1、 2018 学年度人教版选修 7Unit 3 Under the seaPeriod5Using language教案设计(A New Dimension of life)IntroductionLanguage is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, collocations, structures
2、and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by listening and reading aloud is to be followed by reading for forms, copying and making sentences, putting the text A New Dimension of Life into a short play, writing a paragraph and reading, discussing and listening about whale watching tours. The
3、class will end in students speaking and writing. ObjectivesTo help students read the passage A New Dimension of life To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writingProcedures1. Warming up by listening and reading aloudWhy do we read aloud? Because reading aloud: Is g
4、reat fun, and it benefits our growth as readers and learners. Nurtures our love of both the written and spoken word. Gives us a chance to rediscover favorite stories and find new ones. Helps us develop important language skills that will help us learn to read on our own. So open your book to page 23
5、 and read the text aloud while listening to the recording. Watch your pauses between the thought groups. 2. Reading for forms Read the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations. 3. Finding collocatio
6、ns and making sentencesThere are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are: Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied) Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain (NOT excruciating joy) Noun + Noun: a
7、 surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger) Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout) Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide) Verb + Expression With Preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears) Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly)You are asked to read the text and find
8、 all the useful collocations and copy them into your Collocation Book after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with these collocations.Collocations from A New Dimension of lifesit in the warm night air 坐在温暖的夜色中, with a cold drink in my hand 手中拿一杯冷饮, reflect on/ upon回顾 ， a day of pure
9、 magic 充满神奇的一天, go snorkeling 使用呼吸管潜泳, the most fantastic thing 最异想天开/了不起的事情, such extraordinary beauty 如此特别的美, discover a whole new dimension of life 发现一种全新的生活空间, be aware of 意识到, the vivid colours 生动的色彩, be shaped like形状像, swim in and around环绕来来回回游, clean the bodies of large fish 清洁大鱼的身体, get insi
10、de钻进去, around every corner 到处, hang upside down 倒挂, gather tiny plants off the coral 从上珊瑚中收集微小的植物, a hard bird-like mouth 一个硬硬的像鸟一样的嘴, a blue sea- star 一个蓝色的海星 , look straight at径直地看, a large wise-looking turtle 一个大而智慧的海龟 , get too close 接近, strong sharp teeth 坚固锋利的牙齿,（on the）watch for 密切注意，看守着, be
11、half buried in 半埋在中, each about one and a half metres long 每条大约 1.5 米长, appear from behind从后面出现, stop from 阻止做， feel scared to death 感觉吓得要死, for a moment 片刻, the edge of the reef 悬崖的边缘, look down into depths of the ocean 俯瞰海洋的深处, （ heart）beat wildly（心）狂跳, in such deep clear water 在这么清澈的水中, a wonderf
12、ul, limitless world 一个奇妙的无限的世界 4. Put the text A New Dimension of Life into a short playActing out the text is a strategy for motivating us to read out loud the text. We need oral practice and help with pronunciation and so acting out the text really helps us.A New Dimension of LifeAct OneIts 8:00am
13、, a warm morning, at the side of the reef. The sea ripples a bit and a man is preparing to go snorkeling on the reef.Jerry: Well, (looks at all his equipment) Im ready now! (confidently) One, two, threego! (jumps into the sea) (Jerry sees all the vivid colors surrounding him-purples, reds, yellows,
14、blues and greens and all kinds of corals shaped like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns of deer.)Jerry: (surprisingly) Wowthats fantastic! (at the very time, a group of fish swims by and a fish stops and begins to talk with him)The fish: (elegantly) Hi, body!
15、Where are you going?Jerry: (friendly) Hello, Mr. Fish, Im just going around and trying to find something new to me.The fish: Oh, this is the right place. Good luck! (then goes away)(Jerry continues to swim, after a while, he sees a little thing. And then he goes close to it, trying to find what it i
16、s.)Jerry: (happily) Oh, another small cute fish! (then says friendly to it-a little orange and white fish) Morning, boy!Anemone fish: (frightened) Who are you?Jerry: Man.Anemone fish: What is man? Ive never seen Man before!Jerry: Stuff like me is called Man. And who are you?Anemone fish: Anemone fis
17、h(it seems extremely frightened, and slip away, hiding in the poisonous tentacles of the sea anemones)Jerry: (murmurs) a coward fish, but anyway, fantastic! (then he sees another fish even more fantastic than the anemone fish)(Jerry sees a small fish is cleaning the body of a large fish.)Jerry: (cry
18、ing) Dangerous! Go away!Small fish: (smiling at him) Dont worry! We are friends! (it then gets inside the mouth of the larger fish and begins to clean its teeth)Jerry: (opens his mouth widely) Wow, Ive never thought of this!Jerry: Id better go! Thats too scaring!(There are lots of strange creatures.
19、 By the way he swims, he sees a yellow and green parrotfish hanging upside down, gathering tiny plants off the coral with its hard bird-like mouth; a yellow-spotted red sea-slug sliding by a blue sea-star; an orange and blue-striped angelfish looking straight at him; a large wise-looking turtle pass
20、ing so close to me that I could touched it. )Jerry: (says to himself) A wonderful underground world! When I come back, I will tell Marry.Act Two(A whole days traveling finishes, and Jerry goes back home, sitting in the warm night air with a cold drink in his hand, talking with his wife-Marry)Marry:
21、then what else did you see? (with her chin on her fist, seems really interested in Jerrys experience)Jerry: then I said goodbye to the friendly turtle and went swimming again, and I met other creatures that I didnt want to get close to-an eel with its strong sharp teeth, with only its head showing f
22、rom a hole, watching for a tasty fish, or my tasty toe; and the giant clam half buried in some coral waiting for something to swim in between its thick green lips. Then there are two gray reef sharks, you know, each about one and a half meters long, which suddenly appeared behind some coral. Marry:
23、Oh, thats too dangerous!Jerry: Thats the case, and I told myself they werent dangerous but that didnt stop me from feeling scared to death for a moment! The water was quite shallow but where the reef ended, there was a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor. I thought I was very brave when I swam over
24、the edge of the reef and hung there looking down into depths of the ocean. My heart was beating wildly-I felt exposed in such deep clear water!Marry: and its very interesting!Jerry: Oh, what a wonderful, limitless world it is down there! And what a tiny spot I am in this enormous world!(The end)5. W
25、riting a paragraphLets read A New Dimension of life on page 23 again. Pay attention to the ways the author uses words and collocations to describe colors, patterns, shapes, and animals. Now you are to write a paragraph describing a place and the plants or animals there. The first stop on a visit to
26、Zuoquan is the Mt. Miaoer Scenic Area, known as the National Geographical Park, featuring geological structure movements and hydraulic creations. The whole area is scattered with valleys, such as Chazuogou and Yaojiagou. Measuring 1,500 meters long and a dozen meters wide, Chazuogou has currents and
27、 deep pools, and is where a gorge, 700 meters high, forms a fantastic view. Walking along plank roads on precipitous cliffs, one can clearly see the traces of geographical transformation and the effect water erosion has had on the area over the years.Ganlanba (Olive Dam), a complex of several villag
28、es inhabited by the Dai people, is shaped like an olive and abounds in evergreen plants; hence its name. Viewed from the air, the villages are connected to one another and covered with green trees, while Buddhist pagodas and bamboo tower houses stand out amidst the lush green. Ganlanba is also known
29、 as Menghan (“han“ means rolling up), and according to a legend, from which the name derives, when Sakyamuni came here to preach Buddhism, his followers laid a cotton cloth on the ground for him to tread on. After he had walked over it, his followers rolled up the cloth.I was shocked to see fish tan
30、ks (鱼缸) with so many live fish. Each did not have enough room to turn round and there were dead fish floating on the surface. I was horrified (惊骇的), but then I saw hundreds of crabs (螃蟹) in pots dying under the bright lights. But for a lifelong animal lover like me, the worst were the tanks of turtl
31、es, all destined (去往的) to end up as soup.Iguanodon, or “iguana tooth“ was a large plant eater who was 30 feet long and stood 6 feet tall when on his hind legs. This dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period had large thumb spikes, thought to be used for defense or possibly to pull branches off trees
32、. Iguanodon could walk on its hind feet or on all fours and was a very good swimmer.6. Reading, discussing and listening about whale watching toursWhale watching as a commercial activity began in 1955 in North America along the southern California coast. Today, whale watching is carried on in the wa
33、ters of some 40 countries, plus Antarctica. All the large whale species and many dolphins and porpoises canbe seen regularly on a wide range of tours, lasting from an hour to two weeks. Whale watching is a non-consumptive use of whales with economic, recreational, educational and scientific dimensio
34、ns. The economic benefits occur in areas where whale watching has quickly become a significant aspect of a local tourism economy.Now you may turn to page 25. Read Whale Watching Tours, discuss the three questions, and then listen to the tape. Collocations from Whale Watching Toursmiss an opportunity
35、 to do错过做的一个机会, at close range 接近地,在很近的范围/区域空间里, on ones annual migration 年度迁徙, on whale watching tour 观光鲸鱼, sit outside for clear viewing 坐在外面清晰地赏景, witnessin ones natural environment 在自然的环境中见证/亲眼目睹, leap out of从中跳出, success rate 成功率, offera free tour 向提供免费旅游, refund half the fare 半价7. Closing down
36、 by speaking and writingFlying as an airline passenger is an often memorable experience, but there are times where the experience is memorable for all the wrong reasons: mechanical problems, poor service, bad food, lost luggage, or any of a number of other problems that result in a significant incon
37、venience or financial loss for the passenger. If you experience this kind of problem with your airline, you may want to deal with it by lodging a complaint with the airline or to one of the authorities that oversee air transportation.On page 27, at the top, there are some collocations. You are going
38、 to make up dialogues with them for the three situations. Understand Why You Are Complaining After you have decided to gather information about your situation, but before you make that phone call or write that letter, you should take a bit of time and get to know a few basic things about your partic
39、ular circumstances: Why you are complaining What situation caused you to complain and what people or organizations played a role in that situation What are the things that you want to happen that will address the complaint What should you reasonably expect as an outcomeComplaining to the airline ser
40、viceYou: Hello, is this the Airline Service?Airline: Yes, speaking.You: Im sorry but I have to complain to you about your bad service.Airline: What is it?You: Id like to talk to the manager.Airline: I am the manager.You: I missed my flight to Beijing yesterday afternoon. I went to the airport early.
41、 I waited in the waiting room, but I didnt hear the flight being announced over the loudspeaker.Airline: Im afraid the loudspeaker went wrong at the time. You: I suffered a lot from your bad service. I ask for a free flight from you.Airline: Im feeling sad about your experience. Well refund all of y
42、our fare. And well offer you a free ticket. Is that ok?You: Thats good. But I hope you will repair the loudspeaker as soon as possible.Complaining to the manager of the restaurantYou: Hey! Are you the manager of the restaurant?Manager: Yes, I am. What is it?You: Come and have a taste of this fish.Ma
43、nager: Im afraid it has gone bad. You: Why did you serve me such bad fish as this?Manager: Im sorry but I have to tell you that you have been eating too slowly. You know it is hot at this time of the year here. You have to eat your fish quick enough.You: What are you speaking of? I like a refund fro
44、m you! A full refund.Manager: Well refund half the money you paid.You: Then Ill write to the newspapers complaining about it.Manager: Do whatever you like. You: YouComplaining to the manager of the tailorYou: Look, Mr. Tailor. The trousers you made for me are too short.Tailor: Im afraid you have come to the wrong tailors shop. We dont make such trousers at all.You: But my son says he had the trousers made here. Tailor: I see. That tailors shop has moved to the next door. Ours is here for only a week.You: Sorry. I shall go to the next door to complain to them.
