Unit 2 Living Environment
Objectives: 1. Basic vocabulary: accident, trip, tower, step, cab, rug, reproduction, painting, spotless, passenger, decorate, pit, butt, sticky, stuff, butter, considerate, license, fare, reserve, incline, instruct, rarity, respond.
2. Speaking and discussion: talking about our living environment and how to protect our environment, making it beautiful and .fortable. 3. Grammar: The adverbial clause of time 4. Writing: writing a note of apology
Focuses:
1. The usage of words and expressions 2. Grammar: The adverbial clause of time 3. Writing: writing a note of apology
4. Listening: pay attention to the listening skills and contents.
Outline:
Period 1: Vocabulary and expressions Period 2: Reading: text A Period 3: Grammar
Period 4: Exercises and writing Period 5: Reading: Text B
Period 6: .prehensive exercises Period 7: Listening and speaking Period 8: Listening and speaking
Teaching methods
(4) Practice speaking and listening (5) Discussion
(6) Presentation and role play (7) Exercises
Period 1-2 Step1: warm up (10minutes)
Ask the students to talk about the situation of our environment and how to make our environment beautiful and nice.
Step2: vocabulary and expressions (50minutes)
Ask Ss to read new words and expressions by themselves and then read the new words together. Explain the important points. 1.trip n. 旅行,旅途 e.g. make a trip 进行旅行
go on /take a trip 去旅行
2. step v. 走,踩,踏入 n. 步子,步伐 e.g. step across a street 横穿一条街道 step by step 按部就班的,一步一步的 3.reproduction n. 再现,复制;繁殖 e.g. reproduction furniture 仿制家具 reproduce v. 再生产, 复制, 繁殖 reproductive adj. 再生产的,再现的 4. painting n. 油画,绘画 e.g. oil painting 油画
5. spotless adj. 没有污点的,没有瑕疵的 spot n. 斑点,污点
e.g. John’s face was covered with spots. 6. decorate v. 装饰,装修
e.g. Their house was decorated in the French style. decoration n. 装饰, (复数) 装饰品 decorative adj. 装饰的 7.sticky adj. 粘的,粘腻的
e.g. The tape is not very sticky. stick v. 粘住,坚持,困住 e.g. Stamps stick together.
8. stuff n. 材料,原料 v. 填充,塞满 e.g. green stuff 蔬菜
9. considerate adj. 考虑周到的, 体谅的
e.g. It was very considerate to let us know you were going to late. consideration n. 考虑, 照顾
e.g. Jane never shows any consideration for her mother’s feelings. 10. license n. 执照,许可证 vt. 批准,特许 e.g. apply for a driving license licensed adj. 得到许可的 licensee n. 被许可的人 licenser n. 认可者
11. reserve vt. 保留,预定,预约
e.g. A great future is reserved for you. reservation n. 保留,预定 e.g. make a reservation 12. incline v. 倾向于
e.g. He was inclined to go back home by air. inclination n. 倾向,爱好
13. instruct vt. 教育,教导,指示
e.g. Our staff members have been instructed to offer you every assistance. instruction n. 说明,指导 14. rarity n. 稀有,稀少 rare adj. 稀有的,罕见的
e.g. rare mental 稀有金属
in rare cases / on rare occasions 难得,偶尔 15. respond vi. 回答,响应
e.g. Mike responded to my suggestions with a laugh. response n. 回答,响应.
Step3: Exercise (15minutes)
Ask the students to finish the exercise, vocabulary check (part B), and page 25 Then check the answers
Step4: Reading text A (15minutes)
Give students 10students to go through the whole text, and finish .prehension A., then check the answers.
Key: 1. Jack was a taxi driver. 2. Jack hit on the idea when he had a job as a clean-up man for the taxi .pany. 3. He tried out his idea as soon as he got his taxi license. 4. He did so when the boss reserved the same car for him each day. 5. According to Jack, people appreciate beautiful things. 6. They became good friends.
Period 3-4:
Step1: Text A (45minutes)
Explain the language points to Ss and analyze the structure of the passage. Pay more attention to longer sentences in the text and try to make Ss understand. Text A: Living environment Language Points:
1. by accident 碰巧，偶然
e.g. I met my best friend in Nanjing quite by accident. 2. make a trip to 到某处去
e.g. He made a trip to Hangzhou to visit his colleague. 3. make sure 确保，确信
e.g. I made sure that the front door was locked. 4. in order 整齐， 情况良好
e.g. Please put everything in your dormitory in order. 5. put up 张贴
e.g. The exam results will be put up on Friday afternoon. 6. hit on 偶然发现
e.g. I have hit on the only error in the whole program. 7. add to 增添，增加
e. g. I gave him a rare Swedish stamp to add to his collection. 8. The moment I stepped into the cab, I realized it was different the moment that sb. does sth.: as soon as sb. does sth. e.g. I will tell him the moment he .es in.
Step2: Review the new words and expressions (10minutes)
Review the new words and expressions, then do the exercises, vocabulary check (part C),page 25.
Key: 1. instructions 2. accidentally 3. rarity 4. response 5. reservation 6. spotless
9. inclination 8. decoration
Step3: Grammar Tips (20minutes)
First, ask Ss to preview the explanation and then give further study of the grammar tip. Do the exercises to check out whether Ss know the grammar well.
时间状语从句 （The Adverbial Clause of Time）
在英语中，时间状语从句表示时间。可以分成三类：第一，由连词引导的；第二， 由一些表示的时间的短语引导的；第三，由一些关联连词引导的。 一 由连词引导的从句
这些连词是as, after, before, once, since, till, while, as long as 等 e.g. It will warm up a little bit on Sunday as the cold front passes. e.g. As soon as I .e back, I will call you.
二由一些表示的时间的短语引导的从句 这些短语是 the instant, the moment, the minute, the day, every time, each time, next time
e.g. The moment he saw her he fell in love.
e.g. The day he returned home, his father was already dead.
三 由一些关联连词引导的从句
这些关联词是 hardly…when , scarcely…when, no sooner…than e.g. Scarcely had he gone when she appeared.
e.g. I had hardly closed my eyes when I heard a shot.
Step4: Exercise (15minutes)
Ask the students to finish the practice on page 26
Key: 1. I have never met my cousin again since he left Nanjing.
2. Before the next term begins, you each need to make some preparations for the course.
3. When Xiao Ming had just arrived at the airport, it began to rain. 4. We talked while we were playing cards.
5. I decided to buy the book the moment I saw it. 6. Soon after he left, she arrived.
Period 5-6
Step1: Fast reading (10minutes) Give students 5 minutes to go through the text, and then do the exercise, .prehension (Part B).
Key: F F F F F
Step2: Text B (35minutes)
Select some important words and expressions to explain and analyze. Then ask Ss to scan the text and conduct further study. Language points:
1. If you live in a large city, you must be quite familiar with some of the problems of noise ,but you may not be aware of its harmful influence on human behavior. Be familiar with: know sth. Well because you have seen it. e.g. Are you familiar with this type of machine? Be aware of: realize sth.
e.g. Most smokers are perfectly aware of the danger of smoking. 2. together with: in addition to
e.g. Just bring it back to the store, together with your receipt. 3. more or less 或多或少
e.g. The desk cost me 100 dollars, more or less. 4. at hand 在手边，手头上
e.g. The autumn harvest is at hand. 5. in general 一般说来
e.g. In general he goes back home once half a year. Homework: .prehensive Exercise (part B,C&D),page 3 0-32
Step3: Check the answers (15minutes) Check the answers of the homework. Key: Part B : DCAAB CAB
Part C: harmful health environment far smoke public
Part D: 1. In general, people living in a good environment live longer.
2. The government required that the factory be closed to make sure that the tourist site would not be polluted.
3. We would rather move away because the noise here is too loud. 4. Xiao Ming hit on a good idea to deal with the polluted water. 5. The street is clean at one time, and very dirty at another time.
6. Whether a restaurant can attract customers always depends on its environment.
7. The city’s clean environment adds to its attraction.
8. We are inclined to plant trees and flowers on both sides of the street. Step4: Writing (30minutes)
It is necessary to teach some writing skills beforehand, and then study the sample. Ask Ss to write a note on the spot. Note-writing:
Learn how to write a note of apology.