Unit 17 Great WomenTeaching Aims and DemandsWords and PhrasesFour Skills: inspire admire generous mean threaten bottom optimistic regret extreme extremely climate value pianist bother promise graduation around the corner die down come to terms withThree Skills: cheers tense dull dishonest champion mile stormy workday somehow shelter kindergarten hardship scholarship bear fameSpoken English:Describe peopleShe seems tome to be the kind of woman who …The impression she makes on me is …I think she is the kind of person who …She could be … She looks as if …She might be … You can see that …People like her… She doesn’t seem …Grammar:Subject-verb agreement(1) The boy’s team has some good players, but the girl’s is a better team.(2) My dog team weren’t with me to pull the sled.But changes were just around the corner.Use of Language:Help the students to finish the tasks of listening, reading, writing, speaking presented in the book and the exercise book through using what the students have known. Learn the text Alone in the Antarctica and Oprah Winfrey. And get the students to fell the power within women, therefore, form the idea of respecting women.用心 爱心 专心 115 号编辑Important points: to get the students to learn something about Subject-Verb Agreement.Difficult points: The use of Subjective agreementTeaching aids: Computer, tape-recorderWay of Teaching: 交际法教学Lesson1Step 1 Warming Up First ,say something about women in the world.Women from all nations have made outstanding contributions to the world. Some of them have proved to be excellent scientists. Artists, explorers ,even generals. Although muce has been done to give women equal rights and opportunities, women still face a lot of dif...