Unit1MakingadifferenceTaskswhichshouldbeachievedinthisunit:a.Achievelanguageskillsandrelatedknowledgeaboutthetopicofscienceandscientist;b.Learntousethefollowingsentencestructures:That’scorrect/true.Thereisnodoubtthat……It’sclearthat…..It’shardtosay.Idoubtthat……Well,maybe,but……What’syouridea?Haveyouthoughtabout……c.Vocabularyinthisunit:undertake,analysis,obvious,within,agriculture,gravity,debate,biologist,scan,boundary,promising,graduate,disable,theory,seek,misunderstand,scientific,observe,observation,match,predict,unhappiness,astronomer,curious,microscope,telescope,heaven,punish,intelligent,patient,experiment.d.Usefulexpressions:workon,goby,be/getengagedtosb.,goonwith,dreamof,turnout,takealookat,whatif,theotherwayaround,hopefor,infact,inthe1970s,meantodosth.,accordingto,believein,anumberof,testthetheory,useup,inorderto,searchfor,stopsb.fromdoingsth.,etc.e.Grammar:theinfinitivesomeexamplesforyoutoillustrateitsusages:1.It’simportanttolearnaforeignlanguagewell.2.Nothingintheworldistobefeared.3.It’shardtosay.4.Heofferedtohelpus.5.HeusuallyhasalotofworktodoonSundays.6.Weeattolive,butwedon’tlivetoeat.7.Inordertocatchupwithhisclassmates,heworkedevenharder.8.Hetraveledaroundtheworldtogivelectures.9.Toexplainwhattheyhaveseen,theybuiltatheoryabouthowthingshappenandthecausesandeffects.10.Hawkingexplainswhatitmeanstobeascientistandhowscienceworks.11.Readersarepleasedandsurprisedtofindthatascientistcouldwriteabouthisworkinawaythatordinarypeoplecouldunderstand.12.Doyouhaveanythingmoretosayforyourself?Warmingup用心爱心专心Activities:1.Introducethepersonsyouvisitedduringthesummerholiday;2.Collectthenamesofasmanyfamousscientistsasyouknowandexplainwhattheoneyouknowwelldidinhislife.(thefollowingquestionsmayhelpyouinthediscussion:Whoishe/she?Whatishe/she?Whatdoes/didhedoinhislife?)Listening:Aim:tointegratelistening1.Makeyourstudentsclearaboutthetasksfirst,andtellthemwhattheyshoulddoafterfinishingthetape.2.Playthetapeonceagainifnecessary.3.Discussingtheanswersbygroupwork.4.Checktheanswers.5.Finishingthelisteningtasksintheworkbook.Speaking:1.Encourageyourstudentstobebraveenoughtopractice,andguidethemtofinishthespeakingtaskintheworkbook..2.Allowthem10minutesormoretodogroupwork.3.Askeverygrouptomakeoneortwosentencesusingthewordsrepresent/branch/debatePre-reading:questions:HaveyoueverheardofHawking?Howmuchdoyouknowabouthim?Reading:Skimthetextquicklyandanswerthequestions:Readthestoryslowlyforinformationandanswertrue/falseexercise.Discussioningroupoffourorsix:WhatcanwelearnfromtheexperienceofHawking?Writing:Askstudentstodevelopwhattheyhavediscussedintoapassageofabout100words.Tipsforwriting:Writecreativelysoyouendthestoryinaninterestingstyle(forexample:funny,sadorhappy)UsecorrecttensesandsentencestructurePayattentiontopunctuation用心爱心专心CheckyourworkformistakesPairactivity:Improvewritingbyexamineeachother’sworkandgiveadvice.Languagestudy:Askstudentstostudythefollowingsentencesandtrytogetthemeaningofthesentences,encouragingthemtouseadictionaryifnecessary.1.Thecoupleusedupalltheirmoneytoseektheir5-year-oldson,whogotlostmonthsago.2.ThepoliceletthemangoaftertheyfoundoutthathisDNAfingerprintdidn’tmatchwhattheyhadgotfromthecrimescene.Grammar:Givesomeexamplestostudentsandaskthemtostudytheusageoftheinfinitive:1.It’simportanttolearnaforeignlanguagewell.2.Heofferedtohelpus.3.HeusuallyhasalotofworktodoonSundays.4.Weeattolive,butwedon’tlivetoeat.5.Hewarnedusnottogooutatnight.6.Whathewantstodoisearnhisownbread.Askthemtomakeasmanysentencesastheycan,usingtheinfinitive.Integratingskills:Aims:improvereadingandwritingskills.Explainsomeimportantsentencesandhelpstudentstosolveproblemstheymetduringthecourseofstudyingthisunit.Out-of-classwork:Learnthenewwordsbyheart.Readmorematerialsaboutscienceandscientistsfromnewspapersormagazines.Collectsomeinformationaboutafamousscientistwhoyouaremostinterestedin.用心爱心专心
