《英语》（九年级上册）
Unit 8 Detective stories
Reading (II)
I. Teaching aims and learning objectives
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:
get further understanding of the whole text;
learn to use some important phrases properly;
talk with the classmates about the murder.
II. Teaching contents
New words and phrases: confirm; victim; crime; somewhere; contact; wound; bleed; enemy; single; well-paid; charge; break into; system; suppose; only; witness; report; breathe; heavily; reward; arrest
New structures:
We are asking anyone who saw anything unusual near Corn Street last night to contact us.
We are now checking the scene for more clues which will help solve the case.
The victim’s parents have offered a reward of 50,000 yuan for any information that leads to the arrest of the murderer.
III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty
Learn to use some important phrases properly.
Use the key words and the phrases to talk about the murder.
IV. Teaching procedures
Step 1 Revising time
Watch the video of the story.
T: At the beginning of the class, we will watch the video of the reading text. Watch it and try to have a revision.
Students Watch the video.
Do some true of false questions.
T: Now please answer these True of False questions. If you know the answer, put up your hands. If it is right, tell me “true”. If it is false, tell me “false” and try to tell me why.
The victim’s body was found in West Town.
The victim sold computers.
The victim worked in East Town.
It is possible that the victim was killed somewhere else.
The police know that the victim had some enemies.
The police have one suspect so far.
The suspect is a short fat man.
The police have arrested the murderer.
The victim’s parents are offering a reward for useful information.
Step 2 Studying time
Read paragraph by paragraph. Know more about the context and pay attention to some new words and phrases.
Read paragraphs 1-2. Try to finish the table about the victim and the murder.
(language points: a 25-year-old man, sb be seen doing, whether or not)
Read paragraph 3. Finish the mind-map.
(language points: clue; wound)
Read paragraphs 4-5. Know more about the victim.
(language point: be guilty of/be charged with)
Read paragraph 6. Learn more about the suspect.
(language point: breathe/breath)
Read paragraph 7. Let’s do something for the victim’s parents.
(language point: lead to)
Step 3 Showing time
Try to retell the text with the help of the questions and the video.
When and where was the victim last seen? (be seen doing)
Are you sure the victim was killed at the place where he was found? (whether ... or)
How did the victim die? (bleed)
Did the victim have any criminal record? (be guilty of/ be charged with)
Did we have a suspect so far? (so far)
Did we have a suspect so far? (prove)
V. Homework
Retell the text.
Finish the exercises in Period 3 of Unit 8 in the workbook.
