Lesson 2 Great Buildings

Teaching aims:

To give opinions about buildings

To listen and make notes

To listen and identify stressed words that give new information

To practise describing places

Teaching difficulties:

To listen and identify stressed words that give new information

To practise describing places

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Warming up

T: Today we have a lesson about great buildings. What do you think we call great buildings?

S:

T: The teacher show some pictures of great buildings: such as Taj Mahal, India, pyramid, the Great Wall, Notre Dame de Paris, Eiffel Tower and London Bridge

　Can you say out these buildings' names?

S:

T: These famous buildings have become symbols of these countries.

When we describe a building we often mention its period, materials, features and kinds of building. Now we will listen to a radio program about buildings you pay attention to these aspects.

Ⅱ Listening

Task 1 Do the exercise 3

In order to help students to understand the listening materials better, before listening to the cassette the teacher show these words.

medieval 中世纪的

marble 阳台