Listening and vocabularyPPT及课堂实录内容

Module 6 Old and New Ⅰ单元教学目标

技能目标Skill Goals Talk about buildings.

Learn to describe buildings.

Learn the non-defining relative clauses and the contraction of relative clauses. Write an e-mail.

Ⅱ目标语言

Describing buildings

功The original wall was 6,300 kilometers long.

能The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s 句population. 式

Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometers long.

The dam is nearly 200 meters high and 1.5 kilometers wide.

1.四会词汇

canal, civil, cliff, dam, gorge, date, carving, accommodate, relic, site, generate, harness, historical, narrow, poem, submerge, global, remove, freezing, ridiculous, enormous, foggy, crash

词2.认读词汇

汇

bulletin, engineering, hydro-electric, reservoir, structure, terminal, construction, watchtower, observatory 3.词组

date from, dream of, come true, take away, cross out, make a note of, at all, refer to, act out 4.重点词汇

civil, date, accommodate, relic, site, generate, harness, submerge, remove, ridiculous, enormous

语法

1. Learn the non-defining relative clauses. Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea in 1919.

More than a million people who lived in the region have moved from their homes. 2. Learn the contraction of relative clauses. I met a man (who) my grandfather worked with thirty years ago.

1. Most of the Great Wall dates from the Ming Dynasty.

2. It took six years to build and cost US$20billion.

3. Now his dream has come true.

重4. Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first 点suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. 句5. Three quarters of China’s energy is produced by burning coal.

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6. Burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global

warming.

7. The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.

Ⅲ.教材分析与教材重组

1．教材分析

本单元的中心话题是“建筑”，所谈论的话题涉及古今中外的一些著名建筑及文化遗迹。目的在于通过单元教学，让学生了解古今中外的知名建筑，培养学生的审美观，并能就所谈论的话题写出一则新闻报道。

1.1 Introduction部分通过四个问题的提问让学生进行说前的热身，接着通过对三段小短文的展开讨论让学生明确本单元的话题。

1.2

Reading部分向我们介绍了新建的三峡大坝。文章从三峡大坝兴建的原因、建成的规模、建成后的利与弊等方面进行了介绍。文章语言简洁、条理清晰，不仅有助于提高学生的阅读能力，而且在写作上也会让学生有所启发。

1.3 Grammar 1部分是学习非限制性定语从句的相关知识。

1.4 Writing部分通过范例让学生掌握写e-mail的结构特点，并通过模仿达到会撰写，目的在于提高学生的英语写作能力。

1.5

Speaking部分通过讨论的形式练习提高学生的口语表达能力，同时也可以让学生进一步熟悉本单元的话题。

1.6

Grammar 2部分是学习定语从句引导词的省略的知识。该部分通过多种形式的练习让学生逐渐理解和掌握这一知识。

1.7 Listening部分设置了与本单元话题相关的短文，既可以提高学生的听力，也可以在这个过程中让学生了解更多的文化背景知识。

1.8

Pronunciation部分主要练习朗读含有定语从句的句子，要让学生注意语音和语调，提高学生的口语表达能力。

1.9 Function and Everyday English部分让学生了解一些用于表达强烈感情的形容词，目的在于提高学生运用词汇来描述和交流情感的能力。

1.10

Culture Corner分为两部分。阅读部分介绍了美国纽约的帝国大厦，以作为对Reading的补充。另一部分则列出了高度世界排名前十位的著名建筑，开拓了学会的视野，丰富和扩充了学生的课外知识。

1.11

Task的前两部分要求学生写出一则新闻介绍某一中国建设过程的开工典礼或建设。第三部分要求学生转换角色进行表演。

2.教材重组

2.1将Introduction, Function and Everyday English和Speaking部分整合在一起上一节“口语课”。Speaking部分既是Introduction部分第三段小短文的延伸，同时又可以引申出下节课的话题，为Reading部分埋下伏笔。

2.2将Reading and Vocabulary, Task和练习册中的vocabulary整合在一起上一节“阅读课”。练习册中的vocabulary是对Reading的补充和巩固。

2.3将Grammar 1, Grammar 2, 和练习册中的Grammar部分整合在一起上一节任务型“语法课”。涉及的主要任务有：学习非限制性定语从句和探讨定语从句引导词的省略问题。

2.4 Writing部分的短文可作为写作的范例，将Writing和练习册中的Writing整合在一起上一节“写作课”。

2.5将Listening, Pronunciation和练习册中的Listening and Speaking整合在一

起上一节“听力课”。

2.6 Cultural Corner和练习册中的Reading是对Reading的补充和扩展，可整合在一起上一节“泛读课”。

3.课型设计与课时分配（经教材分析，根据学情，本单元可以用六课时教完。）

1st period

Speaking

2nd period

Reading (Ⅰ) 3rd Period

Grammar 4th period

Writing 5th period

Listening

6th period

Reading (Ⅱ) Ⅳ

分课时教案

The First Period Speaking

Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

bulletin, civil, canal, cliff, dam, gorge, reservoir, structure, terminal, accommodate, date from

b.重点句子

1. The original wall was 6, 300 kilometres long.

2. The airport is within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population.

3. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometres long.

2.Ability target 能力目标

Enable students to learn about old and new buildings.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

Let students talk about buildings around them.

Teaching important points 教学重点

How to improve students’ speaking ability.

Talking about famous buildings.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How to describe buildings around us.

Teaching methods 教学方法

1. Listening to the tape. 2. Discussing.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder and a blackboard Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

Step Ⅰ Greetings and Lead-in

T: Good morning/afternoon, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr…

T: As we know, nowadays we can travel faster and more easily than before. Many foreigners come to China to visit places of interest. Who would like to tell me the names of some places of interest?

S1: The West Lake, the Forbidden city, the Great Wall and the Summer Place. T: Good job! Thank you! Which of them can be seen from the sky?

S2: The Great Wall.

T: Quite well! StepⅡ Introduction

Pre-speaking (Ask and answer questions.) Ask several students individually the four questions. T: Now please open your books on P51. Look at Part 1 Introduction. Here are four questions for you. You may discuss them with your partner. Then I will ask you to give me your answers.

(A few minutes later, ask several pairs of students to ask and answer the questions.)

S1: Zhang Yan, do you know how far the Great Wall is from our city?

S2: I think it’s about 1, 500 kilometers.

S3: Can you tell me which is the biggest airport in the country?

S4: I’m not sure which airport is the biggest. But I know some big famous airports.

They are the Capital Airport in Beijing, Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, Hong Kong International Airport. How about you?

S3: I know Hongqiao Internatinal Airport is also very big. Besides, another big airport—Pudong Airport, which will be completed in Shanghai soon.

S5: Is there any dam near our town?

S6: Yes. There is well-known dam, Foziling Reservoir, which is called the First Dam of New China. It was completed in 1954 and controls the waters of Huaihe River.

S7: Do you know the names of the reservoir that provides water for our town?

S8: Yes. The water of our city is mostly from Foziling Reservoir.

1. How far is the Great Wall of China from where you live?

2. Which is the biggest airport in the country?

3. Is there a dam near your town?

4. Do you know the names of the reservoir that provides water for your town?

Various answers are possible.

Learning new words (Teach students the words in the box one by one. Explain several important words. ) 1.civil adj. (belonging to the people of a place)

e.g. Every citizen has civil rights and civil duties.

2.dam n. (a wall or bank built to keep back water) e.g. The Aswan High Dam helps to control the Nile in Egypt.

3. terminal n. (end of a railway line, bus line, etc.) e.g. We got off the train at the terminal.

Reading and speaking T: Now we are going to read three short passages. Read them carefully and try to remember as much information as possible. After that I’ll ask some of you to retell them.

(Several minutes later)

T:

OK. Time is up. Who would like to retell the first passage?

S1: The first passage is about the Great Wall of China. It is the longest man-made

structure ever built. T:

Good. Who wants to say something about the second passage?

S2: The second passage is about Hong Kong International Airport. It took six years to build and cost US $20billion. It is the largest covered space in the world and is planned to accommodate 80 million passengers a year.

T:

Well, the last one. Any volunteers?

S3: This passage mainly talks about the Three Gorges Dam. It is the largest hydro-electric dam in the world. Its reservoir is more than 500 kilometers long.

Function and Everyday English

T: I’m glad that all of you can describe the buildings in your own words. You told me that the Three Gorges Dam is the biggest one in the world. Yes, it is big. But what can you do if you want to say it is very big and express your strong feelings? Well, you can use some strong adjectives. Now please turn to P58. First match the adjectives on the left with the strong adjectives on the right. And then finish the two conversations. Finally writes a similar conversation.

(Give the students several minutes to do this job and then check their conversation and ask some pairs to act out their own conversations.) Example:

A: Are you feeling tired!

B: Tired? I’m feeling exhausted!

A: Do you think Hong Kong International Airport is a good airport?

B: Good? Excellent!

A: Was the coffee hot?

B: Hot? It was boiling!

Discussion

(Group work)

T:

Please turn to P52. Discuss the three questions with your partner. After that I’ll ask several of you to answer. You’ll have four minutes to do this job.

(A few minutes later) T: Xu min, please. Have you ever visited any of the places in the passage?

S1: Last year, I visited the Three Gorges Dam with my parents. It is very beautiful and magnificent. I think only when you see it with your own eyes can you understand the words by Mao Zedong “Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.”

T: Pang Yi, please. Which one is nearest to your town or city?

S2: As you know, I live in An Hui province. So the Three Gorges Dam is nearest to our city.

T: Now what other things do you know about them?

S3: The Three Gorges Dam is the most beautiful part of the Yangtze River.

S4: I know the Three Gorges Dam refers to Qutang Gorge, Wu Gorge and Xiling Gorge.

S5: The First Emperor started built the Great Wall in order to keep the tribes of Huns and Tartars outside his country S6: The Great Wall has often been rebuilt through the centuries, and much of it is still standing today. Various answers are possible.

stepⅢ Discussion (Speaking P55) T: The Three Gorges Dam generates a great deal of electricity for the central region of our country. It saves a lot of coal and has reduced the serious air pollution caused by burning coal. However, there are problems when the Three Gorges Dam is built. Many towns and villages have disappeared. What do you think about this? Has the Three Gorges Dam affected the lives of people in your area or anyone you know? Discuss these two questions with your partner. You can debate with your partner about the first question.

(A few minutes later, ask two pairs of student to make a debate in the front.) Example:

S1—The Positive side S2—The negative side S1: In my opinion, the Three Gorges Dam brings us more economic returns and social benefits. Firstly, the Yangtze River, which is the world’s third longest river, has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam. The people living along the river will

seldom suffer floods. Secondly, at present, three quarters of China’s energy is produced by burning coal, which causes serious air pollution and increases global warming. The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution.

S2: I think we had better not build the Three Gorges Dam. Firstly, it’s a pity that many towns and villages with long history will be flooded as a result of the Dam, because they were built by many generations’ hard work and wisdom. Secondly, many historical and cultural relics have been covered by the water, because we have no ability enough to save them now. Thirdly, more than a million people have to leave their homes. Although our government has been offering them great help, they still have difficulty in setting up new homes, hunting jobs and offering children going to school.

T: Excellent! Now who can tell us if the Three Gorges Dam has affected the lives of people in your area or anyone you know?

S3: Yes. In our county there is a “The Three Gorges Dam Immigrants Village”. All the people in the village are farmers from the Three Gorges area. The local government had built the new houses for them before they arrived. Each family has also got a piece of farmland. Now, some of them have founded new jobs, doing business, driving cars and so on. The immigrants from the Three Gorges area have been part of us. The village has new scenery of our county.

Various answers are possible.

StepⅣ Summary and homework T: It’s time to end this class. In this class, we have learned some important words and how to describe buildings. We’d better practice more after class.

Homework: Preview the part of Reading.

The Second Period Reading Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

relic, site, generate, harness, historical, narrow, poem, submerge, global, remove, dream of, come true

b.重点句子

1. Now his dream has come true.

2. Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. 3. Burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global warming.

4. The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air pollution. 2.Ability target 能力目标

Enable students to obtain the fast speed reading ability, such as skimming, scanning, and making a summary.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

Let students learn how to describe places and buildings. Let students summarize the main idea of the text.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Give the right questions for the answers according to the text.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

How to analyze the text and grasp the main idea of the text.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming, listening and discussing.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A tape recorder a projector and a blackboard

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

Step Ⅰ Greetings and revision 1. Greet the whole class as usual.

2. Ask some questions about the three short passages in Introduction part.

T: Good morning/afternoon everyone! Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr. Chen.

T: We read three short passages during the last lesson. Now I’ll ask some detailed questions about the three buildings.

Q1: How long was the original wall of the Great Wall?

Q2: How much did it cost to build Hong Kong International Airport?

Q3: Which river is the Three Gorges Dam built over?

Suggested Answers:

Q1: The original wall was 6, 300 kilometers long.

Q2: $20 billion.

Q3: The Three Gorges Dam is built over the Yangtze River.

StepⅡ Vocabulary

Teach students how to guess the meaning of new words.

T: When we read, we often meet new words. What shall we do if we don’t have a

dictionary at hand? We may do as follows. We’d better read the whole sentence first. Then try to work out what kind of word it is. It is a noun, verb, or an adjective, etc. Lastly, we can use the words before and after that to help us guess the meaning.

True or false sentences Ask Ss to do this exercise individually. Two or three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class.

Learning new words Teach students the words in the box one by one. Explain several important words.

1.dream v. (hope for something nice in the future) e.g. He often dreams of going to Europe.

2. generate vt. (cause to exist, produce) e.g. Loud laughter was generated all through the crowd.

3. harness vt. (use a river, waterfall, etc. to produce power) e.g. It is a good idea to harness the river to generate electricity.

4.submerge v. (go under the surface of the water) e.g. The crocodile submerged when it saw the boat.

Answering questions T: Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “walls of stone…” Did Mao Zedong actually see the walls of stone?

S1: No. T: The power of the Yangtze River has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam. Does this mean that the power can be used or not?

S2: This means that the power can be used.

T: Sun Yat-sen first suggested the idea in 1919. Did Sun Yat-sen think of the idea himself or hear it from someone else?

S3: He thought of the idea himself.

T: About 800 historical relics have been submerged. Is it possible to see the relics now that they have been submerged?

S4: It is impossible.

StepⅢ Lead-in

T: With the fast development of science and technology, people live a much more comfortable life than ever before. More and more people even including peasants in the countryside buy air-conditioners. So we need more electricity. As a result, the Three Gorges Dam has been built not long ago. Today we will learn a passage about the Three Gorges Dam. (Write the title on the Bb) StepⅣ Reading

1. Skimming T: Now please look through the text and then do some reading comprehension exercises according to the text.

Choose the best answers.

(Show the following on the screen.) 1. Who dreamed of harnessing the power of the Yangtze River?

A. Sun Yat-sen.

B. Mao Zedong.

C. Deng Xiaoping.

D. A great designer.

2. How many tons of coal was used for heating and generating electricity in 1993?

A. 1.2 billion.

B. 20 billion.

C. 40 billion.

D. About 800 billion.

3. What problem does burning coal cause?

A. Air pollution.

B. Increasing global warning.

C. Destroying the balance of nature.

D. Both A and B.

4. Which of the following famous historical sites is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. The Qu Yuan Temple.

B. The Han Watchtower.

C. The Grand Canal.

D. The Moya Cliff carvings.

Key: BADC

2. Scanning (Get the students to read the passage carefully again.)

T: Now read the text carefully and finish part 3, that is, write questions for the answers. You can look at the example first.

A few minutes later, check the answers in the class. T: OK. Are you ready? (Ss: Yes.) Let’s begin to give the questions. Volunteers! Suggested answers: 1. Why was the Three Gorges Dam built?

2. How high is the dam?

3. How wide is the dam?

4. Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River?

5. How much energy is produced by burning coal?

6. How many villages have been flooded by the reservoir?

Ask the Ss to listen to the passage and try to get the main idea.

T: Now we are going to listen to the passage and after that I’ll give you two or three minutes to summarize the main idea of this passage.

Main idea: The Three Gorges Dam, which is the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world, has been built to control flooding and generate electricity for the central part of China.

Play the tape for the Ss to listen and then help them get the main idea. T: We have got the main idea of the text. Now let’s learn some difficult languages points together.

Show the notes on the blackboard.

Language learning: 1.come true

At last Lincoln’s dream came true.

2.equal to

Tom is equal to John in height.

3.live a … life

At present they live a comfortable life.

4.including

All my students have seen the film, including me.

StepⅤ Discussion

Ask Ss to discuss the three questions on P54. A few minutes later, ask several students to give their answers. T:

We know that building the Three Gorges Dam is good for many people especially the ones who live in the central part of China. Who would like to describe the advantages of the Three Gorges Dam? Any volunteers?

S1: Coal is one of the natural resources that are limited. Harnessing the power of the Yangtze River can save a lot of coal. It can help to reduce the air pollution as well.

T:

Good! You are right. The Three Gorges Dam has much effect on us human beings. On the other hand, sometimes it is bad for us. Now, who can tell us the disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam?

S2: It has flooded a large area including 2 cities, 11 counties, and 140 towns and more than 4, 000 villages. A great many people have to leave their hometown and set up a new home that is never as good and comfortable as the one before. What’s worse, some of China’s most famous historical sites have been submerged, for example, the Qu Yuan Temple.

T:

Do you think the advantages are more important than the disadvantages?

S3: Yes. We can harness the power of the dam to produce electricity for a long time after it is built.

StepⅥ Task

T: Great changes have taken place in our country. A great many buildings are being built around us. Bring out a piece of paper and list the changes. For example, the opening of a new airport or the opening of a new dam and so on. I’ll collect your papers in three minutes.

Three minutes later, collect students’ papers and select some goods ones and then ask the students writing them to read them in the class.)

T: Imagine that you are preparing the news item for a foreign audience who need extra information. Add extra information when you refer to Chinese people or places and make up a news item with your partner taking the following roles: a studio newsreader, a TV journalist on the spot and local people who are invited.

Teacher goes around the classroom to help the students who need help. A few minutes later, ask two groups to act out their news items. Example:

N—Newsreader, J—Journalist, L—Local people

N: Hello, Wang Jun! A new car factory is being built in our city. Will you please give us some detailed information?

J: OK! Now I’m attending the opening of this new car factory. The building lies in the south of our city, He Fei. It covers an area of about 100, 000 square metres. This factory will make parts of cars for a big company. Now let’s see what peasants think of this matter.

L: We felt glad at the news that a new car factory would be built here because the factory will employ some of us. There will be more consumers as well. You know, we can sell goods to people who work in the factory. But we are all worried the pollution caused by the factory.

J: Don’t worry about it. The waste will not cause pollution because it will be purged first before it pours out.

L: I’m glad to hear that.

J: Thank you!

StepⅦ Homework

1. Workbook. P98. Ask Ss to do the vocabulary part individually.

2.Preview the next part—Grammar 1 and Grammar 2 and then do the exercises on P97.

The Third Period Grammar Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

essential, extra, mainly, create, take away, cross out, a large amount of

b.重点句子

1. Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea in 1919.

2. More than a million people who lived in the region

have moved from their homes.

3. I met a man my grandfather worked with thirty years ago.

4. I met a man who my grandfather worked with thirty years ago. 2.Ability target 能力目标

Learn the non-defining relative clauses and the contraction of relative clauses.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

How to use the knowledge that students have gained.

Teaching important points 教学重点

The usage of the non-defining relative clauses the contraction of relative clauses.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

The usage of relative pronoun and relative adverb.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Explaining and practicing.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A projector and a blackboard.

Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

Step Ⅰ Revision

1. Ask several detailed questions about the reading passage.

2. Check students’ homework. (Workbook P98) StepⅡ Grammar 1 Teacher writes down the following sentences on the Bb:

The woman who greeted me is teacher. Lucy, who greeted me, is my teacher. T: Well, now please look at the sentences on the blackboard. What can you find in each sentence?

Ss: A relative clause.

T: Yes. In each sentence, there is a relative clause, but there is something different. Please compare them carefully and tell the difference between them. I will give you two minutes to discuss and prepare. Then you can tell us your opinions.

Two minutes later. S1: A comma is used between the noun and the relative clause in the second sentence. No comma is used in the first sentence. T: Quite right! Who can tell more about it?

S2: In the first sentence, the relative clause tells us which person the speaker is talking about. However, in the second sentence, which person is being talked about is already clear, so I think the relative clause is not a necessary part.

T: Excellent! You are all clever. The first relative clause is called defining relative clause. It is a necessary part in the sentence. It offers essential information about the subject. The sentence will not make sense if the defining relative clause is taken away. The second relative clause is called non-defining relative clause. It contains extra information. If the non-defining relative clause is taken away from the sentence, the sentence will still make sense. So it is not a necessary part. You can always find commas before and after the non-defining relative clauses.

Go through the three exercises on P54.

T: Now I will give you three minutes to finish the first part of Grammar on P54. Then I will ask some of you to give us your answers.

Three minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. T: OK, now it’s your turn to do the second and the third part. You should do them

yourselves first. After that you can discuss with your partner. At last, I’ll ask some of you to read the sentences with your answers. This time I will give you four minutes.

Four minutes later, ask several students to give their answers.

Step Ⅲ Grammar 2 Teacher writes down the following sentences on the Bb:

The woman who I met in the bookstore was my sister.

The woman I met in the bookstore was my sister. T: Well, now please look at the sentences on the blackboard. There is a difference between the two relative clauses. What is it?

Ss: There is a relative pronoun that in the first relative clause, while there is no relative pronoun in the second. T: You are right. Do the sentences have the same meaning?

Ss: Yes.

T: These two sentences mean the same thing. There is a relative clause in each sentence. You should pay attention to this: the relative pronoun can be contracted when it is used as object in the relative clause.

Go through the exercises on P56.

T: Now I’ll give you two minutes to do the first part of Grammar 2. When you have difficulty, you may ask your partners for advice or raise your hands.

Two minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. T: We have learned that the relative pronoun can be contracted when it is used as object in the relative clause. Which relative pronouns can be contracted in the following sentences in the third part?

After a little while, ask several students to read the sentences in which the relative pronouns can be contracted. Then ask them to give the reason. T: Now let’s do the fourth part. In this part, you will find two sentences in each exercise. You need to make each pair of sentences into one sentence that contains a relative clause. You’d better first make sure which sentence will be changed into a relative clause. Before your work, it wound be better to study the example.

Ask four students to come to the front to write down their sentences on the Bb. The others need to finish this exercise on a piece of paper. Teacher goes around the classroom to see if any students have difficulties. Four minutes later, check the answer in the class. T: Sometimes not only the relative pronoun can be contracted but also the verb is

when the relative pronoun is used as subject in the relative clause. Pay attention to the sentences in the second part.

Ask students to study the sentences in the second part and then give each other more examples.

StepⅣ Practice

Ask students to do the exercises in the workbook. T: Now we are going to do more exercise to practice the relative clauses. Please do the exercises on P97 and P98. First do the exercises individually and then we will check them together. (A few minutes later, check the answers.)

StepⅤ Homework

1. Remember the usage of relative clauses.

2. Preview the next part—Writing.

【跟踪训练】

1. She’s a teacher,

is clear from her manner. A. that

B. what

C. as

D. who

2. “Who Moved My Cheese?”,

is a best-selling book, is written by Spencer Johnson. A. which

B. that

C. it

D. what 3. The wrong you’ve done him is terrible, for

you should make an apology to him, I think. A. this

B. which

C. what

D. that 4. The old lady,

had been killed in the war, was given help by the local government. A. all her children B. all of her children

C. all of whose children

D. whose all

children 5. Beijing government puts more than 700 million yuan to increase its green space this year, ______ doubles the money provided last year. A. as

B. while

C. that

D. which 6. The British are not so familiar with different cultures and other ways of doing things,

is often the case in other countries. A. as

B. that

C. so

D. it

7. The writer has written quite a few books now,

his teachers and parents didn’t expect.

A. that

B. as

C. of which

D. which 8. Carol said that the work would be well done by the end of October,

personally I wondered completely. A. which

B. at which

C. in which

D. about which 9. People have lots of problems living in the Central Australian desert,

getting water is the most serious. A. of which

B. which

C. for which

D. where

10.

is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing. A. As

B. It

C. That

D. What Keys: 1~5 CABCD

6~10 ADBAA

The Fourth Period Writing Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

region, valley, newsreader, come back, full of, at all, refer to, act out b.重点句子

1. I remember that there was a beautiful valley near the village.

2. The valley is now part of the reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam.

3. When I came back, the bus I took was full of visitors from other parts of china.

2.Ability target 能力目标

Enable students to write a short e-mail.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

Help students learn how to write a short e-mail by giving them useful tips.

Teaching important points and difficult points 教学重点和教学难点

Teach the students to learn how to write a short e-mail.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Task-based learning.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A projector and a blackboard. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

StepⅠ Greetings and revision

T: Good morning/afternoon, boys and girls! Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr. Chen.

T: Last time we studied the relative clause. Now who’d like to give us some sentences that contain relative clauses?

S1: My sister Ellen, who is warmhearted, is a nurse.

S2: I finished reading the book (which) my father gave me for my birthday.

S3: My father works for a company which produces computers in a big city.

S4: The car, which had been parked in front of our house for more than a week, was stolen.

StepⅡ Reading

Ask students to read the passage on P55 and answer the three questions.

T: Now please turn to P55. Read the passage and then try to get the answers to the three questions at the top of this page.

A few minutes later, check the answer in the class. T: Time is up. Now the first one, does the writer of the e-mail live in Zigui County?

S1: No. T: OK! The second one, why did she want to visit the region?

S2: Because she remembered that there was a beautiful valley near the village.

T: What had changed since the last time she was there?

S3: The valley is now part of the reservoir created by the Three Gorges Dam. The people living in the village have moved to other places.

StepⅢ Writing

Teach the students some very useful points on how to write an e-mail.

T: This passage is an e-mail. How can you write a successful e-mail to your friend? There are tips of writing an e-mail that you’d better remember. Firstly, write the topic of your message on the subject line. Secondly, keep your e-mail as short as possible. Thirdly, check e-mail for spelling errors and other mistakes. Lastly, write your name at the end of your message. Are your clear?

Ss: Yes.

T: OK, now you need to write an e-mail to a friend about a visit to a place which has changed since your last visit.

Suggested sample:

Dear Lucy, I used to live in a small town with trees all around. There was no tall building and the only street was narrow. Just outside the town, there was a river. You can see different kinds of fishes swimming in the clear water. People here lived a simple life.

I went back to hometown last weekend. Great changes have taken place here. You could see tall buildings, big department stores and factories everywhere. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the big streets. But with the development of the industry, we have fewer trees. Air and water pollution are becoming more and more serious. We must do something to stop pollution and make our town more beautiful.

Yours Li Jing

T: OK. Now let’s do some other exercises. Please turn to P101 and P102. Read the description of Shanghai and find out which paragraphs describe Shanghai: 1. in the past; 2.in the future; 3.today.

A few minutes later, check the answers.

T: Now write a similar description of a city which has changed in the last few years. You’d better read the instruction at the bottom of P102 first.

Possible version:

Binhai is a newly-built city with a population of about 600, 000 and covers an area of about 3, 000 square kilometres. The city, which faces the Yellow Sea in the east, used to be a small fishing town. Great changes have taken place in the past five years. Many new factories have been set up. Two ports have been built, which are connected with many big cities both at home and abroad. The railway line completed in 1986 leads to many big cities of the country. Education in Binhai is developing quickly. Two colleges have been founded. A lot of foreign businessmen are interested and have invested in the city. Binhai has taken on a new look.

The Fifth Period Listening Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

organize, project diversion, tunnel, make a note of b.重点句子

Where is the dam in the film?

Who organized the visit of the Vietnamese students?

2.Ability target 能力目标

Train the students’ ability to gain the detailed information.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

Get students to read the questions fast and find out the listening points before they listen to the tape.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Get the students to listen to the listening materials and understand what they have heard.

Teaching difficult points教学难点

Summary what the students have heard and make a note of the information they need.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Listening and discussion.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A recorder, a projector and a blackboard. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

StepⅠGreetings T: Good morning/afternoon, everyone! Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr. Chen.

StepⅡ Pre-listening Teacher reads a short passage. Ask students to listen carefully and tick the things they can hear.

T: Now I’ll read a passage. Listen carefully and try to find out which of the following you can hear.

Suggested Passage:

The Neva River flows through the center of St Petersburg in Russia. Three hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Peter the Great came here and built a new capital—St Petersburg, the Amazon River, St Petersburg, the Neva River, the Aswan High Dam (Showing them on the screen.) Suggested answer: St Petersburg and the Neva River.

StepⅢ Listening

T: Now we are going to listen to a passage. You will listen to it three times. When I play the tape for the first time, just listen without making notes. The second time I play the tape, try to write down the answers. The last time I play the tape, check your answers by listening to the tape.

Teacher plays the tape for the first time. Then play for the second time, and during this time, teacher may pause for students to write down the information. Play the tape for the last time for students to check their answers. Finally teacher checks the answers with the whole class. StepⅣ Pronunciation

Ask students to read the sentences and then underline the relative clauses.

T: Now, please read the sentences in the Pronunciation part. You need to underline the relative clause in each sentence. Pay attention to your pronunciation.

Play the tape for the students to listen and follow the tape to correct their pronunciation.

T: We are going to listen to the tape. Read aloud following the tape. Note the difference in the intonation of sentences with non-defining relative clauses especially where you should make a pause when you read.

StepⅤ Workbook(P 101) Pre-listening Ask students to discuss the questions in activity 12.

T: Please turn to P101. Look at the picture first and then discuss the questions with your partner.

Listening T: Now, please listen to the tape to see if your guess is right or wrong and decide if the sentences in activity 13 are true or false.

Play the tape for the first time for students to check their guess and finish activity 13. T: We are going to listen to the tape again and check your answers in activity 13. Correct the false statements.

Play the tape again and check the answers with the whole class.

Post-listening

Ask students to think about a recent or future construction project in their town or that they know about. Then ask them to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the project and say how it has affected or will affect people’s life.

StepⅥ Homework

Preview the next part—Cultural corner.

The Sixth Period Reading Teaching Goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a.重点词汇和短语

tower, destroy, brick, observatory, strike, military, foggy, crash, in fact b.重点句子

The World Trade Center twin towers, which were destroyed in September 2001, were 417 and 415 metres high. 2.Ability target 能力目标

Talk about famous buildings in the world.

Improve the students’ ability to guess the meaning of new words in the sentence or in the text.

3.Learning-skill target 学能目标

Enable the students to talk about buildings and lead them to have a good knowledge of the world.

Teaching important points 教学重点

Skimming to get the general idea of the passage.

Scanning to look for specific information.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Skimming method and scanning method.

Teaching aids 教具准备

A projector and a blackboard. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方法

StepⅠGreetings

T: Good morning/afternoon, everyone! Ss: Good morning/afternoon, Mr. Chen. StepⅡ Pre-reading

Show the picture on page 59 and ask the students some questions. T: Now, look at the picture. What can you see in it?

Ss: Many buildings and one of them is very high.

T: Who can tell me the name of the highest building?

S1: Let me have a try. It may be the Empire State Building. T: Which country does it belong to?

Ss: The United States.

T: Good. Have you ever been there?

Ss: Never.

T: What a pity! But we will learn a passage about this high building and then you will know more about it.

StepⅢ Reading

Ask the students to read the passage on P59 and answer several questions. This step focuses on the ability to grasp the general idea and get some detailed information. T: Now read the passage quickly and try to answer these three questions.

Q1: What does the writer talk bout?

Q2: For how long was the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world?

Q3: What happened to it in 1945?

A few minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Suggested answer:

Q1: The Empire State Building one of the tallest buildings in the world. Q2: 41 years.

Q3: A US military plane crashed into the building just above the 78th floor.

Help the students learn how to get the main idea easily and quickly. Play the tape for the students to listen and get the key sentences. T: We know sometimes it is not easy to get the main idea of a passage. Maybe it is better to do in this way. First we had better find the key sentence of each paragraph. The key sentence usually appears at the beginning or the end of a paragraph. After that we can summarize the main idea in our own words. Now we are going to listen to this passage. When you are listening, please try to get the key sentence of each paragraph.

A few minutes later, ask the students to read out the key sentence of each paragraph. T: Now who would like to tell which sentence is key sentence in the first paragraph?

S1: In fact, the second tallest building in the US is more than 75 years old!

T: You are right! The second paragraph.

S2: The Empire State Building, which was the tallest building at the time was finished

in May 1931.

T: Good! OK. How about the last paragraph.

S3: Facts about the Empire State Building.

T: Now who wants to have a try to tell the main idea?

S4: Let me have a try. The Empire State Building built in 1931, which has a history of more than 75 years, was one of tallest buildings in the world.

T: Excellent! You got it. I hope you will do such kind of work as much as possible after class.

StepⅣ Post-reading Ask the students to read about the chart and then ask them questions. T: We have known that the Empire State Building was once the tallest building in the world. However, now it isn’t the tallest one any longer. Now let’s see the world’s top 10 tallest buildings in 2004. Read the chart and then I will ask you some questions about it.

A few minutes later, ask students the following questions. T: Which building is the tallest one in the world now?

S1: Taipei 101.

T: Which of them is the tallest one by 2000?

S2: Petronas Tower 1 and Petronas Tower 2.

T: How many of the ten tallest buildings belong to China?

S3: Six.

StepⅤ Workbook on P99 Fast Reading T: We have just read a passage about the tallest buildings on the ground. Now, we are going to read another passage about the constructions across the rivers. Please turn to P99, read the text and answer the question at the top of this page.

A few minutes later, check the answers. T: Now who can tell us where the Itaipu and Aswan Dams are?

S1: The Itaipu Dam lies between Paraguay and Brazil. The Aswan High Dam lies in the dry Egyptian desert.

T: How big they are?

S2: The Itaipu Reservoir covers 1, 350 k㎡. The Aswan High Dam is the third largest in the world, which is 550 km long.

T: Which dam can you see in the picture?

Ss: The Aswan High Dam.

Extensive Reading T: Now please look through the text and then do some reading comprehension exercises according to the text.

Choose the best answers.

(Show the following on the screen.) 1. When was the Itaipu Dam completed?

A. In 1970.

B. In 1980.

C. In 1982.

D. Not mentioned.

2. Which river does the Aswan High Dam make use of to generate electricity?

A. The Nile.

B. The Amazon River.

C. The Mississippi.

D. The Yangtze River.

3. How many people were moved from their homes when the Aswan High Dam was built?

A. 550

B. 1, 350

C. 30, 000

D. More than 90, 000 Key: CAD Post-reading T: Now read the passage carefully again and finish the exercises on P100.

A few minutes later, check the answers. StepⅥ Homework

1. To summarize what you have learnt in this module.

2. Preview the next module.

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Ⅰ.课文注释与疑难解析

1. The power of the Yangtze River, which is the world’s third longest river, has

been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam.

三峡大坝利用了世界第三长河长江的力量。

has been harnessed是现在完成时的被动语态，构成形式是：have/has been done，表示已经完成的被动动作。如：

The report has been finished. 报告已经完成了。

Mora than three thousand people have been killed by the hurricane till now. 到目前为止，已经有3000多人在飓风中丧生。

2. Unfortunately, burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases global warming.

不幸的是，烧煤会引起环境污染，而且也会使全球变暖。

burning coal是动名词短语作主语，动名词具有名词的特征，在句中分别可以担当主语、宾语及表语。如：

Seeing is believes. 眼见为实。

I feel like going out for a walk after supper. 我喜欢在晚饭后出去散步。

3. Now they’re living a happy new life in different areas. 目前他们在不同的地方过着幸福的生活。如：

In the past people lived a hard life in our hometown. 过去，我们家乡的人们过着艰难的生活。

4. Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year.

一年中闪电要袭击帝国大厦大约500次。

strike可用作动词，表示“打，击；敲响；使突然想起”等。如：

The ship struck a rock. 船触礁了。

Twelve has struck. 12点敲过了。

It struck me that he had left. 我突然想起他已经走了。

Ⅱ.文化背景知识

The Great Wall of China In 221B.C. the first Emperor started to build a great wall right across the north of his empire. He wanted to keep the tribes of Huns and Tartars outside his country. There were earlier walls built in some places by different kings of china, but the First Emperor, now that he ruled all China, decided to complete the wall. He decided to make it run right across from Tibet to the sea, a distance of over 1, 500 miles. It took

seven years to build. The Great Wall ran across wild, steep, mountainous country, over the mountains and down the valleys. North and west of it there were only wild mountains and deserts, and south and east there were the rich Yellow River plains. It was built higher than a double-decker bus. In most places it was wide enough for eight men to march side by side along the top. It was built of stones and clay. There were huge blocks of stones on the sides, and on the top there were more stones. Cars could travel along the top. About every two hundred yards there were tall, strong towers where soldiers could keep watch for the enemy, and where they could light fires to send signal to each other. There were always soldiers inside these towers, winter and summer, keeping guard against attacks from the Huns. There were a few well-guarded gateways with huge wooden gates, strengthened with iron nails. These connected the main roads of China to other roads through the mountains and across the desert. The Great Wall has often been rebuilt through the centuries, and much of it is still standing today. Visitors can still see it running like a snake across the country and can still walk along the top. Much of the traffic that passes through the ancient gateways has not changed much. But today, as well as horses and carts there are motorcars and trucks. The Statue of Liberty One of the most famous statues in the world stands on an island in New York Harbor. This statue is, of course, the Statue of Liberty (自由女神像). The Statue of Liberty is a woman who holds a torch up high. Visitors can go inside the statue. The statue is so large that as many as twelve people can stand inside the torch. Many more people can stand in other parts of the statue. The statue weighs 225 tons and is 301 feet tall. The Statue of Liberty was put up in 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. Over the years France and the United States had a special relationship. In 1776 France helped the American colonies gain independence from England. The French wanted to do something special for the 100th

birthday of the USA.

Laboulaye was a well-know Frenchman who admired the United States. One night at dinner in his house, Laboulaye talked about the idea of a gift. Among Laboulaye’s guests was the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi thought of a statue of liberty. He offered to design the statue. Many people contributed in some way. The French people gave money for the statue. Americans designed and built the pedestal for the statue to stand on. The American people raised money to pay for the pedestal. The French engineer Alexander Eiffel, who was famous for his Eiffel Tower in Paris, figured out how to make the heavy statue stand. In the year after the statue was put up, many immigrants came to the United States through New York. As they entered New York Harbor, they saw the Statue of Liberty holding up her torch. She symbolized a welcome to USA.

Abu Simbel After the great Pyramids and the large Sphinx(狮身人面像), the temple of Abu Simbel (阿布辛波神庙) presents the most familiar image of ancient Egypt to the modern travelers. Abu Simbel lies on the western bank of the Nile. The rock-cut temple took nearly 30 years to build. It is the greatest monument built by King Ramses II (1279-1224BC), who is thought to have had over 100 children. At the tall entrance of the temple sit four statues of Ramses. Each statue on the left has “the most expressive, youthful face, looking more like a Grecian model of beauty than that of any ancient Egypt figure.” Unfortunately, an ancient earthquake damaged the statues, and one is now destroyed from the waist up. The inside of the temple is actually inside the cliff. It is a man-made cave cut into the rock. Many halls and rooms extend 56 metres back from the entrance.

The most wonderful part of the site is the exact position of the temple. Twice every year in February and October, the first rays of the morning sun shine through the caves to light up the back wall of the inner-most room where there sit four statues of gods. But, the High Dam at Aswan was completed in 1970. The dam, which is the

biggest in the world, is 3,830 metres long. It is 980 metres wide at the base and 40 metres wide at the top. The lake that has been made by the dam is about 500 kilometres long. Before they began to build the dam, people already knew that there were going to be several problems. As a result of the dam, the water level of the lake was going to rise by 63 metres. These temples were in danger. When the dam was finished many of them would be covered by the waters of the new lake. Engineers studied the problem and suggested several different plans for rescuing the temple. The engineers considered all possible plans. At last, they decided to move the whole temple stone by stone and rebuild it above the water level of the new lake. The project was successfully completed in 1966. Today you can either fly to Abu Simbel or take a boat from across the lake. There, by the waters of the new lake, you can see the tall stone figures and visit the temples of the gods. The place is quiet and very beautiful.

The Palace Museum The Palace Museum, known as the Forbidden City, was the imperial palace of the Ming and Qing dynasties, in the early 15th

century, large scale construction involved 100, 000 artisans and

1, 000, 000 civilians. The construction took 14 years and was finished in 1420. In the following year, the capital of the Ming dynasty was moved from Nanjing to Beijing. Twenty-four emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties ruled from the Forbidden City. The last dynasty fell in 1911, but Emperor Poi still lived in the inner court. It was not until 1925 that the complex was changed into a museum. Since then, the palace has been opened to the public. The Palace Museum is located in the center of Beijing, covering an area of 72 hectares. It is rectangular in shape, 900 metres long from north to south and 750 metres wide from west to east. There is a 10-metre-high wall, encircled by a 52-metre-wide moat. In the Ming dynasty, the wood needed for the building was brought mostly from Sichuan and Hunan provinces, while in the Qing dynasty, it was cut from northeast China. Most of the stones were put and quarried from the suburban district of Fangshan and other districts. Construction of the Forbidden City brought

great hardship to the working people. The palace is the largest piece of ancient Chinese architecture still standing. Some of the buildings were damaged by lightning and rebuilt in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The palace has been expanded several times, but the original layout was preserved. After liberation, some costly renovations were done and the Palace Museum is listed as one of the important historical monuments under special preservation by the Chinese government. The Greatest Bridge in the World Verrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river. Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will probably remain immortal, for on November 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him. The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span of 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under the sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Above the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26, 108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity. However, size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple and elegant, fulfilling its designer’s dream to create an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible.

Tower of London One of the oldest towers in England is still in use. It’s called the Tower of London. This castle in the heart of London is on the bank of the Thames River.

The Tower was built in the Year 1078 by order of William, who was the king of England. The tower could keep the city London safe. Sometimes it also could be the king’s home.

The Tower of London is more than one building. It has a building for soldiers, a dark prison and beautiful rooms. There is a river and a high stone wall around the buildings. The Tower had many sad stories to tell. For years, many people were sent into the prison there before they were killed. They were kept in a place called Traitor’s Gate. Lady Jane Grey was sent there before she was killed. Two Young princes were killed secretly in the Tower. Today the Tower holds many kinds of old things used by the king and his men. So it is also an interesting place to visit.