Unit1Period3WordpowerTheGeneralIdeaofThisPeriod:Thisperiodisaboutvocabularylearning,whichissochallenging.Inthisperiodyouwilllearnsomewordsaboutouterspacetoenlargeyourvocabulary.Alsowewilllearnthenamesandthepositionofalltheplanetsinthesolarsystem.TeachingAims:1.Learntoreadapassageofsomethingaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.2.Enlargeourvocabularybylearningaboutsomewordsaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.TeachingImportantPoints:1.Understandthemeaningofthespeechmadebythescientist.2.Learnsomenewwordsaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.TeachingDifficultPoints:1.Knowingthemainideaofthespeech.2.Enlargeourvocabularybyrememberingsomewordsaboutouterspaceandspaceexploration.TeachingMethods:1.Competitiontostimulatethemtoactquicklyandactively.2.Associationtoincreasetheirinterestandenlargevocabulary.TeachingAid:amultimediaTeachingProcedures:Step!Greetings1.Greetthewholeclassasusual.2.Checktheirhomework.AsksomestudentstogivetheendingStep2ReadingthepassageT:Asweknow,spaceexplorationisverychallengingandexciting;however,noteveryonecanpassthepsychologicaltestsandlearnthesurvivalskillsinspace.DoyouknowwhoChina'sfirstastronautinspaceis?Doyouknowanythingabouthim?S:Yes;hisnameisYangliweiandhefinishedthejourneyintospaceinOctober,2003.Ittookhimover21hourstotravelaroundtheearth14times.Intotalhetraveled600,000kilometersintheorbitandbecamethe241stpersoninspace.T:Verygood!Now,I'dlikeyoutoreadaspeechbyascientistonpage6andlearnmoreaboutspaceexploration.Afterreading,askstudentstoanswersomequestionsaboutsomekeywordstohelpthemunderstandtheirmeanings.T:What'sthetopicofthespeech?S:Thetopicofthespeechisspaceexploration.T:Wheredoesspaceexplorationtakeplace?S:Inouterspace.T:Whereisouterspace?CanyouexplainitinEnglish?S:IthinkouterspaceisthespaceoutsidetheEarth'sair.Therearemanyotherplanetsandstars.T:Goodexplanation.Thenwhatdoes"artificial"mean?Whichwordcanweusetoreplaceit?S:"Artificial"means"notrealornotmadeofnaturalthingsbutmadetobelikesomethingthatisrealornatural".Wecanreplaceitwith"man-made",Ithink.用心爱心专心116号编辑T:Whatelsecanalsobeartificial?S:Artificialflowers.S:Artificiallight.S:Artificialheart.S:Artificialhill.T:Whocanexplainthemeaningof"unmannedspaceship"?Beforeyoutellthemeaning,doyouknowhowtheword"unmanned"isformed?Pleaselookattheblackboard.Showthefollowingontheblackboard.man(v.)→manned(pastparticiple)→unmanned(negativeofmanned)T:Therearebothmannedspaceshipandunmannedspaceship.TrytoexplaintheminEnglish.S:Ithinkanunmannedspaceshipisaspaceshipthatdoesn'thaveapersoninsideit.Whilemannedspaceshipisaspaceshipthatcarriesmeninit.T:Good.Ifaplaceisunmanned,nobodyisworkingthereorlivingthere.Areyouclear?Ss:Yes.T:Asweknow,thespaceexplorationisrathercomplexandmanyscientistshavetoworktogetherformanyyearstoprepareforthedifferentstepsofit.Nextthescientistisshowingusaposterofhowspaceexplorationisfinished.PleaselookattheposterandtrytogettheChinesemeaningsoftheEnglishwordsorphrasesaccordingtoyourunderstandingofspaceexploration.ThenwritetheChinesebesideeachitem.ChecktheChineseversionsoftheseexpressions.Studentsshouldknowmostoftheseitemsaboutspace.T:Youreallyknowmuchaboutspaceexploration.Butcanyoudescribehowspacetraveltakesplacewiththesewords?Ithinkitisdifficultforyou.Itdoesn'tmatter.Thescientistgoesontotalkaboutspacetravel.Turntopage7,readhisspeechandfillintheblanksusingwordsfrompage6.Afterstudentsfinishit,checktheanswerstogether.Thenaskthemtoanswersomequestionsaboutthecontentofthepassage.Showthefollowingquestionsonthescreen.1.Whatwillhappentotherocketsaftertheshuttlehasbeensenttospace?2.Wherewilltheastronautsdotheirresearch?3.Whycan'ttheyremovetheirspacesuits?Suggestedanswers:1.Aftertheshuttlehasbeensenttospace,therocketswillseparatefromthespaceshuttleandfallintothesea.Thentheywillbepickedupbyaship.2.Inthespacestation.3.Becausethespacesuitscanprotectthemandprovideoxygen.T:Nowlookatthepictureonpage7.Itisapictureofthesolarsystem.Canyounameallthenumberedplanetsaroundthesun?YoumayknowtheirChinesenames.ButwhataretheycalledinEnglish?Lookthewordsupinyourdictionaryandwritethenumberofeachplanetinthecorrectbox.Afterthisexercise,studentswillknowtheEnglishnamesofsomefamousplanetsandtheirpositionsinthesolarsystem.Step3Homework1.readthedialogueinPartAonpage84andthenewsreportinPartBonpage85.2.findoutmoreinformationaboutstars用心爱心专心116号编辑用心爱心专心116号编辑
