U2 Water
The first period
Teaching aims:
Introduce the topic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )water. Ask students to work in pairs for a few minutes, and to write down anything they know about water. Ask 3 students to tell their answers and write them down on the black board. Then discuss their ideas briefly and do the exercises.
Teaching Important Points :
Try to know something about water
Teaching Procedures:
1: A Free Talk
What do you know about water
*People can live with ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )out food for more than a month, but they can’t live without water for more than week. Losing more than 20% of the normal water content of our bodies will result in a painful death.
*About 65-70% of our ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bodies are water, so it is important for us to drink a lot of water. Each day, a normal person will drink about 2.4 liters of water or other drinks. In America, the average person will use 260 liters of water a day and on average, each person will drink 60, 600 liters of water in his/her life.
*Some people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )believe that our emotions and mental stability are affected when there is a full moon because the gravitational pull of the moon affects the water in our bodies in the same way as it affects the ocean tides. Legends say that werewolves appear when there is a full moon.
*You need more wate ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )r during and after exercise because you lose water by sweating and you need to replace the water that is lost.
*Water freezes at ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 0℃ (32℉). When it freezes, it changes into ice. Water boils at 100℃(212℉) when it changes its form into a gas, becoming steam.
2: Look and think
* Choose the write answer
1 You could live without water for a few ______.
a days b weeks c hours
2 Your body needs about ______ liters of water daily.
a two b four c eight
3 When you exercise, the amount of water you need _____.
a increases b decreases c remains the same
4 When you freeze water, it becomes a _______.
a liquid b solid c gas
5 About _______ of the earth is covered by water.
a one third b one half c two thirds
6 The scientific symbol for water is ________.
a H2O b HO2 c H2O2
* Use the picture to put these sentences in the correct order.
( ) It flows to the sea.
( ) It runs into streams and rivers.
( ) It rises from the sea to the sky.
( ) Water falls from the clouds as rain.
( ) It falls as rain again.
Homework:
Preview the text: Water talk
The second period
Teaching aims:
1 Try to underst ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )and the whole lesson and read it fluently. The tone and pronunciation should be basically right.
2 Learn the new words and phrases.
Teaching aids:
Multimedia equipment
Teaching Important Points :
How to understand the test completely .
Teaching Difficult Points :
Teaching Procedures:
1: A Free talk
(Ask two Ss to talk a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )bout some measures we use to save water and say the following.) T: Very good . Thank you for your performance.
We have learn ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t that water is very important and we don’t have enough water in the world. If we don’t have water in our daily life, the situation will be terrible and we all will die. Some people in other places are suffering from lack of water, such as African people. We should treat every drop of water seriously and should no waster even a drop of water.
Show the tex ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t on the screen then give brief introduction to the students and then let Ss read the new text after the recording .
2: learn some new words.
1 brush n. 刷子,毛刷
v. 刷,擦,拂拭 We brush our teeth with a toothbrush everyday.
2 pour v. 灌注,倾泻,涌入,流,倾盆大雨
pour oil on the fire 火上加油
Tears poured from her eyes.
People poured into he hall.
Please pour me a cup of tea.
At 5 o’ clock workers poured out of the factories.
It was pouring.
3 sink n. 水槽
I left the soap by the side of the sink.
v. 使…下沉
The ship is sinking.
4 vanish v. 消失
Forests are vanishing from our land.
5 drain n. 排水管
Your kitchen drain has become blocked by tea leaves.
v. 排去
The water drained away slowly.
6 freeze v. (使)结冰,凝固
The terrible news froze my blood.
freezing adj. 极冷的
frozen adj. 冻结的 frozen food
7 impatient adj. 不耐烦的,没耐心的 opp. patient 有耐心的
I’m getting impatient because I’ve waited for an hour.
patience n. 耐心,容忍
I have no patience with him again.
8 obey v. 服从,顺从,听话
They refused to obey (the order).
9 faint adj. 微弱的
Did you hear the faint moan just now
10 float adj. 漂浮,飘浮
Wood floats on water.
11 comfortably adv. 舒适的,舒服的
comfortable adj. 安乐的,舒适的
comfort n. 慰藉,安乐
I feel very comfortable in this chair.
The lovely baby was a comfort to her.
12 view n. 景色,风景
The house has a view over the sea.
n. 看法,观点
What is your view on school punishments
13 speed v. 加速
speed up
n. 速度
at a speed of 80 miles an hour
14 nod v. 点头
She nodded to show that she agreed with me.
n. 点头
He greeted me with a nod.
15 relax v. 松弛,放松,休息
After a day of hard work, I relaxed at home.
16 puzzled adj. 困惑的,疑惑的
puzzle v. (使)迷惑,(使)为难,迷惑不解
n. 难题,迷
a crossword puzzle
I was puzzled how to do it.
Their strange relationship puzzles me.
17 treatment n. 治疗,处理
His treatment of the animal was cruel.
hard treatment: 虐待 be under treatment:在治疗中
treat v. 对待,处理
18 thorough adj. 完全的,彻底的
We’d better have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a thorough cleaning to welcome the Chinese New Year.
thoroughly adv. 完全地,彻底地
We have cleaned ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the house thoroughly to welcome the Chinese New Year.
19 chemical n. 化学制品
They added a few chemicals to clean up the water.
chemical adj. 化学的 chemical change
chemistry n. 化学 She is out chemistry teacher.
20 sewage n. 污水
We can’t let out sewage because it will pollute the water.
21 plant n. 工厂,仪器
When the plant closed down, many workers lost their jobs.
n. 植物
v. 种植
22 pump v. 抽水
Can you help to pump the water from the well
The heart pumps blood.
n. 抽水机,打气筒
23 precious adj. 珍贵的,宝贵的
Nothing is more precious than friendship.
The beautiful vase is very precious.
24 weird adj. 怪异的,奇怪的,不可思议的
Tom had some weird ideas.
3: Practice
Play the tape for ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) students to listen and repeat, then answer some questions.
4: Read and think
Complete the following blanks.
1 PETER Why was the voice impatient
JUDY ___________ Daisy was ______________ ______________.
2 PETER Why did Daisy nod her head
JUDY ____________ she knew ____ _____ _____ _____ was.
3 PETER Why did the water go to a treatment works
JUDY ____________ it _____ _____ _____ _____ journey.
4 PETER Why did the water say, ‘I’ll be back in the sea again.’
JUDY ____________ it _____ _____ the sea _____ _____ _____ place.
5 PETER Why did the water say it was like liquid gold
JUDY ___________ it believed that _____ _____ _____.
6 PETER Why did Benny think his sister was weird
JUDY _________ she said, ‘_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____.’
4: Explain the language Points :
1 look around: 向四周看
I looked around and found there was no one in the street at all.
2 It is /was time to do sth. 是该…的时候了,到…时候了
It is time to have lunch. 该吃饭了。
It was time for him to stop his revenge.
It is time to have a relax if there is no work to do.
3 finish doing sth.
finish with sth. 完成某事
Could I borrow the book when you have finished reading it
I have finished with all my homework.
The work has not ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) been finished yet. Another 3 days are needed to finish it.
After finishing playing football, you can have a bath.
4 It is (not) + adj. + for sb. to do sth. 某人做某事(不)容易
It is exciting for us to go to the movies.
It is not easy for him to win the first prize.
It is impossible for people to live on the sun.
5 get cleaned up = be cleaned up
Homework:
The third period
Teaching Aims:
1 Review the new words and expressions and the grammatical points
in the chapter
2 Do some Exercises
Teaching Important Points :
Master how to talk about amounts.
Teaching Difficult Points :
The different usage of a few, a little, few and little
How to understand the listening and the sequences of events.
Teaching Procedures:
1:Revision
1 Show the new ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) words of chapter 6 on. First ask a student to read
aloud, correct the wrong pronunciation, and then ask the whole
class to read together.
2 Read the text after the tape to understand it better
2:Ask student to do the vocabulary exercises C1, C2 and C3.
3: Listening
Put the picture into right order.
1 One day, Suzy ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )’s mother gave her one-yuan coin. It was rather dirty, so Suzy put it in the sink and washed it. When the coin was nice and clean, it suddenly started talking to Suzy.
This listening is a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )imed at training students’ understanding of the order of the events. Ask the students to see how the drop travels in ‘Water talk’.
3 Play the recording once, while students listen but do not
Write anything. Tell them to listen for the sense and the main
points. Then replay the recording and students must complete
the exercise. Replay it a third time,explaining any problems.
4:Gramma: Learn how to talk about amounts
1 He took a few biscuits.
He took a little butter.
*Compare the two sent ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ences and ask the students to discuss in pairs to tell the differences.
*Explain that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“a little” and “a few” all mean 数量很少的, “a few” 用于修饰可数名词, “a little” 修饰不可数名词,它们都表示肯定的含义
*a few = some, several a little = some
eg. I want a little coffee.
Give me a few apples.
He took few biscuits.
He took little butter.
*Compare the two se ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ntences and ask the students to discuss in pairs to tell the differences.
*Explain that “few” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) and “little” all mean 数量少到几乎没有, “few” 修饰可数名词, “little” 修饰不可数名词。都含有否定涵义。
*few = not many little = not much
eg. Little of his time is spent on books. 他很少花时间在书本上。
There are few eggs in the fridge, are they 冰箱里几乎没有鸡蛋,是吗?
“few”, “a few”, “little” and “a little” 既可做形容词又可做代词。
eg. –- Do you want any coffee
-- A little , please.
quite a few = many
eg. I have collec ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ted quite a few stamps about the Olympics. (=many stamps)
“a little” and “little” can be used as adv.
eg. He talked little about his father. 他很少谈论他的父亲。
It rained a little during the night. 夜里下了点雨。
Time is very limited. Could you possibly drive _a little_ faster
There are about 50 guests coming. We need _a few__more chairs.
Homework:
The fourth period
Teaching Aims:
1 Review new words and expressions in the chapter
2 Further train students’ ability of talking about amounts
3 Do some Exercises
Teaching Important Points :
Master the usage of a lot of, much, many, no, none
Teaching Difficult Points :
The different usage of a lot of, much, many, no, none
Teaching Procedures:
1:Revision
1.Spell the new words and expressions orally.
2.Read the text after the tape
3.Comments on homework
2: Further train students’ ability of talking about amounts
There is much (a lot of) bread on the plate.
He has many (a lot of) American stamps.
* Compare the two sentences
* Explain that “a lot ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) of” can modify both [C] noun and [U] noun. “Many” can only modify [U] noun and “much” can only modify [C] noun.
* Point out that ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )“a lot of” only can be used in definite sentences (肯定句). In negative or interrogative sentences (在否定句和疑问句中), we should change “a lot of” into “much” or “many”.
eg. We have a lot of relatives.
Do you have many relatives
There are a lot of paper on the desk.
There are not much paper on the dask.
“a lot” can be used as pronoun and adverb.
eg. --- Mum, where are my socks
--- I saw a lot in the drawer.
It rains a lot in spring in Shanghai. 上海的春天雨水很多。
There is no clue to be found.
There is none to be found. 没有发现任何线索。
*Compare the two sentences.
*Explain that “no” ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )= not any. It can modify [U] or [C] noun. It can only be used as adj. While “none” is the pronoun form (代词形式) of “no”.
Eg. Time and tide wait for no man. 时间不等人。
None of them can speak Chinese. 他们中没有一个人能说中文。
Jack’s wife likes none of his friends.
None of the blame is yours. 一点也不怪你。
It is no bad thing. 这不是一件坏事。
Edison is no genius. 爱迪生不是天才。
We use “How many… an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d How much…” to ask the amounts. They mean “有多少…”. “How many” is to modify [C] noun while “How much” is to modify [U].
Eg. How many people are there in your family
How many supermarkets are there in Shanghai
How much oxygen does a person need everyday
How much (money) do you want to finish your project
*When we answer t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he question in brief, we can use “many, much, a few, a little, a lot and none” as pronoun to refer to the noun mentioned in the question.
--- How much paint do you need 你需要多少油漆?
--- I don’t need much. 我不需要很多。
--- How many mobile phones do you have 你有多少部手机?
--- I have none. 我一部也没有。
Do exercise A, B
Homework:
The fourth period
Teaching Aims:
1 Further learn how to talk about amounts
2 条件状语从句
Teaching Important Points :
Master the usage o ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f too much, too little, too few, too many and enough
Teaching Difficult Points :
1 The different usa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ge of too much, too little, too few, too many and enough
2 if 从句
Teaching Procedures:
1:Revision
Choose the right work.
1 There is ______ (a little, a few) juice in the bottle.
2 There was ______ (little, few) rain in Shanghai last month.
3 There is _______ (not much, not many) water in the pool.
4 Oh, there is ______ (a lot of, a lot) rubbish on the floor.
5 She is very busy. She has _______ (no, a little) time to watch TV.
6 His pockets are empty. There is ______ (no, none) money left.
7 I need ______ (a lot of, many) cloth, for I’m going to make _______ (many, much) clothes.
8 There are _ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )____ (few, little) people in the park as it’s cold today.
2: Talking about amounts
1 Don’t give the chil ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dren too much stress when they are taking an exam.
*Ask two students to explain the Chinese meaning,
*Explain that “too” us ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ed before “many, much, few, little” means 太多/ 太少.
eg. There are too many cars in the city.
There is too much paper on the desk.
There are too few stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents in the playground. We can’t even have a football game.
Don’t read here. There is too little light here. 不要在这里读书,这里光线不足。
“enough” 表示足够的, 可以加可数名词或不可数名词。
eg. We have enough instant noodles in the cupboard.
We don’t have enough butter. Peter, go and get some.
Finish exercise C
条件状语从句
条件状语从句常由连词i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )f引导。条件状语从句不能用will表示将来,要用动词一般现在时来替代,即主语用将来时代替,从句用一般现在时表示将来的意思。
eg. If you do ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n’t work hard, you won’t pass the exam. 如果你学习不用功,你就不会通过考试。
If you aren’t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )careful, you can’t get a full mark. 如果你不仔细,你就得不了满分。
注意:若if 从句中有not ,一般可以用unless (除非)来代替。
Unless you work hard, you won’t pass the exam.
除非你用功学习,否则你就通不过考试。
Homework:
The fifth period
Teaching Aims:
1 Learn to give reasons and describe how to do things.
Learn to use graphs and charts
3 Learn to make flow charts
Teaching Important Points :
We need water for…
It is very important because…
If we do not have water,…will…
Teaching Difficult Points :
1 How to gain others’ support
2 Learn to use the graphs and charts and to make flow charts
Teaching Procedures:
1:Speak up
1 Divide the whole ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )students into four groups. Group A stand for the ordinary people. Group B stands for the restaurant owners. Group C stands for the hospital managers and group D stands for the factory owners. The teacher is in charge of the water.
2 Ask each group ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to have a discussion and list their reasons to have the water and how they will use the water. Then ask some representatives to tell the other students their ideas and list them on the blackboard.
Use the word on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the blackboard and the words in the book. Ask each group to choose one student to have an argument, the other students and the teacher will be the judge. Then they should decide who is the winner.
2: Using English
1 For counting word ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s like thousand and hundred, no –s added unless it is an indefinite number, such thousands of people. And the students should use capital letters for months.
2 Ask the student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to finish exercise A and explain any possible problem.
3 Ask the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to finish exercise B in pairs and have two students draw the graphs on the blackboard and explain any possible problem.
Finish exercise C
3: Writing
1 Flow charts are u ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sed to show the sequence or order of things so that we know how things are done step by step. Ask students to do exercise s A1 and A2. Students may need to refer to the main passage again if they have forgotten the order of the water’s journey.
2 Do exercis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e B. Students only to record the more important things in their life from their birth up to their 30th birthday. Students may first decide how many steps they want. Tell them they needn’t to give a true account. Ask them to use their imagination and make their flow charts interesting and tell them they can make all kinds of endings.
3 Ask several stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dents to give their flow charts and ask other students to have a comment on them.
Homework: