Unit1Makingadifference-TheSecondPeriodTeachingAims:1.Learnandmastertheusefulwordsandphrases.2.Trainthestudents'readingability.3.LetthestudentslearnfromStephenHawking.TeachingImportantPoints:1.Masterthefollowingphrasesandsentencepattern:workon,goby,beengagedto,goonwithsth.,dreamof,turnoutThereisnopoint(in)doingsth.2.Enablethestudentstounderstandthetextbetter.3.Improvethestudents’readingability.TeachingDifficultPoints:1.Howtomakethestudentsunderstandthereadingtextbetter.2.Howtomakethestudentsunderstandthefollowingsentence.Theredidn'tseemmuchpointinworkingonthePhD.TeachingMethods:1.ScanningthetexttogetsomeinformationaboutHawking.2.Carefulreadingtoanswersomedetailedquestions.3.Discussionafterreadingthepassagetomakethestudentslearnhowtousethescientificmethodtosolvetheproblem.4.Individual,pairorgroupworktomakeeverystudentworkinclass.TeachingAids:1.acomputer2.ataperecorder3.theblackboardTeachingProcedures:StepIGreetingsGreetthewholeclassasusual.StepⅡLead-inandPre-readingT:YesterdaywelearntsomequotesfromsomefamousscientistslikeAlbertEinstein,ThomasAlvaEdison…Lookatthepictureinourbooks.Doyouknowwhothepersonis?Ss:ThepersonisStephenHawking.T:Yeah.Verygood.HeisStephenHawking,oneofthegreatestphysicistsofourtime.Doyouknowwhatbookhepublishedin1988?Ss:Yes.ABriefHistoryofTime,whichisverypopular.T:OK.IthinkmaybeyouknowsomethingaboutHawking.Doyouwanttoknowsomethingmoreabouthim?Ss:Yes.T:OK.TodaywearegoingtolearnapassageaboutStephenHawking.ItwilltellusHawking’sdetermination,thoughtsandsometheories.Beforewereadthepassage,firstlet'slearnsomenewwordsandphrasesinthisunit.(TeacherdealswiththenewwordsonPage105withthewholeclass.)用心爱心专心115号编辑T:NowopenyourbooksandturntoPage3.LookatthequestionsinPre-readingquicklyandthenscanthetextasquicklyaspossibleandfindtheanswerstothem.(Teachergivesthestudentsthreeminutestoscanthepassage.Later,askthreestudentstoanswerthethreequestions.)T:(Threeminuteslater.)Haveyoufinished?Ss:Yes.T:WangXi,thefirstquestion:WhydidStephenHawkingneedaPhD?S:Becausehewantedtogetajob.T..Right.Thesecondquestion.WhendidHawkingbecomefamous?Who'dliketohaveatry?S:Letmetry.Hawkingbecamefamousintheearly1970s,whenheandAmericanRogerPenrosemadenewdiscoveriesabouttheBigBangandblackholes.T:Good.Thelastquestion:WhendidHawkingvisitBeijing?Anyvolunteer?S:In2002,HawkingvisitedChinaandspoketouniversitystudentsinHangzhouandBeijing.StepⅢReadingT:Welldone.Sitdown,please.Nowreadthepassageonceagain.Thistimeyoushouldreaditascarefullyaspossible.Thenanswersomedetailedquestionsonthescreen.Ofcourse,youcandiscusstheminpairsifnecessary.Now,begin.(Teachershowsthefollowingquestionnaireonthescreen.)1.WhatdidStephenHawkingdowhenhewastoldthathehadanincurabledisease?2.Howwouldmostpeoplefeelwhentheyweretoldthattheyhadincurablediseases?3.WhatdidHawkingwritein1988?4.WhatdidHawkingexplaininthebookABriefHistoryofTime?5.AccordingtoProfessorHawking,howdopeoplemisunderstandscience?6.Whatarethebasicstepsofthescientificmethod?7.WhatisitthatHawkingdoesn'tlikeabouthisspeechcomputer?(Severalminuteslater,teachercheckstheanswers.)Suggestedanswers:1.Insteadofgivingup,Hawkingwentonwithhisresearch,gothisPhDandmarriedthegirl.Hecontinuedhisexplorationoftheuniverseandtraveledaroundtheworldtogivelectures.2.Mostofpeoplewouldprobablyfeelverysadandgiveuptheirdreamsandhopesforthefuture.3.HewroteABriefHistoryofTimein1988.4.Inthebook,...
