Learning about Language教学设计方案

Unit 3 Computers

----------- Language study Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

revolution

network

simplify

sum

mobile

solve

explore

totally

anyhow

finance

artificial

technology

intelligent

application

Web

reality

logically

b. 重点句子

As time had gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller.

I have been used in offices and homes since the 1970s.

Over time my memory has developed so much that, like an elephant, I never forget anything I have been told! Since the 1970s many new applications have been found for me.

I have also been put into robots and used to make mobile phones as well as help with medical operations.

I have even been put into space rockets and sent to explore the Moon and Mars.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable students to learn the meanings and use of some key words in the reading passage. Enable students to learn the form and function of present perfect passive voice.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

By writing a poem using present perfect passive voice, enable students to use the structure freely and creatively.

Teaching important and difficult points 教学重难点

How to change the sentences into the present perfect passive voice.

Teaching methods 教学方法

Personalization, Induction and imitation.

Teaching aids 教具准备

Projector and tape recorder. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式

Step I Revision Check the homework. Ask two students to read the passage they have written. Their passage should be brief and include the key information or facts about the development of computers.

Step II Discovering useful words and expressions T: Look at activity 1. These are the meanings of some words or expressions in the text we learned yesterday. Find out these words or expressions.

Check the answers.

T: Now look at the words in activity 2. Do you know their meanings? Check their meanings in your dictionaries. Then complete the passage with the words.

1.calculate

vt. work (sth.) out by using numbers

计算

e.g. calculate the cost of sth. 2. universal

adj. existing everywhere or involving everyone 普遍的；通用的；宇宙的

universal rules

一般的原则

universe n.

宇宙; 万有; 世界; 全人类

Our world is but a small part of the universe.

我们的世界只是宇宙的一小部分。

3. simplify

vt

to make something less complicated and therefore easier to do or understand

简化

The English in this story has been simplified to make it easier to understand.

这个故事里的英语被简写了，可更容易理解。

4. logical adj. 合逻辑的；合清理的

a logical thinker 思想有逻辑性的人

a logical process 合理的程序

logically adv. 逻辑上；

有条理地

He acted logically under the circumstances. 在这种情况下他做事仍然很理智。

Logically, the decision is obvious.

从逻辑上，这项决定是明显的。

6. artificial

adj. 人造的; 假的

artificial flowers / limbs / pearls

假花

/ 假肢

/ 假珍珠

artificial intelligence

人工智能

7. intelligence

noun [U] the ability to learn, understand and make judgments or have opinions that are based on reason. 智力；聪明

intelligence quotient 智商

an intelligence test 智力测验

an intelligence agent 情报员; 谍报员

intelligent adj. 智能的；聪明的

an intelligent reader 理解力强的读者

an intelligent being 有智力的动物

intelligent reply 巧妙的答复

He is an intelligent person.他是一位有才智的人。

8. solve vt. 解决；解答

1) I can’t solve the problem.

我解答不了这个难题。

2) Help me to solve my financial troubles. 请帮我解决经济困难.

3) The greatest scholar cannot solve this difficult problem.

再伟大的学者也没有办法解答这个难题吧。

9. from…on 从……时起

From then on, the prince and princess lived happily. 从那时起，王子与公主就幸福地生活在一起。

10. as a result 结果

1) He didn’t work hard, as a result he failed his exam.

他不用功, 结果考试不及格。

2) Five hundred jobs were axed as a result of government spending cuts.

由于政府缩减经费的缘故, 有五百人被突然解雇了。

3) He was late as a result of the snow.

由于大雪他迟到了。

此结构中的that从句表示结果。

The stone is so heavy that no one can lift it.

比较: so that 既能表结果，也能表目的。

12. explore vt. & vi. 探索；探测；探究

1) The experts are exploring every part of the island.

专家们正在勘查这个岛的各个部分。

2) He had an itch to get away and explore. 他等不及要动身去探险。

3) Can you explore the market possibility for us?

您能为我们考察一下市场前景吗？

13. anyhow adv. 无论如何；即使如此；至少

1) I couldn’t think of the name of that man anyhow.

我怎么也想不出那人的名字来了。

2) Anyhow, you can try. 至少你可以试试。

3) Anyhow I must tell the truth.

无论如何，我必须说出真相。

14. goal n. 目标；目的；球门

one's goal in life 生活的目标

a common goal 一个共同的目标

keep goal 守球门

win by two goals 以两球获胜

He achieved his goal.

他达到了他的目标。

He kicked a goal. 他踢进一球。

15. human race 人类

1) Is the human race threatened with complete extinction?

人类是否会受到完全灭绝的威胁呢？

2) Everything you say seems to be pervaded with a mistrust of the human race.

你说的一切似乎都渗透了对人类的不信任。

Check the answers.

T: Now activity 3. Look at the phrases in bold in the story. What do they have in common? S: They are all time phrases except “as a result”. They are used in the passage to indicate the development of the story. From them, we get a clear timeline of the story. T: Correct! Now use these phrases to create one of your own stories. The story can be a real one or an imaginary one.

After they finish writing, let students exchange their stories and proofread for each

other.

Step III Discovering useful structures

Complete the passage with the words below. artificial

technology

intelligent

applications

explore

Web

reality

logically My brother was very interested in computers and enjoyed writing programs of his own. He used to download information from the Internet and made

good use of it. He liked to ________the World Wide _______ and used the Internet to communicate with computer programmers all over the world. When he went to university he studied IT (information ___________) and developed a special in ________intelligence. After developing special

____________of the computer, he hopes to design an __________ robot which can think ________ and look like human being, but in ________ he was a long way to go. Ⅳ

Summary. T: what did we learn in this class? S: revolution

network

simplify

sum

mobile

solve

explore

totally

anyhow

finance

artificial

technology reality

logically, etc. Ⅴ

Homework 1.

Recite the new words we learnt today. 2.

Write down these words three times. intelligent application Web