Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehendingppt课件配套教案内容

Unit 2 Sailing the oceans

Period one : Warming up and Pre-reading

Aim :To train the student’s ability of listening and speaking .

Contents : I Warming up and Pre-reading 1> Introduce the history of sailing the oceans , and ask who are famous in sailing the oceans in history . 2> Let students lock at the pictures and answer the questions (1) What is a navigator ? (2) Look at these famous people .Are they navigators or explorers ? What do you know about them ? (3) Can you identify these early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they are used ? (Picture 2) a _________ b _________ c __________ d __________ (4) Which do you think was easier to work out :latitude or longitude ? (5) Which ones do you think are still used today ? (6) what is the difference between a navigator and an explorer ? (7) how do you think seaman found their way before modern accurate methods of navigation were invented? Now read about what navigation was like before modern instruments were used. II listening and speaking 1> Listen to the tape and fill in the chart Sailors form Phoenicia Polynesia Sea or Ocean Mediterranean North Skills Used the sky to find Their way 2> Use the information form the listening to explain these sailing strategies . 1._________________________________________________________ 2._________________________________________________________

Period two: reading

Aim : Let students master some language points and understand the text . Contents : Reading : sailing the oceans 1> Answer some questions about the text 1. How many ways the passage tells us to keep alongside the coastline . 2. When can the sailors use the sun to navigate by ? 3. What was the first instrument to measure the sun’s position .

4. What proved to be the most accurate and reliable of these earth navigational instruments ? 5. When did seamen begin to use the compass ? 2> Language points : 1. voyage : n. long journey , by sea or in space 2. mercy : n. kindness ; forgiveness phr : at the mercy of : under the control of 任由… …的摆布

without mercy 毫不留情地

The beat was at the mercy of the rapid river . For mercy ‘s sake 请发慈悲

For Cod’s sake

3. nowhere adv .not anywhere 无处

eg : I went nowhere 不知来自哪里，以不知名状态

go nowhere vi 无所成，进行得不顺利

get sb nowhere 某某事对某人无帮助、元效

4. reference n. act of mentioning ; act of looking at for information . phr : (1) have reference to 和… …有关系

(2) in reference to 关于

(3) make (a) reference to 说到

谈到

(4) reference book 参考书刊号

(5) reference material 参考资料

(6) with reference to 关于

就… …而论

whit reference to the context vi refer: refer to (a) 指的是

（b）参考

(c) 提到

谈到

refer to A as B 将A称为B eg : Are you referring to me ? In his speech, he didn’t refer to the problem at all .

He cooked dinner by referring to a cookbook . California is referred to as the “Golden State .”

5. survival: n. state of continuing to live 生存、幸存 survive: vt. sb survive 某人幸存下

sth survive 某物保留下来

vi. survive sb by 活得比某人长… …

survive sth 从… … 中幸存、幸存于…

eg : Only one baby survived the terrible car crash . The girl survived her parents . Survivor n. the person or thing of surviving . 6. dusk n. time before night at dusk 在黄昏时刻