1、Unit 1 Extended reading School life in the UK Teaching aims By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Locate and describe some specific information related to the school life in the UK. 2. Compare the similarities and differences between school life in the UK and in China. 3. Describe
2、 their own dream school and explain reasons. 4.Master the key language points in the passage. Teaching key points 1. Learn to find the key words and use them to conclude the main idea of a paragraph. 2.Master key expressions in the passage. Teaching difficulties 1. To find out key words and use them
3、 properly. 2.To compare the differences between school life in the UK and China. Teaching procedures Step 1. Review the grammar learnt before Ask students to make sentences following specific sentence structure. S+V+O+C 1. His praise made her more confident of herself. 2. We elected Tom monitor. 3.
4、We expected our students to have a bright future. Step 2. Leading in Now that you have been in this new school for over a week, you now have your own feelings about what high school life is like. In this class, we will learn about what high school life in the UK is like. Step 3. Fast reading Ask stu
5、dents to read the passage in 5 minutes and conclude the main idea of each paragraph with key words. Step 4.Detailed reading Ask students to find detailed information in each paragraph. Step 5 Discussion Ask students to discuss the similarities as well as the differences between school life in the UK
6、 and in China. Step 6 key words studying 1. exchangen.强健;有粘性;坚强 It is time to get tough _ those who break the traffic rules. Behind the tears is _. Dont _ (对.要求过严) him-he was only trying to help. He is looking forward to _ (度过这段困难时期) as soon as possible. I do think the government should _ (对.采取强制措施)
7、 those companies which have caused serious pollution. 3. alarmn.警报;惊恐vt.使警觉;使惊恐;惊动 (1)Sound/Ring the alarm in case of fire. give the alarm to.给发警报 He jumped up in alarm.We didnt take (the) alarm at the news. (2) adj. alarmedalarming The fact focused world attention on the polar regions, whose ice is
8、 melting at an _ rate. 一旦火警报警器拉响，所有的居民都要求在院子里集合。 Once _, all the residents are required to assemble in the courtyard. 4. fortunatelyadv.幸运地;幸亏 (1) unfortunatelyadv.不幸的是 (2)fortunateadj. 幸运的,侥幸的( = lucky) (3)fortunen.财产,大笔的钱;机会,运气 seek/try ones fortune找出路，碰运气 make a fortune发财 She is fortunate enough
9、_ (find) a job the moment she graduated from university. 澳大利亚金矿的发现使成千上万的相信会发财。 The discovery of gold in Australia led thousands to believe that a fortune _. 5. find+宾语+宾补 我发现他相当自信。 I find him _. 我发现中国日报是一个学习英语的有用工具。 I find China Daily _ to learn English. 她转过身，发现一个男人在盯着她看。 She turned around and found
10、 a man _. 我发现我的钱包在公共汽车上被偷了。 I found my wallet _. 他发现想在这个领域领先很困难。 He found _ difficult to get ahead in this field. Discussion Which high school life do you think is better? Why? Homework 1. Review the text and try to briefly retell the passage. 2. Master the key words and expressions and prepare for the unit test.
