1、目录contentsPre-readingILanguage pointsIVFast readingIIHomeworkVCareful readingIIIPost-readingVIPre-readingIPre-reading Read the short introduction to Benjamin Franklin and share any other information you know about him.Fast readingIIFast-reading:Read&Answer Learning to learn An essay title often cont
2、ains an explicit or implicit question which your essay should focus on answering.For example,the title“Franklins Experiment:How Much Is True?”makes it clear what question is being answered within the essay.Fast-reading:Read&AnswerFranklins experiment aimed to prove that lightning was a form of elect
3、ricity.Read the passage and find out what Franklins experiment aimed to prove.()Franklins spirit of scientific exploration is still considered an inspiration.()People are amazed at and inspired by Franklins experiment.()Scientists question what really happened in Franklins experiment.Fast-reading:Re
4、ad&AnswerNumber the statements to show how peoples attitudes towards Franklins experiment have changed.312Careful readingIII1.Do you think it matters that Franklins experiment might not be true?Why?2.What is your opinion about the statement“.we should not always believe everything we read or hear ev
5、en if it is a great story”?3.What qualities do you think a great scientist should have?4.In what ways do scientists contribute to society?Careful reading:Answer the questions Careful reading:Answer the questions Post-readingIVWork in groups.Explain your understanding of the saying“Seeing is believin
6、g”,and then give a talk about it.You may use information in the passage as examples.1.Make notes about your understanding of the saying and list supporting details.Post-readingPost-reading2.Organise your talk following the steps below.Start your talk by explaining how you understand this saying.Expl
7、ain why you think this way.Use the notes you have made to support your ideas.End your talk by summarising your points.3.Give your talk to the class.Language pointsV _Language Points:Important phrases1.approach to 2.be amazed by3.along with4.in order to5.neither.nor.6.more than one7.lead sb to do e u
8、p with的方法的方法对对感到吃惊感到吃惊同同一起一起为了为了既不既不也不也不不止一个不止一个导致某人做某事导致某人做某事想出想出Language Points:Important sentences1.He raised the kite with a piece of string tied to it.句子中“with a piece of string tied to it”为with复合结构“with+名词/代词+现在分词/过去分词/不定式”。a piece of string 与tie是动宾关系，因此用tied。2.A metal key was attached to the
9、string.Paraphrase(释义):A metal key was connected with the string.attach意为“to fasten or connect one object to another”用法为 attach sth to sth，把固定/附在上，其中to为介词。例如:Attach a recent photograph to your application form.申请表上请贴一张近照。Language Points:Important sentences3.More than one generation of schoolchildren
10、has been amazed by his bravery and his scientific approach to looking for the truth.more than one意为“不止一个”，其后的谓语动词通常用单数。approach 为名词，意为“方法（method）”，常用approach to+名词/现在分词表示“的方法”例如：He has adopted a new approach to teaching languages.他采用了新的语言教学方法。Language Points:Important sentences 4.Admittedly,fiction
11、is often more interesting than the truth.admittedly 意为“诚然，确实”常放在句首，表示承认或接受某个事实。例如：Admittedly,a lot of problems are my faults.不可否认，很多问题是我的错。Language Points:Important sentencesHomeworkVI Homework1.Think of another story about a famous inventor and use your words to describe it.2.Compared to the past,what has changed to invent things?
