7A Module 1 Relationships Unit 1 Relatives in Beijing
Period 1 (课时1）
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）: The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned about relationships. 2. Talk about the preparations before a family trip 3. learn the two dialogues on Page 2 Teaching Focus:
1. Talking about the relationships in a family
2. Asking the proper questions about how to make a trip. Teaching Procedures: 1. Warming up Guess the words:
1. Very old, having existed for a long time (ancient)
2. A thin book giving information or advertising something(brochure) 3. A person who usually work for an agency or a business (agent)
4. A hard block of baked clay used for building walls, houses, etc. (brick) 5. Move or lift something to a higher position, place or level (raise) 6. Related to a whole nation (national)
2. Pre-listening
A: Q1: What’s the topic of the first unit this term?----relationship
Q2: There is a very special tree that can tells us people’s relationships. What is it? ----family tree
Q3: What’s the relationship between you and your father’s elderly brother? --- nephew and uncle
Q4: What’s the relationship between you and your aunt’s daughter? --- cousins
Q5: What’s the relationship between you and your mother’s sister’s husband? ---nephew and uncle
Q6: What’s the relationship between your daughter and your brother? ---niece and uncle
Q7: What’s the relationship between your son and your brother’s daughter? ---cousins.
We have two ways to call the people in the family tree: family members and relatives Relatives: people related to each other by blood or by marriage
B: Do you have relatives who live in another city or countries?
Brainstorming: Suppose you have a relative in Beijing, your family are planning a trip there. What will you consider before you take a trip? (Try to ask questions about your family trip) 1. How will we travel to Beijing? (means of transport)
2. How long/How many days will we stay there? (length of holidays)
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3. How much will we spend? (costs)
4. Which place of interest/tourist attraction are we going to visit there?
5. If we travel by air, how long will it take to travel from Shanghai to Beijing?
6. If we travel by high-speed train, how long will it take us to travel from Shanghai to Beijing? *Try to make use of the questions to make a dialogue with your deskmate about planning a trip to Beijing.
3. While-listening
A: Listen to “Listen and say” twice with your textbooks closed and answer questions. Q1: Who is the letter from? ----Ben's uncle, Weiming. Q2: Has Ben seen his cousins before? ---No, he hasn't.
Who are they? How old are they? --- Two. Lucy is ten. Simon is twelve. Q3: What does Ben's Uncle want Ben's family to do in August? He has invited his family to stay with them in August. Q4: In the end, how do they decide to travel to Beijing? Why? -- By train. Because it's cheaper and interesting.
Q5: Why don't they choose to travel by air? -- Because plane tickets are very expensive.
Q6: What is Ben going to do after the talk with his father? --To get some brochures from the travel agent.
B: Ask the Ss to read the dialogue.
4. Language study
1. relative n. relationship n.
What’s the relationship between France and Germany? A be related to B
English is closely related to Germany.
2. plan v. planned planning
1) plan sth. plan a trip to Beijing
2) plan to do sth. plan to travel to Beijing
n. 1) make a plan for the coming holiday/our trip to Beijing 2) the floor plan of the building
(When you arrive at the hotel in Beijing, what should you do first? You should find and read the floor plan to look for the fire exit.)
3. trip n. take / have / make / go on a trip to sp.
I want to book a round-trip ticket to Beijing. ( cf. one-way ticket)
This summer, some of our students made a school trip to Australia. a business trip a plane/train/boat trip journey n. Wish you a pleasant journey! tour n. tourist tourism
make a tour around the world Tailand is famous for its tourism. travel v. traveler n. travel to ….
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n. travel plan/travel agency/travel brochures
4. invite v. (an) invitation n. inviter -- receiver receive an invitation from sb. * invent invention inventor
1) invite sb. to sp. invite him to the party
2) invite sb. to do sth. invite Ben to stay with his uncle's family
5. talk vi. talk to / with sb. talk about sb./ sth. cf. say, speak , tell n. have a talk with sb. = have a word with sb.
give a talk on Chinese history / a talkative person
6. expensive adj. inexpensive (ant.) expense n.
travel expenses/living expenses/medical expenses (high/low)
******************************************************************************* Period 2 (课时2）
Teaching Objectives（教学目标）: The students are expected to be able to
1.review what they have learned on Page 2. 2. express preferences
3. ask questions to find out the length of a period of time. Teaching Focus:
1. Practising the sentence patterns: It takes...to do sth./ Sb. spend .....(in) doing sth./Sth. cost .. Teaching Procedures: I. Review.
1. Ask the Ss to read the dialogue on Page 2.
2. Retell the dialogue according to the key words in five or six sentences: a letter/ invite/ photo/ cousins/ by air/by train/ brochure II. Learn the key words on Page 2.
III. Check the homework ( make sentences with spend/take/cost)
1. It takes/took sb....to do sth. 2. Sb. spend time (in) doing sth. 3. Sb. spend money on sth. 4. Sth. cost sb. money IV. Say and Act: At the travel agent's
1. Q: What are Ben and his father going to do after they talk about their travel plan? Turn to page 3 and find out what is happening at the travel agent's? *agent : at the travel agent's= at the travel agency CIA( Central Intelligence Agency) 2. Practice: Departure/Arrival Shanghai/Beijing Shanghai/Guangzhou Shanghai/Harbin Train Z1/12 hrs/499 T99A/17.5 hrs/584 K58/ 51.5 hrs/ 770 Flight CA1858/2.5 hrs/1130 MU5301/2.5 hrs/1280 HO1105/4 hrs/1560
V. Homework: Preview Page 4 and finish the letter on P4 and the letter on WB P4
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