Period 6 Cultural Corner; Task; Module File
整体设计
教材分析
本部分的文化角主要是介绍世界上最高的建筑之一纽约的帝国大厦。在任务部分学生学习写一篇新闻快报, 介绍一下所在地区的重大变化。本节的最后是模块复习。
三维目标
1. 知识与技能
1)Train students’ reading ability.
2)Learn some useful words and expressions.
3)Learn some information about the Empire State Building in New York.
2. 过程与方法
Enlarge their knowledge of the Empire State Building in New York.
3. 情感与价值
Through the study of this period students will have a better knowledge about the Empire State Building in New York.
教学重点
1. Train students’ reading skills: extensive reading, fast reading and cursory reading.
2. Help students make notes about the Empire State Building in New York.
3. Review the important points in this module.
教学难点
1. How to use the reading skills to deal with a passage, especially you need not to get the detailed information.
2. Make students clear about what they have mastered and what they haven’t mastered.
教学方法
Individual or pair work to make every student work in class.
教学过程
→ Step 1 Greetings and Revision
1. Greet with students as usual.
2. Revision exercises:
1. The_____________ of the Itaipu Dam took 30 000 people seven years.
A. construction
B. structure
C. destruction
D. instruction
2. Being a teacher, she dreamed_____________ turning a deaf-blind creature into a useful human being.
A. at
B. of
C. on
D. from
3. I’ve always longed to visit China, and now my dream has_____________ .
A. came true
B. realized
C. come true
D. realizing
4. Finding a job in such a big company has always been_____________ his wild dreams.
A. under
B. above
C. over
D. beyond
5. Operations which left patients_____________ and in need of long periods of recovery time now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
A. exhausted
B. injured
C. ridiculous
D. delighted
6. The power station we visited_____________ half the province’s energy.
A. generals
B. gentles
C. generates
D. generations
7. Have you heard of the town_____________ when they built the dam?
A. submerge
B. submerging
C. being submerged
D. submerged
8. China has made great progress in_____________ the sun’s rays as a source of energy.
A. harness
B. harnessing
C. harvest
D. harvesting
9. It is suggested that a doctor_____________ immediately.
A. be sent for
B. send for
C. is sent for
D. should send for
10. He doesn’t seem_____________ meeting our demands.
A. equal
B. equals
C. equal to
D. equaling
Suggested answers:
1～5 ABCDA 6～10 CDBAC
→ Step 2 Cultural Corner
Read about the passage and answer these questions.
1 For how long was the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world?
2 Why do you think there are so many tall buildings in the world now?
Suggested answers:
1 For 41 years.
2 Not enough space in cities, so people have to build up; prestige.
Explain some language points:
1. From the observatory at the top, on a clear day you can see five US states.
从顶部的观测所, 在晴朗的天气里可俯视到美国的五个州。
observatory ［C］a place for observe天文台, 观测所
astronomical observatory 天文台
Purple Mountain Observatory 紫金山天文台
Royal Greenwich Observatory 格林尼治皇家天文台
【归纳】
1)词根observe是动词, 意思是“观察”。
2)派生词: observation n. 注意；观察; observer n. 注视者；观察者
3)其动词observe的用法:
(1)observe=notice, 意思是“看到；注意到”。结构有: observe+宾语+宾补(不带to或v. -ing)和+that从句/what从句。记住记忆口诀, 帮助解决类似这样的表达(不带to do和v. -ing作宾补): 两“听”三“让”五个“看”。即: listen to, hear; let, have, make; see, look at, notice, observe, watch。
(2)observe=obey/follow, 意思是“遵守, 奉行; 纪念, 庆祝”。
(3)observe+that 从句, 意思是“评论；评述”。
练习
选词填空:
1)As a child, he liked to_____________ the behaviour of insects.
2)The fact is recognized by_____________ both within the United States and abroad.
3)The experiment needed careful_____________ .
动词的适当形式填空:
4)They were observed_____________ (enter)the hall.
5)He observed someone_____________ (open)the door.
答案:
1)observe 2)observers 3)observation 4)entering 5)open
2. Lightning strikes the Empire State Building 500 times a year.
每年帝国大厦遭雷电袭击达500次。
1)lightning ［U］electricity which flashes in the sky, especially during a thunder storm闪电, 电光
The tall tree was struck by lightning.
那颗高大的树被闪电击中了。
a flash of lighting 一道闪电
2)strike vt. suddenly happen(灾害、疾病等)突然袭击
A very big earthquake struck that county many years ago.
许多年前一次非常强大的地震袭击了那个县。
The plague struck Europe.
瘟疫袭击了欧洲。
Beijing was struck by a terrible sandstorm.
北京遭到了骇人的沙尘暴的袭击。
3. In 1945, a US military plane, which was flying over Manhattan on a foggy day, crashed into the building just above the 78th floor.
1945年, 一架美国军用飞机撞击到帝国大厦78层之上处, 当时这架飞机正在大雾天气里飞行在曼哈顿上空。
1)military adj. of, for or related with armed forces, soldiers or war军事的, 军用的, 军队的
military age 兵役年龄
military law 军法
military operation 作战; 军事行动
2)crash v. an accident; two things coming together hard坠毁; 冲撞
［C］(飞机的)坠毁; 相撞(事件)
The plane crashed in the mountains.
那架飞机在山中坠毁。
He crashed his car into the wall.
他的车子撞到墙上了。
He crashed the glass against the wall.
他把玻璃杯猛力地向墙上摔去。
→ Step 3 Task
Preparing a news bulletin about changes that have taken place in your region.
Activity 1
Work in small groups. List the changes. For example:
the opening of a new airport
the opening of a new dam or reservoir
the building of an important road or railway line
the opening of a big new factory
→ Step 4 Module File
Some revision exercises:
1. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
energy make sense suggest freezing date from remove historical come true fantastic hold back narrow include crash construction power
1)Practice has taught us that knowledge is_____________ (力量).
2)The students have shown youthful_____________ (活力).
3)Sue_____________ (建议)that we should go for a swim.
4)I have ever been missing you_____________ (自从)the date of your department.
5)They all came to help_____________ (搬)the stones.
6)The explorer told_____________ (离奇的)stories of his adventures.
7)The river is_____________ (窄), you can easily swim across.
8)The price of the dictionary_____________ (包括)postage charges.
9)The aeroplane_____________ (撞毁)on a hillside.
10)He was so impatient that I could hardly_____________ him_____________ (拉住).
11)Her dream_____________ (实现).
12)Shut the window. I’m_____________ (冷极)!
13)This sentence just doesn’t_____________ (讲得通), no matter how you read it.
14)Their city has been under_____________ (建设)since last year.
15)Qu Yuan is a_____________ (历史)play written by Guo Moruo.
2. 汉译英
1)三峡大坝仍在建设之中。(construction)
2)他昨晚做了一个怪梦。(dream)
3)这个水力发电站的发电量占巴西全国发电量的26%。(generate)
4)三峡大坝利用长江来发电。(harness)
5)这个城市在他们建造大坝时被淹没了。(submerge)
6)我们一块去看电影, 你认为我这个建议怎么样？(suggestion)
7)这是一个通向山区的羊肠小道。(narrow)
8)她认为她能胜任该工作。(equal to)
9)在党的领导下我们过着幸福的生活。(live a. . . life)
Suggested answers:
1. 1)power 2)energies 3)suggested 4)dating from 5)remove
6)fantastic 7)narrow 8)includes 9)crashed 10)hold, back
11)came true 12)freezing 13)make sense 14)construction 15)historical
2. 1)The Three Gorges Dam is still under construction.
2)He dreamed a strange dream last night.
3)The hydro-electric power station generates 26% of Brazil’s electricity.
4)The Three Gorges Dam harnesses the Yangtze River to produce electricity.
5)The city was submerged when they built the dam.
6)What do you think of my suggestion that we(should)go to the cinema together?
7)This is a narrow path leading to the mountainous area.
8)She feels equal to the job.
9)Under the correct leadership of the Party, we are living a happy life.
→ Step 5 Summary and Homework
In this period we have known some knowledge of the Empire State Building. It helped to enlarge their knowledge. And we have used the writing skills to write a bulletin about changes that have taken place in our region.
Homework:
Go through this module again, and pay attention to the points you are not sure of.
板书设计
Module 6 Old and New
Period 6 Cultural Corner; Task; Module File
1 For how long was the Empire State Building the tallest building in the world?
2 Why do you think there are so many tall buildings in the world now?
Work in small groups. List the changes. For example:
the opening of a new airport
the opening of a new dam or reservoir
the building of an important road or railway line
the opening of a big new factory
活动与探究
1. Find out more information about the top 10 tallest buildings.
2. Make a revision list to consolidate the knowledge of this module.
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