Unit 8 Is there a post office near here
单元整体分析
◆重点词句梳理
◆教材内容解读
本单元的中心话题是“问路与指路”。Section A 部分有三个方面的内容：一是与社区环境和设施相关的词汇bank, library, restaurant, post office, police station等；二是表示方位的介词across from, next to, in front of等；三是there be句型的一般疑问句及其回答。通过三者的结合，运用正确的方位介词来描述各种社区设施的地理位置。Section B 部分的重点是用得体的语言问路和指路，并描述自己的街坊邻里、社区环境。常用的问路用语：Excu me. Is there…? 常用的指路用语：go along, turn right/left, on your right/left, at the first crossing等。
◆功能话题应用
Is there a restaurant near your hou?
Yes, there is. It’s on Center Street.
Where’s the supermarket?
It’s next to the library.
Where are the pay phones?
They’re in front of the post office.
◆语法结构点击
1. 用there be句型询问或描述事物的所在位置。
2. where引导的特殊问句询问事物的具体位置。
3. 表示方位的介词。
背景知识链接
◆采用新教案P154话题相关链接。
Section A
新课备课素材
◆素材一新课导入设计
导入一图片导入： show some pictures about some places. Show the new words with the pictures ; then lead to the new lesson.
导入二猜词游戏导入：Let students guess the places. For example: if I want to buy a piece of stamp, where can I go? -- Post office. Then lead to the new lesson
导入三Watch the video：Watch the video about the place preposition, and then lead to the new lesson.（见PPT）
导入四采用P156 话题导入导语二。
◆素材二新课活动案例
活动 1 采用新教案P155活动设计
活动 2 Role-play（分角色表演，强化巩固以问路和指路为话题的情景对话。）
Step 1 Teacher shows some key words and phras; Ss u them to make their own conversations with partners.
library post office Green Street next to across from far from
Step 2学生自己提供有关人物、地点、事件，让其他小组进行现场对话练习。
活动 3Who is the fastest? (详见PPT)
◆素材三听说强化训练
采用P155 听说训练。
◆素材四语法突破建议：
（一）【观察】How can I help you?
【探究】表示向他人伸出援手，主动提出帮助的意思，此句还可说成：How can I help you?或How may I help you?
类似的句子还有：
May I help you?
Do you need any help?
Is there anything I can help (you) with?
What can I do for you?
（二）【观察】It’s across from the park.
【探究】across from 意为“在……对面”
across 与through
across 作介词，从表面“穿过；越过”，是横向穿越；
through 指从内部“穿过”，是纵向穿越。
< 1. You must go across the bridge and then turn right.
2. Go through the park, and you will e a hou with a garden.
（三）【观察】Is there a bank near here.
【探究】(详见PPT)
新课教学典案
Section A Period1 (1a-1c)
Step1. Warming up and Lead-in:
1. Guessing game. Ask all Ss clo their eyes and the teacher hide a pen. Guess: Where is the pen? Who guess right can get the pen. The pen is in the teacher’s desk. →in, on, under
Step2. Prentation:
猜词游戏导入：(1). Let students guess the places. For example: if I want to buy a piece of stamp, where can I go? -- Post office.
Lead other words like this way:
post, office, post office, police, police station, hotel, restaurant, bank, hospital, street （2）. At first, ask a few students to try to read them, then the teacher corrects their
pronunciations.
Ss have six minutes to remember the words.
(3). Play a game: Who is the fastest? (详见PPT)
(4). Work on 1a. Match the activities with the pictures.
Step3. Listening:
1.Listen to the tape, and circle the places you hear in 1a.
2.listen and match.
a restaurant on Long Street
a post office on Center Street
a hospital on Bridge Street
3. Listen and repeat.
Step4. Pair work.
Practice the conversation with your partner. Then ask and answer questions about the places in 1a.
A: Is there a hospital near here?
B: Yes. There is. It’s on Bridge Street.
Ss work in pairs. Ask and answer about the weather in the cities.
Step5. Homework.
Remember the words we learned today.
Section A Period 2 (2a-2d)
Step1. Warming up and Lead-in:
1.Have a dictation about the words we learned today.
2. Watch the video：Watch the video about the place preposition, and then lead to the new
lesson.（见PPT）
Step2. Listening:
Work on 2a;
1.Look at the pictures in 2a and read the ntences.
2.Match the ntences with the pictures. Write each number in the box.
3. Check the answers:
Work on 2b
1. Look at 2b, listen and fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
2. Check the answers:
Step3. Pair work
1.Ask and answer questions about the places in 1a on page 43.
2.Prepare with your partner for five minutes.
3.Ask some Ss to act out.
Step4. Role-play
1. Look at the conversations in 2d. Then Ss read the conversations by themlves and try to find out difficulties and suspicious(可疑的).
2. Ask Ss to read the conversation and answer the questions:
① Where does Tony want to go?
② How do they get there?
Ss read the conversations and answer the questions. Then check the answers together.
3. Let Ss role-play the conversation in pairs.
Step5. Language points. （详见PPT）
