一、 单元及课文分析

本单元的主要内容是谈论中国以及一些以英语为母语的国家的概况。旨在通过听力、对话练习、讨论、游戏等活动形式帮助学生了解几个以英语为第一语言的国家的地理位置、国旗、标志性建筑物、特有动物、自然景观等主要情况；同时，复习本册书所学到的特殊疑问句，这也是本单元的语法重点；本单元的写作任务是能用简短的语言介绍本国或某个以英语为母语的国家的概况。

Class opening

Teacher: Good morning, class.

S: Good morning, teacher.

Step1：Lead-in

T: How do you celebrate your birthday? （ Ask some students to answer）

Who do you usually invite?

Did you have a goodbye party?  Who did you invite? （设计思路：提高学生的兴趣，让学生更加积极主动地去探究语言）

Step2: Listen to the text carefully and answer the following questions: （设计思路：听并捕捉关键信息, 训练学生的听力和理解力）

1. What country is Jane from? What city is she from?

2. What country is John from? What city is he from?

3. What country is Mike from? What city is he from?

4. What country is Greg from? What city is he from?

5. What do you think all of these students are in China?

Step3: Read: Tell the students to read aloud along with the audiotape. （设计思路：学生更加直观地接触语言，练习语言）

Step4: Language points : （设计思路：解释语言点，强化知识目标）

invite : 邀请

1.invite+sb 邀请某人

   He has a big goodbye party and he invites all of his friends.                                               

2.invite+sb+to do sth. 邀请某人做某事
    Jenny invites me to go shopping together.

3.invite+sb+to a place(指一个地方)邀请某人到某处
    We often invite Tom to the park at the weekends.

此外，invite还可变形为invitation，从动词的邀请变为名词的邀请

4.capital :首都

London is the capital of the U.K.

Beijing is the                of China. 

Canberra is the                of Australia.

Washington D.C. is the                of the U.S.

5. thank sb. for sth / doing sth: 为某事而感谢…

Thank you for helping me= Thank you for your help.

感谢你的帮助

Step5: Work in pairs. Act out and listen carefully（设计思路：练习语言技能)

Complete the passage with the words in the box. {Show them on the screen}

（设计思路：在练习中巩固强化知识)

Canada  everyone  London  U.S.  Australia

Look at this photo from my goodbye party. I am so happy all of my friends were there. Let me tell you about ________ in the photo. This pretty girl is Jane. She is from Sydney, ________. John is to her left. He is from ________, the U.K. See the boy with blond hair? He is Mike, and he comes from Washington, D.C. in the ________. The tall boy, to Mike’s right, is Greg. He is from Vancouver, ________. And the boy in front of him is Li Ming, my best friend in China.

Guess who they are:

Step7: Finish Let’s do it! (Part 1)  (Check the answer)

Homework：

Work in groups of six. Role-play the dialogue in this lesson.

Finish Let’s do it! (Part 2)