.謂語動詞是單數(shù)的情況：1.The furniture (match) the decoration very well.當主語是可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，代詞單數(shù)或不可數(shù)名詞時2.Ten minutes (seem) to be a long time for one who waits. Twenty dollars (be) beyond my means.當主語是數(shù)詞，或是看作整體的表示數(shù)目、時間、價值、重量、長度等的復數(shù)名詞時3 Every so

51、ldier and civilian (be) given military training. Neither of the books (be)very interesting.當主語是不定代詞somebody, something, anybody, anything, nobody, nothing, everybody, everything, 等或由each, every, either, neither 等修飾時4.Mathematics (be)a subject involving the study of figures, quantities, shapes, etc.

52、This means of communication (be) much more effective.一些名詞在形式上好象是復數(shù)，但實際上是單數(shù)意義.5.Bread and butter (be)their daily food. The prime Minister and Party leader (have) resigned office.當主語中含有and 連接兩個名詞表示單一事物或同一概念時6.Many a teacher (emphasize) the importance of attendance at class. More than one passenger (be

53、) injured in this accident.當主語由many a , more than one 等修飾時謂語動詞是復數(shù)的情況：7.Apples and peaches (be) my favorite fruit.主語是少數(shù)名詞復數(shù)；或由and 或 both-and 連接的可數(shù)名詞時8.Most people (like) it.主語是集體名詞時，不管是全體還是部分，都看作復數(shù)9.The rich (be) not always happier than the poor. A century ago, the black (prohibite)to enter private schools in that country.由the + 形容詞或分詞構(gòu)成的名詞詞組看作復數(shù)。其他；10.My family (be not)v