Learning about Languageppt课件课堂实录

Unit 3

The world online

Reading period 1 泾县二中

王美平

Teaching aims :

To help the students know some background knowledge about the Internet technology .

To learn some vocabulary about the Internet .

To read a debate about the effects of the Internet on our lives .

Teaching important points

To read the passage and get a general idea of it by

Fast reading

.

To finish C1 and C2 by careful reading . Teaching difficult points :

To master the skills of reading a debate

Teaching methods :

Reading

discussion

practicing Teaching procedures : Step one :

Greetings and revision

Greet the whole class as usual .

Revise the new words in reading and try to get students to read them correctly and know their meanings . Step two :

Lead—in

Yesterday we mainly talked about the convenience the Internet has brought to us . But do you think it always bring us good things ?

(No.)

Although it can give us much convenience , it can also have some bad effect on us .Yes , can you give me some

Examples of the two effects the Internet has on our daily lives .

(Give the students a few minutes to discuss with their classmates and then ask some to list their opinions .)

From your answers , we can find that some students think it has good effects ; some think it’s bad .That’s what we will mainly learn today .Now please

turn to page 34 and let’s learn the reading strategy first . Step three : Reading strategy

Reading an argument

When you read an argument, you must remember that a preview is being given. If you know what to look for, you can be a better judge of whether the argument is well made. First know what the argument is about. Then find a list of the points the person wants or make or individual sub-arguments. Look for supporting facts in the rest of the argument. Commonly find in an argument is statement about what the other side believes, and why the debate does not agree. At the end of the argument, you will find the conclusion. Step four : Fast-reading

Ask the students to read the following two speeches quickly and answer the questions .

1. What are the speeches about ?

2. The first speaker talks about the positive effects of the Internet on our lives . How many main points does she make ?

3. The second speaker talks about the negative effects of the Internet on our lives . What are the two points he makes ? Step five : Careful-reading

I.

Ask the students to read the following quotes from the speeches and write “for” for the arguments that support Internet use , or against ”for the arguments that do not support Internet use .

Suggested answers to C1 :

1. against

2. for

3. against

4. for

5. for

6. against

II. How well did you understand the arguments made by the speakers ? Read the facts below and write down the argument each fact supports . Arguments :

1. The Internet is a great help to people who are in need of various information .

2. People use the Internet to build social ties .

3. The amount of false information on the Internet becomes

more of a problem every day .

4. Spending too much time building Internet , relationships

can damage people’s abilities to live normal lives .

Step six : Consolidation

Find these new words and expression in the speeches . Then match them with the correct meanings . Write the correct letters in the blanks .

1.package (line 8) ________

a. having doubts about

something

2. downtown(line 11

_______

b. in the city centre

3.sceptical (14 )

________ c. problems that make something seem not as good

4. frequent (line 17) _________ d. causing a lot of problems

over a long period

5. drawbacks

(line 33) ________ e .deal with

6. troublesome (line 41) ________ f. sets of things sold

together

7. addicted (line 55)

_________ g. happening very often

8. handle

(line 65)

_______ h. unable to stop doing

something

Step seven : Summary and homework