Ⅰ. Material analysis
本课是九年级第五单元第一个话题的第一课时，主要活动为1a和3。以Susanna来到北京与父母团聚作为切入点引出本课的学习，了解我们伟大祖国的名山大川和其它旅游胜地。我们将学习用that/which引导的定语从句准确地描绘这些名胜古迹。通过本课的学习，学生将进一步认识到听前预览的重要性，提高自己的听说技能，同时更多地了解我们伟大祖国的悠久历史，激发他们对祖国的热爱。
Ⅱ. Teaching aims
1. Knowledge aims：
1) Words and phrases:
a great number of, fetch, introduce, strange, lie in, height
2) Grammar:
掌握that /which 引导的定语从句的用法。
3) Functions:
描述风景名胜。
2. Skill aims:
1）能听懂有关谈论中国名胜的对话”，并能够提取有用信息。
2）能用英语谈论中国的一些名胜古迹。
3. Emotional aims:
1) 鼓励学生积极参与并培养其乐于与他人合作的精神，在共同合作中完成学习任务。
2) 热爱孕育了无数名山大川的伟大祖国。
4. Culture awareness:
了解祖国的悠久历史和名胜古迹的地理位置及特色。
5. Learning strategies：
1) 学会有效地进行听前预览，预测将要听到的对话的内容，避免相似信息的干扰。
2) 搜集相关资源，积累更多的知识。
Ⅲ. The key points and difficult points
1. Words and phrases:
a great number of, fetch, introduce, strange, lie in, height
2. Sentences:
1) There are many places of interest which attract millions of tourists from all over the world every year.
2) Among them, the Changjiang River is the longest one and the second longest is the Huanghe River.
3) I can fetch you Guide to China.
4) It’s a place which/that is worth visiting.
3. Grammar:
attributive clauses (which/that)
Ⅳ. Teaching aids
多媒体课件，或黄山、长城、黄果树瀑布、西湖、故宫的图片，可选用歌曲大中国作为导入本课的背景音乐。
Ⅴ. Teaching procedures
Stage
（time period） Interaction
patterns Teacher activity Student activity Remarks
1 Getting students ready for learning
(3-5 mins) Class activity 1.Greeting.
2.Ask students to talk about where they have been on vacations. 1.Greeting.
2.Students show their traveling experiences and introduce what they have done and where they have been on vacations. 可用歌曲《大中国》作为学生介绍假期旅行经历的背景音乐，既可创设氛围，又能为本课的学习作铺垫。
2 Revision
(3 mins) Individual work Guide students to review attributive clauses. Change the sentence “China is a great country with so many places of interest.” into an attributive clause: China is a great country that has so many places of interest. 复习第四单元接触过的简单的定语从句的用法，引出本课学习重点。
3 Pre-listening
(2 mins) Class activity Show some pictures about places of interest mentioned in 1a and lead to the listening activity. Watch the pictures and prepare to complete the listening tasks. 激活情境。
4 While-listening
(7 mins) Individual work 1.Show the table of 1b, and ask students to read through the content of the table.
2.Play the record of the conversation. Guide students to listen and note. 1.Read through the table before listening. They may fill in some of blanks according to the knowledge they know. And try to guess other words.
2.Listen to the conversation and write down the answers or the capital letters of the words. 做好听前预览是完成听力任务的保障。
提醒学生做好记录。
5 Post-listening
(14 mins) Individual work 1.Ask two students to report the answers.
2.Play the flash of 1a. And ask students to understand something important and difficult. 1.Report the answers.
2.Watch the flash of 1a, and mark something important and difficult.
fetch的用法对一些学生来说不是很好记，可以用图示辅助记忆：
bring take
Group work Ask students to discuss the key and difficult points in groups. Students discuss in groups to understand the conversation further in groups.
Individual work 1.Point out the key and difficult points.
2.Organize students to retell the conversation based on the table of 1b. 1.Note the key and difficult points.
2.Retell the conversation based on the table of 1b.
Pair work Ask students to talk about the pictures of 2 by following the example above them. Talk about the pictures by following the example in pairs.
6 Pre-listening
(3mins) Individual work Ask students to read through the table of 3 to prepare to finish the listening practice.
Read through the table before listening. They may fill in some of blanks according to the knowledge they know.
7 While-listening
(3 mins) Individual work Let students listen to the passage and finish the listening practice. Listen to the passage and write down the answers or the capital letters of the words.
8 Post-listening
(5 mins) Individual work Ask two students to check the answers. Report the answers.
听力任务完成后，学生可以结合听到的信息，根据表格进行介绍，因为听和说作为交际的两个方面，是不可分割的整体。听能带动说，说能促进听。
Pair work Ask students to introduce the famous rivers and lakes in our country according to the table of 3. Introduce the famous rivers and lakes according to 3 to their partners in pairs. And their partners listen carefully without books. Then change the roles.
9 Summarizing and assigning homework
(3 mins) Individual work Ask two students to sum up the key points according to the blackboard. Sum up the main content of this class. 鼓励学生课后通过查找网络和书籍更多地了解本课中提到的名胜古迹，在下节课前进行分享，学会拓展学习的同时，进一步了解祖国的大好河山，激发他们对祖国的热爱之情。
Class activity Repeat the key points. Read through what they have learnt after the teacher.
Individual work Ask students to make a note about one of the places of interest mentioned in today’s lesson after class. Make a note of the conversation. Search the Internet or look up some information in some books to know more about knowledge of the places of interest mentioned in today’s lesson.
Ⅵ. Blackboard design
Topic 1 China attracts millions of tourists from all over the world.
Section A
1. a great number of 许多，大量
2. I can fetch you Guide to China.
我可以拿《中国指南》给你。
3. introduce v. 介绍
4. strange adj. 奇怪的；陌生的
5. lie in 位于
6. It’s a place which/that is worth visiting.
这个地方值得参观。
7. height n. 高度；身高