高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计)

高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计)（共4篇）

1.高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计) 篇一

Unit 4 Body language

I．单元教学目标

技能目标 Skill Goals

Talk about body language: cultural differences and intercultural communication

Practise talking about prohibition & warning as well as obligation

Learn to use the -ing form as the Attribute && Adverbial

Learn to write a diary that showing the observation of how body language helps in communication

II． 目标语言

功

能

句

式 Talk about body language

What is the purpose of language?

What do you think “body language” means?

How can you tell if someone is sad or happy even if they do not speak?

How can you communicate a feeling to someone who does not speak your language?

Why do we need to study body language?

Talk about cultural differences && intercultural communication

What do British people often do when they meet strangers?

What do French people often do when they meet people they know?

Why should we be careful about our own body language?

Why is it important to watch others as well as listen to them?

词

汇 1． 四会词汇

major, local, represent, curious, Columbia, introduce, approach, touch, cheek, stranger, spoken, express, action, Jordan, nod, general, avoid, comedy, misunderstand, similar, facial, expression, agreement, yawn, chest, gesture, adult, punish

2． 认读词汇

Garcia, Julia, learned, unspoken, posture, Ahmed Aziz, Coulon, Muslim, frown, threaten

3． 词组

be likely to, at ease, an exciting experience for, not all ..., introduce oneself to sb

语

法 4． 重点词汇

represent, introduce, approach, touch, express, nod, avoid, misunderstand, punish, general, curious, similar, expression, agreement, gesture, action

The -ing form as the attribute && adverbial

Finding out in the reading text sentences with present participle(s) used as the attribute or adverbial.

1. The -ing form as the attribute

They are visitors coming from several other countries, ...

His nose touches Mr. Cook’s moving hand, ...

This is an exciting experience for you, ...

2. The -ing form as the adverbial

... so you stand watching and listening.

Four people enter looking around in a curious way.

You see her step back appearing surprised, and take a few steps away from Mr. Garcia.

The visitor from Japan comes in smiling at the same time as George Cook from Canada.

重 点 句 子 1. They will be meeting at a major hotel with local business people and people who represent the Chinese government. P25

2. The first person who arrives is Mr. Garcia from Columbia, closely followed by Julia Smith from Britain. P26

3. You think that there may have been a mistake. P26

4. Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable touching strangers or being too close or too far away. P26

5. In the same way that people communicate with spoken language, they also express their feelings using unspoken “language” through keeping physical distance, actions or posture. P26

6. People from places like Spain, Italy or ... others closely and are more likely to touch them. P26

7. ... nodding the head shows agreement, while shaking

the head means that you do not agree, ... P30

Ⅲ． 教材分析和教材重组

1． 教材分析

本单元以Body Language--“体态语”为中心话题，具体涉及什么是“体态语”，如何理解“体态语”，以及“体态语”的跨文化性等。本单元的语言技能和语言知识也都是围绕“体态语”这一中心话题设计的，旨在通过单元教学，用听、说、读、写、做(表演)等多种形式，让学生正确认识和掌握“体态语”在交际中的作用和意义，使学生明确“体态语”在人类交际中的重要性，了解“体态语”在不同民族、不同文化交际中的多样性；使学生在今后的日常生活、学习、工作和交往中尽量减少或避免运用“体态语”时可能产生的误解，提高他们的“语言交际”能力和“非语言交际”能力。

1.1 WARMING UP 以列表对比（填充及增补）的形式，并通过WARMING UP的活动，让学生了解有声语言与“体态语”的对应关系，了解语言意义与行为意义（“体态语”）在交际中具有同等重要的作用。同时，学生在听、说、做（即表演“体态语”的动作）中能够增进对语言交际的感性认识，为他们在阅读过程中上升到对语言交际的理性认识打下基础。

1.2 PRE-READING 通过提供三个关于不同文化背景下“体态语”的问题，启发学生思考我们所学习的“语言”的目的、形式、功能。通过引导学生联系自己日常生活的实际，提高学生努力学习英语的积极性和自觉性；同时培养学生留心社会、关注生活的洞察力，为引导学生进一步“阅读”作好准备。

1.3 READING 是一篇介绍性（记叙文）体裁的文章，主要介绍了各种文化背景下的“体态语”的异同，为学生提供了来自不同国度、不同语言文化背景的“体态语”及其在交际中的异同和影响的具体例证。学生也可以结合自己在语言交际中所遇到的实际例子来进一步理解“交际，毫无问题可言吗？”这一主题。

1.4 COMPREHENDING 包括八个问题（前5个旨在检查学生对阅读材料细节的理解，6~7旨在引导学生对“体态语”的意义及文化差异的思考，第8个检查学生能否通过细节进行推理判断），通过对来自不同国度、不同语言文化背景的六个角色对待男女不同性别所使用的“体态语”异同的（学生在老师指导下的自我或小组讨论后的）归纳，进一步熟悉和掌握“体态语”在不同语言文化交际中的作用和意义。

1.5 LEARNING ABOUT LANGUAGE 分词汇和语法两部分。词汇部分由“本单元重点词汇英文释义”，“词语填空”和“词性变换”三项内容构成，语法部分由两大方面组成：一是让学生自己通过在课文中寻找相关语法的句子并按其语法功能分类，二是根据学生的认知规律安排该语法项目的练习让学生进行操练。整个项目通过三个练习和一个游戏，以及语法结构讲练，进一步巩固本单元所学词汇（尤其是课文中的黑体字），学习“现在分词”结构用作定语和状语，并通过操练，以收到“学以致用”、“熟练生巧”的效果。

1.6 USING LANGUAGE 通过增加阅读篇目“Showing Our Feelings”来拓展学生在“体态语”方面的知识视野，并通过“True” or “False”判断练习和问题讨论，使学生进一步明确“体态语”对人们在日常交际中了解对方情感、思想、态度等方面所起的作用。同时要让学生认真对待自己的“体态语”，并在日常交际中“听其言”（Listen to them）、“观其行”（Watch them）。此外，该部分还通过听、说、读、写四个方面来巩固本单元所学内容和语言交际项目。

1.7 SUMMING UP 师生从话题、词汇和结构三个方面来共同总结本单元所学的单词和短语，语言及语法项目，总结本单元所学的主要内容和收获。

1.8 LEARNING TIPS 建议学生关注实用交际技巧，学会“体态语”；建议学生在看英语电影时或与以英语为母语的人士交谈时，观察对方面部表情和体态姿势，观察对方的“言”、“行”，进而形成有效的口笔头语言及“体态语”的交际能力。

2. 教材重组

2.1 听力：Using language中的Listening, Workbook中的Listening和Listening Task这三部分的任务及话题较为接近，将这三个部分整合在一起上一堂听力课。

2.2 口语：Warming up, Using language中的Reading and Talking, Speaking和Workbook中的Talking，Speaking Task以及Learning about language中的Discovering useful words and expressions 4, “Play a game in group of four”均紧扣本单元话题，同时涉及到本单元的功能句，教师可指导学生通过“说”（用英语发出与“体态语”相关的指令）与“做”（用“体态语”表达指令）结合来进行口语训练，这将是一节生动有趣的口语课。

2.3 精读：把Pre-reading，Reading和Comprehending三部分整合为一节阅读课。

2.4 泛读：把Using Language中的Reading和Workbook中的Reading Task整合为一节拓展学生视野的泛读课。

2.5 语言学习：深入处理Learning about language中的Discovering useful words and expressions, Discovering useful structures; Workbook中的Using Words and Expressions和Using Structures。重点学习Discovering useful structures中“-ing (现在分词)”在句中做定语和状语的用法。

2.6 语言运用：处理Using Language中的Reading and Writing和Workbook中的Writing Task。指导学生写一篇有关“The Body Language I Know”短文，反映其在不同文化背景、不同语言环境中的运用情况，及所造成的理解上的困难、障碍甚至误解等。

3． 课型设计与课时分配

1st period Speaking

2nd period Reading (I)

3rd period Reading（II）

4th period Language Study

5th period Listening

6th period Writing

Ⅳ． 分课时教案

The First Period Speaking

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target Language目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

misunderstand, similar, facial, expression, agreement, yawn, chest, gesture, adult, punish

b. 重点句型或交际用语

Act out the following meanings, please.

Please guess what I mean.

Please show the actions, using body language.

Now it is your turn to show the action / gesture.

Please use either spoken words or body language to express your ideas.

Please use both spoken words and body language to express your ideas.

2. Ability goals能力目标

a. Enable the students to understand what a certain gesture of the body language means in a given situation.

b. Enable the students to act out some meanings, requirements, requests or situations given in the target language.

c. Enable the students to express with the target language the meanings given in body language.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

a. Help the students learn how to express themselves in body language when needed.

b. Help the students understand others when body language is being used.

Teaching important points教学重点

a. Teach the students how to understand body language used in different countries or cultures as well as in different occasions.

b. Teach the students how to use body language in the most appropriate occasions.

Teaching difficult points 教学难点

a. Enable the students to realize the importance of body language in communication so that little or no misunderstanding may occur.

b. Let the students know that there is both positive body language and negative body language.

Teaching methods教学方法

a. Individual work, pair work and group work.

b. Acting out by imitation, mime or with gestures and body movement.

Teaching aids教具准备

A computer, a projector and some pictures.

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式

Step I Lead-in

The teacher shows some pictures on screen. These pictures are from the Evening Party Celebrating the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster of .

Ss: Yes, Thousands of Hands Kwan-yin.

T: But do you know who she is? Yes, she was the leading dancer of the program. Her name is Tai Lihua（邰丽华）. She is called a Fairy of Peach blossom(桃花仙子) by people. You know she is a deaf girl, but she is a wise, diligent, charming and energetic girl. She studied very hard and got two degrees of bachelors in university. She was famous as an artist for her wonderful performance. She is deaf and dumb. But how did she get that great achievement and became a successful person? She loves life very much. We should learn from her spirit. Besides her hard working, body language plays a very important part in her life. We are all healthy people, sometimes we can use body language to express ourselves. So we should pay more attention to learning body languages.

Step II Introduction

T: Now let’s do some TPR (Total Physical Response) activities together, I hope you will enjoy them and have fun as well.

Touch your head / face / eyes / nose / mouth / ears / cheeks / forehead / shoulders / stomach / legs / feet / toes ...

Shake your head / arm / hand ...

Wave your arm / hand ...

Open your eyes / arms /mouth ...

Close your eyes / mouth ...

Twist your wrist / waist.

Cross your arms / fingers.

Nod your head. Bow your head.

Make a face to each other.

Bend / cry / shout / scream / smile / laugh ...

T: All right. Now let’s do them a little bit difficult. Let’s play a game together. Those who fail to follow the rule of the game will be dropped out. The game is: “Simon says”. For example, if I say “Simon says, touch your head”, then you touch your head. If not, you shouldn’t touch your head but remain still. Clear? Ready? Now let’s start.

3 or 5 minutes for the game.

T: Ok. It’s time to take up the lesson. Please look at the screen. Let’s take a look at the following gestures:

Gesture Action Meaning

A handshake You are welcome.

A clap of hand Come on; be cheerful.

A V-shape of the fore-finger and middle finger May you succeed!

Or congratulations on your success!

A half-closed hand with thumb down I am not in favor of your idea or I’ll have to refuse you.

A wrinkling of the brow in thought or displeasure or a scowl She is worried.

Tears coming out of his eyes. He is very sad.

All smiles on her face She is very happy.

Waving their hands They are waving goodbye to people around.

A hand stretched out forward with strength He is stopping a tank.

People jump with their both hands stretched open in the air. They are cheering for the victory.

T: What are the actions of the above gestures? What do they mean?

S4: The first gesture is a handshake, which means “You’re welcome”.

S5: The second is a handclap, which means “Come on” or “Be cheerful” or something like that.

S6: The third one is a V-shaped posture of the first finger and the middle finger, which suggests a wish for the other or others to succeed.

S7: The fourth is a half-closed hand with the thumb down. It means the one who gives this gesture is against the other’s idea or simply refuses the request.

S8: The fifth is a worried look of a woman. She wrinkles her brows or frowns. It also seems that she scowls. It shows that she is worried or sad. In other words, she is unhappy.

S9: The sixth is a man shedding tears. Tears were running down his cheeks. He is very sad for losing his relatives or sad for his failure.

S10: The seventh is a smiling face. It is easy to see that she is very happy.

S11: The eighth is a gesture of waving hands. They are waving goodbye to people who are around to see them off.

S12: The ninth is a hand stretched out forward with great strength. The boy is trying to stop a tank from entering into his homeland.

S13: The tenth is hands stretched out upward. They are all very cheerful. They are wild with joy; maybe they have just won a game. So we can see that they are cheering for their victory.

T: You have all done a good job. So you see that there are many cases or situations in which body language can convey meanings as well as spoken or written languages. If you want to know more about it, let’s come to Unit 4 Body Language.

Step Ⅲ Practice

T: Look at the chart on Page 25. Here is a list. On the left side are feelings or ideas. You are asked to add three of your own. Make notes on the right side of the chart and then act them out to see how you would make someone understand these feelings and ideas without speaking. Do it with your partner first. And then some of you will be asked to the front of the classroom to act them out.

Meaning Action

1. You are welcome. A smile and a handshake.

2. I am worried. A frowned or upset look.

3. I ate too much Putting a hand on the stomach, patting or rubbing.

4. I am sorry that I did something wrong. Drooping or hanging the head.

5. I’m so happy. A loud laughter with a shining face or smiling with arms open and head back.

6. You did a good job. A thumb up.

7. You are angry. Turning your back to someone on purpose.

8. Stop here. Putting the left palm on the forefinger of the right hand.

Demonstration:

The students can be allowed to act out the feelings or ideas without following the order in the chart so that it may be more challenging as well as more interesting.

Step Ⅳ Time for Fun

T: Now let’s play a game in groups of four. One thinks of a situation and asks the others to show some actions using body language. When the one chooses the action that is most likely, it is his or her turn to think of some other situation for the others to show the actions so that the game may go on for a few rounds. Clear?

Ss: Yes. That’s funny!

T: Try to make the situations as interesting and enjoyable as you can. And show the situation as lively as possible. Besides, make sure that everyone has a turn.

Ss: All right.

S1: What are you likely to do if it rains?

(Actions) S2: reads a book;

S3: puts on a raincoat;

S4: cleans the house.

S1: Ok. I think S3 seems the most likely, so it is his turn.

S3: What are you likely to do if the river floods?

(Actions) S1: runs away as fast as he can;

S2: helps the younger or elder to escape as soon as possible;

S4: climbs on to a tree.

S3: Ok. I think S2 seems the most likely, so it is her turn.

S2: What are you likely to do if the house catches fire?

(Actions) S1: fetches some water;

S3: tries to put it out with blooms;

S4: runs away as quickly as he can.

S2: Ok. I think S4 seems the most likely, so it is his turn.

S4: What are you likely to do if you meet with a fierce dog?

(Actions) S1: remains where he is and bends down, looking at the dog;

S3: tries to scare it away with small stones;

S4: runs away as quickly as possible.

S2: Ok. I think S1 seems the most likely, so we all have done a good job.

T: Yes. I couldn’t agree with you. Now, one more group.

Step V Talking

Get the students to work in pairs. The situation is that you are worried about Lin Pei, who is not friendly any more, and does not want to talk to you or her other friends. She seems to be sad. She stays alone. She is not doing her homework and the teacher is not pleased with her. She doesn’t seem to care about how she looks and behaves.

T: Now class, work in pair. Discuss Lin Pei’s behavior. Think about the problems she might have. Describe her “body language” or the behavior that shows how she feels. Three minutes for you.

T: All right, who’d like to describe or act out Lin Pei’s behavior?

S1: I think there is something wrong with her. When I saw her recently, she would turn away from me and would not speak to me. (Miming the action)

S2: Yes, when I saw her in class, she looked as if she had been crying. And she would not even look at me. She just looked straight out of the window. She seemed as if she could see nobody in her eyes. (Miming the action)

S3: I quite agree. When I met her at the school gate and tried to have a word with her, she just bent down her head and passed me as if she hadn’t noticed me. (Miming the action)

S4: I couldn’t agree with you more! This morning, when I went close to her, trying to start a conversation between us, she crossed her arms in front of her and didn’t look at me. And then she turned away immediately. (Miming the action)

T: Good job. Now class, let’s try to think of a way to help her out, OK?

Ss: Yes, Sir.

Step Ⅵ Role Play (Speaking task on P67)

T: Now, there’s still a little time left. Let’s come to Speaking Task on Page 67. We’re given two situations. For each situation, prepare a role-play with your partner. Use both spoken words and body language to express your ideas. Then explain to the class what the differences are in Western and Chinese languages, and what they mean. The first two sentences have been given in the text.

Work in pairs

1. You fall and hurt your foot while you are hiking on a

lonely path. You need help, and see someone in the distance.

S1-You, S2-Passer-by

S1: Help! Help! Please come over here! (waving and crooking your hand toward the place where you are lying)

S2: What do you want? I can’t hear you! (hand behind your ear)

S1: Can you see me? Please come here! (waving and crooking your hand again toward the place where you are lying)

S2: Why? I can’t understand you. (with a forefinger on the right side of the head)

S1: I hurt my foot when I fell. (pointing to your injured foot)

S2: All right. I am coming! (running)

Work in group of three

2. You are visiting a strange city and need to buy some tea and oranges. You only know a little English and want to know where you can get them and how much they cost.

S1-You, S2-Passer-by, S3-Shopkeeper

S1: Can you help me please? I need some tea and some oranges. (smiling and leaning forward)

S2: Pardon? What do you need?

S1: Tea (taking out the little sample) and oranges (using thumb and the forefinger to form a round shape). Where can I get some? (miming the question)

S2: Oh, this is tea. And some oranges, right?

S1: (Nodding your head) Yes. Where can I buy some? (repeating the mime)

S2: (Showing the way) This way, please.

S1: Thanks. (acting out the Chinese way to show thanks)

S2: Here you are.

(They are entering the grocery store.)

S3: Can I help you?

S2: He wants to buy some tea and oranges.

S3: No problem. (To S1) How much tea do you need? And how many oranges?

S1: (Sticking out five fingers to show half kilo of tea, and two hands to show ten oranges)

S3: Here you are.

S1: How much are they? ( drawing the sign of the US dollar-$)

S3: (Working on the calculator) $9 in all including taxes.

S1: Here is ten dollars. (handing the ten-dollar note)

S3: Here is the change.

S1: Thanks. (nodding your thanks) Bye!

Step Ⅶ Homework

1. Team work: Discuss the importance of body language.

2. Go over the Reading:

1) Communication: No Problem?

2) Showing our feeling.

T: I think you must have known something about these pictures. Yes, they are from a program of CCTV, the Evening Party Celebrating the Spring Festival of 2005, the coming Lunar New Year of the Rooster. I think that was the best program. Do you remember the name of this program?

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2.高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计) 篇二

单元教学目标

Talk about different types of humor;a taste of English humor

Learn how to express one’s emotions

Learn the –ing form as the Predicative, Attributive and Object Complement

Learn to write humorous stories

目标语言

话题 Different types of humor; a taste of English humor

词汇 1. 四会词汇：

slide, skin, cruel, content, astonish, particular, entertain, entertaining, throughout,

homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, boil, fortunate, snowstorm, chew, bottom, mouthful, direct, star, outstanding, Switzerland, fortune, swing, pancake, mountainous, whisper, vast, sense

2. 词组：

be content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into

功能 情感 ( Emotion )

I enjoy this very much because… It surprises me that…

I laugh at that kind of thing because… I felt happy because…

This is fun because… I’m pleased we were both amused at…

How wonderful / surprising It’s amusing that…

语法 动词的-ing 形式作表语，定语和宾语补足语的用法

Their job is “panning for gold”.

That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.

Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin?

课时分配

1st Period Reading

2nd Period Speaking

3rd Period Grammar

4th Period Listening

5th Period Writing

6th Period Summary

分课时教案

The First Period

Teaching aims: Enable students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor.

Key points: Help students learn how to understand and enjoy English humors.

Difficult points: Help students know the differences between English and Chinese in humor.

Teaching aids: pictures

Teaching procedure:

Step 1: Lead-in

Show some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not.

Questions: 1) Do you know who these comedians are? What makes them funny?

2) Do you know other comedians who are funny in the same way?

3) Have you seen any of these comedians or programmers? What do you think of them?

Step 2: Warming up

Task 1. Brain-storming

Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize.

Types of humor Example of English humor Chinese humor

Nonverbal Charlie Chaplin Pantomimes(哑剧)刘全和，刘全利

Mime and farce Mr. Bean Funny plays 陈佩斯，赵本山

Verbal jokes Play on words, usually Cross talk 马季， 姜昆

Funny stories Two lines Jokes

Funny poems Edward Lear Doggerel(打油诗)

Task 2. Talking

Ask students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know.

Task 3. Reading on P22

The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.

Joke 1:

Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory.

Doctor: When did this happen?

Patient: When did what happen?

Joke 2:

Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone.

Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God.

Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.

Step 3 Homework

Ask each student to give a joke and present it in class next period.

The Second Period Reading

Teaching aims: Enable students to learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor.

Key points: Help students divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.

Difficult points: Divide the paragraphs and give the main ideas.

Teaching aids: A recorder and a projector

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Revision

Check homework: ask students to present their jokes in class.

Step 2. Pre-reading

Questions: (1) What do you like to laugh at?

(2 ) What does humor mean? Is humor always kind?

Give students some time to discuss. The purpose is to help students know that different people have different taste about humor. It is difficult to say which one is better or which one is worse.

Step 3. Reading

The purpose of this reading is to introduce nonverbal humor. This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin for example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; what is Charlie Chaplin’s style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.

Task 1. Divide the text into several parts according to the meaning.

Part One: the first and the second paragraph

Part Two: the third and the fourth paragraph

Part Three: the last paragraph

Task 2. Give the main idea of each part

The main idea of part one: It tells us that there are two kinds of humor. One is bad, while the other can inspire people.

The main idea of part two: It tells us something about Charlie Chaplin’s acting style and how Charlie Chaplin made a sad situation entertaining.

The main idea of part three: it gives us a short biography about Charlie Chaplin.

Task 3. Discussion

Let students have a discussion about the text, then answer some questions.

Questions: (1) What is behind fun?

(2 ) Why did people like Little Tramp?

(3 ) Do you think Charlie Chaplin’s eating boiled shoes funny? Why?

Step 4 Language points

1. content (adj.): satisfied, happy, not wanting any more

phrases: content with sth; content to do sth

e.g. (1) She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children.

(2 ) Are you content with your present salary?

Content (n.): that which is contained in sth

e.g. I like the style of her writing but I don’t like the content.

2. inspire sb. ( with sth.) inspire sth. (in sb.): To fill sb. with thoughts, feelings or aims.

e.g. His speech inspired us with hope.

3. badly off: in a poor position, esp. financially

The opposite is “ well off”

e.g. (1) They are too badly off to have a holiday.

(2 ) In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago.

Step 5 Practice

Finish the exercises on page 18, 19, it is a good time to consolidate the whole content of the text and the useful words and expressions from the text. It is easy for most students to finish. So leave students several minutes to finish and check the answers by showing them on the screen.

Step 6 Homework

Preview grammar by finishing Exercises 3, 4 on page 20, all the exercises on page 21.

The Third Period Grammar

Teaching aims: Enable students to learn how to use the –ing form as the attribute, the object complement and the predicative.

Key points: Let students know the structures of the sentences with the –ing form

Difficult points: Help students to tell the –ing form as the predicative and the use of the present continuous tense.

Teaching aids: A computer

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Revision

Check homework: the exercises on page 20 and 21.

Step 2. Word formation

Suffix Example

-able valuable lovable comfortable

-ing amusing misleading neighboring

-ful hopeful cheerful useful

-less endless homeless harmless

-ed excited interested moved

-ish Irish childish selfish

-ive active attractive expensive

-ate fortunate affectionate passionate

-ant important pleasant ignorant

-ly friendly orderly costly

There are ten suffixes in the chart. And there are some new words in it. But the purpose of showing this chart is to let students learn more about the adjective suffix.

Step 3. Discovering useful structures

Task 1. Revision

Have a revision about the –ing form used as the subject and object. Give students some sentences to translate:

(1) Talking to him is useless.

(2) Smoking does harm to your health.

(3) Walking is my sole exercise.

(4) Collecting stamps is my hobby.

(5) I suggested bringing the meeting to an end.

(6) He admitted taking the money.

(7) I couldn’t help laughing.

(8) Your coat needs washing.

Task 2. New usage of the –ing form

Ask students to look at the Exercises 4 on page 20. And then wake in pairs to finish the exercises.

Teacher checks the answers and give the explanations.

(1) A cooking pot: A pot that is used for cooking.

(2) A drinking horse: A horse that is drinking water.

(3) The man sitting on the sofa is a friend of my brother’s.

Here the –ing form are used as attribute.

(4) I saw the man sliding on a banner skin yesterday.

(5) Did you notice the man picking up that broken bottle and putting it in his bag?

Hear the –ing form are used as object complement The structure of the sentence with an object complement is:

Subject + Predicate + Object + Object complement

(6) Her job is looking after babies.

(7) What he likes is playing chess after supper.

Here the –ing form are used as predictive. Pay attention to the differences between –ing form used as predicative and present continuous tense.

(1) Her hobby is painting.

(2) Her favorite sport is skiing.

(3) This was very disappointing.

(4) The test results are very discouraging.

(5) She was very pleasing in her appearance.

(6) His concern for his mother is very touching.

(7) The photograph is missing.

(8) The article was misleading, and the newspaper has apologized.

In the first two sentences, the –ing form is used to show the character of the subject. In the next four sentences the words of the –ing form are all about the feelings. In the last two sentences, the words of the –ing form show some states and qualities.

(9) It is snowing hard.

(10) She is teaching in a night school.

In these two sentences, the –ing form are used as the predicate in the present continuous tense.

Step 4. Using Structures

Turn to page 56. Look at the Using Structure. There are two exercises in this part. Exercise 1 is to let students correct some errors in the sentences. This is not an easy job for most students, because it needs other knowledge, besides what the students learned today. So better leave them more time to do this exercise. For exercise 2, let students finish it in a short time. With the help of the pictures, students can easily understand the meaning and correctly use the –ing form to finish the blanks. Teacher can check the answers in class.

Step 4. Homework

Finish all exercises on page 56.

The Fourth Period Listening

Teaching aims: Enable students to understand the humor in the listening material.

Key points: Train the students to get the key wards by reading the questions before listening.

Difficult points: Get the main idea from the listening materials while listening.

Teaching aids: A recorder

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Revision

Check homework: (1) Ask a couple of students to tell their jokes in class.

(2 ) Ask some students to come to the blackboard to write their translation. After they have finished, teacher correct some errors with the whole class.

Step 2. Listening ( page 23 )

This is a funny story. Mary made some plum jam and left some in the pan. Five days later, her husband came home and poured the jam into the chicken. Later Mary came home and found all of her chickens were behaving strangely. What had happened? Give students two chances to listen to the story. First, go through Exercise1 and 2 to know what are the things they will do while listening. After that teacher plays the tape for them to finish Exercise 1. The second listening is to check the answers. For Exercise 2, teacher should leave some time for students to discuss the question.

Questions: (1) Did you find this story funny? Give the reason.

(2 ) What do you think of John’s behavior?

Step 2. Listening ( page 55 )

This is a story about a thief and a man. The situation is very interesting. Before listening, ask students what they would do if they find a thief in their home one day; whether they will be afraid of the thief and so on.

There are three steps for this listening. At first let students read the questions to make sure that they know what they should do in this listening. Next, play the tape for the first time to let students finish Exercise 1. Then play the tape again and let the students finish the questions in Exercise 2. After that, let the students check their answers with each other. At last, listen to the tape again, teacher can make a pause where there is an question to the question, in this way students can check all the answers.

Step 3. Listening ( page 58 )

There are four exercises in this listening. The first one requests students to get the general idea of the material. The second one is to ask the students to know some details of the material. The third one is a question that asks the students to speculate the teacher’s feeling. And the last one is a good exercise, it gives the students another chance to practice their oral English.

Step 4. Homework

Collect as many funny stories as possible, do some preparations for the writing in the next period.

The Fifth Period Writing

Teaching aims: Help the students learn how to write funny stories using the target language and according to the writing steps.

Key points: Teach students to write according to the writing of the writing steps.

Difficult points: Help students make up a dialogue, using the target language.

Teaching aid: A projector

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Revision

Check homework: Ask several students to read their funny stories in class.

Step 2. Writing ( page 23 )

Give students some instructions on writing a funny story.

1) Writing down your story in a logical order.

2) For each of your story try to find the most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what was happing.

3) Then write out your story using these interesting words.

4) Read through your story.

5) Then show it to your partner. Let him/ her suggest some new and exciting words.

6) Write out the story and put it into a class collection of stories.

Give students enough time to finish the task and give them enough help in the writing. Tell them to give the outline first, then finish the story.

Step 3. Talking

Task 1. Show students some pictures. Ask them to describe the pictures and explain what is happening, whether it is funny or not.

Task 2. Imagine you want to play a trick on someone, maybe an April Fool’s trick. Work with partners, think up a funny thing and share it with the class.

Step 4. Speaking and writing task

This is a chance for students to learn limericks. It has only five lines. Three of them are longer than the other two. The longer lines all rhyme with each other and the shorter ones rhyme with each other. When introducing the poems, teacher read them first, and let the students enjoy the beauty of the rhyme. And at the same time point out that there must be two sets of rhyming words in the same poem, so the students can grasp the main feature of the poem.

After reading, ask students to tell the rhyme of the first and the second poem. Let students read the poems several times and feel it. Find more limericks for students to enjoy.

Give students some instructions on how to write a poem, let them think of rhyming words before writing. They need two sets of rhyming words.

Step 5. Homework

1) Finish Exercise 5 on Page 20.

2) Make a summary about what has been learnt in this unit.

The Six Period Summary

Teaching aims: 1) Learn to express the sentences that are connected with the positive and negative view of the same thing. 2) Make a summary about what has been learnt in this unit.

Key points: Sum up what we have learnt in this unit.

Difficult points: Sum up what we have learnt in this unit.

Teaching aids: A projector

Teaching procedure:

Step 1. Revision

Check homework: Ask students to present their dialogue in class.

Step 2. Reading

This reading task gives us another joke. The title is “An April fool’s joke: The Noodle Harvest”. Ask students to read the sentence : “A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” After reading, explain the meaning of the sentence. (The meaning is that the thing is the same, but the way to treat it is different between a fool and a wise man.)

Give students some time to read the passage, then answer some questions and retell the whole story.

Questions: 1) What do children usually do on April Fool’s Day?

2) Why did people believe the programme Panorama?

3) Do you think the advice that the BBC gave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serious? Give a reason..

4) What would you do to find out whether a story like this was true?

Step 3. Project

Ask students to make their own collection of jokes, funny poems or short stories. They can be the ones that they enjoy in the books that they have read. Make sure they add either a joke, a funny poem or a funny short story of their own. Copy them into a book and display it in the class so that all your classmates can enjoy them.

Step 4. Summing up

This is a summary about what they have learned in the unit. Leave students some time to finish the frame. Then teacher give students a dictation about the useful words and expressions.

功能句式：

1. I enjoy this very much because….

2. I laugh at that kind of thing because…

3. This is fun because….

4. How wonderful / surprising!

5. It surprises me that…

6. I’m pleased we were both amused at…

7. I felt happy because…

8. It’s amusing that…

语法：

1. Word formation

2. The –ing form of the verb used as predicative, attribute and object complement.

重点句子：

1. Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a Conner, or filling down a hole in the end.

2. Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life…

3. He became famous for using a particular form of acting, including mime and farce.

4. But he was lived by all who watched the film for his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even when people were unkind to him.

5. Imagine you are hungry and all there is to eat is boiled shoe.

6. He solved it by using nonverbal humor.

7. Their job is “panning for gold”.

8. This was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin in one of his most famous films.

Translate the following sentences into Chinese and pay attention to the use of the –ing form.

1. The two comedians performing on the stage are from Liaoning Province.

2. Who is the girl walking by the river.

3. The children playing the violin will give a performance next week.

4. The man with sunglass standing near the car is a cross talk artist.

5. The old lady talking to the children is a famous musician.

6. I saw a group of policemen coming out of a green jeep and running to the building.

7. I saw a dog carrying a piece of meat entering your garden.

8. I heard her singing a beautiful song at the party last night.

9. I got frightened when I saw a man playing with a snake in the park.

10. There were some boys shouting and crying under my window, so I could not fall asleep.

Step 5. Check yourself

1. Do you find it difficult to understand English humor? Why?

2. What role do you thing humor plays in your life?

3. What language points have you learned in this unit?

4. How well have you done in the exercises on the –ing form?

5. Did you have any problems in understanding this unit? How did you solve them?

Step 6. Homework

3.高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计) 篇三

Part one useful words

1. add

1) 增加，附加

2) 加，加起来

3) 补充说，又说

【典型例句】

1) Add more hot water , please.

2) If you add 4 to 3 you get 7

3) I should like to add that we are pleased with the test result.

4) These numbers add up to 100.

【类比延伸】

1)n. addition 增加，附加物

2) n. adder 加法器

【拓展】

1) add to = increase

2) add … to.. 把。。。加到。。

3) add up 加起来

4) add up to 总计达， 加起来总和是。。。

例如：

The bad weather only add to our difficult.

He wrote down the weight of each stone and then added up all the weights.

【过关练习】

1) there have been several new events _______ to the program for the Beijing Olympic Games. ( 北京)

A. add B. too add

C. adding D. added

2) The heavy snow _____ our difficulty with the project.

A. added up to B. added

C. added up D. added to

3) Please ______ the numbers and I’m sure they will ______ more than 1000.

A. add up ; add B. add up ; add up

C. add up; add up to D. add; add up

2. ignore

1)不理睬，忽视;

2) =take notice of 强调装不知道或没有看到

【典型例句】

1) I tried to tell her but she ignored me.

2) Ignore the child if he misbehaves, and he’ll soon stop.

【拓展】

1) adj. ignorant (常和of, in 连用) 无知识的， 不知道的。 强调“不懂，不知”

He is ignorant of Latin

2) n. ignorance 无知愚昧

ignorance of the law is no excuse 不懂法律不能成为借口

【过关练习】

1) ― My children are always arguing.

--- ____________.

A. Just ignore them B. That’s right

C. Are you sure D. How old is the boy

* 用ignore的适当形式填空

2)He ________ the doctor’s advice and goes on smoking.

3) I was ______ that the boss could be so strict.

4) his failure resulted from his ______________.

3.cheat

1). V (常和into , of 连用)骗取，欺诈，作弊;逃脱，免于

2) 骗子(尤其是游戏或比赛中的)作弊者; 欺骗手段

【典型例句】

1) George cheated me but I’ll get even with him one day!

2) He always cheats at chards ; I never play with him.

3) He didn’t play the game fairly --- he cheated.

4) The swimmers cheated death in spite of the storm.

【拓展】

cheat sb. . of sth.

demand sb. . of sth.

cure sb. . of sth.

rob sb. . of sth.

fool sb. . of sth.

inform sb. . of sth.

warn sb. of sth.

accuse sb. of sth.

【过关练习】

1) Any who is caught ___ shall not pass the exam.

A. to cheat B. cheating

C. to be cheating D. cheated

2) All her money was ____ on her way home

A. cheated B. robbed C. stolen D. lose

* 完成句子

3) 这家银行昨晚被抢劫了很多现金。

The bank _______ _______ ________ a lot pof money last night.

4) 这个贼从这家商店偷了很多昂贵的画。

The thief ______ many expensive pictures ______ the shop.

5.) 他因拒捕而受到控告。

He was ______ ______ resisting arrest.

6) 请通知学生们演讲的日前。

Please _______ the students ______ the date of speech.

7)医生们成功地救治了他的非典疾病。

The doctors _______ him ______ his SARS successfully.

4. reason

1) n.原因， 理由， 动机

2)n. 理智，道理。判断力

【典型例句】

1) The reason why she was ill was that she had eaten bad meat.

2) The reason for this is that this plane is also a bicycle.

3) There are reasons for this great interest in the ideas, feelings, and action of youth.

对年轻人的思想情感和行动发生这样巨大的兴趣，自有它的道理。

3) There’s a great deal of reason in his advice.

【过关练习】

1) The reason _____ he was late was _____ his car had broken down on the way.

A. why; because B. that; because

C. that; for D. why; that

2) This is the very reason _____ he explained to me just now.

A. why B. that C. for which D. of

3) He didn’t turn up at the party ______ some reason.

A. for B. because C. because of D. on

4) His failure was ______ his laziness.

A. because B. because of C. as a result D. the reason for

【拓展】

adj. reasonable ①合理的 ; 通情达理的;

You must really be reasonable, and prepared to cooperate.

② 适当的;不高的(价钱)

Ten pounds for a good dictionary seems reasonable enough.

【类比延伸】

1) reason 决定做一件事或采取某种行动的理由; 解释或原谅某个行为的理由。

2) cause 产生某事结果的起因，动机，理由

3) excuse 托词，借口; 指为某行为而作的解释，可能是真的，也可是藉口

【过关练习】

用reason, cause, excuse, reasonable填空

5) what he said at the meeting was very _______ and nobody was against him

6) You shouldn’t find any ____ for your laziness.

7) Who knows the ___ for his being late?

8) The police had found out the ______ of the big fire in the centre of the city.

5. share

1) n. (属于或由某人做的)部分， 一份， 股份，股票

2)v. (常与in连用) 共用， 分摊，共有

【典型例句】

1) We gave each of the five children an equal share.

2) they sell share in companies at the stock exchange.

3) they shared the sweets

4) they share their joys and sorrows

【拓展】

1) share sth. with sb. 与某人共用某物

2) bear / take one’s share of 负担。。。的部分

【过关联系】

1) Let Harry play with your toys as well, Clare, you must learn to ______ (全国)

A. support B. care C. spare D. share

2) It rained heavily. And it was very kind of him to ____ his umbrella with me.

A. use B. share C. take D. bring

Part Two Phrase

1. be concerned about

对。。。关心，挂念， 关注某事

【典型例句】

1) The government should be concerned about unemployment.

2) we are rather concerned about father’s health.

【拓展】

concern oneself with /in … 从事/参与某事

concern oneself about / for… 担忧/关心。。。

as far as….. be concerned 就。。。而言

as concerns 关于

feel/ show concern about /for… 担心、关心、 挂念。。。

one’s concern 某人关心的事

be concerned with 与。。。有关

concerned adj. 有关的， 担心的

concernedly adv. 担忧的

concerning prep. 有关， 关于

【过关练习】

1) __________ that he was no qualifications in business management , Ken plans to grasp the necessary skills by taking a part time course.

A. Concerning B. Concerned

C. Being concerned D. to concern

2) ____________ English is concerned , he is first in our class.

A. As B. As soon as C. As far as D. Now that

2. go through

1) 经历，经受 2) 磨穿某物 3)仔细检查 4)顺利完成

【典型例句】

He is considering all that he has gone through.

They went through our luggage at the customs.

How long will it take you to go through the book?

【拓展】

go about = set out to do sth. 着手干某事

go against 反对， 违背

go by 经过

go over 检查

go on with sth, 继续

go on to do sth.

go on doing sth.

go without sth. 没有某事也行

go wrong 出毛病

go away / out 出去，离开

go after sb./ sth. 追求某人

go mad

go ahead.

go in for.. 参加(考试或比赛);

【过关练习】

1) It’s ten years since the scientist _______ his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.

A. set out B. took off C. turned up D. went about

2) The early pioneers had to ______ many difficulties to settle on the new land.

A. go back on B. go through

C. go into D. go along with

3) I can’t ______ the letter in an hour

A. pass through B. go through C. take through D. come across

4) You have no idea what I’ve had to ______ during the last few months.

A. come through B. go through C. cut through D. look through

5) I don’t ______ rock’ “ n” roll. It’s much too noisy for my tastes. ( 北京)

A.go after B. go away with C. go into D. go in for

3. join in

参加某项(正在进行的)活动， 尤其指娱乐性活动，常代替take part in,

【典型例句】

They came out for their morning exercises, I also joined in

why didn’t Jim join in the conversation?

【类比延伸】

1) attend是正式用语，指参加会议或仪式、婚礼、典礼，听报告等

2) join指加入某个组织、团体，成为其成员之一。如 参军、入团、入党等

3) join in表示“参加正在进行的活动”， 如游戏、讨论、散步

4) take part in 指参加群众性的活动或会议，强调参加者的积极态度，并在活动中起作用

【过关练习】

1) Will you _____ us in the discussion about the students burden of studies?

A. attend B. join in C. take part in D. join

2) When did you ______ the physical training team?

A. join B. take part C. attend D. join in

3) A student began to sing a song , and soon someone else __________.

A. joined B. joined in C. took part in D. took

4) Did John _____ the general cleaning yesterday afternoon?

A. join B. attend C. take D. take part in

part three “ structure

1. while walking the dog , you were careless and got loose and was hit by a car.

【句型概括】

while walking the dog作状语，相当于while you were walking the dog

【拓展】

状语从句的省略：

when, while , as , if , though, where, unless等连词引导状语从句中， 如果谓语动词有be， 而主语又跟主句的主语相同或成为it时， 则从句的主语和be常常省略。

【经典例句】

When (I was) in Japan, I took many beautiful pictures.

while ( I was) waiting, I read newspaper.

He looks as if ( he were) drunk.

【过关练习】

1.) When ____ help, one often says “thank you” or “ It’s kind of you”. (福建)

A. offering B. to offer C. to be offered D. offered

2.)_________ with the size of the whole earth, the biggest ocean does not seem big at all.

(湖北)

A. Compare B. When comparing C. Comparing D. When compared

3.) while watching television , __________ (全国2)

A. the doorbell rang B. the doorbell rings

C. we heard the doorbell ring D. we heard the doorbell rings

4.) when ______ different cultures , we often pay attention only to the differences without noticing the many similarities. ( 20浙江)

A Compared B. being compared

C. comparing D. having compared

2. … but your friend can’t go until he / she finishes cleaning the bicycle.

【句型概况】

not …. until… 结构。 until/ till在肯定句中表示动作的终点，在否定句中则表示动作的起点。until/ till与肯定的主句连用时，主句的谓语动词必须是持续动词，与否定的主句连用时，主句的谓语动词则为瞬间动词。

【典型例句】

I didn’t wake up until I heard the alarm clock.

Wait until the rain stops

【类比延伸】

1) not until 放在句首时必须用部分倒装语序

2) until/till时间状语从句中用一般现在时代替一般将来时，用现在完成时代替将来完成时。

【过关练习】

1.Simon thought his computer was broken _____ his little brother pointed out that he had forgotten to turn it on .( 2005北京春季)

A. until B. unless C. after D. because

2. We were told that we should follow the main road ________ we reached the central railway station. ( 2004辽宁)

A whenever B. until C. while D. wherever

3.She and her family hid away for two years before they were discovered.

【句型概况】

before 引导时间状语从句。 before con. 用以表示从句动作发生之前的时间,，译法灵活。

注意以下句型:

it will be +时间段+before……. 得过多久才。。。。

It won’t be +时间段+before…. 用不了多久就。。。

It was时间段+before…. 过了多久之后才。。。

It wasn’t long before…… 没过多久就。。。

【类比延伸】

1) It will be+ 时间段+before 从句 (从句用一般现在时表将来) 要过多久才。。。

2)It is / has been + 时间段+since从句 (从句常用一般过去时，动词是非延续性动词

3) It is + 时间状语+ that….. 强调句

4)It was +时刻+when从句 当。。。时，是。。。时间了。

【过关练习】

1. – Did Jack come back early last night?

-- Yes. It was not yet eight o’clock _______ he arrived home.

A. before B. when C. that D. until

2. – Why didn’t you tell him about the meeting?

-- He rushed out of the room ______i could say a word . ( 四川)

A. before B. until C. when D. after

3. The American civil war lasted four years _________ the North won in the end. (2005广东)

4.高一必修4 Unit2 教材分析与reading教案(新课标版高一英语必修四教案教学设计) 篇四

Period 1: Warming up and reading

Aims

To talk about endangered species and enable the students to say something about wildlife protection and environmental protection.

To read about wildlife protection and help the students to get to know “how to help wildlife and how to protect the environment” by reading and guessing.

Procedures

I. Warming up by learning about animals

Look at the photos below and listen to me telling you about the animals, the endangered animals.

The Giant Panda is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, that is native to central China.

The Giant Panda lives in mountainous regions, like Sichuan and Tibet. The Giant Panda is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), a conservation organization. Toward the latter half of the 20th century, the panda also became somewhat of a national emblem for China, and is now used in Chinese gold coins.

Giant Pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued loss of habitat and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. About 1,600 are believed to survive in the wild.

Milu deer is a Chinese deer. It has a long tail, wide hooves, and branched antlers. Another Chinese name for it is “four unlikes,.” because the animals were seen as having the horns of a stag, the neck of a camel, the foot of a cow, and the tail of an ass.

These animals were first made known to Western science in the 19th century, by Father Arm and David, a French missionary working in China. At the time, the only surviving herd was in a preserve belonging to the Chinese emperor. The last herd of Milu deers that remained in China were eaten by Western and Japanese troops that were present at the time of the Boxer Rebellion.

These deer are now found in zoos around the world, and a herd of Milu deer was reintroduced to Dafeng Reserve, China in the late 1980s. They are classified as “critically endangered.” in the wild, but do not appear to have suffered from a genetic bottleneck because of small population size.

A tiger is a large cat famous for its beautiful fur of orange striped with black. Tigers live in Asia and are becoming very rare. This is due to people hunting them for their fur and destroying the forests they live in.

II. Pre-reading

1. Defining wildlife

What does the world wildlife mean?

The term wildlife refers to living organisms that are not in any way artificial or domesticated and which exist in natural habitats. Wildlife can refer to flora (plants) but more commonly refers to fauna (animals). Needless to say, wildlife is a very general term for life in various ecosystems. Deserts, rainforests, plains, and other areas-including the most built-up urban sites-all have distinct forms of wildlife.

Humankind has historically tended to separate civilization from wildlife in a number of ways; besides the obvious difference in vocabulary, there are differing expectations in the legal, social, and moral sense. This has been reason for debate throughout recorded history. Religions have often declared certain animals to be sacred, and in modern times concern for the environment has provoked activists to protest the exploitation of wildlife for human benefit or entertainment.

2. Reading to the recording

Now turn to page 26, listening and reading to the recording of the text. Try to keep pace with the native reader, making your reading resemble that of the reader, in speed, in intonation and in pronunciation.

3. Reading and transforming

Now you are to read the text for information to fill in the form.

What did Daisy see where she was?

In Tibet in China Zimbabwe In thick rain forest

4. Reading and underlining

Next you are to read the text and underline all the collocations at the same time.

HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE

not long ago, wake up, find…by one’s side, a flying chair, get dressed, put on one’s jeans, fly away to…, turn around, with a sad face, use…to make…, kill…for…, take…from under…, take one’s picture, become endangered, destroy the farm, take photos, apply to, hunt…for…, make money for…, as a result, in thick rain forest, protect…from…, rub…over…, a powerful drug, pay attention to…, take…home

III. Closing up by matching animals to five risk categories

Different endangered species appear on different endangered species lists. And people who are trying to protecting animal use the following five risk categories to group the unlucky animal.

Now in groups of four try to group all the unlucky animals found in China.

List of Unlucky animals found in China

中国不幸动物分类名录

EXTINCT(灭绝动物)-A species formerly indigenous to Canada that no longer exists anywhere.

EXTIRPATED(根绝动物)-A species no longer existing in the wild in Canada but occurring elsewhere.

ENDANGERED(濒危动物)-A species threatened with imminent extinction or extirpation throughout all or a significant portion of its Canadian range.

THREATENED(危急动物)-A species likely to become endangered in Canada if the factors affecting its vulnerability are not reversed.

VULNERABLE(弱势动物)-A species particularly at risk because of low or declining numbers, small range or for some other reason, but not a threatened species.

Period 2: Learning about Language

(The Present Progressive Passive Voice)

Aims

To learn about The Present Progressive Passive Voice

To discover useful words and expressions

To discover useful structures.

Procedures

I. Warming up by acting a text play

Good morning class. To begin with we shall put our text HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE on stage, that is, to act out our story. Now the class acting team with their text play of HOW DAISY LEARNED TO HELP WILDLIFE!

II. Discovering useful words and expressions

1. Doing vocabulary exercises

Turn to page 28 and do the vocabulary exercises 1, 2 and 3. You can simply write your answers in the blanks on the very page of 28.

2. Playing a game

Let’s go on to play the game described on the top of the page 29. The following sentences are to be passed on.

▲ Plant native plants in your backyard.

▲ Do not dump weeds in the bush.

▲ Build a frog pond in your backyard.

▲ Put your rubbish in the bin.

▲ Leave your pets at home.

▲ Do not take anything out of the park.

▲ Encourage your friends to keep patches of bush as wildlife habitats.

▲ Join a community group and offer to do voluntary work.

▲ Find out about conservation activities happening in your local area.

▲ Participate in local clean-up, tree planting and weed control activities.

▲ Learn About Threatened Species

▲ Look out for wildlife

▲ Refuse to buy any rare or endangered plant or animal product.

▲ Be alert and drive slowly at dawn and dusk in rural areas where wildlife may be active.

III. Studying The Present progressive Passive Voice

1. Passive Voice

The passive voice is used when focusing on the person or thing affected by an action.

The Passive is formed: Passive Subject + To Be + Past Participle

It is often used in business and in other areas where the object of the action is more important than those who perform the action. For Example: We have produced over 20 different models in the past two years. Changes to: Over 20 different models have been produced in the past two years.

If the agent (the performer of the action) is important, use “by.” For Example:

Tim Wilson wrote The Flight to Brunnswick in 1987.

The Flight to Brunnswick was written in 1987 by Tim Wilson.

Only verbs that take an object can be used in the passive.

The following chart includes sentences changed from the active to the passive in the principal tenses.

Active Passive Time Reference

They make Fords in Cologne. Fords are made in Cologne. Present Simple

Susan is cooking dinner. Dinner is being cooked by Susan Present Continuous

James Joyce wrote Dubliners. Dubliners was written by James Joyces. Past Simple

They were painting the house when I arrived. The house was being painted when I arrived. Past Continuous

They have produced over 20 models in the past two years. Over 20 models have been produced in the past two years. Present Perfect

They are going to build a new factory in Portland. A new factory is going to be built in Portland. Future Intention with Going to

I will finish it tomorrow. It will be finished tomorrow. Future Simple

2. Passive Verb Formation

The passive forms of a verb are created by combining a form of the “to be verb.” with the past participle of the main verb. Other helping verbs are also sometimes present: “The measure could have been killed in committee.” The passive can be used, also, in various tenses. Let’s take a look at the passive forms of “design.”

Tense Subject Auxiliary Past Participle

Singular Plural

Present The car/cars is are designed.

Present perfect The car/cars has been have been designed.

Past The car/cars was were designed.

Past perfect The car/cars had been had been designed.

Future The car/cars will be will be designed.

Future perfect The car/cars will have been will have been designed.

Present progressive The car/cars is being are being designed.

Past progressive The car/cars was being were being designed.

IV. Reading and identifying

Since you are clear about Passive Verb Formation, go back to page 26 and scan the text for all the examples of The Present Progressive Passive Voice.

Our fur is being used to make sweaters like yours.

She was being watched by an excited elephant.

…

Now try to put the following sentences into The Present Progressive Passive Voice.

▲ They are producing this new drug.

▲ Antelope is looking at her.

▲ They are killing us for the wool.

▲ They are destroying the farm.

V. Discovering useful structures

To consolidate your learning of The Present Progressive Passive Voice, turn to page 29 and do the grammar exercises 1, 2 and 3, also on the very page of 29.

VI. Closing down by playing a game

To end this period go to page 29 and play the game called “Tell me what is happening?” Ask questions containing The Present Progressive Passive Voice.

Period 3: Using Language

(ABOUT DINOSAURS)

Aims

To read and listen about dinosaurs

To speak about helping the dodo

To write to the dodo

Procedures

I. Warming up by reading to the tape

Let’s warm up by reading aloud to the recording of the text

ABOUT DINOSAURS on page 30.

II. Listening about DINOSAURS

Now I’d like to tell you something about DINOSAURS

■In formation about Dinosaur

Dinosaur means terrible lizard in Latin. They were called that because people used to think dinosaurs were lizards, but they were not. Dinosaurs first appeared about 200 million years ago. 65 million years ago, many kinds of dinosaurs became extinct. Birds are a special type of dinosaur and they were the only kind to live until today.

There were many kinds of dinosaurs. Some ate plants and some ate meat. The largest dinosaurs were plant-eaters like apatosaurus and brachiosaurus. They were the largest animals to ever walk on dry land.

Other plant-eaters had special weapons to help them fight off the meat-eaters. For example, triceratops had three horns on its face, ankylosaurus was covered in boney plates, and stegosaurus had spikes on its tail.

The meat-eaters all ran around on their back legs like people do. Some were very large, like tyrannosaurus, and some were small, like compsognathus. It was the smaller sized meat-eaters that evolved into birds. One of the first birds was archaeopteryx, but it looked half like a dinosaur.

There were large flying reptiles that lived at the same time as dinosaurs called pterosaurs, but they were not closely related to dinosaurs. There were also many kinds of large reptiles that could swim, like ichthyosaurs and pleisiosaurs, but they weren’t closely related to dinosaurs either.

III. Reading and copying

Next we shall go back to the text ABOUT DINOSAURS on page 30 again to read it and copy down all the expressions into your notebook.

Useful phrases from ABOUT DINOSAURS

During the history of the earth, live on the earth, tens of millions of years ago, came into being, eggs of five species, a rare new species, a bird-like dinosaur, climb tree, tell…from…, die out, hit the earth, put…into the air, get hot, live on, know for sure, in the same way, listen to the story about…, disappear from…

IV. Reading to answer questions

Read the questions in the table below and scan the text to answer them.

When did dinosaurs live on earth?

When did dinosaurs die out?

How did dinosaurs die out?

V. Listening about the dodo

Have you ever heard of the dodo, an animal that has also disappeared from the earth?

The Mauritius Dodo (Raphus cucullatus, called Didus ineptus by Linnaeus), more commonly just Dodo, was a metre-high flightless bird of the island of Mauritius. The Dodo, which is now extinct, lived on fruit and nested on the ground.

Next we are going to listen to the tape and do exercises 1 and 2 on page 30 on dodo.

VI. Speaking in pairs about helping the dodo

Zhao Yannan: The Dodo was driven to extinction by sailors when they discovered the island of Maritius in the 17th century. It is one of the first documented human induced extinctions.

Zhao Yanfei: What a pity that we can not find any dodo now. Imagine we are with the dodo, Yannan, what could we do to help it?

Zhao Yannan: Then I would intend to hide it in a cave, so that sailors could not find it.

Zhao Yanfei: If I were there, I would try to trap them as they were catching and killing the dodo. Putting man who is harmful to the dodo in a cage and attacking him is the best way to protect and save the dodo.

Zhao Yannan: I’d like to and I’m ready to, teach man how to be friends with animals, including the dodo. The man and the dodo can be living side by side on the earth. They can be happy together.

ZhaoYanfei: I would rather not tell you what I think of man. He is selfish and cruel. He cares only for himself and that is why so many animals have disappeared from this earth. Putting the bad men in a cage is the only way out, I am sure.

VII. Closing down by writing to the dodo

All right now, boys and girls, to end this period next you are to write a letter or an email to the dodo telling him what you are going to do to save him.

By 1681, the last dodo died, and the species became extinct. After hundreds of years, no one recalled what a dodo bird was, and it was regarded as a myth invented by imaginative sailors. It wasn’t until the 1900’s when the bones were found that the dodo was believed to be real.