1、Unit2Theenvironment教案设计Reading教案设计Unit 2 The environmentReading: The economy or the environment-must we choose?Period 2 Reading 1The general idea of this period The main purpose of this lesson is to make Ss fully understand the text and master the Reading Strategy.Teaching Aims:1.Check and enhance s
2、tudents reading abilities.2.Train students to gain an overall understanding of the article and learn to read a debate.Teaching important points:1. How to make the students fully understand the text.2. How to get students to read a debate.Teaching Aids: multimedia and a blackboard Procedures for teac
3、hing:Step 1 lead-in1.Ask students the title of the text and ask students which one to choose: the economy or the environment.Step 2 Comprehension of the text1.Ask Ss to skim the article and answer the following questions.Who are the three speakers?What side does Mr Lin Shuiqing and Mr Qian Liwei eac
4、h represent?By how many times has the worlds population increased since0?According to Mr Qian liwei,what should be done to factories that pollute the environment?2.Ask Ss to Read Lin Shuiqings debate and answer the following questions.What society does Lin Shuiqing belong to?What does Lin Shuiqing s
5、tart his speech by talking about?What is happening to large amounts of fish?What does Lin Shuiqing think we should teach people about?2.Ask Ss to read Qian Liweis debate and answer the following questions.Why does Qian Liwei think production should not be cut back?What does Qian Liwei say we should
6、produce more of?What does Qian Liwei say we need more of?What does Qian Liwei say many people are willing to do?3.Ask students to fill in a table on the screen according to the text.4.Ask students how to read a debate by asking them to answer the following questions.What is the order of a debate?Wha
7、t is the order of the debate?What is important in a debate?What should we pay attention to when we read or listen to a debate?Ste3 Role playThree groups represent Lin Shuiqing and the other three groups represent Qian Liwei. Each of you speaks one or two points. You can make some changes to the deba
8、te and add your opinions to the debate.Step 4 Homework1.Read the text.2. Preview the language points in the debate.3.Finish the exercises inKao yi Benon Page2-4.Period 3 Reading 2: Language FocusThe general idea of this periodThe main purpose of this lesson is to make Ss better understand the text a
9、nd master some important language points.Teaching aims:1.Review the reading by filling in the form with the words in the reading.2.Get the students to grasp the usage of some important words and expressions.3.Get the students to practice mastering the language points.Teaching important points:1.How
10、to make the students have a better comprehension of the text.2.How to help the students be familiar with the language points.2.How to help Ss apply these points into practice.Teaching Aids: multimedia and a blackboard Procedures for teaching:Step One Revision and lead-in1.Do the blank-filling .Step
11、Two Language points Ask the students to read the debate and find the right words or phrases according to the meanings.1. tell, express2. something that cannot be used any more and is thrown away3. terrible ,shocking4. besides5. destroy completely6. (birds, insects, fish, etc)produce eggs from their
12、bodies7. come near to, get close to8. make less, reduce9. be helpful, useful, favourable to 10. be involved in or be affected by11.a constant, steady economy12. speak freelyExplain important language points to Ss .1. In addition, many sea creatures are being wiped out by fishing boats.(line16)2. The
13、se boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to lay eggs.(line16)3. The worlds population has grown to more than six times what it was in0.(line20)4. My suggestion is that we should try to cut back on production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy.(line22)5. Mr Lin sugge
14、sted we should cut back on the amount of things we produce in order to save the environment.6. The amount of rubbish we produce is turning into a big problem; we need to think more about recycling.7. But I do agree that recycling may be the key to helping both sides.(line45)8. It is clear that you a
15、re very concerned about the present situation of our environment.(line29)Step Three Practice for consolidationAsk students to Fill in the blanks with the following words or phrases.Step Four Homework1.Finish A1 and A2 on page 90.2. Read the Reading (2) Period 4 Reading 2: Language FocusTeaching aims
16、: (1) Make students pay attention to the environment problems and think what they can do to help protect the environment. (2) Improve the Ss other basic abilities: the use of the words and expressions in readingImportant points & difficult points:(1) Help the students learn how to keep the balance b
17、etween economy and environment.(2) Enable the students to refer to dictionaries.Teaching methods:(1)Careful reading and solve the language problems in the text.(2)Learn how to use dictionaries.Teaching procedure:Step 1: ReadingWe have learned the debate and know something about how to solve the envi
18、ronment problems. Today we will read the text and find the difficult language points in it.Then ask students to put forward their difficulties in understanding the text.Then write them on the blackboard.Step 2 Using dictionaries and reference books.Ask students to use their dictionaries and referenc
19、e books and find answers for them.Let the students discuss them.Step 3 Explain the language points.1,and discuss which problems are caused by nature and which ones are caused by man.讨论一下哪些问题是自然造成的，哪些又是人为因素。 nature自然，大自然（不可数名词）You can not go against nature. 你不能违背自然。Man can conquer nature.人定胜天。by natu
20、re 天生地She is by nature a happy person. 她天生乐观。 man本句中的man译为“人类”（总称），多作单数，不加冠词Man must make the earth support more people.人类必须使地球养活更多的人。Man must change in a changing world. 在多变的世界里，人类必须随之变化。人，男人（复数为men）I am not the man to break my word. 我不是食言之人。Man is taller than woman. 男子比女子高。2,Then we will open the
21、floor for discussion. 然后我们将展开自由谈论。句中the floor为“发言权”After they had each said a few words, Professor White took the floor. 他们各自说了几句话后，怀特教授开始发言。The President then took the floor and answered the journalists questions.总统随后讲话并回答了记者的提问。3,These boats catch large numbers of fish without giving them time to
22、lay eggs. 这些捕捞船未等鱼儿产卵就大量捕捉他们。 large numbers of 许多，大量，加复数名词，相当于a large number of , a great / good manyLarge numbers of whales have been killed by these Japanese ships. 这些日本捕捞船已经杀死了许多鲸鱼。Numbers of people came to the meeting from all over the country. 全国各地许多人来参加这个会议。 A. lay eggs 下蛋，产卵A turtle lays many
23、 eggs at a time. 乌龟一次下许多蛋。To kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.杀鸡取卵；自绝财源。B. 安装，架设Im sorry to lay this on your shoulders. 很抱歉要把这放在你肩膀上。They are laying a new oil pipe. 他们在铺设一个新的输油管道。4, The worlds population has grown by six times what it was in0.目前的世界人口与1800年相比已经增长到当时的六倍多。 population 人口The popu
24、lation of China is much larger than that of Japan. 中国人口比日本人口多得多。About 30 percent of the population in the village have been struck by the illness.整个村庄约30%的人口受到这种病的侵袭。 grow by“增加了”。类似表达法还有increase by, rise by, climbby e.g Sales of new cars in that country grew by 20 percent this year.那个国家今年的新车销售量增加了百
25、分之二十。 It is quite amazing that the income of the people in the city has increased / risen by 60 percent in the last two years.这座城市居民的收入在过去的两年里增加了百分之六十，这让人感到惊讶。 grow to“增加到，类似表达 increase to, rise to等 The number of students at the college has grown to over 5,000. 这所学院的学生数已经增长到 5,000人。The price has inc
26、reased to an unbelievable number. 价格攀升到令人难以置信的水平。The plane climbed to 25,000 feet. 5,Ms Lin suggested that we should cut back on production and reduce the amount of things we make and buy. 林女士建议我们应当尽量削减生产，减少制造和购买物品的数量。（1） suggest, advise, require, order等动词后接的宾语从句中，也常用“should + 动词原形”作谓语,should可省略I su
27、ggested that John (should) phone home before he decided to stay late at the library.我建议约翰在决定要在图书馆呆到很晚之前应该先打个回家。I advise that he (should) go at once. 我建议他马上动身。（2) 表示“建议，要求，命令”等意义的名词，如suggestion, advice, requirement, order, request等作主语时，其后表语从句中的谓语常由 “should + 动词原形”构成，should可省略The advice that the teach
28、er gave was that the students (should) go to bed early during exam time. 老师提出的忠告是同学们在考试期间应该早点上床睡觉。The orders are that we (should) stay here. 我们必须呆在这里，这是命令。 cut back on“削减，缩减”，相当于cut down onTry to cut back on foods containing too much fat and sugar. 要尽量少吃脂肪和糖份含量过高的食品。After the big job was finished, t
29、he builder cut back on the number of men working for him. 这项大工程完成以后，建筑商削减了工人总数的三分之一。与cut相关的词组cut across 走捷径 cut away 切除，剪掉cut in 插进来说，插嘴，干预 cut off 切断，停掉cut down 削减，砍倒 cut up 切碎6, It is clear that you are very concerned about the present situation of our environment.很显然，你非常关心现阶段的环境状况。concern (v.) 关系
30、到，与有关，关于；担心，关心词组be concerned about / with / for / overThe news concerns your sister. 这条消息与你姐姐有关。I am not concerned with the matter any longer. 我不再与此事有关了。A good doctor should always concern himself with your health. 好医生应经常关心他人的健康。They are very seriously concerned about the problems involved. 他们非常关心相关
31、困难。Everybody was deeply concerned at the news. 每个人都非常关心这条消息。7, As an economist, Im seen as being against the environment. 作为一名经济学家，我常常被人视为反对环保的。 seeas “将视为” After his first novel was published, he was seen as one of the most outstanding new authors of his generation.在他的第一部小说出版后不久，他就被视为他这一代最杰出的新秀作家之一。8, But I do agree that recycling may be the key to helping both sides. 但有一点我非常赞同：循环利用或许是对两者都有利的解决办法。 key“答案，解决办法”,to (prep.) + n. / prop. / doi
