Step1. Skimming 找教案 http://www.zhaojiaoan.com
Have the students read the passage quickly and answer the two questions. 1. How did Zhang Pingyu plan her tour?
First, she made a list of the sites she wanted to see. Then she planed her four-day trip. 2. What were the buildings mentioned in the text?
The buildings mentioned in the text were: Tower; St Paul’s Cathedral; Westminster Abbey; Greenwich; Big Ben; Highgate Cemetery; Winsor Castle. Step2 Scanning
Ask the students to locate the passage and answer the following questions.
1.Who built the Tower of London? When was it built?
2. Who guarded the Queen’s jewels? What kind of clothes did they wear? 3.When was St Paul’s Cathedral built? 4. What did Westminster Abby contain? 5. Did she visit the Big Ben?
6.How did Zhang Pingyu finish the first day in London? 7. What could Pingyu see in Greenwich?
8. What interested her most in Greenwich? What kind of line is it? 9. Which places did she visit on the third day? 10. What seemed strange to her? 11. What made her thrilled? Step3 Information transferring
Make a list of Zhang Pinyu’s tour of London and a comment on each place she visited. Day 1 Tower of London St Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey Comments Delight, fancy Day2 Greenwich with ships Day3 Karl Marx’s statue “strange he lived and died in London British Museum “thrilled to see Chinese pottery Splendid and interesting Clock (GMT) Interesting full of Longitude line statues of poets and writers Famous and very loud Big Ben
Step4 Language points
1. worried about the time 为过去分词短语作原因状语,相当于because she was worried
about the time available 1.something can be used or bought or found easily可得到的,可用的,有效的(可跟to/for 连用)
The swimming pool is available only in summer. 游泳池只在夏天开放。 The ticket is no longer available 。票不再有效。 We’ve used up all the available space.
There is only a little money available for/to the trip.这次旅行只有少量的钱可以花。 2. someone is free (人)有空的
I am available this afternoon.
3.delight un feelings of great pleasure and satisfaction 高兴,快乐
The kids rushed to the beach, screaming with /in delight. 孩子们高兴地惊叫着冲向沙滩。
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To my delight, the teacher announced that I had been awarded the model student. 使我高
兴的是….
He takes delight in playing jokes on his sister.= He is amused by playing… 他喜欢以捉弄
他的妹妹为乐。 Cn something that makes you very happy 使人高兴的事
One of my greatest delights is sleeping in the sofa. Going to zoos is delight for people of all ages.
V to give somebody great satisfaction and enjoyment 使….高兴
He often delights/ amuses/entertains his children with his magic.
He delights in playing jokes on his sister
I’m equally delighted to hear his arrival. 找教案 http://www.zhaojiaoan.com We are delighted that he will become a member of our institute. I was delighted at/ by the opportunity to cooperate with you. 4. 回顾系动词remain “继续保持,依然处于” 后接表语的各种形式。 His mind remained active in spite of his injury. This agreement remained unsettled.
She remained standing here for a good hour. The situation remains a mystery.
He remained in prison with the year passing by.
Whether the chemical fertilizers are harmful or not remains to observed. 5. There followed… “随后出现…..”是there be 的倒装形式 There followed a long and embarrassing atmosphere. There stood a temple on the top of the hill. There remains/appears one question to be discussed. There comes the bus. There exist excellent classes similar to ours in our class. Once upon a time there lived a king. 6. What (= something that ) interested her most 是主语从句
* What interests/ moves/ frightens/inspires sb most is… 最使人…..的是…..
What frightened me most in the amusement park is the free-fall ride.
What inspires me most is that he devoted his whole life to preserving the endangered animals.
7. It seemed strange that the man who had developed communism should have lived and died in London.
Should “竟然、居然” Strange that I should have forgotten its name! It is unbelievable that he should react in this way.
8. thrill v to make someone feel excited, happy and frightened 使兴奋,使狂喜,使惊恐
He was thrilled to see the frightful scene in the movie.
The children were thrilled at the thought of going abroad. 欣喜若狂
N strong feelings or emotion 一阵强烈的情绪
He felt a thrill the moment he got on the platform. 他一登上讲台就感到一阵兴奋 * thrilling adj 令人兴奋的 thriller n 惊险小说或电影
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Unit 3 Life in the Future
Teaching Goals: 找教案 http://www.zhaojiaoan.com Topic:
1. Predicting the good and bad changes in the future. 2. imagine the alien creatures.
Useful expressions::
take up 拿起;接受;开始;继续 remind…of… 使回想起或意识到 lose sight of… 不再看见… … catch sight of… 瞥见
sweep up 打扫;横扫 speed up 加速 assist in 帮助;援助;协助 Sentence structures:
I still cannot believe that I am taking up my prize that was won last year. Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.
Soon I was back on my feet again and followed him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer.
Described as an enormous round plate, it spins slowly in space to imitate the pull of the earth’s gravity.
…a table and chair rose from under the floor as if by magic.
Grammar:
1.过去分词作定语(The past participle as the attribute) I followed him to collect a hovering carriage driven by computer. 28
Tomorrow you will be ready for some visits organized by computer. 2.过去分词作状语(The past participle as the adverbial) Worried about the journey, I was unsettled for the first few days. Confused by the new surroundings, I was hit by the lack of fresh air.
Period 1
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn some new words and expressions.
2. Help the students to talk about life in the past, at present and in the future. 3. Enable the students to describe the life in the past, at present and in the future. Difficult and Important Points:
Compare life in the past, at present and in the future
What is life in the future like? What changes will take place? Teaching Methods:
1. First and careful reading,
2. Asking and answering question activity 3. Individual, Pair work & group work Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 warming up Show the students some pictures or videos of the past and present life, and ask them their first impressions of the pictures.
lead-in: Talk about how many changes there have been in the past and in the present.
Step 2: pre-reading
1. Can you tell what problems people are facing today?
2. What problems do you think people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD3005? 找教案 http://www.zhaojiaoan.com
Key: 1. The problem of population will be solved, have begun to Control the birth rate.
2. The problems will be still there, and will even worse.
3. I don’t think so. Now scientists are trying their best to develop new resources that human beings can make use of ,such as solar energy. In my opinion…
step 3: fast reading
Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?
It’s an e-mail written by a man Who has taken up a trip to the future.
2. Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell me the correct order for these sentence
A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.
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B. I arrived a t Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised. C.I won a travel to the year AD3005
D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage. Step 4 careful reading 1. Questions & answers:
1. Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005? 2. What is a “time lag”?
3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule? 4. Who guides my trip?
5. Why did my guide give me some tables? 6. Who transported us to the future?
Key 1. I took up the prize I won the year before.
2. “Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period. 3. The seats in the capsule are very comfortable. 4. My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.
5. The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain 6. Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.
2. Fill in the Chart: Time travel Good changes Can travel to Different times as you wish .can move swiftly save living space Busy, look like markets Own family oxygen supply Bad changes After-effects of travel Disorganized, difficult to find way Short of space Easy to get lost Poor quality in public places transport houses Towns Air quality
3. Reading the text to decide on the type of writing and summary of the idea
Type of writing Main idea of the passage This is a piece of narrative writing. It tells about Li Qiang traveling to the year AD 3005 and his experiences there. 30