4. Talking about the life in the south and north of China.

3. Go on learning about the geography of China.

2. Review attributive clauses which use“that”and“which”.

(1)People that live on the northern plains usually come and go by land, but people in the south travel not only by land but also by water.

(2)Kunming which lies in the south of China is known as the Spring City.

1. Master some new words:

rather, below, freeze, thick, plain

2. Homework

(1)要求学生和同伴组织一个对话，话题围绕旅行。假设一个学生要去旅行，需要了解某地一些情况，另一个学生进行介绍。

　 T: Suppose one student wants to go on a trip. He/She needs to know something about the place he/she’s going to. The other introduces it to him/her. Make a dialog that is about a trip with your partner.

(2)根据上面的调查结果写一篇相关的作文。

T: Write a passage according to the results of the survey above.

Section D

Section D needs 1 period. Section D需用1课时。

The main activities are 1a and 3. 本课重点活动是1a和3。

1. (1)(Written work, 调查去过的地方，要去的地方及去的原因，教师把事先准备好的表格分给各组进行调查。)

T: Let’s make a survey about some places. Finish it in your group.

(2)(组与组之间汇报调查的结果，选择1~2组展示。)

T: Please report your results to another group.

2. (用活动的形式复习定语从句并完成2。)

活动步骤:

(1)教师把先行词car, your PC, driving license, a kind of animal等写在黑板上。

(2)在每个先行词后写上that, which。

(3)幻灯片出示有序号的句子或不完整的句子。

(4)组成完整的定语从句。

(幻灯片的内容:)

Step 5　 Project 第五步　 综合探究活动(时间:6分钟)

完成活动3。

1. (Group work, 把全班分成香港、澳门和台湾三组，让学生自己选择组别。活动要求:各组分别做一个策划把自己推向国际，形式不限，教师可以提供一点思路。)

T: The class will be divided into three groups: Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao. You can choose any one, then introduce it to the world.

Example:

(可以做成海报、广播及电视节目等多种形式。)

T:You can introduce them on radio, TV and so on. I think you will have better methods.

3. T: Some of you have been chosen as the best of your group. Who can report to the class?

(可以选择2~3组复述展示一下即可。)

(方案二: 以游戏的形式巩固1a。)

(具体做法:教师把香港、澳门、台湾的相关信息做成若干小纸条，每张纸条上只写一个词或短语，然后要学生来抽。抽到的学生要说出两到三个与该词相关的句子。)

T: Let’s play a game. I have some pieces of paper. There are some key words about Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan on the paper. Please say two or three sentences about them with the key words.

(纸条上可以出现的关键词如下:)

Example:

Hong Kong　　　　　　　　 the Oriental Pearl

Macao　　　　　　　　　　　 the Shopping Heaven

Taiwan　　　　　　　　　　　 the Gambling City

separate　　　　　　　　　　 the Treasure Island of China

be known as

(每个词或短语做成一张纸条。)

Step 4　 Practice 第四步　 练 习(时间:7分钟)

以海报形式展示1c。练习定语从句并完成2。

2. (三分钟后，交流展示。)

T:　 Please retell it to your partners. Others listen carefully. At last, the leader in each group should report to the big group.

(交流后可选出几组进行集中的展示。)