Teaching goals 教学目标
1.Target language目标语言
a. 重点词汇及短语
informative, make a note, your favorite newspapers and magazines
b. 重点句式 P50
I buy a magazine called...
It’s funny, informative and interesting.
It’s got good articles...
It’s full of information about...
2. Ability goals能力目标
Enable the Ss to write about their favorite newspapers and magazines.
3. Learning ability goals 学能目标
Help the Ss learn how to expand an article according to the headline and the first lines.
Teaching important and difficult points教学重点与难点
Get the Ss to learn how to write a passage about their favorite newspapers and magazines.
Teaching methods教学方法
Task-based activity and pair or group work.
Teaching aids 教具准备
A multimedia computer, a projector and some slides.
Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式
Step I Revision
T: Good morning, boys and girls! Let’s begin our class with revision. Turn to Page 96, please. Have you finished Exercise 17?
Ss: Yes.
T: Would you find the headlines in a tabloid or a quality newspaper? How do you know?
S1: I think these headlines can be found in a tabloid. Because a tabloid concentrates on news and events about famous people and less serious news with many pictures, strip cartoons, and with its news presented in simple form, while a quality newspaper is usual about home and international news and sports and cultural events.
S2: I can’t agree with you more. The headlines in Exercise 17 are mostly news about something strange or about famous people. So they should be found in a tabloid.
T: You got it. Let’s come to Exercise 18. How did you match the headlines with the first lines of the articles? Volunteers?
...
T: Good! We will prepare for writing.
Step II Writing
This part is designed to have the Ss practice writing reports. First, ask the Ss to read the original report carefully and then discuss some details about the report. Second, guide the Ss to write down the next paragraph according to the discussion. Thirdly, ask the Ss to exchange it with their partners for checking.
T: In this module you have read all kinds of reports on different topics. Would you like to try to write some reports?
Ss: Is it difficult to write a report?
T: That depends. Let us have a try. Please turn to Page 45 and read the passage Aliens Land Spaceship on the Moon again. And then we will have a discussion to write the next paragraph of the story. Two minutes for the students to read.
T: OK, boys and girls. I think you have finished reading. Now please turn to Page 46 and read through the questions and then discuss them with your partners to prepare for writing the second paragraph. While discussing, you’d better write down some key words.
5 minutes for the students to discuss.
S3: I once read in a book that David Bates was 68 when the report was written and he had seen aliens landing on the moon twice before it. So I think he has had the telescope for at least three years.
S4: I agree with you. Though he was an amateur astronomer, he seemed to be very serious and experienced.
S5: In some listening materials, I got the news that David Bates first saw the aliens landing on the moon two years before and this was the third time for him to see the aliens landing on the moon, though few people believed him.
S6: Yes. I think when he went to the police they would say, “Aliens land on the moon? Oh, come on! We don’t believe a word of it! It’s a crazy idea. Will you please go home and have a rest? Maybe you are too tired to watch carefully enough.” Or something like that.
A sample version:
David Bates is 68 years and he has had his telescope for three years, through which he watched the universe carefully and curiously. It’s said that he saw the aliens landing on the moon last year and two years ago. But when he reported his discoveries to the police, they said to him, “Aliens land on the moon? Oh, come on! We don’t believe a word of it! It’s a crazy idea. Will you please go home and have a rest? Maybe you are too tired to watch carefully enough.” Do you believe him or not?
Step III Task
In this part, ask the Ss to work in pairs and discuss their favorite magazines or newspapers. Make sure they are aware of what to do. First, let them name the newspapers and magazines; second, ask them to give reasons why they like them, and then ask them to write a passage about it.
T: Boys and girls, in the past four classes we have known something about newspapers and magazines. Do you like reading newspapers and magazines? Why? / Why not?
Ss: Yes. Because they can enrich our life and enlarge our knowledge. By reading we can learn about all the places in the world and learn from people we will never meet in our lifetime.
T: Can you name the newspapers and magazines you read in your everyday life?
Ss: Readers, China Today, English Salon, English Weekly, China Daily, 21st Century and so on.
T: That’s great. As a famous saying goes, “Reading can make a wise man.” Now turn to Page 50 and do Activity 2. Please work in groups of four and have a discussion. Talk about the reasons why you read your favorite newspapers or magazines. Five minutes for you to discuss.
Five minutes Later.
T: OK, time is up. Now I’d like some of you to present your discussions. Volunteers?
S1: My favorite magazine is Readers. It’s full of moving stories. Reading Readers enables me to learn about things that I have no opportunity to experience in my daily life. That’s to say, we can read the experiences of others. In this way, we won’t repeat the mistakes of others and can learn from their experiences and achievements. There are also some beautiful poems and sayings. After a busy day of school, I’d like to read the magazine lying in bed. At that time I’m in a merry mood.
S2: My favorite newspaper is English Weekly, which is very popular with students. The reason is that it helps us with our English that I’m not good at. It’s got good essays on politics, sports and music in it. I love the jokes, pictures, analysis of language points and exercises to each module. The listening materials to the exercises are very vivid, which are read by native speakers. Reading it can enlarge my vocabulary and do good to my ability of learning English.
S3: My favorite newspaper is 21st Century, which is also popular with students. There are many different sections such as news, entertainment, learning express, perspective, focus, social life, education and so on. You can select and read whatever section you are interested in. They are fully illustrated in order to help readers understand them. And it’s full of information about pop stars.
Fifteen minutes for the Ss to write a paragraph about their favorite newspapers and magazines according to their discussions and the pattern drills given.
T: OK. Now it’s time for you to write down something about your favorite newspapers or magazines. But first I’d like to remind you of the pattern drills on the screen.
Show the pattern drills and special terms on the screen.
My favorite newspaper is...
It’s funny, informative, interesting.
It’s got good articles / photos.
It’s full of information about my favorite pop star / sport / computer
games.
It helps me with my studies.
版块: section 广告: AD / advertisement
商业版: business
校园生活: campus life 连环画: comic strip 连载故事: continued story
每日新闻摘要: pony report
报刊文摘: press digest
A sample version:
My Favorite Newspaper — China Daily
Of all the newspapers and magazines, I like China Daily best, which is China’s own English language newspaper. It’s informative and has all usual sections of a newspaper, such as Home News about China, International News from abroad, Business News, Travel News and Sports News. There are weather report and reports on new plays, movies, books, new restaurants and so on. Longer articles about business, or people with interesting jobs, or different areas of China are also included. Every Saturday there is a section about things to do at the weekend and the TV programs in the coming week.
It is very popular with students like us, for it can improve our English. Reading it can enlarge my vocabulary and knowledge. Besides, I enjoy learning about new things from politics to sports and music.
Step IV Homework
Go over this module.
附 件
I. 课文注释与疑难解析:
1. take off 起飞
e. g. The plan took off despite of the fog.
那架飞机不顾大雾起飞。
take something off: remove 除去，脱掉
take off one’s shirt 脱掉衬衣
take somebody off: conduct, lead away somewhere 引导，带走， 引开
e.g. She took me off to see her garden.
她带我去看她的花园。
not / never take one’s eyes off something: look at constantly
e.g. He never took his eyes off his little daughter while she was swimming in the sea.
当他的小女儿在海里游泳时，他一直注视着她。
2.... Yang’s space flight was “ an important historical achievement and NASA wishes China continuing success with its space flight program.” 杨立伟的太空飞行是具有历史意义的重大成就，美国宇航局希望中国在太空飞行计划中继续取得成功。
wish: ① vt. 但愿（从句常用虚拟语气）
e.g. I wish I were you.
② vt. 祝某人交好运或厄运
e.g. I wish nobody ill. 我不希望任何人倒霉。
③ vt. 颂，祝
e.g. I wish you a pleasant journey.
I wish happiness to all of you.
常见短语：wish (somebody) to do something
wish for = long for 渴望得到 ……
wish somebody success / a good luck
祝某人成功、走运
satisfy one’s wish 满足某人的愿望
give / send somebody best wishes
向某人问好
II. 背景材料：
Yang Liwei — China’s first space man
China launched its first manned space flight on Wednesday. The Shenzhou mission, if successful, will make China the third nation to send a man into outer space, following the former Soviet Union and the United States.
“The rocket that will launch the Shenzhou V spaceship is the best of all. It is of superior quality and has stood our most stringent testing,” the official China Daily quoted Huang Chunping, commander-in-chief of rocket systems, as saying.
“With the application of 55 breakthrough technologies, including fault-detection and escape systems, the spacecraft and rocket both have reached advanced international levels.”
President Hu Jintao and his predecessor, Jiang Zemin were expected to have been at the launch center to watch China’s bid to realize a dream.
Liwei, a lieutenant colonel in the People’s Liberation Army selected from a pool of 14, is the son of a teacher and an official at an agricultural firm. He was raised in Suizhong county in the northeast province of Liaoning.
“We are proud of him,” his brother-in-law said just minutes before the launch. “We don’t worry about his safety because we trust the nation’s advanced technology.”
The rocket was to orbit the Earth 14 times before returning after about 21 hours. Yang would dine on shredded pork with garlic and kung pao chicken washed down with Chinese tea.
(lift-off:火箭发射 aeronaut:太空飞行员 cosmonaut: 宇航员 outer space: 太空)
China Daily
— By Zhu Yinghuang, Editor-in-Chief of China Daily
China Daily is the only national English language newspaper published in China. Since its launching in 1981, China Daily has adhered to its mission: “ Let the world know more about China and let China know more about the world”. In recent years, to our great delight, we have observed the great efforts made by the Asian nations in seeking regional peace, social stability, economic development and a better life for the people. And our paper has also made efforts to give more coverage to these efforts and progress in accordance with our principle of “reporting in an active, comprehensive and fair way”. Starting from the beginning of this year, China Daily has been redesigned and expanded and we have increased the world news coverage, including the news from Asian nations. As an English language newspaper, China Daily has been actively engaged in exchange and cooperative program with many other media organizations in the world.
China Today
China Today is a magazine program in English targeting overseas audience. Its 30-minute shows air Mondays and Fridays on both CCTV4 and CCTV9.
The program is made up of four parts — Focus, Development, Insight and People. The first part focuses on current affairs; the second section features the latest developments in every aspect of the Chinese nation; Insight offers in-depth analysis of new social phenomena, cultural concepts and the latest fads; in the last part, we meet people from all walks of life who are making a difference in their particular fields of interest.
China Today not only offers a kaleidoscope of Chinese society and milestones achieved since the nation adopted its reform and opening up policy, but also explores the country’s rich and long lasting cultural heritage. It serves as a window for overseas audience to have an improved up-to-date understanding of China. It also provides a good opportunity for Chinese learners of English to improve their language skills.
Newspapers in the US
There are more than 1,500 daily newspapers in the US. Each one is usually sold only in one part of the country, say in a city, but they cover national and international news. In larger cities there is often more than one newspaper and the different ones express different political opinions. Some newspapers are sold in nearly all parts of the USA, such as, USA Today and the national edition of the New York Times. Two other newspapers, the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post are known and respected all over the US but cannot be bought everywhere. Other important newspapers are: the Boston Globe, sold in New England; the Chicago Tribune, sold in the Midwest; the Christian Science Monitor and USA Today, both sold nationally; and the Washington Post on the East Coast. Many people read the national Sunday edition of the New York Times because it includes the weekly New York Review of Books.
Daily and Sunday Newspapers
Daily newspapers are published on every day of the week except Sunday. Sunday newspapers are very big, often having several separate parts. They contain many longer articles and a lot of advertisements. Each section deals with a different subject, such as, national and international news, sport, travel, etc. One section, the classifieds(分类广告), has advertisements for jobs and things for sale. Another cartoon section is often called the funnies or funny papers. There is often also a magazine which is in color.
Online newspapers
Many traditional newspapers are now available online, and even more new ones have been started there. There are thousands of online newspapers now available throughout the world. These may resemble the newspapers of the future. Indeed, they may be the newspapers of the future. To find a good list of them, use your computer and go online to http://library.uncg.edu/news/, or to a number of other websites you can easily find by going to www.google.com and entering “online newspapers” in the search box. One of the best online newspapers is the electronic daily edition of USA Today, which may be found at www.usatoday.com. Please see if this is the kind of newspaper you’d like to read.
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