Unit 2 Understanding each other Grammar and usage（教学设计） I. Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: employ proper relative pronouns or adverbs to form relative clauses; use relative clauses to give examples of taboos； understand and respect cultural differences. II. Key competence focus 1. Choose proper relative pronouns or adverbs for relative clauses. 2. Make sentences with relative clauses. III. Predicted area of difficulty 1. Keep all the rules of relative clauses in mind. 2. Describe taboos with relative clauses correctly. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in T asks students to tell the differences between American English and British English in pronunciation, vocabulary or spelling. If necessary, students are required to give more examples. T: As we all know, there are some differences between American English and British English. Could you pronounce “跳舞”, translate “足球” and spell “颜色” in American and British ways. S: Yes. In American English, we pronounce“跳舞” [d ns] while in British English, it is [dɑ ns]. In the USA, we say soccer while in Britain, we say football. In American English, we spell “color” while in British English, it is “colour”. Y: Could you give more examples S: Certainly. [p s] and [pɑ s] (pass), baggage and luggage, behavior and behaviour, etc. T: Exactly. We have learnt some differences between American English and British English in pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling. In fact, there is a gap between the UK and the USA in communication styles. What is it Let’s read a personal account by a Chinese student who studied in the UK and the USA. 【设计意图：举例说明英式英语和美式英语在发音、词汇、拼写方面的不同，引出话题———英美两国在交流方式上也存在差异，为下一步的阅读做铺垫。】 Step 2 Exploring the rules T asks students to read a personal account by a Chinese student and find the sentences with relative clauses. T: The Chinese student describes the different communication styles and give several examples in the following account. Let’s read it. Please find the sentences with relative clauses and fill in the table on Page 20. The first one has been done for you. Sample answers: Restrictive relative clauses ... two countries that are separated by a common language. There were times when questions like “Would you mind passing me the jam, please ” … Non- restrictive relative clauses I spent one term in the UK, where the greatest challenge was the indirect manner of speaking. … a common opinion is “It’s not bad”, which usually translates as “It’s awful”. Now, when speaking to Americans, who have a direct style … 【设计意图: 学生通过阅读一篇由中国留学生描述英美两国不同交流方式的文章，在语境中接触、识别、归纳两种类型的定语从句。】 Step 3 Working out the rules 1.Get students to observe the sentences above and draw the following conclusion: A restrictive relative clause is used to modify a noun, pronoun or noun phrase and gives (1) necessary (necessary/a ... ...
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