Teaching Procedures for the 1st Period
Step one Warming-up
1. Greeting.
2. Watching & Chatting：Watch a video which introduces some famous cultural sites across
Shaoxing, having a free chat with the Ss.
3. Questions & Answers：Show to the Ss three pictures, asking them:
① What do you know about the places in the pictures?
② Where are they?
③ Which one would you like to see most? Why?
Step two Pre-listening
1. Ticking：Listen to the tape and tick the things Ss hear.
2. Questions & Answers：Listen again and discuss the questions in groups
① Why is it important to protect cultural relics?
② Why is it difficult to find out how people lived in ancient times?
③ What do we know about life in ancient Egypt?
④ Why do we know so much about the way the ancient Egyptians lived?
⑤ What do you think we can do to protect our cultural relics?
Step three Listening
1. Language Input ：Well, now were going to listen to a description of three cultural sites.
Please ① Listen to the tape and write down the name of the site in the form below.
② Listen to the tape again and write down about its importance.
Name of the site Why is it important? What is being done to protect it?
Site 1
Site 2
Site 3
③ Listen to the tape again and write down about “Whats being done to protect it”.
Ss discuss their answers in groups and then check in class.
Step four Post-listening
1. Listen to a piece of news (T has previously taken from a news report) and ask Ss to have a discussion about the following topics：
① Why do our city government make such great effort to protect cultural sites?
② Do you think it necessary to spend so much money on the project?
Step five Error-finding
1. Language Input：Now were going to listen to the description of the three maps. Please
① Listen to the tape and put the statues in the right place.
② Listen to the tape and put the temple and the museum in the right place.
③ Listen to the tape and put the Moon Tower and the Blue Waterfall in the right place.
Step six Game
1. Language Input：As is known to us all, China is a country with a history of more than 5,0000 years. In the long history, people in different periods have left us quite a number of cultural sites, many of which are world-famous. Now please look at the screen carefully and lets have a game!
[T divide the class into four groups, asking the Ss to say what the name of the cultural site is and where it is according to the given picture. The group which makes the most choices win the game. ]

Group A Group B Group C Group D
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Homework
1. Prepare a brief description of Ss’ favorite cultural site in China. The report must include the following： ① The name of the site ② Its size as well as its history
③ Its importance and what is being done to protect it.
(Better surf on the Internet!)
2. Preview “Speaking”.


Teaching Procedures for the 2nd Period
Step one Warming-up
1. Greeting.
2. Check the homework, asking individual Ss to come to the front to act out their report. The teacher may ask the others some questions about their reports.
Step two Pre-speaking
1. Brainstorming Ask the Ss one question：What do you think can represent Chinese culture?
[T collect the answers and write them on the blackboard.]
Step three Speaking
1. Language Input：Well, everybody is now asked to make a culture capsule with a size of 2×2 metres, which will be sent into space so that anyone who finds it will understand who we are. You can select five things that represent Chinese culture, but do remember that you cannot put any living things in it. Also you may include in the capsule a short message of about two sentences in any language, but remember that those who find it may not understand the language. Meanwhile please give the reasons for your choices. The following expressions may be helpful to you.

Asking for suggestions Making suggestions
● What shall we put in in your opinion?● Cant we put in …?● Should we put in …?● Which do you think is the more suitable thing we put in?● …… ● Lets put in….● Maybe we could put in ….● I think wed better put in ….● Id like to choose….● What / How about…?● Why not put in …?● Why dont you put in …?● ……

[ T divide the class into pairs, letting them discuss and collect the information, and ask each pair to make a dialogue.]

Things you want to put in Reasons for your choices
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