1、Unit OneWhite Sharks / Wonderful ThingsTeaching aims: To improve the reading skills of the students.Teaching difficulties:1. These sharks likes to swim where the water is warm.2. Just ask some of the swimmers and deep sea divers who have taken rides on its back.3. The big fish swims with its mouth w
2、ide open.Teaching procedure:Step One: Lead in Some people think White Sharks are very fierence. Is it true? Man knows little about it. Would you like to know more about it?Language Focus: sharks v./n. missile n. shore n.gentle adj. plankton n.Step Two: Reading comprehension:Complete the sentences ac
3、cording to the passage:1. Great White sharks are_fish with many sharp teeth and swim near the sea shore.2. The great white sharks like to swim in_.3. No whale shark can swim about _miles in an hour.4. No great _sharks live in zoos.Step Three:What do you think is the greatest wonders, the Great Wall,
4、 the Pyramids, the TV or the conditioner?Lets read the following new words:wonders Egyptian Pyramids opinionStep Four:Language difficulties:1. In my opinion, the most wonderful thing in the world is the thermos.2. How does the thermos know whether it is winter or summer?Step Five: Reading Comprehens
5、ion:Choose the best answer according to the passage:( )1. The three men are talking about _.A. thermos B.computers C.Egyptian Pyramids D. wonders ( )2.Why are the pyramids the most wonderful things in the world to the first man?A. Because they are very beautiful B.Because they are in EgyptC.Because
6、they are very old D.Because they change our life( )3.What kind of people is the third man ? He is_.A. interesting B .boring C .clever D .stupidUnit OneHow to Be a Better ReaderKinds of MoneyTeaching aims: To arouse the interests of reading.Teaching difficulties:1. What you are reading to find out wi
7、ll often help you to know whether to read rapidly or slowly.2. Examples are simple stories meant for enjoyment.3. You need to do more careful readings when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.Teaching procedure:Step One: Lead inThere are skills in reading. How can you improve your r
8、eading skills? The most important thing is that you must read more. The following passage will be helpful to you.Step Two: Language Focus:Point v. throughout prep. direction n.Step Three: Reading Comprehension:Choose the best answer according to the passage:( )1. He works very hard, so he has made _
9、progress in his English study. A. rapid B .slow C .careful D .loud( )2.We can usually set _from newspapers because they can tell us what is happening in the world.A. objects B. items C. questions D. letters( )3. The underlined word “rate” in para.1 can be replaced by_.A. number B.speed C. class D. p
10、urpose( )4.According to the passage, your reading speed depends on_.A. whether the reading material is interesting or notB. what you are reading and the time you can speedC. what your purpose in reading isD. whether the information is long or shortStep Four: ReadingOur life is connected to money. Ca
11、n you live without money? What will money be like in the future? Read the passage and guess the meanings of the words;Plastic adj. credit card thumbprint n.Step Five: Explaining the language difficulties:1. We will use it to buy all the things we now buy with money.2. We may still have some of the p
12、roblems with cards that we have now with money.3. Someone may even make a card that looks like our cards.Step Six: Reading comprehension:Read it again and choose the best answer according to the passage:Unit 1International Figures / MistakesTeaching aims:Introduce International FiguresIntroduce Mist
13、akes Teaching difficulties:Teach students some reading skills and improve their reading abilitiesTeaching procedures:Step 1: Lead-in 1. Do you know any international figures?2. Why do you like them?Reading ComprehensionChoose the best answer according to the passage.( )1.In the passage,_is the young
14、est player.A.Pale B.YaoMing C.Steffi Graf D.Martina Navratilova( )2._comes from South America.A.Pale B.YaoMing C.Steffi Graf D.No one( )3.Which of the following is right?A. Yao Ming is a table tennis player.B. Yao Ming is on the Houston Rockets team now.C. Yao Mings parents arent basketball players.
15、D. Yao Ming is playing for a Chinese football team.( )4.Which of the following is wrong?A. Pele was born in apoor family.B. Pele was a great football player.C. Pele played football in the street all hislife.D. Pele Became famous soon after he was picked to play for Santos.( )5.From the passage we kn
16、ow that_.A.Steffi Graf wasborn in Wimbledon in 1985B.Martina Navratilova was also a tennis playerC.Steffi Grafwon the tennis final when she was only 16D.Steffi Graf haswon few of the main matches since 1985MISTAKES( )1.FROM the first paragraph we know that the writer _.a. feels hppy because his frie
17、nds are friendly to himb. feels he may not have read his friends true feeling rightc. thinks it was a mistake to make friends with Jim and Pauld. Feels sad about his friends( )2.The writer talks about someone saying“you are a lucky dog”.He is saying that_.A. the speaker of thissentence is just being
18、 friendlyB. It means the same as youre a lucky guyC. People canuse the word dog when talking about a personD. Sometimes the words give a possible answer to the feeling behind the words.( )3.Thewriter tells us _.A. how we wont make mistakes about money and friendsB. how to get an idea of peopleC. how
19、to understand what people tell us without making mistakesD. to keep people friendly without thinking of what they talkStep 3: Language points1. inventor 发明家动词 invent: come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort e.g. Do you know who invent paper?2. wrap 包、捆 t
20、o fold or wind (paper, cloth, etc) around something so as to covere.g. Please wrap it up. 请包装好它。3. discover 发现 to find after study or searche.g. We soon discover the truth.Step 4: Finish the exercise below the passage and check the answer.Step 5: Skimming really.(as sentence modifier)e.g. Actually,
21、China is the victim.Step7: Finish the exercise below the passage and check the answer.Unit 1The oldest living thing San FranciscoTeaching aims:Introduce the oldest living thingIntroduce San FransiscoTeaching aims:Teaching difficulties:Teach students some reading skills and improve their reading abil
22、itiesTeaching procedures:Step 1: Lead-in What fairy tales have you ever read?( )1.When Jane was very young,she_.A. studied ChimpanzeesB. was interested in animalsC. told stories about chimpanzeesD. both B and C( )2.In the second paragraph,the underlined word “this”refers to_A. interest in animalsB.
23、going to Africa to live with animalsC. listening to animal storiesD. talking about animals( )3.Jane worked as a waitress so that _.A. she could attend schoolin londonB. she could work for a filmmakerC. she could have the money to go to KenyaD. she could buy a boat for herselfStep 4: Lead-in:What wou
24、ld you like to do when you grow up?Step 5: Skimming and Scanning:1. Skim the passage as quickly as possible and answer the question:How many British boys want to be football players?How many British girls want to be teachers?2. Scan the passage and answer following questions:Which job is boys second
25、 favourite?How many girls want to be nurses?What should you think about if you dont have a hobby?What questions should you ask yourselves?Whose ideas should you listen to?Step 6: Language points:1. profession 职业 a job; an occupation which needs special traininge.g. He is a doctor by profession.2. ex
26、pert 专家 someone who has special knowledge and experiencee.g. He is an expert in English.3. exist 存在 to be, to be reale.g. We cannot exist without air.4. involve 与有关，涉及 connect closely and often incriminatinglye.g. Giving advice at the right time has to involve a great deal of intelligence.在适当的时间提建议需
27、要人的睿智。Step 7: Exercises:Finish the exercises below the passage.Unit twoTime out/Charlie Chaplin and His Mother一. Teaching aims : 1.Get the students to understand the importance of saving time.2.Introduce the performing of Charlie Chaplin二. Teaching difficulties:1.He had his shirtsleeves rolled and a
28、 meanlock on his face.2.Without her, Charlie Chaplin would have become just one more child lost in poverty.三. Teaching procedure:Step one: Lead-inSome people think money is everything and money is more important than time. Whiat do you think? Do you agree with them?Language Focus:management n. cnnsu
29、ltant n. appointment n.proptly adj. tick away burst intoStep Two: Reading comprehension(一)Skim the passage and tell “T” or “F”( ) 1. The writer was recommended to the president by one of his friends.( ) 2. The writer was supposed to talk to the president for an hour and a half.(二)Scan the passage an
30、d answer the following questions.1. Why was the writer feeling nervous?2. What made him get the job?Step Three: Divide the students into groups of four and discuss the “English saying” connected with time.e.g: Time is money. Time flies.Time has wings.Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.Time
31、 and tide wait for no man.Time and I against any two.Step Four: Skim the passage and choose the best answers to the questions.( ) 1. Who brought up Charlie Chaplin?A. His father B. His grandfather C. His mother D. His brother( ) 2. What was his fathers job?A. a farmer B. performer C. a factory worke
32、r D. a docter( ) 3. For the first time, why did Charlie Chaplin go to the stage to sing?A. Because his mother lost voice B. Because he was interested in singingC. Because his father left him.( ) 4. Charlies mother was sent to saylum becauseA. She lost her abilit to perform. B. She was too poor to support CharlieC. There was something wrong with her mind.Step Five: Language points1. entertainer 2. divorce 3. mimic 4. poverty 5. fabulous 6. severe 7. lead a poor life 8. halfway through the song 9.take in her skills 10. break into show business
