Teaching Procedure: Step Ⅰ Greetings and Lead-in T: Good morning, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning, Mr/Miss… T: As we know, nowadays we can travel faster and more easily than before. Many foreigners come to China to visit places of interest. Who would like to tell me the names of some places of interest? S1: The West Lake, the Forbidden city, the Great Wall and the Summer Place. T: Good job! Thank you! Which of them can be seen from the sky? S2: The Great Wall. T: Quite well! StepⅡ Introduction Pre-speaking (Ask and answer questions.) Ask several students individually the four questions. T: Now please open your books on P51. Look at Part 1 Introduction. Here are four questions for you. You may discuss them with your partner. Then I will ask you to give me your answers. (A few minutes later, ask several pairs of students to ask and answer the questions.) S1: Zhang Yan, do you know how far the Great Wall is from our city? S2: I think it’s about 1, 500 kilometers. S3: Can you tell me which is the biggest airport in the country? S4: I’m not sure which airport is the biggest. But I know some big famous airports. They are the Capital Airport in Beijing, Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, Hong Kong International Airport. How about you? S3: I know Hongqiao Internatinal Airport is also very big. Besides, another big airport—Pudong Airport, which will be completed in Shanghai soon. S5: Is there any dam near our town? ....... 1. How far is the Great Wall of China from where you live? 2. Which is the biggest airport in the country? 3. Is there a dam near your town? 4. Do you know the names of the reservoir that provides water for your town? Various answers are possible. Step III Learning new words (Teach students the words in the box one by one. Explain several important words. ) 1.civil adj. (belonging to the people of a place) e.g. Every citizen has civil rights and civil duties. 2.dam n. (a wall or bank built to keep back water)e.g. The Aswan High Dam helps to control the Nile in Egypt. 3. terminal n. (end of a railway line, bus line, etc.)e.g. We got off the train at the terminal.StepIV Reading and speaking T: Now we are going to read three short passages. Read them carefully and try to remember as much information as possible. After that I’ll ask some of you to do some exercises. (Several minutes later) 1. Read The Great Wall of China and fill in the blanks. The Great Wall of China is the longest __________ structure ever built. The original wall was _________long. Most of the Great Wall dates from the ____________. The eastern end of the wall is at ______________, while the western end is at _________. 2. Read the passage of HongKong International Airport, and decide True or False. 1). Chek Lap Kok Airport is the biggest civil engineering project of all time. 2). It took 6 years and cost 20 billion pounds to build the airport. 3）.The terminal ground is the largest covered space in the world. 4）. The airport is designed to accommodate 18 million passengers a year. 3. Read the passage of The Three Gorges Dam and answer the following questions. 1）. What kind of dam is the Three Gorges Dam? 2）. How long is the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam? Step V Can you list some other magnificent man-made projects? The Grand Canal京杭大运河 The Sichuan - Tibet Highway 川藏公路 South-to-North Water Transfer Project 南水北调工程 ...... | 
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