Unit 3 Pardon Me Lesson 17: Do Mistakes Matter?
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: pardon, mention, pocket, double, mistake, make a mistake, depend, common
Oral words and expressions: Bruce, confused, confusing, depend on, bargaining Teaching aims:
1. Know the cultural differences between China and western countries. 2. Improve the students’ abilities of speaking English. Teaching Important Points:
1. Target language: I made a mistake. He looks confused. Buying things in China is confusing.
2. Train the students’ focus abilities and cooperation spirit.
Teaching Difficult Points: the difficult cultures of different countries Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Lesson: new lesson Teaching procedures: Step1. Lead in
The teacher shows some pictures to the students with the Multi-media computer. The pictures show the differences between China and Western countries. From the people’s appearance and the colour of the skin，We can tell the differences. The others show cultural differences. We use chopsticks but they use the fork and knives.
Divide the class into several groups and finish the task. Encourage the students to speak more. They can use their own pictures to help them. Step2. Listening task
Listen to the text and answer the following question: 1. Where is Bruce from?
2. What does Bruce’s father do?
3. How much does Li Ming pay for the two pops? 4. How much did Bruce pay for one pop?
Ask the students to listen carefully and answer the questions. We can arrange the students to listen to the part that is connected with the two questions.
Step3. Read and find the new words: He looks confused.
Buying things in China is confusing. I made a mistake.
Let the students try to make sentences with the new words. Step4. Reading task:
Read the text again and answer the questions: What are Bruce and Li Ming doing? Is Bruce confusing?
Where don’t people try to change the price, in China or in North America? Encourage the students to ask more questions by themselves. Step5. Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given. 1.My brother is _______(迷惑的). 2.It is so ______(迷惑的) a thing. 3.Does he often ______(犯错误)?
This part is used to check if they have grasped the new words. Step6.Activity
Suppose you and Bruce are shopping, you are bargaining with the clerk. Bruce can bargain, too.
Divide the class into several groups and talks about the questions. After a while, let the students act their out in front of the class.
Encourage the students to speak loudly in front of the class. Choose the best group and praise them.
Step7. Think about: What’s the difference between people in China and North America when they are shopping?
Use the formal group to finish the task. When the students discuss, the teacher walks around the classroom to see if they need any help.
Step8. Talk about: Where would you like to buy things, in shopping center or market?
Let them debate the questions. As usual, the class can be divided into two groups. One group thinks the shopping center is good. The other thinks the market is better. Let them debate for five minutes. Then let one student in each group to sum the opinions of his own group. Step9. Homework
Find more information about the differences between China and western countries. Summary:
This interesting text is about bargaining in China. It’s based on the different cultures between Chinese and Western countries. In some countries in North America, people don’t try to bargain, so some foreign friends feel confused when they buy things in China. Try to help them when you meet foreigners. Try to find more differences
between Chinese and Western countries on the Internet.
Lesson 18: Wait! Don’t Eat Yet!
Teaching Content:
Mastery words and expressions: society, politely, manner, especially, unless, polite, fork, serve, forever, act, compare, theirs
Oral words and expressions: custom, tablecloth, rude, toothpick, Spaghetti, sauce Teaching Aims:
1. Find the differences between the Chinese and Western customs at table. 2. Cultivate the students’ creation and cooperation spirit. Teaching Important Points:
1. The expressions of similarities and differences. 2. Grasp the Past Future Tense. Teaching Difficult Points:
The expressions of similarities and differences. Teaching Preparation: pictures
Teaching Aids: flashcards, audiotape, pictures Type of Lesson: new lesson Teaching Procedures:
Step1. Lead in: a pair work.
The teacher asks the students the following question: Have you ever traveled to other places? Where have you been?
Show some pictures with the help of the multi-media. The pictures are from Australia, France, China, England, America and Japan.
Let the students discuss for 2 or 3 minutes. Then let them say in front of the class. When the student is speaking, the others can ask him or her questions about his subject.
Step2. Listening task
Listen and answer the following questions:
1. Table manners in China and Canada are quite ______.
2. In China, if your guests have no food on their plates, putting food on their plates is ______.
3. It’s ______ to use a toothpick at the table. Finish the task in class in oral.
Step3. Read the text and find out the sentences with the new words. All societies have customs about how to eat politely. We call these customs “table manners”.
It’s okay to eat it, especially if it’s something dry, like a piece of bread.
In Canada, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you pick it up and put it on your plate.
Parents are forever telling their children: “Don’t talk with your moth full!” Step4. Reading task:
Read the text and decide the statements are true or false.
1. In China, if you drop something on the tablecloth, you usually pick it up and eat it.
2. In Canada, to finish the food in front of the class in rude.
In China, everybody has a knife at the table. Exercises: Fill in the blanks with the right forms of the words given.
1. I think______(sing) loudly at table is not polite.
2. It’s rude ______ (point) to the others when you eat at table.
3. His mother said he ______ (return) the fork to the restaurant tomorrow. 4. Nobody ______(know) the secret except me. Step6.Activity:
Project: What’s the story? 1. Find pictures in magazines.
2. Make up a quick story about your picture.
3. Trade your picture with the students from another group. Practice:
Show some pictures to the students. Let the students picture them. Show some different pictures in different situations. Let them give vivid description. When they finish one picture, try to show them the whole story. If we don’t have enough time, show them the main idea. Step8.Consolidation
Suppose you have a foreign friend. He will come to China. Make a chart. Write down his/her name, his nationality, his language and his aims. Show it to your partner, then finish it in class.
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