1、Teaching Important PointsPhrasesfor sale,put.in place,figure out,on ones part,in favour of,point of view,turnwrite an outline to prepare a debate outTeaching Difficult PointsHow to use what the students have learned to complete a project.Teaching MethodsTask-based approach,students-centred approach.
2、Teaching AidsThe multimedia.Three Dimensional Teaching AimsKnowledge and SkillsForm the skills of concluding the main idea of each paragraph and learn through doing,learn through cooperating.Process and StrategiesDivide the Ss into four groups and encourage them to report the main idea of each parag
3、raph to raise as many questions as possible.Then Ss prepare for a debating.Feelings and ValuesThe relationship between human beings and natureTeaching ProcedureStep 1 RevisionT:Last period,weve learned how to write a formal letter,and we know there are many advantages and disadvantages about GM food
4、,Ill ask one of you to come to the front to report your idea about it,any volunteer?S:One of the Ss has his/her say.T:Translate the following phrases:1.自然资源_ 2.集中，关注_3.环境保护_ 4.经济发展_5.赞同，支持_ 6.在某人看来_7.满足某人的需要_ 8.招致灾难_9.关注，关心_ 10.而不是_11.用完，耗尽_ 12.以飞快的速度_13.发达国家_ 14.责备某人某事_15.结果是_Suggested answers:1.na
5、tural resources 2.focus on 3.environmental conservation4.economic development 5.in favour of 6.from ones point of view7.meet ones needs 8.spell disaster 9.be concerned about10.rather than 11.use up 12.at a fast rate13.developed countries 14.blame sb for 15.turn outStep 2 Lead in and discussionT: As
6、a result of mankind and technology,natural resources have been seriously affected and natural disasters attack us fluently.Can you give us some examples about human beings polluting the earth? S:People are throwing more waste things,such as plastic bags,waste batteries,etc.S:More and more factories
7、are producing poisonous smoke polluting the air.S:The rivers near my house are being polluted for.T:Good job!Step 3 Reading comprehensionT: Today were going to learn a passage titled Man versus nature.Read the passage silently and quickly then try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.Youre di
8、vided into four groups to report the main idea.S:Paragraph 1 Natural resources have been seriously affected by carelessness.Paragraph 2 Different attitudes towards the problem.Paragraph 3 Humans are moving towards an important point in the relationship with nature.Paragraph 4 Humans can only really
9、win by protecting natureT:Read the passage on Page 58 and discuss the following questions and find more suggestions:(1)What have people done to nature?(2)If we continue in this way,what might happen?(3)Which is more important,economic development or protecting nature? Why do you think so?(4)What is
10、the attitude of poorer nations towards the problem? What about the attitude of developed nations?(5)Do you think the problem of humans winning and nature losing can be settled?If so,can you suggest some solutions?Sample answers:(1)They have done a lot to destroy and damage nature.(2)The planet we li
11、ve on will be eventually destroyed.(3).(4)Poorer nations pay more attention to economic development but less to the environment while developed nations do things in a different way.(5).Step 4 Having a debateT:PlanningNow lets work in small groups.Discuss which topic youre interested in.Group members
12、 are split into For and Against.Each member of the group is given a different role.And finally one group member will be responsible for finishing each task.PreparingNow sort the information you have got from various sources.You should meet,discuss and decide what information to start your debate wit
13、h.The strongest should be an opening point.Remember to keep a good point.Make a list of points you come up with and list all the possible points that the opposite members may think of and decided how to argue against the points.ProducingThe group should practice the debate among many times in order
14、not to go off the point.Each member of the group should have a few points to introduce into the debate.You need to time each section of the debate.PresentingAt last,the groups come together to debate the topics in front of the class.You may display your research on the walls of the classroom when de
15、bating.Before the debate begins,the rest students who act as audience should decide which side of the issue you agree with.At the end of the debate,decide again.The group that has changed the minds of the most students win the debate.Step 5 Consolidation T:Boys and girls,lets fill in the blanks.Many
16、 people think our c has affected natural resources and that nature is d by us.First,we o Earths resources by farming,fishing,hunting and t .Second,we build new factories and create industrial waste.If we continue,we will e destroy our planet.Some people think we should stop e development in f of nat
17、ure.But from the p of view of other people,we are only using nature to m our own needs.Many d nations are now c about saving nature while poorer nations are using resources at a fast r .They need to work together to e that people enjoy healthy lives.Humans can only really win by p nature.S:carelessn
18、ess,destroyed,overdevelop,tourism,eventually,economic,favor,point,meet,developed,concerned,rate,ensure,protectingStep 6 HomeworkSurf the Internet after class trying to find out more reading about man and nature.The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 3Science versus natureThe eighth periodPa
19、ragraph 1 Natural resources have been seriously affected by carelessness.Paragraph 2 Different attitudes towards the problem.Paragraph 3 Humans are moving towards an important point in the relationship with nature.Paragraph 4 Humans can only really win by protecting natureRecords after Teaching_Acti
20、vities and Research The students are divided into four groups with each group only focusing on one paragraph in Part A.They are encouraged to work together to gain the main idea and report the main idea to the others.Before having the debate,good preparation is required,so they must study effectivel
21、y.Reference for TeachingBackground informationTopic on man versus nature1.What is nature? Its everything that exists in the world independently,such as plants and animals,earth and rocks,and the weather.Now more and more people are focusing on the nature.It is no doubt that the nature is important t
22、o every human being.No nature,no life.Because of the supplies of the nature,we have lived happily for a long time.And we started to gain everything available from the nature.And this lasted so long a time.Today,people have discovered that the nature is getting worse and worse.What is threatening the
23、 nature? Air and water pollution,over harvesting of plant and animal species,overpopulation and so on.Overpopulation is the biggest source of pollution.Lets take overpopulation as an example.What does overpopulation feel like? When we move slowly through the city in a taxi.When we enter a crowded sl
24、um district.When the temperature is high and when the air is thick with dust and smoke.The streets are crowded with people.The streets seem alive with people.People eating.People washing.People talking.People sleeping.People visiting each other,arguing and screaming.People relieving themselves.Peopl
25、e pushing their hands through the taxi windows,begging.People leading animals.People,people,people,people.As we drive slowly through the crowd,sounding the taxis horn,the dust,heat,noise and cooking fires made it like a scene from hell! I admit,frightening.To the nature,overpopulation is a big probl
26、em.More people,more pollution.And the big population is threatening the nature every second.The rapid rise in world population is not creating problems only for the developing countries.The whole world faces the problem that raw materials are being used up at an increasing rate and food production c
27、an not keep up with the population increase.People in rich countries make the heaviest demands on the worlds resources,its food,fuel and land,and cause the most pollution.A baby born in the United States will use in his lifetime 30 times more of the worlds resources than a baby born in India.Unless
28、all the countries of the world take united action to deal with the population explosion there will be more and more people fighting for a share of less and less land,food and fuel,and the future will bring poverty,misery and war to us all.For most of the developing countries,it is a good idea to con
29、trol the population growth.For example,China has carried out birth control for years.And this plan has a great effect on the world population.If the population continues to increase,if the air and water continue to be polluted,if we dont do something to protect wild-plant and wildlife species will b
30、e declining.Species and biological communities have difficulty adapting to change.Economic opportunities and the quality of life of future generations are also put at risk.By protecting nature,we protect ourselves.Lets unite together,hand in hand we stand all across the land.We can make this world i
31、n which to live.Hand in hand.Control the population growth.Take good care of our nature.2.Man and Nature is always an eternal hot topic in peoples daily life.Theres an everlasting line that connect to human beings and nature.Depending on nature,we play an important role,thats to say our activities a
32、re closely linked to it.Centuries ago,humans knew little about the earth and what they had done could only influence the nature a little.Nature was so quiet and kind that it welcomed people to its breast with its arm opened.People full of great ambition with their clever brain discovered all the pla
33、ces they could go to,which is always pioneering works in the world.However,following the discoveries of a hundred year,a centurys destruction began to stand on the stage of history.In order to live an exciting and newly life,human being tries every ways to have a good use of nature resources.The pla
34、nts,animals,all the things they could see,could find were what they wanted to conquer and possess.Science and mechanicals development caused the change of the environment around them,so pollution of air,water and noise became the most serious problems in peoples daily life.We have to think about our
35、 future with all the living creatures now,otherwise,we could not just survive but change the beautiful blue planet into a deathly big stone.Having realized such serious problems,we should take some useful measures to keep the lung of earth free from destructions and pollution.To be more concrete,our
36、 urgent affairs at present is stop our pollution and destruction but try to invent some other equipment without any pollution;besides,in order to reduce the waste of nature resources,we can have our laws bringing into effort to control peoples immoderateness.We should consider wild animals and plant
37、s our friends but not the delicious food and try our best to stop them dying out from our homestead,because without these blessing diversities,we could not survive for the destroying of our living environment.Man is just a small part of the whole biogeocenose,the air,water and all the living and unl
38、oving wild creatures should be kept regularly peacefully and normally.A chain is no stronger than its weakest link,we would have such sayings in our mind,or else,the last drop of water would be our tear and the last animal we see could only be ourselves.Language points1.favour n./v. the support or a
39、pproval of something or someone:in favor of 有利于；赞同do sb a favor 帮某人一个忙do sb the favor to do1)你帮忙把这个句子译成英语好吗？Could you do me the favour to put this sentence into English?2)他们都支持举办一次运动会。They were all in favour of holding a sports meeting.2.argue vi. to speak angrily to someone,telling them that you di
40、sagree with them辩论;争论vt/vi. to give the reasons for your opinion,idea,belief,etc.说服；主张argue(with sb)about/over sth 为某事与某人争辩argue for/against sth 为赞成或反对某事而争辩argue that主张argue sb into/out of doing sth说服某人做/停止做某事1)学生们和老师正在为手机而争辩。The students are arguing with the teacher about the mobile phone.2)我说服了玛丽星
41、期天和我去逛街。I argued Mary into going shopping with me on Sunday.3)我们班绝大多数的学生主张这个周末去野餐。The majority of the students in our class argue that we shall have a picnic on this weekend.3.turn out(to be)+n./adj./that结果是turn on/offturn up/downturn over turn intoturn inturn toturn awayturn round1)那个漂亮的女士结果证明是个小偷。
42、The pretty lady turned out to be a thief.2)请把收音机调低些。宝宝正在睡觉。Please turn down the radio.The baby is sleeping.3)如果你有任何问题，可以向警察求助。If you have any problems,you can turn to the policeman for help.高考链接1.(2004广西高考)We wanted to get home before dark, but it didnt quite_ as planned.A.make outB.turn outC.go on
43、D.come up答案:B解析:句意为:“我们本想天黑之前到家的，但是结果并不像我们计划的那样。”make out“分清/听清”，come up“开放/出版”，go on“继续”。2.(2003上海高考）I feel it is your husband who_for the spoiled child.A.is to blameB.is going to blameC.is to be blamedD.should blame答案:A解析:be to blame “该受责备的/应承担责任的”，固定短语，不用被动语态。blame sb. for sth“因而责备某人”，blame sth o
44、n sth“把归咎于某人”。3.（2005海淀卷）Thank you, but Ill have to_your offer.A.turn awayB.turn downC.turn backD.turn off答案:B解析:turn down“拒绝”，turn away“回绝”，turn back“阻挡/翻回到”； turn off“关掉”。4.(2005北京高考）-Why does she always ask you for help?-There is no one else_, is there?A.who to turn toB.she can turn toC.for whom
45、to turnD.for her to turn答案:B解析:先行词no one else指人，关系代词在定语从句中作介词宾语，因此可用who/whom/that引导定语从句，且可以省去。5.（2005北京宣武一模）The speech which he made_the football match bored a lot of fans to death.A.being concernedB.be concernedC.concernedD.concerning答案:D解析:concerned作speech的定语，相当于which/that concerned。Answers to the
46、 Workbook ExercisesPart A1 (Page 106)1 anxieties/anxiety 2 interference 3 desperation 4 consideration 5 intension 6 salePart A2(Page 106)1 shocked 2 fears 3 In general 4 concentrate on 5 was desperate to 6 adopted 7 eventually 8 replace 9unique 10 comment onPart B1(Page 107)1(1)c(2)b(3)a2(1)c(2) a (
47、3)b 3(1)c(2) a(3)bPart B2(Page 107)1a careful b careless 2 a constructiveb construction3a arguable b argument 4 a accepted b unacceptablePart C1 (Page 108)1 delighted 2 surrounded 3 bought by 4 heated to a certain temperature 5 helped by 6 encouraged by 7 disappointedPart C2(Page 108)1 satisfied2 ex
48、cited3 shocked 4 encouraged by 5 unexpected 6 inspired 7 amazingPart D1(Page 109)1 delighted 2 cloned 3 breakthrough 4 benefited from 5 suffered from 6 organ 7 focusing 8 immoral 9 interfere 10 anxietiesPart D2 (Page 109)1.He was praised for getting full marks in the Maths exam.2.She had suffered fr
49、om headaches ever since the accident.3.He profited from his time spent studying in the UK.4.Im desperate to have a good nights sleep.5.She went to France with the intension of learning French.6.Dont interfere with her while she is studying.7.I waited with anxiety to hear the results of the match.8.M
50、any people think how happy you are is related to how healthy you are.ReadingPart A(Page 110)1 Nanotechnology is the science of changing molecules and taoms into different objects.2 We could use them to make a material 100 times stronger and four times lighter than steel, which can be used to build b
51、etter cars and aeroplanes.3 Nanobots could kill cancer cells in their bodies.4 Nanotechnology could be used to make very destructive weapons and it could also be used to spy on people.5 It is hard to build a machine you cannot see;if we make nanobots that can reproduce themselves there is a danger t
52、hat their numbers will grow out of control and upset the balance of nature.Part B(Page 111)1 They have the ability to change into many different kinds of cell types.2 They want to use them to make new organs or parts of the body.3 They have to wait a long time;there arent enough organs available for
53、 everyone.4 He had an accident and could not move his arms,legs or head and could not breathe without a machine;he thought stem cell research would allow him to walk and breathe again.5 They believe that embryos are human, and scientists should not be able to create or destroy life whenever they wan
54、t to.ListeningPart A and B (Page 112)1 10002 junior 3 Sichuan 4 5555-02015 computer 6 Tech-help 7 clean 8 RAM 9 50Part C (Page 112)puter 2.donates 3.1000 4.junior puter 6.Tech-help 7.clean 8.ram 9.Sichuan 10.50Writing Part B (Page 113)It is necessary to kill all snakesIt is necessary to kill all sna
55、kes.First of all, many people fear snakes.If I ever see a snake, or even if I see a picture of a snake, my hair stands on end.I have many friends and they all feel the same.Sometimes the mere mention of a snake can make people feel uneasy.Secondly, many snakes are poisonous.There are over 3000 diffe
56、rent kinds of snakes in the world and more than 600 of them are poisonous.When poisonous snakes bite people, the poison from their teeth goes into the human body.Each year, over 300 000 people are bitten by snakes and about 10 percent of them die as a result.In our country, there are over 50 kinds of poisonous snakes and about 10 of them are deadly.Snakes are not only a threat to human beings.They are also a threat to a great number of animals.Only when every snake is killed can we live on Earth in peace.