八 年级 上 册Unit 1 Reading 1
【板块要点】 一、教学目标:
1. Learn about the school life of high school students in Britain and the USA. 2. Understand the writer’s personal feeling and opinion. 3. Grasp the language points in the text. 教学重点、难点:
1.The difference between British and American school life. 2.Describe a Chinese school life with the words that we have learnt. 二、词汇、短语
1. fun(adj. n.)--- funny(adj.) 2. borrow…from lend…to… 3. Interesting(adj.)/interested(adj.) be interested in 4. offer sb.sth. = offer sth. to sb. 5. hero---(pl.)heroes 拓展：tomato potato mango 6. practice hard practice(n. v.) practice doing sth. [.Com]三、句型、要点
1.Among all my subjects, I like French best.=I like French best of all my subjects. …+est , of/among…
2.Learning foreign languages is fun.=It is fun to learn foreign languages. 3.Time seems to go faster when we…=It seems that time goes faster when… 4.I often read more books than my classmates. Our school ends earlier than usual. …more than… …+er than… 【课前导学】
1. Pronounce and spell new words and phrases. 2. Preparation for class activities.
【课堂学习】 （突出多种“读”的形式，课件上呈现“Reading skills”） 1. Duty report : Today’s school life 2.Lead-in:
1) Do you like your school?
2) How many lessons do you have every day? 3) What’s your favourite subject? 4) How long do you do sports every day? 5) What’s your school life like? 3. Pre-reading：Skimming
Try to say differences between British School and American School. 3. While-reading （Group work） A:
John _______ to the Buddy Club. Older students ____ new sudents ____ ______ _____ the
school. Tony is his ______. They have _______ classes every day. On Friday afternoon, their school ends _____ than usual. _______ a week, he ______ baseball after school. He loves his ______ very much. B:
1) Who wrote the first passage? 2) What is Nancy’s favourite subject?
3) What activity does the school have every year? 4. Post-reading：
C:Pair work: Introduce Chinese school life D:Discussion:Dream school life 【课后拓展】（针对性，练习两页） 一、词汇
1.Chinese is an important ____________ (语音) in the world.
2.____________(在…期间) my stay in America, I knew a lot about American culture. 3.I don’t know what to do. Could you please _______（提供）me some good advice?
4.In American English, we call it “fall” while in ___________(Britain) English, we call it “Autumn”
5.Now let’s have a ____________(discuss) about this difficult problem. 6.Next year, I will go abroad for a _________(far) study. 二、单项选择
[.Com]1.Vocation is another way of saying _________. A.rubber B.soccer C.holiday D. store
2.Last month, I _________ too much money on clothes. It means they _______ me too much. A.spend , take B.spent , cost C.take , spend D. took, cost 3.—What do you know about JinHai Middle School?
---I don't know much. I only know that it is a ________ school.
A.mix B.mixed C.mixing D.mixure 三、同义句转换：
1.I spend 5 hours finishing the task. It ______ ______ _____ ______ ______ ______the task. 2.If you don’t finish your work, please carry on with it.
If you don’t finish your work, you should ________ _________ _________ it. 3.Now they are discussing what to do next.
Now they ______ _______ ________ ________ _______ what to do next. 4.Would you please offer me some good advice?
Would you please ________ _______ _______ ________ ________me. 5.Time seems to go fast.
_______ ________ _______ time goes fast. 6.Learning foreign languages is fun.
________ _______ ________ ________ _______ foreign languages. 四、汉译英
1.他经常认真地倾听我的问题并给我提供帮助。
2.我们放心比以往要早点。
3.我们可以把家里的书和杂志带进阅览室。
4.当我们正在读有趣的书时， 时间似乎过得更快。
二、阅读理解 (与本单元话题相关)
In Britain, children go to school from Monday to Friday. School usually starts at nine o'clock in the morning and finishes at about three o’clock in the aftemoon. Most schools require (要求) their students to wear a school uniform.
School always starts with registration. What is registration? Every child going to school each morning and afternoon is recorded (记录) in a special book. The teacher reads out each child’s name in turn. On hearing his/her name, the child makes a reply and the teacher writes in the book. From the book, you can see if the child is in school or not.
At 9：10，we go to the meeting place. There we sing songs, listen to a story and pray (祈祷). Our first lesson begins at 9:20. We have break time from 10:20 to 10:35. During break time,the children have a snack and play games outdoors. Afterwards, we go back in for another lesson until lunch at 12:00. Afternoon lessons begin at l :10 and end at 3:15; and the children go home. We do not have a break in the afternoon.
1. How much time does a British student usually spend at school in a week? A. Around 20 hours. B. Over 40 hours. C. About 30 hours. D. Only 6 hours.
2. School starts with registration. “Registration” here means \ A. call over the children names B. give the children a call C. call the children back D.call for the children 3. What do they usually do after registration?
A. They have a language lesson. B. They meet, sing and pray C. They do some reading in a classroom. D. They play some games. 4. When do the children have a snack?
A. Before they go to school. B.After they have afternoon lessons C. When they finish their outdoor games. D. At about half past ten in the morning. 5. Which of the following is true?
A. In Britain, most students live at school at night.
B. Students in Britain mustn't call their teacher's names.
C. Students in Britain go to school before nine every morning.
D. students in Britain have a long break between the afternoon lessons
