Period 1 Warming-up & listening

Goals: 1. Get the Ss to talk about what science and scientific achievements have affected the world to stimulate them to further efforts.

2. Cultivate the students’ ability of listening for information.

一、Warming up

Task 1.Greeting: Have a free chat with the Ss about their holidays to present the topic scientific achievements

Task 2. Match the scientists and their scientific achievements （group work）

Alexander Bell electricity

Thomas Edison the First telephone

the Wright Brothers‘ the electric Lamp

Madame Curie black holes in Universe

Franklin Theory of Gravity

Steven Hawking the First Plane

Elbert Einstein Radium

Isaac Newton the Theory of Relativity

Task 3. Talk about scientific achievements

1) How have the scientific achievements changed the world?

2) Which one do you think is the most important? Why?

3) What are some other scientific achievements that you think are important?

4) Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what?

Task 4. Discussion (pair work)

Is this an easy job to achieve success in science research? What makes a scientist?

二、Pre-listening

Task Get to know Neil Armstrong, Alexander Gramham Bell, Ray Tomlinson and Armchimedes.

三、Listening

Task 1. Listen to part 1 and complete the chart below.

Words Speaker Achievement

“That’s one small step for a man , one giant leap for mankind Neil Armstrong

“Mr Watson, ______________;

I want you.” Alexander Graham Bell

“QWERTYUIOP” Ray Tomlinson

Can you explain Tomlinson’s message?

Task 2 .Listen to part 2 and complete the sentence below.

1.The word “ “ are famous because they are the

of The Constitution of the United States of America.

2.Eureka is a word from the language and means

3.If you ask a father, he might say : “ “

If you ask a mother, she might say : “ “

四、Post-listening (group work)

Language input: As what you have heard just now, some words become famous not because they are beautiful or wise but because they are spoken when a great new scientific achievement is being announced or made. If you are lucky enough to be the first person…., what would you say?

Task: Choose one situation and then share with your partners.

A the first person on Mars

B the first cloned human being

C the first person to travel in time

五、Homework

1 Listen to the tape, finish the listening part on WB (p81).

2 Preview the reading passage.

Period Two Speaking

Goals:1.Learn and master the useful expressions

2.Train the students’ listening and speaking abilities.

3.Talk about scientists and scientific achievement, urging the students to further understand the significant of science and scientific achievement and encouraging them to work hard at their lessons.

一、Pre-task

Another new year began. Have you got any wishes/ plans? What are they? With your plan made, what intentions have you got? In this way the following expressions are aroused.

Useful expressions

If I got the money, I would…

My plan is to…..

I hope that…

I would rather….

How I wish… I want / wish/ hope / intend/ plan to…

I’d like to…

I’m thinking of…

I’m going to….

I have decided to…

二、Speaking (group work)

Situation: Four scientists ,each of whom is working on an important project, want to get money to complete their project. Each scientist will introduce his or her project and explain why it is the most important. The organizer will listen to all the scientists and ask questions. At the end of the discussion, he or she must decide who will get the money and why.

Dr Wilson

You and your team are working on a cure for AIDS. Your research is extremely important because . Dr Jones

Your research project is about cloning and how to use the new technology to cure diseases. Your project is important because .

Dr Smith

You want to development new technology that will make it possible to grow food in areas where there is very little water. This is important because . Dr Winfrey

You are working on sending a manned spaceship to Mars. This is a very important project because .

三、Post task

1.Just now you did a very good job in acting as a scientist. Do you want to be a scientist? If so, which field are you interested in? If not, what do you want to be? Use the expressions of wishes and intentions to talk about your dream.

2. Imagine you are a reporter who is going to report the space hero about his wishes and intentions. Take turns acting as interviewer and interviewee.

四、Homework

1. Interview your parents about their wishes and intentions using the expressions we learent.

2. Preview the reading passage.

Period 3&4 Reading

Goals: 1.Learn and master the following words and phrases. likely, private, master, perfect, arrange, set foot (in), rely on, failure, locate, valley.

2.Train the Ss’ reading ability.(Read for general information and detailed information.)

3.Get the Ss to learn about Zhongguancun--China’s Silicon Valley.

一、Pre-reading

1.Are scientific achievements important? How do they improve our daily life? How do they improve society?

2.Why do scientists spend so much time trying to achieve something?

3.As is known to us, scientific achievements can not only make our life better, but also promote the development of mankind and society. So I want to run a hi-tech company, what should I arrange for? What kind of support and environment would I need?

4.What if I set up my company in Zhongguancun ? How much do you know about Zhongguancun?

5.Do you know the sign “Lenovo”? Where is it located?

二、While-reading

1. Fast reading

Task: Read the text quickly and try to find information about Zhongguancun to finish the chart below.

Item Zhongguancun

Locating

Brief history

Spirit/culture

Educational institutions

Hi-tech companies

2、Careful reading

Task 1 : Get to know the outline of the text

1.Does this article have a topic sentence? What is it?

2.What are the supporting ideas?

be home to

Zhongguancun: Center be home to

be home to

Task 2: Get to know detailed information

1.Why did Xiang Yufang study abroad and work abroad for a few years？

2.What made it possible for Xiang Yufang to return to China?

3.How does Zhongguancun affect business?

4..What are the two mottos mentioned in the text for the park?

三、Listening & Questions

Task: Listen to the tape and finish the True or Fasle.

1. Zhongguancun is the new center for Chinese science and education

2. Within the next ten years, more than a hundred scientific and hi-tech companies moved into Zhongguancun.

3. Xiang Yufang studied abroad because he felt comfortable abroad.

4. More than 8,000 hi-tech companies in Zhongguancun. More than half of them are IT companies.

5. Zhongguancun park is home to Lenovo and Founder and more than 20 famous national companies.

6. The researchers and scientists know that the spirit and creativity they represent are no more than money.

四、Post-reading

Choose the correct answers. There may be more than one correct answer.

1.According to the author, Zhongguancun is home to .

A. some famous research institutes and universities B. many IT companies

C. more and more returned overseas Chinese D. a number of science parks.

2.What is NOT true about Zhongguancun?

A. It is located in Haidian District, in northwestern Beijing.

B.It was set up as a special economic zone in the 1990s.

C. Most of its companies are doing IT business.

D. It is not a good place for new companies.

3.According to the reading, Xiang Yufang returned to China and opened a company in Zhongguancun because .

A. he wanted to see more of the world

B. he enjoyed working with the best scientists in his field

C. he could enjoy his work and contribute to his country at the same time

D. he missed his friends and family

4.According to the graph in the passage, how many of the people who work in Zhongguancun have a master’s degree or above?

A. 25,000 B. 30,000 C. 35,000 D. 180,000

5.How is ‘failure” understood in Zhonguancun?

A. There are fewer failure in Zhongguancun

B. Many of its researchers and scientists will try hard not to fail.

C. Failure is a necessary part of being successful.

D. The best thing about failure is that you learn every time you fail.

五、Discussion (group work)

Language input: In this class, we’ve learned more about Zhongguancun by reading the passage. As a new center of science and technology, it is known to the world. It is sometimes called “China’s Silicon Valley”. Do you know “Silicon Valley”? Where is it? When was it set up? Why was it set up?

Task: Work in groups of four to compare these two science parks and find out in which ways they are similar and different. You can refer to the following chart.

Hi-tech Park Silicon Valley Zhongguancun

When was it established?

Why was it established?

Where is it?

What kinds of companies are located there?

What are some famous companies?

Why do people want to work there?

六、Homework

1. Pick out some sentences you enjoy most, & try to recite them as possible as you can .

2. Consult the following websites.

http://www.zgc.gov.cn/

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/

Period 5 Language Study

Goals: 1.Learn some words which are the closest in meaning.

2.Study the ways of forming a word.

3.Study the meaning of some affixes and stems.

一、Revision.

Task . Introduce Zhongguancun

二、Word study

Task 1. Use the clues below to guess the words

1.the opposite of “public” 2.a synonym of “depend”

3.the lowest or bottom part 4.of the sun

5.an organization for educational or research purpose.

6.unusually large person, animal, plant.

7.area or region with a particular feature or use.

8.without any fault or bad points.

Task 2. Choose the answer that is closest in meaning to the underlined part of each sentence.(P5)

三、Presentation

Task: Study the words on the screen and find out the ways of forming a word. (class work)

International=inter + national telephone= tele + phone

Mankind=man + kind broadband=broad + band

Extremely=extreme + ly manned=man + ed

Hi-tech=high + technology e-mail=electronic mail

IT=information + technology CSA=Chinese Space Agency

affixation: international, telephone, extremely, manned

Compounding: mankind, broadband

clipping: hi-tech, e-mail

abbreviation: IT, CSA

四、Practice

Task 1. Finish the Exx2-4 to understand how the words are formed.(P6)

Task 2. Get to know the meaning of stems and affixes. (pair work)

. Look at the stems and affixes on the screen. Match each of them with the right meaning on the right.

Trans- carry

-graph see

tele- below

super- life

co- together/with

vis- more than usual

bio- far

sub- across

-port writing

Task 3. Word formation makes it easy for the Ss to guess the meaning of words using

context clues.

Use context clues and what you know about word parts to guess the meaning of the underlined words.

a.Many countries import most of the oil they use.

b.He studied biophysics at college.

c.It is very important to learn how to cooperate with others.

d.All you luggage will be transported to the destination by train.

e.My cousin has an excellent voice. Her dream is to become a superstar.

五、Consolidation

Read the news article and tell how the words in bold are formed (pair work)

Homework:

1. Finish off the exercises on the workbook.(p83-84.

2. Preview integrating skills

Period 6 Integrating Skills

Goals: 1.Learn and master the new words and phrases

2.Train the Ss’ integrating skills, especially reading and writing skills.

一、Revision

1. Ask the Ss to find some examples for each way of forming a word?

2. Guess some new words with the help of word formation.

a. The average output of the factory is 20 cars a day.

b. She has written good essays before, but this one is substandard.

c. He is a kind of intellectual superman.

d. The lack of a common language made it very difficult to intercommunicate .

e. Transplant the seedlings into peaty soil.

3.Lead in: Human beings are creative, and many scientific achievements have been made in our history. What great inventions do you know in China’s history? What red hot achievements do you know?

二、Fast reading

1. What plan has helped Chinese scientists make many breakthroughs?

2. Which scientific fields are mentioned in the text?

三、Careful reading (group work)

Work in groups of four . Use what you have learnt from the text to complete the chart below.

Field Achievements Importance

Exploring space

Genetic research

Computer engineering

Medical science

四、Writing

1. Which words in the text can we use to describe scientific achievement?

2. Situation: Do you know Modern Science? They are thinking of writing an essay about the greatest scientific achievement but they find it difficult to decide . Write a short essay in about 150 words, telling them which achievement you have chosen and explaining why you think so. The following outline may be helpful to you.

Introduction: state your view

Outline body : give your reasons (at least 2)

Conclusion: summary

五、Self-Assessment

Using the assessing part on P.87, Ss are helped to review what they have learned or done in this unit learning. In this way they can learn to reflect and pay attention to their weak points in the later learning (the evaluation items can be adapted if appropriate).

教學反思

本單元的教學設計從學生實際出發，以科技成就為主線設計了若干情景與活動，旨在讓學生積極參與學習活動，開口說英語，并使學生在輕松愉快的氛圍中掌握語言知識，鍛煉閱讀理解能力。在教學實踐中筆者體會到，教學應注意以下幾點：：

1． 學生在合作中學習更有助于提高學生學習的積極性，以及課堂參與的積極性。所以應當發揮小組功能，在合作中操練。小組活動是課堂活動的主要形式，如何落實小組中各個學生的角色是組織好小組活動的關鍵。這需要教師長期的訓練。

2．設計活動時要充分考慮學生的情感態度，要設法讓學生在快樂中學習。但教師不能片面地追求所謂的“快樂”，一味強調課堂氣氛的活躍，而忽視學生對知識的掌握和對學生能力的培養。

3．信息技術的運用要為教學服務，不可喧賓奪主。在教學過程與信息技術的整合過程中，教師應注意信息技術只是一種輔助手段，不能由它控制全部流程。同時也應有效地利用這種手段，加快課堂節奏，增加課堂容量，提高課堂教學效率，使課堂氣氛更加活躍，讓學生在輕松愉快的環境中得到感情上的升華。

4．要處理好實踐與反思的關系。反思是實踐的一面鏡子，能折射出實踐中的成功和不足之處，以期在以后的教學中借鑒成功，改進不足。