Warming up、Pre-reading、Reading、Comprehending教学内容分析

Book 9

Unit 2

Sailing the oceans The Second Period

Reading Teaching Aims:

a. Learn and master the key words and expressions

voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , …

b. Train the students’ reading ability. Let the students have some knowledge of early navigational methods. Explain how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the 17th century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Teaching Difficult Points: a.

How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b.

How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Methods: a.

Scanning the text to get the general idea of it. b.

Carefully reading to finish the Comprehending exercises on page 14. c.

Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids: The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboard Teaching procedures & ways

Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual.

Step2 Revision

Check the homework exercises. Step3 Pre-reading Show the students some pictures to see if they can identify the early navigational instruments seamen used and explain how they used. Step 4 Discussion

1

Discuss the questions on page11. Step 5 Listening and comprehending After listening to the contents of the text do the comprehending exercises on page 14&15. Step6 True/false a. Listen to the passage and then let them do some true or false questions according to the text. 1. I was forced to join Captain Bligh in the small boat.

2. After the crew took over the ship “Boundy”, Captain Bligh was allowed to take with him a chart, a compass and a quadrant. 3. It was very difficult for us to get a correct reading from the quadrant as the boat moved constantly during the course.

4. Captain Bligh used a system called “dead reckoning” and he knew there was land directly southwest of their original position.

5. We completely believed Captain Bligh when he talked hopefully about what we would do when we got back to England. 6. Captain Bligh was as weak as the rest of us but he was determined not to give up. 7. Captain Bligh kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomach and thirst all the way. 8. We finally escaped the jaws of death and arrived in Timor over fifty days after being set loose in our small boat. Answers: (FFTFFTTF) Step 7 Explanation After comprehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shortcoming updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to ,

Step 8 Explain some difficult sentences, phrases and words.

Key phrases:

2

1.

in addition

另外

There was an earthquake and, in addition, there were tsunamis. 除了地震之外，还有海啸。

比较：in addition, in addition to in addition= as well, besides 相当于副词

in addition to=as well as 相当于介词

In addition, the owner of the land may charge an extra fee. In addition to swimming, she likes tennis. 2. cope with 有效地或成功地对付或应付

A family and a full time job is a lot to cope with. 照顾家庭并干一份全职工作需要花很多精力。

She is not a competent driver and can’t cope with driving in heavy traffic.

她不是一个称职的司机，在交通拥挤时就开不好车。

比较: deal with只是采取行动去对付某人或某事，并不考虑成功与否。

3. take one’s mind off 使某人的注意力离开

keep one’s mind on…专心于，把注意力集中于

put one’s mind into/to…专心于

4.set loose出发, 使爆炸, 引起, (使)开始(做某事) Someone has set the tigers loose from their cage and they are terrorizing the town. When we escape, shall we set the other prisoners loose? 5.the jaws of death / defeat= used to describe an unpleasant situation that almost happens鬼门关，失败的险境

The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

这个队翻盘而险胜。

Step9 Discussion Let’s the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups.

Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twenty-nine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a week’s journey across the North Sea to England?

Suggested Answer:

3

Category Clothes Hygiene Bedding Items shirt, trousers soap blanket Category Shoes Tools Medicines Items waterproof

boots knife,

scissors

sea-sick

tablets, cold

medicine

Games cards, chess Books novels, collections

essay Step10 Summary

This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. b. Give the students a few minutes to read the passage again and then get the general idea of the text.

This is the storey of Captain Bligh’s amazing journey across the Pacific Ocean in an open boat with his followers after another group of sailors under Fletcher Christian had taken over the ship. Later Captain Bligh and his men made for the island of Timor using a combination of navigational skill and “dead reckoning”, which is guessing the correct direction. The voyage lasted over 40 days and was one of the greatest examples of survival at sea.

Step11 Homework

Finish exercises in workbook. After class write a report to your letter explaining to him why you think Captain Bligh should or should not receive the medal.

4