Unit 4 Astronomy: the science of the starsPeriod 3 Learning about languageStep I Revision1. Check retelling of the passage2. Translate the following sentences.a. 你迟早会成功的.b. 我的车与你的不一样.c. 站在门旁边的那个人是谁?d. 他总是第一个来,最后一个走.e. 既然你已经长大了,你自己决定吧. Suggested answers:a. You will succeed in time.b. My car is different from yours.c. Who is the person standing by the door?d. He is always the first to come and the last to go.e. Now that you have grown up you can decide it yourself.Step Ⅱ Word study This part is a consolidation of the words learnt in this unit. Ask the students to do the exercises individually.a. Page 28. First let students finish part 1,2b. Check the answers with the whole class.c. Give students 3minutes to finish part 3.d. Let the students read part 4 for a while and finish it.e. Check the answers.Step Ⅲ Preparation Show some sentences on the blackboard.a. A tree has fallen across the road.b. You are a student.c. To find your way can be a problem.d. Smoking is bad for you.e. “How do you do?” is a greeting.f. What she said is not yet known. g. That we shall be late is certain.h. It’s certain that we shall be late .T: What part does the underlined part serve as in each sentence? Or find its subject in each sentence.Step Ⅳ Grammar1. Give the students some time to find the sentences in the passage. The collect answers from the class.2. Show typical examples of how to make a subject clause. Guide the Ss to find out what changes we have to make when we make a sentence or combine two sentences using subject clause. Teacher shows the example and Ss write down the sentences.3. Turn to page 64, finish the eight sentences in exercise 2....
