语言目标：
了解一些国家的饮食起居、生活习惯和文化异同，并用学习的知识表达自己对生活习惯的看法。
认知目标：
掌握关键词汇和目标语言。
情感目标：
本单元以谈论“习俗”为话题，了解各地不同的文化知识，从而让学生知道哪些是应该做的，哪些是不应该做的，要学会尊重不同的文化，养成良好的行为习惯，培养学生的学习兴趣。
第一课时
Section A
教学目标：
1. 学习一些见面礼仪，生活习俗和对时间的看法。
2. 通过听力训练和口语练习加深学生对目标语言的认识。
3. 掌握be supposed to的句型结构
Step 1 Warm up
Ask the students to say out some school rules.
T: Please tell me some school rules. Which are not allowed to do?
When the students say them out, write them on the blackboard. They may be “We can’t be late. We can’t eat and play in class. We can play games after class.” And so on.. Then,
T: We can’t be late. That is to say, we aren’t supposed to be late. We must get to class on time. That is to say, we are supposed to be on time.
Ask the students to guess the meaning of “be supposed to”. Then tell them: be supposed to = should.
Step 2 Lead in
Show a map of the world.
T: Do you know where Brazil is?
S: It is in South America.
T: Do you know where Japan is?
S: It is in East Asia.
…….
Come up with other countries like “ the United States, Mexico, Korea”, and ask the students to tell their sites in the world. Then,
T: Do you know what people do when they meet for the first time?
Raise the words “bow, kiss, shake hands, greet ”. Help students to understand every word. Then students do 1a according to the instruction.
Step 3 Listening and Practising
Listen to 1b, check answers in 1a.
Then read the conversation in the picture. Ask two students to translate it into Chinese. Practise it in pairs. The students can change country names and customs while ask several pairs to act their conversations out in the front.
Step 4 Listening
2a. Listen and check the mistakes Maria made. Then check the answers.
2b. Listen again. Fill in the blanks. Check the answers then.
Then repeat with the tape without looking at books. And look at the listening texts, comprehend the conversation.
Step 5 Grammar Focus
Tell the students to point out the main grammar point in this lesson: be supposed to Then get some students to read sentences in Grammar Focus and put them into Chinese.
All the students read them again.
Step 6 Homework
Master all the sentences in Grammar Focus.
第二课时
教学目标：
通过“应该”和“不应该”进一步了解一些国家的礼仪和对时间的看法。
Step 1 Revision
Recall the mistakes Maria made in the conversation in the last lesson:
1. She arrived at Paul’s party late.
2. She kissed Paul’s mom.
3. She wore a fancy dress.
Ask the students to say “ What was Maria supposed to do?”
1. She was supposed to come earlier.
2. She was supposed to shake hands with Paul’s mom.
3. She was supposed to wear jeans and a T-shirt (casual clothes).
Step 2 Presentation
Look at the flag signs in 3a. Ask students if they know what the two countries are. Get them to say any information they know about the two countries.
Step 3 Reading
First raise new words and phrases in the passages to help the students understand, like “ opinion, pretty, relaxed, Columbia, drop by, Switzerland, after all”. Students look through the two passages and try to finish the table below the passages. Check the answers in the table.
Comprehend the passages carefully.
Key points:
1. be relaxed about sth “对某事随意、宽松、不严格”
例：His parents is relaxed about his study.
2. drop by “顺便访问、拜访、看望”，也可以说：drop around, drop in, drop on sb
例：My sister dropped by last night.
= My sister dropped around / in last night.
也可以说：My sister dropped on us last night.
3. plan to do / plan on doing 表示“计划做….”
例：Where do you plan to spend your vacation?
Where do you plan on spending your vacation?
make a plan / plans 意思是“制订计划做….”
例：We usually make plans to see friends.
Then read the passages with the tape.
Step 4 Groupwork
According to the contents in the passage in 3a, get the students to talk about the etiquette the people in Columbia and Switzerland should pay attention to in groups. Then ask the representatives of some groups to give their talk.
Step 5 Exercises
完成句子：
1. __________ (人们理应鞠躬) in Japan.
2. Maria ___________ (穿错了衣服) at Paul’s party.
3. What ________ people in Korea _________ (理应做) when they meet __________ (第一次).
4. _____________ (与佳人和朋友一起共度时光) is very important to us.
5. Could you write the words in Unit12 ___________ (不看你们的书)?
第三课时
Section B
教学目标：