Lesson1WorldNews教案Objectives■TopractiseusingthePassive.■Topractiseidentifyingthetypeofnewspaperanarticleisfrom.■Totalkaboutwhatisinthenews.ResourcesusedWorldmap(Beforeyoustart),GrammarSummary5,aselectionoftheday’snewspapers(inChinese).PossibleproblemStudentsshouldhavenogreatdifficultieswiththeformofthePassive,butneedtobeawarethatthePassiveisusedmoreinEnglishthaninotherlanguages(whichuseotherimpersonalstructuresinstead).BackgroundMontserrat(populationabout15,000)isaBritishcolonyintheCaribbean.ItscapitalandmainportisPlymouth.Itisamountainousislandwithactivevolcanoes.In1997therewasamajorvolcaniceruptioninthesouthoftheislandandmostoftheinhabitantshadtobeevacuated.Routesthroughthematerial.Ifyouareshortoftime,setsomeoftheexercisesforhomework(e.g.Exercises9)andomitExercise8..Ifyouhavetime,dotheOptionsactivities..Ifyouhavetwolessonsforthisunit,asuitablenaturalbreakisafterExercise5.LanguagePower:pages66-67.Mini-grammar:11.用心爱心专心ReadingBeforeyoustartExercise1■Asawholeclass,studentsdiscusswhatareasoftheworldareinthenewsatthemomentandwhy.Ifyouhavealargeworldmaponthewall,havestudentscomeandpointtotheareasoftheworldtheyaretalkingabout.ReadtolearnExercise2■Studentsworkindividuallyansweringthequestions■Theythencomparetheiranswersinpairsbeforecheckingthemasaclass.Answers1Becausescientistsbelievetherewillsoonbealargevolcanicexplosioninthatarea.2Theyweremovingtoasafezoneinthenorthoftheisland.3Theyaregoingtogivefinancialhelptotheislanders.4Becausethegovernmentshouldhaveactedsoonerandalsobecausethepeoplearebeingevacuatedtoareasthatarestilldangerous.5Itmeasured6.3magnitude.6China,Germany,RussiaandSpainareinvolved.7Becausefurtherquakescannotberuledout.8Aspecialfundtorebuildthecitiesandtownswhichbeannounced.Exercise3■Studentsworkinpairs,askingandansweringthequestions.■Havesomestudentsreporttheirpartner’sdecisiontotheclassandgivereasonsforhis/herdecision.LanguagePower:theWordCorneronpage67practisesvocabulary(newsstories).LanguageStudyTHEPASSIVE用心爱心专心Exercise4■Readthroughthefirstsentenceinthetable(PresentSimple)withtheclassanddothenexttwosentences(PastSimple,PresentContinuous)withthewholeclass.■Studentsthenworkinpairscompletingthesentences.■Checkstudents’answersbyhavingthemreadthesentencesaloud.Answers2was3arebeing4werebeing5hasnotbeen6hadbeen7willbe8cannotbe9aregoingtobeExercise5■Readthesentenceswiththewholeclassanddiscusswhothe“doer”isineachactionandwhetherthe“doer”isimportantornot.Answers1Thedoeris“theUK’sministeroftheisland”andthedoerisimportantbecauseherepresentstheauthorityandhehastoberesponsibleforwhathesays.2Thedoeris“scientistsattheMontserratVolcanoObservatory”andthedoerisimportantbecausetheyareexpertsandwhattheysayisbelievedtobetrueandreliable.■StudentsthenfindmoreexamplesofthePassiveinthetextandreadthemaloud,e.g.TheregionofQasvin,WesternIran,washitbyahugeearthquake.Laterthisweek,aspecialfundtorebuildthecitiesandtownswhichweredestroyedbytheearthquakewillbeannouncedbyofficialsattheUnitedNations.Exercise6■Studentsdotheexerciseindividually,thencomparetheiranswersinpairsbeforecheckingthemasaclass.■Checktheanswersbyhavingstudentsreadthesentencesaloud...Answers1hasjustbeenoffered2wasreported3willgraduallybereplaced4wasvoted5isbeingpublishedExercise7■Studentsreadthenewspaperreportindividually.用心爱心专心■Askstudentstorewritethereportparagraphbyparag...
