1、Unit 1 Great scientistsPeriod 1 Warming up and reading 课时: 课型Type of Lesson: Reading 学习目标Learning aims:1. To help students learn to describe people2. To help students learn to read a narration about John Snow3. To help students better understand “Great scientists”教学重点Important Points:To help student
2、s learn to read a narration about John Snow教学难点Difficult Points:To help students learn to describe people教学反思Teaching Re-thinking:家庭作业Homework:教学过程Teaching Procedures:Warming up 热身Step I Lead in 导入Talk about scientist.T: Hi, morning, class. Nice to see you on this special day, the day when you becom
3、e a senior two grader. I am happy to be with you helping you with your English. Today we are to read about a certain scientist. But first lets define the word “scientist”. What is a scientist?A scientist is a person who works in science, trying to understand how the universe or other things work.Sci
4、entists can work in different areas of science. Here are some examples: Those that study physics are physicists. Those that study chemistry are chemists. Those that study biology are biologists.Step II 头脑风暴 Ask the students to try the quiz and find out who knows the most.T: There are some great scie
5、ntific achievements that have changed the world. Can you name some of them? What kind of role do they play in the field of science? Do these achievements have anything in common? Match the inventions with their inventors below before you answer all these questions. 1. Archimedes, Ancient Greek (287-
6、212 BC), a mathematician. 2. Charles Darwin, Britain (1808-1882). The name of the book is Origin of Species.3. Thomas Newcomen, British (1663-1729), an inventor of steam engine.4. Gregor Mendel, Czech, a botanist and geneticist.5. Marie Curie, Polish and French, a chemist and physicist.6. Thomas Edi
7、son, American, an inventor.7. Leonardo da Vinci, Italian, an artist.8. Sir Humphry Davy, British, an inventor and chemist.9. Zhang Heng, ancient China, an inventor.10. Stepper Hawking, British, a physicist.II. Pre-reading 预读 Step IGet the students to discuss the questions on page 1 with their partne
8、rs. Then ask the students to report their work. Encourage the students to express their different opinions. 1. What do you know about infectious diseases?Infectious diseases can be spread to other people. They have an unknown cause and need public health care to solve them. People may be exposed to
9、infectious disease, so may animals, such as bird flu,AIDS, SARS are infectious diseases. Infectious diseases are difficult to cure. 2. What do you know about cholera?Cholera is the illness caused by a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. It infects peoples intestines(肠), causing diarrhea and leg cramps
10、 (抽筋).The most common cause of cholera is by someone eating food or drinking water that has been contaminated(污染) with the bacteria. Cholera can be mild(不严重的) or even without immediate symptoms(症状), but a severe case can lead to death without immediately treatment.3. Do you know how to prove a new i
11、dea in scientific research?Anybody might come out with a new idea. But how do we prove it in scientific research? There are seven stages in examining a new idea in scientific research. And they can be put in the following order. What order would you put the seven in? Just guess.Find a problem Make u
12、p a question Think of a method Collect results Analyse the results Draw a conclusion Repeat if necessary Unit 1 Great scientistsPeriod 1 Warming up and reading 课时:课型Type of Lesson: Reading 学习目标Learning aims:1. To help students learn to describe people2. To help students learn to read a narration abo
13、ut John Snow3. To help students better understand “Great scientists”教学重点Important Points:To help students learn to read a narration about John Snow教学难点Difficult Points:To help students learn to describe people教学反思Teaching Re-thinking:家庭作业Homework:教学过程Teaching Procedures:III. Reading 阅读Step I Pre-rea
14、ding 预读1. Do you know John Snow?John Snow is a well-known doctor in the 19th century in London and he defeated “King Cholera”.2. Do you know what kind of disease is cholera?It is a kind of terrible disease caused by drinking dirty water and it caused a lot of deaths in the old times and it was very
15、difficult to defeat.Lets get to know how Dr. John Snow defeated “King Cholera” in 1854 in London in this reading passage: Step II Skimming 扫读 Read the passage and answer the questions.1. Who defeats “King Cholera“? (John Snow)2. What happened in 1854? (Cholera outbreak hit London.)3. How many people
16、 died in 10 days? (500)4. Why is there no death at No. 20 and 21 Broad Street as well as at No. 8 and 9 Cambridge Street? (These families had not drunk the water from the Broad Street pump.) (Optional)Skim the passage and find the information to complete the form below.WhoWhenWhatHowResultJohn Snow1
17、854helping ordinary people exposed to choleraExamining the source of all water supplies and finding new methods of dealing with polluted waster“King Cholera” defeatedStep III Scanning 找读Read the passage and number these events in the order that they happened.2 John Snow began to test two theories.1
18、An outbreak of cholera hit London in 1854.4 John Snow marked the deaths on a map.7 He announced that the water carried the disease.3 John Snow investigated two streets where the outbreak was very severe.8 King Cholera was defeated.5 He found that most of the deaths were near a water pump.6 He had th
19、e handle removed from the water pump.Step IV Main idea and correct stage 精读Read the passage and put the correct stages into the reading about research into a disease.John Snow Defeats “King Cholera”ParagraphStagesGeneral ideas1Find a problem:What cause the cholera?The causes of cholera2Make up a que
20、stion:Which is right?The correct or possible theory3Think of a method:Test two theoryCollect data on where people were ill and died and where they got their water4Collect results:Mark the deathPlot information on a map to find out where people died or did not die5Analyze the results:Find the resourc
21、e of the waterLook into the water to see if that is the cause of the illness6Find supporting evidenceFind other evidences to confirm his conclusion7Draw a conclusionThe polluted dirty source of drinking water was to blame for the cause of the London cholera Step V Group discussion 分组讨论Answer the que
22、stions (Finish exercise 2 on Page 3)1. John Snow believed Idea 2 was right. How did he finally prove it?(John Snow finally proved his idea because he found an outbreak that was clearly related to cholera, collected information and was able to tie cases outside the area to the polluted water.)2. Do y
23、ou think John Snow would have solved this problem without the map? (No. The map helped John Snow organize his ideas. He was able to identify those households that had had many deaths and check their water-drinking habits. He identified those houses that had had no deaths and surveyed their drinking
24、habits. The evidence clearly pointed to the polluted water being the cause.)3. Cholera is a 19th century disease. What disease do you think is similar to cholera today? (Two diseases, which are similar today, are SARS and AIDS because they are both serious, have an unknown cause and need public heal
25、th care to solve them.)Step VI 概括总结Using the stages for scientific research and write a summary.Unit 1 Great scientistsPeriod 2&3 Language focus 课时:课型Type of Lesson: Words & Expressions 学习目标Learning aims: To help students learn to use some important words and expressions教学重点Important Points: To help
26、 students learn to remember some important words and expressions教学难点Difficult Points: To help students learn to use some important words and expressions教学反思Teaching Re-thinking:家庭作业Homework:教学过程Teaching Procedures:Step I Warming up 热身1. characteristic 1 n. a quality or feature of sth. or someone tha
27、t is typical of them and easy to recongnize.特征;特性 What characteristics distinguish the Americans from the Canadians. a. very typical of a particular thing or of someones characer 典型性的, Such bluntness is characteristic of him.Windy days are characteristic of March. 辨析characteristic与character characte
28、ristic是可数名词,意为“与众不同的特征“character表示(个人、集体、民族特有的)“性格、品质”,还意为“人物;文字”What you know about him isnt his real character.2. put forward: to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan or person, for other people to consider提出 He put forward a new theory. The foreigners have put forward a proposal for a j
29、oint venture.An interesting suggestion for measuring the atmosphere around Mars has been put forward. put on穿上;戴上;增加 put out熄灭(灯);扑灭 (火) put up with忍受 put down写下来;放下; put off 耽误; 延期 put up建立; 建造, put up举起,搭建,粘贴3. analyze: to examine or think about something carefully in order to understand it vt.分析结
30、果、检讨、细察 A computer analyses the photographs sent by the satellite.The earthquake expert tried to analyze the cause of the earthquake occurred on May 12,2008. Lets analyze the problem and see what went wrong. He analyzed the food and found that it contained poison. We must try to analyze the causes o
31、f the strike. analysis n.分析,解析,分解4. conclude: decide that sth. is true after considering al the information you have 得出结论;推论出 to end sth. such as a meeting or speech by doing or saying one final thing vt. & vi结束,终止; We concluded the meeting at 8 oclock with a prayer. From his appearance we may safel
32、y conclude that he is a heavy smoker. What do you conclude from these facts? We conclude to go out / that we would go out.conclusion n.结论 arrive at a conclusion; come to a conclusion; draw a conclusion; reach a conclusion What conclusion did you come to / reach / draw / arrive at? From these facts w
33、e can draw some conclusions about how the pyramids were built.Step 2 Reading1. defeat vt. to win a victory over someone in a war, competition, game etc.打败,战胜,使受挫Ive tried to solve the problem, but it defeats me!Our team defeated theirs in the game. n.失败,输 failure to win or succeedThis means admittin
34、g defeat.They have got six victories and two defeats.辨析win, beat与defeat win “赢得”赛事、战事、某物;后接人时,意为“争取赢得的好感或支持;说服” beat “战胜”“击败”比赛中的对手,可与defeat互换We beat / defeated their team by 10 scores.They won the battle but lost many men.The local ball team won the state championship by beating / defeating all the
35、 other teams.I can easily beat /defeat him at golf.He is training hard to win the race and realize his dream of becoming a champion at the 2008 Olympic Games.2. expert n. someone who has a special skill or special knowledge of a subject专家,能手 an expert in psychology an agricultural expert a. having s
36、pecial skill or special knowledge of a subject熟练的,有专门技术的 an expert rider an expert job需专门知识的工作 He is expert in / at cooking.3. attend vt. &vi 参加,注意,照料 be present at参加attend a ceremony / lecture / a movie / school / class / a meeting I shall be attending the meeting.Please let me know if you are unab
37、le to attend the conference. attend to (on): to look after, care for, serve伺候, 照顾,看护The queen had a good doctor attending on her. Dr Smith attended her in hospital. 治疗 Are you being attended to?接待Mother had to attend to her sick son. attend to处理,注意倾听 attend to the matter A nurse attends to his needs
38、. Can you attend to the matter immediately?I may be late I have got one or two things to attend to.Excuse me, but I have an urgent matter to attend to.辨析attend, join, join in与take part in1 attend指参加会议、上课、上学、听报告等2 join 指加入某组织、团体,成为其中一员3 join in指加入某种活动;表示与某人一起做某事join sb. in sth.4 take part in指参加正式的、有组
39、织的活动,切在活动中起积极作用Only 2 people attended the meeting.He joined the Communist Youth League in 2007.Will you join us in the game?We often tale part in the after-class activities.Unit 1 Great scientistsPeriod 2&3 Language focus 课时:课型Type of Lesson: Words & Expressions 学习目标Learning aims: To help students l
40、earn to use some important words and expressions教学重点Important Points:To help students learn to remember some important words and expressions教学难点Difficult Points:To help students learn to use some important words and expressions教学反思Teaching Re-thinking:家庭作业Homework:教学过程Teaching Procedures:4. expose :
41、 to show sth. that is usually covered暴露 expose sth. to the light of day 把某事暴露于光天化日之下 I threatened to expose him ( to the police). 我威胁要(向警察)揭发他. He exposed his skin to the sun.他把皮肤暴露在阳光下. The old man was left exposed to wind and rain.When he smiled he exposed a set of perfect white teeth.5. cure vt.
42、& n. to make someone who is ill well agian治疗,痊愈When I left the hospital I was completely cured.cure sb of a diseaseWhen you have a pain in your shoulders, you will go to see a doctor. The doctor will cure you. The only way to cure backache is to rest.He will cure the pain in your shoulders When I le
43、ft the hospital I was completely cured. The illness cannot be cured easily.Although the boy was beyond cure, his parents tried to cure him of bad habits.a cure for a diseaseAspirin is said to be a wonderful cure for the pain. There is still no cure for the common cold. Is there a certain cure for ca
44、ncer yet?a cure for sth.: to remove a problem, or improve a bad situation解决问题,改善困境The prices are going up every day, but there is no cure for rising prices.辨析cure与treat1 cure主要指痊愈,强调的是结果2 treat强调治疗过程,指通过药物、特别的食品或运动治疗病人或疾病,不强调结果。They cured me of my influenza.They treated me with a new drug.6. control
45、 vt.& n. 1 vt.: to have power over, rule, direct 控制,支配,管理He cannot control his feelings / anger.You are trying to control me as though I were your slave.The government tries its best to control prices.2 be under the control of; be in control of; take/gain control of ; get / be out of control; lose c
46、ontrol of; beyond control George took /gained control of the business after his father died.The car went out of control and crashed into the pole.the head in control of the country The driver lost control of his car and it knocked into a tree.Mr. Brown is in control of the shop. / The shop is in the control of Mr. Brown.This money is under control of Mr Brown. Whos in control of the project? The fire has been brought under control.7. suggest v. 建议;暗示;表明 suggest+doing / sth. / that-clauseMay suggested a picnic at the weekend. What d
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