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Using Language A fact or an opinion? Teaching aims: 1. Read and understand the short passage, learn the new words, fill in the form and distinguish a fact and an opinion. 2. Talk about which person giving best evidence, using the expressions about asking for and giving opinions. Important points:

1.Master some reading skills

2.Practise speaking Difficult Points:

understanding of difference between a fact and an opinion.

Teaching procedures: Step 1 Revision

Revise the grammar items

Step 2 Listening

Task 1 Ss read the short passage and answer the following three questions, and then teacher gives some statements for the Ss to decide whether they are facts or opinions. 1) What is fact?

(A fact is anything that can be proved.) 2) What is an opinion?

(An opinion is what someone believes is true but also has not been proved.)

3) What is good evidence in a trial?

(Fact) Statements. (To TB P18) *Attention: A fact can be tested, checked or proved, while an opinion can not. Task 2 Listen to the tape and learn the few language points to understand the passage better. Step3

Language points:

1) evidence n. [u/c] 明显, 显著, 明白, 迹象, 根据,

[u] [物]证据, 证物

eg. The broken window was evidence that a burglary had taken place. 2) trial n.试验, 考验, 审讯, 审判

in a trial

3) eyewitness n. 目击者；证人

4) The judge does not consider what each eyewitness looks like or where that person lives or work.

Analyse the sentence structure.

Meaning: 法官并不考虑证人的长相如何，也不考虑这个人住在哪里，在哪儿工作。

5) He/She only cares bout whether the eyewitnesses has given true information, which must

be facts rather than opinions.

他们关心的只是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个人的观点或看法。

rather than 是……而不是

eg. I would like tea rather than coffee.

I would stay at home rather than go to see the boring film. Step4

part 2

Read a man’s story about what happened to the Amber Room quickly and decide whether it is a fact or opinion and find some key words to give reasons/ or support the judgement.

Answer: It should be an opinion because that what is in the boxed is gold or the Amber Room because Jan Hasek did not see what was in the boxes. He listened to other people’s idea of what might have been inside. So his evidence is an opinion. Task 4 Fill in the table according to the information in the text. Answer:

Name Jan Haek Job A miner Place

Czech Republic

Time

April,1945 What he Something exploded at midnight. heard What he saw 1. Some German soldiers put wooden boxes in the mine. 2. The entrance to the mine was closed. What he The Amber Room and some gold were buried in the believes mine.

New words and phrases: 1) explode vt.使爆炸vi. 爆炸, 爆发, 破除, 推翻, 激发

eg. The bomb exploded. 炸弹爆炸了

I threw the vase on the floor and it exploded into tiny pieces. 我把花瓶扔到了地板上，花瓶砰地一声摔个粉碎

The population level in this area has exploded during the past 12 years. 在过去的十二年中这一地区的人口一直剧增. The children exploded three firecrackers. 孩子们燃放了三个爆竹

2) by the light of moon/ light 就着……的光

3) entrance n.入口, 门口, 进入

entrance to the garden/ cave

Step5 Homework:

Finish the task in workbook