教學內容分析與教學目標的確定
本單元的中心話題是飲食文化與家庭生活。圍繞這一中心項目，讓學生通過問答、對話、閱讀、討論、表演等各種活動熟悉并掌握有關食品的一些詞匯及五種基本句型。其中五種基本句型是本單元的語言訓練重點和難點。
Lesson57是本單元的第一課，它分為三部分。主要是學習一些食物的名稱及討論“什么國家的人吃什么”的話題，為第二課時的功能項目“agreement or disagreement”打下了基礎。本課詞匯量大、語言交際項目多、課堂容量豐富，為了提高單位時間的課堂效果，確定教學目標如下：
1．認知目標：通過學習本課，學生應理解并學會正確運用以下單詞和句型：kitchen,cupboard,salt,sugar,pepper,oil,wine,beer,fork,spoon,chopsticks,carrot,cabbage,pea,
tomato, soup, cheese, butter So do we./Oh, we don’t./ Would you like to have dinner with me tonight? Could you pass me the cheese, please?
2. 能力目標：通過情景中的操練培養直覺思維能力，提高思維的敏捷性；通過Brainstorming 提高學生質疑能力和多方面、多角度考慮問題的發散思維能力。
3. 情感目標：通過初步學習了解不同國家的飲食文化差異，引導學生熱愛生活， 增強世界意識。
教學設想
Lesson 57
Step1 Warming-up
Watch part of the programme “我愛廚房” from CCTV-2.
(1)Brainstorming: Ask as many questions as possible about the kitchen and the cook named Liu Yiwei(劉儀偉).
(2) In groups of four, students write down the English names of as many different kinds of food in the kitchen above or they ate during the winter vacation as possible within three minutes. Teacher will give help jf they need. See which group can make the biggest list.
Step2 Presentation
Bring some real objects like pepper, salt, sugar, tomatoes, carrots, beer, wine etc. to class. Students are interested in tasting these objects. ( learning the new words by watching, tasting)
Show a photo of a kitchen. There is a nice cupboard in it. It’s closed. Ask What’s in the cupboard? Then open the cupboard and show the students the things in it. Then ask What’s in your cupboard at home?
Show a pair of chopsticks and ask Are Americans good at using chopsticks at table? What do they use at table? Learn the new words fork, spoon. Then ask Do you usually help to set the table at home? What is on your table at home during dinner?
Step3 Look, learn and answer
In pairs, get the students to look at the colour picture on page i. Have them ask and answer questions as in the model.
Step4 Presentation
Present this dialogue:
(1) Teacher: I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables for supper.
A boy: Oh, I don’t. I eat a lot of fish.
Teacher: So do I.
Explain that I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables means I often eat fruit and vegetables. So do I means I eat a lot of fish, too.
Practise the following dialogues with students.
(2) Teacher: Does your mother cook meals for your family every day?
Student A: Yes, she does. She cooks nice food for me and dad.
Teacher: So does my mum.
(3) Teacher: I always read English for about half an hour before I go to bed.
Student B: Oh, I don’t. I always read English before I have breakfast.
Teacher: So does my younger sister.
When students understand the dialogues, get them to talk about their daily life like this in pairs.
Step5 Competition
Divide students into two teams. Tell them My foreign friends will come to dinner this weekend. Mr Smith comes from America. Mrs Potter comes from England. Susan comes from France. Mary comes from Japan, Dave comes from Canada. Miss White comes from Australia. Would you like to help me make a shopping-list? See which group makes a better list. Step6 Puzzle dialogues
SB Page1, Part3. Pairwork first. Then check the answers as a class. In pairs, have the students role-play as if they are at a dinner. One of them is a host/hostess, the other is a guest. Walk around and give help where needed. Encourage them to speak freely and use more expressions they like.
Step7 Homework
Collect pictures of delicious dishes, nice utensils and your favorite food, write lines about each picture and decorate the classroom with them. Often talk about the pictures during break.