【正确答案】Teaching Objectives:
   (1)Knowledge objectives
   ①Students will be able to understand the main idea and some details of the passage.
   ②Students will be familiar with the phenomenon of town twinning.
   (2)Ability objectives
   ①Students will be able to use reading methods such as skimming, scanning and careful reading during the process of understanding of the passage.
   ②Students can improve the abilities of reading and writing.
   (3)Emotional objective
   Students can get more interested in English culture.
   Teaching Key and Difficult Points:
   How to help students improve their reading and writing skills.
   Teaching Procedures:
   Step 1 Warming up and lead-in (5min)
   (1)Greeting.
   (2)Lead in the topic by playing a video about "Beijing city and New York are town twinning" and ask students to have a free talk:
   ①What is the relationship between Beijing and New York?
   ②Why can the two cities become town twinning?
   (Justification: Attract students' interest to learn this lesson and lead in the topic of the text.)
   Step 2 Pre-reading (5min)
   (1)Ask students to give examples of town twinning cities.
   (2)Play the video about "Oxford and Grenoble are town twinning". While enjoying the video, students think over the following question: "What are the similarities between the two cities?"
   (Justification: Focus students' attention on the main topic of the reading passage and provide them with the opportunity to connect some aspects of the topic to their knowledge.)
   Step 3 While-reading (18min)
   (1)Fast reading
   Ask students to read the passage quickly and then conclude the main idea of each paragraph.
   Main idea:
   Paragraph 1—introduction—the similarities between the two cities
   Paragraph 2—definition of town twinning
   Paragraph 3—contents of town twinning agreements
   Paragraph 4—functions of town twinning agreements
   (Justification: Train the students' reading ability of skimming for the main idea of the passage.)
   (2)Careful reading
   ①Ask students to read the passage carefully and decide whether the statements are true or false and explain the reasons.
   a. Both size and population in Oxford and Grenoble are similar.
   b. Oxford University is famous in the world; however, there is no university in Grenoble.
   c. Town twinning is a new idea in modem times.
   d. Town twinning agreements encourage people to visit and exchange in culture and education.
   e. Town twinning agreements are useful for foreign language learning.
   ②Ask students to work in groups and have a competition to answer the following questions:
   a. What are the similarities between Oxford and Grenoble?
   b. Why is the idea of town twinning popular nowadays?
   c. What is the definition of town twinning agreements?
   d. What activities do the agreements take to encourage people from the two towns to visit each other?
   e. Why are town twinning agreements useful for students and people who want to learn a language?
   ③Listening practice
   Play the tape and ask students to read the passage after the tape and pay attention to the pronunciations of the words and sentences.
   (Justification: In this part, the teacher uses the tasks to arouse the enthusiasm of students and to train their analyzing and scanning ability. In the process of answering the questions, students' reading skills for the detailed information are improved and it will help students understand the passage logically. The listening practice helps students consolidate their understanding of the text.)
   Step 4 Post-reading (12min)
   (1)Retelling
   Get students retell the passage according to the outline and key words on PPT. Ask students to retell it in pairs first, then ask two students to retell it in the front of class.
   Outline of the text:
   Paragraph 1—Introduction—the similarities between the two cities
   Paragraph 2—Definition of town twinning
   Paragraph 3—Contents of town twinning agreements
   Paragraph 4—Functions of town twinning agreements
   Key words:
   Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France are similar in the following three aspects: ...medium-sized... university...tourism...popular...because...encourage...There are visits and exchanges...Visitors...stay in...a big party...useful...because...
   (2)Writing
   Ask students to write a paragraph stating personal opinions about town twinning discussed in the text.
   (Justification: The activity of retelling the text is carried out under certain situation, which can activate the atmosphere of the class and arouse students' interest at the same time. It helps students strengthen what they have learned during this lesson. The activity of writing enables students to produce language based on what they have learned and helps them improve their writing abilities.)
   Step 5 Summary and Homework (5min)
   Summary: Ask one student to act as an assistant teacher to guide others to summarize what they have learned in this class. And then give a conclusion about this lesson.
   Homework:
   (1)Listen to the tape and read the text aloud.
   (2)Ask students to search for more information on the Internet and write a short passage about Beijing's town twinning city.
   (Justification: Homework is so important and necessary for students to master the knowledge they have learned in class. It will check whether the students achieve the teaching objectives.)

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