Using LanguageⅠ教案评析

Unit 3 Australia Part One: Teaching Design Period 3: A lesson plan for Using Language (AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES)

Aims To help students read the passage AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing Procedures I. Warming up by reading online about going camping When I was younger I went camping all the time but now I never go and every summer I say that I’m going to and it never happens, so I’m hoping this summer I finally do it. My and my boyfriend want to go hiking up in the white mountains and I would really like to go camping up there as well. We’ll see….

I can’t wait! To be at the lake and cooking around the fire. Sleeping in the tent(on an air mattress) MMMM the coffee! LOL I went camping all over Southern Ireland. I’ve had a fantastic time. you meet really nice people, and the cost is better. It’s a great way to see the country.

I need to get out of town for a mini-vacation, probably over the weekend. I’d like my boyfriend to come with me. I’m not sure where I’m going. I might even leave w/o a destination in mind. Fun, fun. I’d probably sleep in the car. It’s not camping only. I could do everything else though. Like go to a lake, have a bonfire, and be stinky w/o a shower. Good times. II. Listening about camping Go to page 26, please. We shall listen to a conversation between Bob and Wei Ping about their would- be going camping in the summer holiday. III. Reading for forms

Read the text AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES on page 27 to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicative, darken the connectives and underline all the useful expressions.

AUSTRALIA'S DANGEROUS CREATURES Australia is

home to more than 170 different kinds of snake/ and 115 of these are

poisonous．In fact，Australia has

more kinds of venomous snake /than any other country /in the world．Luckily, the poison of most snakes can kill/ or paralyze only small creatures. A few varieties，however，can kill humans，so it is just as well /that snakes are

very shy /and usually attack

/only if they are

disturbed/

and feel threatened．

There are also approximately 2,000 different kinds of spider/ in Australia /and，1ike snakes，most have a poisonous bite．However，the majority have no effect on humans/ or cause

only mild sickness．Only a few have

venom/ that is

powerful enough /to kill a human being．While a small number of Australians are

bitten by spiders each year, most recover without any medical treatment．

The seas /around Australia/ contain

over 160 different kinds of shark, which vary in size /from just 20 centimetres/ to over 14 metres．However，although they

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look dangerous/ because of their wide mouths /and sharp teeth, all /but two/ or three kinds are harmless to humans．

Another potentially dangerous sea animal is the jellyfish. Most kinds of poisonous jellyfish can cause severe pain to anyone /who touches them /but the poison of the box jellyfish can actually kill a human，especially if that person has a weak heart．The tiniest amount of poison /from a box jellyfish can kill in less than five minutes /and it is probably the most poisonous animal/ in the world．

There is one other dangerous animal/ in Australia/ worth mentioning，and that is

the crocodile．Although two types of crocodile live in Australia，only the saltwater crocodile has been known to kill humans．This crocodile moves very quickly /when it sees

something/ it considers

to be food，and /from time to time a crocodile has snatched someone/ before he/ or she is even aware that/ the crocodile is there．

You might think

that/ with all these dangerous animals/ Australia is

an unsafe place /to live in /or visit．However, this is far from the truth．There are no more than a handful of shark attacks each year/ and only three deaths have been reported /in the last five years．Similarly，in the last three years /there have been

only two reported deaths/ from crocodile attacks．Since 1956，when an anti-venom treatment /for redback spider bites was developed，there have been no deaths from redbacks，and /since 1981/ when a treatment was developed for funnelweb spider poison，there have been

no deaths /from this spider/ either．Treatments for jellyfish stings /and snakebites have also

been developed

/and /in the last five years/ there have been only three deaths/ from jellyfish stings /and about the same number /from snakebites．

IV. Copying useful expressions and making sentences Australia’s dangerous creatures, be home to…, more than,

different kinds of, in fact，have more…than any other country in the world, the poison of most snakes, be disturbed and feel threatened, have a poisonous bite,

have no effect on…, have venom, kill a human being,

without any medical treatment, vary in size from just 20 centimetres to over 14 metres, look dangerous, because of,

all but two or three kinds, be harmless to…, another potentially dangerous sea animal, cause severe pain to sb.,

in less than…, be worth doing, from time to time, be aware that…, be far from the truth,

no more than, a handful of…,

in the last three years, reported deaths, an anti-venom treatment for…，

no deaths from redbacks，

a treatment

for funnelweb spider poison，no deaths from this spider,

treatments for jellyfish stings and snakebites

V. Writing a reply Read the email on page 29 first. And then write a reply to Li Haidi. Dear Li Haidi, I am pleased that you emailed me yesterday. I learned that you are going on a camping trip in the Northern Territory. I think all you really need is food, water and shelter to survive. Keeping this in mind camping is actually pretty luxurious. So take as much food and water with you as possible. Or take lots of money. You can buy food and water on the way to and from the camping.

I hope you will find my advice useful.

Best wishes,

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Wang Zhen Dear Li Haidi, I think you can go camping during the holiday. It might be fun! I spent a lot of time as a child in the wilderness. Those are some of my fondest memories and happiest times. I haven’t gone camping yet as an adult and I don’t know what keeps stopping me. Other than no $$ for equipment, not enough time, etc. I want to go somewhere away from other people and just soak up nature. I want to lay on the ground at night and watch the amazing, infinite sky. I want to hear the streams and frogs and crickets and birds and bees…smell the campfire and the forest. I want to put my feet into the icy cold stream and go, “brrrr!” I want to find cool rocks. Guess I better start planning this :) I hope you will find my advice useful.

Best wishes,

Mary Smith Dear Li Haidi, Happy to get your email. You are right to choose to go camping. My boyfriend (giggling ensues, still love that!) and I are planning a camping trip this summer in Maine. Yea, it will be absolutely beautiful. I am so excited! And I will be so out of my element, but also so in my element. Go camping! Best wishes,

Tian Feng

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