1. 八年级英语冀教版上 Lesson 42 制作人：张国凤

2. Teaching Aims 1.Vocabulary: welcome, language, exciting, necessary,main, nation, still, meaning, million, each other, all over the world 2.Sentence Patterns: Learning English helps people all over the world. More than 450 million people in the world can speak English. What do you mean by “United Nations”? English, Chinese and French are the main languages used at the United Nations.

3. Step1: Look and discuss “What are these ? Do you often make phone calls? Who do you often call?”

4. Step 2: Listen and answer. Listen to the tape with the following questions: 1.Why are people all over the world learning English? 2. How many people speak English in the world? 3. What are the main languages at the United Nations?

5. Step 2: Listen and answer. Listen to the tape with the following questions: 1.Why are people all over the world learning English? Because it helps people talk to each other. 2. How many people speak English in the world? More than 450 million people. 3. What are the main languages at the United Nations? English, Chinese and French are the main languages used at the United Nations.

6. Step 3: Read and discuss Read the text silently, then have a discussion. Is it important to learn English well? Why? How did you learn English before? To learn English well, what will you do from now on?

7. Step 4: Key words and sentences ※ exciting ※ A:exciting: 形容词，令人兴奋的；使人激动的, 多与物连用。 eg: What exciting news1 I like action movies because they are exciting. B: excited: 形容词，兴奋的；激动的，多与人连用。 eg: I was excited to hear the news C: excite: 动词，使激动；鼓舞；使兴奋， eg: Don’t excite yourself. ※ million ※ “ 百万 ”million 前有具体数字修饰时不用复数. 无具体数字 修饰时，要用复数，其后跟 of. eg: There are two million people in the city. They plant millions of trees every year.

8. Step 4: Key words and sentences 1. Learning English helps people all over the world talk to each other. learning English 是动名词短语做句子的主语。动名词短语作 句子的主语时，谓语动词用单数形式。 eg: Watching TV too much is bad for your eyes. help sb. do sth. “ 帮某人做某事 ” ， help 后可用动词不定式也 可用动词原形。 eg: He often helps me ( to ) learn English. 同义词组： help sb. with sth. eg: He often helps me with my English.

9. Step 4: Key words and sentences 2. English, Chinese and French are the main languages used at the United Nations. used 在此句中是 use 的过去分词， “used at the United Nations 是过去分词短语在句中作后置定语，修饰 languages. eg: This is a book borrowed from Li Ming. ※ 单个分词（现在分词或过去分词）作定语时，常放在被修饰 词之前；分词短语作定语时，常放在被修饰词之后。且现在分 词（短语）所含的动词与所修饰词之间是 “ 主谓 ” 关系，即含主 动意义；而过去分词（短语）所含的动词与所修饰词直接是 “ 动宾 ” 关系，即含被动意义。 eg: a sleeping boy a broken bike The boys playing football on the playground are my classmates. The police have found the necklace stolen last week.

10. Step 5: Complete the passage. Fill in the blanks with the words and phrases in this lesson. Leaning English helps people _____ _____ _____ ______ talk to each other. In the world, _____ _____ 450 million people can speak English.It is the ______ language of more than forty-five ________. It is one of the main languages ______ _____the United Nations. all over the worldmore than official countries used at According to the passage, retell the text.

11. Step 6: Summary Key words and sentences welcome, language, exciting, necessary,main, nation, still, meaning, million, each other, all over the world Learning English helps people all over the world. More than 450 million people in the world can speak English. What do you mean by “United Nations”? English, Chinese and French are the main languages used at the United Nations.

12. ( )1. The cat ____ on the table is mine. A.lying B. lied C. lain D.lay ( )2. He can _____ a little English. A. speak B. say C. talk D. tell ( )3. There are some girls _____ in the park. A. sing B. to sing C. singing D. sung ( )4. Reading books in the sun____ bad for your eyes. A.is B.are C. be D. will ( )5. The match was so _____that we were all very _____. A.exciting, excited B.exciting, exciting C.excited, exciting D.excited, excited ( )6. –What do you mean ____ “united”? –It means “together”. A. for B. to C. about D. by A A C A A D