Unit 4 What’s the best movie theater?
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：
theater, comfortable, seat, screen, close, ticket, worst, cheaply, DJ, choose, carefully, reporter, so far, fresh, comfortably
能掌握以下句型：
① It has the biggest screens.
② It’s the most popular.
③ Which is the best clothes store?
④ You can buy clothes the most cheaply there.
⑤ They play the most boring songs.
2) 能了解以下语法：
掌握形容词及副词的最高级形式；用最高级形式来描述人或物的特殊。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
了解我们周围中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我们去学习的人。周围环境中有很多值得我们去珍惜的事物。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 形容词及副词最高级形式的构成。
2) 用形容词或副词的最高级形式来描述人或事物。
2. 教学难点：
用形容词或副词的最高级形式来描述人或事物。
三、教学过程
I. Warming up
1. Give some information about three movie theaters, and let the students talk about:
How do you choose a movie theater?
2. Learn some new words：theater, comfortable, DJ, reporter, ticket, seat, screen, cheaply, carefully, comfortably, close, worst, so far, fresh
II. Discussion
1. How do you choose which movie theater to go to? Write the things in the box under “Important” or “Unimportant” in 1a.

comfortable seats big screens cheap best sound
new movies popular close to home buy tickets quickly

Important
Not Important

 
 

2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the words in the box in the chart.
3. close用法
III. Listening
1. Ask Ss to read the sentences in the chart of 1b. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and match the statement with the right movie theaters.
3. Play the recording again. Check the answers with the Ss.
4. Let Ss introduce the three theaters to the classmates.
IV. Pair work
1. Let Ss read the model in 1c with a partner.
2. Let Ss talk about the movie theaters they know.
V. Listening
Ask Ss to look at the picture in 2a and tell them that a reporter is interviewing a boy about the best clothes store and the best radio station in Green City.
Work on 2a:
1. Read the questions and answers in 2a. Tell Ss to remember the information.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and circle the boy’s answers.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Work on 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences to the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the correct store or radio station next to each statement.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
VI. Pair work
1. Tell Ss Student A is the reporter. Student B is the boy. Role-play the conversation.
2. Let Ss read the conversation.
3. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.
VII. Role-play
1. Read the conversation and answer the two questions:
① What is Greg’s problem? __________________________________
② What does Helen tell him about the town? ________________________________
2. Practice the conversation with their partners. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.
3. Language points.
1) What’s the best clothes store in town?
in town是一个短语，表示“在说话人所在或所指的城镇”的意思。作这一用法
时，town是不可数名词, 不与冠词连用。
e.g. She left town.她已不住在这里了。
2) How do you like it so far?
so far意为“迄今为止，到目前为止”，常与现在完成时连用，既可放在句首、句中，也可放在句尾。如：
So far he has done very well at school.
VIII. Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示，写出句中所缺单词。
1. The air is ______ (新鲜的) in the countryside.
2. Anna has two _________ (票) to the basketball game.
3. There are two cups here. Which one do you want to _________ (选择)?
4. Alice’s aunt and uncle are both _________ (记者).
5. Tim sings English _________ (歌曲) better than Tom.
6. I do my homework _________ (细致地) every day.
II. 根据语境, 从方框中选择恰当的短语填空, 每个限用一次, 有的需要变换形式。
1. — Mom, __________ buying so much nice food for me.
— Not at all.
2. How are you enjoying the game ______?
3. Does Mrs. Green live ________ or in the countryside?
4. There is a swimming pool ________ my house. I often go there to swim in summer.
5. —Hi, is there a bank ____________?
—Yes, there’s one near here.
Homework
1. Remember the new words and phrases.
2. Recite 2c and 2d.

Section A 2 (Grammar focus-3c)
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 学习掌握下列词汇：worse, service, pretty, menu, meal, act
2) 进一步复习巩固学习Section A 部分所学的生词和词组。
3) 对形容词及副词的最高级形式的构成进行总结，掌握其构成规则。
4) 总结用形容词及形容词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物的句型结构。
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
了解我们周围中有那些最出色的人或物，知道生活中有很多值得我们去学习的人。周围环境中有很多值得我们去珍惜的事物。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
掌握和运用形容词和副词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物。
2. 教学难点：
1) 掌握一些特殊形容词或副词的最高级形式。
2) 运用形容词和副词的最高级形式来描述人物或事物。
三、教学过程
I. Grammar Focus
1. Complete the sentences.
① What’s the ____ _____ ______ (最好的电影院) to go to?
② Town Cinema. It’s the ______ __ _____ (离家最近).
③ And you can buy tickets ____ ______ ________ (最快地) there.
④ Which is ____ _____ (最差的) clothes store in town?
⑤ Dream Clothes. It’s _____ _____ (差一些) Blue Moon.
⑥ It has _____ _______ _______ (最差的服务).
⑦ What do you _______ ____ (认为) 970 AM?
⑧ I think 970 AM is ______ _____ (十分差). It has ____ _____ ______ (最差的音乐).
2. Learn some new words: worse, pretty
3. Give Ss some sentences, let them find the superlative forms of the words.
It has the biggest screen.
The Moon Theater has the friendliest service.
It’s the closest to home.
You can buy the freshest food there.
What’s the best clothes store in town?
I think the Moon Theater has the most comfortable seats.
It’s the most popular here.
You can buy clothes the most cheaply here.
It’s the most expensive.
The DJs choose songs the most carefully.
II. Grammar
一、形容词和副词的最高级的构成：
一般情况下，形容词和副词的最高级的规则变化是在词尾加-est或在其前加most构成，不规则变化则要牢记。
二、形容词的最高级的用法
1. 形容词的最高级前一般要加定冠词the, 但如果其前有形容词性物主代词或名词所有格等修饰语时, 则不再用定冠词the。副词的最高级前面可以加定冠词the, 也可以省略。如：
This book is the most interesting one.
Her youngest daughter is eleven years old.
Liu Jun ran (the) fastest in the race.
2. 形容词和副词的最高级常与介词in或of短语连用, 说明比较的范围。一般情况下, 如果主语与介词短语中的名词属于同一类, 用介词of; 如果不是同一类, 则用介词in。如：
Tina is the most outgoing in her family.
Jim jumps (the) highest of all the boys.
【温馨提示】
有时最高级和比较级可以转换。如：
This car runs (the) fastest of all the cars. = This car runs faster than the other cars. = This car runs faster than any other car.
III. Practice
Work on 3a:
1. Tell Ss to read the sentences in 3a and try to fill in the blanks with correct forms of the words in brackets.
2. 方法指导：应通读全句，掌握短文大意；然后，根据句意及句子中有没有表示范围的词组，来确定空格处的形容词或副词是用何级别形式。比如，在第一题中，句末有表示范围的词组in town，可知空格处应填bad的最高级形式，故应填worst。其他类似。
3. 学生们，按老师指导的方法进行阅读，并逐句推敲每空应填什么词，在实际的运用提高自己的阅读能力、分析能力及综合运用能力。
4. 最后，教师与同学们一起校对答案，并对学生们有疑问的地方进行解释。
Work on 3b:
1. 让学生们阅读表格中词语，并记忆这些词语的形式。
2. 让学生们思考一下他们居住地周围的一些商店的情况，并填写在表格中。
3. 让学生们就表格中所填写的内容，来发表自己谈论自己居住地周围的情况，并写在表格中。 相互检查一下自己所写的句子，发现并改正错误。
4. 让部分学生读一下自己的句子。大家一起改正句子中的错误。
IV. Group work
Work on 3c:
1. 让一名学生读表格中的内容。并告诉学生们本学习活动的要求。
2. 学生们与自己的小组成员一起来讨论自己居住地周围的饭店的情况，并将名字及情况填写在表格中。
3. 讨论并比较这些饭店的情况，每个成员发表自己的意见，讨论自己认为是最好的饭店。
4. 选举一名学生来向同学们汇报自己小组的讨论情况。
(最后，可以经学生们评议来推举最有能力的小组）
VII. Exercises
I. 用所给单词的适当形式填空：
1. Lily is ______ (early) than Lucy.
2. Who goes __________ (slowly), Tom or Jim?
3. This book is _______________ (interesting) than that one.
4. She is ____________ (careful) in her school.
5. Who is _________ (late) Jim, Tom or Jack?
6. I think beef noodles is ________________ (delicious) of all.
II. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你们班谁最高？
Who is ___ _____ __ your class?
2. 在我们所有人中，李强做得最好。
Li Qiang did ____ __ us all.
3. 它是这本书中最有趣的故事之一。
It’s one of ___ ____ _________ ______ in the book.
4. 在我们班戴夫做作业最认真。
Dave does his homework (the) _____ ________ ____ our class.
Homework
1. Review Grammar.
2. Finish the exercises in the workbook.

Section B 1 1a-2e
一、教学目标：
1. 语言知识目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词：creative, performer, talent, common, all kinds of, beautifully, role, winner, prize, everybody, make up, example, for example, poor, seriously, give
2) 能掌握以下句型：
① Who was the best performer？
② All these shoes have one thing in common.
③ That’s up to you to decide.
④ But if you don’t take these shows too seriously, …
⑤ They usually play a role in deciding the winner.
2. 情感态度价值观目标：
了解一些选秀节目的实质及目的，正确对待生活中的一些歌星及影星，不要盲目地追风，做追星族。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点：
1) 掌握本课时出现的生词及表达方式。
2) 进行听力训练，提高综合听说能力。
3）阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读能力。
2. 教学难点
1) 听力训练
2) 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。
三、教学过程
Ⅰ. Revision
1. 复习形容词和副词最高级形式的构成规则，并完成相关任务。
2. Talk about the clothes stores or restaurants near your home.
e.g. Blue Moons has the worst clothes. New Fashion has the best quality. Young House has the cheapest clothes. Jenny’s has the best service.
Danny’s is the closest to my home. New Star has the most delicious food. Qin Noodles has the best services. Li Dumplings has the cheapest food.
Ⅱ. Talking
1. Work with your partners. You say an adjective and your partner say its opposites in m the chart.
2. Ss work in pairs and see who can do better.
3. Ask Ss to work on 1a: write these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart.
4. Ask Ss to tell their partners about people they know. Use the words in 1a.
III. Listening
Work on 1c:
1. Tell Ss to look at the pictures and the names in 1c. Tell Ss this school had a talent show last weekend. Some Ss and some teachers took part in the talent show. Now listen to the conversation and match the pictures with the performers.
2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and match the pictures with the performers.
3. Check the answers.
Work on 1d:
1. T: Now please look at the chart in 1d. What do the people say about the performers? You'll listen to the tape again. Then try to fill in the blanks.
听力指导：要抓别人对他们每个人的评价所说的词汇，也就是那些表示评价的形容词或副词的最高级形式。因此在听的时候，应重点放在对人物的表演进行评价的最高级形式上。
2. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to fill in the blanks.
3. Play the recording again and check the answers with the class.
IV. Group work
1. Work in groups. Look at the information in 1d and make a conversation with your partner.
2. Make a model for the Ss.
3. Tell Ss to make a conversation about all the performers.
4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss.
V. Reading
1. Presentation:
Give Ss the pictures and the video of talent s