·Who are the most successful people in your mind? ·Do you know any stories of their success?
Unit Twelve Have You Read the News?
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握与主题“News”相关的词汇和新闻的特点 重点及难点：
Comparisons；Preferences 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to Text one and Text two and finish the tasks 2）Group work
·Imagine that you are editors of China Post， a serious newspaper targeting English-speaking readers in and out of China. Hold an editorial meeting and decide which 10 out of the 20 subjects on the next page will appear in today’s paper and on which pages/sections
Unit Thirteen Man’s Best Friends
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握与主题“ Man and Animals”相关的词汇和有关动物保护的话题 重点及难点：
Showing disagreement and disapproval 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to Text one and Text two and finish the tasks 2）Group work
·What animals do you know that are used to represent characteristics in Chinese, for instance, pig, snake? ·World Animal day was started in 1931 as a way of highlighting the plight of endangered species. Imagine your group wants to introduce World Animal day to china. How would you promote he idea among different groups of people such as government officials, college students, business people?
Unit Fourteen Advertising
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握与主题“Selling and advertising”相关的词汇和有关的话题
重点及难点：
Interpreting and talking about reactions 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to Text one and Text two and finish the tasks 2）Discussions
·What are the functions of advertising? ·Do advertisements inform or influence?
3) Group work: Each describes an advertisement that you dislike or that offended you, and remember to answer the following questions ·What was being advertised? ·What was wrong with it?
Unit Fifteen Thanking Positively
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握与主题“Thanking positively”相关的词汇和如何保持积极的人生态度 重点及难点：
Paying compliments 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to Text one and Text two and finish the tasks
2）Pair work: Are you satisfied wit your present life? If not, what are your troubles? Share them with your partner and try to find a positive attitude towards them
3) Discussion: We are now living in an information age, a modern age, a high-tech age. Do you think it has brought us more happiness? Why or why not? Think of the arguments on both sides
第三学期
Unit One Who Am I?
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words; How to describe and introduce yourself to others 重点及难点：
Describe a person’s physical appearance and character 主要教学内容：
1）Vocabulary Builder
2）Learning the personality theories: Melancholic, Phlegmatic, Guardians and Arisans, and Idealists and Rationals
3）Developing skills for Oral Communication
4) Work in pairs. Describe yourself to your partner, and explain why you can be a good friend to him or her 5) Problem Solving (Group Project)
Unit Two Changing the Olympic Spirit
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words; Identifying the essence of the Olympic spirit 重点及难点：
Grasping a specific speaker’s main points by listening selectively and critically; sorting out information from resources and form a well-organized speech on the Olympic spirit 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to the text about the original meaning og the Olympic spirit 2）Getting ready to talk ·Vocabulary Builder
·Read the passages about the extended meaning of “the Olympic spirit” 3） Making your voices heard
·Talk in turn about what the Olympic spirit means to you and why
·Story telling: Take turns to tell a story about the athlete you admire most, and the group discusses the merits and the social influence of the sportsman
·Role Play: Two act as directors, the third serves as a member of the IOC., and the fourth as the talk show host or hostess. The issue under discussion is: How to present the Olympic spirit in an opening ceremony?
Unit Three Growing Pains
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words and expressions; Learning about the essence of love from the older generation and the proper ways to communicate with them 重点及难点：
Making comparison and contrast; doing research on various changes and difficulties teenagers experiences and discussing the practical ways to cope with those challenges
主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to three girls talking about their feeling toward family relationship and their attitudes toward puppy love 2）Getting ready to talk · Vocabulary Builder
· Read the passages about the extended meaning of “the Olympic spirit” 3）Making your voices heard
· Developing Skills for Oral Communication
· Form into groups of three and take turns to tell a story about your personal experience of a blue period during you r adolescent development. Then discuss, after each story, whether you did right in order t pass the hard time and what suggestions you could offer to those who are suffering from the same crisis · Problem solving: Read the text and discuss the difficulties from the text that teenagers might suffer ·Role play: Form into groups of four; Issues under discussion are: What type of identity formation do different parenting styles produce? Which one is the most effective in helping an adolescent acquire confidence and self-esteem?
Unit Four Traveling the World
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words and expressions; the pros and cons about tourism as an industry 重点及难点：
Giving a presentation on your travel experience and discuss the topic of traveling in general 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to an interview with a travel writer
2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Introduce to other students you hometown or any scenic spots you have been to 3）Making your voices heard
·How to improve accuracy in speaking
·Sharing Information about your hometown or an interesting place your have been to ·Travel Expo (Role Play or Drama)
·Seminar: A seminar on “Impacts of Tourism and Possible Solutions”; Form into groups of six, one student acts as the chairperson, and present your ideas on the positive and negative impacts of tourism
and discuss the possible solutions for the problems.
Unit Five Human Relations
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words and expressions; Understanding why interpersonal relations are so highly valued in modern society 重点及难点：
Discussing interpersonal skill as a friend or a lover; resolving contradictions existing in different relationships 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to the text and answer questions about People and relationships
2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Read the article and sort out the useful interpersonal skills and discuss how we can use them to solve practical problems in our daily life 3）Making your voices heard ·How to take turns in a discussion ·Picture talking
·Presentation: The speaker will focus on the meaning of friendship by quoting a poem, and discuss why we need friendship and how to maintain and extend it
Unit Six Ideal Career
基本教学目的和要求：
要求掌握：New words and expressions; Thinking critically and discussing issues involved in career choice and career development 重点及难点：
Defining a concept; Analyzing and comparing different career choices 主要教学内容：
1）Listening activities: Listen to the text on choosing a career that one really enjoys and answer questions 2）Getting ready to talk: Vocabulary Builder; Research work on the issue of career-family balance and prepare to discuss it with your classmates 3）Making your voices heard
·Developing skills for Oral communication: How to clarify and define the meaning of a concept