Unit2EnglisharoundtheworldTheFirstPeriod●从容说课Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Thisperiodfocusesonreading.Inthislesson，thereareawarmingupandapassageofreading“TheRoadToModernEnglish”.Thiswarmingupattractsstudents’attentiontothephenomenonofworldEnglish.ThereadingpassagetellsusthepresentsituationinwhichEnglishisusedandthedevelopmentofEnglish.ToletstudentstoformagoodhabitofreadingandhaveproperreadingstrategiesareoneofthemaintasksforseniormiddleschoolEnglishteaching，sointhisperiod，weshouldteachaccordingtothisaim.Inthislesson，studentswillhaveageneralideaoftheconceptionofworldEnglishbyguessingsomewordsonAmericanEnglishandBritainEnglish.Toarousestudents’interest，I’llpresentthemsometypicalfunnystoriesaboutdifferentkindsofEnglish.Thisistogetthestudentsreadyforthereadingpart.Beforereadingthepassage，studentsshouldfirstgetfamiliarwiththenewwordsinthetexttoremovethebarrierinreading.Thenstudentsareaskedtoguesswhatthetextwilltellus.Thisstepisdesignedtotrainstudentsabilitytopredictthecontentofapassageaccordingthetitle.Thenextstepistoaskstudentstohaveageneralideaofthestructureofthetextwiththepurposeofimprovingtheskillofskimming.Afterthat，detailedreadingfollows.Inthestep，studentswillbeaskedtodealwiththepassageparagraphbyparagraphinwhichtheywillhavedifferenttaskstofinishsuchastrue-or-falseexercise，fillingaformwithinformationinthetextandretelling.Thissteptrainsstudents’scanningskillandconclusionskill.Thelaststepforstudentsistodiscussthetopic“ItisnotnecessaryforweChinesetolearnEnglishsincewehaveourownelegantlanguage”.Thisistotrainstudentstoreadcritically.Besides，itcanarousestudents’interestinlearningEnglish.●三维目标1.Knowledge：MasterthewordsandphrasesandgetaviewoftheroadtomodernEnglish.2.Ability：Trainstudents’readingskill.3.Emotion：LetstudentsknowmoreaboutEnglishandinspirestudentstostudyEnglishhard.●教学重点Theunderstandingandcomprehensionofthepassage.●教学难点（1）Howtogettomastertheusefulwordsandexpressions.（2）Howtoimprovestudents’abilitytoreadanartic...
