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Teaching aim: talk about life in the future / Develop studentsˇ ability of listening
Focus: train studentsˇ listening and speaking ability and develop their imagination
Teaching aids: a tape recorder and multi-media
Teaching procedures
1. Raise a general question to draw studentsˇ attention to the topic
What will Life be like in the future?
2. Show students two pictures and ask them to describe the life at present .
劔 What do we use as transportation?
劔 What do we use to light up?
劔 Do you know what people used at ancient time?
劔 Can you imagine what people will use in the future?
3. Things have changed a lot in many fields , can you give more examples?
4. In which fields do you think things will change in the future ? Please make a list.
5. Ask students to discuss the future of their chosen area in pairs or groups.
Listening Pre-listening Discussion: what would life be like to be a student in the future?
Part one First listening : listen to part one and answer the following questions.
1.What year is Mekanila living in?
2.Where does she live?
3.What happened to the people on the earth?
4.Why is she writing you this letter?
Second listening : listen to part one again and tick the sentences which are true.
劔 About one third of the earthˇs population was left back home.
劔 The earth is getting worse now.
劔 Mekanika has ever been to earth several times.
劔 They can send messages to the past through their schoolˇs time machine.
Third listening
Fill in the blanks
劔 We call it the year 58AL.Al means ¨________ ________〃.You see,58years ago,people on the earth decided that they had to do something to save the people_______________.There were so many people on the earth , and there was so much pollution,that the only way to keep the planet from dying was to__________________ _______. My family was one of the chose ones.About one third of the earthˇs population was left back home,and _______________went into space .
劔 Weˇre now living in a new city on the planet Mars.Life here is very nice ,and we are happy in our new home.We still ___________________the people on earth and some of us go back for short visits. The earth is better now, and the people back home are __________________to clean up the planet.
Part two First listening : listen to part two and answer the following questions.
1.What time does she get up? 2.What food do people on Mars eat?
3.How does she go to class ? 4.Do they schools and classroom?
Second listening : listen to part two again and tick the sentences which are true..
劔 Time system on the planet mars is the same as that of the earth.
劔 The food that they eat is also different from present.
劔 They solve problems together with their learning guides instead of teachers.
劔 They can read about our life on the history book.
Third listening
Fill in the chart
Time
food
school
transportation
Mekanikaˇs life
One day is divided into eight parts.Two oˇclock in the morning on Mars is like six oˇclock on earth. People eat pills and drink juice. There are no schools or classrooms. Students meet their learning guides in different places and solve problems together. Mekanika flies to class in the school spaceship.
Our life
One day is 24 hours.
We eat meat,
fruits and vegetables
We study in schools and classrooms and we learn from books and teachers We go to school on bikes or by bus.
Listening material of part two
Every morning , I have to get up at two oˇclock. That probably sounds very strange to you ,but ,you see ,we have a different time system here. We divide the day into eight parts.two oˇclock in the morning here on Mars is almost like six oˇclock on earth. I eat breakfast with my family before I go to school.the food here is different from your food:we eat pills and drink juice to stay healthy. My history book says that you ate something called bread and even ate meat from other animals!that sounds very strange to me .we donˇt eat any animals here and Iˇve never even seen bread. At three thirty I catch the school spaceship and fly to class.we donˇt have schools and classrooms. We meet our learning guides(you called them teachers)in different places and solver problems together.I love school. My friends are wonderful and I like to think about the world in new ways. I also like creating things with my mind box(you called it a computer).Iˇm very interested in what you call ¨painting〃and ¨singing〃.can you please tell me more about what they are?Iˇve heard about your life in my history book,but itˇs difficult to understand how you lived such a long time ago.could you please write to me and tell me about your life?thank you ,I have to get back to work.I have a test in Mars geography next week, so I need to prepare for it .
The Fourth Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following:
(1)Words:plain kilogram clothing chief afterwards widespread rot supply chain willing category
(2)Phrases:in huge numbers fromK(time)on/onwards make agreements with die out in turn have an effect on
2.Review Non-finite Verbs and words used to discribe a place.
3.Train the studentsˇ integrating skills,especially writing skill.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Master the following useful phrases:
in huge numbers fromK(time)on/onwards
make agreements with die out in turn
have an effect on
2.Learn to write a comparison essay.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.How to help the students understand the passage better.
2.How to help the students finish the task of writing.
Teaching methods:
1.Revision to consolidate what weˇve learnt in the unit.
2.Fast and careful reading to help the students understand the passage better.
3.Discussion to help the students prepare for writing.
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
兂Step ⒑ Revision
T:Yesterday we reviewed Non-finite Verbs,especially their passive forms.Do you remember that?
Ss:Yes.
T:Very good.Li lin,can you tell us how to change ¨to do〃 and ¨doing〃 into their passive forms?
S1:The passive from of ¨to do〃 is ¨to be done〃,while the passive form of ¨doing〃 is ¨being done〃.
T:Can you make sentences with ¨to be done〃 and ¨being done〃?
S1:I donˇt want to be misunderstood by others.I donˇt mind Li Ping being recommended as our monitor instead of me.
T:Well done!So much for revision.
兂Step ⒒ Reading
T:In the second period,we talked about the history of the USA.We know that native Americans were the first settlers on the plains of America.Today weˇre going to read a passage to learn about the plains of America.Before reading,letˇs learn the new words first.(Teacher deals with the new words with the whole class and makes some explanations if necessary.After that,teacher says the following:)
T:Now,please look at the picture on the screen.(Show the picture on the screen.)
T:Do you know what the animal is called?
Ss:No.
T:Its name is bison.It is a type of cattle which used to exist in huge numbers on the plains of America.Would you like to know more about the bison?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Please open your books at Page 46.Read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions on the screen.
(Teacher shows the questions on the screen.)
1.In what ways did the settlers treat the Native Americans unfairly?
2.What caused a big change in the wildlife on the plains?
(A few minutes later,teacher checks the answers.)
T:Well,stop please!Have you found the answers?
Ss:Yes.
T:Li Tao,answer the first question,please.
S2:The settlers killed them,forced them to leave their hunting grounds,broke agreements they had made,forced them onto poor land,and killed most of the bison on which Native Americans had relied for food.
T:Right.Ther second one?Liu Wei,please.
S3:The killing of large numbers of bison changed the whole wildlife chain on the plains.
T:Good.Now,read the passage carefully again and do the exercise on the screen.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
Tick the sentences that are true and correct the false ones.
1.( )The first settlers on the plains were farmers.
2.( )Native Americans willingly gave up land to the settlers.
3.( )The settlers did not deal honestly with the native Americans.
4.( )Settlers ended up with better land than the native Americans.
5.( )Later settlers made use of the bison in the same way as the native Americans.
After reading,first do it by yourself,and then check your answers with your partner.At last,Iˇll check the answers.
Suggested answers:
1.F The first settlers on the plains were native Americans who lived by gathering roots,nuts and wild fruits and hunting wild animals.
2.F They were forced to move away.
3.T
4.T
5.F Native Americans made use of the whole animal when they killed it,but later settlers took only the skins of the bison.
T:You all did a good job!Now,youˇve understood the passage better.Please look at the screen.Letˇs learn some useful expressions in it.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen and explains the use of them to the students.)
1.in huge numbers:in big/large/great numbers
e.g.Food supplies are coming in large numbers.One afternoon I saw ants coming out in huge numbers.
2.a shoulder-height:height from the ground to the shoulder.This is the common way of measuring many large animals,e.g.horses,cattle,deer.
3.fromK(time)on/onwards
e.g.from now on/onwards from 1980 onwards
From 1990 onwards the city began to take on a new look.
4.make/come to/arrive at/sign an agreement/agreements with sb.
e.g.China made an agreement on anti-terrorism with the five countries in the Middle Asia.
5.in turn
e.g.The teacher asked his students to speak in turn.
6.die out
e.g.Many animals are dying out because of pollution and killing.
7.have an effect on/upon
e.g.The cold in spring usually has a bad effect on the growth of plants.
The medicine had no side effects on your body.
(Bb:in huge numbers,a shoulder-height,fromK(time)on/onwards,make agreements with sb.,die out,in turn,have an effect on).
T:OK.Now Iˇll give you more time to reread the last paragraph and then complete the diagram on the screen.(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
Suggested answers:
(1)kill (2)bison waste (3)Bison (4)soil (5)grass (6)insects (7)birds
wolves
T:Well,letˇs listen to the tape without looking at your books,trying to remember everything.Then do another exercise on the screen.(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
Put the sentences in the correct order according to your knowledge about the wildlife.
( )A So there was not enough bison waste to improve the soil.
( )B The plants were getting fewer and fewer.
( )C Millions of bison were killed by settlers.
( )D The soil became poorer,and supported fewer plants.
( )E The insects living on the plants died out.
( )F The wolves and other animals that lived on birds and prairie dogs would have to starve.
( )G With less insects birds couldnˇt get enough food and neither could prairie dogs.
Suggested answers:
AX(2) BX(4) CX(1) DX(3) EX(5) FX(7) GX(6)
兂Step ⒓ Preparation for Writing
T:In the first period,we talked about our hometown,weˇve also learned some useful expressions to describe our hometown.Do you still remember them?
Ss:Yes.
T:Very good.Now,please work in pairs to complete the form on the screen using your knowledge about describing a place.
(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)
Category Examples of words and phrases
Position
Area
Climate
Population
People
Culture Economy
Suggested answers:
Position:in the north/south ofK;in Asia/Europe/America,province
Area:km2,with an area ofK
Climate:cold,warm,cool,temperature,rain,cloudy,windy,snow
Population:million,billion,thousand,hundred,big,with a population of
People:hospitality,friendly,honest,kind,brave,modest
Culture and Economy:developed,developing,prosperous,industry,agriculture,business,tourism
兂Step ⒔ Writing
T:OK.Today weˇre going to write a comparison essay.By comparison,weˇll make people from different countries learn about our country.Before writing,you need to know how to write an essay of this kind.Now,turn to Page 48.Read the tips aloud and learn how to write a comparison essay.
(Teacher gives the students a few minutes to read the tips and then deals with the writing part.)
T:Now imagine that an American middle school student has sent you an e-mail asking for help.The American student has been asked to write about different parts of China.Write a letter to him and compare China and the USA.You can use information at Page 48 from this table if you wish.First,discuss with your partner what to write and make lists of the important similarities and differences.Then,begin to write it on your paper.After finishing it,exchange your writing with your partner and correct the mistakes in it.At last,Iˇll ask some students to read out your essay before the class if time permits.Is that clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.You can begin.
One possible sample:
Dear ⊙⊙,
Thank you for your sending me the e-mail.Iˇve read it.Iˇm glad to know youˇre interested in China.Iˇll try my best to help you learn about China.I hope the letter is of great help to you.
The USA and the PRC are both large countries.Some things about the two countries are similar,while other things are different.
The two countries are about the same size,but the PRC is a little larger with an area of 9.6 million km2.However,the population of PRC is many times larger.It has a population of nearly 1.3 billion but the USA has only about 283 million.This means that there is much more space in the USA for its population.
Many different languages are spoken in China,for example Chinese,Mongolian,Zhuang,etc.In the USA many different languages are also spoken,but the main ones are English and Spanish.Both countries have many different minority groups.For example,in the PRC there are the Miao,the Hui and the Uighurs.The USA has a large black population,and there are also many people from Central America.There is a small Chinese population in the USA too.
Three of the important cities in the USA are New York,the largest city in the USA,Washington,the capital,and Los Angeles.In the PRC there are many cities with large populations.Among the best known are Beijing,the capital,Tianjin,Chongqing and Shanghai,the largest city in the PRC.
Best wishes.
Yours,
⊙⊙⊙
兂Step ⒕ Summary and Homework
T:In this class,weˇve reviewed the contents in the last periods by doing some exercises.Weˇve also read a passage about the bison on the plains of America and learnt some useful phrases in it.At last,weˇve learnt to write a comparison essayXthe USA and China.When writing a comparison essay,we can consider the following:area,population,language,minority groups and Important cities.(Teacher writes them on the blackboard.)After class,review the whole unit.If you havenˇt finished your letter,go on with it.So much for today.Class is over.
兂Step ⒖ Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 16 The United States of America
The Fourth Period
⒐.Useful Phrases:
in huge numbers a shoulder-height fromK(time) on/onwards make agreements with
die out in turn have an effect on
⒑.How to write a comparison essay
Area Population Languages Minority groups Important cities
兂Step ⒗ Record after Teaching
Goals
“Talk about science and scientists
“Practise describing people and debating
“Learn more about the infinitive
“Write a descriptive paragraph
WARMING UP
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.(Thomas Alva Edison)
It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.
Some things need to be believed to be seen. We see only what we know.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.(Albert Einstein)
You cannot teach a man anything, you can only help him find it within himself. Nothing in this world is to be feared K only understood.(Maria Curie)
These quotes are from famous scientists. What do they mean? Do you agree?
1 Do you know any other quotes about science and thinking?
2 What great scientists do you know? What are they known for?
3 What words and phrases do you need to describe a successful scientist? Make a list of what you already know and what you would like to know.
LISTENING
Who are the famous scientists described on the tape?
Great Mind No 1: _________
1. This great mind was on fire for _______.
*rockets *agriculture *gravity
*radioactivity *outer space
2. The scientistˇs name is similar to the English word for _____.
*something not old *something not short
*interested in something Great Mind No 2:_____________
1. This great mind was on fire for _______.
*rockets *agriculture *gravity
*radioactivity *outer space
2. The scientistˇs name is similar to the English word for _____.
*something not old *something not short
*interested in something
Great Mind No 3:__________
1D What is this man known for?
2D He wants to be called the ______. Why?
3D What do these three great minds have in common? Great Mind No 4: You!______
What are you interested in? Write a short paragraph about what you would like to invent, discover, or be.
SPEAKING
Work in groups. Each group member represents a branch of science. You are going to debate each other to see which branch of science is the most important and useful for society. Decide who will represent each branch, then prepare your role card and let the debate begin!
Biology Maths Chemistry Physics Computer science
Biologist
I think that biology is the most important and useful science because
1 ______________________________________________________
2______________________________________________________
3______________________________________________________
Useful expressions
Thatˇs correct. Itˇs clear that K I doubt that K
There is no doubt thatK Itˇs hard to say. Well, maybe, but K
Thatˇs true. Whatˇs your idea? Have you thought about K
PRE-READING
Scan the text to answer the following questions.
1. Why did Stephen Hawking need a PhD?
2. When did Hawking become famous?
3. When did Hawking visit Beijing?
READING
NO BOUNDARIES
Imagine this: you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduate student at one of the top university in the world. One day, your doctor tells you that you have an incurable disease and may not have more than twelve months to live. How would you feel? What would you do? Most of us would probably feel very sad and give up our dreams and hopes for the future. Here is what Stephen Hawking thought:
(There did not seem) much point in working on my PhD V I did not expect to survive that long. Yet two years had gone by and I was not that much worse. In fact, things were going rather well for me and I had got engaged to a very nice girl, Jane Wilde. But in order to get married, I needed a job, and in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
Instead of giving up, Hawking went on with his research, got his PhD and married Jane. Nor did he let the disease stop him from living the kind of life he had always dreamt of. He continued his exploration of the universe and traveled around the world to give lectures. In , Hawking visited China and spoke to university students in Hangzhou and Beijing. As his disease his disabled him, Hawking has to sit in his now-famous wheelchair and speak through a computer. He told the students about his theories and thoughts on some of the greatest questions: What is time, how did the universe begin, and what exactly are black holes?
Hawking became famous in the early 1970s, when he and American Roger Penrose made new discoveries about the Big Band and black holes. Since then, Hawking has continued to seek answers to questions about the nature of the universe. In 1988, he wrote A Brief History of Time, which quickly became a best-seller. Readers were pleased and surprised to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand.
In the book, Hawking explains both what it means to be a scientist and how science works. He tells readers how discoveries are made and how they change the world. Science, according to Hawking, is often misunderstood: people often think that science is about ¨true〃 facts that never change. Scientists, on the other hand, Hawking writes, know that their job is never finished and that even the best theory can turn out to be wrong.
A scientific theory is the result of the scientific method. Scientists look at the world and try to describe and explain what they see. First, they carefully observe what they are interested in. To explain what they have seen, they build a theory about the way in which things happen and the causes and effects. Finally, the scientists test theory to see if it matches what they have seen and if it can predict future events. If what they are observing can be tested in a practical way, scientists will use experiments. But if, like Hawking, they are studying something that is too large or too difficult to observe directly, they will use a model to test the theory.
People who listen to Hawkingˇs lecture sometimes find it difficult to understand him, because his thoughts and ideas often seem as large as the universe he is trying to describe. The speech computer is not the problem. In fact, people who hear it often say it sounds just like a human voice. Hawking is happy with it, too. ¨The only trouble,〃 says Hawking, who is British, ¨is that it gives me an American accent.〃
POST-READING
1. Choose the best answer to each question.
1 Read the quote in the text again. When was Stephen Hawking told about his disease?
A Twelve months earlier. B When he was getting married.
C Two years earlier. D When he met Jane Wilde.
2 According to Hawking, science is _____________.
A never true B always changing C always true
3 A scientific theory is good if _____________________________.
A it is difficult B it can be tested C it can predict future events
2 Answer the following questions.
1 According to Hawking, how do people misunderstand science?
2 What are the basic steps of the scientific method?
3 What is it that Hawking does not like about his speech computer?
3 Work in pairs. How would you use the scientific method to solve the following problems?
1 How can we grow rice in areas where there is little water?
2 How can I make my bike go faster?
3 How can we know what life was like 5,000 years ago?
4 How can I improve my English?
LANGUAGE STUDY
Word study
Choose the closest meaning to the underlined word in each sentence.
1 The couple used up all their money to seek their 5-year-old son, who got lost six months ago.
A search for B save C see
2 Her unhappiness was so obvious that anyone could see it.
A suddenly seen B often seen C easily seen
3 ¨Why does an apple fall onto the ground instead of rising into the air?〃 Newton asked himself and later discovered the Law of Gravity.
A the natural force that helps objects rise in air or gas
B the natural force that attracts objects toward the earthˇs centre
C the natural force that keeps objects from moving
4 Scientists predict that environmental pollution will increase in the next ten years. They warm that if we donˇt take measures to solve the problem, we will destroy our planet.
A tell before it happens B tell while it is happening C tell after it happens
5 Halley observed the movement of that star for many years and found out that it would return every 76 years.
A recorded B looked carefully at C learnt
6 The police let the man go after they found out that his DNA fingerprint didnˇt match what they had got from the crime scene.
A look exactly like B compete C compare
Grammar
The infinitive
1 Group the infinitives according to how they are used.
1 Subject: _________________ 2 Attribute: ____________________
3 Object: _________________ 4 Adverbial: ____________________
1 Some things need (1) to be believed (2) to be seen.
2 The doctor told him that he may not have more than twelve months (3) to live.
3 (4) In order to get married, I needed a job, and (5) in order to get a job, I needed a PhD.
4 Readers were pleased and surprised (6) to find that a scientist could write about his work in a way that ordinary people could understand.
5 He traveled around the world (7) to give lectures.
6 What does it mean (8) to be a scientist?
7 People who listen to Hawkingˇs lectures sometimes find it difficult (9) to understand him.
8 (10) To explain what they have seen, they build a theory about how things happen and the causes and effects.
2 Rewrite the following sentences with to be done.
EXAMPLE: We need to believe some things to see them.
劵Some things need to be believed to be seen.
1 He didnˇt want his friends to help him. 劵 He _________________________________.
2 He asked his boss to pay for his work. 劵 He ________________________________.
3 She told me that I should fear nothing. 劵 She told me that _______________________.
4 In our lives, there is so much that we should learn. 劵 In our lives, there is ____________.
5 It was reported that someone had stolen the car. 劵 The car _______________________.
3 Rewrite the following sentences using the infinitive.
EXAMPLE: Doctors predicted that he could only live one or two more years.
劵Doctors predicted that he had only one or two more years to live.
1 Is there anything that I can eat? 劵 Is there anything ___________________?
2 I need a pen that I can write with. 劵 I need a pen _______________________.
3 Do you have anything that you want to add? 劵 Do you have anything ___________?
4 He is looking for a box in which he can put the two rabbits.
劵 He is looking for a box _______________________________.
5 It would be comfortable to live in this house. 劵 It would be a comfortable house _______.
4 Hawking knows exactly what his dream is and how to make it come true. What about you?
Hawkingˇs Dream Your Dream
In order to get married, I need a job, and in order to get a job, I need a PhD.
INTEGRATING SKILLS
Reading and writing
MARKING A DIFFERENCE
It is not necessary to be a great scientist to make a difference in this world, but there are things we can learn from the best minds in this planet. Great scientists like Stephen Hawking always want to know more. They are never satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking for new questions. The Italian astronomer Galieo Galilei was so curious that he invented both a microscope and a telescope in order to be able to take a closer look at things great and small. By asking why, how and what if, curious minds find new ideas and solutions.
If knowledge is power, as Sir Francis Bacon famously wrote in 1597, then perhaps creativity can be described as the ability to use that power. Scientists must be creative and use their imagination all the time. When Zhang Heng, the Chinese astronomer and geographer, wanted to draw a map of the heavens, he wasnˇt satisfied with a simple paper map. Instead, he built a model that could move in order to show how the position of the stars changed from season to season.
We must also believe in what we do, even when others donˇt. Both Galileo and Zhang Heng found it difficult to make people believe that their theories were correct. People laughed at Zhang Heng when he first introduced his seismograph and it was only later that the world recognized his greatness. Galileo used his observation show that Copernicus, another great astronomer, was right and that the earth moves around the sun, not the other way around. At that time, everybody thought that the earth was the centre of the universe and Galileo was punished for his theory. Today, both Zhang Heng and Galileo are known as scientific pioneers who helped us better understand the world.
Perhaps the most important thing if we want to make a difference is to find something that we like to do and that we are good at. Knowing who we are means knowing how we think and what we like to do. Everyone has his or her special skills and interests, and only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.
1 How did the discoveries and inventions of Galileo and Zhang Heng help us better understand the world?
2 Of all the characteristics mentioned above, which do you think is the most important? Why?
3 Work in pairs or groups. What do great scientists like Stephen Hawking, Galileo Galilie and Zhang Heng have in common? Find out more about them and how they work and think. Use the questions below to get started.
〈 What is the scientific spirit? 〈 How do scientists solve problems?
〈 How do scientists make a difference? 〈 What can we learn from great scientists?
Writing
Who is your favourite scientist? Use a library or the Internet to find out more about him or her and then write a paragraph to describe your favourite scientists.
Before you write, think carefully about what you want to write. What does the reader need to know about the scientist? How can you best describe him or her? What is the most important or interesting fact about the scientist? Why do you like him or her? Use your answers to these questions to write your paragraph.
The following ideas, words and expressions may help you.
A good scientist must be curious and careful. Great scientists use their creativity and imagination to come up with new ideas.
Scientists must also be intelligent and patient. The experiment proved that her theory was correct. Other scientists were surprised by her discovery and called it a success.
She used a model to solve the problem.
Tips Some scientific methods to help you learn English well
You can use the scientific methods when you are studying English, too.
〈 Observe how new words and structures are being used.
〈 Try to make a simple rule to explain how the word or structure is used.
〈 Test your theory by using the words or structures and see if your theory is correct.
You can also experiment with new ways of studying. Ask your classmates and teacher how they study and try different ideas V find out how you like to learn.
Checkpoint 1
Grammar The Infinitive
“ The goal of Stephen Hawkingˇs research is to _______ and to _______ is his biggest dream.
“ The doctor thought he only had three more years to _____, which turned out to _________.
“ We took a taxi to catch _____. We hurried there, only to find ______. We were unhappy to miss ____.
Try to analyse this sentence. How is the infinitive used?
(1) To learn about the universe, you need (2) to have a telescope (3) to observe the stars.
Which words in this unit help you describe a great scientist?
welcome to the unit
1 period the 1st period teaching date
I. Teaching objectives:
1. To learn about the good laughter can do to people.
2. To make Ss realize how we should treat the unhappiness in our life.
II. difficult points
Ssˇ awareness of all kinds of things that can bring joy to us.
III. teaching methods and aids
Picture-talking and free talk
IV. Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Picture -talking
1.T; Life consists of laughter and tears. Which do you think is better for you, laughing every day or crying all the time? Why?
S:K
2. Let Ss look at the pictures on P1. Ask them questions:
What can you see in the pictures?
Pic 1 A man standing there giving a stand-up using facial expressions and body language.
Pic2 A book about a funny girl
Pic 3 Two Chinese performing crosstalk
Pic 4 clowns, acrobats and so on in a circus
Do the four posters share something in common? If so, what is it?
Why do people like funny things?.
Step 2. free talk about the screen
1. T: Now can you tell me what can make people laugh?
(jokes, comedies, funny movies, /stories. comic pictures K)
2. Some pictures on the screen.
*. A joke
A. Where do you wash?
B. In the spring.
A. I didnˇt ask when. I asked you where.
* cross talk
*situation comedy
*comic films
* some funny pictures of some famous comedians in China
Let Ss tell who they are
3. T: What do you think of when you see these faces?
Do you like comedians? Why?
Who is your favourite comedian?
Collect Ssˇ answers.
3. show some pictures of foreign clowns and comedians such as Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean.
T; Do you know about this man?
Why was/ is he famous? Why are you impressed by him?
4. Show Ss a video of Mr Bean ( Cheating in an exam)
5. T:Can you count how many times youˇve laughed in the last 5 minutes? Do you think youˇve understand the humor in it? How can you make it?
What do you think of this man?
Will any of us do like him in the real life?
6. Let Ss read the passage on P 104. Find out the answers to the questions.Mkae Ss know more about Mr Bean and the actor.
7. Let Ss enjoy more funny pictures about animals.
Step 3 discussion
1. T: Do you feel happy when you see those funny things or funny people?
So what can we do to make ourselves happier?
冩 read funny stories, watch funny movies and K
冩 Make friends with humorous people
冩 develop your own sense of humor
冩 be more optimistic about life and sadness
冩 K
2. summary: Laughter is good for our health. So remember: No matter how old you are, always laugh. Now matter how much sadness you meet in life, try to laugh. Then we can live a better and more meaning life.
⒐.Brief Statements Based on the Unit
This unit mainly tells us the difficulties that the disabled people may face.The text¨Disabled? Not me!〃shows us a middle school studentXZhong Xiaowen,who could only move around in her wheelchair,could overcome lots of difficulties,and finally succeeded.From her success,we learn something important.There is nothing difficult in the world if you stick to it.When you meet with difficulty in your life and study,please donˇt lose heart.
The teacher should train the studentsˇ mental and moral character of taking pleasure in helping the disabled and help the students to know how to help the disabled to build up the spirit of ¨being stronger,independent and equal to normal people in activities〃.Of course it is necessary for students to master the important phrases and sentence patterns in this unit.Meanwhile we should review the usage of the Direct and Indirect Object.
⒑.Teaching Goals
1.Talk about disability.
2.Practise talking about ability and inability.
3.Review Direct and Indirect Objects.
4.Write an argumentative essay.
⒒.Background Information
1.Will Inspired Life
The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old-fashioned,pot-bellied coal stove.A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived.
One morning they arrived to find the schoolhouse engulfed in flames.They dragged the unconscious little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive.He had major burns over the lower half of his body and was taken to a nearby county hospital.From his bed the dreadfully burned,semiconscious little boy faintly heard the doctor talking to his mother.The doctor told his mother that her son would surely dieXwhich was for the best,reallyXfor the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his body.
But the brave boy didnˇt want to die.He made up his mind that he would survive.Somehow,to the amazement of the physician,he did survive.When the mortal danger was past,he again heard the doctor and his mother speaking quietly.The mother was told that since the fire had destroyed so much flesh in the lower part of his body,it would almost be better if he had died,since he was doomed to be a lifetime cripple with no use at all of his lower limbs.
Once more the brave boy made up his mind.He would not be a cripple.He would walk.But unfortunately,from the waist down,he had no motor ability.His thin legs just dangled there,all but lifeless.Ultimately he was released from the hospital.Every day his mother would massage his little legs,but there was no feeling,no control,nothing.Yet his determination that he would walk was as strong as ever.When he wasnˇt in bed,he was confined to a wheelchair.One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air.This day,instead of sitting there,he threw himself from the chair.He pulled himself across the grass,dragging his legs behind him.He worked his way to the white picket fence bordering their lot.With great effort,he raised himself up on the fence.Then,stake by stake,he began dragging himself along the fence,resolved that he would walk.He started to do this every day until he wore a smooth path all around the yard beside the fence.There was nothing he wanted more than to develop life in those legs.Ultimately through his daily massages,his iron persistence and his resolute determination,he did develop the ability to stand up,then to walk haltingly,then to walk by himselfXand thenXto run.He began to walk to school,then to run to school,to run for the sheer joy of running.Later in college he made the track team.Still later in Madison Square Garden this young man who was not expected to survive,who would surely never walk,who could never hope to runXthis determined young man,Dr. Glenn Cunningham,ran the worldˇs fastest mile!
2.Helen Keller
Helen Keller(1880~1968) was a famous author and educator.She was stricken at the age of 19 months with an illness that left her deaf and blind.She became mute shortly thereafter.Her parents in 1887 got her a teacher Anne Mansfield Sullivan from the Perkings School for the Blind in Boston.A remarkable,close relationship developed between teacher and pupil.Within two years,Miss Keller was able to read and write in Braille.She graduated(1904)from Radcliffe College,where Miss Sullivan had spelled the lectures into her hand.
Helen Keller devoted her life to publicly aiding the deaf and blind.With the aid of a translator,she toured the world to promote the education of persons similarly afflicted.She wrote numerous books,including¨The Story of My Life〃(1902).
⒓.Teaching Time:Four periods
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following:
Phrases:deal with,overcome the difficulties
Sentence Patterns:
If you were in a wheelchair,you wouldnˇt be able toK
If I were blind,I would need a/anK
2.Train the studentsˇ listening ability.
3.Improve the studentsˇ speaking ability by describing,talking and discussion.
Teaching Important Points:
1.Train the studentsˇ listening ability.
2.Make the students master the sentence patterns and describe the pictures freely.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to improve the studentsˇ speaking ability.
Teaching Methods:
1.Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through with the listening materials.
2.Individual,pair of group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder
2.the multimedia
3.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings and Lead-in
T:Good morning/afternoon,everyone.
Ss:Good morning/afternoon,Mr/Ms.
T:Sit down,please.First I want to ask you some questions.Have you been to some places of interest?Have you climbed the mountains?
Ss:Yes.(Students may have different answers.)
T:How can you get there?
Ss:We can get toKby bus/by train/on footK
T:Now please look at the screen.
(The teacher shows a picture of a wheelchair on the screen.)
How do you say it in English?
Ss:Wheelchair.
T:What kind of people uses it?
Ss:People with disabilities/who couldnˇt stand up.
T:Good.Now,tell me if you were in a wheelchair,would you be able to get to some places like tall buildings,high mountains?
Ss:I can go toKby myself,because thereˇs no step.Itˇs easy for me to get there.
T:Who has different answers?
S1:I can go toKwith the help of my friends.They can carry me up there.
S2:I canˇt go toK,because itˇs high on the top of the hill.What a pity!I can only look at it from far away.
兂Step ⒑ Warming up
T:Today weˇre going to learn Unit 17¨Disabilities〃.(Bb:Unit 17 Disabilities The First Period)
First letˇs look at some words.
(Show the following on the screen)
disability/,㈧IⅪ兊‖㈥IⅣIⅫI/n.鶭
ability/兊‖㈥IⅣIⅫI/n.鶭
sidewalk/‖Ⅺ㈤I㈧@兟儶Ⅲ/n.鶭
escalator/‖㈨ⅪⅢ兊Ⅳ㈨IⅫ兊 (r)/n.鶭
elevator/‖㈨ⅣI㈨IⅫ兊 (r)/n.鶭(=lift)
(Teacher teaches the words and explains them,then let the students look at the first four pictures on Page 49.)
T:OK.Now I want you to discuss the first four pictures using the following sentences.
1.Sentence Patterns:
(1)If I were in a wheelchair,I wouldK
(2)If I were blind,I wouldnˇtK
(Write them on the blackboard)
Yeah,please discuss them in groups of four.After a while,everyone is asked to talk about the pictures.Is that clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Please work in groups and try to imagine what difficulties and dangers you might face.
(After a while,teacher asks some students to talk about the pictures.If time permits,teacher may ask more students to answer.)
T:Now time is up.Who wants to say first?
S1:Picture 1.If I were in a wheelchair,I would not go to the public buildings because there were so many steps.
S2:Picture 2.If I were blind,I might fall down when walking on the sidewalk as itˇs not flat.
(Or:There are some blocks.)
S3:Picture 3.If I were disabled,I wouldnˇt go to the toilet,for the equipments are not fit for the disabled.
S4:Picture 4.If I were in a wheelchair.I couldnˇt ring in public places,because the public telephone is too high for me to reach.
T:How hard they are!We pay little attention to them in our daily life.We must take effective measures to improve their conditions.Letˇs see what changes have taken place.Please discuss in groups.In the meanwhile,we should notice the two phrases:deal with,overcome the difficulties.(Teacher writes the following on the blackboard.)
2.(1)deal with
e.g.How shall we deal with the problem?
(2)overcome the difficulties
(After a while,teacher asks some students to talk about the last four pictures.)
T:Now.Any volunteer?
S1:We should provide an entrance suitable for wheelchairs on the ground floor.
S2:We should build a special sidewalk for the blind,and fix some feeling equipment.
S3:We must provide suitable toilets for people with disabilities,fixing two handrails.
S4:We should set the public telephone in a proper place so that people in a wheelchair can reach it.
T:They hope to lead a normal life as we do,so we should help them overcome the difficulties.
兂Step ⒒ Listening
T:Now please turn to Page 50.Letˇs do some listening.You are going to hear John talking about his life.There are three questions for you to answer.You need to listen carefully.Is that clear?
S:Yes.
T:OK.Letˇs begin.
(Teacher plays the tape for the first time.Then play for the second time.During this time,teacher may pause for students to write down the information.Play some parts of the tape more times if necessary.Finally teacher checks the answers with the whole class.)
兂Step ⒓ Speaking
T:Please look at Speaking on Page 50.Now imagine you are disabled.Choose two of the situations below and discuss how you would deal with them.You may use the following sentence structures.
(Show the structures on the screen.)
I probably couldnˇtK
Iˇm sure I would be able toK
If IK,I would be able toK
I would need help toK
It would be difficult toK
I would try toK
T:OK.Please begin to discuss them.
(Teacher goes among the students and listens to their discussions,then chooses several students to express their ideas in different ways.)
Who can describe Situation 1?
S1:Iˇll try.If I were blind,it would be difficult for me to get there.But I would try my best.First I would walk down the familiar sidewalk with the aid of a walking stick.When crossing the street,I would ask others for help.Or I probably could get there by taxi.
S2:Situation 2.If I were deaf,I would not be able to hear other playersˇ words.It would be difficult for us to work together.I would have to read their facial expressions and gestures.
I think Iˇm more lucky than Helen Keller,for I can see.I should learn her spirit of studying,and try to imitate by looking at their mouths.Iˇm sure I would learn English well.
S3:Situation 3.If I were in a wheelchair,Iˇm sure I would be able to go shopping,eat at a fast food restaurant and then go to a cinema with the help of my friends.First I would do my best to get to the steps of the building by myself,and then they could carry me up to the entrance of the lift.Iˇm sure I would be able to get there and have a good time.
兂Step ⒔ Summary and Homework
T:In this class,weˇve done some listening and speaking.Weˇve also talked about the situations of the disabled.Of course,weˇve learned some useful sentence patterns.After class,practise more talking about disability in English.Master the useful sentence patterns,(Teacher points to the blackboard.)and preview the reading material¨Disabled?Not me!〃.So much for today.Goodbye,everyone!
兂Step ⒕ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 17 Disabilities
The First Period
1.Sentence Patterns:
(1)If I were in a wheelchair,I wouldK
(2)If I were blind,I wouldnˇtK
2.(1)deal with
e.g.How shall we deal with the problem?
(2)overcome the difficulties
兂Step ⒖ Record after Teaching
★ 写@训练╰C(G)Describing Events(H毙┌σ蝋习英语毙妆学设计)
