Unit1BuildingthefutureGrammarandusageTeachingaims:1.Gettoknowsometypesoflinkingwords.2.Dosomeexercisestoconsolidatehowtouselinkingwords.3.Askstudentstowriteaparagraphtopracticewriting.Teachingprocedures:Step1Lead-inTheteacherbeginsthelessonbyaskingstudentstopointoutthelinkingwordsofthepassage.Educationisveryimportant,particularlyinthevariouswaysitbenefitsyoungpeople.Firstofall,itteachesthemandhelpsthembetterunderstandtheworld.Secondly,educationteachespeopleaboutthehistoryandcultureoftheircountry.Inthisway,youngpeoplelearnaboutthepastandareabletoappreciatetheirnationalliteratureandart.Thirdly,educationhelpsdeveloppeople’spersonalities.Througheducation,youngpeoplelearntorespectandtolerateothersandwillbecomemorefriendly,cooperativeandhelpful.Lastly,educationpreparesyoungpeopleforthefuture.Apartfromacademicknowledge,theywillalsolearntheskillstheyneedfortheirfuturecareers.Firstofall;second;inthisway;thirdly;lastly;apartfrom【设计说明】通过这个练习，让学生对于连接词有一个形象直观的认识，为后面的介绍做好铺垫。Step2TypesoflinkingwordsGivethestudentssomesentencesandaskthemtodividethesesentencesintofourcategories.1.Povertyisstillkillingpeople.However,thesesmallvictoriesareagoodstarttowardsabetterfuture.2.Theprogramhasseveralaims:first,tohelpunemployedpeoplefindworks;second,toteachnewmothersaboutnutrition;andthird,tohelpyoungpeopledevelopproblemsolvingskills.3.Thesepeoplewillbegivenachancetohelpthemselvessothattheynolongerneedtodependentonotherpeople.Asaresult,theywillenjoyahigherstandardofliving.4.Ourorganizationisworkingtoraisemoneyforhomelesspeople.Furthermore,wearecollectingclothingtogivetothoseinneed.5.Manypeoplebelievethathungerisonlyaprobleminthedevelopingworld.Onthecontrary,itisaproblemallovertheworld.6.Geldofintendedtheconcerttoraisemoneyforhungerreliefandtomakethethepublicmoreawareofthefamine.Intheend,$100millionwasraised.7.insomeplaces,redindicatessadness,asinSouthAfrica,whereitit’sthecolourpeoplewearwhentheymourn.Inaddition,redalsohaspoliticalmeanings,asithasbeenusedonthenationalflagsofmanycountries,oftentomeanbravery.8.Reporter:Whydidyouorganizetheconcert?Bob:Well,foronething,Iwantedtoraisemoneyforthehungrypeople.Also,Iwantedtoraisepublicawarenessofpoverty.Timesequencewords:2;6Causeandeffectswords:3;8Contrastingwords:1;5Additionwords:7;4【设计说明】在导入部分练习的基础上，让学生大致了解连接词的种类。Step3GroupworkAskstudentstogivemoreexamplesofthesefourcategoriesoflinkingwords.Timesequencewords:firstly;secondly;thirdly;finally;then;next;tobeginwith;firstofall;inthefirstplace;aboveall;lastbutnottheleast;firstandmostimportantCauseandeffectswords:because;since;nowthat;forthisreason;dueto;thanksto;becauseof;as;owingto;sothat;inorderthat;asaresult;thus;hence;so;therefore;accordingly;asaconsequenceContrastingwords:bycontrast,onthecontrary,while,whereas,ontheotherhand,unlike,instead,but,differentfrom,otherwise,yet,incontrastAdditionwords:what’smore,inaddition,besides,also,furthermore,too,moreover,furthermore,aswellas,additionally?【设计说明】通过和学生一起归纳，让学生进一步了解这四种连接词，以便在以后写作中起到指导作用Step4IntroductionofsomeotherlinkingwordsIntroducesomeotherlinkingwordstostudents.Conclusion:toconclude;onthewhole;inconclusion;tosumup;inshort;inbrief;insummaryGiveanexample:forexample;forinstance;inthis/thatcase;suchas;take…forexample;Showdifferencesorsimilarities:likewise;yet;despite;inspiteof;inthesameway;inthesamemanner;equally【设计说明】通过给学生补充书上没有的连接词种类，来丰富学生关于连接词的知识。Step5ConsolidationAskstudentstodoexerciseAandBonpage9andcheckanswers.【设计说明】通过练习，巩固本课所学内容。Step6HomeworkWriteanarticlewiththetitle“ThetourismindustryofWuxi”in150words,usingproperlinkingwords【设计说明】通过作业巩固所学知识，练习写作。
