Using LanguageⅠppt课件课堂实录

The Third Period (Using Language, oral practice) Teaching Aims: 1.

To learn to tell facts from opinions 2.

To write a reply letter 3.

To listen and speak about cultural relics

Teaching Design Step One: Homework Checking

Check the homework of the Attributive Clause

Step Two: Talking (facts and opinions)

⑴

Morning, class, we always say, “We must respect facts and can’t wholly depend on one’s opinions.” But can you tell me: A.

What does it mean when say, “It is a fact”?

B.

What does it mean when you say, “It is an opinion”?

Keys for reference: A: A fact must be real, objective and without any personal judgment. So it can be proved. B: An opinion always expresses one’s own ideas. It is always subjunctive. So it has not been proved yet.

⑵

Warming up by questioning Turn to Page 5. Read the passage and tell us: a.

If you want to go in for law against somebody, and if you want to win, what’s the most important thing you should do first? b.

What makes a judge decide which eyewitnesses to believe and which not to believe? Keys for reference: a.

Searching for facts of course. The more, the better. b.

The evidences offered by the eyewitnesses make the judge decide which one is believable and which is not.[

⑶

Guided reading a.

Reading and defining Read the passage and define:

1

What is a fact? What is an opinion? What is evidence? b.

Reading and translating Read the passage and translate in into Chinese paragraph by paragraph.

(Ask someone to do it.)[]

c.

Reading and understanding Next you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the part. Copy them into your homework after class as homework. Collocation from Using Language on Page 5

in a trial, rather than, …more than…, to tell the truth, agree with(to), It can be proved that…, no reason to lie, a reply to a letter, think highly of, search for, return the treasure to, cost them a lot of time and money

Decide the following sentences in pairs whether they are facts or opinions. 1)

A VW Passat can go faster than 100 Kms hour. （

）

2)

I think it’s the best car for a family.

（

）

3)

I think drinking a car is wrong because is causes damage to the environment. （

）

4)

I don’t like public transport because it’s so crowded. (

) 5)

I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing. （

）

6)

The Beijing Olympic Games were the best ever. （

）

Step Three: Listening 1 Now, this unit we learn that the Amber Room is missing, and as we know, people never stopped searching for the Amber Room. This time we’ll listen to what three people say they know about the missing Amber Room. Before we listen to them, I’ll present some related new words to you to help you understand them easily. Please look at them and read them. Explode爆炸, Czch捷克, mayor市长, melt熔化, sub(sub marine)潜水艇, survivor幸存者,

2

Titanic泰坦尼克号

Look at the forms, and discuss the forms,

What are facts? (What they heard, saw and did are facts) What are opinions? (What they believed are opinions) Then play the tape, get them listen twice to catch the useful information and fill in the blanks with the information.

Step Four: Listening 2 (listen practice ) 1.

Page 41 Ex Book, listening, 2.

On Page 44 Ex Book, listening,

Step Five: Writing On Page 7, Student Book, writing practice, reply to Johann’s letter.

3