1、新人教版英语高三选修 9：Unit 2 教案 【第 3 课时】 The Third Period Extensive ReadingTeaching Aims: a. Learn and master the key words and expressions incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine pretty starvation extreme psychologically tension gradually foresee thirst hardshipb. Train the students re
2、ading ability. Teaching Difficult Points:a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better.b. How to improve the students reading ability.Teaching Methods:a. Scanning the text to get the general idea of it and do some other comprehending exercises.b. Discussion after reading to make
3、the students understand the text better.Teaching Aids:The multimedia; a tape recorder; the blackboardTeaching procedures & ways Step1 GreetingsGreet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision Check the homework exercises.Suggested answers to Exercise3:1. I have gradually accepted the routine at school
4、 now that I am in the advanced class and make my own study plan.2. The drawback of using that girl for the advertising was her square jaw which made her look unfriendly.3. Mathematics is a subject which demands precise and accurate work.4. In the park I saw a small boy holding the string of a kite o
5、verhead, which was rising and falling at the mercy of the wind.5. That explorer wanted to secure his place in history by being the first man to reach the South Pole.Step3 Readinga. Listen to the passage and then let them do some true or false questions according to the text.1. I was forced to join C
6、aptain Bligh in the small boat. 2. After the crew took over the ship “Boundy”, Captain Bligh was allowed to take with him a chart , a compass and a quadrant.3. It was very difficult for us to get a correct reading from the quadrant as the boat moved constantly during the course. 4. Captain Bligh use
7、d a system called “dead reckoning” and he knew there was land directly southwest of their original position. 5. We completely believed Captain Bligh when he talked hopefully about what we would do when we got back to England.6. Captain Bligh was as weak as the rest of us but he was determined not to
8、 give up.7. Captain Bligh kept us busy and tried to take our minds off our stomach and thirst all the way.8. We finally escaped the jaws of death and arrived in Timor over fifty days after being set loose in our small boat.Answers: (FFTFFTTF)b. Give the students a few minutes to read the passage aga
9、in and then get the general idea of the text.This is the storey of Captain Blighs amazing journey across the Pacific Ocean in an open boat with his followers after another group of sailors under Fletcher Christian had taken over the ship. Later Captain Bligh and his men made for the island of Timor
10、using a combination of navigational skill and “dead reckoning”, which is guessing the correct direction. The voyage lasted over 40 days and was one of the greatest examples of survival at sea. c. Explain some difficult sentences, phrases and words.Key phrases:1. in addition 另外There was an earthquake
11、 and, in addition, there were tsunamis.除了地震之外，还有海啸。比较：in addition, in addition toin addition= as well, besides 相当于副词in addition to=as well as 相当于介词In addition, the owner of the land may charge an extra fee.In addition to swimming, she likes tennis.2. cope with 有效地或成功地对付或应付A family and a full time jo
12、b is a lot to cope with.照顾家庭并干一份全职工作需要花很多精力。She is not a competent driver and cant cope with driving in heavy traffic.她不是一个称职的司机，在交通拥挤时就开不好车。比较: deal with 只是采取行动去对付某人或某事，并不考虑成功与否。 3. take ones mind off 使某人的注意力离开keep ones mind on专心于，把注意力集中于put ones mind into/to专心于4.set loose 出发, 使爆炸, 引起, (使) 开始(做某事)S
13、omeone has set the tigers loose from their cage and they are terrorizing the town.When we escape, shall we set the other prisoners loose?5.the jaws of death / defeat= used to describe an unpleasant situation that almost happens 鬼门关，失败的险境The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. 这个队翻盘而险胜。Ste
14、p4 DiscussionDiscuss these situations in fours and then hold a class discussion.1. Would you have behaved like the person in the reading and joined Captain Bligh in the open boat or stayed on the “Bounty”? You should have reasons for your choice.2. At the time that the nineteen men in the boat saile
15、d for Timor they did not know if they would survive or not. What do you think were the most important things they would need to take with them? Who should decide these items? Remember that the boat was already very full with people and could not hold very much more.3. Many men who wanted to go into
16、the boat were unable to because of the lack of space. If they stayed on the “Bounty” and were caught by the British navy, they should be killed according to the law.4. What would the students have done to avoid being caught and punished if they had been part of the group who took over the “Bounty”?
17、Would they have gone back to Tahiti or looked for another place to live? Which place would be the safest?5. After the discussion let students prepare for the speaking exercise and encourage them to make notes of their ideas. Follow this format: Discuss in pairs. Make a list of the ideas.6. Swap idea
18、s with another pair and resolve differences. Make a new list of the ideas. 7. One member of the group should give the ideas to the class in turn. Other groups can discuss these ideas and evaluate them.One sample dialogue:Li Pei (LP), Du Zhou (DZ), Wen Fuqing (WF) and Liu Yongfu (LY) are discussing t
19、he journey and Captains Blighs leadership qualities.LP: Why are you convinced that this journey shows the greatest navigational skill? Im sure there must have been others that were as good, if not better!DZ: Do you know of many other sea voyages of this kind?WF: Well, theres that journey by Shacklet
20、on from Elephant Island in the Antarctic to get help from another island with a whaling station. He wanted to rescue his men. The weather was terrible and he was in an open boat, too.LY: How can you think that journey was more difficult? It didnt last very long. Captains Blighs journey lasted over f
21、orty days, was very hot and they had very little food and water. It was because Captain Bligh was a great leader that they survived.DZ: Now that Ive heard about it I am very impressed. All those men pushed together in a very small boat, it must have been terrible for them to stay friendly. Meanwhile
22、 they were being driven mad by lack of fresh water and there was all that salt water all around them. Thats the reason I think it was the greatest sea escape.LP: When you put it that way I suppose it was a great achievement. Captain Bligh was certainly excellent in the way he kept the men occupied a
23、nd tried to take their minds off their troubles. In addition he treated everyone the same when it came to food or water. So I think you are right and it was the greatest example of navigational skill against the odds! Do you agree?DA, WF and LY (together): Yes. We do. Step5 HomeworkFinish exercises
24、in workbook.After class write a report to your letter explaining to him why you think Captain Bligh should or should not receive the medal. Sample letterDear Sir，I think Captain Bligh should certainly receive a special medal for his amazing voyage across the sea to Timor. This is a journey that coul
25、d not have been completed without great navigational skill. In addition Captain Bligh did not lose one man.First, he showed his leadership qualities by sharing the food and water fairly with the men in the boat. Everyone was treated equally and this made for good feeling between the members of the b
26、oat.Second, he kept everyone in the boat cheerful by discussing what they would do when they arrived safely. No one was allowed to think about what might happen if they did not arrive!Third, he kept them occupied by organizing the complicated mathematical calculations needed to find their position a
27、t sea. The crew who had taken over the “Bounty” had left Captain Bligh with only a quadrant and a compass. This meant that numerous calculations were needed to find their correct position. Captain Bligh regularly and each person was given a different activity was important because it stopped the men
28、 from thinking about how little food and water there was.So I hope you will give Captain Bligh this medal. He has shown leadership, fairness and concern for his crew and helped them return to England safely.Yours,(your name)*全单元教学目标概论*I. 单元教学目标技能目标 GoalsTalk about early navigation Talk about discove
29、ry and exploration of an unknown landLearn about some famous navigators and explorersLearn to express the cause and effectLearn to use the PredicateWrite a report about a navigator or an adventurous story.目标语言voyage mercy encyclopedia alongside exploration minimum celestial pole equator horizon over
30、head seaweed nowhere offshore accelerate outward tide secure log knot nautical magnetic random awkward reference precise simplify portable shortcoming update tendency reliable swoop parcel peck cliff expedition compulsory survival incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine reckon
31、reckoning starvation psychology psychologically tension gradual gradually foresee thirst tear hardship jaw background roar词汇at the mercy of nautical mile set loose jaws of death功能句式Cause & effect Why are you.? How could you.?Why did you.? Because of.It was because. The reason is that.As he. Since sh
32、e.Now that. Therefore,.He was due to. It is ., so Im afraid.Thats why. He. so he is ill with fever after the voyage.复习谓语(The Predicate)语法So how did they navigate so well?As you can see from the map we kept to straight course pretty well.The tension in the boat got worse as the supply of food and wat
33、er gradually disappear So accomplished navigators were able to use it to plot their position.Captain Cook had led three great Pacific voyages during his life.Ill go and get ready to begin work.重点句子1. You may well wonder(p12)2. show that they were not at the mercy of the sea even though(p12)3. Sea bi
34、rds could be used to show the way to land when it was nowhere to be seen. (p12)4. There was no secure method of measuring longitude until the 17th century when the British solved this theoretical problem. (p13)5. Its shortcoming was that it still used the moving ship as one of the fixed points of reference. (p13)6. I am proud to have sailed with Captain Bligh on his journey of(p17)7. You could not imagine a more disturbing sight than what we looked like when arriving in Timor over forty days after being set loose in(p17)
