Unit 20 Warm-up
Teaching aims I. words and phrases：
frontier telescope atom microscope astronomy bacteria radium solar crew panel institute compute sense impact ethical radioactive polonium seminar life-sized screen handy biochemistry theoretically robot database meanwhile source exploration barbershop
artificial intelligence, light year, search engine, solar system, take over, carry out, data processing, the International Space Station, click into, in terms of,
II. listening and discussion about something of science III.to read the text and study the language points Teaching time： Two periods Teaching process Step 1 Revision
Step 2 new words learning
1.ask some students to read the new words first and correct their pronunciation 2.play the tape and have them read after the tape
3.give them a few minutes to read the new words freely ,tell them if they can’t read the words,encoreage them to ask the teacher . Step 3 Warm-up
1.Read unit objectives, and ask the students to tell us the meanings. 2.Exercise 1
a) let the students read the words and then match the branches of science with the pictures. b)to discuss the pictures with the class 3.Exercise 2
a)let the students read the Key Words and make sure that they really understand the meanings of the Key Words. b)students do the exercise individually, and then check their answers 4.Exercise 3
a)make sure the class know what to do. Then play the tape twice, ask some students to say their answers to the class. 5.Exercise 4
a)read the questions first
b)have the students work in pairs and discuss the questions step 4 Reading 1.Before you start
a) read the exercise 1 and ask the students if they know the phrases’ meaning. And give them a few minutes to discuss the answers
b)check their answers and ask them to give reasons for their answers. 2.Read to learn
a) ask the students look at exercise 2, and then play the cassette twice. b) give them ten minutes to read the text and fill the table. c) check theirs answers
3.Language points
a) look into向...的里面看, 窥视; 浏览;观察, 调查
e.g.: The mayor promised to look into whether the clash was designed, or it just happened by accident. 市长答应调查这次冲突是预先计划好的,还是偶然发生的。
He looked through a number of journals before he started the research project. 他在进行该项研究课题前查阅了许多期刊。 b) hundreds of好几百, 许许多多
c) communicate with通话, 通信;［英］（房间等）互通 to communicate with a person 与人联络
eg:The Minister for Foreign Affairs has already communicated on this event with the American President. 外交部长已经跟美国总统就此事件交换过意见了。
This room communicates with the other room. 这个房间与那一个房间相通。 d) in terms of adv. 根据, 按照, 用...的话, 在...方面; 以…的观点；就…而说 g)the amount of… …数目
an amount of相当数量的; 一些 a large amount of大量 h)carry out 完成, 实现, 贯彻, 执行
e.g.：I have carried out my work. 我已经完成了我的工作。 i)by the year 2024 到2024年之前
by the middle of the century到本世纪中叶之前 by the end of the century到本世纪末 j)millions of times数以百万倍的
k)link…to… （与on, to, in to连用）联合，（常与together, to, with连用）连接 l) suitable for/to adj.适合...的
e.g.: This toy is not suitable for young children. 这个玩具不适合小小孩玩。 books suitable for children适合儿童阅读的书籍 This wine is not suitable to my taste.这酒不合我的胃口。 m)both…and… 既...又... step 5 Summary and exercise a)summary: important phrases b)exercise 1 in page 66 step 6 homework copy the new words
Lesson 1 Futurology （period1阅读课）
一、课标分析
根据《高中课程标准》的规定，在高二的学习中，学生要发展自己的英语语言运用能力：用英语进行恰当交流的能力；用英语获取信息、处理信息的能力。在学习方法上，要逐渐形成有效的学习方法，在参与、实践、讨论和合作中学会用英语表达、交流，发展综合语言运用能力。 二、教材分析
1．本课所在单元的主题为New Frontiers，主要介绍了跟我们生活与学习联系紧密的科学领域，并且介绍了
20世纪科学领域的一些先驱者。
2．本节课为 Lesson 1 Futurology的第一课时，是一节阅读课。该课的主要内容是未来学家就科学对未来影响做出的展望。
3．教材内容上的安排（对未来的预测），可以锻炼学生的抽象思维和创造性想象。 三、学生分析
1．学生对未来学及未来的世界这一话题既感到陌生，但又显示出浓厚的兴趣和求知欲，从而带着好奇心去了
解并探究。
2．学生对本课话题Futurology这一领域缺乏一定的背景知识、经历和经验， 但
高中学生已具备一定的相象能力和形象抽象思维能力。
3．高二的学生已具备一定的用英语获取信息、处理信息、分析问题和解决问题的能力。 四、教学目标 1. 语言知识目标： a.重点词汇和短语
seminar, handy, database, meanwhile, source, biochemistry, in terms of, wonder about, hundreds of, carry out, love doing/ to do b.重点句子
1) Some like to read fantasy stories and imagine what the world will be like… Others foresee future opportunities and problems.
2) Computers that are millions of times smarter than us will have been developed. 3) In the next few years, we will be communicating with our friends around the world…
4) We will have discovered other places in our solar system suitable for living and will have discovered ways to go further into space. 2．语言技能目标：
1)学生学会在阅读中有目的地猜测、思考和获取信息，并进行分析、推理和判断，从而准确理解作者的意图。 2）能在教师的指导下，主动参与组织和实施语言实践活动。 3．知识能力目标：
1）初步了解未来学这一领域的知识及专家对未来世界的发展做出的预测。
2）通过阅读文章，学生能进一步丰富自己的知识，拓展思维。并能就自己的知识和经历进行创造性想象。 4．情感态度目标：
关注学生在学习中的情感态度，使学生在英语学习过程中，提高独立思考和判断的能力，发展与他人沟通合作的能力。 5、教学重点与难点
1）如何让学生准确理解课文，获取相关信息。 2）帮助学生用英语完成语言任务。 五、教学设计理念
高二英语 Unit20 New Frontiers全单元教案 北师大版选修7
