教学阶段

教师活动

学生活动

Lead-in

4 mins

Introduce basic information of Beijing and invite Ss to talk about Beijing.

Learn about Beijing city.

Pre-

listening

2mins

Show pictures of Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Introduce two famous places：

Jin Mao Tower in Shanghai and Victoria Peak in Hong Kong.

Share what they know about the two cities.

While-

listening

15 mins

Part I

Present a table of two cities.

Ask Ss to compare the two cities.

Listen and complete the table.

Tell which city is bigger and which one is busier.

设计意图：To get the basic information about the cities.

Part II

Present two questions.

Which city are they talking about?

Where is the city?

Show different aspects people will talk about a city.

Listen and answer the questions.

Listen and tick.

Present detailed information about Shenzhen.

Listen and complete the sentences.

设计意图：To get detailed information of a city.

Post-

listening

24 mins

Play the recording and read aloud with the students.

Read aloud with the speaker.

设计意图：To pay attention to the pronunciation.

Ask Ss to talk about Shenzhen.

Invite Ss to observe the notes on the blackboard.

Talk with partner about Shenzhen by using what they have learnt in the class.

Generalize the sentence pattern.

设计意图：To generalize the usage of the target language.

Lead Ss to compare different cities in China according to the history, the population and the busyness.

Compare cities in China.

Show preference to cities they like and tell why.

设计意图：To practice using the target language.

Invite Ss to compare the city they live in with other cities in China.

Do the comparison between cities.

Express their love to the city they live in.

设计意图：To talk about cities by using target language.

板书设计

30 years ago           today                         some day

 a small village       a very big city

                     a newer city than HK

                     bigger and busier                  as busy as HK

                     the population … is larger than …

                     streets … much wider and cleaner (than)

                     the Diwang Tower is taller than …