Unit 3 Australia
Teaching objectives and demands:
1. Words and expressions:
camp; ash; ashtray; dirt; valley; kangaroo; beyond; fix up; cave; thirst; sun burnt; aborigines; system; spiritual; faith; hand down; elder; curiously; underground; starve; rather than; thus; percentage; give birth to; precious; fence; dingo; task; found up; outdoors; shave; argue; Italian
2. Daily expressions in communication (warnings and suggestions):
Make sure you put out the fire properly.
Don’t walk around without a sun hat.
Don’t drive past cars that have stopped in the bush without stopping.
Pour water on the ashes.
Clo the farm gates behind you.
3. Grammar: -ing form ud as subject and object.
4. Language u: the students are suppod to learn something about the history of Australia and the evilness of colonialism.
Time arrangement: 5periods
Lesson 9
Teaching procedures:
Step 1. Revision
1) Check the homework exercis.
2) Find out how much the Ss know about Australia.
Where is Australia in relation to China? (South)
Is it a continent? (Yes)
Which language is spoken there? (English, and other languages.)
What is the name of the big rock in the center of the country? (Ayers Rock)
What’s the capital? (Canberra)
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What’s the largest city? (Sydney)
What important event happened in Sydney? (27th Olympic Games)
Step 2. Prentation
SB Page 13, Part 1. Teach the new words camp, ash, ashtray, valley. Point out the structure go camping and ask for other examples of activities and sports which u this structure. go shopping/ swimming/sailing/riding on a hor/ boating/ climbing.
Step 3. Listening
Now listen to the dialog and find out the answers to the questions:
How many people are in the party? (Five)
Where do they decide to make their camp? (In the bush, near a river and some trees)
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Step 4. Reading and explanations
Now get the students to read the dialogue in pairs and underline the difficulties and the key points that they think. Go through the key and difficult points with the students if any.
Notes:
a. dirt track: a rough track which you can drive on.
b. There is a kangaroo: Kangaroos grow to a large size and are big enough to damage a car badly. Many cars and trucks have bars fitted to the front of the vehicle to protect their headlights (called roo bars; roo is short for kangaroo).
Language points:
1.“go + doing”的含义
“go + doing”结构表示“去干某事”的意思，多指去从事与体育、娱乐有关的活动。
Why don't you go shopping tomorrow? 为什么你明天不去买东西？
She was always ready to go skating, walking.她随时准备去滑冰，散步。
If you go eating tho green apples you will make yourlf ill. 如果你吃生苹果，
Go nutting （去采坚果） / go shrimping（去捕虾）
表示“从事某种职业”
After graduation from high school they went soldiering.中学毕业后他们去当兵。
When she grew up, she went nursing. 她长大后从事保育员工作。
Go farming / go nursing / go soldiering / go teaching
学校垃圾分类2.We can stop here on the right beyond the tree.
A．beyond在此处意为“在……之外”，“在……的那边”。例如：
1)The road is beyond the hill.路在山那边。
2)The hou is beyond the bridge.房子在桥那边。
B．beyond还可表示“超出(能力范围)”、“无法……”的意思。例如：
1)It's beyond human power.那是人力所不及的。
2)They are beyond the government's control.他们超出了政府控制的范围。
C．beyond用作副词，可表示“再过去”、“再往前”、“那边”的意思。例如：There's nothing beyond．那边什么都没有。
3. fix up的用法
1）短语动词fix up意为搭起，安装，收拾，修理。如：
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That night they fixed up a bamboo bed for him in the front room在前屋搭竹床过夜。He fix电脑系统安装教程
ed up the broken chair. 他修理破椅子。
They are busy fixing up the lights. 他们忙于安装电灯。
科技的作用2)fix up还作“安排住处”，“确定”，“解决”，“安排”解。如：
We fixed him up in a small hotel. 我们把他安排在一家小旅馆里。
Let's fix up a time that suits everybody. 让我们确定一个大家都适合的时间。
I've fixed up a visit to the theatre next Friday.我安排下周五去听音乐会。月之星
4. die of和 die from的用法
短语动词die of和die from都表示“因……而死”，“死于……”，但die of常指由于疾病、情感等原因造成的死亡，die from一般指除疾病、情感之外的原因造成的死亡。如：
The old woman died of grief soon after her husband's death. 老太太在丈夫去世后不久因悲伤而死。
梦见死去的亲人是什么兆头
Her sister died of lung cancer.她姐姐死于肺癌。
What did this old man die of?这老人因何病而死？
The soldier died from a chest wound. 战士因胸部受伤致死。
In a cold winter, many wild animals can die from lack of food. 在严寒的冬天，很多野生动物可能因缺乏食物而死去。
▲含有die的短语动词还有die out（熄灭，绝种，不复存在），die down （平息，熄灭）等。如：
Many old customs are gradually dying out.许多旧风俗逐渐消亡。
This kind of bird is dying out. 这种鸟正在绝种。
The fire is dying down. Plea get more coal. 火要熄灭了。请再加点煤。
