學習流程

　　Before class (課前自主學習，合作探究)

　　Translate dialects on the left column into Standard English.(猜一猜)DialectStandard English

　　Hey, y'all!

　　We ain't really a state

　　But a whole' nother conutry

　　Tell ya a story' bout

　　We are feelin' good

　　This is a fish' bout 2 meters long

　　Well, alright

　　You shoulda seen him

　　He got outta the water

　　In class（課上交流展示、研討提升）

　　Step 1 Check-up and lead in（展示預習成果和導入新課）

　　Get two members of different groups to check up their prevision tasks.

　　Step 2 Listening

　　1. Before Listening  Look at the picture on page 14 and discuss the following questions before you listen to the tape, which may be of some help to your listening.

　　(1) What are the three boys doing in the picture?

　　(2) Are they all very happy in the river?

　　(3) What is happening to the boy who is escaping from the water?

　　2. The First Listening  Listen to the tape and find out the main idea of the listening material.

　　Main idea: a story about                 when Buford

　　3. The Second Listening  Listen to the tape again and tell whether the following sentences True or False according to what you have heard.

　　(1) Buford lives in San Francisco, a city in Texas.   (   )

　　(2) Buford's teacher is Big Billy Bob.  (   )

　　(3) Buford believes Texas is a state in the USA. (   )

　　(4) Lester thought the catfish was going to eat him and then he got out of the water faster than lightning. (  )

　　(5) Since Lester has known that the catfish won't eat people, he dares to swim in the river again. (  )

　　4. Listen again to understand the passage better.

　　Step 3 Writing

　　Write a poster concerned about why we should learn English.

　　I. 寫作指導：

　　海報屬于應用文。它通常向目標讀者傳達對某事物的觀點看法以便使對方接受自己的想法、主張，因此要寫得簡明扼要，目的明確，理由充足，具有合理性和說服力。

　　明確要求：

　　1. 格式要正確。在高考中，書信的格式一般都會給出，不作為考查的內容，但同學們仍然要掌握其基本格式。

　　2. 語氣和用詞要得體。語言和措辭要考慮讀者的特點。

　　3. 結構要合理。要合理安排所有的內容，使文章有條有理、符合邏輯。

　　結構和內容：

　　海報一般包括以下內容：首先題目，陳述自己觀點，其次，提供支持的論據，最后是結論。