1、Unit 4 Amazing ScienceTopic 1 Spaceships are mainly controlled by computers.Section AThe main activities are 1a. 本课重点活动是 1a。. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标1. Learn some useful words and expressions:point to, hero, prove, achieve, send up.All of you must be proud.It shows we have dreamed of explorin
2、g space for thousands of years.2. Learn something about popular science.All of you must be proud.It shows we have dreamed of exploring space for thousands of years.3. Develop the students patriotic spirit. . Teaching aids 教具录音机/聂海胜，费俊龙的照片/杨利伟的照片/米老鼠、唐老鸭及嫦娥奔月的图片/多媒体. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案S
3、tep 1 Review 第一步 复习(时间 :8 分钟)(复习旧知，导入话题。出示一幅 Michey Mouse 和 Donald Duck 的图片。)T: Who are they?Ss: They are Michey Mouse and Donald Duck.T: Yes, they are so nice cartoon characters. Are they beautiful?Ss: Yes.T: Now we know, English shows us a beautiful world about western culture. As a matter of fact
4、, in Chinese culture, there are also lots of beautiful characters.(出示一幅嫦娥奔月图)T: Do you know who she is?S1: She is Change.T: Yes. She is a beautiful goddess.(板书，释义，领读)goddess. n.This is an ancient legend.(板书，释义，领读)legend. n.The story of her flying to the moon has been known by all the Chinese. It sho
5、ws we have dreamed of exploring space for thousands of years.Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10 分钟)1. (师生互动，紧承复习中的话题，以对话方式引出新的词汇。出示杨利伟走出太空舱的图片。)T: Do you know who he is?S2: He is Yang Liwei.T: What does he do?Ss: 宇航员。T: Yes. He is an astronaut.(板书，领读，释义)astronaut. n.He is the first person to travel in
6、to space in China. He is our national hero. In 2003, he traveled around the earth in Shenzhou for 21 hours. Shenzhou is the first manned spaceship in China.(板书，领读，释义，并要求掌握 hero。) heroheroes (pl.) n.manned. adj.spaceship. n.China is the third nation to send a man into space. Are we all proud?Ss: Yes.
7、 All of us are proud.T: Whats more, two years later, we sent up another spaceship.(板书，领读，释义) send up = launch v.Who knows its name?S3: Shenzhou .T: Yes. Its Shenzhou . There are two astronauts in it. Who are they?(出示费俊龙与聂海胜在神六中的图片)S4: Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng.T: Well done. They are great. Do you
8、 think so? Do you want to be an astronaut when you grow up?Ss: Yes.T: Great. OK. Lets begin to learn the new lesson.(板书课题。)2. (播放 1a 录音，让学生听并回答问题。听完一遍后，让学生对 1a 有个整体的感知。)T: Boys and girls, now lets listen to the tape and try to answer the question:Whats Chinas first lunar probe? (要求学生了解词组 lunar probe
9、。)Ss:Change .(让学生跟读 1a，注意停顿。)T: Good. Listen to the tape again and try to repeat it. (然后，板书文中一些习惯用语和词组，分析解释，并要求掌握 prove, achieve, point to。)dream of doing sth.It shows we have dreamed of exploring space for thousands of years.point tomake great progress in doing sth.lunar probeachieve ones dreamStep
10、 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固(时间:10 分钟)1. (1)(让学生认真阅读 1a, 以学生相互问答的方式完成 1b。)1. Who is Yang Liwei?2. How many manned spaceships have been sent up into space by China?3. What was the temperature in Shenzhou ?4. Do you know the legend of Change? Please tell it to your classmates.T: Read the dialog carefully,
11、ask and answer the questions on the blackboard in pairs.S5: Who is Yang Liwei?S6: He is the first person to travel into space in China.S7: How many manned spaceships have been sent up into space by China?S8: (2)(分角色读对话，三人一组。)T: Now, lets read the dialog in roles with three students in a group. Are y
12、ou ready?S9 (画外音 )S10 (Michael)S11 (Kangkang)(3)(找两组同学来表演。)T: Now Id like to ask two groups to act it out. Who would like to do it first?S12: S13: S14: (4)(找两位学生用自己的语言复述课文，加深对课文的理解。)T: Ill ask two students to retell the dialog. You should use your own words. (要及时帮学生复述。)Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习(时间:10 分
13、钟)1. (1) (展示神五的视频和图片，接着播放新闻点评，进行师生互动回答。)T: Who is the man in the picture?Ss: He is T:What is he famous for?Ss: He is famous for T: Where did he go?Ss: He went T: How long has he stayed in space?Ss: He has stayed in space for (2) (让学生听 2a 录音填空，完成 2a，核对答案。板书，解释。)are being madesatelliteT: Listen to the
14、 tape and fill in the blanks.(3) (再听 2a 录音, 写出关键词或短语，尝试复述。)T: Listen to 2a, write down the key words and try to retell it.first, 21 hours, 14 times, land, hero, After, second, 4:30, Oct. 17th, 2005, five, last, big plans, are being made, a space station2. (根据 1a 和 2a, 完成 2b。进行男女复述课文比赛。)T: We have le
15、arned something about Shenzhou and . Now lets finish 2b. Boys discuss and fill out the table about Shenzhou . Girls discuss and fill out the table about Shenzhou . And then Ill ask some of boys and girls to retell them. Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动(时间:7 分钟)1. (创设情景，两人编对话，谈论神五/六着陆时的心情感受。)T: You may make
16、 dialogs with your partner. Talk about what you were doing when landed successfully? How was your feeling then? What do you think about it?S15: What were you doing when Shenzhou landed successfully?S16: I was watching it on TV. S15: How was your feeling then?S16: I was very happy and proud. 2. (让学生给
17、杨利伟发一封 e-mail, 表达崇敬之情和向他们学习的决心，并希望他来学校做客，愿意与他交朋友。)3. Homework:根据提示，写一篇介绍航天英雄杨利伟事迹的文章。杨利伟，中国优秀宇航员，65 年生于辽宁。他自幼聪明好学，各门学科尤其数学和英语成绩优秀，87 年成为一名飞行员，98 年成为我国首批航天员，五年后成为我国首位登上太空的宇航员，03 年 10 月 15 日于 9 时杨利伟乘坐“神舟五号”宇宙飞船升空。2003 年 11 月 7 日，杨利伟被授予“航天英雄”称号。杨利伟是我们心中的英雄，我们要向他学习。参考词汇：1. 飞行员 pilot2. 中国太空训练 the Chinas
18、Space Program3. 授予 award板书设计：Spaceships are mainly controlled by computers.Section Ahero heroes(pl. ) It has proved that China has made greatpoint to progress in developing its space industry.send up I think you can achieve your dream in theIt shows we have dreamed of exploring future.space for thou
19、sands of years.Section BThe main activity is 1a. 本课重点活动是 1a。. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标1. Learn some new words:technology, master, introduction, expect.2. Learn the use of object complement:So I advise you to study harder to make computers serve our lives better.Astronauts add water to dried fo
20、od to make it wet so that no pieces of food will fly around and influence the spaceships controls.3. Learn something more about our astronauts life.4. Develop the students patriotic spirit. . Teaching aids 教具卡片/小黑板/录音机/纸条. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案Step 1 Review 第一步 复习(时间 :10 分钟)(做游戏，复习上节课内容。教
21、师手中拿有很多带有问题的卡片，把全班分成四组，每组选出一名代表来抽取卡片并提出问题，看哪个组答得又快又准确。)T: Lets play a game. Ill divide the whole class into four groups. Each group needs to choose one student to pick up a card. And he or she will read the questions, then others answer. The group that can answer these questions fastest and right is
22、 the winner. Are you ready?Ss:Yes. T: Now lets begin. (学生一一抽取纸条。问题如下: )(1)Who is the first space traveler of China?(2)Which spaceship did Yang Liwei take?(3)When did Yang Liwei go into space?(4)How long did Yang Liwei stay there?(5)How many circles did Yang Liwei go around the earth?(6)When did Yang
23、 Liwei land on the earth?(7)After the first traveler, who went into space next?(8)Which spaceship did Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng take?(9)When did Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng go into space?(10)How long did Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng stay there?(11)What was the temperature in Shenzhou ?(12)What a
24、re the big plans for exploring space in China?(13)When did Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng land on the earth?(14)Who is Change?(15)What is Chinas first lunar probe?(教师总结，引出新话题，导入生词。)T: Now we have known something about the space flight. Do you want to know somethingabout the spaceships and the astronau
25、ts?Ss: Yes. T: OK. Let me introduce something about them to you!(板书并讲解，并要求学生掌握 introduction。)introduce introduction(v.) (n.) introduce to T: Shenzhou and Shenzhou are mainly controlled by computers during their flights. Ss: Is it true? So exciting!T: Right. Its amazing, isnt it? So we must master co
26、mputer technology.(板书生词，释义，领读并要求掌握 master 和 technology。)amazing adj.master v.technology n.Ss: I think so. But we know only a little about it. T: Dont worry! Study hard, and youll master it very well. I expect some of us can go into space some day. (板书，释义，领读并要求掌握。)expect. v.expect sb. to do sth.Step
27、2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10 分钟)1. (让学生听 1a 录音，回答问题。)T: Listen to the tape, and answer the question:What do astronauts use computers to do during the flight?(学生听完录音，与教师核对答案。)2. (分角色朗读课文，找出 1a 中出现的疑难点并解决。)T: Read the dialogue and find out important items. (1) The spaceship is mainly controlled by comp
28、uters. (2) Astronauts use computers to control the speed and the direction of the spaceship, even the temperature. (3) Its important to master computer technology. (4) So I advise you to study harder to make computers serve our lives better.(板书并解释。)advise sb. to do sth.For example:Our English teache
29、r advises us to read some English magazines. 3. (学生再读 1a, 独立完成 1b, 然后核对答案。)T: Read 1a again, and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the words given. Finish 1b.4. (1) (让学生再读 1b，注意带有宾语补足语的句子。板书并简单介绍复合宾语结构。)V.+object+complement(to do/doing/adj./n. )复合宾语结构T: Now, please read 1b again and pay m
30、ore attention to the sentences with object complement.(两分钟后。) OK, lets stop here, who can find out the sentences? Please hands up. S1.S1: (板书并讲解。)ask sb. to do sth. ask sb. not to do sth.advise sb. to do sth. advise sb. not to do sth.make sb. do sth.T: OK. Who can make some sentences according to th
31、e instructions on the blackboard? S2. S2: The teacher told us not to be late for school. S3: Yesterday I made him cry.S4: (2) (让学生小组讨论，说出更多的含有宾语补足语的句子，然后说给全班听，并让其他同学判断正误。)T: Now please make more sentences using the object complement in groups. Then read them to the class.S5: I find him an honest boy
32、. Ss: He / She is right. S6: We should make the food cool.Ss: He/She is right.S7: Ss: Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固(时间:10 分钟)1. (找几组同学表演 1a。)T: I would like to ask some groups to act out the dialog in 1a. 2. (表演之后要求学生复述 1a。)T: Boys and girls. 4 minutes later Ill ask you to retell 1a according to the d
33、ialog above. (检查 2-3 位同学复述课文的情况，其余同学同桌之间互查。)Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习(时间:10 分钟)1. (让学生阅读 2，可以和同桌讨论不懂的问题，认真理解课文中出现的太空术语，完成2。)T: Boys and girls, do you want to know more about spaceships and how to train the astronauts?Ss: Yes.T:OK. Read the passages and try to understand them, then match the pictures wi
34、th the following information.(核对答案。板书，释义，领读。)craft n.mini-world n.telescope n.view n./v.2. (让学生再读 2，回答小黑板上的问题，巩固，加深理解。)T:Read the passage again, then answer the questions on the blackboard.1. Why does the spacesuit become the astronauts own mini-world?2. What are the foods like in the spaceship?3. W
35、hy do astronauts add water to dried food before eating it?4. Whats the use of the telescopes?Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动(时间:5 分钟)1. 收集查找更多关于宇航员航空飞行方面的信息，并就此写一篇报导。2. Homework:(让学生课后收集一些关于计算机在我们生活中使用的信息，为下节课做准备。)板书设计：Spaceships are mainly controlled by computers.Section Bexpect sb. to do sth. I advise y
36、ou to study harder to make computersserve our lives better. advise sb. to do sth. Astronauts use computers to control the speed Section CThe main activities are 1a and 2. 本课重点活动是 1a 和 2。. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标1. Master some new words and phrases:doubt, no doubt, tiny, cancel, connect, for i
37、nstance, spend (in) doing2. Go on learning the use of object complement:At the same time, they have made the workplace safer and better.The Internet has made the world smaller, like a“village”.Tiny computers inside patients bodies keep their hearts beating normally.3. Improve the students reading sk
38、ills. 4. Discuss the uses of the computers. . Teaching aids 教具投影仪/图片/小黑板. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案Step 1 Review 第一步 复习(时间 :10 分钟)(出示神五、神六、嫦娥一号及一台电脑的图片或投影片，让两组学生试着用自己的语言表演 Section A、B 中的对话，复习以前学过的知识，为本课中的计算机知识和网络知识作铺垫。)T: We have learned something about spaceships. Can you act out the dialog
39、in Section A 1a?S1、2、3 :We can. (学生到讲台前表演对话。)T: What about Section B 1a?S4、5 :We want to have a try. T: Please. (学生到讲台前表演。)T: Now, please answer the questions. (教师针对 Section A、B 提问，复习以前学过的知识。)T: (1) How long did Yang Liwei stay in space?(2) Can we make computers serve our lives better in the future?
40、(3) Is a spaceship controlled by computers?(4) Is it important to master computer technology?(5) What can computers do during a space trip?(学生一个接一个回答问题，教师给予适当补充，引入新课。)T: Good! Computers control the speed and the direction during a spaceships flight in space. They can also fix tiny mistakes and cance
41、l wrong orders, etc. There is no doubt that computers are useful during the space trip. Whats more, computers have become very important in our daily life. We can say the whole world is connected by computers. OK, lets begin the new lesson.(板书并解释，领读并要求掌握。)doubt n.no doubttiny adj.cancel v.connect v.
42、(学生以小组形式就计算机在人们生活中的应用互动操练对话。)Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10 分钟)1. (教师呈现以下问题，先让学生根据自己的了解进行回答。)(1) Do the computers play an important role during the space flight?(2) What can computers and the Internet do in our daily life?(3) Can we work on computers too long? Why?(学生能回答一些问题，但不一定全面，教师建议学生带着这些问题，阅读
43、 1a。提高学生的阅读能力。)T: Please read the passage and try to find out the answers to the questions. (学生阅读后，可与同伴讨论并给出答案。)T: Now lets check the answers together. (找学生回答问题之后，核对答案。)(讲解文中疑难部分。请学生找出疑问，鼓励其他同学解决疑难，教师作补充。板书并解释下列句式和短语。)keep their hearts beatingThere is no doubt that.for instance=for example2. (让学生再读
44、1a，尤其注意一些短语和句式，独立完成 1b。)T: Read 1a again and pay attention to the expressions. Finish 1b.(核对 1b 答案。)3. (要 求 学 生 认 真 阅 读 1a， 找 出 各 段 的 中 心 句 并 给 文 章 加 上 合 适 的 标 题 。 完 成 小 黑 板 上 的 表格 。 )T: Read 1a carefully again. Can you find out the topic sentence of each paragraph and give a good title to this pass
45、age? And then I will ask some students to fill out the table.Place The use of computersIn spaceIn hospitalsIn businessIn factories At home(找五个学生完成表格，并核对答案。)Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固(时间:5 分钟)1. (练习 1a，师生互动，巩固目标语言。)T: Boys and girls, we know that computers are playing an important role in our daily
46、life. We also know that they can also bring lots of problems. Lets look at the pictures and tell me whether they are good habits or not.(用投影仪出示几组图片。 )(1) (2) (3)(提问几个学生。)2. (引导学生分组讨论电脑的优、缺点，可以根据 1a 并添加自己的观点，完成 1c。)T:OK. We know computers help people a lot almost in every field, but it is not good fo
47、r us to work on the computer too long. Please discuss in two groups, and list the advantages and disadvantages of computers. You can add your own opinions. And then finish 1c.(检查学生完成情况。) Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习(时间:10 分钟)1. (要求学生再次阅读 1a, 找出含有宾语补足语的句子，并把它画出，教师板书并适当讲解。)1. They keep their hearts beating
48、normally. 2. Computers have made the workplace safer and better. 3. The Internet has made the world smaller, like a “village”.2. (教师进一步归纳宾语补足语，说明很多词或短语都可作宾补。)T: Boys and girls, look at the blackboard to see what kinds of words or phrases can be object complement. (教师用投影仪展示句子，积极引导学生看哪些词可作宾补。)(1) We m
49、ade her monitor. (名词 )(2) He doesnt believe the story true. (形容词)(3) The doctor advised her to stay in bed. (不定式)(4) They saw her walking into the bookstore. (分词短语)(5) You should put your books in order. (介词短语)3. (让学生独立完成 2。)T: Boys and girls, we have learned something about object complement. Do you all understand?Ss: Yes. T: OK, finish 2 by yourselves. (两分钟后，教师核对答案。要求学生掌握词组 spend (in) doing。)Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动(时间:10 分钟)1. (分组讨论如何给网吧写一个上网注意事项，提
