1、Unit 1 Past and PresentReading (II)I. Teaching aims and learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students should be able to:1. have a deeper understanding of the interview; 2. know how to use the new language points correctly; 3. rewrite the interview into a report; 4. realize the beauty of our

2、hometown and encourage students to protect it. II. Teaching contents1. New words and phrases: since, ever, northern, married, wife, block, since, over, pollution, factory, waste, realize, improve, situation, however, impossible, before, lonely, anyway, husband, interview, turn into , in some ways, f

3、rom time to time, all ones life2. New structures: Do you know Sunshine Town very well, Mr Chen? Ive lived here since I was born. Has the town changed a lot over the years? Now the government has turned part of the town into a new park. It has become impossible for us to see each other as often as be

4、fore. Now I feel a bit lonely from time to time.III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficultyTo use new language points correctly.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Revision1. Changes in Sunshine TownHelp the students to review the changes in Sunshine Town. Give them chances to show themselve

5、s in class and remind them that they should pay attention to the tense when they describe the past and the present of Sunshine Town.2. Group workWork in groups and discuss the changes Mr Chen has experienced. 【設(shè)計(jì)意圖：指導(dǎo)學(xué)生用不同的時(shí)態(tài)來(lái)描述不同時(shí)段的狀態(tài)，同時(shí)給學(xué)生展示自我的機(jī)會(huì)。就Mr Chen和陽(yáng)光鎮(zhèn)的變化給出一些關(guān)鍵詞，幫助學(xué)生理清文章的脈絡(luò)?！縎tep 2 Presenta

6、tion 1. Mr Chens housing (1) Ask the students to work in pairs and make an interview about Mr Chens housing with the help of the chart, some pictures and some key words.(2) Present some sentences about the changes, and ask the students to work out the rules of the simple past tense and the present p

7、erfect tense.(3) Learn the language pointmarry. Then do some exercises.2. Facilities(1) Ask the students to complete two passages and talk about the towns past and present.(2) Learn the language pointturn into /turn + adj. Then do some exercises.3. Pollution(1) Show some pictures and a video and tal

8、k about the advantages and disadvantages of development.(2) Learn the language pointspollute, pollution and polluted. Then do some exercises.(3) Ask the students to think over the question: Whats the development of the society? Tell them that the government has realized the problems and is trying to

9、 improve the situation.(4) Learn the language pointimprove and improvement. Then do some exercises.(5) Have a group discussion: What does the development of the society bring us? What action can we take to improve the situation?4. Mr Chens life (1) Talk about what Mr Chen thinks of the present life.

10、 Learn more phrases about “way”. And translate two sentences. (2) Learn the language pointalone and lonely. Then do some exercises.【設(shè)計(jì)意圖：通過(guò)四個(gè)部分的呈現(xiàn)，幫助學(xué)生深層理解文本，復(fù)習(xí)文章的細(xì)節(jié)問(wèn)題，同時(shí)講解及操練語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)。】Step 3 Practice1. Rewrite the interview into a reportAsk the students to rewrite the interview into a report in the pers

11、pective of Mr Chen.2. Retell the changesWork in pairs to retell the changes in Sunshine Town with the help of some key words and phrases.3. Complete the passageAsk the students to use words and phrases we learnt to finish a passage about urbanization.4. Translate the sentencesAsk the students to translate some sentences into English.【設(shè)計(jì)意圖：以Mr Chen的語(yǔ)氣改寫課文來(lái)讓學(xué)生重新從整體上把握課文。另外通過(guò)語(yǔ)篇形式來(lái)考察學(xué)生對(duì)四會(huì)生詞和短語(yǔ)的掌握情況?！縎tep 4 Production1. Enjoy a video about the changes in Yangzhou. 2. Design a p