Teaching Aims
(1) Study this lesson to know more about Britain.
(2)The students are trained to improve their reading ability.
(3) Learn about the language points concerned with the lesson.
Teaching procedures
Step 1 Presentation
教师活动：教师展示大不列颠地图，（见ppt.）然后进行设问，教师让学生积极参与，课堂气氛活跃。
学生活动：学生看着地图，找出问题的答案。
Show the Britain map then find out the position of the countries.
1.Where is Britain?
2.Where is England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales?
Step 2 Watch the Video
教师活动：教师演示课文视频(见ppt.)，并且给学生简易地图，学生能够找出各个国家及首都的位置。教师提问各别学生。
学生活动：学生通过简易地图，说出并且找出各个国家及首都的位置。
Fill the countries on the map.
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Dublin, Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff and London.
Step 3 Listening
教师活动：教师把本课的几部分内容进行精听，播放各段声音文件（见ppt.）播放一遍后，给学生问题进行回答，之后教师进行总结并且展示各个国家的地图（见ppt.）
学生活动：学生听完录音后，回答下面的问题。
Listening each paragraph. While checking the answers, you can write the key words in the blanks.
1)UK : a. stands for_________________________ b. It is made up of_____________________
Key: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2)Scotland
a. Capital_____________ b. position_____________ c. Language ________________
d. countryside____________________________
Key:
Edinburgh, in the north, English / Scottish, famous for its beautiful countryside
II Wales
a. position __________ b. capital _________ c. language _________ d. countryside _______________________e. coal mines ____________________________________
Key: to the west of England ,Cardiff, Welsh / English , beautiful with lots of mountains and rivers, many of them have been closed, or are about to be closed.
III England
a. position _______________ b. capital __________
c. population _____________ d. landforms ________________________________
Key: in the southeast , London, seven million, rather flat and many hills
IV Ireland
1). Northern Ireland
a. position ______ b. capital ____________ c. Language________
2).The Republic of Ireland
a. position _____ b. capital _______________c. Language__________
Key:
Northern Ireland in the north of Ireland Belfast English / Irish
The Republic of Ireland in the south of Ireland Dublin English / Irish
Step 4Reading
教师活动：教师组织学生阅读课文，并且提问各别学生对课文的理解程度。
学生活动：学生通过阅读，回答下面的问题。
Read the text and choose the best answer to each question.
1. _________ divides the “UK” into two parts.
A . The Irish Sea B. The River Thames
C. The English D. The Pacific Ocean
2. The island of Britain is made up of _________ .
A. Wales, Ireland and England B. Edinburgh, London and Dublin
C. Ireland, Wales and Scotland D. Scotland, Wales and England
3. There used to be a lot of coal mines ________.
A. in the south of England B. in the south of Scotland
C. in the southeast of Britain D. to the west of England
4. Which country lies to the west of England and southeast of Ireland?
A. Scotland. B. Wales. C. England. D. Ireland.
5. Dublin is the capital of _________.
A. Britain B. Ireland C. Wales D. the Republic of Ireland
6. The Southern part of the island is a separate country, called the Repubhc of Ireland with Dublin as its capital. In this sentence, a “separate country” is a country _________.
A. separated by the Irish Sea B. separated from UK
C. which is independent D. separated by many lakes and mountains
7. The reason why the first travellers went to Ireland from Scotland later from the west of Europe perhaps is ________.
A. that there was enough grass for sheep and cows
B. that it rained so much
C. that the seas were full of all sorts of fish
D. not found in the text
8. Sunday is a day on which most Irish people ________.
A. enjoy listening to music B. have a party
C. read their own poems to each other D. go to church
Key: [ADDBDADD]
Step 6 Practise
教师活动：教师播放最后一段录音（见ppt.），组织学生一起回答下列问题。
学生活动：学生听录音后，回答下列问题。
Describe the weather in Britain and Ireland and fill in the form.
Winter: ______________________ Summer: ________________________
North:_______________________ South:_________________________
East:________________________ West:___________________________
Rain: ________________________ Snow: ___________________________
Key:
Winter: not too cold Summer: not too hot
North: colder South: warmer
East: drier West: wetter
Rain: It rains every month of the year in all parts of Britain.
Snow: Snow falls in Scotland every winter, and sometimes in England and Wales too.
Step7 Language points
教师活动：教师归纳本课的重点词语并且对部分词汇进行练习，教师可一边讲解，一边练习提问。
学生活动：学生在掌握重点词语后，能够会做下面练习。
1)Deal with the language points
stand for be made up of be famous for
to the north of in the north of on the north of
be about to do sth. Be divided into be separated by
2)Choose the right phrase for each blank.
divide. . .into . . . neither. . .nor. . . be about to, used to ,be famous for, be fond of
1. Sydney _______ _________ _______its Opera House (歌剧院) .
2. Every year, millions of people ______ ________ smoking (吸烟).
3. Kunming is called Spring City, because the weather there is _________ too hot _________ too cold at any time of the year.
4. We ______ _________ ______leave when it began to rain.
5. This room is too big. We should __________ it __________ two.
6. They ______ ________play basketball every day when they were at college.
Key:1. is famous for 2. die of
3. neither . . . nor 5. divide . . . into
4. were about to 6. used to
Step 8 Homework
Prepare Lesson 87
Introduction
教师活动：教师展示相关内容一些图片（见ppt.），如：River Thames, the Big Ben, Britain Bridge.