Using LanguageⅡ主要内容及教案内容

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Module 8

Unit 2 Cloning Using Language THE RETURN OF THEDINOSAURS Learning Aims:

1.Students are expected to have a deeper and more overall understanding of the passage by applying the skills of skimming and scanning.

2.Students are expected to form their own opinions about what will happen if the dinosaurs return.

3. Students are expected to debate and then write a passage to express their own ideas.

Teaching procedures: Step1 : Revision (Write down the correspondent expressions we learnt before) 1.Be different from

2.depress;not happy

3.Have a great effect on

1. differ from

2. cast down 3. 和ave a great impact on

4. in favor of

5.Be against…

5. make objection to/object to 4.Support

Step 2: Lead-in Do you think it possible to clone a dinosaurs? Why or why not?

Step3: Reading Comprehension

Task 1 Fast reading.

(1) Please Match the paragraph with the main idea: Para. 1

A. To explain the impossibility of cloning dinosaurs. Para. 2

B. To conclude that it’s just a dream.

Para. 3

C. To introduce the topic of the passage.

an (2)What is the writer’s attitude towards cloning the dinosaurs?

A. Supportive.

B. Neutral (中立的).

C. Negative (否定的).

D. Subjective(主观的).

objective客观的,

positive肯定的

impartial 公平的

arbitrary武断的

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optimistic乐观的

pessimistic悲观的

indifferent冷漠的

…

critical持批评态度的

cautious谨慎的

Task 2 Please read the passage carefully and finish the tasks (请细读文章并完成以下任务):

Para 1:Fill in the blanks or tell True or False 1. The popularity of films such as_____________,

in which a scientist clones several kinds of __________dinosaurs, proves how the idea___________ a mixture of___________________

____________

_____________.

(Jurassic Park, extinct, struck, fear and excitement, into people’s hearts) 2. Scientists are still experimenting with cloning mammals because they think it can make money. True? False?

F,

because the cloning ofmammals is still a new science. 3. Which of the following is true?____ A.

Mice were cloned in 1981. B. Dolly the sheep was the first cloned animal. C. The name of the cloned cow is “Bison”

D. China was successful in cloning twin calves

Para 2: Fill in the blanks or tell True or False 1. The animals that have disappeared from the earth, like dinosaurs, can be brought back to life through cloning. (True? False? ) F. Unfortunately, with what we know now, this is either impossible or unsuitable.

2.The_______ __________ is that you need perfect DNA. initial requirements 3. All

________ of cloning an animal will be _________ if there is not enough __________

in the group to ___________

_________.

Efforts; in vain; diversity; overcome; illnesses

Para 3:

The chance of dinosaurs returning _______________(merely a dream)

to earth is Conclusion

Step 4: Post-reading activity Group discussion（小组讨论）: Page 16 Discuss whch extinct animals described on page 16 are worth restoring. Rules:

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Everybody is to speak up! 

The group leader is to summarize and record the opinion of each group member.

Reference：page 18.

Step 4: Writing.

Let’s bring the

back to life

is the most suitable animal to be brought back to life. Here are the reasons：

Firstly,

Secondly,

Finally,

So I think

would be the best choice to be brought back to life.

Step 5: Language Application.

A. 请阅读《状元之路》Unit 2 Section III 讲解部分，并翻译下列句子。

1. 我身体非常好，这都要归功于你。

I owe it to you that I am in perfect health.

2. 我真不想为这件小事打扰你，可是这确实很紧急。

I really don’t want to bother you with such an insignificant matter, but it’s urgent.

3. 如果你每天快速读英语，你的英语水平一定会得到提高。

If you read fast everyday, you are bound to improve your English level.

4. 刚才我脑子里突然闪过一个可怕的想法。

An awful thought has just struck me.

5. 时钟刚刚敲过12点。

The clock just struck 12.

6. 对比翻译：我父亲的一切努力都白费了。

我的一切努力获得了回报。

All my father’s efforts were in vain.

All my efforts paid off eventually.

7. 我简直抵制不了美食的诱惑。

I can’t resist the temptation of delicious foods.

8. 倘若你好好努力，你一定会取得成功。

You are bound to succeed on condition that you 第

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keep working hard.

9. 有这么多问题要解决，他们很发愁。

With so many problems to settle, they are worried.

10.我们队在结束是有可能获胜。（chance）

The chance is that our team is going to win. B. 单选

1. --- Believe me, all your efforts will ________ some day.

--- Thanks for your encouragement. A. pay back

B. pay down

C. pay off

D. pay up 2. Her abandoned teaching ________ a career as a musician. A. instead of

B. in favor of

C. in view of

D. in the event of 3. Thanks, but you needn’t have ______. I bought a new one this morning.

A. stood

B. worked

C. bothered

D. operated 4. It would have made a lot of ____ if you told me this two days earlier. A. effect

B. result

C. outcome

D. difference 5. All the people around the world have the same simple dream ______ they will always live in peace and comfort.. A. that

B. which C. where

D. when 6. She is too fat, but she can’t ________ sweets. A. remove

B. resist

C. reject

D. object 7. The professor spoke very clearly to make his speech easy. A. to understand

B. understand

C. understanding

D. understood. 8. He’s obviously quite embarrassed about it because he _________ me to tell anyone.

A. promised

B. encouraged

C. got

D. forbade 9.He got into an _____ with Jeff in the pub last night and they still didn’t reach any conclusion. A. acquaintance

B. argument

C. admiration

D. agreement 10. Since she ____ from the company, she begun to work as a volunteer for4 a house for the aged.

A. differed

B. rose

C. retired

D. formed 11. It isn’t _______ to expect a surgeon to be able to make correct judgment in every case.

A. reasonable B. natural C. normal D. that I got 12. Opening the book she found in it a whit, plain envelope with her name ______ on it.

A. to print

B. printed C. printing D. print 13. “ Well, I’ll tell you a secret.” Said the boy, with his mouth almost _____ my ear.

A. touched B. touching C. touch D. to touch 14. We thought of asking him for help then, but we were _____ to get in touch with him at that time.

A. happy B. anxious C. easy D. unable 15.He’s ________ to fail the exam if he doesn’t do any revision.

A. near

B. fit

C. bound

D. easy Key: CBCDA

BADBC

ABBDC

C.短文改错

Dear Bob,

I will spend this summer holiday to the countryside. Although _______________ the city is modern and convenient, but there are still some _______________ problems such as air pollution, crowded and noise. In _______________ 第

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76. 77. 78.

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the countryside I can enjoy comfortable and quiet life. _______________ Where the air is fresh and the water is clean. Trees are _______________ green and birds are singing. I can also go boating, fishing _______________ and swimming in the lake. All this is interested and good _______________ for your health. Above all, I can learn more about nature. _______________ So I wanted to go to the countryside for a change. I'm _______________ looking forward to the come of my summer holiday. _______________ Best wishes. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 76．to→in

77．but→yet

78．crowded→crowdedness

79．enjoy后加a

80．Where→There

81．√

82．interested→interesting

83．your→my

84．wanted→want

85．come→coming

Daily

Saying

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青春不问理由，只有行动。只有年老的人才会思索，并希望人人安分。

——Francis

Picabia.

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