Period 5: Cultural Corner

学习目标：

1. 了解英美国家学生的学习和生活，及其学校的概况

2. 树立跨文化交际意识

3. 掌握重点单词的用法

学习重点：了解英美国家学生的学习和生活，及其学校的概况

学习难点：掌握重点单词的用法

课前预习

使用说明与学法指导：

1. 树立跨文化交际意识

2. 15分钟之内完成

教材助读：

预习自测：

I. Read the Cultural Corner on Page 9 and choose the best answers.

1．The letter is mainly about .

A．making friends B．American school activities

C．summer vacation D．the American school system

2．From the letter，we know secondary school in the US .

A．is the same as high school in China

B．is the same as Junior High school and Senior High school in China

C．covers seven years

D．the ninth grade in the US equals the second grade of high school in China

3．Summer vacation in American schools is at least .

A．three months B．one month

C．two months D．five months

1．What's the purpose of Rob Marshall to write the letter?

2．Please list some kinds of after­school activities Rob Marshall usually takes part in.

我的疑问：

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课内探究

1．He had an interesting attitude to correction-he said it didn't matter if we made mistakes.他对于纠正错误有一个有趣的态度-他说过如果我们出错并不要紧。

[归纳拓展]

在本句中，it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的if引导的主语从句，能借it移至句子末尾的主语有三种：一种由"不定式"表示，一种由"动名词"表示，一种由"从句"表示。

[语境助记]

(1)It is easier to say than to do. 说比做容易。