Module 3 Natural elements Unit 6 Electricity Reading课件 (共43张PPT)

(共43张PPT)
Electricity all around
Unit 6
Electricity
To learn the passage about electricity.
2. To learn some ways of producing electricity.
3. To learn some key words and useful expressions.
Objectives
Focus on
Words:
electricity conversation rule
anyone reply foolish wire
connect moment battery
Expressions:
a packet of in a way
be connected to power station
a moment later
Pattern:
I am going to buy a packet of sweets.
Brainstorming
light
fridge
washing machine
television
What is electricity
Shall we talk about some ways of producing electricity
What do you know about electricity
Electricity is a form of ______ that can be carried by _____ and is used for _______ and ________, and to provide ______for machines.
What is electricity
energy
wires
heating
lighting
power
Ways of producing electricity
核能
thermal power
太阳能
风能
水能
water power
wind power
solar power
nuclear power
热能
A What do you know about ...
There are different ways of producing
electricity. Write the correct words in
the blanks.
wind power
water power
solar power
___________
___________
___________
Look at the photos and the title of the story on page 73. Then answer the questions below.
B Before you read
She bought some batteries./Some batteries.
身边的电
一天晚上，黛西说，“我打算去买包糖果，有没有人想要带东西？”
班尼，黛西的哥哥回答到：“你能不能给我带包电？”
“好的，可以。”黛西说。然后她就走了出去。
班尼笑了，“她不可能像买糖果一样买电！她看上去好蠢。”
妈妈说：“不要这么说，班尼！”
“关于电你知道多少，班尼？”爸爸问。
“电给了我们能量。它通过电线流动。在某种程度上就像水。 ”班尼说。
“没错！电通过细细的电线进入我们的平板电脑。它们连接着街道下面的电缆。”爸爸补充道。
“那电缆连接着什么？”班尼问到。
“电缆连接到电站。”爸爸回答说。
过了一会儿，黛西回来了。
“有我要的一包电吗？”班尼问。
“给你！”黛西说。
“但是......这些是电池啊！”班尼说。
“黛西没有错，”爸爸说。“电池里面的化学物质能产生电能。”
妈妈说：“现在谁看起来蠢啊，班尼？”
Part 1 (Paragraphs ____ ): Daisy is going to the shop, and Benny tries to trick her by asking her to buy a packet of electricity for him. Daisy agrees and Benny thinks she is foolish.
Part 2 (Paragraphs _____ ): Benny explains that electricity comes through wires. His dad explains that people get electricity from the power station through wires and cables.
1-5
6-10
Part 3 (Paragraphs ______ ): Daisy returns with some batteries, the packets of electricity Benny asked for. Benny is surprised and now it is Benny who looks foolish.
11- 16
Read and divide the article into three parts according to the main ideas.
1
2
3
4
5
( ) 1. Daisy was going to buy a packet of sweets.
( ) 2. Benny didn’t reply to his sister because he
wanted nothing.
( ) 3. Benny didn’t think Daisy could buy
electricity in packets like sweets.
( ) 4. Benny wanted to make Daisy look foolish.
( ) 5. Mum was happy about that.
T
T
T
F
F
Task 1
Judge True or False according to part1.
Benny asked Daisy to get him a packet of electricity.
Mum was unhappy and she asked Benny not to say that.
1
2
3
4
5
1. How does electricity come into our flats
2. What is it like
3. What are the wires connected to
4. What are the cables connected to
5. What does electricity give us
Electricity comes into our flat through thin wires.
It’s like water, in a way.
The wires are connected to cables under the street.
They are connected to a power station.
It gives us power.
Answer the following questions according to part2.
Task 2
The pictures below show electricity
gets to Benny’s flat. Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the box.
cable power station wire
power station
_____________________
__________
cable
wire
At first, electricity is _________ in a _____________.
Then, it _____________ under the street.
Next, it ________ our flat through _________.
Finally, it ___________ light energy in light bulbs.
The journey of electricity
produced
power station
travels in cables
comes into
thin wires
changes into
Fill in the blanks and retell.
produced
power station
travels in cables
comes into
thin wires
changes into
1
2
3
1. What did Daisy buy
2. Was she right
3. Why
Batteries.
Yes, she was.
Because the chemicals inside batteries produce electricity.
Answer the following questions according to part3.
Task 3
D1 Find these sentences in the story on page 73. Then write the name of the person or thing that each pronoun in italics refers to.
Benny
Daisy
Electricity
Cables
D Comprehension
D3 Who looks foolish in the end Why Discuss with your classmates.
Benny looks foolish in the end. He thought Daisy didn’t know what a packet of electricity was. He wanted to make fun of her. However, Daisy came back with a packet of batteries. The chemicals inside batteries produce electricity. So he had no reason to make fun of Daisy. Instead, his mother made fun of him.
Benny shot himself in the foot.
搬起石头砸了自己的脚
Group discussion: Who looks foolish
pay attention to the underlined words and expressions.
Translate the following phrases into English.
1)一袋
2)袋装的
3)流经
4)某种程度上
5)连接到
6)发电站
7)过了一会儿
8)回来
9)发电
a packet of
in packets
flow through
in a way
be connected to
power station
a moment later
come back
produce electricity
Task 4
Dear Daisy,
I am really sorry. When I asked you to buy _______________________, I just wanted to make you look ______. Because I thought you couldn’t buy electricity _________ like sweets. Electricity is like water, __________. It comes into our flat through _____, and these wires are connected to the cables from a _____________. It gives us power. You bought ________, and I have to say that you really did buy a packet of electricity because the __________ inside the batteries _________ electricity.
Yours,
Benny
a packet of electricity
foolish
in packets
in a way
wires
power station
batteries
chemicals
produce
Benny is sorry about how he treated his sister. He is now going to send a card of apology to Daisy. Fill in the blanks of his card.
Task 5
the electricity went off suddenly…
POWER CUT ？
POWER FAILURE？
？
As the family were laughing loudly,
It was not power failure.
I turned the lights off.
Today is a special day.
Do you know about
Earth Hour
Dad
Many people from all over the world turn their lights off for one hour during Earth Hour (The last Saturday of March every year).
What do people do during Earth Hour
Activity 1:Watch and think!
After listening to Dad’s introduction of Earth hour, the whole family realized （意识到):
Electricity is __________.
So we should _______it.
valuable
save
Later, Benny wanted to do something to make up (弥补) his “foolishness” and to protect our Earth.
He decided to start from himself and his family…
Rules for saving electricity at home
Our family must: Our family must not:
Help Benny make some family rules for saving electricity.
Activity 2: Pair work
What else can we do to save electricity
We must ________________________________________________
turn off the air conditioner
when we leave the room.
We must ________________________________________________
close the fridge after we
take something out of it.
What else can we do to save electricity
We must not __________________________________________
We must not ________________________________________________
leave the room with
the lights on.
open the windows when we are using the air conditioner.
Without electricity, the air would rot.
失去了电，空气也会变得污浊不堪。
---Ralph Waldo Emerson
拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
Language points
1) be going to 表示将来打算、计划去做的事。
1. I am going to buy a packet of sweets.
①I am going to Canada.
我将要去加拿大。
②He is going to Beijing by train.
他将坐火车到北京去。
③We are going to swim.
我们打算去游泳。
2) a packet of 一包，一捆
①I help my mother buy a packet of salt.
我帮我妈妈买了一袋盐。
②He gave me a packet of tea.
他给了我一包茶叶。
③My mother gave me a packet of biscuits.
妈妈给了我一包饼干。
①I am writing to reply to /answer your questions.
特此函复贵方提问。
②He failed to reply to my question.
他没能回答我的问题。
③Has Ian replied to your letter yet
Ian 给你回信了吗？
④She only replied with a smile.
她只是报以微笑。
reply to 意为“回复某人/某事”
reply with 意为“以……回复”
2. Benny, Daisy’ s brother, replied, “Can you get me a packet of electricity ”
1)reply 是动词，意思是“回答；答复”，同义词为answer。
1. 他从来没给我回过信。
He never ___________ any of my letters.
选出可以替换划线部分的最佳选项。
2. “I didn’t want to attend the meeting,” she replied.
A. returned B. asked C. answered
Practice
replied to
2) get sb. sth. 意思是“给某人带某物”。也可说成get sth. for sb.。
改写同义句。每空一词。
1. Can you get me some salt
= Can you ___________________
Practice
get some salt for me
My father got me a packet of chocolate last week.
上周我父亲给我带了一袋巧克力。
①This railway connects London and Edinburgh.
这条铁路连接伦敦与爱丁堡。
②Her computer is connected to the Internet.
她的电脑连上互联网了。
3. These are connected to cables under the
street.
connect 是动词，意思是“(使)连接”。
be connected to 意为“连接到……”，是connect … to …的被动形式。
1)这位母亲看上去很伤心。
The mother looks sad.
2)你看起来很忧虑。怎么了？
You look very worried. What’s wrong
4. She’ll look foolish.
look 在这里为连系动词，意为“看起来好像；似乎；显得”，foolish 在句中作look的表语。
Practice
①The melted(融化的) snow flowed from the mountain to the nearest river.
融化的冰雪从山上流向了最近的河流里。
②Many short rivers flow into the Pacific Ocean.
许多小河汇入太平洋。
5. It flows through wires.
flow 流动，流通
①I agree with him in a way. Some of his points are right.
在某种程度上我赞同他。他的有些观点还是正确的。
②The work is well done in a way.
从某种程度上说, 这工作做得不错。
in a way 在某种程度上
6. Electricity is like water, in a way.
Ⅰ. 根据句意，从方框中选择适当的单词并用其正确形式填空。
1. I don’t think you should tell him the news at the ________.
2. The new railway will ________ the two cities together.
3. There were five _______ of salt in the kitchen at first.
4. I wrote many letters to Ruth several weeks ago, but she never ________.
5. When Alice came home from the school trip,
she ________ very tired.
reply connect packet moment look
moment
connect
packets
replied
looked
Ⅱ. 根据括号中的汉语提示完成句子。每空一词。
1. Could you please buy __ _____ __ _______ (一包电池) on your way home
2. ____ ___ ____(在某种程度上), I agree with you about how to deal with the problem.
3. The camera is ________ ___ ___ __________(连接着电脑). You can see the photos on the computer.
4. ____ ________ ________(片刻之后), Ms. Smith came back with a plate filled with candies and biscuits.
a packet of batteries
In a way
connected to the
computer
A moment later