Step 2: Pre-listening

1. Show students some pictures of the Great Pyramid of Khufu and the Great Sphinx. Let them to predict what we will learn today.

Step 3: While-listening

1st listening: Ask students to listen to the tape for the first time and check if their prediction is correct or not and try to get the main idea of the dialogue.

2nd listening: Ask students to listen to the tape for the second time and answer the following questions.

①. How far are the pyramids from Cairo?

②. How old is the Great Sphinx?

③. How long is the Nile River?

3rd listening: Ask students to listen to the tape for the third time, read after the tape and invite several students to

Step4: Post-listening

Role-play: ask students to work in pairs. One works as an interviewer, and the other works as an interviewee to make a dialogue about an unforgettable trip. And give them five minutes to prepare it.

Step5: Summary and Homework

Summary: ask a student to conclude the content of the lesson and summarize with the whole class.

Homework: ask students to search the Internet to find more information about Africa.

Blackboard design:

【答辩】

1. How to lead in the class?

【参考答案】

Warming up is very important for a new lesson. Teachers can use many ways to lead in, such as riddle, story, picture, video, music and so on. Such as sing a song that is related to the topic of the new lesson for students to lead in the class. It can arouse the interest of students and make the atmosphere of class become active and lead in the new lesson easily.

2. What is the standard of a good lesson?

【参考答案】

The standards of a good lesson are as follows: embody advanced teaching idea, a clear teaching goal, break through the key and difficult points successfully. It can give students' subjectivity to the full play, can use flexible teaching methods and so on.

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