Module 3 Food for Thought
Unit 6 Fun food
教材分析
This book includes three modules, The Human Body, Colorful Life and Food for Thought, designed to help students get better understanding of their own body and the healthy life style. This is the sixth unit of the third module of the textbook. In the passage, to help students get the knowledge of agriculture, especially white agriculture. Through the study of this module, students learn about the concept of food and the modern agriculture.Master the expression of related words and the use of attributive clauses.At last, write a recipe in English.
教学目标
【语言目标】
1. To learn and master the new words, phrases, sentence patterns in the text;
2. To help students get the knowledge of agriculture, especially white agriculture.
3. To develop students’ speaking ability.
4. To learn grammar—A: Relative clauses with relative pronouns as subjects.
B: Relative clauses with relative pronouns as objects.
5. to enable students to roughly get an outline of the passage Balancing world diets.
【能力目标】
1. Improve the students’ reading comprehension, develop reading skills, and express their thoughts with the sentence patterns they have learned;
2. The teaching of Speaking should cultivate students' oral communication ability;
3. To help students develop good oral communication habits, and cultivate students' habit of thinking in English;
4. To learn to write a recipe in English.
【情感目标】
Help students understand the differences between Chinese and western cultures, learn to respect others' beliefs, and be good at listening to others' ideas.
教学重难点
1. To use the words and expressions;
2. To develop the students’ reading ability;
3. To learn the use of attributive clauses;
4.To write a recipe in English.
课前准备
Multimedia, Text book, whiteboard and PPT slides
教学过程
The first period Reading
Step 1 Warming up
T: Show the students some pictures of food and ask them where the food comes from. In this way, the students’ interest on food can be aroused.
【设计意图】
向学生们展示一些食物的图片,引起学生对本课话题食物的兴趣。
Step 2 Reading
Pre-reading
T: Ask the students to match the new words with their definition and this step is also the preparation for the reading.
Skimming
1. Read the title, the picture and the first line and the last line of each paragraph. Then think about
1) What is white agriculture?
2) What is Sunqiao ?
3) What is this passage probably about?
a. Interesting food in our life
b. A new kind of agriculture
4) Why has Sunqiao become one of the fastest developing areas?
5) How did some people view farming?
2. Ask students to read the text quickly and find the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1 : Colourful agriculture
Para 2 : Introduction of white agriculture
Para 3 : Research and production in Sunqiao
Para 4 : Economic benefits of white culture
Para 5 : Modern technology has made Sunqiao famous
Scanning
1. Read paragraph 1 and the 1st sentence of the 2nd paragraph together and find out the meanings of the 3 items in the box:
Traditional farming that grows plants in soil
Farms fish or water plants in natural sources of water such as oceans or lakes
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Let’s check
Match the kind of agriculture by color to the sentences below
Farms in natural sources of water /
Grows plants in soil /
Grows plants using water and fertilizer /
Traditional farming /
This kind is the most likely to make you dirty /
2. Read paragraph 2 and then fill in the blanks.
grow in water
Features sand and stones : used to help hold up the plants
Nourished : only by a mixture of water and fertilizer
plants
useful for : places with poor soil quality
benefits
make the best use of :both water and fertilizer
3. Read paragraph3 and 4 to see whether it is true or false.
(1) Sunqiao is both an experimental facility and a business company. T
(2) The researches of Sunqiao only involve making white agriculture more profitable. F
(3) Through blue agriculture, Sunqiao has become one of the fastest developing area in China. F
(4) The lives of farming families changed forever because they have bigger and better harvests. T
(5) Only seeds brought economic benefits to many farming families. F
4. Read the last paragraph and fill in the blanks.
People in the city considered farming as _________. However, the introduction of _________ has made Sunqiao famous. Every week people who visit there appear _____ to see the vegetables growing without _______. Farming is _______ and ________ now. Sunqiao is a place where _________ and nature work well together.
(modern technology; boring and backward; amazed; using soil; high-tech; technology)
5. Read paragraphs and then complete a summary about Sunqiao Modern Agriculture Development Zone.
Located in : Shanghai
Used as: Experimental research facility and a business enterprise
Research on : White agriculture
Proved to be: One of the fastest developing areas in China
Famous for: The introduction of modern technology to agriculture
Post-reading
Role-play
S: Make up a dialogue using what they have learnt.
1. A: You’ve been to Sunqiao, so what left you the deepest impression at Sunqiao?
B: ……
A: Oh, really? How did they do this?
B:……
2. A: Have you ever heard of different kinds of agricultures?
B: Yes/No, I only know…,can you tell me something about it?
A: ……
B: ……
【设计意图】
培养学生理解文章以及获取细节信息的能力,同时利用问题帮助学生梳理文章脉络。引导学生进行学习反思。
Step 3 Language Points
1. agriculture-agriculturalindustry-industrial
n. 农业, 农学, 农艺
1) Agriculture in this country has developed greatly after war.
2) Modern agriculture is spoiling our beautiful countryside. 现代农业正在破坏我们美丽的农村。
2. farm-farming-farmerVt.耕作; 种植;养殖 vi. 佃出(土地)(+out) 种田,务农;经营农场;从事畜牧业1) He farms 500 acres.他耕种五百英亩地。
2) It is profitable to farm shellfish.养殖贝类有利可图。
3) My parents used to farm for a living.
3. nature n. 自然;自然界[U] 性质,本质[C][U]1) In nature, everything has its value.2) Children have the nature of purity.
natural
1)Coal and oil are natural products.煤和石油是天然物产。
2)It's only natural that you should be nervous. 你感到紧张是很自然的。
4. mix-mixture-mixed
vt. (1) 使混和,搀和(+with)The workmen mixed sand, gravel, and cement to make concrete. Mix this oil with the egg and stir well. (2) 使结合;使结交(+with)
We can sometimes mix business with pleasure.我们有时能把工作和娱乐结合起来。
vi. 相混合,相溶合(+with)Oil doesn't mix with water.油和水不能混合。
5. Hold up 支撑
The chair was too weak to hold me up.
Hold up 阻碍,延误
Hold up traffic延误交通
6. nourish养育;滋养 We need good food to nourish the starving infants.
nourishment ?? 食物,营养品 Plants get nourishment from the soil.
7. mix-mixture-mixed
vt. 使混和,搀和(+with)The workmen mixed sand, gravel, and cement to make concrete. Mix this oil with the egg and stir well. 使结合;使结交(+with)
We can sometimes mix business with pleasure.
我们有时能把工作和娱乐结合起来。
vi. 相混合,相溶合(+with)Oil doesn't mix with water.油和水不能混合。
8. n. 混合,混和[U][S1]The talk was conducted in a mixture of English, Russian and French. 谈话是以一种英、俄、法混杂的语言进行的。
(感情的)混杂[S][(+of)]His first reaction was a strange mixture of joy and anger. 他第一个反应是喜怒交集的奇异心情。
混合物;混合料[C]Air is a mixture of gases. 空气是各种气体的混合物。
【药】合剂[U]a bottle of cough mixture 一瓶止咳合剂
9. fertilize-fertilizer-fertilization
Farmers use fertilizer to fertilize the soil.
10. With带有,具有
1)A girl with red hair
2)A man with a wooden leg
3)He looked at her with a hurt expression .
11. make the best use of
Make the best use of time science and technology
make full/good use of好好利用,充分利用
take advantage of 趁机利用
12. experiment
Some people learn by experiment and others learn by experience.
Do/perform/carry out/conduct an experiment on… 在/对…做实验
They are doing biological experiments on rabbits.
13. Experimental adj. an experimental field
At the experimental stage
14. facility设备,设施;工具(pl) (+for)
She had no cooking facilities in the room.
Our classroom is equipped with multi-media facilities.
15. Involve-involving-involved-involvement
vt. 1. 使卷入,连累;牵涉[(+in/with)]
involve sb in sth=sb. be involved in sth.
I'm not involved in your quarrel.
Don't involve me in your quarrel! 不要把我牵扯进你们的争吵中!
involvement n. 连累
16. Be involved in (doing ) sth.使专注,使忙于[(+in)]
How should we involve ourselves in school life? ?
我们应该怎样投入学校生活?
He was involved in writing his doctoral dissertation. 他在聚精会神地写他的博士论文。
17.需要,包含,意味着(+in)[+v-ing]His work involves occasional journeys.他的工作偶尔需要出差旅行。
Giving advice at the right time has to involve a great deal of intelligence.
在适当的时间提建议需要人的睿智。
Painting the room involved moving out the piano.
18. Profitable-profit n. 利润,盈利;收益,红利[C][U]
He made a profit of fifty thousand US dollars on his house.他卖掉房子获利五万美元。
利益,益处;得益[U]We gained a lot of profit from your advice. 我们从你的建议中获益匪浅。
vt. 有益于
Telling lies won't profit you. It will profit you nothing to tell lies.
vi. 有益,有利, 得益,获益(+by/from)He learned to profit by his mistakes.
We profit from lots of reading.
profitable
The farm is a highly profitable business. Exercise is profitable in all ages. ?
运动对于各年龄段都很有利。
read something profitable
19. prove-proof vt. 证明,证实(that)
I’ll prove to the world that I was right. The lawyer proved the innocence of his client. 律师证实了他的当事人的清白。
prove sth. 表现,显示
She has proved herself honest.
20. amazed-amazing-amaze-amazement
vt. 使大为惊奇,使惊愕I was amazed at/by his conduct. (be amazed at sth.)我对他的行为感到惊讶。 I was amazed to find her there. (be amazed to do sth.)?
We were amazed that he was still alive.
【设计意图】
讲解重点词汇和短语,把握词根进行适当的拓展。在语境中学习词语,并通过练习巩固学过的词汇。
Step 3 Homework
1. Read the passage 3 times.
2. Recite the new words in the text.
3. Finish the exercise D1 D2 E1 E2.
【设计意图】
复习词汇和课文,并在语境中学习词语,并通过练习巩固学过的词汇。
The Second Period Grammar The Relative clauses
Step 1 Warming up.
1. Declan is a famous singer.
He sings the song tell me why.
/ Declan is a famous singer who sings The songtell me why.
2. He is a little boy. He is eating.
/He is a little boy who is eating.
【设计意图】
举例引出定语从句的概念。
Step 2 The Relative clauses
在复合句中,修饰某一名词或者代词用作定语的句子就叫做定语从句。被定语从句修饰的词,叫先行词。
引导定语从句的关联词有:
关系代词:who, whom
whose, which, that
关系副词:when, where
定语从句的位置
定语从句一定放在被修饰成分之后。
e.g. This is the car which he bought last year.
先行词 定语从句
Do you know the man?
He spoke just now.
/ Do you know the man who spoke just now?
whom指人, 在从句中作宾语, 可省略。
e.g. Do you know the man (whom) we saw at the Beijing Hotel?
1.I have read the newspaper.
It carries the important news.
/I have read the newspaper which carries the important news.
2. I showed him the letter.
I received it this morning
/I showed him the letter (which) I received this morning.
3. that指人或物,在从句中做主语或宾语, 作宾语时可以省略。
The house that I’m going to buy faces south.
They’re talking about the film.
I have seen the film.
/ They’re talking about the film (that) I’ve seen.
* 先行词前有下列词语修饰时, 定语从句必须用that引导。
all, every, any, little, few, much, no, only, very, the+序数词, the+形容词最高级
e.g. 1)This is the cleanest park that you can imagine.
2) This is the only book that has been written in French.
3) He talked about the things and persons that he had visited in the city.
* 在who或which引导的特殊疑问句中,限制性定语从句必须用that引导。
e.g. Who is the man that is standing over there.
*先行词在从句中作表语时, 限制性定语从句通常用that引导。(常可省略)
e.g. She is no longer the girl that she was before she went to the country.
That is the new machine.
The parts of it are too small to see.
/ That’s the machine whose parts are too small to see
当先行词是one, ones, anybody, anyone, all, none, those 等,
指人时一般用who,不用that。
Those who want to go to the cinema
will have to wait at the gate of the school.
在以疑问词who开头的句子中, 或关系代词在从句中作表语时,
用that, 不用who。
1)Who is the man that is shouting there?
2)She is not the girl that she used to be.
3. 先行词是人, 从句中缺动词宾语或 介词宾语时, 用whom或that(介词后不用that)。
The teacher wants to return the book to the girl from whom he borrowed it.
He is the student (whom, who, that) you want to see.
关系代词that, which , whom 在从句中作宾语时可省略掉。但放在介词后面时则不可省略。
whose指人或物,在从句中作定语。
e.g. That’s the man whose house was burned down.
The girl got first.
Her father had given us a report
The girl whose father had given us a report got first.
关系副词where
This is the factory. I worked in the factory ten years ago.
This is the factory where I worked ten years ago.
The school is near a park. My son studies in this school.
The school where my studies is near a park.
关系副词when
They’ll never forget July 1. Hong Kong returned to its motherland on July 1.
They’ll never forget July 1 when Hong Kong returned to its motherland.
The days are gone forever. We used foreign oil during those days.
The days when we used foreign oil are gone forever.
关系副词why
There are many reasons why people like traveling.
for the reasons =why
I don’t like the way that you speak.
in the way =that
关系副词实际上是介词+先行词。先行词在定从中的不同成分, 引导词不同。
【设计意图】
学习定语从句的用法。
Step 3 Practice
a. This is the place where he works.
This is the place which (that) we visited last year.
b. That was the time when he arrived.
Do you still remember the days that (which) we spent together?
c. This is the reason why/for which he went.
The reason that (which) he gave us was quite reasonable.
【设计意图】
理论与实践练习相接合,进行实地训练。
Step 4 Homework
Finish the exercise A1 A2 and B on page 81.
【设计意图】
完成课后练习,进一步加强定语从句学习。
The Third Period Listening and Speaking
Step 1 Listening
1. Lead-in: In this section, students will hear a recording of some customers ordering dishes at a restaurant.
Then, they will fill in an order form according to the information they have heard.
2. Performance
1)New words: order form订购单 the total cost总花费 menu n. 菜单
2)Listen to the tape twice and try to finish this task A on page82.
Since this is a real-life speaking task, it is very important for Ss to engage in realistic role-play as waiters/waitresses and customers.
Ask Ss to imagine that they are starving. When they finally get to a restaurant to order food, the waiters and waitresses can only speak English. However, it is the only restaurant available.
3) Check the answers
Step 2 Speaking
1. Finish the task B on page 83.
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2. Promotion:
1) Elicit from Ss useful words and expressions used by waiters /waitresses and customers in a restaurant.
2) Then ask Ss to work in groups. Each group should assign one or two people to be waiters / waitresses, and three or four people to be friends eating at a restaurant.
3) To familiarize Ss with the words and expressions for ordering food, ask them to create dialogues in pairs. One student will act as the waiter / waitress and the other as the customer.
【设计意图】
为了让学生熟悉订购食物的单词和表达方式,请他们创建对话进行训练。培养学生良好的口头交际能力。
The Fourth Period Writing
Step 1 Review the new words:
recipe n.食谱 ingredient n.. 配料 rub v. 擦,抹 poke v. 戳 scoop v. 用勺子舀 mash v. 捣烂,捣碎 wrapper n. (饺子)皮 filling n. 馅minced pork 肉末 spring onion 葱 sauce n.调料 soya sauce 酱油 vinegar n. 醋 garlic n. 大蒜
【设计意图】
让学生学习食物相关的一些词汇。为本节课的写作做好准备工作。
Step 2 Writing
1. This section teaches Ss the format of recipes. They should be able to read and produce recipes after they are finished.
2. Ask Ss to review how to explain a process before teaching this section.
3. Ask individual Ss to introduce some really simple recipes to the class, such as how to fry an egg or make dumplings.
4. Have Ss look at the pictures and text in the Student’s Book. They should be able to explain what information should be included in such a text, such as the various kinds of materials needed and the cooking procedures.
5. Then lead Ss orally through the writing task so that they ill know what to write.
【设计意图】
本节教学生食谱的格式。先口头描述如何烤薯片或煎蛋饼,并完成写作任务:包饺子。
Step 3 Homework
Each student should try out some recipes provided by others when they are at home during the weekend.
让学生课外进行练习,加深对食谱方面的英语学习。
The Fifth Period More reading Balancing world diets
Step 1 Warming up
Daily talk. It’s very important to have a balanced diet, so I must balance the balance.
【设计意图】
通过口头练习,让学生谈论相关话题,练习口头表达能力。
Step 2 Reading
1. The differencesbetween Asian and Western diets
In comparison, we can see in contrast to westerners, Asians eathealthy food, which gives the reason for the differences in health condition.
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2. Answer the questions according to the passage.
1) Why are there fewer differences between W and A diets ?
Because western-style eating patterns become more common in Asia.
2) Why some Asians experience more weight problems?
Because their diets are like westerners.
3) Why many Asians are paying closer attention to their diets than ever before?
Because they are aware of the developmentin diet
3. Balancing World Diets
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【设计意图】
加强阅读练习,进行指导阅读,提高学生的阅读理解能力。
Step 3 Language points
1. moderation (n.)
1) The state of being neither too much nor too little
e.g.We advise moderation in drinking. 我们提倡饮酒有节制。
e.g. He does everything in?moderation.他做任何事情都很有节制。
in?moderation 适度地;有节制地 = moderately
2) the state of being temperate
e.g.the moderation of speech and attitude .言语和态度的温和
3) decline
e.g.the moderation of the hot weather 炎热天气的消退
4)reduce the speed
e.g. neutron moderation 中子减速
2. accounts for
1) 报账 account to the company for the money he spends
2) 提出理由;作出解释;作出说明(for)近义词:explain
导致,引起(for)近义词:cause
account for one ’s actions
He could not account for the time spent away from his post.
Last frosts accounted for the poor fruit crop.
3) 报偿 account for one’s crime
4) (在数量、比例方面)占 account for 1/3 of traffic accidents
5) 杀死,消灭;俘获;(在体育比赛中)击败
【设计意图】
学习课文中出现的部分新词汇。加强词汇的记忆。
Step 4 Homework
Do the exercises B1, B2 and B3 on page 86.
【设计意图】
通过课后作业巩固所学知识,回到实际运用中。
课后反思
略。