Find the right place

辨析along，down 和 up

　　作介词时，它们均能表示“顺着”，“沿着”，后面一般接表示河流，街道，道路的名词。如：

　　Go down/along this road and take the first turning on the left.

　　沿着这条马路走，在第一个拐弯处向左拐。

　　We often take a walk along/down/up the road.我们经常沿着这条路散步。

　　要注意的是：介词“down”有时含有“在下游”的意思，介词“up”则含有“在上游”的意思。如：

　　The house is 300 metres up/down the river.房子在这条河上游/下游300米处。

　　down含有离说话人而去的意思，介词up则含朝说话人而来之意，along 不强调方向。试比较：

　　Who’s the man coming up/going down the road?沿着这条路走来/走去的那个人是谁？

　　另外，介词up有向上之意，介词down则有“往下”之意。如：

　　The cat is running up the tree.猫正往树上爬去。

　　The dogs are running down the hill.狗正从山上跑下来。

　　这三个词还可用作副词，意为“向前”，如：

　　The farm is about 30 metres along.农场大约在前面30米远处。

　　Please walk down. Don ' t come up.请往前走，别朝这儿来。

教学设计示例

Lesson 21

Period: The First period

Content: Lesson 21

Properties: Map, recorder.

　　Teaching Objectives: Show places on the map; ask for and give directions in the simplest way.

Language Focus:

　　in front of, next to, on the left/right side, Thank you all the same.

Teaching Procedures:

　I. Organizing the class

　　Greeting and a duty report.

　II. Revision

　　Revise the language focus in the last unit.

　Ⅲ. Leading - in

　　1.　Make conversations with several students, like

　　Teacher: Excuse me. Where’s the nearest …?

　　Excuse me. How far is ××× (an important place near school)?

　　Is there ××× near our school?

　　Students: Answer with the help of the teacher

　　Teacher: Thank you very much.

　　Thank you all the same.

　　2. (To students) Are you good at distinguishing directions? Are you always ready to help someone who can’t find his way?

　Ⅳ. Practice

　　1. Look at the picture in the book and ask students to work in pairs to practise showing places, using prepositional phrases like “next to, in front of, behind, outside and on the left/right side”

　　eg. There’s a school next to the supermarket. In front of/behind the school, there’s a market.

　　2. Call 3 pairs to say out their dialogues.

　V. Teaching dialogues

　　1. Show students some maps and ask them for directions, using the patterns in the book.

　　Excuse me. Where’s the nearest ×××?

　　2. Listen to the tape.

　　3. Read the dialogue in the book

　　4. Game: Which place is it?

　　(With the help of a map, on which some places are marked).

　　One student describes the location, asks other students to guess the place.

    　Ⅵ. Consolidation

　　Go over the lesson.

　Ⅶ. Exercises in class

　　Fill in the blanks

　　1. There’s a cinema next ____ the shop.

　　2. ____ the left side of the room, there’s a desk.

　　3. －I’m sorry I can’t help you. －_____________.

　　4. Please come to the front and stand ____________ the class.

　　Key: to, on, Thank you all the same, in front of.

　　Complete the dialogue

　　A: ________ _______, where is the nearest police station, please?

　　B: I’m _______, I don’t know. Please ________ that man.

　　A: Thank you _______ ________ _______. Excuse me, where is the police station, please?

　　C: _______ over there, next ________ the post office.

　　A: Thank you ________ _______.

　　C: Not ________ _______.

　　Key: Excuse me, sorry, ask, all the same, It’s, to, very much, at all.

　Ⅷ. Homework

　　Make 2 dialogues asking for directions (draw maps).

　Ⅸ. The design of the blackboard

Lesson 22

Teaching Objectives: Dialogues of asking for and giving directions.

Properties: Tape recorder, Map, Overhead projector

Language Focus:

Asking for directions: Is there a bank near here?

　　　　　　　　　　　Where’s the nearest hospital, please?

Giving directions: Go along this road.

　　　　　　　　　 Take the first turning on the right.

　　　　　　　　　 It’s about a hundred metres along on the left.

　　　　　　　　　 It’s about 6 kilometers along.

Expressing needs: He needs some help.

　　　　　　　　　You take a number 16 bus.

　　　　　　　　　which number do I take?

　　　　　　　　　You’d better (not) ask sb. for sth.

Teaching Procedures:

　I.　Organizing the class

　　Greetings and a presentation.

　II. Revision

　　Revise the ways of asking for and giving directions in a simple way.

　III. Leading - in

　　The teacher asks several students the directions to some places near　school, using different ways of asking for directions. Ask sb to give directions.

　　Excuse me. Where’s the people’s Hospital?

　　Could you tell me the way to Beijing zoo, please?

　　Excuse me, which is the way to Purple Bamboo Park?

　　Is there a Macdonald’s near here?

　VI. Practice

　　1. Show ways of asking for and giving directions on a flashcard.

2. Groupwork: Sb work in groups to ask for and give directions.

　　3. Act out

　X. Listen