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1、Title Unit 3: Peacefulness and Beauty of Wu Gorge ()Purpose andRequirementThe students should be able to:1. grasp the information of Wu Gorge.2. learn some useful words and expressions Importance1. Reading the summary and Passage 12. Language points and exercisesDifficultySentence structure and prof

2、essional wordsTeachingAidsTextbook, pictures, blackboard, sound lab, videoTeaching Time Class No.Teaching ProcedureStep 1: Warm-upLeading questions to draw the Ss attention: 1. What are the three gorges?(the Qutang Gorge, the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge)Background information: The Wu Gorge is abou

3、t 45 kilometers long , extending from the entrance of the Daning River in Wushan County of Chongqing in the west, to Guandukou of Badong County, Hubei Province in the east . It is the second gorge of the Yangtze Three Gorges. It is also called the Great Gorge for being long and neat . Step 2: Readin

4、g the summary account Ask the Ss to read the summary briefly, and answer the question. 1. What does the gallery consist of?( This gallery consists of three terraces , eight landscapes and twelve peaks .) 2. What are they? Three terraces are Chuyang Terrace,Book Presenting Terrace and Dragon Slaying

5、Terrace. Eight landscapes are Spring Dawn of Nanling, Sunset Glow , Evening Ferry of the Ninghe River , Fishing in Qing Stream , Autumn Moon Reflected in a Clear Pool, Temples Among Beautiful Peaks, Daoist Temple and the Stones, Morning Clouds and Evening Rains.Step 3: Reading Passage 1 Ask the Ss t

6、o read the passage1 briefly. And answer the questions on the blackboard.1. What was the old name for the Longmen Gorge ? (The old name for Longmen Gorge was Luomen Gate )2. When was the plank path first made ? (The plank path was first made in the Qin and Han Dynasties .)3. What were the square hole

7、s originally used for ? (They were originally used for supporting bamboo pipes to take brine from Wuxi to Wushan , where it was evaporated and made into salt .) The teacher explains some difficult sentences and expressions. 1. It is said that the Minor Three Gorges are not inferior to the real Three

8、Gorges in scenery . They are even better than the Yangtze Three Gorges in some aspects . to be inferior to : lower in rank , social position , quality , importance , etc. （位置）下面的；（身份）下级的，低下的；（质量等）低劣的，普通的，差的e.g. She always felt inferior to her older sisters .This clothes is inferior to that one . 2.

9、It splashes down all the year round without drying and is called Dragon Gate Spring .3. Looking up these weired peaks , one feels that one has come to a zoo. The strangest of these peaks is the Ganoderma Peak . It stands like a column supporting the sky and is surrounded by nine dragon-shaped stone

10、blocks known as the Nine Dragon Columns . 4. The holes were cut first in Qin and Han Dynasties for supporting bamboo pipes to take brine from Wuxi to Wushan , where it was evaporated and made into salt .Step 4: Practice and ConsolidationAsk Ss to Exand Exon P29 to check the Ss understanding. Ex: 1.

11、F 2. F 3. T 4. TEx: 1. A 2. C 3. B 4. DStep 5: Oral Practice Suppose you are a guide, please introduce Minor Three Gorges of the Daning River in your own words. Key Sentences: 1. The Daning River rises at the south foot of Daba Mountain and flows through Wuxi County and Wushan County and joins the Y

12、angtze River at the west end of Wu Gorge. 2. The Minor Gorge consists of Longmen Gorge, Bawu Gorge and Dicui Gorge. 3. The old name for Longmen Gorge was Luomen Gate.Homework Read the passage 2 after class. Summary or feeling after classTitle Unit 3: Peacefulness and Beauty of Wu Gorge ()Purpose and

13、RequirementThe students should be able to:1. grasp the information of Wu Gorge.2. learn some useful words and expressions Importance1. Reading Passage 22. Language points and exercisesDifficultySentence structure and professional wordsTeachingAidsTextbook, pictures, blackboard, sound lab, videoTeach

14、ing Time Class No.Teaching ProcedureStep 1: Warm-upLeading questions to draw the Ss attention: 1. What does the Minor Gorge consisit of?(The Minor Gorge consists of Longmen Gorge, Bawu Gorge and Dicui Gorge)Background information: From Wu Mountain to Dachang there lies a 60-kilometer stretch where t

15、here are the famous Minor Three Gorges, i.e. Longmen Gorge, Bawu Gorge and Dicui Gorge. It is said that the Minor Three Gorges are not inferior to the real ThreeGorges in scenery . They are even better than the Yangtze Three Gorges in some aspects . As a saying goes: Every mountain is verdant ; all

16、the waters are green ; every peak is unique ; all the waterfalls create dreamy mists .Step 2: General reading and questionsAsk the Ss to read the summary and passage2 briefly, and answer the questions on the blackboard. 1. Why did the local people give “Bawu Godge” another name “Iron Coffin Gorge”?(

17、Because the local people mistook the coffin painted black for an iron coffin .) 2. Give some examples of vivid names of peaks and rocks which was metioned in the passage in the Bawu Gorg. ( Dragon In and Tiger Out , Horse Returning Mountain and Fairy MaidThrowing an Embroidered Ball .)3. Which gorge

18、 is the most pictureque of the Monor Three Gorges?( Dicui Gorge is the most picturesque of the Lesser Three Gorges ).4. Where can we find lifelike rock statues of Buddha, in the Gragon GateGorge, Bawu Gorge or in Dicui Gorge?(We can find lifelike rock statues of Buddha in Dicui Gorge .)Step 3: Step

19、3: Second reading and language points Ask the Ss to read the passage in detail. And the teacher explains the difficultsentences and language points. 1. Steering out of Longmen Gorge and past Silver Nest Shoal and the broadvalley of Loquat Shoal , one enters Bawu Gorge which is 10km in length fromTor

20、toise Shoal to Xiawan . 2. On the cliff face is a rectangular cave with a coffin painted black in it . It is a suspended coffin placed there by the Ba people of the Warring States Period . 3. Sometimes the river flows rapidly like an arrow and sometimes becomes smooth like a mirror . Mandarin ducks

21、swim in pairs across the reflections of the high peaks . 4. In the gorge , we can see Water Curtain Cave with the water falling as if it were thousands of silver threads hanging down .as if ;: as though conj. 好像似的; 仿佛似的e.g. It looks as if it is (were , was) going to rain .He opened his lips as if to speak . Step 4: Practice and ConsolidationAsk Ss to Exand Exon P32 to check the Ss understanding. Ex: 1. T 2. F 3. F 4. TE