Unit 2 Iconic Attractions Reading and Thinking 导学案 -2025-2026学年高中英语人教版选择性必修第四册

Unit 2 Iconic Attractions Reading and Thinking Experience the Iconic Features of Australia 人教版高中英语选择性必修第四册 · 高二下学期 一、学情分析 学生见多识广，说到"一个地方的标志性东西"不犯怵，武汉孩子张口就是热干面黄鹤楼。麻烦在这篇是博客体，四篇短文东一榔头西一棒子，学生容易读得碎——每篇都懂，合起来不知道澳大利亚到底啥样。得带着他们按日期串一遍，从宏观到微观层层剥。 二、学习目标 ① 认出博客长啥样，顺着日期把四篇串起来，能区分旅行前、旅行中、旅行后三个阶段。 ② 从地理、历史、原住民、饮食四块把澳大利亚的标志性东西拎出来，能用自己的话复述。 ③ 能理解"There's nothing like Australia"这句旅游口号的含义，说出自己的看法。 ④ 照着博客的结构，写一篇100词的武汉标志性特征介绍。 三、学习重难点 【重点】按时间线捋四篇博客主题；从地理、历史、原住民、饮食四块抓核心信息。 【难点】multiculturalism到底指啥，能用课文原句说清楚；理解澳大利亚旅游口号的深层含义。 四、课堂探究 Part Ⅰ Lead-in Suppose a foreign teacher is coming to our school next term. You are asked to show him around Wuhan. (1) Where will you take him? List three places or foods. (2) What do you think is the one thing that most represents Wuhan — the thing that says "this is Wuhan, nowhere else"? (3) Now think bigger: if we wanted to introduce all of China to this foreign teacher, what "iconic features" would we talk about? (4) The text we are going to read today is a blog about Australia — the writer is doing exactly the same thing: introducing the iconic features of a country. Let's see what she says. Part Ⅱ Pre-reading ▶ 对应重点1 The text is a travel blog with four entries dated from 25 September to 6 October. Six subheadings are listed below, but two are extra. Read the dates and guess the correct order. ① The foundation of Australia ② First impressions ③ Reflections on multiculturalism ④ Preparing to travel ⑤ Political divisions ⑥ Aborigines and the didgeridoo Date order: 25 Sep → ______ → 1 Oct → ______ → 3 Oct → ______ → 6 Oct Word study: What do "foundation" and "political" mean here? Guess from the context. Part Ⅲ While-reading ▶ Stage 1: Before the trip (Blog 1, 25 Sep) Read Blog 1 and choose the best answer. (1) Why is the writer going to Australia? A. To do academic research on the country. B. To visit a friend and experience the local culture. C. To see the Sydney Opera House in person. D. To study in an Australian high school. (2) What is the writer most curious about? A. Australian wildlife like kangaroos and koalas. B. Famous landmarks and tourist spots. C. Meeting local people and trying their food and lifestyle. D. The education system in Australian schools. (3) What has the writer already done to prepare for the trip? ▶ Stage 2: Learning about the country (Blog 2, 1 Oct) ▶ 对应重点2 Read Blog 2 and fill in the blanks. Australia is a big country, but it is divided into ______ states and ______ territories. The population is small for its size. Most people live in ______ cities along the coast. What does the writer say about the political divisions? How many states and territories are there? ▶ Stage 3: Aboriginal culture (Blog 3, 3 Oct) ▶ 对应难点1 Read Blog 3 and answer the questions. (1) What is a didgeridoo? How is it played? Why are there no finger holes? (2) What is the main theme of Aboriginal music? (3) Why is Aboriginal music so closely tied to nature? Find evidence from the text. ▶ Stage 4: First impressions (Blog 4, 6 Oct) ▶ 对应难点1 Read Blog 4 and answer the questions. (1) What is the writer's first impression of Australian food? Give two examples. (2) Where did Australian food come from? Which groups of people brought it? (3) What is the writer's biggest impression of Australia as a nation? Why? ▶ Put it together Complete the table with key information from all four blogs. Dimension | Key information Geography | _______________________________________________ History & politics | _______________________________________________ Aboriginal culture | _______________________________________________ Food & people | _______________________________________________ Part Ⅳ Post-reading ▶ Deep thinking ▶ 对应难点2 Australia's tourism slogan is "There's nothing like Australia." What does this mean? Do you agree with this slogan? Why or why not? ▶ Now it's your turn — Wuhan edition ▶ 对应难点2 The blogger spent four entries introducing Australia's iconic features — from geography to food to culture. Now imagine you are writing a similar blog about Wuhan for the same foreign teacher. (1) First, discuss with a partner: what are Wuhan's "iconic features"? Think about food, places, people, and history. (2) Then write a 100-word blog entry. Follow the same structure as the text: start with a date, mention at least two places or foods, and end with your feeling about the city. 参考答案 Part Ⅰ: Students' own answers. (1) Yellow Crane Tower, East Lake, hot dry noodles. Part Ⅱ: 25 Sep→④ Preparing to travel; 1 Oct→① The foundation; 3 Oct→⑥ Aborigines; 6 Oct→② First impressions. Extra: ③ (covered in Blog 4), ⑤ (covered in Blog 2). Part Ⅲ: Stage 1: (1) B (2) C (3) She has read about iconic sites and animals. Stage 2: six; two; coastal. Stage 3: (1) A long wooden wind instrument. You blow into one end while vibrating your lips; no finger holes, so players change the shape of their mouth to change pitch. (2) It celebrates the natural world and the spiritual world. (3) Because Aborigines had to survive in a vast land, they had to live in close contact with nature. Stage 4: (1) She is impressed by the mix of foods. Examples: British food, Asian herbs, dim sim. (2) It was brought by settlers at different times — first the British, then immigrants from around the world, especially Asia. (3) The multicultural mix of peoples and cultures that make up the nation. Because she met so many different people. Summary: Geography = big country, small population, coastal cities; History = 6 states, 2 territories, immigrant nation; Aboriginal = didgeridoo, nature-themed music, thousands of years; Food & people = mixed cuisines, multicultural society. Part Ⅳ: Deep thinking: 学生自由回答。意思是"澳大利亚独一无二，没有别的地方像它"。可从自然风光、多元文化、原住民传统等角度谈。 Wuhan edition sample: Oct 12 — Wuhan, My City Located where the Yangtze and Han rivers meet, Wuhan is a city of water, bridges and food. The Yellow Crane Tower, known for a thousand years, sits on Snake Hill. Every morning, locals queue up for hot dry noodles tossed in sesame paste. At night, the river light show turns the bridges gold. Wuhan is not just a city — it tastes, it looks, it feels like home. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $