Lesson38: One Country, Many Cultures
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: central, although, respect
Oral words and expressions: immigrant, tolerant, dancer
Teaching Aims:
1.Know about the culture in the world.
2.Keep one country’s culture.
3.Create the students’ basic abilities.
Teaching Important Points:
1. The details about Canadian cultures.
2.Different cultures have different features.
3.Practice the object complement and the attributive clauses.
Teaching Difficult Points:
The object complement and the attributive clauses.
Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures
Type of lesson: new lesson
Teaching Procedure:
Step1. Come to “THINK ABOUT IT”.
Lead in by discussing the following questions:
How many cultures does China have? How many can you name? What are some of the interesting things in your culture?
Discuss the questions above in groups. Then every group answer the questions one by one.
Step2. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks with the words you hear:
1.Only _____ percent of all Canadians are from First Nations.
2.Canada has _____ official languages.
Finish the task in class in oral.
Step3. Read the text and decide the following statements are true or false.
1.Most Canadians speak both languages: English and French.
2.Canadians have many cultures.
3.There is a Canadian way of understanding the world. Finish the task in class in oral.
重点词语及句子
Although:
连接词 conj.
1.虽然;尽管
Although he was ill, he worked hard.他虽然生病,但仍努力工作。
2.然而
I did not know that then, although I learned it later.当时我不知道那件事,但我后来知道了。
more than:
固定词组 ph.
1.多于
2.在...次以上
3.不只...
Step4. Read the text again and encourage the students to ask more questions about the text.
Why is Canada home to many cultures?
Can people from different cultures live together?
Step5. Practice
Explain some English words in English. ancestor, central, immigrant, respect, tolerant
ancestor: the first people who came to live here central: in the middle of
immigrant: people who come here from other places respect: be polite to sb. or sth.
tolerant: not complain
Step6. Come to “LET’S DO IT.”
Work in groups.
1. Guess the meanings of “bilingual” and “multicultural”. Explain them in English. Then look them up in the dictionary. Let’s find out the exact meanings of the words.
2.Talk about different customs. Every member writes his or her answers down. Then change their ideas in the groups. Finally, give a report in front of the class.
Step7. Homework
Summary:
Different countries have different cultures. One culture also has many cultures. When you go to another country, if you know its culture, you may make mistakes. So it is good for you to know more about more about one country.
练习题:
( )1. - Could you help me with my English from now on? -
A.Bad luck! B.Thanks.
C.Not at all. D.With pleasure.
( )2.-Must I finish my homework now? - No, you .You may have a rest first.
A.mustn’t B.can’t C.may not D.needn’t
( )3. Ask the boys not to make any I can’t fall asleep.
A.voice B.sound C.noise D.singing
( )4.Suddenly Edward came in and said he had to tell the class.
A. anything important B. important everything
C. something important D. important something
( )5. - Shall we go to the zoo tomorrow? -
A. It doesn’t matter; B. That’s nothing.
C. Good idea! D. You’d welcome.
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