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　　Unit 8 Lessons 57~64
　　My Country and English-speantries
　　Lesson 57: North, South, East, West
　　Target language
　　1. Words and phrases
　　north, south, east, west, country, English, Australia, our, map, point, United States(U.S.), United Kingdom(U.K.), far
　　from
　　2. Key sentences
　　Where are they from? They are from …    North points up on a map.
　　Teaching important and difficult points
　　Learn to name some English-speantries and talt directions on a map.
　　Step I Lead-in
　　Show two pictures of Liu Xiang and Yao Ming.
　　T: Who is this? (Point at one of the pictures.)
　　Ss: This is Liu Xiang.
　　Step II Presentation
　　T: Let’s go on with our pictures. (Show the two pictures of Liu Xiang and Yao Ming again.)
　　The same way with the U.S..
　　Then Ss make conversations using the pictures above in pairs:
　　Step IV Listening
　　Play the tape for the students to listen to Part 2 on Page 72. Thint the following Qs before listening to the tape:
　　1.What does Ms. Liu want to do?
　　2.Where are her friends from?
　　3.What are the countries?
　　4.Are they near us?
　　Let Ss listen to it twice to try to catch the main sentences in the dialogue. Check the answers.
　　Step V Presentation
　　Use a compass or the real orientation of the classroom to demonstrate north, south, east and west.
　　Then ask Ss:
　　T: Do you know how to talt directions on a map?
　　Ss: … (Ss have learned it in the primary school, so they may say it in Chinese:上北下南，左西右东。)
　　T: Great! But in English, we say it like this on a map:
　　North points up. South points down. West points left. East points right.