教学设计
王 山 林
庐江县第三中学
Unit 1 A Perfect Day
Teaching aims:
To read two texts for specific information
To revise Present Simple and Present Continuous
Teaching course:
ⅠWarm up
First ask students the question to arouse their interest.
What do you think a perfect day is like?
Students will give all kinds of answers: go shopping ; watching TV; read novels; listen to music; surf the Internet and so on.
Draw a conclusion: do all you like to do; live a life in the way you like.
Now read two texts telling you two people’s perfect days.
Ⅱ Reading
Understanding the text
Read the text and answer the following questions.
What kind of lifestyle do you think the man in a couch potato?
Do you ever watch too much TV? How much time do you spend watching TV every day?
What kind of lifestyle do you think the man in the second text?
Listen to the text
1.underline the TV programmes that Brian usually watches.
2.Underline the kinds of work Bob does every day.
Ⅲ Speaking
Do the exercise 4
Read the two texts again and answer these questions
Do the exercise 5
Which lifestyle do you prefer? Which one is healthier? What can Bob or Britain do to improve their lifestyles?
What does a couch potato refer to?
What does a workaholic mean?
Ⅳ Language in use
Work in pairs and describe your parents’ lifestyle to your partner.
Ⅴ Vocabulary
Do the exercise 7
Ⅵ Grammar
First turn to page 92 analysis and explain Present Simple and Present Continuous
Then do the exercise 8 and 9
Ⅶ Homework
Write a composition “My Perfect Day”
Words:100 words or so
Suppose you can design your a day freely what is your perfect day like?
Unit1 Lesson 2 Relaxing
Teaching aims:
To practise listening for specific information
To learn about ways of dealing with stress in everyday life
Teaching course:
Ⅰ Warm up
Work is very important in our life. We have to work, no matter what you are. With the development of modern society, people are fastening their steps of life. There is less time for relaxation. The problem is that more and more people feel stressed. How to get rid of the stress we are suffering from is what we are to talk about.
Ⅱ Talking
Task one
You are to do some listening, Before it think about your school life, list the things ( at least 3 ) you do and your feeling about them. ( A=Activity, F=Feeling )(目的是激发学生的兴趣，锻炼学生的口头表达能力，为听力内容做铺垫)
How do you get rid of the stress in your life?
Talk to each other about the activities you have listed. Say which is stressful and which is relaxing. Do it like this:
prepare for an exam; lie on the beach; wait for the result of; give a talk in English; do shopping with task two.
Interview your classmates to see what kind of stress they are suffering from and how they relax themselves or get rid of it.
Ⅲ Listening
Do the exercise 2
Do the exercise 3
Read through the Strategies with the class and see if they can use any of these Strategies already.
In pairs, students read the questions and try to predict the answers. Point out that more
than one answer is possible.
Students then exchange ideas to find out if they have made the same predictions if they have made different predictions, ask students to justify their opinions.
Do the exercise 5 and 6
Before listening the materials ask students to read the questions and first predict answers then listen the tape twice.
When students have checked their answers, ask them what advice they would give to Mark to help him be less nervous before exams and before going to parties.
Do the exercise 7
Students look at the exercise and see if they can remember or can guess any of the missing words.
Students listen to the cassette again and complete the sentences in the Function File.
Pronunciation
Do the exercise 9
In our oral language we often pause. Now listen to Mark again. Which words or sounds does he use to hesitate?
Students listen to the cassette. After each sentence, pause the cassette so that students can repeat the hesitation device.
Do the exercise 10
Before starting their talk, students can look at the sentences they wrote in Exercise 9
Students then put the exercise away and talk to their group without any notes, using as many hesitation words as possible.
Ⅳ Homework:
Writ a report about you interview in class. Write about the stress you and most of your classmates are suffering from. Find the causes of the stresses and give advice on how to relax yourselves.
Lesson 3 A Volunteer Teacher
Teaching aims:
To listen for specific facts
To give opinion about voluntary work
To talk about future arrangements and intentions, using the Present Simple, the Present Continuous and going to
Teaching difficulties:
To talk about future arrangements and intentions, using the Present Simple, the Present Continuous and going to
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Speaking
T: What does the girl do?
S:
T: Yes she is a volunteer teacher. This is a real story. The girl’s name is Wang Shu, grew up in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Upon graduation from the English department of Beijing Normal University, she left Beijing for Inner Mongolia working as a volunteer teacher. She is still there now. What do you know about this part of China?
S:
T: show a slide to introduce Inner Mongolia (Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) is the first national autonomous region established in China. It stretches along China's northern border with Mongolia and Russia and covers an oblong area of over 1.28 million square kilometers, one eighth of China. Of all the Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, Inner Mongolia is the third largest after Xinjiang and Tibet.) Inner Mongolia falls behind developed areas so it needs volunteers go to work there.
T: What can you say about the girl in the photo?
S:
Ⅱ Listening
Students read the questions and predict the answers
T: I think you must be interested in Wang Shu, now listen to the interview, you will learn more about her and answer these questions.
Students listen to the tape and check their predictions.
Students listen to the tape again and make sure of the answers
Students work in pairs and take turns to retell Wang Shu’s story
Ⅲ Voice your opinion
Is it a good idea to do voluntary work? What reasons do people have for doing voluntary work?
Ⅳ Vocabulary
Do the exercise 5.
Students work individually, thinking about the cues and what they are going to do.
Students read the sentences, decide which words to use, and then complete the sentences.
Ⅴ Grammar
Do the exercise 6
Listen to the interview again. Pay attention to these sentences from the interview. What verb forms are used to talk about the future?
Guide students to draw the following conclusion:
present Simple
present Continuous
going to + infinitive
do consolidate exercise7, 8and 9
explain further grammar:
Expressing future arrangements and intentions:
be going to-- to express an intention to do something.
Present Continuous-- to talk about future events that we have already fixed or arranged.
Present Simple-- to talk about official events or timetables which we cannot change.
be going to do 与 be doing 的区别
be going to do 表示事先经过考虑过，然后计划好将做某事；迹象将发生某事。
We are going to go climbing this week.
My sister is going to go to Australia in a week.
It is going to snow.
be doing 指立刻决定的计划，没有经过一段时间 的考虑, 意思上相当于be about to do, 但后者不能接时间状语；多用于表示位置移动的动词中，如：go, come, arrive, leave, reach , start;
I am going to hometown this afternoon.
He is leaving.
We are playing the piano at six.
I am about to go out.
句型转换
1. We are going to do some shopping next Tuesday. (变成否定句)
We ____________________ shopping next Tuesday.
2. I’m going to see my mother on Mothers’ Day. (变成一般疑问句，并作否定回答)
— ________ going to see your mother on Mothers’ Day?
—NO, _________.
3. She is going to carry these luggage to the train station. (对划线部分提问)
_____ is she going _____?
4. Sophie is going to France the day after tomorrow. (对划线部分提问)
_______ Sophie ______ to France?
Answers: 1. aren’t going to do some 2. Are you, I am not
3. What, to do 4. When is, going
补全对话：
A: (1) ________________________tomorrow?
B: I'm going to buy a gift.
A: (2) ___________________________?
B: I'm going to give it to my mother.
A: (3)________________________ ？
B: I'm going to buy a bunch of flower.
A: ___________________________?
B: I'm going to buy it in the Flower World.
A: Are you going there alone
B: No. (5)__________________________.
A: your mother will be happy.
Answers:
(1) What are you going to do
(2) Who are you going to give it to
(3) What are you going to buy
(4) Where are you going to buy it
(5) I’m going there with my sister
Translate sentences
1.我们要两点半出发。
__________________________
2.明年我们要去加拿大度假。
——————————————————
3. 我将派约翰去帮助你。
______________________________
4．约翰和玛丽买了一些家具，他们打算下个月结婚。
____________________________________________.
Answers:
1. We are going to start at 2:30.
2. We are going to take a holiday in Canada next year.
3. I’m going to send John to help you.
4. John and Mary bought some furniture, they are going to marry next month.
Ⅵ Homework: writing
You have just started your senior high school. You must have a lot of plans. Choose from the following and write about one of your plans:
Your plan for the next three years.
Your plan for the coming holiday.
Your plan for the coming weekend.
U1 Lesson 4 City and Country
Objectives:
To practise using background knowledge strategies when reading.
To practise reading for specific information.
To express opinion orally and give reasons for them.
To compare one lifestyle with another.
Pre-Reading
Answer these questions to prepare yourself.
Use the Key Words below to help you.
office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy.
1)How are city and country lifestyles different in China?
2)Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?
Show some pictures in the country and in the city.
boring,
easy,
free, peaceful, relaxing
The school in the city is very modern and bright.
Reading
Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.
| Debbie | Paul | You | |
| Lives in | A big city | a small village | |
| Wake-up time | 7 am | 4 am | |
| Job | an accountant | a farmer | student |
| Working hours | 8 | all day | |
| Works in | center of London | north of England | |
| Evening activities | dance classes, go to the gym, French classes | play with his children; study by distance learning | |
| Special activities | go to the cinema, drive to the country and go walking there | go to London for a weekend break |
Look at the chart then try to think out some words to describe the advantages and disadvantages living in the city or the country.
Post-Reading
Choose the best answers:
1.From the first paragraph of text 1, we can know that ___
A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to.
B .Debbie is rather tired of the underground.
C .Debbie goes to work by car every day.
D .Paul has to travel far away to work every day.
2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that ___.
A. Paul’s wife does not like movies
B. Paul often goes to see the film
C. The life of Paul is very convenient
D. When Paul’s children see the tube, they will get very excited
3. The main idea of text 2 is that ___.
A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England
B. It is easy for Paul to go to work
C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life
D. Paul’s life is very free
4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s?
A .Debbie’s. B. Paul’s. C. Both.
D. Different people have different ideas.
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the texts?
A. Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks.
B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.
C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.
D. Paul likes all the crowds and the noise in London.
Answers: BDCDC
Languages points:
1. That’s what people call …
He’s a new comer. That’s what I know about him.
That’s how… That’s why… That’s where…
2. …it’s so crowded that I can’t find …
so …that…引导结果状语从句,如此…以至于…
Anna works so hard that she has little time for rest.
Tommy got up so late that he missed the first bus.
3. I spend all morning checking numbers.
spend some time doing sth. 花费时间做――
I spend two hours doing my homework everyday.
4. We don’t have the same work hour that office workers in the city have. that引导的从句表示的内容与主句所讲的是“同一”
That’s the same purse that I bought last Sunday.
对比 That’s the same purse as I bought last Sunday. (同我丢失的那个一样，但不是同一个)
5. Right now I am studying by distance learning.
distance learning 远程教育
6. …it’s my dream to see the Great Wall …
不定式to see the Great Wall作真正的主语，前面的it是形式主语。
dream of
梦见...
I often dream of myself becoming a great singer.
I never dreamed of meeting you here.
我绝对未想到在这里遇到你。
7. My wife calls me a movie fanatic.
call+宾语＋宾补
We call him our monitor.
8. …so I don’t get the chance to go very often.
get the chance to do—有机会做――
I’m so happy that I got the chance to go abroad.
Exercise
Choose the best answers
1 –Bob told me not to swim in this river.
--That’s I told him.
A how B it C that D what
2—Don’t spend too much time the game.
--I see.
A to play B playing C played D play
3 –I saw a pen in the garden yesterday.
--Where is it now? It’s the same pen I lost.
A that B as C which D what
Keys: D, B, A
Vocabulary
Use the words from the texts to complete the sentences below.
accountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise, career, fanatic, forecast, distance learning
1) In England, the is often called the . Many people travel on this to work.
2) I am a real book . I have so many books in my flat. It looks like a library!
3) The says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.
4) If you like maths you could be an , you could be a maths teacher.
5) There is a restaurant and it is always because it is so popular.
6) I am studying by to improve my .
Answers:
1 underground, tube 2 fanatic 3 forecast 4 accountant, otherwise 5 nearby, crowded 6 distance learning, career
Speaking
Talk about it. How are Debbie and Paul’s lifestyles different? How are they similar?
Example Debbie has to travel to work but Paul doesn’t.
They both have to work.
Writing
Where do you live? In a city or in the countryside? What do you like about where you live?
List three things.
Then try to write an essay to describe the place where you live , if you like there and the reason you like it or dislike it.
U2 Heroes
Lesson 1 Modern Heroes
Teaching aims:
To practise extensive reading in order to understand the main idea of each paragraph and guess the meaning of new words from the context.
To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctions
To revise the use of Past Simple and Past Continuous
To practise oral English
Teaching difficulties:
To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctions
To revise the use of Past Simple and Past Continuous
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
T: Who can explain hero’s meaning in English? Have a try.
S:
T: A person, especially a man, who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good.
Now think about who is hero in your mind?
S: possible ansewers (Wen tianxiang, Yue Fei, Lin Zexu, Song Zhongshan, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlain and so on)
T: Yes. They are great heroes. They names have been recorded in history books. What character do you think heroes should have?
S:
T: brave, selfless, calm, honest, generous, intelligent, warm-hearted, romantic…
Today we talk about Modern Heroes who do you think can be called modern heroes?
S:
T: teacher can show students some pictures. Finally picture is Yang Liwei. Have you heard of Yang Liwei? How do you feel about him?
S:
T: show a slide about information Yang Liwei (Born: June 21, 1965, Liao Ning Height:168cm; Weight: 65kg; Training : 1998-2003; Crowned: Space Hero.
and say Yang Liwei is the first man to stand for Chinese to fly into space. He has become a spokesman of space industry. We can say he is national hero?
Show some pictures about Shenzhou V
How did you feel about China’s first manned space flight?
S:
T: The launch of Shenzhou V shows China is becoming stronger and stronger. As Chinese, we are proud of being Chinese.
Ⅱ Reading
Do you want to know about Yang Liwei? Now let’s read the text and do the exercise to see how much you understand,
1. When the spaceship separated from the rocket, Yang could feel the high gravity.
2. Yang Liwei spoke with the ground control when the spaceship was circling the earth the sixth time.
3. Shenahou Ⅴcan change red because of the earth’s atmosphere.
4. When Yang Liwei was doing its sixth circle, he showed the flags of China and the US, expressing he wishes …
5. Yang Liwei felt the ship was shaking when Shenzhou V landed.
6. When he came back from space, he felt very excited.
Answers: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.T
After reading the text the teacher ask “Can you say some words about space flight?”
Answers: capsule, spacesuit, spaceman (astronaut), spaceship, parachute, rocket, helicopter, launch.
In order to consolidate these words to show pictures and ask student to use these words to describe them.
Ⅲ Further reading
Do the exercise 3and the exercise 4
Read the article and you describe the course of ShenzhouⅤ
Picture1. The spaceship was lifting off, I could really feel the high gravity.
Picture2 The spaceship separated from the rocket I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the sky
Picture3 The Shenzhou V circled the earth.
Picture 4 Yang Liwei was speaking with his wife and 8-year-old son
Picture 5 Yang Liwei showed the flags of China and the United Nations.
Picture6 Shenzhou V released its parachute.
Picture7 Millions of people all over China were watching TV when the spaceship touched down safely.
Do the exercise 5
Read through the questions with the class so that students know what information to look out when reading the text.
Students then read the text and answer the questions.
Ⅳ Free talk:
Why do you think Yang Liwei is a hero? What can we learn from him?
Ⅴ vocabulary
Do the exercise 5 and 6.
Ⅵ Grammar
Guide student to study Grammar Summary 3, on page 92
Do the exercise excise 8
Students look at the sentences and work out the differences( Past Continuous , Past Simple)
Do the exercise 9and 10
Ⅶ Language in use
Students prepare the questions for the interview in pairs. They may need to go back to the text and get more information. They may also use other information which they can collect from newspapers and the internet
Students roleplay an interview between Yang Liwei and a reporter with the reporter asking what happened, what Yang Liwei did and how he felt.
Ⅷ Homework
Read the article space heroes on page 32
Unit2 Lesson 2 History Makers
Teaching aims:
To practise listening for gist and for specific information
To express opinions and to agree or disagree with other people’s spinions.
To practise sentence stress
Teaching difficulties:
To practise listening for gist and for specific information
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
Now I give you some information and you guess who they are?
Do the exercise 1.
First give four sentences and ask student guess who they are?
Teacher draw a conclusion: Yes, they actions did much to advance society. They make things so important that it will be recorded in the history book. They set examples to us.
Ⅱ Listen to learn
How to express agree and disagree?
First ask students to express agree and disagree then read these words
agree, think, you’re right, don’t agree, in my opinion, personally
Do the exercise 2
Play the cassette for students to listen first, before looking at the Function File. See how much students can remember from the first listening.
Students listen again, fill in the blanks with the key words .
Ⅲ listening
Read through the Listening Strategies with the students and show students Key words to see if they can guess the meaning of these words.
Ask students to pronounce the Key Words. One of purposes is that can then check if their pronunciation is correct as they listen to the tape. The other purpose is to remember these words to understand the radio Programme better.
Do the exercise 5
Students read through the sentences and predict what the answers are.
Students listen to the cassette and see if their predictions are correct.
As you check students’ answers, ask them to correct the false sentences and make them true.
ⅣPronunciation: stress
Ask students to read the four sentences and predict where the stressed will occur in sentences. They listen to the cassette and see if they were correct.
Play the cassette again for students to repeat the sentences
Ⅴ speaking
Give students time to read about some famous people. They take turns to choose a hero and ask and answer three questions about their hero. Encourage students to use an interview approach.
Ⅵ homework
What can you learn from the heroes introduced in this unit?
Write down your views and explain them to your partner.
U2 Heroes
Lesson 3 Sports Stars
Teaching aims:
To read a text for specific information
To provide a title appropriate for a whole text
To use the Present Perfect and Past Simple tenses appropriately
To practise using positive and negative opinion adjectives.
Teaching difficulties:
To use the Present Perfect and Past Simple tenses appropriately
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
First play the song “Pass the Flame”
T: Many people are familiar with the song. It was sung on Athens Olympics. It reminds us of many sports stars winning gold medals. Who are your sporting heroes / heroines?
S:
T: you can use these words to describe them. awful, boring, lazy, slow, terrible, useless, weak, brilliant, fast, skilful, smart, strong, useful. Give them an example. The teacher show some Olympic athletes and guide students to talk about them. For example “ Is he your sports hero? What does he do ?
S:
T: Finally show the picture of Williams sisters. Do you know them? What do they take up?
S:
T: They are sisters and both tennis champions. Do you want to know more about them? read the text
Ⅱ Reading
First reading do the exercise true or false
1.The two sister plan to take up tennis career all their life.
2.In competitive matches the two sisters seldom played each other.
3.The two sisters have no common hobby except tennis.
4.In their childhood the people around Williams sisters often fought each other using gun.
5. Williams’ parents played an important part in their success.
6. The text refer to us the sisters’ father is good at tennis.
7. If one of them lose the game in their match, the other do the dishes.
8. The two sisters miss their childhood so they often go back to their hometown.
Answers: 1.F 2. F 3.F 4. T 5.T 6.T 7. F 8. F
Ⅲ Further understanding
Get student to guess the meanings of these words and check them while reading
Listen to the tape and check the answers
Read the text aloud and answer these questions(do the exercise 3)
Read the article again and suggest a title for the text( do the exercise 4)
Title: How to become a tennis star
Road to success
Tennis is my favorite sports
Tennis stars- Williams sisters
Ask student to choose one title. The answer is: Tennis stars- Williams sisters
Do you want to know more information about them? Add new information about the two sisters
Name：Venus Williams
Sex ：female
Birthday :1980.07.17
Weight：72.7kg
Height ：185cm
Nationality: America
event：tennis
转入职业时间 1995
WTA当前排名 3
迄今职业成绩 304胜69负
迄今单打冠军 29
迄今双打冠军 10
2003战绩 17胜3负
迄今职业奖金总额 $ 12,462,628
征战法网纪录次数 6
单打最好成绩 2002亚军
双打最好成绩 1999冠军
Name ：Serena Williams
Birthday：1981.09.28
Height：178cm
Weight ：65.9kg
Nationality ：America
Event ：tennis
转入职业时间 1995
WTA当前排名 1
迄今职业成绩 224胜41负
迄今单打冠军 22
迄今双打冠军 11
2003战绩 23胜1负
迄今职业奖金总额 $ 11,284,079
征战法网纪录
次数 4
单打最好成绩 2002夺冠
双打最好成绩 1999夺冠
Show some pictures
Picture1 study design in college
Picture2. the friendly sisters
Picture3 The two sisters’ photo of childhood.
The topic of each paragragh
Para1 brief introduction
Para2 their childhood
Para3 training and study
para4 achievement and friendly relationship
Ⅳ Voice your opinion
What are the advantages of being sports stars?
Ⅴ Language points
1. speak about谈论,讲述
We couldn’t get him to speak about his war experiences.
我们无法让他讲述当年战争的经历。
2. interest兴趣；可以和某些动词搭配
He has no interest in fine arts.
他对美术没有兴趣。
I’ve lost my interest in collecting coins.
我已经失去了收集硬币的兴趣。
The guests showed great interest in the new design.
客人们对这种新设计表示出极大的兴趣。
3.come to an end结束
The meeting came to an end at last.
会议终于结束了。
4. amazing adj. 令人惊异的， 指 物
amazed adj.感到惊异的 ， 指人
amaze vt 使…惊异
The amazing performance amazed me.
这种另人惊叹的表演让我吃惊
The amazing performance made me amazed.
Ⅵ Vocabulary
Do the exercise 6
Ⅶ Language in Use
Choose a star. Make notes about the important achievements or events in his/her life, and the dates they happened. Don’t worry if you are not exact.
Ⅷ Grammar
Guide students to study Grammar Summary 4, on page 93
Do the exercise 7
Students look at the sentences from the text and discuss when to use each tense.
Do the exercise 8 and 9
Ⅸ Homework
If time is limited ask students do the exercise 10, 11and 12 as homework
U2 Heroes
Lesson 4 Superhero
Objectives
To develop strategies for working out meaning when reading.
To develop word attack skills to cope with new vocabulary and phrasal verbs.
To practise asking for and giving personal information.
Pre-Reading
What do you know about Christopher Reeve?
A superwoman in China. Do you know her?
Reading
Look at the two pictures and answer the questions.
1 What was his most famous film character?
Superman
2 What terrible thing happened to him in real life?
He fell off his horse and broke his back.
3 What did he do afterwards?
He promoted medical research and made speeches all over the USA about his experiences.
Match the topics with the parts of the article.
a) the riding accident (1)
b) his marriage ( )
c) his feelings after the accident ( )
d) his death ( )
e) his parents ( )
f) his belief ( )
g) how he get involved with charity work ( )
h) his work ( )
Answers: b 4 c 3 d 8 e 5 f 7 g 6 h 2
Post-Reading
True or False
1 After the accident, with his wife’s help, Christopher Reeve pulled through.
2 Christopher Reeve got involved with charity work because he wanted to improve the quality of his life.
3 Reeve was optimistic facing the fact that he couldn’t stand up any longer.
4 Both of Reeve’s parents loved their son.
Answers: TFTT
Language points
1 be famous for 以…而著名
He is famous for his songs.
be famous as 作为…而出名
Li Lianjie is famous as an actor.
2 on one's own
独自；靠自己
She lives on her own.
她一个人过。
3 experience
经验（不可数）
Experience is their preparation for giving advice.
经验为她们进行咨询作了准备。
Experience teaches.; Experience does it.
经验给人教训。;经验给人智慧。
经历，阅历（可数）
Please tell us your experiences in America.
请你告诉我们你在美洲的经历。
4 suffer from
忍受, 遭受
suffer from cold and hunger
饥寒交迫
suffer from floods
遭受水灾
5 come to
涉及；谈及
When it comes to politics I know nothing.
谈到政治，我一无所知。
获致；到达；结束
The car came to a dead stop.
汽车蓦地刹住。
The water came to my waist.
水已达我的腰部。
总共；共计
The bill came to $5.50.
账款共计5美元50美分。
突然想起
Suddenly the words of the song came to me.
我猛然想起了这首歌的歌词。
6 pull through
度过难关, 恢复健康
I believe that you can pull through. 我相信你能够度过难关。
7 give up 放弃
Don’t give up.
give in 屈服
give away 送掉, 分发
give out 发出(气味、热等)
8 get on 生活, 融洽相处, 进展
They are getting on well now. 他们现在相处融洽。
I believe that we can get on well with each other.
9 react to 与...起反应
The eye reacts to light.
眼睛对光起反应。
10 With the progress of new medical research, I’m confident that—
with 短语作状语
He stands there, with a book in his hand. 他站在那儿，手里拿着一本书。
With his head lowered, he came into the classroom. 他低着头，走进教室。
Exercises
Work out the meaning of these words from the text and use them to replace the underlined words in the sentences.
disaster, on his own, depression, injury, confident, get involved, divorced
1 A really bad thing happened in 2003. Our school burnt down.
2 Many people suffer from feeling very sad. It can be treated with medicine.
3 Don’t just sit there! Take part and help disabled people!
4 He won’t be able to walk by himself ever again.
5 She’s sure that her mother’s hurt will heal.
6 Many people’s parents are no longer married these days.
Answers: 1 disaster 2 depression 3 Get involved 4 on his own 5 confident, injury
6 divorced
Choose the correct meaning for the phrasal verbs.
1 come to a) to visit b) to reach a state
2 pull through a) to survive b) to walk
3 think of a) to carefully consider b) to have an idea
4 give up a) to be afraid b) to stop fighting
5 get on a) to have a friendly relationship b) to escape
Answers: 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 a
Use the phrasal verbs above to complete these sentences.
1 Understanding his wife helps Christopher well with her.
2 After the accident, doctors warned Christopher that he wasn’t going to and live.
3 Talking with his family and friends helped Christopher terms with his disabilities.
4 Christopher says there is so much happening in his life right now that he is too busy
to giving up and dying.
5 After Dana told Christopher that he had her support and love, Christopher decided
not to on living.
Answers: 1 get on 2 pull through 3 come to 4 think of 5 give up
Speaking
Write questions to ask your partner about changes in his/her life in the last three years.
Example
Have you started a new holiday or sport?
Do you still like the same kind of music?
Writing
Try to know more about Zhang Haidi, then write an essay to depict(描写) her. Let everybody know that she is a superwoman.
Unit2 Heroes Communication Workshop教案
Teaching aims:
To prepare for a discussion by making notes.
To write a narrative in three paragraphs.
To develop self-assessment of speaking and writing skills
Teaching difficulties:
To write a narrative in three paragraphs
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
First talk about some famous athletes such as: Ma Lin, A table tennis player
Guo Jingjing, A diver. Liu Xiang, A hurdler. Gao Ling, A badminton player
How much do you know about them?
Some background knowledge about them
Ma Lin(马林):
He was born in Shenyang, Liaoning Province. He started to play table tennis at an early age of 6 and was inducted (吸收) into the national team in 1994 when he was only 14. He won the 2000 World Cup to become China’s first men’s singles world champion. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games(雅典奥运会), Chen Qi & Ma Lin, known as China’s new “golden pair”(黄金搭档), won the mixed doubles (混合双打)and became the Olympic Champion. At present, he is considered to be the strongest player in the world.
Liu Xiang(刘翔)：
He, the 21-year-old Shanghai native, is considered to be a hero, a superhero. He is the pride of China. Because he is the first Chinese athlete to take Olympic gold in the short distance race, which used to be dominated (占据) by Americans and Europeans. He also became the first Asian(亚洲人) in history to win the men’s 110m hurdles (男子110米跳栏)at the Olympic Games in Athens on Friday, Aug. 27, 2004.
Gao Ling(高凌):
She took up badminton in Wuhan at age of 6, and began regular training in Hubei
provincial sports school in 19 and joined the national team in February 1997. She and Zhang Jun(张军) became the Olympic champion of the mixed doubles in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games (悉尼奥运会). Again, Gao Ling and Zhang Jun won the mixed doubles and became the Olympic champion in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games
Guo Jingjing(郭晶晶):
She was born in the province of Hubei. She won diving competitions at every level as a youngster(少年), and has won almost every honor available in the world of diving. In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, she became the Olympic champion of women’s singles and she and Wu Minxia won the Olympic gold of the women’s doubles in Athens.
Ⅱ Discussion
First study the Speaking strategies, then ask the question:
What do you think when you got the information of them?
Give students enough time to work in pairs
Ask student to talk about their opinions about them.
Do you want to know others remarks? Now let’s listen to the cassette.
Do the exercise 2
Ⅲ Writing
Ask student to read the article “True Life Drama” on page 90 to make preparation to write a story.
Guide students to draw the following conclusion.
１．Setting the scene
(设置背景，交代时间，地点，人物，事件起因等)
２．Development of narrative
(描述事情发生经过)
３．Conclusion
(故事结局，及个人感悟)
Ask students to practise making up the story “Woman saves boy from icy river”
Ⅳ Relaxing
* Listen to the song “James Dean” by the Eagles,
* And complete the blanks.
Ⅴ Homework
Write a story Finish the exercises on page 74-75.
unit 3 lesson 1 Chinese Seasonal Festivals
Objectives
■ To use pictures to help understand new words and to use the dictionary to check meanings.
■ To read a text quickly to find specific information.
■ To practise the Present Simple Passive, Present
Continuous Passive, Past Simple Passive, Present Perfect Passive and Past Continous Passive.
Resource used
Grammar Summary 5.
Possible problems
Students should be encouraged to use the Passive. It is used more in English than in many other languages.
Background Communal celebrations mark events such as changing seasons, religious days or political events; music, dance or costume are usually involved. Routes through the material
■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework.
■ If you have time, use one of the Options ideas.
■ If you have two periods for this lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 4.
Language Power: pages 76?C77. Mini-Grammar 9
Reading
Before you start
Exercise 1
■ Students look at the pictures and guess what is happening and what is being celebrated. Ask them to describe what they can see.
■ Students discuss what their favourite seasons are and list the festivals in China which are associated with each season. Read to learn
Exercise 2
■ Students look at the three titles (Summer, Autumn, Winter) and suggest which festivals are associated with these three seasons in China and if there are any associated with Spring.
■ Students read the texts quickly and do the matching.
Answers
Picture 1?CC the Dragon Boat Festival
Picture 2?CA the Mid-Autumn Festival
Picture 3?CB the Lantern Festival
Exercise 3
■ Divide the class into three groups. Each group reads one section of the text carefully and writes four or five questions about it. Then give the class three orfour minutes to read the whole text again. Students close their books, and in turn each group asks its questions for the rest of the class to answer.
■ Students read the text again and fill in the table with the text information they get.
■ Have students check their answers in pairs.
■ Encourage students to add another festival they know well.
■ Students read the questions and find the answers in the texts by reading the texts again.
■ Have students talk about their festival in pairs.
Answers
Passage A:
the Mid-Autumn Festival, September or October, moon cakes
Passage B:
the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth of the first month of the lunar calendar, sweet dumplings
Passage C:
the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Zongzi
Exercise 4
■ Students discuss in pairs and tell the class their opinions.
Language Power: the Word Corner on page 79 gives
further practice in vocabulary (clothes).
Grammar
THE PASSIVE (I)
Exercise 5
■ Students identify that the passive is used when we don’t know or there is no need to say who the “doer” of an action is.
■ Students then do the exercise, finding the sentences in the text and completing the verbs.
■ Refer students to Grammar Summary 5 to make sure they understand how to use the Passive correctly.
■ For further practice, ask students to answer questions about their school (or town), e.g. “When are school examinations held?
When are school reports written? Where is football played?
When are bells rung? When was this classroom cleaned? When was this school built?”
Answers
1. are made 2. were, organized
Exercise 6
■ Have students look at the given sentences and ask them what tenses are used in them.
■ Encourage students to draw rules for the formation of the passive forms. Ask them to refer Grammar Summary 1,3,4 and 5 on pages 92?C93.
Answers
1. has been arranged
2. is being collected
3. was being painted
Exercise 7
■ Ask students if they have heard of the Water Festival.
■ Students read the text to find out about the festival. Then read the text again and complete the verbs.
Answers
1. is celebrated 2. is splashed 3. are carried
4. are told 5. is related 6. are washed
7. are raced 8. are launched
■ Have students close their books and ask them to say what they can remember about the festival.
Exercise 8
■ Students work in pairs, changing the sentences into the passive. Answers
1. My health is being affected by stress.
2. People are being moved out of the houses.
3. The mini-helicopter has already been invented by him.
4. The forest fire has been put out by them.
5. The car was being repaired when I got there.
6. The house was being decorated when the accident happened
Vocabulary
Exercise 9
■ Students may need to go back to the text to review the words before they start filling in the blanks.
Answers
1. is lit 2. has decorated
3. mark 4. celebrate
5. was included 6. was burnt down
7 take part in 8. be boiled
Language in Use
Exercise 10
■ Students work in groups, writing out the questions and
adding more of their own questions using the Passive. Tell students they must know the answers to their questions. If you wish, they can finish the questions for homework and use reference sources to check their answers. Each group should have between 10?C15 questions.
Answers
1. Where is the Mid-Autumn Festival celebrated? (In China)
2. Where is “zongzi” eaten? (In China)
3. When is the Lantern Festival celebrated? (In China)
4. Who was the telephone invented by? (By Alexander Graham Bell)
5. Who was Romeo and Juliet written by? (By William Shakespeare)
6. Where are BMW cars made? (In Germany)
Options
Practice
In groups, students prepare a written description of Spring
Festival in China. Tell students they are writing for English speaking readers who have not visited China. Students can follow the structure of the texts in the coursebook and, if possible, illustrate their text with a suitable drawing or photograph. When the groups have finished, they can exchange papers for others to read.
Extension
Students, working individually or in pairs, carry out a research project (using reference books or the Internet) to find out about a seasonal festival in another country. Students then prepare a short talk about this festival to give to the class.
Lesson 2 Parties
Teaching aims:
To practise listening for gist and for specific information
To practise using modals: must, should/shouldn’t, don’t, have to
Teaching difficulties:
To practise using modals: must, should/shouldn’t, don’t, have to
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
T: I think you have attended all kinds of parties, such as wedding party, birthday party, garden party, dinner party and so on. What party did you hold or attend? Do you like attending parties?
S:
T: Party can give people a chance to communicate each other, it is a way of social communication, it plays an important part in our life.
T: According to the questions, please describe a party you attend.
What sort of party was it?
How many people were there?
What did they wear?
What time did it start/ finish?
What did people do?
T: You do well in the task. Now let’s review some words about parties.
Show the key words to match their Chinese meanings
Ⅱ Listening
Do the exercise 3
In life some things are worth celebrating such as: passing test, retiring, going to study abroad, getting a job with good salary and so on. Now let’s listen to four people’s speech, judge why each person is celebrating?
Students listen to the cassette twice
Ask students to answer the questions then let students listen to the cassette again and pause in each paragraph.
Do the exercise 4
When we attend a party we should follow social customs. what do you think should we do in parties?
S:
Now read through the advice, trying to complete the sentences and predicting what the answers will be.
We will listen to about advice about how to behave in parties. (play the cassette for students to check their answers.
Ⅳ Speaking
Do the exercise 5and 6
Suppose you have a foreign friend who receives a invitation to a party.
What to wear; What presents to take , When to arrive
What to say, What not to do, When to leave,
Divide students into groups to do the exercise
Do the exercise 7
Ask students to match the expressions with different situation.
Ⅴ Homework
U3 Celebration
Lesson 3 Weddings
Teaching aims:
To read a text for new information about weddings
To practise using modals: have to/ not have to , can/ can’t , ought to / ought not to
To discuss the customs about wedding in China
Teaching difficulties:
To practise using modals: have to/ not have to , can/ can’t , ought to / ought not to
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
T：teacher will ask the following questions about weddings to lead into the topic.
Have you ever been to a wedding party?
Who was getting married?
How many people were there?
What time did it start/finish?
What did they wear?
What did people do?
Did you have a wonderful time?
Present the vow at the wedding to arouse students’ interest of talking about the weddings and have a deeper understanding about wedding in western countries.
Do you know the meaning of the vow?
从今天开始，无论顺境、逆境；无论贫穷还是富有；无论健康还是疾病，都不能将我们分开，直到生命的最后一天。
II. Learning the new words
Do the exercise 2
Present the word matching
Match the new words with the definitions
In order to consolidate new words teachers give pictures again and review the new words.
Ⅲ Reading
Wedding customs are different in different countries. Now we will read two articles : Weddings in Indonesia and Greek weddings，try to remember what to do and what not to do.（give students time to read the text）
Enjoy the pictures about Indonesian Wedding
1.Present a chart showing what to do and what not to do during the wedding
What to do:
I can go without an invitation.
I can attend the reception after the ceremony.
I ought to put money into the box at the entrance of the reception.
What not to do:
You oughtn’t to go to the ceremony without asking first.
You don’t have to contribute a lot of money.
You can’t drink alcohol at the wedding reception.
Indonesian women don’t have to cover their heads.
Enjoy the pictures about Greek Weddings
Ask the students to give information about what happens before, during and after the wedding.
Before the wedding ceremony
The bridegroom has to ask the bride’s father for his daughter’s hand in marriage.
During the wedding ceremony
The best man should help put crowns made of flowers on the heads of the couple.
A long silk ribbon that links the crowns is a symbol of a long and happy life for the couple.
After the wedding ceremony
The guests can attend a wedding reception.
Guests can throw dishes on the floor and put money on the bride’s wedding dress for good luck.
The party can last through the night.
Do the exercise3 true or false
Ⅳ Language points
1. even if 即使
Even if you know the secret you should keep silent.
即使你知道这个秘密， 你也应该保持沉默。
2. close family 近亲
close friend亲密的朋友
Sit close against the wall. 紧靠墙坐着（指距离近）
close 势均力敌的；几乎相等的
a close game一场不相上下的比赛
3. contribute (oneself) to sth.
contribution n
make contribution to sth/sb
(1) 捐献、捐赠；捐（钱）
He contributed a lot of food and clothes to the poor.
他为穷人捐了很多的食品和衣服。
(2) 投身于，献身于…
He contributed himself to doing research.
他投身于研究工作。
(3) 投稿，撰稿。
He contributed poem to a newspaper.
他向报社投了一篇诗稿。
(4) 贡献
He made great contribution to the country.
他为国家做出了巨大贡献
He made great contribution to the invention of computer.
他对计算机的发明做出了巨大贡献。
4. …help put crowns made of flowers…
= …help put crowns which are made of flowers… 动词的过去分词可后置定语，也可以转换成被动语态的定语从句
Finally they found the pot buried underground.
=Finally they found the pot which was buried underground.
Ⅴ Grammar
Do the exercise 4
Find out the information of modal verbs in the text
Do the exercise 5
Students match the verbs to their meanings
Do the exercise 6
Ⅵ Vocabulary
Do the exercise 7 and 8
Ⅶ Language in Use
Talk about the wedding customs and school rules in China using the modal verbs.
Do the exercise 9
Discuss our school rules in groups, by using the modals: have to / not have to , can/can’t , should/ shouldn’t.
Ⅷ Homework
Write eight sentences giving advice to a foreigner who is going to a wedding in your town /city.
U3 Celebration
Lesson 4 Christmas
Objectives
To read a narrative text and understand the story.
To build up an area of vocabulary associated with Christmas.
To develop reading strategies to answer multiple-choice questions.
To practise collocations with have, do and play.
To talk about childhood memories.
Pre-Reading
Find the Key Words in the pictures.
Which of the things do you think western people have at Christmas?
Key Words
balloons, Christmas carols, Christmas pudding, Christmas tree, snow, snowmen, Christmas stockings, presents
Reading
Read the text. Which Key Words are mentioned? Circle them out. Which other Christmas things are mentioned? Make a list.
Answers:
Father Christmas calendar Christmas cards Christmas lights
carol service Christmas tree decorations balloons stockings
presents sweets turkey Christmas pudding paper hats
Queen’s speech Christmas cake
candle
carol service
Father Christmas
Christmas tree
turkey
decorations
snowman
presents
Christmas cake
Christmas stockings
sweets
What’s the main idea of each paragraph?
Para. 1 the beginning of Christmas
Para. 2 decorations outside
Para. 3 activities on Christmas Eve
Para. 4 activities on Christmas morning
Para.5 activities after lunch
Post- Reading
In what order did the children do these things?
Example 1 d
a)open the new year calendar
b)put their stockings at the end of the bed
c)sing Christmas carols
d)write a letter to Father Christmas
e)put up the Christmas tree
f)go to church
g)have Christmas cake
Answers: 2 a 3c 4e 5b 6f 7g
Answer the multiple-choice questions.
1 Who do you think reads the children’s letters?
a) Father Christmas b) their parents c) nobody
2 What do you think people do in a carol service?
a) sing songs b) give presents c) watch a play
3 What happened on Christmas Eve?
a) The writer stayed awake all night.
b) Someone put presents in his stocking.
c) The writer saw Father Christmas.
4 Why did they laugh?
a) The Christmas carols were happy songs.
b) The songs and hats were funny.
c) The jokes and hats were funny.
5 After lunch:
a) the adults watched the Queen’s speech.
b).the children made a snowman.
c) everybody had more to eat.
Answers: 1b 2a 3b 4c 5c
Vocabulary
In English, some verbs and nouns often go together. Complete the table with these words:
tea, the piano, your homework, a shower, cards, a (snowball) fight, a party, the washing-up, lunch, the shopping
| have | do | play |
| tea, a shower a (snowball) fight, a party, lunch | your homework, the washing-up, the shopping | The piano, cards |
blow up, sing, go to, put up, have(x2), make, put on
On Christmas Eve, my grandparents arrived. We(1) a snowman in the garden and later we (2) the decoration. I (3) lots of balloons. On Christmas morning, I (4) some warm clothes and (5) a snowball fight with my cousins and then we(6) church. After that, we(7) lunch and
(8) Christmas carols.
Answers
1 made 2 put up 3 blew up 4 put on 5 had 6 went to 7 had 8 sang
Writing and Speaking
Make notes about your childhood memories of an important festival.
People: family? Good friends?
Preparations: decorations? Invitations?
Presents: what? Who for? Make/buy?
Food: meals? Special food/drink?
Activities: music? Dancing? A long walk?
Your feelings: happy? Sad?
