人教版選修7unit3UndertheseaP3教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)

1、Unit 3 Under the seaPart 1 Teaching Design 第一部分教學(xué)設(shè)計(jì)Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language(A New Dimension of life)IntroductionLanguage is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the fo

2、cused words, collocations, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. Warming up by listening and reading aloud is to be followed by reading for forms, copying and making sentences, putting the text A New Dimension of Life into a short play, writing a paragraph and reading, discussing and list

3、ening about whale watching tours. The class will end in students speaking and writing.ObjectivesTo help students read the passage A New Dimension of lifeTo help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writingProcedures1. Warming up by listening and reading aloudWhy do we rea

4、d aloud? Because reading aloud:? Is great fun, and it benefits our growth as readers and learners.? Nurtures our love of both the written and spoken word.? Gives us a chance to rediscover favorite stories and find new ones.? Helps us develop important language skills that will help us learn to read

5、on our own.So open your book to page 23 and read the text aloud while listening to the recording. Watch your pauses between the thought groups.2. Reading for formsRead the text again to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken theconnectives and underline all the useful

6、 collocations.3. Finding collocations and making sentencesThere are several different types of collocation made from combinations of verb, noun, adjective etc. Some of the most common types are:? Adverb + Adjective: completely satisfied (NOT downright satisfied)? Adjective + Noun: excruciating pain

7、(NOT excruciating joy)? Noun + Noun: a surge of anger (NOT a rush of anger)?Noun + Verb: lions roar (NOT lions shout)?Verb + Noun: commit suicide (NOT undertake suicide)? Verb + Expression With Preposition: burst into tears (NOT blow up in tears)? Verb + Adverb: wave frantically (NOT wave feverishly

8、)You are asked to read the text and find all the useful collocations and copy them into your Collocation Book after class as homework. You may make your own sentences with these collocations.Collocations from A New Dimension of lifesit in the warm night air 坐在溫暖的夜色中，with a cold drink in my hand 手中拿一

9、杯冷飲， reflect on/ upon回顧, a day of pure magic 充滿神奇的天 ,go snorkeling 使用呼吸管潛泳，the most fantastic thing最異想天開/了不起的事情，such extraordinary beauty如此特另1J的 美，discover a whole new dimension of life 發(fā)現(xiàn)種全新的生活空間,be aware of 意識(shí)至U , the vivid colours 生動(dòng)的色彩，be shaped like 形狀像 ,swim in and around劃繞來來回回游 ，clean the bod

10、ies of large fish清潔大魚的身體，get inside鉆進(jìn)去,around every corner 至U處,hang upside down 倒掛,gather tiny plants off the coral 從上珊瑚中收集微小的植物,a hard bird-like mouth 一個(gè)硬硬的像鳥一樣的嘴,a blue sea- star一個(gè)藍(lán)色的海星，look straight at徑直地看 ,a large wise-looking turtle一個(gè)大而智慧的海龜,get tooclose接近，strong sharp teeth堅(jiān)固鋒利的牙齒，(on the) wat

11、ch for密切注意，看守著,be half buried in 半埋在中 ,each about one and a half metres 10ng 每條大約 1.5 米長(zhǎng)，appear frombehind從后面出現(xiàn)，stopfrom 阻止做, feel scared to death感覺嚇得要死,for a moment 片亥U, the edge of the reef 懸崖的邊緣,look down into depths of the ocean 俯瞰海洋 的深處,(heart) beat wildly (心)狂跳,in such deep clear water 在這么清澈的水

12、中,a wonderful, limitless world 一個(gè)奇妙的無限的世界4. Put the text A New Dimension of Life into a short playActing out the text is a strategy for motivating us to read out loud the text. We need oral practice and help with pronunciation and so acting out the text really helps us.A New Dimension of LifeAct One

13、Its 8:00am, a warm morning, at the side of the reef. The sea ripples a bit and a man is preparing togo snorkeling on the reef.Jerry : Well, (looks at all his equipment) Im ready now! (confidently) One, two, three - go!(jumps into the sea)(Jerry sees all the vivid colors surrounding him-purples, reds

14、, yellows, blues and greens and all kinds of corals shaped like fans, plates, brains, lace, mushrooms, the branches of trees and the horns of deer.)Jerry : (surprisingly) Wow thats fantastic! (at the very time, a group of fish swims by and a fishstops and begins to talk with him)The fish: (elegantly

15、) Hi, body! Where are you going?Jerry: (friendly) Hello, Mr. Fish, I m just going around and trying to find something new to me.The fish: Oh, this is the right place. Good luck! (then goes away)(Jerry continues to swim, after a while, he sees a little thing. And then he goes close to it, trying tofi

16、nd what it is.)Jerry : (happily) Oh, another small cute fish! (then says friendly to it-a little orange and white fish)Morning, boy!Anemone fish: (frightened) Who are you?Jerry : Man.Anemone fish: What is man? I ve never seen Man before!Jerry : Stuff like me is called Man. And who are you?Anemone fi

17、sh: Anemone fish (it seems extremely frightened, and slip away, hiding in the poisonous tentacles of the sea anemones)Jerry: (murmurs) a coward fish, but anyway, fantastic! (then he sees another fish even morefantastic than the anemone fish )(Jerry sees a small fish is cleaning the body of a large f

18、ish.)Jerry: (crying) Dangerous! Go away!Small fish: (smiling at him) Don t worry! We are friends! (it then gets inside the mouth of thelarger fish and begins to clean its teeth)Jerry: (opens his mouth widely) Wow, I ve never thought of this!Jerry: I d better go! That s too scaring!(There are lots of

19、 strange creatures. By the way he swims, he sees a yellow and green parrotfish hanging upside down, gathering tiny plants off the coral with its hard bird-like mouth; a yellow-spotted red sea-slug sliding by a blue sea-star; an orange and blue-striped angelfish lookingstraight at him; a large wise-l

20、ooking turtle passing so close to me that I could touched it. )Jerry : (says to himself) A wonderful underground world! When I come back, I will tell Marry.Act Two(A whole day s traveling finishes, and Jerry goes back home, sitting in the warm night air with acold drink in his hand, talking with his

21、 wife-Marry)Marry :then what else did you see? (with her chin on her fist, seems really interested in Jerry s experience)Jerry : - then I said goodbye to the friendly turtle and went swimming again, and I met other creatures that I didn t want to get close to-an eel with its strong sharp teeth, with

22、 only its head showing from a hole, watching for a tasty fish, or my tasty toe; and the giant clam half buried in some coral waiting for something to swim in between its thick green lips. Then there are two gray reef sharks, you know, each about one and a half meters long, which suddenly appeared be

23、hind some coral.Marry : Oh, thats too dangerous! Jerry : Thats the case, and I told myself they werent dangerous but that didnt stop me from feeling scared to death for a moment! The water was quite shallow but where the reef ended, there was a sharp drop to the sandy ocean floor. I thought I was ve

24、ry brave when I swam over the edge of the reef and hung there looking down into depths of the ocean. My heart was beating wildly-I felt exposed in such deep clear water!Marry :and its very interesting!Jerry : Oh, what a wonderful, limitless world it is down there! And what a tiny spot I am in this e

25、normous world!(The end) 5. Writing a paragraphLets read A New Dimension of life on page 23 again. Pay attention to the ways the author uses words and collocations to describe colors, patterns, shapes, and animals.Now you are to write a paragraph describing a place and the plants or animals there.The

26、 first stop on a visit to Zuoquan is the Mt. Miao er Scenic Area, known as the NationalGeographicalPark, featuring geological structure movements and hydraulic creations. The whole area is scattered with valleys, such as Chazuogou and Yaojiagou. Measuring 1,500 meters long and a dozen meters wide, C

27、hazuogou has currents and deep pools, and is where a gorge, 700 meters high, forms a fantastic view. Walking along plank roads on precipitous cliffs, one car clearly see the traces of geographical transformation and the effect water erosion has had on the area over the years.Ganlanba （Olive Dam）, a

28、complex of several villages inhabited by the Dai people, is shaped like an olive and abounds in evergreen plants; hence its name. Viewed from the air, the villages are connected to one another and covered with green trees, while Buddhist pagodas and bamboo tower houses stand out amidst the lush gree

29、n. Ganlanba is also known as Menghan （han means rolling up）, and according to a legend, from which the name derives, when Sakyamuni came here to preach Buddhism, his followers laid a cotton cloth on the ground for him to tread on. After he had walked over it, his followers rolled up the cloth.I was

30、shocked to see fish tanks （魚缸）with so many live fish. Each did not have enough room to turn round and there were dead fish floating on the surface. I was horrified （ 驚駭?shù)模?but then I saw hundreds of crabs （螃蟹）in pots dying under the bright lights. But for a lifelong animal lover like me, the worst we

31、re the tanks of turtles, all destined （ 去往 的）to end up as soup.Iguanodon, or iguana tooth was a large plant eater who was 30 feet long and stood 6 feet tall when on his hind legs. This dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period had large thumb spikes, thought to be used for defense or possibly to pul

32、l branches off trees. Iguanodon could walk on its hind feet or on all fours and was a very good swimmer.6. Reading, discussing and listening about whale watching toursWhale watching as a commercial activity began in 1955 in North America along the southern California coast. Today, whale watching is

33、carried on in the waters of some 40 countries, plus Antarctica. All the large whale species and many dolphins and porpoises canbe seen regularly on a wide range of tours, lasting from an hour to two weeks. Whale watching is a non-consumptive use of whales with economic, recreational, educational and

34、 scientific dimensions. The economic benefits occur in areas where whale watching has quickly become a significant aspect of a local tourism economy.Now you may turn to page 25. Read Whale Watching Tours, discuss the three questions, and then listen to the tape.Collocations from Whale Watching Tours

35、 miss an opportunity to do錯(cuò)過做的一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì) ,at close range接近地，在很近白范圍/區(qū)域空間里 , on one s annual migration 年度遷徙 , on whale watching tour 觀光鯨魚 , sit outside for clear viewing坐在外面清晰地賞景 ，witness- in ones natural environment在自然的環(huán)境中見 證/親眼目睹，leap out of從中跳出，success rate成功率，offer a free tour向提供免費(fèi)旅游, refund half the fa

36、re 半價(jià)7. Closing down by speaking and writingFlying as an airline passenger is an often memorable experience, but there are times where the experience is memorable for all the wrong reasons: mechanical problems, poor service, bad food, lost luggage, or any of a number of other problems that result in

37、 a significant inconvenience or financial loss for the passenger. If you experience this kind of problem with your airline, you may want to deal with it by lodging a complaint with the airline or to one of the authorities that oversee air transportation.On page 27, at the top, there are some colloca

38、tions. You are going to make up dialogues with them for the three situations.Understand Why You Are ComplainingAfter you have decided to gather information about your situation, but before you make that phone call or write that letter, you should take a bit of time and get to know a few basic things

39、 about your particular circumstances: Why you are complaining What situation caused you to complain and what people or organizations played a role in that situation What are the things that you want to happen that will address the complaint What should you reasonably expect as an outcomeComplaining

40、to the airline serviceYou : Hello, is this the Airline Service?Airline : Yes, speaking.You : I m sorry but I have to complain to you about your bad service.Airline : What is it?You : I d like to talk to the manager.Airline : I am the manager.You : I missed my flight to Beijing yesterday afternoon. I went to the airport early. I waited in the waiting room, but I didn t hear the flight being announced over the loudspeaker.Airline : I m afraid the loudspeaker went wrong at t