Lesson 49教学设计方案（一）
StepI:Reading comprehension:
I) Fast Reading: Search for answers within 2 minutes.
1. Why Ellis Island became known as the “Island of Tears”?
2.Why New York is safe to build very tall buildings.
II)Reading comprehension:Finish Exs1 of page193.
III)Use a word to summarize each paragraph.
Paragraph1: location
Paragraph2: parks
Paragraph3: Island of Tears
Paragraph4: buildings
Paragraph5: New York never sleep
StepII.Listening practice.(Close their books.listen each paragraph and answer questions
附：作为高考听力训练。为教师提供了全部内容，教师可酌情选用)
Paragraph1:
1.Who and when were the islands discovered?(1524, an Italian explorer)
2.How much did the island of Manhattan cost when it was bought from local Indians?
(a handful of goods.)
Paragraph2:
1. When did New York became the largest city in the USA?(1820)
2.What did Central Park include?(space for summer picnic,open air concerts,plays and games;
a zoo, an art museum, a boating lake ,a small lake…)
Paragraph3:
1.What began in 1892?
2.What kind of museum is Ellis Island today?
3.How many people were turned away?
4.What kind of tests did the people have to pass through?
Paragraph4:
1.Which tall building was completed in 1931?
2.How many storeys did the World Trade Center have?
Paragraph5:
1.Why can we say “New York never sleeps”?
2.Why did some people dislike the city?
StepIII.Language points:(使学生在语境中体会词汇的意义及用法。并可提高上课效率)
I) Read the passage in details and pay enough attention to the Language.
II) Close their books and fill in the blanks.
Paragraph1:
In 1626 the island of Manhattan was bought from local Indians, Native Americans, for a handful of goods worth about $24. Today Native Americans express their anger over this business deal.
Paragrph2:
In 1858 an area of poor housing, factories and farm buildings was torn down and Central Park was created, reaching from 59th Street to 110th Street.
Paragraph3:
In 1892 the age of mass arrivals began, during which 15 million new people passed through Ellis Island into the USA over a period of 62 years.Today Ellis Island is a museum, showing the roots of America’s new citizens, who came from all the corners of the earth.
Paragraph4:
The twin towers are 110 storeys high, but high-speed lifts controlled by computer take only a minute to reach the top.
But unfortunately the twin towers were destroyed by terrorist attacks on Septimber 11th,20xx.
Paragrah5:
New York never sleeps. The underground railway runs 24 hours a day, and there are all-night cinemas,bars and restaurants. Some people think that the weather is unpleasant,the city ugly and dirty, the competition fierce and the streets unsafe.It is a city in a hurrry, but a very exciting place to be.
英语教案－unin13 The USA(一)