1、1 英语（必修英语（必修第三册）第三册） Unit 4 Scientists who changed the world Integrated skills (I) I. Learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. learn about the Science Festival; 2. learn how to take notes using abbreviations, contractions and symbols; 3. understand a school news rep
2、ort about the Science Festival. II. Key competence focus 1. Get the correct information while listening. 2. Find the theme and events of a Science Festival. III. Predicted area of difficulty 1. Learn how to take notes using abbreviations, contractions and symbols. 2. Know what to include in a plan f
3、or the school Science Festival. IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Free talk T asks Ss to talk about the following three questions: Does your school hold the Science Festival? What events do you have? Whats the theme of your Science Festival? 【设计意图：询问学生对学校举办过的科技节的理解，为听力部分的话题知识做准备。】 Step 2 Listen and cir
4、cle the incorrect information 1. T asks Ss to listen to the talk, circle the incorrect information in each statement and correct it in the blanks. (1) The Science Festival is coming up in two months. S: (2) The Science Festival was started five years ago. S: (5) The plan should be handed in next wee
5、k. S: T:Attention please! Statement 1, 2 and 5 have wrong information about “time”. (3) The Science Festival aims to encourage students to take an interest in science and develop skills that may help them in their studies. S: (4) Students who take part in the workshop can design different experiment
6、s. S: 2 T: Honestly, its reasonable to focus on the main information while listening. However, please dont ignore the details. 【设计意图：指导学生先仔细阅读题干，然后通过听录音找出错误。由于听力中常考查学生 对时间、 地点、 人物信息的准确把握， 故对题干的错误类型进行分类： 时间错误和细节错误。 】 2. T asks Ss to listen for key information. T: What is the aim of the Science Festiv
7、al? S: It aims to encourage students to take an interest in science and develop skills that may help them in their future lives. 【设计意图：培养学生抓住听力材料的关键话题信息的能力。】 Step 3 Listen again and complete the notes 1. Tips for taking notes. T: If you need to write down information quickly, it is important for you
8、 to make your notes as brief as possible. Youd better adopt the following methods: use abbreviations and contractions; write down only the keywords; use symbols. T: Read these examples and try to keep them in mind. The next time you come across these words, using these methods can improve your effic
9、iency in note-taking. (1) use abbreviations ad = advertisement bio- = biology cf. = compare Co. = company edu = education esp. = especially etc. = and so on e.g. = for example i.e. = that is info = information intro = introduction wk = week ICU= Intensive Care Unit max = maximum min = minimum para.
10、= paragraph Dr = doctor St = street Rd = road vs = versus/against hr = hour IT = information technology (2) Use contractions its = it is arent = are not theres = there is; there has cant = can not theyd = they had; they would theyre = they are well = we will havent = have not doesnt = does not (3) K
11、eyword T: Keyword is a word that tells you about the main idea or subject of something, like the word that you type into a search engine so that it will search for information related to the word on the 3 Internet. Its very important to identify the keywords while listening, because the keywords may
12、 be the breakthrough for you to answer, or they may represent the point of view of the whole article. (4) Use symbols & = and = at + = plus = greater than = smaller than = increase = decrease = lead to/result in = result from ( ) = between, among $ = dollar = pound = male = female = multiply, multip
13、lied (by) = divide, divided (by) O = oxygen 2. T asks Ss to discuss what should be included in a plan for the Science Festival. T:As you have mentioned, some key elements should be included such as aim, theme, events, time & place 3. Listen to the talk again and complete the notes using the tips abo
14、ve. 【设计意图： 指导学生如何在做听力时记笔记并举例介绍四种方法， 鼓励学生将这些技能运 用到听力练习中去。】 Step 4 Read a news report about a Science Festival 1. Pre-reading. T: Whats the usual structure of a news report? S: T: Inverted pyramid. 2. Read and analyze the structure. T: Please read the school news report on page 51 and finish the follo
15、wing chart. Part (Para._) _ Part (Paras._) _ Part (Para._) _ 3. Read and answer the question. T: This school news report is mainly developed in order of _. 4. Read and fill in the table. T: Please read the report and try to find the theme and events. Theme Events 【设计意图： 从文体和语篇结构上指导学生阅读关于科技节的报道； 从内容上指导学生关注 科技节的主题和活动。】 V. Homework Write a news report about your schools Science Festival.
