Module 9 Great inventions
Unit 2 Will books be replaced by the Internet?
教材分析
This is the second lesson in this module. The reading material is information about inventions. It’s a good text to help the students improve their reading strategies, such as getting information from the reading material.
教学目标
【知识目标】
1. Key words:
printing, development, trade, result, spread, introduction, amount, store, form, connection, single, direction, replace
2. Key phrases:
look through, by hand, compare...to, wait and see, at a time, by hand, in a way, on one’s way to, etc.
3. Key sentences:
(1) Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
(2) Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now.
(3) Will books be replaced by the Internet?
【能力目标】
1. To understand articles about invention creations.
2. To talk about an invention and communicate with classmates.
【情感目标】
1. To talk about great influence of inventions on our life
2. To feel the development of technology.
教学重难点
【教学重点】
1. Key words:
printing, development, trade, result, spread, introduction, amount, store, form, connection, single, direction, replace
2. Key phrases:
look through, by hand, compare...to, wait and see, at a time, by hand, in a way, on one’s way to, etc.
3. Key sentences:
(1) Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
(2) Computers and the Internet are used in classrooms now.
(3) Will books be replaced by the Internet?
【教学难点】
To develop Ss’ reading and writing abilities.
课前准备
Multimedia
教学过程
Step I Warming up and leading in
T introduces four inventions in China.
T: Paper and printing are still very important in our daily life.
【设计意图】
激活学生已有的知识,让学生熟悉本单元的话题。
Step II While- reading
(I) Fast- reading
(A) Read the passage and get the main ideas.
(B) Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.
(II) Careful reading
(A) Read Para 1
Ss find out paper and printing in my everyday life.
paper and printing in my everyday life : a newspaper/ my books/ magazines/ the photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming
(B) Read Para 2 : The world before printed books
the invention of paper
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago.
People started to write on paper to make books.
Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
As a result, there were not many books and they were expensive.
The situation (状况) didn't change until…
(C) Read Paragraph 3 : the invention of printing
Ss read the sentences and put them in the right order.
Printing was invented
Printing was developed greatly
Books were produced more quickly and cheaply.
A trade in books resulted.
More people learned to read.
Knowledge and ideas spread faster than ever before
(D) Read Para 4 and answer the question.
Q: Why may the Internet become more powerful than printing?
I. A much larger amount of information can be stored in more varied forms on the Internet than in books.
II. Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find it in printed forms.
III. The machines we use to read it are often smaller and lighter than a single book.
(E) Read Paragraph 5 and answer the question.
What is the writer's opinion?
Does he think that books will be replaced ?
【设计意图】
1. 通过对问题的回答,培养学生在阅读中运用检索阅读的方法,寻找所需信息及概括段落大意的能力。
2. 通过阅读和练习,要求学生根据文章内容获取细节信息,并完成问题。
Step III Post- reading
(I) Read the passage again and summarize.
2000 years ago, Paper .
Books .
Few people .
During Sui and Tang Dynasties, Printing greatly.
Books quickly.
More people .
So knowledge and ideas quickly.
today, Information can _____________ .
Someone with ____________________ can find information much more easily.
Machines we use to read it now are smaller and lighter than ________________.
In the future , so
(II) Complete the passage with the words in the box.
Books were expensive after paper was invented because they were expensive because they were made by hand, but (1)____________ in printing made it cheaper and faster to make books.
A(n) (2)_______ in books resulted, and knowledge (3)_________ more quickly than ever before. The (4)_____________ of the Internet has changed the world in a similar way, and the Internet is much more (5)_________. With more and more people using the Internet, the (6)__________ that traditional printing will take in the future is uncertain, and computers may (7)__________ books one day.
【设计意图】
1. 通过复述，进一步理解文章内容，同时增强学生的口头表达能力。
2. 通过填空练习，巩固课堂知识,加强对关键词的理解。
Step IV Language points
1. My father buys a newspaper on his way to work.爸爸在上班的路上都要买本书。
on his way to 在某人去…的路上
I pass the store on my way to library.我在去图书馆的路上经过了那家小店。
注意：在on one’s way to…结构中，如果地点是副词，to应该省略。
On his way home, he bought a pen.在他回家的路上，他买了一支钢笔。
2. my mother looks through magazines at home.妈妈在家翻阅杂志。
look through 浏览，温习
He looked through many books in order to find the correct answer. 为了找到正确答案,他查阅了许多书籍。
3. go to bed 睡觉
The mother patted the little girl to make her go to sleep.母亲拍小孩入睡。
辨析: go to sleep, get to sleep, go to bed,与 be/fall sleep
1) go to sleep与get to sleep意义相近，也是终止 性动词短语。即“入睡，睡着”，强调进入梦乡 的过程，‘幵始睡觉”，即being to sleep.
I don’t know when I went to sleep / got to sleep last night. 我不知道我昨晚什么时候睡着的。
2) go to bed “就寝”，只表示“上床去睡”这一动作，无“睡着”之意。是终止性动词短语。反义短语是get up “起床”。
I go to bed at about eleven, and go right off to sleep.
3) fall asleep“睡着”，表示一个动作的过程，侧重于“自然而然的入睡”；be asleep“熟睡”，强调睡眠的状态。
Eg: Because I am tired, I fall asleep quickly. 因为我很疲劳，因此很快就睡着了。
4. Can we imagine life without paper or printing？我们怎能想象没有纸或者印刷术的生活？
(1) imagine 后接that或者what 引导的从句。
I can’t imagine what he looks like.我想象不出他长什么样子。
(2) imagine (sb./sb’s )doing sth 想象(某人)做某事。
I can’t imagine walking all the way to the North Pole.我无法想象怎样一路走到北极去。
(3) Imagine 后接复合宾语,即“宾语+宾语补足语”，宾语补足语通常是由“动词不定式(to be ) +形谷词”或“as +名词”构成。
The girl imagines the gentleman as her father.这个女孩把那位绅士想象成她的父亲。
He imagines everything to be easy.他想象一切都是容易的。
(4) imagine后面接名词
You can imagine the situation there.你可以想象那边情况。
5. In those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand.
(1) at a time一次，每次(多少个)
Please come in once at a time, not all together.请一个一个的进来，不要一起进来。
(2) by hand手工地；亲手地
All these toys are made by hand.所有这些玩具都是手工制作的。
6. Let’s wait and see.让我们拭目以待吧。
We'll have to?wait?and?see?what happens. 我们只好等等看将会发生什么。
If you don't believe it,?wait?and?see. 如若不信, 请拭目以待。
Why not just wait and see what happens?何不静观其结果呢?
7. be replaced by 被……所替代
Will books be replaced by computers?书本会被网络阅读所替代吗？
【设计意图】
进一步理解文本重点内容。
Step V Writing
(I) Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results.
Ss write full sentences with as a result, because or so.
(II) Write a passage about traditional printing and its future.
【设计意图】
1. 练习as a result, because or so.的用法。
2. 写作输出，操练学生们的写作能力。
Step VI. Homework
(I) Read the passage in Unit 2 twice.
(II) Write a short passage about the advantages and disadvantages of paper、printing and computer.
【设计意图】
作业是课堂学习的延伸，是对课堂所学的技能很好的综合检测。
课件26张PPT。Paper and printing
are still very important in our daily life.?gunpowderprintingpaper-makingcompassthe four great inventions of ancient China1st Para.
2nd Para.
3rd Para.
4th Para.
5th Para.Read the passage and get the main ideas. Will books be replaced by the Internet？Fast readingLearning to learnTo find information in a passage quickly, you can read the heading and the first sentence in each paragraph. This will often tell you what the passage is about.Read the passage and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.a). The world before printed books
b). The world after invention of printing
c). Life with paper and printing
d). Technology and books
e). The future of books23145Fast readingCareful readingRead paragraph 1Life with paper and printingpaper and printing in my everyday life a newspaper
my books
magazines
the photos of David Beckham and Yao Mingthe invention of paperPaper was first created about 2,000 years ago.People started to write on paper to make books.Books were only produced one at a time by hand.
As a result, there were not many books and they were expensive.The situation (状况) didn't change until…Read paragraph 2The world before printed booksRead paragraph 3a. Books were produced more quickly and cheaply.
b. More people learned to read.
c. Printing was developed greatly.
d. A trade in books resulted.
e. Knowledge and ideas spread faster than ever before.
f. Printing was invented.the invention of printing123456the right orderPrinting was invented
Printing was developed greatly
Books were produced more quickly and cheaply.
A trade in books resulted.
More people learned to read.
Knowledge and ideas spread faster than ever before.
After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
In a way, we can compare the invention of paper and printing to the introduction of the Internet in the 20th century.在某种程度上可与20世纪互联网的引入相媲美The Internet is growing fast today.It may become more powerful than printing.I. A much larger amount of information can be stored in more varied forms on the Internet than in books.
II. Someone with an Internet connection can find information much more easily than they can find it in printed forms.
III. The machines we use to read it are often smaller and lighter than a single book. Computers and the Internet are used in classroom now.
Newspapers and magazines are already read online.Why may the Internet become more powerful than printing?Read paragraph 4Let’s wait and see.
Read paragraph 5What is the writer's opinion?
Does he think that books will be replaced ?So will books be replaced by the Internet in the future?We don’t know.
Paper .
Books .
Few people .2,000 years agoPrinting greatly.
Books quickly.
More people .
So knowledge and ideas quickly.Information can _____________ .
Someone with ____________________ can find information much more easily.
Machines we use to read it now are smaller and lighter than ________________.During Sui and Tang DynastiestodayIn the futureSo __________________________________________________? was first createdwere made by handlearned to readwas developedwere produced learned to readspreadbe stored in more varied forms.a single bookan Internet connectionSummarywill books be replaced by the InternetPaper .
Books .
Few people .2,000 years agoPrinting greatly.
Books quickly.
More people .
So knowledge and ideas quickly.Information can _____________ .
Someone with ____________________ can find information much more easily.
Machines we use to read it now are smaller and lighter than ________________.During Sui and Tang DynastiestodayIn the futureSo __________________________________________________? SummaryComplete the passage with the words in the box.developments, direction, introduction,
powerful, replace, spread, trade Books were expensive after paper was invented because they were expensive because they were made by hand, but (1)____________ in printing made it cheaper and faster to make books.developmentsA(n) (2)_______ in books resulted, and
knowledge (3)_________ more quickly than ever before. The (4)_____________ of the Internet has changed the world in a similar way, and the Internet is much more (5)_________. With more and more people using the Internet, the (6)__________ that traditional printing will take in the future is uncertain, and computers may (7)__________ books one day.tradespread introductionpowerful directionreplaceLanguage pointsMy father buys a newspaper on his way to work.
爸爸在上班的路上都要买本书。
on his way to 在某人去…的路上
I pass the store on my way to library.
我在去图书馆的路上经过了那家小店。注意：在on one’s way to…结构中，如果地点是副词，to应该省略。
On his way home, he bought a pen.在他回家的路上，他买了一支钢笔。2. my mother looks through magazines at home.妈妈在家翻阅杂志。
look through 浏览，温习
He looked through many books in order to find the correct answer.
为了找到正确答案,他查阅了许多书籍。3. go to bed 睡觉
The mother patted the little girl to make her go to sleep.母亲拍小孩入睡。辨析: go to sleep, get to sleep, go to bed,与 be/fall sleep
(1) go to sleep与get to sleep意义相近，也是终止 性动词短语。即“入睡，睡着”，强调进入梦乡 的过程，‘幵始睡觉”，即being to sleep.
I don’t know when I went to sleep / got to sleep last night.
我不知道我昨晚什么时候睡着的。
(2) go to bed “就寝”，只表示“上床去睡”这一动作，无“睡着”之意。是终止性动词短语。反义短语是get up “起床”。
I go to bed at about eleven, and go right off to sleep.
(3) fall asleep“睡着”，表示一个动作的过程，侧重于“自然而然的入睡”；be asleep“熟睡”，强调睡眠的状态。
Eg: Because I am tired, I fall asleep quickly. 因为我很疲劳，因此很快就睡着了。
4. Can we imagine life without paper or printing？
我们怎能想象没有纸或者印刷术的生活？(1) imagine 后接that或者what 引导的从句。
I can’t imagine what he looks like.我想象不出他长什么样子。
(2) imagine (sb./sb’s )doing sth 想象(某人)做某事。
I can’t imagine walking all the way to the North Pole.
我无法想象怎样一路走到北极去。(3) Imagine 后接复合宾语,即“宾语+宾语补足语”，宾语补足语通常是由“动词不定式(to be ) +形谷词”或“as +名词”构成。
The girl imagines the gentleman as her father.这个女孩把那位绅士想象成她的父亲。
He imagines everything to be easy.
他想象一切都是容易的。
(4) imagine后面接名词
You can imagine the situation there.
你可以想象那边情况。5. In those days, books were only produced one at a time by hand.(1) at a time一次，每次(多少个)
Please come in once at a time, not all together.
请一个一个的进来，不要一起进来。
(2) by hand手工地；亲手地
All these toys are made by hand.所有这些玩具都是手工制作的。
6. Let’s wait and see.让我们拭目以待吧。
We'll have to?wait?and?see?what happens.
我们只好等等看将会发生什么。
If you don't believe it,?wait?and?see.
如若不信, 请拭目以待。
Why not just wait and see what happens?
何不静观其结果呢?7. be replaced by 被……所替代
Will books be replaced by computers?
书本会被网络阅读所替代吗？Read the sentences and notice how we give reasons and results.WritingBooks were only produced one at a time by hand. As a result, there were not many books.
2. Because there were not many books, few people learnt to read.
3. These machines are smaller and lighter than books so they are easy to carry.Now work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
Write full sentences with as a result, because or so. Why is it hard to imagine a world without printing?
What was the result of few books being produced?
What happened after printing technology developed?
4. What will happen to the books in the future? Why? Write a passage about traditional printing and its future. Use the sentences you wrote in Activities 5 and 6 to help you.HomeworkI. Read the passage in Unit 2 twice.
II. Write a short passage about the advantages and disadvantages of paper、printing and computer.
