授课题目：Unit 4 The Surprising purpose of travel 授课时间：第_周 授课类型：理论课授课时数：_课时教学目的：After finishing this unit, students will be able to:1. To practice speaking skills at a travel agency 2. To foster students genre awareness and apply it to reading and writing 3. To master the reading skill of looking for thesis statement 4. To enable students to write an essay of causes on fixed topics by using a genre-based process-writing approach 教学重点和难点：1. To talk about the surprising purpose of travel2. To understand the text fully3. To apply the phrases and patterns4. To master the cause-effect essay writing skill教学方法和手段：Various kinds of teaching methods are used:1. Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowledge in class;2. Case study. Provide case study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the case;3. Bilingual and full English teaching;4. Learner-centered approach; situational & communicative method;5. Project-based approach教学内容和过程：Section A The surprising purpose of travel Step One Warming-up Activities 30 minutesI. Write as many words related to travel as you can Varieties of travel Means of transportation Tourist attractions Entertainment activities Things to take Where to stay Other words about travelII. Lead-in questions:1. Do you like travelling? What are the reasons for you to travel? To have a change To experience something new and unfamiliar To see the world and understand different culture To marvel at the wonder of great nature To escape from a boring lifestyle To have a thorough relaxation To broaden ones horizons2. Whats your suggestion to a student who wants to have a trip but doesnt have enough money for it? Plan ahead Find useful information Travel in group Go to a less-known place Pack necessary thingsIII Background knowledge1. Where is Left Bank caf? What features does it have? The Left Bank caf is located in the village of Saranac Lake on the Left Bank of the River Seine in Paris. It is a favorite meeting place of great artists, writers, and famous intellectuals since the early 20th century. LBC serves authentic French caf-style food, including crpes and tar tines, as well as coffee, tea, wines and beers. 2. What is Lets Go? Give more information about it. A world-renowned travel guide series, researched, written, edited, and run entirely by students at Harvard University. It is claimed to be “the student travel guide” aimed at readers “both young and young at heart”. Lets Go was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the US. Office. 3. What do you know about Machu Picchu? An ancient ruined South American city high up in the Andes Mountains in Peru. It was built by the Incas, a Native American people of South America, in about 1500 AD, It has a temple of the sun and many other buildings. It is a popular place for tourists to visit.Step Two Text Study 80 minutesI. Interactive reading of the text1. Reading comprehension1) Why does the author choose the word “burdensome” to describe his imaginary travel? (Para. 1)2) What does the author mean by “the rest of the journey can feel like a tedious lesson in the ills of modernity? It sucks.”? (Para. 2)3) Suppose travel is troublesome and sometimes even unpleasant, why do we travel according to the author? (Para. 2-4) 4) What kind of travel is truly compulsory? (Para. 4) 5) What is the irony when people travel to Paris trying to leave all those troubles behind? (Para. 5)6) What is the finding of the research? What does the author wants to prove by referring to the example? (Para. 6)7) What do we need to do to trigger our creativity? (Para. 8)8) What are the secret cornerstones of creativity of travel? What will happen to us after travel? (Para. 9) 2. Structure of the textPart I Introduction (Paras. 1-4)The author gives us a vivid description of the imaginary travel experience, including how he struggles to get up in the early morning, how he gets to the flight gate after all trouble and how he finally gets stuck in the airport. The author puts forward a question: Why do we travel?Part II Body (Paras. 5-8)The author takes us to rethink the question: what is the real purpose of travel? Besides, she shares her own understanding of the real purpose of travel. Part III Concluding part (Para 9)We travel because we need to, because distance and difference are the secret cornerstones of creativity. .3. Summary of the Text Travel is _ and sometimes even unpleasant; then what is the driving force behind our travel? We travel because we need to. Sometimes our travel is a _ because we should attend the business luncheon, because we should celebrate Thanksgiving with our mom. We travel because we want to. Owing to the fact that most travel is _