Period 1
(一)明确目标
1. Learn the useful expressions to talk about location and direction.
2. Have listening practice.
(二)整体感知
Step 1
Show the students a map of china and ask them to find out several places and tell the others the location of these places.
(三)教学过程
Step 2 warming up
Get eh students to look at the map of china and names of countries, islands and seas beyond China, Divide the students into groups of four and talk about the positions of the different places and waters in relation to china.
Step 3 listening
Ask the students to look at the map on page 37.this is the map of Dolphin island. Play the tape for the first time for the students to finish exercise 1. Play the tape again. This time the students are required to do Exercise 2.
Step 4 Speaking
The teacher asks one of the students “where are you from?” “Can you tell me the position of your hometown?” encourage the students to use “in the north/south/east/west of” or “to the north/south/east/west of “
Read the example dialogue. Then get the students to talk about the birthplaces of their grandparents. Parents and them selves in pairs. At the edn ask one or two pairs to act out their dialogues in front of the class.
(四)总结、扩展
Step 5
Finish off the exercises in workbook.
（五）随堂练习
1）用适当的介词填空：
1. He lives in a town ____ the east coast.
2. Hainan Island id ____ the south of Guangdong province.
3. Henan province lie _____ central china.
4. The ship hi t rock ___ the west coast of the pacific:
2）将下了句子译成英语。
1. 我父亲出生在这个城市以西30公里处的一个小村庄。
2. 我来自安庆，安徽西南部的一个小城市。
3. 安徽省位于江苏省的西边，河北省的南边。
参考答案：
1）1. on 2. to 3. in 4. off
2) 1. my father was born in a small village, which is about 30 kilometers west of this city.
2. I’m from Anqing a small city in southwestern Anhui province.
3. Anhui province lies on the west of Jiangsu, but to the south of Hebei.
Period 2
(一) 明确目标
1. To know something about New Zealand.
2. To train the abilities of skimming and scanning the text.
3. To study the language points in relation to the text.
（二）整体感知
Step 1 presentation
Today we are going to read about New Zealand, as we know, New Zealand is an island. Do you know where it is? Now, well look at the map and New Zealand and the seas surrounding it, (the Pacific and Tasman Sea)
（三）教学过程
Step 2 pre-reading
Get the students to look at the map of the world and write down the names of five islands and describe where they are. Then ask the students to compare the notes with the partners. At the end collect the answers from some of the students.
Step 3 skimming and scanning
Ask the students to read the text silently and fast to get general idea of each paragraph
Paragraph 1 geography
Paragraph 2; climate
Paragraph 3: natural resource
Paragraph 4 history
Step 4 listening
Play the tape recordings of the text for the students listen to. Ask them to pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation.
Step 5 analyze the text
Analyze t4eh text laying stress on the structure of some complex sentences and some important words and phrases.（参照轻松学习中的重难点解析）
（四）总结、扩展
Step 6 consolidation
Allow the students a few minutes to read the text aloud themselves. Ask them to give the summary of the text their own words.
（五）随堂练习
Match the words with their meanings
1. mild A: make or become hot
2. heat B. about
3 surface C. make a home in
4. some D. possessing ; ownership
5. settle E. of a / the nation
6. sigh F. write one ‘s name on (a letter, document , ect.)
7. possession G. soft; gentle
8. national H. the outside of any object
参考答案：
1.G 2. A 3. H 4. B 5. C 6. F 7. D 8. E
Period 3
（一）明确目标
1. To master some basic vocabulary and use the proper words to describe the land.
2. To learn the grammar: the use of “it” as subject
Step 1 revision and presentation
（二）整体感知
Step 1 revision and presentation
1. Revise the text “New Zealand” asks the students to describe the location of the island and the natural beauty.
2. When we describe the land, we usually use some use some nouns and some adjectives
（三）教学过程
Step 2 word study
Let the students look at the word webs. Make sure the students know the meaning of these words. Then let them talk in pairs about the different kinds of land. Allow them enough time to write down the sentences in their notebooks.
A sample version:
Some parts of southwestern China has a very beautiful landscape with green hills and mountains, some parts of northeast are covered with thick forests. In the west there is a large area of deserts. But in cities, there is not enough grassland because of a large population.
Step 3 grammar
1. Write the following sentences on the blackboard;
A it is April 1st today.
B it is raining heavily
C it is interesting to visit New Zealand
2. Tell the function of “it” in each sentence.
A) Impersonal “it “can be used to talk about time, date, distance, conditions or weather.
B) “It” can be used in the subject position to stand fro the infinitive or a clause. We usually call it “formal subject”
Step 4 practice
Do first one together with the whole class to make sure the students know what to do. Then let them do the exercise individually. Check the answers with the students.
Step 5
Describe the land characteristic of china with the words we learned in the unit.
Step 6
Finish of the vocabulary and grammar exercises in the workbook.
1. The watch lied on the desk yesterday.
2. The machine is made of thousands of parts.
3. I was about to go out while the telephone rang.
4. Madam Curie was famous for the discover of radium.
5. that is important to master a foreign language.
6. Now is 6 o’clock.
7. Taiwan lies to the east of China.