3.1 Pre-reading Activities Step 1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual. Step 2. Review 1. Ask students some questions to review the last lesson（show them on the screen）. 2. Check the homework（made a survey about telecommunication, the information revolution and the information superhighway by surfing the Internet or reading relevant materials ）; Purposes 1. To develop Ss’ online learning ability 2. To improve Ss’ ability to retrieve the relevant information 3. To stimulate Ss’ psychomotor thinking 4. To arouse Ss’ interest in learning the unit Method: Talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach, and audiolingual method. Step 3. Lead-in and preparation for reading 1. Why do some “deaf and dumb” places need to build up-to-date telecommunications? 2. What advantages will modern communications bring to China and Vietnam? 3. What is problem with Russia? 4. What is the situation like in China? 5. Why dose Shanghai plan to build telecommunications networks? 6. How about Hungary? 7. How about Latin America? 8. How about Thailand? 9. How about Vietnam? Backgronf information: Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that covers all advanced technologies in manipulating and communicating information. The term is sometimes used in preference to Information Technology (IT), particularly on these two communities: education and government. The common usage ICT is synonymous assumed the fact that IT or ICT encompasses all mediums, to record information (magnetic disk/tape, optical disks (CD/DVD), flash memory etc. and arguably also paper records); technology for broadcasting information - radio, television; and technology for communicating through voice and sound or images - microphone, camera, loudspeaker, telephone to cellular phones. It includes the wide varieties of computing hardware (PCs, servers, mainframes, networked storage). Rapidly it develops personal hardware market the comprises mobile phones, personal devices, (MP3, MP4, MP5 and MP6) players, and so much more. The full gamut of this application software, from the smallest home-developed spreadsheet to the largest enterprise packages and online software services; and the hardware and software needed to operate networks for transmission of information, again ranging from a home network to the largest global private networks operated by major commercial enterprises and, of course, the Internet. Thus, \makes more explicit that technologies such as broadcasting and wireless mobile telecommunications are included Method: Use the CAI, PPT software and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach, audio-visual method and audiolingual method. Step 4. Fast reading Ask the Ss to read the passage as quickly as they can and to answer the questions on the screen. Let them get the main idea of each paragraph and make clear about the text structure. 16 Text structure: ( structured writing ) Purpose: Improve the students’ reading and writing ability and understand the general idea of each paragraph. Method: Read the text individually and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response
Text structure: ( structured writing ) Purpose: Improve the students’ reading and writing ability and understand the general idea of each paragraph. Method: Read the text individually and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method. Text Structure Analysis Introduction → question → sample solutions → conclusion Part I (Paras.1-2 ):Introduction: the advantages of telecommunications technologies. Part II (Para. 3 ): Question: How fast to develop telecommunications technologies in developing countries? Part III (Paras.4-10) Sample solutions: Six countries and regions are working hard to realize telecommunications transformation. Part IV (Para. 11): Conclusion: Developing countries can catch up with Americans and Western Europeans if they persist. Step 5. Preparation for details of the text on the screen Ss are required to look at the words and Phrases on the screen and give a brief presentation in class. Words and Phrases: Purpose: Train the Ss’ ability of understanding and using foreign language. Method: Talk in groups, Use task-based language teaching method, communicative approach and total physical response method. 3) condense Steam condenses into water into water when it cools. 蒸汽冷却时凝结为水。 The ariticle was condensed into just two pages. 这篇文章被减缩成两页。 2）intensive make an intensive study of sth. 对某事进行深入的研究 intensive reading 精读 intensive farming 细耕农业, 集约农业 3) be stuck with I was stuck with him for the whole journey. 整个路上我一直没能摆脱他。 7） A matter of sth I can’t say which movie is best ---- it’s a matter of personal taste. 8） Weigh You must wiegh up the pros and cons. 你必须权衡利弊。 I weighed the benefits of plan against the risks involved. 我认真地考虑了这个计划的优点和有关的风险。 9） disposal The safe disposal of nuclear waste is a major problem. at one’s disposal 供任意使用 10） persist persist in the study of English 坚持学习英语 On the top of very high montains snow persists thronghout the year. 高山顶上, 积雪终年不化。 3.2 While-reading Activities Step 6. Intensive reading 。 17
1. It may take a decade for many countries in Asia, Latin America, and Eastern
Europe to improve transportation, power supplies, and other utilities.
It takes+(sb.) + 时间/条件 + to do 需要花费??做
It would take a strong man lift that weight. 身强力壮的人才能举得起那么重的东西。
2. Still, there is little dispute that communications will be a key factor separating the winners from the losers.
there is little dispute that… 毋庸争辩的是??
There is little dispute that advanced knowledge can lend wings to their rise in life. 毋庸争辩的是, 先进的知识将给他们的腾飞插上翅膀。 3. That’s partly because Latin American customers talk two to four times as long on the phone as people in North America. … times as … as … 是??的??倍
This book is three times as long as the length of that one.
Typical patterns:
Purpose: Further understand the text （Train further reading ability） to find out some difficult sentences and details of the text.
Method: Read the text together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach, grammar-translation approach and total physical response method.
3.3 Post-reading Activities Step7. Consolidation
Retell the passage according to the topic sentences.
Purpose: To know if the students understand the whole text. At the same time, To show the text structure on the screen, so that they can retell it easily.
Method: Read the text structure together; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method.
Step 8. Discussion
Show a movie clip about the life living broad and ask the Ss the following
questions:
Purpose: To present a real situation To grasp the main idea
To consolidate language points
To fossilize the way of structured writing
Method: Use the CAI and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching
method, reading approach, communicative approach, audiolingual method, Audio-visual Method and total physical response method.
Step 9. Assignment
Review the key points of Section A Finish the exercises after class Finish online homework Preview Section B Step 10. Assessment
Write a composition of comparision.
T checks if Ss have done the after-text exercises in their spare time and discuss some common errors that crop up.
Writing: Topic: travel by air vs. travel by train
Pre-view Section B
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II. Section B The Information Superhighway Teaching Procedures: 1. Reading Skills Reading for the main Idea in a paragraph Every paragraph has a main idea which is the most important information the author wants you to know about the concept of that paragraph. Purpose: Introduce the reading skill to the Ss and improve their reading abilities. Method: Use multimedia instruction and talk in groups; Use task-based language teaching method, reading approach, communicative approach and total physical response method. T explains the reading skill. Ss practise the skill by doing the exercise on page 97-100. 2. Passage Reading 2.1 Lead-in and preparation for reading 2.2 Comprehension Questions Read the passage as quickly as they can. and ask the Ss to find the key idea in sentences and answer the questions show on the screen: Para.1-3 1. What kind of benefits will the information superhighway bring to us? Para.5-6 2. What does the superhighway refer to ? 3. What is the transmission of data compared to ? Para7-9 4. What advantages does the superhighway have over the internet according to the text ? Para.10-15 5. What is the problem of the development of information superhighway in the US? 6. Why do the poor people need to have access to high technology? Para.16 7. What is the conclusion of the writer? 3. Assignment Timed reading Speed Reading unit 4 Do the exercises about vocabulary and phrases Ss learnt in unit 4. Comprehensive exercise T checks on Ss’ exercises on pages 89-96. T checks on Ss’ home reading ( Extensive Reading ). T asks Ss to prepare the next unit. Purpose: To know if students master the vocabulary and phrases in this class. Method: Use task-based method. 19
III. Section c unit three Marriage(listening) Getting Ready 1.Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions, and then share your answers with the whole class. 1.What qualities are you looking for in your Miss or Mr. Right? 2. . What makes a happy marriage? Can you say a few words about it? 3.Do you want to have kids when you grow up? Why or why not? What kind of parent will you be? Part A Listening `1.Listen to the following dialogues, and then choose the best answer for each question． 2.Listen to the passage Do It Yourself and fill in each blank with only one word 3.Listen to the conversation DIY Bar and choose the best answer for each question. 4.Listen to the passage Furniture DIY and mark the statements T (true) or F (false). Part B Viewing, Listening and Speaking watch a video clip, and then do the following exercises Part C Speaking Workshop Part D Quiz Part E Fun Time listen to a song The Rose by Daisy Chute. Listen carefully and then try to sing along with the video clip. 推荐阅读书目： 1.《用英语说全球社会热点》，Michelle Woo著, 陈茜 编，北京：中国宇航出版社，2010 2. 潘晓燕，2006，《大学英语新四级题型攻略》 上海交大出版社 3.大学英语新要求词汇手册 外语教学与研究出版社 4. 历年四级真题 http://ts.hjenglish.com/page/113288/ 本栏不够填写，可另附纸张 教 案（末页）
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