Great Women
I. Teaching aims and demands 教學目標和要求:
1.Topics 話題
1>Taling about great women
2.Function: 交際功能
描述人物 Describing people
She seems to be the king od woman who...
The impression she makes on me is...
I think she is the kind of person who...
She could be... She looks as if...
She might be... You can see that...
People like her... She doesn't seem...
3.Vocabulary 重點詞匯和短語
inspire; admire; generous; cheerful; mean; tense; dull; dishonest; champion; mile; stormy; threaten; bottom; optimistic; workday; somehow; shelter; regret; extremely; climate; value; pianist; bother; fame; promise; kindergarten; hardship; bear; scholarship; graduation
around the corner; die down; come to terms with
4.Grammar:語法
主謂一致 (Subject-Verb Agreement)
特別關注：集體名詞做主語時的數的問題。
II. Difficult points
III. Main teaching aids教具：A tape-recorder; Multimedia, projector, role cards
Ⅳ. Main teaching methods 教法：
1. The interaction between the teacher and the students, and among the students themselves; Attention to the students’ listening, speaking, reading and writing; and so on.
2. Listening-and–answering activity to help the students go through with the listening material.
3. Use both individual work and group or pair work to make every student work and think in class
V. Teaching procedure：
Period 1第一節
（一）明確目標
1. Warming up to arouse the students love in talking. Learn how to describe people in English.
2. Do some listening to improve the students listening ability.
3. Making simple dialogues to train the students speaking ability.
(二) 整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
People often admired great persons, especially great women. Why? It has often said that life is difficult as it is. For women it sometimes twice as difficult. That is, it is more difficult t for women to become famous or get jobs in high positions. What do you think?
（三）教學過程
Step 2 Warming up
1. Ask the students to look at the pictures of the four great women and tell who they are?
2. Divide the students into small groups to discuss the questions given.
Show the students pictures on the text. Ask some questions about those women, or give some clues for them to guess who they are.
Note: Song Qingling (1893-1981) married Dr Sun Zhongshan in 1915. she was the vice-president of the People’s Republic for many years. She busied herself with various welfare activities, ranging from heading the Women’s Federation to a number of committees involving children.
Maria Curie (1867-1934) was born in Poland, moved to Paris and studied chemistry and physics there. She married Pierre Curie and together they studied radio-active materials and discovered radium. In 1911 she received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Her death in 1934 was almost certainly due to radiation in her work.
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973) was born in the USA but grew up in Zhejiang Province after her parents moved to China in 1895. she first learnt Chinese and was later taught English. From 1910 to 1914 she studied in America and then returned to China. In 1931 she wrote her best-known novel, The Good Earth. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1938.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) was a world-famous Catholic nun. For more than 30 years she took care of people who were often mentally or physically disabled. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. In 2003, she was honoured with the name of Blessed Teresa.
Sample answer to Question 2:
Of the four women, I admire Song Qingling most. She is one of the greatest women of China. At that time, it wasn't normal that women could get a good education. I think Song Qingling was a woman with a very strong will. She always worked for her ideas that the power must go to the people. She was very brave. In the early 1920s she escaped from Guangzhou and in later years she did many dangerous things helping the communists win the war. As a woman, she had a number of important positions. She was already a minister in the government of the first republic. Later she was the vice president of the People's Republic of China. She always had the good of the people in mind and opened her heart for many simple people. I think we can learn a lot from Song Qingling.
Instructions for Question 3:
In a discussion of this statement, students will bring forward any number of arguments along the following lines:
1 In the past it was unusual for women to get the chance to go to school. After high school, very few women could go on to university. It is a good thing that this has now changed.
2 Society expects different things from men and women. People also have different ideas about the things that men are good at and women are good at. As a result, it is more difficult for women to get jobs in high positions. For example, many people think that:
A Men should get a job and make money for the family; women should stay at home and take care of the children and the house.
B Men are strong and good leaders; women are weak and cannot be leaders.
C Families give boys better opportunities to study than girls. .
D Companies prefer to give more good jobs to men than to women.
E In companies men usually get more money than women, even when they do the same job.
F Some people think women can do some jobs very well (e.g. in schools, hospitals etc) but other jobs not.
Sample answer to Question 3:
I think it is true that it is more difficult for women to get jobs in high positions than it is for men. Look how few women have jobs as leaders and managers. It is not because women are less intelligent, but because men always choose other men. They don't look at the qualities of women, they just prefer to give the job to a man.
Step 3 Listening comprehension
Now let s have some listening training.
1. Listen to the tape and fill in the form.
2. Listen to the tape again and do true-or-false exercises.
LISTENIN G TEXT
In the dialogue, L = Lucy, A = Alice
L: Hi Alice, what are you doing?
A: I am looking at some old school photographs. L: Can I have a look? When was this photo taken?
A: That photo was taken more than seven years ago. L: Who's that smart girl?
A: That's Lily. At first I didn't like her because I thought that she was too serious. She always had high marks for maths. One day, I found out that she was very friendly and helpful. Then we became good friends.
L: What has become of her?
A: I heard she went back to Sichuan and now she is a teacher in a small town.
L: Who were the other girls you used to be friends with?
A: Er...Rose, Jane and Sandra. Rose used to be quite fat. She used to sing very well. Everybody liked her because she was loyal and very honest. I see her quite often. We're still the best of friends. She's married and has a lovely daughter.
L: Hm. I think you told me about her and the fights she used to have with other girls. Who's that girl over there. Isn't she the girl that Rose hated? Weren't they always fighting?
A: That girl? No, you've got it all mixed up! Sandra and Lily were like fire and water. This here is Jane. She and Rose could get along alright. Jane has always been very quiet, warm and kind. I always thought she wanted to become a painter, just what you would expect from such a gentle person. But now she works in a department store in Dalian.
L: I see. And who is the pretty girl there?
A: Now that is Sandra. She has changed a lot. It isn't true to say that she was lazy as a student, but she did not do too much if she could help it. She was also always in trouble. But now she's a strong and hardworking woman. She has her own company, together with a friend of hers.
Answers to Part 1 :
What was her name? Lily Rose Jane Sandra
What was she like? serious smart
friendly helpful loyal honest
fat quiet warm
kind pretty strong
hardworking
What was she good at? maths Singing painting nothing
What has become of her? She's now a
teacher. She's married &
has a daughter. She works in a
department store. She has her own
company.
Answers to Part 2:
1 serious 2 fire, water 3 get along 4 has changed, company, friend
Step 4 Speaking practice
Look at the pictures and tell what kind of people they are by using the words and useful expressions given.
Photo 1: There is a woman in an office. She's about middle-aged and _essed in a gray jacket. She's talking on the phone. She is holding a pen in her right hand to write down some information from the phone call. The desk she is working at is perhaps a reception desk. There's a pile of papers on her left. There's also a bag with sunflower seeds. There's an empty chair beside her with what looks like a computer. There are some plants on the window sill. The woman seems to be a hardworking person. You can see that she's very careful, because she is listening attentively, and has a pen and writing pad ready to make notes. I don't think people like her are unfriendly, but she may be a bit cold. She could be a manager or an office worker.
Photo 2: There's a girl using a mobile phone. She's wearing a red jacket. I can't see her face very well. From the way she's dressed, I think she's perhaps a cheerful and friendly person. She might be a student.
Photo 3: In Photo 3, there's a mother feeding her baby. The baby is sitting in a special chair. The impression that she makes on me is that of a woman who is friendly, caring and warm.
Read the sample dialogue in the book and make sure the students understand the game. Ask the students to practise the game in groups of four or five students. You can later practise the game with the class as a whole. The student or group that need the lowest number of . questions wins.
（四）總結擴展
Step 5 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
Listening and speaking聽說要點
1>Do you know a woman who really inspires you?
inspire [用法]vt.1. 鼓舞,激勵,驅使(+to) 2. 賦予...靈感,給...以啟示
3. 激起,喚起(感情,思想等)(+in/with)
[舉例]His speech inspired us to try again. 他的演講鼓舞了我們再作嘗試。
2>It has often been said that life is difficult as it is.
as it is [用法]固定結構。意思是‘根據現在情況看；就現在的樣子’，常用于句子的開頭或結尾。
[舉例]I thought things would get better, but as it is they are getting worse.
我原以為情況會好轉，但照現在的樣子，只會更糟。
3>What has become of her?
become of [用法]發生于,發生...情況
[舉例]What will become of the children now the parents are dead?父母去世了，孩子們會怎樣呢？
4>The impression she makes on me is ...
impression [用法]n.[C] 感想；印象
[舉例]I had a very good impression of him. 我對他的印象極好。
What are your impressions after reading the book? 你看完那本書后有什么印象？
Step 6 Summary小結:
Step 7 Homework
Period 2第二節
（一）明確目標
1. Develop the students reading ability, especially their reading comprehension.
2. Read the reading passage and know about the great woman Helen Thayer.
（二）整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
Today we come to the Reading. It is freezing cold in the North Pole and the South Pole. Few people, in the world have ever been there. However, there was a brave woman who had traveled alone to the North Pole and the South Pole. Do you know who she was? Right, Helen Thayer. She was the first woman who traveled alone there. Today we are going to read about the great woman the great woman, Helen Thayer.
（三）教學過程
Step 2 Pre-reading discussions
Suggested answers:
Question 1: A warm coat, gloves, a cap, wool pants, long underwear, boots, dark sunglasses, rope, a backpack, skis or snowshoes, a tent, sled, a radio transmitter, a cellphone, dried food, compass, maps, a sleeping, bag, a small stove, matches, cooking fuel, an ice pick, flags, etc. All of these items are needed to keep warn, to provide shelter and food, to give directions, and to explore safely on snow and ice. What does not need to be brought? (Drinking water)
Question 2: Countries that are part of the North Pole: Norway, Sweden, Russia, Finland, US, Canada, Greenland (which is part of Denmark).
Countries that are part of the South Pole: Chile, Argentina, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand
Question 3: Some animals that live on the North Pole: polar bear, wolf, snow fox, seal, walrus, reindeer, moose, killer whales
Some animals that live on the South Pole: penguin, seal, walrus, whales,
Step 3 Reading
Read the text carefully again, and give the students some explanations. First show the students some pictures of Antarctica in order to arouse the student’s interest there.
Then ask some questions about the lonely continent.
1. Imaging if you are traveling alone to the South Pole. What will you take with you? Why?
2. Can you name out some typical animals or plants there?
3. tell out the animals on the picture which animals live on the North Pole? And which on the South Pole?
Step 3 Reading
Students read the text fast to find the answer to the questions in the part --- Post-Reading.
The answers are: 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C
Step 4 Listening to the reading passage
Play the tape for the students to listen and follow. Pay attention to the pro- nunciation and intonation.
Step 5 Post-reading
Answers to Exercise 1:
1B 2B 3B 4D 5C
Sample answer to Exercise 2:
Helen Thayer is a special woman. To go on such difficult and dangerous journeys at her age proves that Helen Thayer has a very strong will. She enjoys great challenges. She is brave and very active. She also knows that the people in her life, such as her family, are more important than her personal achievement.
Answer to Exercise 3:
If students express their admiration for Helen Thayer, they could use words and phrases such as: I think Helen Thayer is a brave woman. It is unusual for women of her age to do things like that. The description of the terrible weather conditions and the way she deals with her accidents show that Helen Thayer is a very strong woman. She has the power to go on even when the circumstances or conditions are very hard (perseverance and endurance). She is a responsible person. She demonstrates this by her good decision to stop and not risk her life after her accident. The description of her journey also shows that she is an honest woman.
（四）總結擴展
Step 6 Summary 小結
Step 7 Homework
Period 3第三節
（一）明確目標
1. Learn about the useful words and expression in the reading text.
2. Learn how to use “Subject-Verb Agreement”, especially about the collective nouns.
3. Discuss the answers to all the exercises in the Students’ Book.
（二）整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
In this class we’ll first go through the text and learn to use some language points. And then we’ll discuss the exercises together with each other.
（三）教學過程
Step 2 Language points in the reading text
1>Another journey of challenge and danger was about to begin.
challenge [用法]現在分詞的完成式做狀語，這時，分詞的動作往往先于主句謂語動詞發生。
be about to [用法]即將(做) [注意]不和具體時間連用
2>But changes were just around the corner.
around the corner [比較]在拐角處；即將來臨
3>I found myself spending a whole day on the tent.
find oneself ... [用法]發現自己（處于某種狀態）；不知不覺的...
[舉例]Then I found myself surrounded by half a dozen boys. 然后我發現六個男孩圍者自己。
Dick found himself walking in the direction of Mike's place.
Dick不知不覺的朝Mike的住處走去。
4>I had travelled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong.
had done...when... [用法]還沒（剛剛）... 就
[舉例]I had hardly opened the door when the dog barked. 我還沒把門打開，狗就叫了起來。
The students hadn't played football long when the bell rang.
學生們足球沒踢一會兒，鈴就響了。
increase [用法]n./v. 增加，增長，增進
[舉例]His fear increased at every step. 每向前走一步，他的恐懼就增加一分。
He increased in knowledge with the increase of age. 他的知識與年俱增。
a steady increase in population 人口不斷增加
an (the)increase of warmth 變暖；熱度的增加
put up [用法](1) 升起；舉起 (2) 建造；搭起；裝置
[舉例]Put your hands up. 舉起你的手。
They put up a new house here. 他們在這里蓋了一棟新房子
5>Within a few minutes the winds increased to a howling storm that threatened to blow me away.
threaten [用法]vt.威脅，揚言要；預示；快要來臨
[舉例]He threatened that he would make it public. 他威脅說要公開那件事。
The boss threatened to fire him. 老板威脅要開除他。
6>On November 12th the storm died down.
die down [用法]1.漸弱 2.平息 3.枯萎
[舉例]The noise had died down. 喧鬧聲逐漸消失了。
7>I thawed a frozen cake over my fire, placed a candle on the top, lit it and sang 'happy birthday to me' at the top of my voice.
thaw [用法]vi. （冰雪等）融化，解凍 vt. 使融化；使緩和
[舉例]If the sun stays out, it will probably thaw today. 如果繼續出太陽,今天大概會解凍。
It thaws in March here. 在此地化雪的季節是三月。
freeze [用法](1)vt./vi. (使）結冰，（使）凍結 (2) v. 感到極冷 (3) v. 不動地呆著
[舉例]Water freezes at 0 degree 水在零攝氏度結冰。
The pool has frozen. 池塘結冰了。
I must put a warm pullover on because I'm freezing. 我都凍壞了，我得穿件暖和的羊毛衫。
at the top of one's voice [用法]高聲地
[舉例]Seeing the little boy fall into the river, she shouted for help at the top of her voice.
看到小孩掉到河里，她高聲呼救。
8>I was moving forward over a slope that seemed safe when suddenly my world dropped out from under my skis.
was/were doing...when... [用法]正在做什么，這時發生什么事，此處when為并列連詞，相當于and at that time
[舉例]I was walking along the stream, when I met my teacher of English.
當我沿著小溪散步時遇到了英語老師。
9>I had fallen into a hole and was hanging on the ropes tied to the sled.
hang [用法]v. 懸掛，垂吊；吊死，絞死；懸而未決
[舉例]A lamp hangs from the ceiling. 天花板上吊著一盞燈。
Curtains hang at the windows. 窗簾掛在窗上。
tie...to [用法]把什么系到什么上面，此處為過去分詞短語做定語。
10>I was in good health and all my equipment was working well.
in good health [用法]健康狀況好
[舉例]My uncle is in poor health. 我叔叔的健康狀況不佳。
Jean is ill -- she is not in good health. 珍妮病了--她的健康狀況不好。
11>I couldn't stand on my left leg and my head was woozy from hitting the ground.
stand on... [用法]用 ... 站立
[舉例]stang on one's head 倒立
stand on on leg like a cock 金雞獨立
from [用法]prep. （表示原因）由于，因為
[舉例]The child cried from hunger. 這孩子餓得直哭。
12>Lying on the ice,I would soon die.
Lying on the ice [用法]分詞短語做狀語，lying和I之間有邏輯上的主謂關系。
13>I did so without regret.
regret [用法]v./n. 遺憾，懊悔，抱歉
[舉例]I didn't regret the choice I had made. 我做了這個選擇并不后悔。
She regretted having missed the film. 她懊悔沒能看上那場電影。
I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
我遺憾的只是我僅僅能為祖國貢獻一次生命。
ng spent my time in this way. 我對這樣浪費光陰深感懊悔。
Much to my regret, I didn't go with them. 非常遺憾，我沒有同他們一起去。
a matter for regret 一件憾事
refuse with much regret 婉言拒絕
express deep regret at 對…深表遺憾
[難點]regret to do 對要做的事遺憾�！ �(未做)
regret doing 對做過的事遺憾、后悔�！ �(已做)
14>.It is an experience I shall never forget and value for the rest of my life.
value [用法]n. 1.價值 2.重要性 3.價值觀 vt. 1.尊重 2.評價
[舉例]What is the value of this picture by Rubens? 這幅魯本斯創作的畫價值多少？
He doesn't know the value of fresh air and sunlight. 他不了解新鮮空氣和陽光的重要性。
I shall always value your friendship. 我會始終重視你的友誼。
Step 3 Practice: Vocabulary
The answers are: cheerful inspires/inspired mean miserable threatened slopes optimistic shelter solo value
Step 4 Practice: Grammar
First introduce the content about subject-verb Agreement. Then finish the exercise in the following part.
The answers are: 1 is 2 do 3 is 4 is/are 5 is 6 have 7 has/have 8 have/has
Check the answers to exercise 2:
1. They/We are preparing for a party.
2. Yes, they seem to enjoy themselves./ Yes, everyone seems to be enjoying themselves.
3. Yes, if they finish the work today.
4. Tell them there will be a meeting this morning.
5. Tell them to phone this number.
（四）總結擴展
Step 5 Summary
Have we ever tiled to make snacks or seen our mother make snacks. Let’s try to write the recipe for your favorite dish. Before writing, you should read Tips first.
Step 6 Homework
Period 4 第四節
（一） 明確目標
1. Review the language points learnt last period.
2. Get the students to know about the great woman Oprah Winfrey.
3. Let the students know what is needed to e a successful man, especially a successful woman.
4. Do some writing to develop the students writing skill.
(二) 整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
At the beginning of this unit, we’re got to know about several great women, such as Song Qingling, Madame Curie, and pearl S. Back, mother Teresa and Helen Thayer. Today we are going to read about another great woman named Oprah Winfrey; Oprah Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US but also a woman who has inspired millions of people.
（三）教學過程
Step 1 Question the students on some language points
Step 2 Integrating skills
Read the text careful and then do the writing exercises below the passage.
Step 3 Listening to the Passage
Step 4 Reading comprehension
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
Sample answers to Part 1:
1 Oprah Winfrey is not just a successful TV personality. She has inspired millions of people through her talk shows. She helped people by giving information about difficulties that they had in their lives and talked about things that people could not or were afraid to talk about. In that way she helped people come to terms with problems that worried them or for which they could not find solutions.
2 Oprah was a bright girl at school. When she was at kindergarten she asked her teacher to let her go to the primary school earlier. At the primary school she also skipped grades. From the age of 14 she developed discipline and worked hard on self-improvement. She followed her father's example and always listened to his advice. At high school she worked hard to be the best of all the students. In that way she won a scholarship.
3 Oprah's show is one of the most popular in history. The history of television is of course not very long. Oprah has been successful with her TV programme for more than 20 years.
Sample answers to Exercise 2:
You must first know what you want. You must set goals you want to work towards. You must find out what you are really very 'good at and what you most like to do. Then you should think about all you need to do and achieve to reach that goal. If you want to become a scientist, you must study hard and go to university. If you want to become a dancer or musician you must practise a lot. In all cases you must work hard and keep on working to reach your goal. If your results are not very good or you have difficulty you must think about this carefully. You have to go on or make a decision. Then, you must either find solutions or different ways to reach your goal. If you are lazy or waste too much time on other things, you must find ways to improve your way of life. The most difficult decision to make is when you realise that you cannot reach your goal in any possible way. Perhaps you are not good enough at it or your ambitions are too high. The most important thing is to believe in yourself and not to give up too early.
Give the students some explanations when necessary.
Step 5 Writing
Now let s have some listening training. Learn to write a fan letter, read the tips about describing people before beginning to write.
Many people write f_ letters to people they admire. Pop singers, film stars and writers receive most fan mail, but there are also people who write fan mail to sportsmen and women or even scientists. In their letters the writers usually express their admiration. Of course, many writers of fan letters hope to receive a reply. Letters that look good will often get a reply, provided that an international reply coupon (to cover for return postage) and an addressed return envelope were included. It may sometimes take several months before a reply is received. The biggest surprise is for the reply to contain a signed photograph or a "personal" note. We don't encourage students to do so.
Sample fan letter:
12 North Street
Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China
April 2, 2005
Dear Mrs. Rowling,
My name is Yang Qingyu. I am a 17-year-old high school student from Chengdu in China. I loved Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets was great! I thought that it was very funny when the memory charm didn't work. It really puzzled me to discover to whom the bodyless voice belonged.
I always read your books three or four times. The first time I read in Chinese. And then, I read the English one. When I am finished with that, I read the Chinese again. I really love all your books. Please go on writing other Harry Potter books, because I would like to read more of Harry's adventures. Reading your books is also very good for my English.
I think you are a great writer. Your books are so full of crazy ideas and funny surprises. You must be very creative. That's great. I hope that in the future I can write such good books for children as yours, but I think I will write them in Chinese.
Your sincerely,
Yang Qingyu
（四）總結擴展
Step 6 Necessary language points
Today we ve done some listening and speaking, and learn how to give advice and some everyday English used between doctors and patients.
1>Winfrey is not just a very successful TV personality in the US,she is also a woman who has inspired millions.
personality [用法]n.人格，個性；人物; 名人
[舉例]Ray has a happy personality. 雷伊為人性格快活。
The guest speaker certainly has personality. 被邀請來演講的人，一定有他的特長。
2>She has helped thousands of people come to terms with things that bother them.
come to terms with [用法]達成協議；妥協，讓步
[舉例]He'd finally come to terms with that company. 他最后還是與那家公司達成了協議。
bother [用法]vt.1. 煩擾,打攪 2. 使惱怒 3. 使困惑,使不安
vi.1. 煩惱,擔心(+with/about) 2. 麻煩,費心(+with/about)[+to-v][+v-ing]
n.1. 煩惱,麻煩[U] 2. 使人煩惱的人(或事物)
[舉例]I can't bother him with my little affairs. 我不能因自己那點小事去打擾他。
The way my brother talked to mother bothered me. 我兄弟對母親說話的那副模樣惹我惱火。
3>For her family, life seems to hold no promise.
promise [用法]n.允諾；希望，前途
[舉例]If you make a promise, you must keep it. 假如你答應了，就必須做到。
Our country is full of promise. 我們的國家大有希望。
The girl's singing ability shows promise. 那女孩的歌唱才能說明她有前途。
[拓展]promise v. 1. 允諾；答應 2. 預示；給予…的希望
[舉例]He promised her some jewels for her birthday.
他答應在她生日的時候送給她幾件珠寶首飾。
He promised the boy a book if he passed the examination.
要是這孩子考試及格，他答應送他一本書。
His plan promises well. 他的計劃大有指望。
4>Her father showed her how hard work and discipline could lead to self-improvement.
discipline [用法]n. 1.紀律，訓練 2.學科
vt. 1.訓練 2.使有紀律 3.懲罰
[舉例]The people's army keeps very good discipline. 人民的軍隊很守紀律。
Our soldiers are strict in discipline. 我們的戰士紀律嚴明。
lead to [用法]導致；導向
[舉例]Hard work leads to success. 苦干可以導致成功。
Labour leads to happiness. 勞動使人幸福
5>Success and happiness in life are within reach for everyone.
reach [用法]v. 抵達，達到；伸手，夠到 n.可及的范圍
[舉例]He reached his hand across the table. 他把手伸到桌子對面去。
Please reach me the newspaper. 請把報紙遞給我。
Not so fast, little one, you will reach your school soon enough.
不用跑得那么快，小家伙，你到學校時間足夠。
within reach 夠得著的；在附近
The station is within easy reach of my house. 火車站就在我家附近。
Put it within my reach. 把它放在我拿得著的地方。
6>I wish you a lot of success in the future.
wish [用法]vt. 祝愿；愿
[舉例]I wish you a pleasant journey. 祝你旅途愉快。
I wish you joy! 祝您快樂！
Let's wish you a long life. 祝你長壽。
I wish you luck! 祝你幸運！
Step 7 Homework
Period 5 第五節
（一）明確目標
1. Do some listening to improve the students listening ability.
2. Making simple dialogues to train the students speaking ability.
（二）整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
Today we come to the Workbook and do the listening comprehension and also do some talking practice.
（三）教學過程
Step 2 Listening comprehension
LISTENING TEXT
Every year since 1994, the Women's World Summit makes the announcement of the winners of the Prize for Women's Creativity in Countryside Life. Each year about 30 women from all parts of the world are given the award. Little by little the world is recognising the important role of women in many fields of development, such as the production of food and care of the environment. Women in the countryside get this award, and the prize money of $500, when their ideas or work have helped to make a better life in their villages.
Mrs. Victoria Adetona is 54 years old and lives in Nigeria, Africa. She comes from a very poor family. For more than 15 years, she worked for the Women and Development group in her village. Through her work, other women in the village could get loans to start small businesses. In this way, Mrs. Adetona helps to make the life better for the poorest women in her village. The organisation that she set up has helped more than 1,000 people. Today, many of these people are now farmers who can take care of their families and send their children to school.
Over the past 10 years, more than 25 Chinese women have received the award. One of them is Mrs. Zeng Guanglan from Da Zhuang in Qinghai Province. Through her work she helped other women in her village to change traditional ways of thinking. She started to organise cultural activities on International Women's Day. At first, few women came but over time women enjoyed meeting together. Zeng helped them to plant potatoes and raise sheep. She gave new-born sheep to poor villagers, so they started making more money. Zeng also taught the villagers about the need to take care of the environment by planting trees on the hills around the village. In 2002, she was chosen to be one of the village leaders. No other women in the village had ever been chosen for that position before.
Answers for part 1:
The listening passage talks about: Villages, Countryside, Nigeria and Creativity.
Answers for part 2:
1 Women may get the award when their ideas or work have helped to make life better in their villages.
2 Mrs. Adetona has helped women in her village (get loans) to start small businesses.
3 Mrs. Adetona's work was important because with her help now more than a thousand people can take care of their families and send their children to school.
4 Mrs. Zeng taught the villages 1) how to plant potatoes, 2) how to take care of sheep and 3) how to take care of the environment by planting trees on the hills around the village.
5 In 2002 Mrs. Zeng was chosen to be one of the village leaders. .
Answers for part 3:
Sample answers to Question 1:
Pro:
Yes. I think women such as Mrs. Adetona and Mrs. Zeng should get awards for their work because it will inspire other women to start helping people in their own villages.
Contra:
No.There are many women everywhere who do good things for other people (the community) without getting a prize. To do this kind of work is normal, and people should not be given awards for it.
Sample answers to Question 2:
It is -Impossible to provide a sample answer. However, in every community, village or town, students should be able to cite at least one woman, who has helped to make the life better in their community though her work or ideas. Students can think about volunteers who help (organise) activities for others or women who take the initiative to actually start doing things. If students cannot answer this question in class, it would be a good idea to give it to them as homework.
Step 3 Talking practice
Sample answers to the questions to the right of the graph:
-- It is difficult for women in China to get jobs in high positions because men in those positions give jobs to other men, but not to women.
-- Although women have a good education, there are still people who doubt whether they have the right qualities to do this job.
-- Some people feel that women are weak and cannot force their decisions on people who are stronger than themselves, so women cannot be managers or leaders.
-- There are also still some people who are very traditional; they believe the position of women should be at home to take care of the household and the children.
Before the role play
Sample answers to Question 1:
Yes. It is more difficult for women to get good jobs. Statistics show that the number of women in management positions is much lower than the number of men. Some of the arguments for that are listed above.
No. Women can also get very good jobs. There are many women who are managers in for example hospitals, schools and department stores. There are also jobs that women cannot do so well, for example jobs that are very heavy or dangerous, work in the police, army or fire stations, etc.
Sample answers to Question 2:
Yes. I think it is more difficult for women to get a position as a leader or boss in a company. Too many people believe that women are not suitable to do this kind of job. Also, women already in these positions prefer to work with other men, so when jobs are available they prefer to give them to other men.
No. Only in some fields there are perhaps not so many women. It could be because these fields are not so suitable for women or that women themselves don't want to work in them.
For both questions a large number of other arguments can be given. .
Sample dialogue:
The roles in the dialogue are: B = Boss of the company, M = Manager who is leaving, C = Colleague, W = Worker and 0 = Owner of the company.
B: Okay. As we all know M, the manager here will leave next month. So our company will hire a new staff member. We have received many letters from men and women who would like to take this job. In this meeting" we hope to make a decision whom to give the job. M, maybe you can say something first.
M: OK. Well, we all know that my job is no easy one. Therefore we are looking for somebody who is responsible and has good communication skills. There is no need to say that we are looking for somebody who is hard-working and loyal to our company. I think the person for this job must be good at dealing with people and he or she must be a real team worker. The job is difficult because sometimes there can be conflicts between staff. You have to be a strong kind of person and hold a firm stand.
B: Well. Together with the owner of the company, we have already looked at most letters and made some choices. Manager of this department is an important job in our company and that's why I want that person to be a strong and inspiring personality. Qualities that the right person for this job should have are that he or she is friendly and warm, but also strong and smart. We are now left with two, a man and a woman. I would like to hire the man, because I think a man will do this job better. But the woman has better qualifications and although she does not have as much work experience as the man. It looks as if she could do the job well. The owner of the company has said, well maybe he can explain himself.
0: Yes. I have no preference for myself. I believe both the man and the woman could do the job very well. The things, however, I would like all of you to consider are: 1 It might be good if we had more female managers in our company, so the management team could learn more from different experiences, and 2 Most staff that the new manager has to work with are women. I know there never were any problems with X, but I have also heard that some colleagues in the department would welcome a woman in this position. We are here to hear their opinion, before making a decision.
C: Well, many of our colleagues are women and they do their jobs just as well as the men. I think it could be either a man or a woman, though I prefer we choose a woman. It is very pleasant to work with different people and because there are already so many men working as managers in the company, it might be a good idea to hire the woman.
M: Qualities that the right person for this job should have are that he of she should be honest, strong and hard-working. And as far as I can see, both men and women can have all these qualities. The most important thing is that the job gets done.
C: Sure. Maybe men and women have different ways to solve problems, but we should not say that it isn't a good thing. I'm sure a female manager will hold her stand in conflicts and can be strong.
W: I haven't met this person. I'm not sure whether we should take a man or a woman. I suppose if both are equal in many ways, I agree with the owner that we should take a woman. In some ways it would be easier for female staff to talk to a female manager. She might understand some problems better. I believe that women should get the same opportunities. provided that she is well qualified and possesses the qualities we feel are needed. On the other hand I am sure that if everybody feels that the man is the better of the two, then we should decide to take him.
B: Well, that should not make any difference. I think the person for this job could either be a man or a woman. The qualities that the right person for this job should have are to treat all staff, men and women equally.
Step 4 Sample talking
Step 5 Summary 小結
Step 7 Homework
Period 6 第六節
（一）明確目標
1. Discuss all the answers to the exercises in the Workbook.
2. Learn to use the grammar knowledge
3. Further develop the students’ writing skills.
（二）整體感知
Step 1 Presentation
In the class
（三）教學過程
Step 2 Vocabulary
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 struggled, struggle 2 increase, increase 3 regretted, regret 4 shelters, shelter 5 value, value
Answers to Exercise 2:
1 something 2 someone 3 sometimes 4 sometimes 5 somewhere 6 somehow 7 Sometimes 8 somehow
Answers to Exercise 3:
1 樂觀的總是對未來充滿希望。
2 你敢于挑戰極限運動嗎?
3 我一點也不在乎自己的長相。
4 他是一個重友誼勝過一切的人。
5 如果不能戰勝某些困難，就學會忍受困難。
Step 3 Grammar
Answers to Exercise 1:
1 has 2 have 3 has 4 was 5 know 6 was 7 is / are 8 are 9 is 10 is
Answers to Exercise 2:
1 is 2 they / their; he / his; she / her 3 their; his; her 4 has 5 themselves 6 is; was; has been; had been 7 has 8 is 9 his / her 10 has
Answers to Exercise 3:
1 is 2 is 3 is 4 were 5 was 6 had been 7 was 8 was 9 had been
Step 4 Integrating skills
We have learnt how to give advice. Now let’s try to write letters giving advice. Here in our textbook there are letters asking for some advice. Read them quickly, then write down four pieces of advice for each of them using "had better (not) , "ought (not) to or should (not) .
Many students like having snacks. Is the habit good or bad? Let s read “Snacks".
Step 5 Listening to the Passage
Step 6 Reading comprehension
After fast reading, do the following True-or-False exercises.
Sample answers to Question 1:
What can we expect from classmates?
- They always do their homework well, so no time is lost.
- They also ask the teacher questions.
- They actively take part in our lessons.
- They behave correctly in class.
- They help other classmates with problems and questions.
- They take responsibility for their part of tasks.
- They work together with their classmates.
What can we expect from teachers?
- They prepare their lessons well.
- They try their best to make the lessons interesting for the students.
- They are fair and treat all students with respect.
- They keep order in the classroom but are not too strict.
Answers to Question 3:
Skills: communication; teamwork; dealing with other people; management
Knowledge: physics; chemistry; biochemistry; biology; engineering.
Characteristics: creative; diligent; hard-working; strong; persevering; loyal; honest; endurance
Answers to Question 4:
Yes. I think the women in the reading passage are great women. I think so because there aren't very many women who are successful in technical jobs especially not in space engineering.
No. I agree that they are smart and hard-working, but they were probably just lucky to get such a good job. In fact, they are people just like you and me.
Step 7 Sample writng
My future career:
At school:
I have always been very good at maths and science. I don't like language so much but I have to get good marks in all subjects to go to university. The time I save studying maths can help me become better at languages.
At university:
I hope to get a good knowledge of my two favourate subjects (maths and science), so I can later choose the job that I would like to do. I will have to work hard and diligently, to get the best results.
Work experience:
If I am lucky, I can get the perfect job when I graduate from university. But even if I first have to do one or two other jobs, I hope these jobs are in my field and give me opportunities for on-the-job learning. I think on-the-job learning will be very important because there are many things that you cannot learn from books.
Continued learning:
The world around us is changing all the time. I think in the future we will have to take courses in our jobs to learn more work skills. We will also have to study new things to create better opportunities to do our work well, or get on finding other jobs.
Sample essay
I have always been very good at maths and science. I don’t like language so much but I have to get good marks in all subjects to go to university. The time I save studying maths can help me become better at languages. I think the time at high school will be the businest and most difficult in my career. There are so many subjects, and it is so important that we try to be good at all of them.
I am looking forward to going to university. I hope to get a good knowledge of my two favorite subjects (maths and science) there, so I can later choose the job that I would like to do. I will have to work hard and diligently to get the best results.
If I am lucky, I can get the perfect job when I graduate from university. But even if I first have to do one or two other jobs, I hope these jobs are in my field and give me opportunities for on-the-job learning. I think on-the-job learning will be very important because there are many things that you cannot learn from books.
The world around us is changing all the time. I think in the future we will have to take courses in our jobs to learn more work skills. There will probably be new kinds of machines, computers and software that we need to learn to work with. We will also have to study new things to create better opportunities to do our work well, or get on finding other jobs. Maybe we need to learn other languages or study other subjects for special tasks or just because we will have time and interest to do so.
（四）總結擴展
Step 5 Summary
Have we ever tiled to make snacks or seen our mother make snacks. Let’s try to write the recipe for your favorite dish. Before writing, you should read Tips first.
4. Workbook
1>The Women's World Summit is an organization that gives prizes to women for work that helps to make life better.
summit [用法](1) n. (山) 頂,頂峰 (2) n. [the ~]絕頂,顛峰,極點,極致
(3) n. [the ~] (國家的) 最高階層,元首級 (4) n. 高階層會議
[舉例]reach the summit of fame 達到聲譽的顛峰
a summit conference (meeting) 高階層會議
You can see the summit of the mountain ten miles away.
你在十英里之外就能看到這山的山頂。
2>A woman has applied for this job and you discuss whether you can get the job or not.
apply for [用法]提出申請(或要求等)
[舉例]He applies to the consul for a visa. 他向領事申請簽證。
I will apply for the job today. 今天我將申請那份工作。
3>My 60th birthday was only two weeks away.
two weeks away [用法]距離現在還有兩周時間，相當于'in two weeks' time'
4>The necklace may not be of great value.
of great value [用法]后接抽象名詞，相當于形容詞，表示品質、特征等。
[舉例]What you learned from the report is of great importance.
你從那次報告中學到的內容很重要。
They are both of middle height. 他們兩個都是中等個子。
It was of no use to him. 這個對他沒有用。
5>Do you dare meet the challenges of extreme sports?
challenge [用法]n.挑戰；艱巨任務，難題 vt.向...挑戰
[舉例]a challenge to violence 向暴力挑戰
a challenge to a duel 決斗的要求
give [offer] a challenge 挑戰
accept [take up] a challenge 接受挑戰,應戰
He challenged me to another game of chess.
他向我挑戰 [他要求我] 再比賽一盤西洋棋。
extreme [用法]a. 1.極端的 2.末端的 n. 1.極端 2.兩極端
[舉例]Love and hate are exremes of feeling. 愛和恨是兩個極端的感情。
Thank you for your extreme kindness. 感謝你的深情厚意。
the extreme end of a rope 繩子的末端
6>They made their dreams come true.
come true [用法]實現
[舉例]Her dream came true. 她的夢想實現了。
His words came true. 他的話應驗了。
7>But I thought of maths as 'just a tool'.
think of...as... [用法]把…看作是，以為…是
[聯想]類似意思的搭配還有：
regard...as; treat...as...; consider...(to be); look on...as等
8>Good communication is so important no matter what your job is.
no matter what [用法]引導讓步狀語從句，相當于whatever，詳見高一上冊unit 9.
9>Also, being good at English left me the time I needed to work harder on my maths.
being good at English
[用法]動名詞短語充當句子主語。
Step 7 Homework
Period 7 第七節
1． 檢查本單元單詞、短語及相關句型。
2． 講評統一布置的課外基礎練習。