Using LanguageⅠ教学设计思路

Using

language

Talking

Teaching goals

1.Knowledge：get to know the difference between an opinion and a fact.

2.Ability：Train students’ reading skill.

3.Emotion

let students learn to express themselves based on facts. Teaching important points The understanding and comprehension of the passage. Teaching difficult points 1. How to get to master the useful words and expressions. 2. How to improve students’ ability to read an article.

Step 1

Look at the sentences and talk about whether they are facts or opinions. F = fact

O = opinion 1. A Passat (大众帕萨特) can go faster than 100 Kms an hour. F 2. I think it’s the best car for a family. O 3. I think driving a car is wrong because it causes damage to the environment. O 4. I don’t like public transport because it’s so crowded. O 5. I know that driving a car spoils the air in Beijing. F 6. The Beijing Olympic Games will be the best ever. O

7. It will be very hot when the Olympic Games are being held. F 8. More countries than ever before will be coming to take part in the Olympic Games. F Step 2 Read the passage and find out: 1.

What is a fact? A fact is anything that can be proved. 2 What is an opinion? An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved. 3. What is an evidence? An evidence is true information which must be facts rather than opinions. Verbal clues to identifying a fact: 

What I told you is true because …

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I know that you are wrong because …

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They did it last year/month/week. 

They didn’t do it if …

Verbal clues to identifying an opinion: 

I think that …

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It is my opinion that …

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My view is …

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I understand that …

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He was very unkind/nasty/cruel/mean. 

She is very kind/thoughtful/considerate. 

I don’t like …

Some people say …

Step 3 Read the story again and fill in the table. Now read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly. Do you think it is a fact or an opinion? Give your reasons.

I think it is an opinion that what is in the boxes is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other people’s ideas of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion. Step 4 language points 长难句分析

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It can be proved that China has more people than any other country in the world。中国是世界人口最多的国家是可以得到证明的。

本句是一个含有主语从句

的主从复合句。It是形式主语

，本句中比较级表达最高级的含义。

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prove vt. 证明，证实

prove

n./pron/从句… 证明…

prove

n./pron.(to be)+n./pron. 证明……是……

prove sth. to sb. 向某人证明……

This further proved the strength of our economy. The difficult was how he could prove his ideas to other scients . linking v. 结果是……证明是……

Prove （+to be）+n./adj Perhaps this book will prove to be of some use to you in your studies. The man proved a thief . 3. An opinion is what someone believes is true but has not been proved.观点就是某人认为是真实的但未经证实的东西。本句是一个含有表语从句的主从复合句。表语从句的主语是

what someone believes，what是believe的宾语。

He only cares about whether the eyewitness has given true information , which must be facts rather opinions.他只关心目击者是否提供了真实的信息，这些信息必须是事实，而不是看法。

本句是主从复合句。Whether引导了care about的宾语从句，在此宾语从句中又含有一个which引导的非限制性定语从句，先行词是information. 4 entrance

n. 入口

enter

vt. 进入

（不能再搭配into使用）

exit

n.

房屋或建筑物的出口,安全门

vt.离开，退场

step 5 homework