Reading(1)：The UN—bringing everyone closer together教案1

The UN ------ bringing everyone closer together Teaching aims: (1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main idea of the passage --- a brief but clear introduction to the UN and some general information about the work and responsibility of a UN Goodwill Ambassador. (2) Students are expected to learn more about the UN on their own by surfing the Internet in class. (3) Develop the students’ reading ability--- how to understand a speaker’s attitude. Teaching procedures: Step 1 Lead in Share some pictures with the students on the screen and discuss the following questions with them : 1.

How do you feel after seeing these pictures? 2.

There are still some problems that can’t be settled by individuals. Who do you think can help solve those problems? (This part is designed to draw students’ attention to the current problems in the world and guide them to learn to be kind as well as introduce the topic of this text.)

Step 2 Pre-reading 1.

Prediction: If you have the chance to deliver a speech on this topic, what will you talk about? ( Origin, functions , members , work and achievements ,goals, etc) 2.

Share some basic information with the students : 1>

Where is the headquarter of the UN? 2>

What is the flag of the UN? 3>

When is United Nations day? 4>

What are the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council ? 5>

What are the official languages of the UN ?

6>

Who are the present and former Secretary-General of the UN ? ( This part is designed to help the students to predict the text according to the title and expose the students to some basic information of the UN. ) Step 3 Reading 1. Scanning 1) Who is Tang Ning? 2) How many countries belong to the UN? 3) Which countries has Tang Ning visited? 2. Task-reading Read the first paragraph quickly and silently, trying to find out: What does Tang Ning talk about in her speech? What’s her opinion about or attitude towards the UN and its work? How do you know that ? ( This part is designed to guide the students to understand the speaker’s attitude and improve their reading skills .) 3 Skimming Go through the whole speech and find out: Paras ( ): Some information of the UN Paras ( ): The work Tang Ning has done for the UN 4

Careful reading 1)

Read Para(1,2,3,6) carefully and try to fill in as much information as you can. The United Nations

What the UN is

When it was set up

Countries in the UN

(originally)

(recently)

Its four main

purposes

Problems it helps to deal with

Goals it promises to

achieve by 2015

2)

Read Para(4-5) carefully and try to answer these questions. 1>

What occupation does the speaker take up in the UN? 2>

How much money does she earn by doing this job? 3>

What countries has she visited? 4>

How does she help by visiting these countries? 5>

What did she see there? 3)

Share the famous saying with the whole class : God helps those who help themselves. (This part is designed to help the students get a whole understanding of the text and get as much information as possible about the UN. ) Step 4 Post-reading 1.

Introduce some more goodwill ambassadors. Do you know any other Goodwill Ambassadors? Who are they? ( Lang lang , Jackie chan , Zhou xun and so on) 2.

Group work As common people, what can we do to help those in need? (This part is designed to get the students to think and guide them to be helpful .) Step 5 Homework 1.

Complete the discussion with your group members. 2.

Find more information about what the UN has done for the world. 3.

Preview the language points and sentence structures. ( This part is designed to help the students to consolidate what they have learned in this class. )