Teaching Aims:
1. To train the students’ ability of listening and writing.
2. To practice writing a report for a programme on short-sightedness.
Teaching procedure:
Step 1 Brainstorming
1. Do you often watch English news on TV?
2. How much can you understand?
3. What problems do you have in listening to the news about current affairs or situations?
Skills building 1: listening for current situation
If you are listening to a TV report about a current situation, you will need to listen for the following:
1. The current situation (This may be a problem)
2. An explanation of the situation (this may include facts and figures to support the explanation, and probably a definition of the topic)
3. Reasons why the situation exists.
4. How the situation can be recognized and the problems solved.
You will also think about the following:
1).Why do you need to understand the information?
2).How will you use the information?
3).Will need to change the information or will use it as it is?
Step2. Completing notes
A: Listen to a TV programme and take notes to report on the current problems of short-sightedness, which is very common among Chinese teenagers today.
B: Read the following article, and then fill in the table with the measures this school is taking. Write the correct letters in the column on the left.
C: Listen to a radio announcement about what No.9 Secondary School has done to help protect students’ eyesight.
Skills building 2: interviewing someone
When you are conducting an interview, you need to structure and organize your interview and your questions in a certain way.
1. Introduce yourself and thank your guest for agreeing to be interviewed.
2. Say why you are doing the interview and what you want to find out.
3. Start to ask questions from general questions to more detailed questions.
Step3. Interviewing someone
1. Discuss solutions to protect eyesight.
1). Do eye exercises twice every day.
2). Do not read in bed or without good lighting.
3). Take some eyesight supplements such as Vitamins A, C and E.
2. You are interviewing a doctor about what parents and students can do to protect students’ eyesight. Do the interview with your partner according to the information on page 28.
Skills building 3: writing a radio script
When writing a script, you need to include:
1. Who you are
2. The subject
3. The opening
4. Explanation of what the topic is
5. Background information, including the current situation
6. Reference to other sources
7. Recommendations
8. Closing (thank people for listening)
Step4. Writing a report for the school radio station
Write a radio script for a programme on short-sightedness for your school radio station. Use the information in step 1 and 2 to help you.
Step5. Homework
1. Preview “Project”.
2. Write a report on short-sightedness.
Language Points:
1. current
adj. of the present time:
‘thou”這個詞現在不再使用了。
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currently: adverb
他現在正在美國舉行會談.
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current affairs: plural noun
Political news about events happening now.
2. hold: v. [T not continuous] held, held
(1) to contain or be able to contain sth.:
現代電腦能夠容納大量的信息.
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(2) to take and keep sth. in your hand or arms:
我開門的時候你能拿一下包嗎?
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3. adjust (CHANGE) v. [T]
(1). to change sth. slightly, especially to make it more correct, effective, or suitable:
如果椅子太高,你可以調整一下以來適應你.
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(2) to arrange your clothing to make yourself look tidy:
她整整襯衫,深吸一口氣,走進房間.
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adjustable: adj. able to be changed to suit particular needs:
方向盤的高度是可以調整的.
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adjustment n. [C or U] a small change:
她把攝象機的焦距進行了一些小小的調整.
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4. certain: adj.
(1).having no doubt or knowing exactly that sth. is true, or known to be true, correct, exact or effective:
你完全肯定你給他們的號碼是對的嗎?
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你們應該確保每個人理解這些指示.
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(2) know/say for certain: to know or state sth. without doubt
我并不確切知道她是否會來.
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(3) adj. [before noun] FORMAL named but neither famous nor known well:
我應該解釋一下,我和某一位Tom吃午飯的,不是這個Tom.
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make certain/sure of/that… to take action so that you are certain that sth. happens, is true, etc:
確保我們晚會有足夠的餓飲料.
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查實會議的時間和地點.
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NOTE: _____________ student = a _______ ___ student 某個學生
some students ________________ certain students ____________________