课件24张PPT。Advance with EnglishUnit 3 The secret of successReading Period 1GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe 50 Best Inventions
of 2009 Guess and sayHow much do you know about inventionsGUESS
and SAYGAMEThe Bladeless Fan
It is safer than conventional fans and also cooler!GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe Electric Eye
It will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance. GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe Telescope for Invisible Stars
It will watch stars and planets being born, revealing more about how the universe came to be. GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe Solar Shingle
It is expected to cost 10% to 15% less than traditional solar panels and will be cheaper and quicker to install. GUESS
and SAYGAMESpider web Silk
It's stronger than steel and far more flexible. GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe $10 Million Light bulb
It emits the same amount of light as its equivalent but uses less watts and lasts for 25,000 hours.GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe $20 Knee
A knee not only very cheap, but also mimics the natural joint's movements for patients. GUESS
and SAYGAMEThe AIDS Vaccine
That's designed to fight HIV . A six-year trial showed that the vaccine is modestly effective. Sir Clive Sinclair
ordinary working-class people.We may learn who Sir Clive is and some important things in science and technology he has done for ordinary people. title—the man who brought technology to
the man in the street subtitleThe main topicSir Clive Sinclair’ s life
and inventions
1. What was Clive’s first job? (no more than 6 words)
2. Why didn’t Sinclair go to university?(no more than 9 words)An assisstant editor for a magazine.Because he didn’t think university would teach him anything.3. What was Sinclair’s big picture?(no more than 13 words) To sell electronic goods in bulk and cheaply for everyone’s usage.4. What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate?
(no more than 7 words) Sinclair’s leadership skills and strengths of personality.
Unit3Experiences Causes Being blessed with 1957withdrawingUnit3folded company first pocket calculator first digital watch Unit3Costing less than People’s recognition Para 1
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Sir Clive Sinclair’ s life and inventionsFind out the sub-topic of each part.Clair’s brilliant childhood and early achievements. His invention of radio and way of running his
first company. He was talented at making little things How Sinclair’s career underwent a downward slide
during the 1980s How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman. The summary of his life and qualities Sir Clive Sinclair is ____ famous British businessman and inventor, ____his life is also faced with failures. For example, in 1961, his own company folded __a result of his partner’s withdrawal. In addition, _____the 1980s, his invention, _____was called the Sinclair C5 car, was laughed at due to ___ own unusual shape. However, he had ____________ determination and intelligence that he faced the difficulties bravely__________realized his dream of making electronic goods available.abutasinwhichitssuchand1.He began designing and making things when he was very young and his teacher said by age ten he knew all the maths they could teach him.
2. He started his first company at the age of 21 and he was the first person to try and sell electronic goods cheaply an in bulk.
3. He restarted his company even after the first one had folded.
4. He expanded mensa’s membership while he was chairman and made the society very well known.
Intelligence Ambitions Perseverance Leadership Can you list at least four secrets (his personal qualities)
leading to his success? How do you know? Do you want to be a successful person?
What do you hope to do in the future?
What should you do in Dongshan Shool?
at present ?
My plan is……DiscussionLove all, trust a few, do wrong to none. The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress Homework:
Writing a composition about one of them.
Requirements:
1, introduce himher briefly.
2, state why you are in favour of himher.
3, state what you can learn from himher.
4, write at least 120 words.Module 11 Unit 3
Reading: Sir Clive Sinclair
—the man who brought technology to the man in the street
教学课型：阅读课（45分钟）
教材分析：
教学内容：Module 11 Unit 3 Reading: Sir Clive Sinclair
教材处理：本课所提供的语篇是一份广播节目的录音材料，旨在提供一位成功人士的信息：克莱夫 辛科莱是什么样的人；他曾经发明了什么；为什么他喜欢发明；除此之外他还做了什么等等。授课者根据自己对教材的理解，紧扣单元主题，设计了导入、预测、快速阅读、细读、听录音、总结、讨论及作业八个教学环节（任务），旨在帮助学生掌握阅读策略和阅读技巧，提高学生的阅读理解能力以及口头和书面表达能力,同时让同学们进一步适应高考题型。
整体思路：
本节课是阅读课，旨在培养学生的阅读能力，兼顾听、说、写的能力培养。授课者将引导学生运用本课所学的语言知识，让学生加深对文章主题的理解；同时对学生进行就业、创业教育，使他们认清成功的奥秘之所在，并同时让同学们熟悉高考题型.
1, 引入话题：为了激发学生兴趣，通过展示几幅有关发明的图片—8项由美国《时代周刊》评出的2009全球前五十大发明创造，使学生对发明创造的重要性有初步的印象，认识到这些都是发明家事业成功的标志，然后过渡到本阅读语篇。
2, 读前预测： 让学生看标题：《发明家—克莱夫 辛科莱爵士—把科学技术带给大众的人》并预测本文内容：辛科莱的生活及发明。
3, 快速阅读：通过快速阅读弄清文章大意和关键信息，并验证预测内容是否正确。要求学生完成一个任务：四个阅读问答题（高考新题型）
4, 仔细阅读：让同学们对语篇的细节有进一步的了解：辛科莱在人生的各个阶段都有哪些成就或失败，成因是什么等，并完成表格题（高考题型）。
5, 边听边思：仔细倾听文章录音，并考虑文章的各个段落的分主题是什么。
6，复述课文：总结全文，深化主题，完成一个与本文相关的完型填空题。（高考新题型）
7, 组织讨论：探讨辛科莱成功的奥秘之所在并举出事例，然后把话题延伸到同学们自己的职业理想：将来打算做什么？对你来说什么才是成功的事业？如何做才能实现你的成功？为下一个环节--写作做准备。
8 ,作业布置：展示几幅成功人士的画像与他们的语录,要求同学们通过上网、查阅图书杂志等方法了进一步了解他们的人生与其成就，选择最喜欢的一位并用英语完成一篇120词左右的短文，要求包括：1，简单介绍该人物；2，喜欢该人物的理由；3，从该人物身上得到的启示。（08年湖南高考书面表达题（略有修改））。
具体操作：
Period 1
I Teaching aims:
1) knowledge and skills
a. To get some information of a successful man--Sir Clive Sinclair
b. To improve students’ reading ability by participating in various activities.
2)Process and methods
a. How to search for information about a successful person.
b. How to adapt new study methods :exploration, cooperation and independent study.
3)Emotions, activities and values
To help students understand how someone can become successful and form a positive attitude towards one’s future career.
II Teaching Principles
Task-based Teaching approach and situational Teaching approach.
III Teaching Aids
Multimedia teaching equipment.
IV Teaching Procedures
Step1 Greetings and lead in
Good morning students. Do you like inventions? Ok, let’s see some of the top 50 inventions of 2009 selected by the Time Magazine and guess their usages.
Task 1: Let’s guess.
Entries: The Electric Eye-- it will enable a blind person to recognize faces and navigate a room without assistance. The AIDS Vaccine--The vaccine is not approved for use yet, but it's the first to make any headway against HIV. A six-year trial showed that the vaccine is modestly effective. The Telescope for Invisible Stars--It will watch stars and planets being born, revealing more about how the universe came to be. The $10 Million Light bulb—it emits the same amount of light as its equivalent but uses less than 10 watts and lasts for 25,000 hours. The Solar Shingle--it is expected to cost 10% to 15% less than traditional solar panels and will be cheaper and quicker to install. The $20 Knee--a knee not only dirt cheap, but also mimics the natural joint's movements for amputees. The Bladeless Fan-- It is safer than conventional fans and also cooler! Spider web Silk--it's stronger than steel and far more flexible.
Do you think that the inventors who created them are successful? Since you are so curious about the inventions of 2009, do you want to learn how the inventors can achieve their success? Ok, we will learn something about a successful inventor.
Step2 Pre-reading
Task 2 Predicting
Look at the title. What can you learn from it? What does “the man in the street” refer to? What do you think may be covered in the article? Since all of you are very curious about this person. Let’s read a passage about him.
Suggested answer: It refers to ordinary working-class people. We know Sinclair successfully brought technology to ordinary people. We may learn who Sir Clive is and some important things in science and technology he has done (what he has done) for ordinary people. It’s about the inventor’s life and inventions.
Step3 Fast reading
Please go through the text as quickly as possible and try to finish one task.
Task 3 Answering the four questions in part A
Questions:
1 What was Clive’s first job? (no more than 5 words)
2 Why didn’t Sinclair go to university?(no more than 9 words)
3 What was Sinclair’s big picture?(no more than 13 words)
4 What did the growth of Mensa demonstrate?(no more than 7 words)
Suggested answers:
1 An assistant editor for a magazine.
2 Because he thought university wouldn’t teach him anything new.
3 To sell electronic goods in bulk and cheaply for everyone’ usage.
4 Sinclair’s leadership skills and strengths of personality.
Step 4 Detailed reading
Task 4 Table filling.
Please read the passage again more carefully and complete the following table.
Title: Sir Clive Sinclair, a famous businessman and inventor
Time
1
2
Childhood
He was good at many subjects and invented the calculator.
3 brains and educating himself a lot.
4
He got a job as an assistant editor for Practical Wireless.
Thinking that university would teach nothing to him.
1961
His company folded.
Partner’s 5
1962
He restarted his 6 and made a hit.
Producing goods in bulk and selling cheaply.
He invented the 7
There being secrets.
1976
He invented the 8
1977
He invented the first pocket TV.
1980
He sold more than 20,000 ZX 80 computers
9 100 pounds.
1983
He received a knighthood from the Queen.
10 of his efforts and achievements.
Suggested answers:
1, Experiences 2, Causes 3, Being blessed with 4, 1957 5, withdrawing. 6, folded company 7, first pocket calculator. 8, first digital watch. 9, Costing less than 10, People’s recognition
Step 5 Consolidation of the text
Task 5 Let’s do some listening and figure out the sub-topics
After listening to the text, please generalize the sub-topic of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: Clair’s brilliant childhood and early achievements.
Paragraph 2: His invention of radio and way of running his first company.
Paragraph 3: He was talented at making little things
Paragraph 4: How Sinclair’s career underwent a downward slide during the 1980s
Paragraph 5: How Sinclair saved Mensa as a chairman.
Paragraph 6: The summary of his life and qualities
Step 6 Post-reading activity
Task6 Making a Summary
Now, let’s make a summary of Sir Clive’s life by filling the blanks of the following passage.
Sir Clive Sinclair is 1 famous British businessman and inventor, 2 his life is also faced with failures. For example, in 1961, his own company folded 3 a result of his partner’s withdrawal. In addition, 4 the 1980s, his invention, 5_____was called the Sinclair C5 car, was laughed at due to 6 own unusual shape. However, he had 7 determination and intelligence that he challenged the difficulties bravely 8 realized his dream of making electronic goods available to everyone.
Suggested answers: 1, a 2,but 3,as 4, during in 5,which 6,its 7, such 8, and
Task 7 Having a discussion
From the text, we can see that Sir Clive Sinclair is a successful person! Please discuss the three questions with your partners
Can you list at least four secrets (his personal qualities) leading to his success? How do you know? Do you also want to be a successful person? How do you think you can achieve your success through your own career?
Then ask several students to present their opinions.
Suggested answers:
Intelligence—He began designing and making things when he was very young and his teacher said by age ten he knew all the maths they could teach him.
Ambitions—He started his first company at the age of 21 and he was the first person to try and sell electronic goods cheaply an in bulk.
Perseverance—He restarted his company even after the first one had folded.
Leadership—He expanded Mensa’s membership while he was chairman and made the society very well known.
Students’ own ideas.
Step 7 Homework
Task 8 Writing a composition
Please look at these successful people and their quotes. Choose the most favorite one by yourself and write a composition. You can search the information by using the Internet, library and so on, but it should include the following points:
1, introduce himher briefly.
2, state why you are in favor of himher.
3, what you can learn from himher.
Thomas Edison’s quote: The first requisite for success is to develop the ability to focus and apply your mental and physical energies to the problem at hand - without growing weary.
William Shakespeare’s quote: Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.
Hellen Keller’s quote: Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Barack Obama’s quote: If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
