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Listening and speaking & culture corner
8B Unit 7
Two astronauts, Liz and Gus, are lost on Planet X. The captain Troy asked us to rescue them as soon as possible.
Rescuing the lost astronauts
Pre-listening: review
desert
a lake
rivers
landing site
降落点
Pre-listening: read a map
A B C D E
A B C D E
1
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
D2
E4
D
D
2
2
desert
landing site
lake
mountains
town
While-listening
Listen to the captain’s instructions and help Liz and Gus label the map with the words from the box. P102.
B4
trees
land
in two days
leave most things
five things
kill
While-listening
Listen to the recording again and complete the notes below. Write one word in each blank. (P102）
Captain's instructions
time to arrive
landing site
things to remember
Post-listening: retell the instructions
in ___ near mountains
in ____ days and as soon as possible
can’t _____or kill anyone
only take _____ things
Express agreement and disagreement
Read the conversation below.
Tony: I think aliens must be more intelligent than humans.
Jenny: I don’t agree.
Tony: But if they could fly to the Earth, their spaceships must be faster than ours.
Jenny: I agree with you. Their technology must be more advanced than ours.
Express agreement and disagreement
Practice: make conversations with me.
Yes, indeed/ that’s right.
Yes, (that’s) exactly what I think.
I agree totally /completely.
That’s just what I was going to say.
I think so.
I can’t agree more!
I’m not so sure about that.
Do you really think so
I’m a bit surprised you said that.
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
I wouldn’t say that.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
Express disagreement
Express agreement
I’m not so sure about that. Maybe some of them are friendly.
I can’t agree more! They may cause wars and fight with us!
Aliens are a danger to us.
Practice: make conversations with me.
Yes, indeed/ that’s right.
Yes, (that’s) exactly what I think.
I agree totally /completely.
That’s just what I was going to say.
I think so.
I can’t agree more!
I’m not so sure about that.
Do you really think so
I’m a bit surprised you said that.
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
I wouldn’t say that.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
Express disagreement
Express agreement
Your opinion + supportive sentences
Aliens will become our friends.
Practice: make conversations with me.
Yes, indeed/ that’s right.
Yes, (that’s) exactly what I think.
I agree totally /completely.
That’s just what I was going to say.
I think so.
I can’t agree more!
I’m not so sure about that.
Do you really think so
I’m a bit surprised you said that.
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
I wouldn’t say that.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
Express disagreement
Express agreement
Aliens are cleverer than us.
Your opinion + supportive sentences
Practice: make conversations with me.
Yes, indeed/ that’s right.
Yes, (that’s) exactly what I think.
I agree totally /completely.
That’s just what I was going to say.
I think so.
I can’t agree more!
I’m not so sure about that.
Do you really think so
I’m a bit surprised you said that.
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
I wouldn’t say that.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
Express disagreement
Express agreement
We will fight aliens in the future.
Your opinion + supportive sentences
T: I think Liz and Gus should take a selfie stick with them so they can take photos and upload them to their Moments(朋友圈).
S1: I’m afraid I can’t agree with you. They should go to their landing site as soon as possible, so they may not have time and energy to take a selfie.
Express agreement and disagreement
Yes, indeed/ that’s right.
Yes, (that’s) exactly what I think.
I agree totally /completely.
That’s just what I was going to say.
I think so.
I can’t agree more!
I’m not so sure about that.
Do you really think so
I’m a bit surprised you said that.
Well, that’s a matter of opinion.
I wouldn’t say that.
I’m afraid I can’t agree with you.
Express disagreement
Express agreement
What do you think they should take
Speak up
They have the following things, but they can only take five of them.
a camera
a bottle of water
a tent
a knife
gold coins
matches
medicine
a lunch box
I think we should take a map of Planet X , a tent, some water, lunch boxes and medicine. Therefore, we won’t get lost in Planet X and can survive in desert.
Imagine you are Liz or Gus, choose five things you need and explain your reasons.
Speak up
Tips for offering suggestions:
I think/ suggest we should take A, B, C, D and E. Therefore, we …
Let’s/ Why not take A, B, C, D and E Therefore, we …
How/ What about taking A, B, C, D and E Therefore, we …
S2: I agree with you on taking a map of Planet X, some water, lunch boxes and medicine, but I don’t think we should take a tent. It is heavy and we should arrive at the landing site in two days, so we may not have time to have a rest or sleep in the tent.
Express agreement and disagreement
S1:I think we should take a map of Planet X , a tent, some water, lunch boxes and medicine. Therefore, we won’t get lost in Planet X and can survive in desert.
S1: Why don’t we take a map of Planet X, gold coins, a camera, a knife and matches Therefore, we won’t get lost in the planet and we can buy or hunt for food in desert.
S2: I think taking a map of Planet X ________________ but ______________________ because we can’t hurt or kill animals on the planet. Also, __________________________ gold coins, because there are no supermarkets for us to buy anything.
Accepting suggestions:
Taking xxx is a good idea.
We need … because we must …
Rejecting suggestions:
I don’t think we should take…because
We don’t need… because …
is a good idea.
we don’t need a knife
I don’t think we should take
Complete this conversation
S1: How about taking a map of Planet X, gold coins, a camera, a knife and matches Therefore, we won’t get lost in the planet and we can buy or hunt for food in desert.
S2: I think taking _____________________ is a good idea, but I don’t think we need ____________________because ___________________________________. Also, we don’t need ___________________________________________, because _______________________________________.
Express your opinions
Culture Corner
Turn to page 112, read the article and answer the questions below.
What is science fiction
It is a popular kind of story found in many books, comics and films.
What is The War of the Worlds about
It’s about aliens from Mars attacking the Earth.
Who wrote the book
The English Writer, H.G. Wells, who is called the “Father of Science Fiction”.
What did the people in America think when they heard the story on the radio in 1938
They thought it was real.
Culture Corner
What is its Chinese name
Who is the writer of the book
How much do you know about the book or its writer
流浪地球
Cixin Liu.
The story, The Wandering Earth, takes place in a distant future. The sun is about to expand into a red giant and devour the Earth.
The impending peril (coming danger) forces the world's engineers to devise a plan. They try to move the planet to a new solar system by giant machines. Things go very badly when Earth has to pass Jupiter, setting off a desperate scramble to save humanity from annihilation (dying out).
The story, also adapted to the namesake film, is written by Cixin Liu. He has led a renaissance in science fiction in China, becoming the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award in 2015.
Culture Corner- Chinese sci-fi
save/ stop/ keep/ prevent … from；使……免受
Homework
Upload a recording of your responses of agreement or disagreement to the following opinion.
I suggest we take a map of Planet X, a tent, medicine, a knife and matches Therefore, we won’t get lost in the planet and we can buy or hunt for food in desert.
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Draw a poster to introduce a science fiction you like or The Wandering Earth.
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Draw a poster to introduce a science fiction you like or The Wandering Earth.
Homework
Thank you everyone!Teaching Plan
课 题：广深沪教牛津版八年级下册 Unit 7 Aliens arrive
课 型：听说及文化课
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教学时间：20分钟
Learning Objectives: By the end of the class, students will be able to 1. Listen and understand rescuing instructions 2. Learn expressions of agreement and disagreement 3. Learn basic knowledge of science fiction.
Procedures Teacher’s activities Students’ activities Purposes
Step 1: Warming-up Review the plot with a picture in the article they learnt in reading part. Students look at the picture, get to review what happened to the two astronauts and what we should do to help them. Lead in listening and arouse students’ interest in this class.
Step 2: Listening Pre-listening: 1. Ask students to review some key words in the audio with pictures. 2. Ask students to read a map and offer help when necessary. While-listening: 3. Play the audio and have students locate the places on the map they read before. 4. Ask students to listen to the recording again and complete the notes. Post-listening: 5. Have students to retell the instructions from the captain by filling in the mind map. 1. Students look at the pictures and review the words. 2. Students read the map and get to know how to express location on the map. While-listening: 3. Students listen to the audio and locate the places on the map they read before. 4. Students listen to the recording again and complete the notes. Post-listening: 5. Students try to retell the key information in the audio with the help of the mind map. 1. Guide students to review the words. 2. Guide students to read the map. While-listening: 3. Arouse students' interest in listening. 4. Help students to enhance what they have listened. Post-listening: 5. Help students memorize important information and preview for the following parts.
Step3： Speaking Background setting: Teacher asks students to think what the five things are the two astronauts should take. Teacher gives an impossible answer and asks whether they agree or not. While-speaking: Teacher presents the expressions of agreement and disagreement. Teacher has students read the dialogue with the expressions of agreement and disagreement. Production: Have students make dialogues about aliens. They should express whether they agree on the opinions about aliens and add one or two supportive sentences. Have students finish the following task on book that what the five things are the two astronauts should take before they arrive at the landing site. Background setting: Students think about the question Students read the answer and have fun. While-speaking: Students learn the expressions of agreement and disagreement. Students read the dialogue with the teacher. Production: Students express whether they agree on the opinions about aliens and add one or two supportive sentences. Students finish the following task on book that what the five things are the two astronauts should take before they arrive at the landing site. Background setting: To continue the last step and begin the following step. To make the lesson funnier and arouse students’ interests to practice what they have learnt about the expressions. While-speaking and production: 3-6. Students learn the expressions of agreement and disagreement through the teaching method PPP. 5. To build up a scaffolder for students to finish the following task on book. To apply what they have learnt to use.
Step 4: Review and enhancement Ask students to express their opinions by completing a conversation. Students review what they have learnt in today’s class. Review what they have learnt today and summarize the class.
Step 5: Culture corner 1. Ask students to finish exercise on page 112. Introduce Chinese science fiction—The Wondering Earth. Students finish the exercise on 112 by themselves. 2. Students listen to the background and take notes of Chinese science fiction. 1. To broaden students’ horizon. 2. To arouse students’ patriotism through the masterpiece—The Wondering Earth.
Step 6: Homework Ask students to make a record of responses with their agreement or disagreement on teacher’s opinion. Ask students to make a poster to introduce a science fiction they like or The Wondering Earth.
