高中英語：教學(xué)設(shè)計（Reading）：Breaking records

1、Unit 1 Breaking RecordsReading教學(xué)設(shè)計Teaching AimsTarget languageImportant words & phrasesapply to, preserve, permanent, display, existence, originally, attempt to, proceed, recognizeImportant sentencesEven with some parts missing, it weighs nearly 127 kilograms, half as much as it would have weighed o

2、riginally.An 898 kilogram pig in the Chinese province of Liaoning might become the biggest pig ever when the Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Museum applies to Guinness World Records for a listing.Ability goalsTalk about various aspects of the GWR.Learning ability goalsHelp students to talk about th

3、e GWR besides the sports.Teaching important and difficult pointsGetting correct information through fast readingTeaching methodsFast reading, dealing with true or false questions, discussing.Teaching aidsA projector and a computer.Teaching proceduresStep I Homework checkingT: Last period I asked you

4、 to find some proverbs and quotations that about the message which the reading part “The Road is Always Ahead of You“ has delivered. Who would like to present your results?Ask some students to read theirs in class and give some comments.Sample answer 1:Proverbs and QuotesA champion needs a motivatio

5、n above and beyond winning.Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.Motivation is like food for the brain. You cannot get enough in one sitting. It needs continual and regular top ups.Ability is what youre capable of doing. Mot

6、ivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.Endurance is nobler than strength and patience than beauty.Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.A powerful idea communicate

7、s some of its strength to him who challenges it.By perseverance the snail reached the ark.Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must b

8、e attained.The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers.True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.Sample answer 2 (Ex. 3 on Page 4):I quite agree with his beliefs. His beliefs above can be concluded into one

9、 sentence,that is, it is necessary for anyone to have a strong will and a goal. Once the goal is set, one will pursue it willingly, no matter what are in his way. So the aim or expectation leads to success. Besides, patience, perseverance and strong will ensure the coming of success.Sample answer 3

10、(Ex. 4 on Page 4):SportTraining neededpogostickjumping.keeping balance. jumping and landing with bent kneessomersaultingThe feet roll over the head (either forward of backward) and return.doing lungesStart by standing and then step forward with the right foot while touching the left knee to the grou

11、nd.jumping jackJumping to a position with the legs spread wide and the hands touching overhead and then returning to a position with the feet together and the arms at the sides.hulaGWRhoopingAs flinging the hoop to the left, bring the hip left to meet the hoop and then rotate back and to the right a

12、nd forward so that the hip are following the rotation of the hoop.standing on aSwiss ballTake a lot of concentration and a great sense of balanceStruggle to stay even legs shaking.Step II ReadingThis reading passage includes six headlines of the short newspaper articles, and the contents are about t

13、he different cases that have been admitted by GWR. Through the first reading, Ss just glance quickly at the articles, match the pictures on Page 54 with the articles and then write a short summary phrase for each record which has been broken.T: Skim the articles and do Ex.2. 3. 4 on Page 55 and 56.

14、After the students finishdoing this, check the answers.Step III SpeakingT: When we listen to the news, no matter it is sorrow, happy, surprising or something else, there are usually some stories behind the news. Now, suppose you were the reporters, and asked to dig out more information about each of

15、 the record holders. Do Ex. 5 on page 56 in group of four.Sample answers:.Whats the material of the armor? Where was the armor found? How did people put the armor on the elephant? Was it possible for the elephant with so heavy armor to be used in the fighting?How can they put all these materials int

16、o such a huge strawberry? Why did they decide to do this, just for fun, or anything else? How long did it take them to do this? Can this strawberry be eaten up? If not, how will it be dealt with?Whats the speed of the commercial maglev train? Which country first invented the maglev train? Who designed the commercial maglev train? Which organization responds for the registering for the GWR?What are other ways of creating the faces? Whafs the source material of the masks? Is there any measure taken to protect this folk art? Do various faces have different meaning?Was he afraid of dying when