The Second Period—Section A(3a－4c)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases：
relaxed，value，capital，noon，mad，passport，chalk，blackboard，northern，coast，season，knock，eastern，worth，manner
drop by，be on time，after all，get mad，no(not a)big deal，make an effort，clean…off，take off
Key sentences：
1.Where I'm from，we're pretty relaxed about time.
2.When we see each other，it's polite for boys to shake hands and for girls to kiss each other on the side of the face.
3.It's very important to be on time.
4.—Is it impolite to keep others waiting?
—Yes，it's very impolite to keep others waiting.
Key structure：
It's＋adj.＋to do sth.
eg：It's important to be on time.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Use the structure “It's＋adj.＋to do sth.” in reading comprehension.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】
1．Greeting
2．Brainstorming
Quickly ask questions：
What are people supposed to do in…
3．Ask pairs of students to read aloud or role－play the conversation in 2d.
★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】
1．Finish the task in 3a
①Help the students to understand the demand in 3a and learn the names of the two countries and their national flags.
②Quickly read the passage and answer the question.
2．Finish the task in 3b
3．Finish the task in 3c
4．Finish Grammar Focus
①Ask the question：
What are you supposed to do when you go to the USA?
②Read aloud the sentences in the grammar frame until fluently.Summarize the structures and patterns.
5．Finish the task in 4a
Students read the sentences and fill in the blanks by themselves.
