Module 1 British and American EnglishPeriod 1Introduction& Reading and speakingTeaching Aim:Help the students to know some differences between British English and American English.Teaching Important Point:Help the students to know some differences between British English and American English.Teaching Difficult Point:How to improve their speaking ability.Teaching Aid:the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step1. Read the quotations and answer the questions:1) What is the topic of the quotations?2) Whose opinion is the most optimistic?3) Whose opinion is the most pessimistic?Step2. Read the emails and say what the writers have in common.The second writer is American.British EnglishAmerican EnglishMumMomprogrammeprogramtheatretheaterrealiserealizewrite to mewrite meStep3. Check the true statements1) People from Hong Kong can understand people from Beijing.( Open)2) People from Shanghai sound the same as people from Xian.(Not true)3) Chinese characters can be understood by all speakers of Chinese.(True)4) American English is very different from British English.(Not true)5) People from Britain cant understand people from America.( Not true)Period 2 Reading& Language pointsTeaching Aim:Help the students to understand the text and some language points.Teaching Important Point:Improve the students reading ability.Teaching Difficult Point:How to improve their reading ability.Teaching Aid:the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step 1. ReadingRead the passage and find out ways in which British and American English are different.Step 2. Complete the sentences with the correct words or phrases.Step 3. Language points1. get around: 四处走动，到处旅游eg. She gets around with the help of a stick.2. differ from: 不同于differ in: 在方面不同3. be similar to: 与相似4. have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做某事有困难have difficulty with sth.5. at the flick of a switch：开关一开6. suggest:1) 表示“表明，暗示”时，后面宾语从句用陈述句语气。Eg. When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr Thompson shook his head.All the evidence suggests that he stole the money.2) 表示“建议”a. +doingEg. I suggested going out for a walk.b. +从句（ 从句使用虚拟语气，即should+do, 其中should可以省略）Eg. He suggested that we (should) have a meeting to discuss the problem.Period 3 Vocabulary& GrammarTeaching Aim:Review of verb formsTeaching Important Point:Present simple, present continuous, present perfect and future reference.Teaching Difficult Point:How to use for and since.Teaching Aid:the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step1 Vocabulary 1. Match the British and American words and phrases in the box. 2. Rewrite the sentences using British words.1) We like going on holiday in the autumn very much.2) You dont need to use the lift. Our flat is on the ground floor.3) Did you see that lorry come out of the petrol station?4) Pass me a torch, Eddie. Ive lost my wallet.Step2 Grammar.（参阅课本109页） 1. Some explanations about the Present Simple Tense, the Present Continuous Tense, the Present Perfect Tense. 2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. 3. Complete the sentence with since or for. 4. Complete the sentences with the correct verb form.Period 4 Vocabulary and ListeningTeaching Aim:Help the students to improve their listening ability.Teaching Important Point:Improve the students listening ability.Teaching Difficult Point:How to improve their listening ability.Teaching Aid:the blackboard tape recorderTeaching Procedures:1. Think about problems exchange Students have. Number them in order of importance.2. Complete the passage with the words in the box.3. Listen to the interviews and answer the questions.4. Listen again and answer the questions.Period 5 Everyday English& FunctionTeaching Aim:Learn some new sentences and learn to give reasons.Teaching Important Point:Learn to use because, since, as or now that.Teaching Difficult Point:How to give reasons.Teaching Aid:the blackboardTeaching Procedures:Step1. Everyday English. Complete the sentences with the correct phrases.Step2. Function. 1. The differences between because, since, as and for. 难点because , since , as , for,辨析because, as, for, since这几个词都是表示原因的连词，语气由强至弱依次为：becausesinceasfor;其中because, since, as均为从属连词，引导原因状语从句；而for 是并列连词，引导并列句。1. because表示直接原因，它所指的原因通常是听话人所不知道的，其语气最强。常用来回答why的提问，一般放于主句之后，也可以单独存在。例如：She didnt go to work today because she is ill. 她今天没有去上班，因为她病了。此外，在强调句型中，只能用because。例如：It was because I missed the early bus that I was late for school. 我上学迟到是因为我没有赶上早班汽车。2. since侧重主句，从句表示显然的或已为人所知的理由，常译为因为、既然，语气比because稍弱，通常置于句首，表示一种含有勉强语气的原因。例如：Since he asks you, youll tell him why. 他既然问你，那就告诉他为什么吧。Since everyone is here, lets start. 既然大家都到齐了，我们就出发吧！3. as是常用词，它表示的原因是双方已知的事实或显而易见的原因，或者理由不是很重要，含义与since相同，但语气更弱，没有since正式，常译为由于，鉴于。从句