Unit Seven
Warming up & Listening
Type of lesson: Warming up & listening
Teaching aims: 1.Talk about cultural relics, their importance and ways to protect them.
2.To improve the ability of listening.
Teaching aids:Tape recorder, paper sheet, projector
Teaching procedures:
Step I. Warming up.
Task 1:Team work on the topic “cultural relics”.
Q1:What does the topic mean? Have you got any ideas of cultural relics?
Q2:Are there any cultural relics in Beijing? Name some.
Task 2:Talk about the given cultural relics.
Q1:What are they? Where are they?
Q2:Which one would you like to visit? Why?
I would like to visit _________ because ____________.
I think it’s famous for __________________________.
Q3:What do you think of the cultural relics ? What can we do to protect them? Let’s listen to a passage and see what are mentioned in it.
Step II. Listening.
1. Ask the students to read the chart on P43 before listening and find out what they are asked to fill in the chart.
2. Listen to the passage for the first time and then ask the Ss to tell the names of the sites orally.
3. Listen to the passage for two or three times and try to say something about the importance of each place.(Check in pairs and then in class)
1) _______,there is a statue of a horse._______, there is a large stone elephant.The main building is _______.This site is important because it tells us about what kind of buildings people had in the past.
A. On the left B .in the centre C. On the right
2) This beautiful temple stands between a lake and a mountain. The temple is an important part of our history; many important things happened here, and many poems have been written about the temple.
3) People come to Mt. Lu Shan to look at the beautiful mountains and waterfalls .Over there, between Red Sun Mountain and the lake is the Blue Waterfall ,one of the biggest in the area. Between the lake and the village is the Moon Tower. The mountain is an important part of China’s history and important people have been here.
4. Listen to the passage for another two times and try to find out the measures people take to protect the places.
(Do the matching exercise)
Protect the palace build a museum
walk around the house
Protect the temple limit the number of cars
build a wall
Protect the mountain move some to the museum
try to use buses
5. Ask the Ss to read the pictures on P44 and the instructions, too. And then listen to the passage again to complete the exercise.
6. Discuss the answers in pairs and then check them in class.
Step III. Ask the Ss to do talking exercise on P121 in a group of five. And two or three groups will present their decision in the next class. The other groups have to write down their decision.
( 教师应给每组评分。小组之间互评，每组每个人有口语成绩的一并积累。)
Speaking:
Type of lesson: Speaking
Teaching aims:1.To learn how to ask for and make suggestions.
2.To help the Ss make dialogues in proper situations.
3. To encourage the Ss to discuss in groups and develop their imagination and creativity.
Key point: To help them use the functional sentences correctly in proper situations.
Teaching aids: Tape recorder, pictures and some real objects.
Teaching procedures:
Step I. Ask the Ss to read the instructions.
Step II. Help the Ss understand the instructions.
. 1.Q1:What kind of box is the culture capsure? (about 2*2 metres / an imaginary large box)
Q2:Shall I put in a cat?(No, you can’t put any living things in the capsure.)
(No, the object you’ve chosen should represent Chinese culture.)
Q3:Shall I put a bowl?(Yes, but it should have some cultural value, For example,it was made in Qing Dynasty.)
2.Ss discuss in groups and fill in the form.
What do you want to put in? Why?
3..Ask the Ss to make up their own dialogue by using the functional sentences.
Step III. Ask the Ss to sum up some useful expressions.
Asking for suggestions:
1)What shall I do …?
2)Can’t we do …?
3)Should we do …?
Making suggestions:
1)What/How about…?
2)Why not…?
3)Why don’t you…?
4)I think you’d better do… .
5)I suggest you (should) do … .
6)Let’s do … .
7)I’d like to do… .
8)Maybe we could do … .
Step IV. Ask the Ss to present pairwork on the culture capsure.(Act out their dialogues).
Step V. Ask the Ss to make up a new dialogue with the useful expressions above in a group of four.
Situation:
You are going to hold an evening party. You haven’t decided the place, the time and the guests you’re going to invited. Now, you are talking about the party with your family.
Step VI. Ss present their decision.
Step VII. Homework .
Write down the dialogues they have made up.
Reading:
Type of lesson: Reading
Teaching aims:1.To help the students to have a good understanding of the text
2.To train the students’ reading ability
3.To solve their difficulties by reading, discussing and doing exercises
Teaching procedures:
Step I. Lead in.
1. Ask the Ss to say something about the standard of Great cities.
T: There are many great cities in the world. In your opinion, what makes a city great? Let’s take Beijing as an example.(见课件)
1) a long history
2) the capital of the country
3) a large population
4) Something important once took place there.
5) many places of interests
6) …….
2. Show the pictures of famous rivers in the world and introduce St.Petersburg.
T: Water is important for human beings ,here is a proverb saying,” Where there is a river, there is a city.” Maybe it’s not always true. But it’s true that many of the world’s greatest cities have been built on the banks of a river.
Now,I want to show some pictures of famous rivers in the world. And all of them flow through famous cities in the world.
1) The Yangzi River ------Nanjing
2) The Thames River ----- London
3) The Newa River----- St.Petersburg
1) The Yangzi River
2)The Thames River
3) The Newa River
T : Do you know the city of St.Petersburg? It’s the second largest city in Russia. And it’s 300 anniversaries of this city this year. The same as Beijing, St.Petersburg experiences many famous events in history. Until now St. Petersburg , as one of the oldest and the most well-known cities in the world, still keep making legends .So today let’s learn about this city,” A City of Heroes”, St. Petersburg.
Step II. Help the Ss to understand the passage.
1. Ask the Ss to read the title and find out what the passage is about.
The text must be about a city which has many heroes.
2. Do fast reading to find out the answers to the following three questions.
Q1:Which city will the text talk about?
Q2:Who are heroes?
Q3:Who is the man on the bronze horse?
3. Ask the Ss to read the text aloud with the tape, and then finish True or False Statements. (WB P68)
4.Help the Ss to deal with the difficult points.
1) Match the words on the left with their meaning on the right.
cave make something as good as it was before
project to build again; construct anew
ruin artist; person who paints pictures
ancient very old; from a long time ago
.portrait break or harm something
damage a picture that you take with a camera
rebuild a painting or picture of a person
restore a big plan to do something
painter a building that has been deadly damaged
photograph a large hole in the side of a mountain or under the ground
2) Help the Ss to understand the following sentences.
a. Pieces of the palaces that had been hidden before the Germans came could be used to rebuild the city and its culture.
b. With the help of old paintings and photographs, the people of St.Petersburg were able to bring back the beauty of their culture and history.
c. The palaces are large and beautiful, and they often look like something out of a fairy tale.
4. Ask the Ss to summarize each paragragh with one or two words.
St.Petersburg
Para 1: the building of the city
Para 2: the decline of the city
Para 3: the rebuilding of the city
Para 4: the present situation of the city
5. Ask the Ss to have a discussion on the chart in a group of four, and then ask some of them to fill in the chart.
Work sheet:
the building of the city
position
creator
personality of Peter the Great
the decline of the city (important historical events)
time
how long
intruder
the results of the Nazis’failure
the rebuilding of the city
materials
difficulties
the result of hard work
the present situation of the city
the modern heroes of Russia
the character of people of St.Petersburg
Step III. Ask the Ss to do post-reading exercises.
1.Discuss the questions in pairs.
Q1: Why are the people of St. Petersburg heroes?
Q2: Why do people think St. Petersburg is a great city?
2.Ss present their opinions in class and then the teacher makes a summary.
T: From the text we just learned, we can see that St. Petersburg, this great city, has a lot of history. In the past, Peter the Great was the hero of St. Petersburg. Now the people of St. Petersburg are keeping on making legend of St. Petersburg, even the legend of whole Russia. As a result, strong, proud and united, the people of St. Petersburg are the real modern heroes of Russia.
Step IV. Communication exercise.
Task: Talk about the celebrations of the city held in the city this July.
Step V. Homework.
1. Find out more information of the city on the Internet. Report it to the class in the written form.
2. Finish Ex.2 on Students’ Book P46.
Answer sheet:
the building of the city
position on the banks of the Newa River
creator the Russion Czar Peter the Great
personality of Peter the Great strong and proud
the decline of the city (important historical events)
time 1941
how long 900 days
intruder Germans (Nazis)
the results of the Nazis’failure 1.fires burned everywhere
2.buildings destroyed
3.paintings and stutues lay in pieces on the ground
the rebuilding of the city
materials 1.pieces of palaces that had hidden before the Nazis came
2.the old paintings and photograghs
difficulties save the buildings and palaces without destroying their old beauty
the result of hard work 1.Parts of statues have been put back together.
2.Missing pieces have been replaced.
3.Old paintings and the old palaces have been made as wonderful as in the past.
the present situation of the city
the modern heroes of Russia the people of St. Petersburg
the character of people of St.Petersburg strong, proud and united
Word Study
Type of lesson: Word study
Teaching aims:1. Help the Ss use some key words and expressions in this unit.
2.Help the Ss to know how to build a word with “re”.
Key point: Master how to use the key words and expressions in different situations.
Teaching procedures:
Sept I. Ask the Ss to find out the sentences with the words and expressions in the text and read them out.
Step II. Ask the Ss to read more examples and sum up the usage.
Step III . Ss do the exercises.
Step IV. Check the answers .
Step V. Homework.
1)Ask the Ss to make up a short passage with the words and expressions learnt in this unit.
2)Review the whole unit.
I.Word formation “re- “
1.Find out the words with “re-“ in the text and understand the meaning.
A prefix is a syllable that is added to the beginning of base word to change its meaning. In the text, prefix “re” means again .
2.Do Ex.1 on P46.
II. Word study.
1. use 的用法 (vt. & n.)
1) Are you using this knife or can I borrow it?
2) This glass has been used. Please fetch me a clean one.
3) Bamboo can be used to build houses.
4) These lights are used for illuminating the playing area.(赛场)
5) This grammar book can be used as a textbook..
6) A food processor has a variety of uses in the kitchen. (n.)
7) Don’t throw that cloth away. You’ll find a use for it one day.(n.)
8) It’s no use arguing with him any more. He won’t listen to you.(no use doing sth.)
9) If you don’t have enough money, You are able to buy a used car instead of a new one.
( A past participle can be used as an adjective.)
Exercise:
1. The old hospital _____________.( 已经不再使用了)
2. Computers should be designed for the people who _______________.(使用它们 )
3. It’s no use _________________( 帮助他学英语).He doesn’t want to learn it well at all.
4. She hurt her arm in the fall and _____________( 失去作用) of her fingers.
2. It is true that many of the world’s greatest cities have built on the banks of a river. (It + be + adj./n./p.p. +to do/ that ….)
It was difficult to save the palaces and buildings without changing their old beauty.
1)Is it true that the scientist will give us a lecture next week?
2)It is said that at least ten buildings will be built soon in our city.
3)It is easy to recite the text.
4)It’s a rule in our school to do a good cleaning on Friday.
Complete sentences.
1)据报道，一些外宾明天要到我校参观.( reported )
____ _____ _____ many foreign guests will visit our school.
2)行这次会议，意义重大。（ important; of great importance）
a. To hold the conference is ____ ____ ____.
b.___ ____ ____ to hold the conference.
3.give up /give in
1)She gave up her job to look after her sick mother.
2)He has to give up playing football because of his broken left leg. .
3)You can’t win the game ,so you may as well give in.
Exercise:
1) The doctor told him to _________ smoking because he had coughed for a long time.
2) The enemy is surrounded ,and will soon ____________.
3) He has to _______ drinking whisky because he suffers from heart attack.
4.
look out, look after, look at, look up, look for
1) If you have new words, you should ________ the words in your dictionary.
2) Peter _______ his pen , but he didn’t find it.
3) _________, a car may hit you!
4) A good doctor should _________his patients very carefully.
5) Mary _______ the blackboard , but she could see nothing .
5. try to do/ have to do/ be able to do
1)We ______ remember the useful words and expressions in this unit in five minutes, but we failed..
2)She wasn’t ____________ go to the games because she hurt her right knee a week ago.
3)The workers ___________ stay up all night in order to finish the work on time.
6.seem 的用法见教参P145
1) It seems that it’s more difficult for women to get to the top of a company.
2) It seems that he is lying.
3) I seem to have seen her before.
4) It seems that he is angry. =He seems to be angry.
5) It seems as if/though he were in a dream.
6) It seems (as if) there will be an election soon.
Rewrite the following sentences.
1) It seems that he is an expert. He seems _____________________.
2) He seems to know everything. It seems _____________________.
III. Complete the passage with the suitable phrases.
try to, be able to, use, it +be+ important, have to
Karl Marx was born in Germany and his mother tongue was German . When he was still a young man he _had to leave his mother land. In 1849,he started working hard to learn his English because it was widely used all around the world. He made such rapid progress that before long he was able to write articles in English for an American newspaper. When he was in his fifties, he found that it was important to study the situation in Russia. So he began to learn Russian. Half a year later, he could read articles and reports in Russian. “ When people use the language, they should try to forget all about their own.” Such was Marx’s suggestion on how to learn a foreign language.
Grammar
Type of lesson: Grammar
Teaching aim: Ss will be able to understand the meaning of the Present Perfect Passive Voice and its functions.
Teaching focus: Ss can use the voice in a proper situation.
Teaching aid: Paper sheet, pictures or projector
Teaching procures:
Step I. Lead in.
Show some pictures to help the Ss to understand the meaning of the voice.
1)The window has been broken .
2)A new school building has been built for a month.
3) Look, the dirty table has been cleared.
Step II. Ask the Ss to find out the sentences with the Present Perfect Passive Voice in the text and tell why the passive voice is used.
Explain these sentences are used :
1) When the doer is unknown (Sentence 1)
2) When the doer is not important (Sentence 2)
3) When we want to highlight the object of the active sentence(Sentence 3)
Step III. Observe the functions of the voice.
Ask the Ss to read more examples and sum up the structures.
1)All the tickets for the International Music Festival have been sold out.
2)Whose homework hasn’t been handed in?
3)Has the building been completed?
肯定式Have/has been done
否定式Have/has not been done
疑问式Have/has…been done
Step IV. Practise using the voice.
1) Do exercise on P49 (checkpoint) and then do Ex.1 on P47.
2) Do Ex.2 on P123.
3) Do Ex.2 on P47.
Step IV. Practise the voice.
1) I see a lot of trees on the street .The trees _____ _____ planted for years.
2) Anybody who cuts down young trees _____ ______ punished.
3) I can’t enter the building because it ______ _____ locked on Sunday morning.
4) A museum ____ ____ built for cultural relics in the village.
5) Many measures _____ _____ taken to protect cultural relics in China ,so we are able to see many places with their original (最初的) looks.
Step VI. Homework.
1. Finish Ex.2 on P63 in the workbook.
2. Do Ex.3 on P123.Observe the examples first and then do the exercise.
Integrating skills
Type of lesson: Reading and writing
Teaching aim: Enable the Ss to improve the ability of reading and writing
Teaching aid: projector, paper sheet, tape recorder
Teaching procedures:
Step I. Ask the Ss to fill in the form after reading the text.
1. Do it individually.
2. Discuss in pairs.
Location feelings problems suggestions
Step II. Ask the Ss to learn to write a letter to an editor.
1. Find out what they want to write about individually.
2.Write it by themselves.
3.Exchange their letters.
4.Present their letters in class.
Step III. A writing task.
The Yellow Mountain is a place of interests, a great many travelers visit it every day. You traveled there on National Day and had a pleasant time. However, you were not satisfied with some behaviors（行为）. Now, you are writing to the management office (管理处) according to the given information in the chart.
Problems Suggestions
throw about the rubbish take away
kill wild animals, catch birds stop hunting
pick flowers protect plants
do the cooking in the wood take meals, forest fire
Possible version:
Dear Editor,
I’m a visitor from Beijing. I traveled to the Yellow Mountain on National day and had a pleasant time there. However, I found some problems during my journey. Some tourists threw about waste paper, plastic bags and tins. Some killed wild animals, caught birds and picked up flowers. Some even did the cooking in the wood.
As we know, the Yellow Mountain is a place of interests. A great many travelers visit it every day. In my opinion, the travelers should take away rubbish with them when they leave. They should stop hunting and plants should be protected .What’s more, all the tourists should take their meals in order not to cause forest fire.
Yours sincerely,
Alice
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