I. Teaching aims and demands

類別 課程標準要求掌握的項目

話題 Talking about science and scientists

Talking about people

詞匯 Undertake analysis obvious within agriculture gravity curious branch debate scan boundary graduate research wheelchair disable theory seek misunderstand scientific observe match predict unhappiness crime astronomer telescope heaven intelligent patient experiment

Work on go by go on with dream of turn out use up be satisfied with take a look at what if the other way around

功能 1， 描述人物（describing people）

…you are twenty-one years old and a promising graduated student…

The scientist is curious and careful.

He is also intelligent and patient.

2. 辯論（debating）

I think biology is the most important and useful science because…..

That’s correct that’s true It’s clear that……..

I doubt that…. It’s hard to say…. Well. Maybe , but….

There’s no doubt that…. What’s your idea….. Have you thought about…..?

語法 動詞不定式 作主語，賓語，定語和狀語

1． 動詞不定式做主語

To obey the law is everybody’s duty

Hawking explain what it means to be a scientist

2.動詞不定式（短語）做動詞賓語：

Scientists try to describe and explain what we see.

3.動詞不定式（短語）做定語：

That will be the only thing to do now.

4. 動詞不定式（短語）做狀語，表示行為的目的，結果，原因等。

Learn from the past mistakes to avoid the future ones.

We were surprised to find him there.

He traveled around to give lectures.

II. Teaching goals

1.Talk about science and scientists

2.Practise describing people and debating

3.Learn more about the infinitive

4.Write a descriptive paragraph

III. Teaching periods.

Four periods

IV Teaching methods.

Period 1 listen and speak way

Period 2 Do some reading

Period 3. Language points study

Period 4. Writing ability.

The first period Listening & Speaking

Ability goals

Enable students to talk about science and scientists

Help them learn to describe people and practice debating.

Learning ability goals

Let Ss learn how to debate by talking about which branch is the most important and useful to society.

Teaching important points

Learn the patterns used to describe people and debating.

Teaching difficult points

How to describe people and how to debate.

Teaching methods

1. Listening to the tape ( individuals).

2. Group work Debating (cooperative learning).

Teaching aids

Mutli -media

Teaching procedures & ways

Stepⅰ Warming up

Show the photos of some great people on the Powerpoint .Ask students whether they know who they are and what they are famous for .Then show the quotes on the Powerpoint. Ask students to match the pictures with the quotes. Then help students to understand the quotes.

Stepⅱ: Listening

T: After talking about the scientists, we will listen to the tape. Please try to judge who the famous scientists described on the tape are. And finish the exercises.

After listening ,check the answers with the whole class. After checking the answers, ask students what they are interested in .They are requested to write a short paragraph about what they would like to invent, discover, or be.

They are given five minutes to finish it.

Stepⅲ Speaking

Show the five branches Biology, Maths , Chemistry, Physics and Computer Science on the Powerpoint.

Show the useful expressions on the Powerpoint.

Stepⅳ Practice

Three minutes later, the debate begins. After the debate, the teacher will sum up.

The Second Period Reading

Ability goals

Learn the story of Stephen Hawking ad encourage students to become strong-minded. From his story students should learn to solve problems with scientific methods.

Learning ability goals

Students are divided into different groups. Each group will be assigned different tasks. They are asked to collect Stephen Hawking’s information from different resources. Each group member should be involved. Through these activities students should learn to be involved ,cooperate and solve problems.

Teaching important points

Learn about how Stephen got rid of his difficulties and became successful.

Teaching difficult points

How to analyze the text ad grasp the main idea of the text.

Teaching methods

Listening, reading, discussing

Teaching procedures & ways

Stepⅰ Leading in

T: Good. In this class we are going to learn sth about him. The title is “No Boundries”. How do you understand the title?

Talk sth about the title.

StepⅱReading

Scanning

Ask the students to scan the text and find the information about his misfortune, his attitude towards difficulty, results from his disease and his achievements. Then fill the information in the form. It is not necessary to write in sentences. Key words will do. Students will finish the task independently and then they will compare their notes with their group members.

Skimming

Ask students to skim the text and then finish the first question of the Post-reading part.

Careful reading

Read the text carefully and find the answers to the following questions.

Show the questions on the Powerpoint,

1. According to professor Hawking, how do people misunderstand science?

2. What are the basic steps of the scientific method?

3. What is it that hawking doesn’t like about his speech computer?

Sum up the main idea of each part.

Show the suggested answers on the Powerpoint.

1. This part tells us about Stephen hawking’s attitude towards life in the face of great difficulties. It is his positive attitude that helps him succeed.

2. His achievements and his best seller A Brief History of Time.

3. The basic steps of the scientific method.

4. Science enables Stephen Hawking to give lectures all around the world.

Stepⅲ Explanation

During this procedure teacher will play the tape for students. Students will underline the difficult sentences .After listening to the tape, teacher will explain the text and deal with language problems.

Stepⅳ Post-reading

Students are given several minutes to go over the text to make sure they fully understand the text. Then come to the third group questions of Post-reading. These are open ending questions. Students are encouraged to give various solutions.

The third period Grammar

Learning ability goals

Enable students to use infinitives freely through some task-based activities.

Ability goals

Students are asked to talk about their infinitives.

Teaching important points

Infinitives have adv.and adj .functions as well as noun functions.

Teaching difficult points

V. that take infinitives but not gerund.

Teaching methods

Explaining and practising.

Teaching aids

Multi-media

Teaching procedures & ways

StepⅰRevision

Ask several students to retell the story of Hawking. After the retelling, do the vocabulary exercises.

StepⅱWord study

Do the exercises on Page 5. and then check the answers.

Stepⅲ Grammar

First recall the functions of the infinitives. Then ask the students to do the exercises in Part 1.

Two minutes later check the answers with the whole class. Check the answers orally.

Step ⅳ Practise

Do the exercise 2&3. Then we will check the answers together.

5 minutes later check the answers with the whole class. The answers will be shown on the Powerpoint. And the students are asked to translate them Chinese.

After finishing the exercise in the textbook, divide the students into different pairs to fulfill the following tasks. Students are encouraged to use their imagination and give various descriptions. Then talk about the grammar.

Stepⅴ Homework

Finish all of the vocabulary and grammar exercises o the workbook.

The Forth Period Integrating Skills

Ability goals

Encourage students to be curious about science and be creative in their studies. Students should follow the good examples of the great scientists.

Learning ability goals

Helps students to learn about their own special skills and interests. Hope they will make a difference.

Teaching important points

Which characteristic is most important to make a difference?

Writing: write a paragraph about your favorite scientist.

Teaching difficult points

How to make others interested in your writing and what are you going to tell others about your favourite scientists.

Teaching methods

Task-based teaching method.

Teaching procedures & ways

Stepⅰ Revision

Check the homework.

StepⅱLeading in

Show some pictures of great scientists and ask students to speak out their achievements. Students are requested to tell how and why they could make such great achievements.

Stepⅲ Reading

What characteristics do the have in common? How could they make achievements?

Great scientists always want to know more. They are ever satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking for new questions.

Then students will be interested in sth about the text. Read through and try to conclude the main idea.

Step ⅳ Analyzing the passage

Show the following on the powerpoint.

Para1: The writer tells us :Everyone can make a difference if only he has the good characteristics-being curious.

Para2: Some other characteristics to make a difference-being knowledgeable, creative ad full of imagination .

Para3: If we want to make a difference, we must believe in that we do and stick to it until we succeed no matter what others think.

Para4: The most important thing to make a difference is to find what we are good at.

Stepⅴ Homework

Finish writing your favourite scientist.

Unit1 summary

本單元的中心話題是“科學家”，涉及到科學家的名言，軼事，科學家的成功之道，如何向科學家學習等。語言技能和語言知識幾乎都圍繞這一中心話題展開的，學生們比較感興趣，speaking部分都有話可說，積極性很高，課堂氣氛活躍。

Reading 部分介紹了著名物理學家斯蒂芬 霍金的生平，他的一系列探索發現和他對科學研究的態度，觀點，他不為病魔和癱瘓所嚇倒，而以驚人的毅力和信心成為物理界探索宇宙的先鋒，本課不僅讓同學們學到了語言知識，而且還學到了勇于探索，不怕困難的精神，并且樂觀向上的面對生活。

本單元的語法項目是不定式的練習。在課堂上我通過給學生們分類，句型改寫等練習使他們進一步理解和掌握動詞不定式的用法。

本單元教學中最深的體會：讓學生們自己用新詞匯造句，每個句子至少有一個動詞不定式。效果很好。

本單元教學不足之處： 聽力教學效果不夠理想，有待改進。

Unit one Making a difference

第一題: 單項填空(共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分)

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

1. _______we move the picture over there? Do you think it’ll look better?

A. What if B. What about C. As long as D. Until

2. -------Now you like the personal computer so much, why not buy one?

-------Well, I can’t afford ______ computer at present.

A. that expensive a B. a such cheap C. that an expensive D. so a cheap

3. Tom______ the girl that he _____ four years ago.

A. married; engaged B. was married to; was engaged

C. has been married to; was engaged to D. married with; was engaged in

4. I’m ____the guidebook, looking for information about Guangxi, where I’ll travel.

A. looking B. scanning C. seeking D. arguing

5. Nothing can stop a _____ student ____ his mind to give up his studies.

A. promised; to change B. promised; changing

C. promising; changing D. promising; to change

6. The old lady _______ making clothes for her neighbor’s children.

A. engaged to B. was engaged to C. engaged in D. was engaged in

7. The children are _____ after the long and hard trip. They need rest and food badly.

A. used up B. made up C. given out D. run out

8. The shoe was discovered on the Chilkoot Pass, the famous trail used by people ____ gold in Alaska.

A. looking B. finding C. searching D. seeking

9. ------Can you come on Monday?

-------No, I am _______.

A. stuck B. engaged C. lost D. puzzled

10. If you practice hard, you will ______ a good writer.

A. make into B. turn out to be C. develop D. bring up

11. I never dreamed of there ______ such a quiet place in the noisy city.

A. was B. had been C. being D. to be

12. He was observed _______ into the house and himself to what he liked before the owner came back.

A. to slip B. slip C. slipping D. slipped

13. According to the recent research, heavy coffee drinking and heart attack is not necessarily _______ and effect.

A. reason B. impact C. fact D. cause

14. It ______ unusual courage and determination to make the break with his family.

A. took B. needed C. spent D. shared.

15. When climbing the hill John was knocked unconscious by an _______ rolling stone.

A. untouched B. unexpected C. unfamiliar D. unbelievable

第二題：完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從16～35各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

I went to Beijing this National holiday, and it was an interesting experience of my life.

　　My friends told us that taking the “hard　 16　” to Beijing would be really terrible. So we didn’t know what to　 17　. But we were pleasantly surprised when we finally boarded the 　 18　 , which was relatively modern and　 19　 . During the 14-hour ride we ate peanuts and talked. It was not　 20　 at all.

　　It was morning when we arrived. We stepped out of the railway station, having sat in hard seats and not getting much　21　 . However, We had energy, First we tried to get return tickets to Shanghai, but the tickets seller　 22　 us that tickets would not be on　 23　 for another two days. We were a little worried about getting　 24　 , but we made up our minds to　 25　 for the hotel to put our bags down. After fighting our way　 26　 the “gypsy” taxi drivers that tried to　 27　 us one hundred yuan for the ride, we found a taxi and it　28　 cost us thirty yuan to get　 29　 we had planned to go. When we reached the hotel, there was a window for airplane and train tickets.　30　 the man behind the counter could get tickets that day, which we 　 31　 . The most important lesson about China I ever　 32　 , is to get someone to do your work for you, and it seems to work out much33 . We were not able to get tickets, but the 34　agents（代理）could.

　　While in Beijing we saw a lot of places of interest, most of which were very　35　 . It was fun to be with thousands of people in one place. There aren’t any words to describe it.

16. A. chair B. bed C. seat D. bench

17. A. provide B. expect C. happen D. think

18. A. plane B. bus C. ship D. train

19. A. quick B. clean C. simple D. long

20. A. bad B. good C. easy D. hard

21. A. trouble B. food C. sleep D. help

22. A. promised B. informed C. advised D. persuaded

23. A. time B. show C. duty D. sale

24. A. behind B. out C. through D. back

25. A. start B. ask C. look D. pay

26. A. towards B. into C. across D. past

27. A. offer B. charge C. bargain D. share

28. A. even B. still C. also D. only

29. A. what B. which C. where D. how

30. A. Somehow B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise

31. A. wouldn’t B. couldn’t C. shouldn’t D. needn’t

32. A. learned B. taught C. offered D. heard

33. A. harder B. earlier C. later D. easier

34. A. business B. transport C. travel D. hotel

35. A. interesting B. crowded C. famous D. noisy

第三題：閱讀理解（共8小題；每小題2分，滿分16分）

閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。

A

The Spirit rover went for its longest trip on the surface of Mars (火星), traveling just over 26.4meters but stopping short of the distance NASA has hoped it would cover, scientists said today.

Engineers had hoped the rover would travel 49.2 meters on its way to a crater known as “Bonneville” to examine rocks and soil for evidence(證據)that water may gave existed on the Red Planet, mission manager Jim Erickson said.

“Spirit. she’s put some more territory behind her,” Erickson said. “We’re close but not as close as we’d wanted to be.”

Spirit’s longest previous distance covered in a day was 21 meters. That occurred last week. Before setting off for the crater. Spirit made a careful study of a flaky(有薄層的)rock called “Mini”.

Scientists want to know why the rock is flaky when nearby rocks are not. Erickson said flakiness may indicate layering-a possible sigh the rock was formed over time instead of all at once, as may be the case with spit from a volcano. Scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reconsidered their judgment of the distance to the “Bonneville” crater, saying it’s about 345meters from Spirit’s landing place. The robot still has 240meters to got to reach.

36. Which of the following would be the best title of this passage?

A. Worries of the NASA about the Mars rover

B. Long way for Spirit to go

C. The longest walk of Mars rover up to now

D. Unexpected problems the NASA met with

37. The Spirit rover had covered about meters in all when the news was given.

A. 49 B.76 C. 47 D. 100

38. The Spirit rover traveled shorter distance than expected because .

A. she was ordered to examine some other rocks and soil

B. it took her more time than expected to study rocks and soil on her way

C. something was wrong with her operating system

D. a crater blocked her way

39. The underlined sentence in the third paragraph probably means .

A. she has set some new historical record

B. she has covered some more distance

C. she has left some more rocks behind her

D. she has studied some more rocks and soil

B

News has just been received of an air crash in the north of England. The plane, which was on a charter (包租的) flight from London to Carlisl, was carrying a party of businessmen on their way to a trade fair. It seems likely that the plane ran into a heavy fog as it was getting close to Carlisle and was forced to circle for some twenty minutes. Everything seems to be going well. The pilot was in constant radio communication with Control, when the engines suddenly cut out and all contact was lost. The plane crashed on the site of the ancient Roman camp at Hadrian’s Hill, a place well known to archaeologists(考古學家) and tourists.

So far few details have been reported, but it is feared that at least twenty people lost their lives, among whom was the pilot, who was killed instantly. The local ambulance and firemen were on the scene within minutes of the crash, but additional help had to be rushed from other areas.

Mr. Lesilie Collins, one of the survivors, told our reporter, “We passengers noticed the engines were making a funny noise. Of course we couldn’t see anything because of the fog, but the pilot said there was nothing to worry about. The next thing, we know, the engines went dead. There was a rushing noise and a kind of flash-and after that I don’t remember any more.”

Mr. Collins is now in hospital, being treated for minor injures. We will be bringing you further news of the crash as we receive it. In the meantime relatives are asked to ring 023457211 for information.

40. The plane that crashed was .

A. returning from a trade fair B. on a regular flight to Carlisle

C. flying some businessmen to London D. not on a regular flight

41. When the plane neared Carlisle it because of the heavy fog.

A. didn’t get any instruction to land B. was unable to hear Ground Control

C. had to wait for further instructions to land D. was forced to turn back

42. The news report tells us that when the crash occurred .

A. the local help immediately came to the rescue B. all the passengers and the pilot were killed "

C. additional help was unnecessary D. help was long delayed

43. From what Mr. Collins said, it appears that he .

A. remembered everything that happened

B. had only an incomplete picture of what happened

C. remembered speaking to the pilot

D. heard and saw nothing at all

第四題：短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）

Helen is a twenty-years-old girl. She never had a job 44._________

before. Now she wanted get a job. So she went to meet 45._________

Mr Black, the manager of the hotel. Mr Black told 46._________

her it was getting very busy in the hotel on the evenings. 47._________

He asked her if she was interesting in a part-time job. 48._________

The girl said that she did. Then Mr Black said she had 49._________

to work very faster and that she must be there at six 50._________

every afternoon and work from six to ten, Monday to 51._________

Friday. He offered her with 4.5 dollars an hour. Hellen 52._________

pleased with the offer and decided to start work the next day. 53._________