Unit 2 I know that you will be better at maths.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary—rose, kindness, disappointed, bedside, note, whom
Key expression—laugh at, give up, try one’s best
Ability objective
To get information about school-leavers’ party.
Moral objective
To know more about other person’s feelings; To cherish the friendship between friends,
teachers and parents; To respect others’ effort and trust each other.
【教学重点】
To learn some expressions in the passage.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. The use of “give up and try one’s best”.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
Let Ss enjoy a song together.(Auld Lang Syne).
What is the song about?
Friendship.
Today we will learn Unit 2, here is a speech that given by Betty at the school leavers’ party. Suppose that you were Betty, what will you say at the school leavers’ party?
Now let us learn the passage and check your answers.
Step 2 Consolidate new words and expressions
The teachers shows the new words and expressions of this lesson.
rose n. 玫瑰
kindness n. 善举；好意
disappointed adj. 失望的
bedside n. 床边
note n. 便条
whom pron. …….的人，那个人，那些人
laugh at 嘲笑
give up 放弃
Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Ask Ss to look at the picture and choose the answers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.
1) Who will probably get thanks from the school-leavers?
a) Family
b) Friends
c) Teachers
2) What is the speaker probably going to say?
a) Thank you.
b) Good luck!
c) Cheers!
2. Now Give Ss some time to read the passage and check.
1) Who will probably get thanks from the school-leavers?
a) Family √
b) Friends √
c) Teachers √
2) What is the speaker probably going to say?
a) Thank you. √
b) Good luck!
c) Cheers!
Step 4 Listening
Play the recorder of part 3 for Ss and ask them to answer the questions.
1. How many roses does the speaker have?
2. Did the speaker’s father buy a violin?
Keys: Three.
Yes, he did.
Step 5 Reading
1. Ask Ss to find sentences which show the following situations in the passage:
1) the three things the speaker has learnt
2) the three groups of people the speaker wants to thank
3) what the speaker has learnt from each group of people
Keys:
1) These three things are friendship, effort and trust.
2) I give the red rose to my friends.
I give the white rose to my teachers.
I give the yellow rose to my parents.
3) She has learnt kindness from her friends, effort from her teachers. The parents taught her that love is about trust.
2. Questions for Ss:
1) Which sentence in Paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”?
2) “You only really lose if you give up!” What does the sentence mean?
3) “I’m sure you will be good at music. I know that you will be better at maths.” What did Betty’s father want her to do?
4) How do you think Betty would write to her father in reply?
5) “I’m sure that you all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it…”What does it mean?
Keys:
1) “You only really lose if you give up!”
2) 只要你坚持下去，跑完全程，那么即使你最后一个到达终点，你也不是一个失败者。
3) He wanted her to study maths harder.
4) Thanks for your gift, and I’ll do better in maths as well as music.
5) Let all the students say thanks to their friends, teachers and parents.
3. Let Ss check the answers to the questions. There may be more than one answer.
1) Which words can you use to describe the speech in Activity 1?
careful excited moving √
polite √ silly troubled
warm √ worried
2) Which sentence(s) will you probably find in speeches at a school-leavers’ party?
a) Thank you, friends, teachers and parents! √
b) We’ll always stay in touch. √
c) I’m proud to be chosen to speak to you. √
d) Let’s all stand up and say … √
Step 6 Learning to learn
To teach Ss to learn about the ways to make speeches.
You may have to make speeches on the first day at your senior high. Try to plan ahead what you are going to say, but do not write the speech in full—just make notes. When you make your speech using the notes, you will sound much more natural.
Step 7 Language points
To learn about the main points in the passage.
1. But they were not laughing at me.
laugh at sb. 嘲笑，对……一笑置之
e.g. We shouldn’t laugh at the person who is disabled.
2. Today, thanks to their kindness, my Chinese is much better, and we become friends.
thanks to +名词/v-ing 多亏，由于
表示原因，在句中作状语，可以置于句首或句末。
e.g. Thanks to his help, we found the hospital.
kindness n. 善举，好意 是不可数名词
3. I always finished last and I just wanted to give up.
give up 放弃
e.g. Smoking is bad for you, so give up smoking right now.
常见的含give的短语有：
give back ①还给，归还；②恢复（健康等）。
give in ①交进来；②认输，投降；③让步，勉强同意。
give out ①散发；②停止运转；③被用完，耗尽；④发出，散发出。
give away ①送给人，分发；②背弃，出卖；③泄露。
4. I give the white rose to my teachers, who have taught me that there is no success without effort.
who have taught me that there is no success without effort是一个非限制性定语从句，对前面的先行词teachers进行信息的补充，而不是限定性描述。与限定性定语从句不同，非限定性定语从句前面通常加逗号，从句部分即使被省略也不会照成主句意义上的不完整。非限定性定语从句中的关系代词不能省略。此句中还包含有一个宾语从句that there is no success without effort, 作have taught的宾语。
no/not … without …表示“没有…就不…”。
e.g. We can’t achieve anything without you.
5. I still can’t run fast enough, but I’ve learnt to try my best, not only with running but with whatever else I do.
try one’s best 尽某人最大努力
其后常接带to的动词不定式，即try one’s best to do sth.，表示“尽力做某事”。
e.g. Try your best to do whatever you do.
not only … but .... 不但……而且……
e.g. The girl is not only clever but hardworking.
6. I was disappointed.
disappointed adj. 失望的
e.g. I felt disappointed when he gave up studying.
7. Then, on the morning of my birthday, I woke up to find a beautiful violin at my bedside.
bedside表示“床边，床头”。
句中的to find a beautiful violin at my bedside是一个不定式结构，表示行为的结果。
e.g. He arrived at the station to find the train gone.
Step 8 Writing
Ask Ss to write a speech they might give at their school-leavers’ party.
Start your speech by saying what your speech is going to be about.
Dear head teacher, teachers and parents, I’d like to thank you for …
Decide who you want to say thank you to.
There are many people who I’d like to thank. First, I want to thank …
Decide what you want to thank them for with examples.
They have always given me great help …
Finish your speech by giving best wishes for the future.
Thank you and good luck for the future.
Step 9 Exercises
Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.
1. It’s not right to laugh ___ others when they make mistakes.
A. for B. to C. at D. with
2. I’ll try ____ best to finish the work before Friday.
A. I B. me C. my D. mine
3. I can’t get high marks ________ your help.
A. with B. without C. at D. under
4. His father didn’t buy the toy bear, so he felt _______.
A. happy B. disappointed C. kind D. wonderful
Keys: CCBB
Step 10 Homework
毕业在即，请在毕业纪念簿上留下你对同学一直要说的话。60词左右。
课件18张PPT。 外研版 九年级 下册
Module 8 Unit 2
I know that you will be better at maths
三rose n. 玫瑰 kindness n. 善举；好意disappointed adj. 失望的bedside n. 床边note n. 便条New words and expressionslaugh at 嘲笑give up 放弃try one’s best 尽某人最大的努力whom pron. …….的人，那个人，那些人1. Look at the picture and
choose the answers to the questions.
There may be more than one answer.Now read the passage and check.Fast reading
Main idea：
It is a ___________ made at the school-leavers’ party.
speechA speech
who whatmy friendsmy teachersmy parentsfriendshipeffort trustCareful readingTask 1:
Friends: I learnt friendship. They are very kind and help me learn Chinese. We become good friends.
Teachers: They taught me there is no success without effort. I will try my best and not give up.
Parents: They teach me love is about trust. My father believes that I will be better at maths.
Task 2:
1). Which sentence in paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”?
2). “You only really lose if you give up.” What does it mean?
3). “I’m sure you will be good at music. I know you will be better at maths.” What did Betty’s father want her to do?
4). “I’m sure that you all have you own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it…” What does it mean?Careful reading 1). Which sentence in paragraph 4 means “You have to work hard to succeed”? There is no success without effort.Task 22). “You only really lose if you give up.” What does it mean? You should try your best to do everything and not give up. 3). “I’m sure you will be good at music. I know you will be better at maths.” What did Betty’s father want her to do? Her father wanted her to work harder at maths.4). “I’m sure that you all have your own memories about the happiness of the last three years, and the people whom you want to thank for it…” What does it mean ?
Your own memories
about the happiness Retell the storyspeechfriendsteachers parentsfriendshipefforttrustA speech The first group is ______________. We
learnt ____________. Thanks to their
_________, I can learn Chinese better. The second group is___________. We
learnt ________. There is no ________ without effort. We should try our best and not give up. The third group is ____________. We
learnt ________. My father believes I will
be _________ at maths.my friendsfriendshipkindnessmy teacherseffortsuccessmy parentstrustbetter The speech talks about three things we have
learnt in junior middle school. The first is
friendship from our friends. Thanks to their
kindness, I learned Chinese better. The
second is effort from our teachers. There is
no success without effort. We should try our
best and not give up. The third is trust from
our parents. My father believes that I will be
better at maths. We all have good memories
about the happiness of the last three years, we
thank them a lot.
1. It’s not right to laugh ___ others when they make mistakes.
A. for B. to C. at D. with
2. I’ll try ____ best to finish the work before Friday.
A. I B. me C. my D. mineCC练一练3. I can’t get high marks ________ your help.
A. with B. without
C. at D. under
4. His father didn’t buy the toy bear, so he felt _______.
A. happy B. disappointed C. kind D. wonderfulBB
