Listening and vocabulary教案1

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教案

Procedures step1

Warming up by learning about “job hunting”

Good morning, class. Today we shall take Unit 2: A Job Worth Doing. But first we have to find a job, that is, to hunt a job.

"Job hunting" is the act of looking for employment. It is also known as job seeking. The immediate goal of job seeking is usually to obtain a job interview and ultimately a form of employment. The people in the pictures on page 11 are doing jobs of different types.

What are you going to do in the future? Now go to page 12. Let’s read about an unusual job. The man in the article is working as

a traffic light or traffic signal. Do you think it strange? A traffic light or traffic signal is a signaling device positioned at a road intersection or pedestrian crossing to indicate when it is safe to drive, ride or walk, using a universal color code. Yes, this man is working as a signaling device, not for money but for helping people.

Step 2

Before you read Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling. Step 3

While you read Cut/ the sentences into thought groups, blacken the predicates, underline the useful expressions and darken the connectives. Step 4

After you read

Answer the reading comprehension questions:

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1. Why life in La paz，in Bolivia, is hard? A: Because it is at 3，500 metres. B: Because it is the highest capital in the world.

C: Because the mountains make communication difficult．

D: All of the above. 2. What does the word “drop” mean in the sentence The drop is so great that anyone inside the vehicle is lucky to survive. ? A: The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.

B: A small quantity of a substance. C: The act of falling; descent. D: A swift decline or decrease, as in quality, quantity, or intensity. 3. What an unusual job does Timoteo have? A: He is a human traffic signal.

B: He is miner. C: He is a truck driver. D: He is a traffic policeman. 4. What does the word “mission” mean in the sentence It was his mission in life to help others. ? A: A Christian church or congregation with no cleric of its own that depends for support on a larger religious organization. B: A series of special Christian services for purposes of proselytizing. C: A welfare or educational organization established for the needy people of a district. D: An inner calling to pursue an activity or perform a service; a vocation.

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(keys: DCAD) Step 5

Copy all the useful expressions into your Expression Book and make your own sentences with them. Expressions from: The Human Traffic Signal at 3，500 metres，the highest …

in the world, at high altitude, make…

difficult, in bad condition, in particular, be considered the most dangerous road in the world, on one side, rise steeply; on the other side, a sheer drop, in places, hundreds of metres deep, a lot of traffic, on average，

come off the road, inside the vehicle, is lucky to survive. In theory, be used by traffic, go uphill, come downhill, in practice, respect the rules, thanks to…, the death toll,

a gentle46-year-old man,

live in a village near the most dangerous part of the road，known locally as …, have an unusual job, a human traffic signal, climb up to…, with…in one’s hand, red on one side and green on the other, stand on…, direct the traffic, approach from opposite directions, pay…

for…, give… a tip, have just enough money to live on, pass by, take…for granted, work as …, have a close encounter with death, drive a lorry load of…, come off the road at a bend, fall three hundred metres down the mountain, in hospital for months, a few years later, be called out in the night, help pull… out of a bus , have a profound effect on…, be lucky to be alive, one’s mission in life to help others, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, take up one’s place, on the bend

Step 6 Complete the article with one word in each blank: La paz is the highest __1___ in the world. Life is hard there. Many roads are in bad __2___ and accidents are frequent. Thanks to one man，the ___3__ toll of traffic accident

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has __4___. Timoteo Apaza, a gentle 46-year-old man, has an unusual job there. He __5___ as a human traffic signal. Every morning Timoteo __6___ on the bend and directs the traffic. So why __7___ he do it? One day he was driving a lorry load of bananas __8___ he came off the road at a bend and __9___ three hundred metres down the mountain. Somehow he __10___. This experience had a profound effect on Timoteo. He __11___ that it was his mission in life to __12___ others.

(keys:1.capital2.condition3.death4.fallen5.works6.stands7.does8.when9.fell 10.survived11.realised12.help ) Step7

Read to transfer information The Human Traffic Signal Where Who and what Why At 3，500 metres，La paz，in Bolivia，is the highest capital in the world.

Many roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent.

One road in particular, which goes north from La Paz, is considered the most dangerous road in the world.

But thanks to one man，the death toll has fallen. Timoteo Apaza is a gentle46-year-old man who lives in a village near the most dangerous part of the road．Timoteo has an unusual job---he is a human traffic signal. Timoteo stands on the bend and directs the traffic.

So why does he do it? He realised that it was his mission in life to help others. And so every morning, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic.

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