Module 5 Museums
Unit 2 If you ever go to London, make sure you visit the Science Museum.
Ⅰ. Teaching model
Reading and writing
Ⅱ. Teaching method
Bottom-up approach
Ⅲ. Teaching aims
1. To understand the passage;
2. To get the main idea of each paragraph;
3. To learn to use pronouns correctly in writing.
Key vocabulary: communications, physics, chemistry, dig-dug-dug, coal, energy, X-ray, experiment, sand, control, truck, wheel, compare… with / to, of all ages, whole
Ⅳ. Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming up
1. Do you know International Museum Day
What kind of museum do you like
Tips: The International Museum Day is on May 18. It provides people with more opportunities to know the society.
2. When we visit a museum, what should we pay attention to
3. What’s the biggest difference between a science museum and other kinds of museums
4. Ask the students to look at the pictures in Activity 1.
5. Talk about the pictures.
6. Look at the pictures and talk about the differences between the two museums
Step 2 Reading and vocabulary
1. Introduce the Science Museum in London and show some picture and videos.
2. Listen to the passage and answer the question.
How many floors are there in the Science Museum
There are five floors.
3. Read the passage and answer the question.
How is the Science Museum different from other museums
4. Learn some new words.
Step 3 Complete the table.
1. Read the passage again.
2. Complete the Tony’s favourite museum column in the table.
Tony’s favourite museum Your favourite museum
Name
Place
Favourite room
Opening hours
Price
3. Listen and check the answers.
4. Complete the table.
Step 4 Answer the questions.
1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.
chemistry communications control environment experiment physics X-ray
2. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 4.
1) What can you learn about in the rooms on the second and third floors
2) What allows you to see inside your body
3) What can you do in the Launchpad
4) What can you learn about on the fourth and fifth floors
3. Finish the task.
4. Check the answers.
5. Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then try to retell it.
The Science Museum in London is my favourite museum in the whole world. It is interesting for people ____________. It’s ______ to enter and _______ from 10 am to 6 pm. Different from other museums, you can talk and even ________________ there.
On the second and third floors, you can learn about communications and the environment ____________ maths, physics and chemistry. You can do a lot of __________________ in my favourite room — _______________. You also can learn about what machine was like ___________ on the fourth and fifth floors. Welcome to the Science Museum!
Step 5 Speak up
After reading the passage, which floor do you like best And why
Step 6 Language points
1. For example, you can find out how people dig coal from the ground and use it to creat energy.
比如,你可以了解人们如何在地下挖煤,如何利用煤炭来制造能量。
v. 挖掘;掘(洞)
过去式和过去分词形式都为dug
【语境应用】词汇运用
Yesterday Mike ________ (dig) a hole and planted a tree on the hill.
2. … if you want to fill a bag with sand, you have to control a kind of track on wheels and move it into the correct place. …
如果你想将袋子装满沙子,你得操控一种带轮子的运输车,并把车移动到正确的位置。
fill … with…表示“用…装满…”。例如:
The teacher filled a bottle with water. 老师在瓶子里注满了水。
control v. 操作;操纵
n. 控制;管理
【短语】
in control of ... 控制……;管理……
lose control of ... 失去对……的控制
e.g. My uncle is in control of this supermarket.
She lost control of her car on the ice.
3. If you compare the medicine of the past with the medicine of today…
如果你比较一下过去的药物与现在的药物…
compare … with… = compare ... to ... 比较……与……
用于评判两者之间相同或相异的程度。
e.g. It’s interesting to compare their lives with ours.
【链接】
compared with ... 与……相比
e.g. compared with my story, my brother’s story is quite funny.
【语境应用】单项选择。
—Always _______ yourself with others, you may have tons of pressure.
—I feel the same way. One should believe in himself. (2018 甘肃天水)
A. connect B. complain C. compare D. consider完成句子。与我的房间相比,你的房间要干净得多。
____________ ________ my room, yours is much cleaner.
4. It is my favourite museum in the whole world!
这是我在整个世界上最喜欢的博物馆!
whole adj. 全部的;整个的
可以和可数名词单数连用,位于冠词(a, the)、单数指示代词或名词所有格之后,即“限定词+whole+可数名词单数”。
all和whole都可用作形容词,意为“整个的;全部的”,但在句中的位置不同。all通常位于定冠词、指示代词及物主代词之前;whole通常位于定冠词、指示代词及物主代词之后 。
e.g. All the family / The whole family enjoy taking vacations.
所有的家庭都喜欢度假。
I’m very busy all this week / this whole week.
我整周都很忙。
【语境应用】
Ⅰ. 词汇运用
Maybe you are just one of millions in the world, but to me, you are the ________ (整体的) world. (2018 山东滨州)
Ⅱ. 选词填空
(1) My ________ (whole / all) body got wet in the rain yesterday.
(2) Just now Tom ate ________ (whole / all) the bread.
Step 7 Writing
1. Read the passage again.
2. Decide what the underlined words in the sentences refer to.
1) But the Science Museum is different…It is noisy!
2) People talk about what they can see and do here.
3) You can always find something new and have a wonderful time there.
3. Check the answers.
4. Learning to learn.
When you write, you can use pronouns such as it, he, her, this, there… to avoid repetition. But remember to check whether the reference is clear or not.
5. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 6.
There are a lot of museums in London, and one of the most popular is the British can see lots of interesting things from different times and places. The British Museum is very traditional. Visitors must not make a noise, and (3)__________ must not touch anything or take photos. Entry to the museum is free, so people can visit (4)________ as often as they like.
6. Complete the passage with it, they and there.
7. Check the answers.
8. Tell us what “it”, “they” and “there” refer to.
it = the British Museum
they = people
there = in the British Museum
Step 8 Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据语境从方框中选择恰当的单词填空,有的需要变换形式。
sand, truck, wheel, chemistry, experiment
1. I can't drive that ________. It's too difficult for me.
2. Mr Smith is doing a(n) ________ in the lab now.
3. My uncle teaches ________ in a high school.
4. Why not go to the beach and play with ________
5. There's something wrong with one of the ________ of my car.
Ⅱ. 根据语境及所给首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Look at the deep hole. Who d________ it
2. Nobody knows how to c________ the new machine.
3. We should turn off the lights to save e________ when we leave the classroom.
4. In the past, people usually used c________ to make fire.
5. I think p________ is the most difficult one of all the subjects.
6. My mum spent the w________ morning cleaning the house yesterday.
Ⅲ. 根据语境用恰当的介词填空。
1. Our English teacher lives ________ the fifth floor of this building.
2. Most students go to school ________ Monday to Friday.
3. Welcome ________ the most famous cinema in our city.
4. The boys are talking ________ football stars.
5. Who can give me the answer ________ this question
6. My grandmother stays in the supermarket ________ half an hour every day.
Ⅳ. 根据括号内所给英文提示语将下列句子翻译成英语。
1. 你最好不要拿我与你哥哥相比较。 (compare ... with ...)
2. 你的学校过去是什么样子的? (in the past)
3. 咱们这个周末打篮球吧。 (Let's ...)
4. 这部电影对所有年龄段的人来说都很有趣。 (of all ages)
5. 请把杯子装满水。 (fill ... with ...)
6. 他的爱好和我的不同。 (be different from)
答案
Ⅰ. 1. truck 2. experiment 3. chemistry 4. sand 5. wheels
Ⅱ. 1. dug 2. control 3. energy / electricity 4. coal 5. physics 6. whole
Ⅲ. 1. on 2. from 3. to 4. about 5. to 6. for
Ⅳ. 1. You'd better not compare me with your brother.
2. What was your school like in the past
3. Let's play basketball this weekend.
4. This movie is interesting for people of all ages.
5. Please fill the cup with water.
6. His hobby is different from mine.
Step 9 Written task
Write a passage about your favourite museum. Pay attention to the words it, they and there.
Complete the Your favourite museum column in the table in Activity 3.
Write a passage. Use the table and Activities 2 and 6 to help you. Say:
1. Are there many museums in your town
2. Which one is your favourite
3. What is special about the museum
4. What can you see or do there
体裁:说明文
时态:一般现在时
人称:介绍陈列物品用第三人称;介绍体验活动用第一人称。
Possible answer
There are several museums in my city, including the History Museum, the Science Museum, and even a Space Museum. I like all the museums, but I think I like the History Museum best. It has visiting exhibitions from all over the world. Once I saw some treasures from ancient Egypt there. Another time, they had an exhibition of Roman war engines. It was amazing! The museum is open very day except Thursday. I want to visit it again soon!
Step 10 Homework
Finish the writing.