Unit5AmazingthingsWelcometotheunitTeachingaimsKnowledgeaims:Attheendofthelesson,thestudentsshouldlearnsomethingvocabularyaboutUFOs,elephants,fishandsoon.Abilityaims:Attheendofthelesson,thestudentsshouldlearnhowtotalkaboutsomethingamazingwithsomenewsentencepatterns.Emotionaims:Attheendofthelesson,thestudentsshouldbeinterestedinsomethingamazingaroundthemandhaveanactiveattitudetolife.Importantanddifficultpoints1.Theusageof“with”usedasadverbial.2.Thedifferencebetween“stopdoing”and“stoptodo”.TeachingmethodAudio-visualmethod,interactivemethodTeachingaidMultimediaCoursewareTeachingproceduresStep1NewwordsLearnsomenewwordsinthislesson.Step2Leadin1.Toraisethestudents’interestbysixamazingpictureswithseveralsentencepatterns.Trytomakethestudentsfamiliarwithsomewordsandstructures.2.Bywatchingavideo,encouragethemtofinishseveralblanksafterlistening.Step3Exercises1.FinishPartA.Lookatthepicturesandmatchthemwiththesentences.Fishsleepwiththeireyesopen.Oureyesarethesamesizefrombirth,butournoseandearsneverstopgrowing.TheSunisabout1,300,000timeslargerthantheEarth.Therearenobonesinthebackofelephants’feet-onlyfat.2.FinishPartB.Workinpairsandtalkaboutthistopicwiththewordsinthebox.Usetheconversationbelowasamodel.Step4Comicstrip1.Askstudentstoanswertwoquestionsbylistening.2.Encouragethemtocompletethedialogueaccordingtothetape.3.Tomakethemunderstanditfullybyretellingthedialogue.Step5Languagepoints1.Comeon,Eddie.这里comeon是语气词，表示知道某人所说的话不正确，意思是“得了吧”。comeon还可以用于催促别人，意思是“快点，加油”。如：Comeon,Joan,orwearegoingtobelate.琼，快点儿！要不然我们就迟到了。2.Fishsleepwiththeireyesopen.这里“with+名词+形容词/介词短语”在句中作状语。如：1)他喜欢开着窗睡觉。2)李老师手里拿着一本书进教室。3.TheSunisabout1,300,000timeslargerthantheEarth.注意：这里提及“太阳”、“地球”时，用的是theSun、theEarth。我们再谈论天文学的各星球时，星球名称首字母均大写。平时提及“太阳”、“地球”时，则无需大写。如：Theearthrevolvesaroundthesun.地球绕着太阳转。4.…noseandearsneverstopgrowing.stopdoing表示停止正在做的事情(只涉及到一个事件),stoptodo则表示停止正在做的事情再去做另外一件事情(涉及到两个事件)。如：下课了。让我们停下来去吃午饭吧。别哭了，我给你讲个笑话吧。Step6Exercises根据句意和所给汉语提示，写出所缺单词。1.LilyandIaregoodfriends.Westudyinthe______(相同的)school.2.Nooneknowsthedateofher______(出生).3.The______(地球)isourhome.Weshouldtakegoodcareofit.4.Thatlittleboyrodeontheelephant’s_____(背部).5.The_____(事实)isthathedidn’tfinishhishomeworklastnight.6.Thisisan_______(令人吃惊的)place.Youcanhavealotoffunhere.Step7HomeworkMakeupadialoguewithyourpartneraboutanamazingthing.
