Unit3 life in the future (Warming Up& Reading)(11页).doc

-Unit3 Life in the future (Warming up & reading)Teaching objectives:Knowledge aims:1. Students will be able to master the following useful new words and expressions:constantly, remind, vehicle, carriage, bathroom, temple, private, settlement, impression, constant, jet, previous, tablet, capsule, opening, surrounding, lack, ache, mask, bend, press, swift, swiftly, master, sight, flash, switch, optimistic, length, take up, lack of, lose sight of, sweep up, catch sight of.etc.2. Help the students to talk about life in the past, at present and in the future.Ability aims:1.Develop students reading ability.2. Enable the Ss to talk about the life in the past, at present and in the future.Emotional aims:1. Students will be able to cherish the present life2. Students will be able to be aware of protecting the environment.Teaching important points:1. Master the usages of the useful words and expressions above.2. Improve the students reading ability.Teaching difficult points:1. How to make students understand the text better. 2. How to train the students reading ability in learning the text.Teaching methods:1. Explanation to get the students to have a clear idea.2. Discussion to get the students to understand the text easier.Teaching Aids: a blackboard and the text book.Teaching procedures:Step1. GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual.Step2. Warming upAsk students to talk the questions on page17 in groups, and then ask some students to tell his/her ideas to the class.Get the Ss to compare life at present and in the future. Find out the changes on several items. Now lets make a prediction about future and see what will be changed in the future. I will give you 3 minutes to discuss in pairs, and after your discussion please finish the following chart.Sample answers:ItemsPresent timeIn one thousand years timeEnvironmentAir pollution and water pollution; resource shortageThe situation will get worse and worseTransportAirplane, car, train, boat and helicopterSpacecraft, time travel, personal flying car or bikeEducationPeople receive education in schoolPeople receive education on the Internet; can choose the subjects and the teachers they likeHousesFlats in high rise buildings; with kitchens and bathroomsCozy, modern flats, furniture in walls and floorworkFierce competitionEveryone has favorite jobFinance and currencyNot so rich; need money to liveVery rich; do not need moneycommunicationA little Less and lessStep3.Pre-readingGet the Ss to discuss the problems that human beings are facing today (such as pollution, all kinds of shortages).Make a prediction about the future: which problems may be solved, and which will still be there. This part will prepare the Ss for the text. T: We all know that as our society develops, we have got much benefit. But at the same time, we have to face lots of problems. Can you find out what kind of problems human beings are facing?S1: Pollution. And it is becoming larger and larger.S2: The shortage of resources.T: Now scientists all over the world are trying their best to develop new resources that human beings can make use of, such as solar energy. In my opinion, the problems can be solved one by one.Step4. ReadingT: Now please open your books and turn to page 17. Lets read the passage First Impressions. Read it quickly and then tell me what it is about.Show these three questions on theblackboard.1. How did I feel as soon as I was transported to the future?2. How did Wang Ping solve this problem?3. What do you think has caused this kind of problem? Give the Ss 1 or 2 minutes to think and they can discuss with their partners. Then check the answers.After the Ss read the paragraphs, ask them the following questions.1. What did Wang Pings house look like?2. What was the green wall made of? Whats the purpose of building this kind of green wall?3. How can you produce a TV set in Wang Pings house?Sample answers:1. His house is a large bright, clean room. It had a green wall, a brown floor and soft lighting. 2. The green wall was made of trees. The leaves of the trees will provide much-needed oxygen to the house.3. You can just flash a switch on the computer screen and a TV set will rise from the floor.T: So we can see life in the future is much more convenient and much easier than our present life. Step5. Explain the text.Language points:1.time lag 时差 2.take up 开始做；占用；选修3. as a result(of) 结果；由于的结果eg.He worked hard, and as a result ,he got promoted quickly.4. flashback 闪回；倒叙5. tolerate 容忍；忍受eg.I cannot tolerate her rudeness.6.sweep up 打扫；清扫 引申为：“横扫；掠过；拥向”Eg.The leaves were swept up into the air by the wind.6. boarding school 寄宿制学校step6. Homework1. Review the key sentences in the text. 2. Finish exercise1, 2and3 on page19.Blackboard design:Unit3 Life in the futureLanguage points:1.time lag 时差 2.take up 开始做；占用；选修3.as a result(of) 结果；由于的结果4.flashback 闪回；倒叙5.tolerate 容忍；忍受6.sweep up 打扫；清扫 Reflection:To be written after class. 第 12 页-