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1、Unit 2 Capital Cities序号 1课程名称：新世纪高职高专英语 授课教师：授课日期授课班级Teaching ObjectiveMaster the key words and structures and try to learn something about the capital cities in the world.Key PointsVocabularyassociate characteristic connectiondecay empire imagineintimatereputation wonderall but be worthwhile doing
2、by no means for the sake of lay out have an advantage over speak of as take pride in thanks to StructureAs, soIt is +adj. +to doSkillsHow to find the main idea of a paragraphReading a community calendarWriting a minutes GrammarAttributive clauseTeaching ProceduresLead In, Reading of the Text, Exerci
3、ses, Listening, Speaking, Phonetics, Grammar Tips, Reading Skills, Practical Reading, Practical Writing, Study GuideTotal Periods6 periods/ per unitUnit 2 Capital Cities授课内容：1. Understand the Text：Capital Cities2. Explain the key words and structures in the text.目的要求：1.Learn the noticeable character
4、istics of the capital cities of some countries.2. Master the key words and structures in the text有关记录：板书设计：Unit 2 Capital CitiesCan you say something about some capital cities:BeijingLondonWashington D. C.ParisTokyoAthensOttawaViennaI. Lead in ( 15 minutes)Task 1: Ask the students to talk about noti
5、ceable characteristics of some capital citiesTask 2: List the name of their favorite capital cities, give their reasons.Teacher should give some related words and expressions.II. Read in (65 minutes)1. Background Information (5 minutes) city center: the main shopping or business area in a city, call
6、ed “downtown” in American Englishcity fathers:the group of people who govern a citycity planning: the study of the way cities work, so that the roads, houses, services, etc. can be provided effectively. City planning is getting more and more important with the development of economy and society. Now
7、 the government of almost any big city has a department of city planning.2. Developing vocabulary (30 minutes) 1) advantage: n. a favorable circumstance 优势e.g.As we all know, computers have both advantages and disadvantages.These are the advantages of radios over TV.2) characteristic: n. a special a
8、nd easily recognized quality of someone or something 特征，特性 e.g. A useful characteristic of the cat is its ability to catch and kill mice.The newly invented device has the following characteristics.3) explosion: n.l (a loud noise caused by) an act of exploding爆炸。 爆炸声e.g. population explosion 人口爆炸info
9、rmation explosion 信息爆炸l a sudden bursting out (of the stated feeling or its expression) 发出（感情或表达该感情的言语）e.g. explosions of great anger 勃然大怒 explosions of loud laughter 一下子哄堂大笑4) seat: n. a place of a particular power or activity。 center 中心。 所在地 e.g.Paris is the seat of the French government5) commerc
10、ial: a. of, related to or used in commerce商业的；商务的e.g.Nowadays, commercial banks and state-owned banks coexist and compete with each other.6) imagine: v. form a picture of sb. or sth. in mind想象； 假设e.g.It is hard to imagine what life would be like in 2050. I can imagine the scene clearly in my mind.7)
11、 existence: n. the state of existing 存在e.g. The new country has been in existence since 1918. Ive never heard anything so silly during my whole existence! 8) a share in: a part in （起）一份作用e.g.If you want a share in/of the pay, youll have to do your fair share of the work.9) benefit: n. good effect, a
12、dvantage 利益；好处e.g.The company has gained a lot of benefits from investment in the real estate.10) ravage: n. the damage caused by something (often used in the plural) （遭破坏的）残迹；灾害e.g.We visited an old building that has survived the ravages of time.11) all but: almost, nearlye.g. The game was all but
13、over by the time we arrived.He all but died of the serious wounds.3.Detail study of the text (30 minutes)Paragraph One1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:What can we conclude about the capital city of a country?A:The capital city of a country is not necessarily the greatest city of the country, but it is ce
14、rtainly the most important city in the country. Usually the capital city is the political center because the central government is there.2) Main idea. The concept of a capital.Paragraph Two1) Comprehension QuestionsQ:Why is it that the existence of a city is often longer than that of an empire?A:Cit
15、ies rise and fall like empires, but a city may still be there after the empires owning it have vanished.2) Main idea The long history of some cities. 3) Difficult sentencesCities, like empires, rise and fall, but the existence of a city is often longer than that of the empires of which it is the capitalLike empires, cities also flourish and decline, but the history
