单 元：unit 2 wish you were here
板 块：word power
thoughts on the design:
本板块以教会学生扩充词汇的方法、培养学生学习词汇的兴趣和帮助学生扩大词汇量为教学目标。在教学实践中，教师应始终将培养学生词汇学习兴趣和方法放在首位，根据中学生的年龄特点和心理特征，设计一系列由易到难、由单一到综合的教学活动；循序渐进地引导学生在轻松愉快又富有挑战性的氛围中，兴趣盎然地获得学习词汇的方法和最大限度地习得本单元的话题词汇。
teaching aims:
after learning, the students will know more about adventures and their vocabulary about items for holiday can be greatly enlarged. in addition, the students’ interest in learning english can be further stimulated.
teaching procedures:
step 1 lead-in
show pictures of places of interest in china like the west lake, the yellow mountain, the great wall and so on to the class and ask them questions as follows:
1. do you like traveling?
2. have you ever been to any of the places?
[explanation]
通过对中国名胜古迹的图片浏览，激发学生对祖国大好河山的热爱，并唤起学生强烈的求知欲望和学习热情，寓教于乐。
step 2 warming up
ask the ss to discuss the following question:
suppose you are given a chance to choose one of the places for
