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　　Unit 2 Where’s the post office?
　　课题:Unit 2 Where’s the post office?      第1课时  共4课时
　　教学目标：1.学会建筑物的名称及表方位的介词词汇   2.there be句型
　　重点：1.Words: office, restaurant, library, supermarket, bank, park, pay, street, center, mail, near, bridge, across, between, front, behind, there, avenue ,across from,next to,between …and…,in front of,behind
　　2.Sentences: -Is there a bank near here? –Yes,there is.It’s on Center Street.
　　难点：能看着图片说话出建筑物的名称
　　教具准备：T:PPT document,  Ss:cards for new words
　　施教日期：2006年2月17日
　　教学过程：
　　Step 1 Lead-in
　　1. Do you often go to the city library on weekends? Do you know where our city library is? It is on  Haima Street.Is there a bookstore near here?Yes,there is.It’s on Haichang Street.
　　2. Use some pictures to present the new words.
　　post office, pay phone, banpermarket, hotel, library, street, restaurant, park
　　Step 2: Section A 1a.
　　Match the words with the places in the picture. Read the words several times after the  recording.
　　Step 3. Play a guessing game.
　　Let the Ss use their cards to play the game.One of the Ss tat  a card with a name of a place on it. Let the partner guess what place it is.
　　Step 4.Practice.
　　1.Present Is there a … near here? Yes, there is. It’s on …Street(st)/Avenue(ave). / No, there isn’t.
　　Is there a supermarket near here? Yes,there is .It’s on Fifth Avenue.
　　2. Section A 1b  Listening
　　Play the recorder, ask Ss to circle the places they hear on the picture in 1a.
　　1. Pairwork: Section A. 1c. Have Ss ask and answer questions about the other places in the picture.
　　Step5 Present the prepositions
　　1.T:Look at the picture.Where’s the red car?
　　S1:It’s behind the supermarket.
　　T:Where’s the white truck?
　　Ss:It’s in front of the post office.
　　T:What does in front of mean?
　　T:The library is next to the supermarket.What does next to mean.
　　T:Is the bank next to the supermarket?
　　Ss:No,It’s near it.
　　T:So near means not far away from and not next to.
　　Present between and across from in the same way.
　　2.Look at the map below. Say: The post office is between the hotel and the supermarket. The park is next to the library.
　　Teach: between…and, next to, across from, in front of, behind.