Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学实录及点评

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

Sea

or

Ocean

Skills

Phoenicia

Mediterranean

Used

the

sky

to

find

North

Their

way

Polynesia

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

Period

three

:

comprehending

and

language

I

Comprehending

Read

the

passage

and

answer

the

following

questions

.

1

.

What

is

the

use

of

a

bearing

circle

.

astrolabe

,

quadrant

or

sextant

?(

)

What

is

the

use

of

a

compass

?

(

)

A

to

set

the

course

of

the

ship

B

to

measure

the

position

of

the

ship

C

to

measure

the

speed

of

the

ship

D

to

tell

the

time

2.

Why

are

speed

and

time

important

in

working

out

the

longitude

of

a

ship

?

3.

Why

is

the

position

of

the

sun

and

various

stars

useful

for

working

out

latitude

?

4.

Suppose

you

were

a

sea

captain

aiming

to

sail

round

Africa

Discuss

in

groups.

(1)

what

skills

would

you

seek

in

your

sailors

?

(2)

what

problems

would

you

anticipate

for

this

journey

?

II

Learning

about

language

Do

exercises

1

.

2

and

3

Exerise1

Replace

the

words

underlined

by

ones

of

similar

meaning

form

the

reading

passage

.

1.

Seeing

the

dark

clouds

above

him

,

George

hurried

for

home

.

2.

Sailing

a

boat

alone

far

away

form

the

shore

made

Flora’s

parents

worry

about

her

safety

.

3.

Clare

,

would

you

please

put

your

bicycle

next

to

the

others

in

the

shed

?

4.

“Why

don’t

you

plot

a

more

simple

rout

with

the

smallest

number

of

spots?”

asked

Mary

.

5.

Setting

out

on

a

long

journey

by

sea

with

unskilled

sailors

would

be

dangerous

especially

if

there

were

no

modern

navigational

instruments

.

Exercise2

Find

the

words

form

the

reading

passage

that

are

the

opposite

of

these

compound

words

.

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anywhere

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outward

inward

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point

Exercise3:

Complete

the

following

paragraph

with

the

words

below

.

precise

outward

nowhere

awkward

reference

seaweed

accelerate

mercy

randomly

voyage

alongside

approximate

Samuel

the

sailor

was

extremely

good

at

plotting

his

course

using

the

stars

a

________.

One

day

he

was

determined

to

set

out

on

a

________across

an

unknown

sea

to

an

unknown

continent

.

He

set

out

with

his

instruments

so

he

would

not

be

at

the

_________

Of

the

sea

.

He

found

on

his

_______journey

a

rocky

island

.

It

seemed

to

be

covered

in

nests.

Suddenly,

as

Samuel

looked

,

an

enormous

bird

swooped

down

and

picked

him

up

as

if

he

were

a/an

______

parcel

.

It

______its

speed

and

rose

straight

up

into

the

air

so

as

to

reach

the

_______place

on

the

rocks

where

its

nest

lay.

Once

there,

it

shook

itself

and

threw

Samuel

in

the

________

direction

of

the

nest

.

There

seemed

to

be

______to

hide

but

then

he

noticed

lots

of

______

on

his

left

and

quickly

hid

under

it

.

The

bird

landed

nearby

and

pecked

______

at

the

rocks

.

Samuel

rolled

over

swiftly

and

found

himself

at

the

edge

of

the

cliff

.

He

looked

down

slowly

with

a

beating

heart.

Below

him

was

his

boat

lying

______the

shore!

“How

lucky

I

am!”

Samuel

thought

to

himself.

He

then

gave

a

mighty

leap

and

landed

in

it.

Once

inside

he

could

safely

sail

away.