Unit 2 Warming-up & listening

Teaching Aims:

1.To learn about some differences between American and British English.

2.To learn to use reported requests and commands.

3.To listen focusing on key words and details.

II. Teaching Procedures

Step1. Warming up

1. Lead in

Show Ss a map of the world, and ask them the following questions:

1) How many languages are there in the world?

2) How many English speaking counties are there in the world?

3) How are you ever heard some differences between American English and British English?

T: In this unit, we will talk about English. English is a language spoken all around the world. English plays a more and more important role in international affairs. There are some slight differences between American English and British English. Sometimes, slight misunderstandings may occur between native speakers from Great Britain and the United States . Therefore, it is necessary to know about the differences between American English and British English in order to use English appropriately.

2. Talking about the picture

1) What do you think is happening in the picture?

2) Where is the man do you think?

Purpose: Lead the Ss to find that bathroom. Ask Ss to try to find the answer by reading the dialogue.

3. Listening to the tape

1) Ask Ss to listen to the dialogue and discuss the following table in pairs, find some facts about both Joe and Nancy by filling the following blanks.

Joe Nancy

What nationality is

Where is

What is… doing

What does bathroom mean for

2) Ask Ss it explain the misunderstandings between Joe and Nancy.

4. Listen some other synonyms for words referring to the toilet.

Step2.Listening

1. Pre-listening

Show Ss the picture without letting them look at the textbooks. Ask them to describe what they see and guess what is happening in it.

T: The man in the picture is Mr. Brown. The woman is his landlady. She has many house rules. Now listen to the tape carefully, and make necessary notes.

2. While-listening

1) Ask Ss listen to the tape and fill in the table

Dos Don’ts

2) Listen to the tape again and check the answer.

3) Ask Ss to report Mr. Brown’s landlady’s rules again by using “ask sb. (not) to do sth”.

3. Post-listening

Teacher announces some rules of the English class, and ask Ss to report these rules by using “ask sb. (not) to do sth”.

III. Homework

1. Fill in the form below:

Am E Br E Chinese

電梯

petrol

公寓

Fall

tube(underground)

大學

垃圾

垃圾箱

假日

兩星期

2. Preview the part of speaking.

3. Recite new words and expressions of this unit.