expressions of wishes and intentions to talk about your dream.
2. Imagine you are a reporter who is going to report the space hero about his wishes and intentions. Take turns acting as interviewer and interviewee. 四、Homework
1. Interview your parents about their wishes and intentions using the expressions we learent.
2. Preview the reading passage.
Period 3&4 Reading
Goals: 1.Learn and master the following words and phrases. likely, private, master, perfect, arrange, set foot (in), rely on, failure, locate, valley.
2.Train the Ss? reading ability.(Read for general information and detailed information.)
3.Get the Ss to learn about Zhongguancun——China?s Silicon Valley. 一、Pre-reading
1.Are scientific achievements important? How do they improve our daily life? How do they improve society?
2.Why do scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something?
3.As is known to us, scientific achievements can not only make our life better, but also promote the development of mankind and society. So I want to run a hi-tech company, what should I arrange for? What kind of support and environment would I need?
4.What if I set up my company in Zhongguancun ? How much do you know about Zhongguancun?
5.Do you know the sign “Lenovo”? Where is it located? 二、While-reading 1. Fast reading
Task: Read the text quickly and try to find information about Zhongguancun to finish the chart below. Item Locating Brief history
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Spirit/culture Educational institutions Hi-tech companies 2、Careful reading
Task 1 : Get to know the outline of the text
1.Does this article have a topic sentence? What is it? 2.What are the supporting ideas?
be home to Zhongguancun: Center be home to be home to
Task 2: Get to know detailed information
1.Why did Xiang Yufang study abroad and work abroad for a few years? 2.What made it possible for Xiang Yufang to return to China? 3.How does Zhongguancun affect business?
4..What are the two mottos mentioned in the text for the park? 三、Listening & Questions
Task: Listen to the tape and finish the True or Fasle.
1. Zhongguancun is the new center for Chinese science and education
2. Within the next ten years, more than a hundred scientific and hi-tech companies moved into Zhongguancun.
3. Xiang Yufang studied abroad because he felt comfortable abroad.
4. More than 8,000 hi-tech companies in Zhongguancun. More than half of them are IT companies.
5. Zhongguancun park is home to Lenovo and Founder and more than 20 famous national companies.
6. The researchers and scientists know that the spirit and creativity they represent are no more than money. 四、Post-reading
Choose the correct answers. There may be more than one correct answer. 1.According to the author, Zhongguancun is home to . A. some famous research institutes and universities B. many IT companies
C. more and more returned overseas Chinese D. a number of science parks. 2.What is NOT true about Zhongguancun?
A. It is located in Haidian District, in northwestern Beijing. B.It was set up as a special economic zone in the 1990s. C. Most of its companies are doing IT business. D. It is not a good place for new companies.
3.According to the reading, Xiang Yufang returned to China and opened a company in Zhongguancun because . 7
A. he wanted to see more of the world
B. he enjoyed working with the best scientists in his field
C. he could enjoy his work and contribute to his country at the same time D. he missed his friends and family
4.According to the graph in the passage, how many of the people who work in Zhongguancun have a master?s degree or above?
A. 25,000 B. 30,000 C. 35,000 D. 180,000 5.How is ?failure” understood in Zhonguancun? A. There are fewer failure in Zhongguancun
B. Many of its researchers and scientists will try hard not to fail. C. Failure is a necessary part of being successful.
D. The best thing about failure is that you learn every time you fail. 五、Discussion (group work)
Language input: In this class, we?ve learned more about Zhongguancun by reading the passage. As a new center of science and technology, it is known to the world. It is sometimes called “China?s Silicon Valley”. Do you know “Silicon Valley”? Where is it? When was it set up? Why was it set up?
Task: Work in groups of four to compare these two science parks and find out in which ways they are similar and different. You can refer to the following chart. Hi-tech Park Silicon Valley Zhongguancun When was it established? Why was it established? Where is it? What kinds of companies are located there? What are some famous companies? Why do people want to work there? 六、Homework 1. Pick out some sentences you enjoy most, & try to recite them as possible as you can . 2. Consult the following websites. http://www.zgc.gov.cn/
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/
Period 5 Language Study
Goals: 1.Learn some words which are the closest in meaning.
2.Study the ways of forming a word.
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3.Study the meaning of some affixes and stems. 一、Revision.
Task . Introduce Zhongguancun 二、Word study
Task 1. Use the clues below to guess the words
1.the opposite of “public” 2.a synonym of “depend” 3.the lowest or bottom part 4.of the sun
5.an organization for educational or research purpose. 6.unusually large person, animal, plant.
7.area or region with a particular feature or use. 8.without any fault or bad points.
Task 2. Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part of each sentence.(P5) 三、Presentation
Task: Study the words on the screen and find out the ways of forming a word. (class work) International=inter + national telephone= tele + phone Mankind=man + kind broadband=broad + band Extremely=extreme + ly manned=man + ed Hi-tech=high + technology e-mail=electronic mail IT=information + technology CSA=Chinese Space Agency affixation: international, telephone, extremely, manned Compounding: mankind, broadband clipping: hi-tech, e-mail abbreviation: IT, CSA 四、Practice
Task 1. Finish the Exx2-4 to understand how the words are formed.(P6) Task 2. Get to know the meaning of stems and affixes. (pair work)
. Look at the stems and affixes on the screen. Match each of them with the right meaning on the right. Trans- carry -graph see tele- below super- life co- together/with vis- more than usual bio- far sub- across -port writing Task 3. Word formation makes it easy for the Ss to guess the meaning of words using context clues.
Use context clues and what you know about word parts to guess the meaning of the underlined words.
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a.Many countries import most of the oil they use. b.He studied biophysics at college. c.It is very important to learn how to cooperate with others. d.All you luggage will be transported to the destination by train. e.My cousin has an excellent voice. Her dream is to become a superstar. 五、Consolidation
Read the news article and tell how the words in bold are formed (pair work) Homework:
1. Finish off the exercises on the workbook.(p83-84. 2. Preview integrating skills
Period 6 Integrating Skills
Goals: 1.Learn and master the new words and phrases
2.Train the Ss? integrating skills, especially reading and writing skills. 一、Revision
1. Ask the Ss to find some examples for each way of forming a word? 2. Guess some new words with the help of word formation.
a. The average output of the factory is 20 cars a day. b. She has written good essays before, but this one is substandard. c. He is a kind of intellectual superman. d. The lack of a common language made it very difficult to intercommunicate . e. Transplant the seedlings into peaty soil. 3.Lead in: Human beings are creative, and many scientific achievements have been made in our history. What great inventions do you know in China?s history? What red hot achievements do you know? 二、Fast reading
1. What plan has helped Chinese scientists make many breakthroughs? 2. Which scientific fields are mentioned in the text? 三、Careful reading (group work)
Work in groups of four . Use what you have learnt from the text to complete the chart below. Field Achievements Importance Exploring space Genetic research Computer engineering Medical science 四、Writing 1. Which words in the text can we use to describe scientific achievement?
2. Situation: Do you know Modern Science? They are thinking of writing an essay about the greatest scientific achievement but they find it difficult to decide . Write a
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