1、Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇assistant, grateful, version, debate, conclusion, reaction, leave out, attract attention, water container b. 重点句子I would like to apply to become.I would be grateful if you could.If that is the case, you must discuss which.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable th
2、e students to write a successful letter applying for a job.3. Learning ability goals学能目标Help the students learn how to write an application letter for a certain purpose.Teaching important points教学重点How to write an application letter.Teaching difficult points教学难点How to write about a Chinese invention
3、.Teaching methods教学方法Task-based activities. Teaching aids教具准备A projector and a computer.Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与方式Step RevisionCheck the homework. Ask some students to show their work. A sample version:Leonardo da Vinci is honored by people not only as a successful painter but a great invento
4、r. He was born in a poor family but he had such a gift for painting that he was accepted by a famous painter from Florence to develop his drawing skills. He learnt a lot about the design and structure of various machines and developed a new attitude towards machines, which made it possible for him t
5、o produce more drawings of mechanical ideas and create perfect working machines. Da Vinci was such a talented man that he was skilled in almost every field he turned his attention to.Step Pre-writingT: In the listening period, we have known something about James Dyson and his Company. Do you remembe
6、r?S1: Yes. I have known James Dyson is a famous British Inventor who has made great inventions.T: Well, would you like to get a job in his company in the future? Why?S2: Sure. I think it will be pleasant and worthwhile for us young people to have a chance to go abroad and work in a famous company li
7、ke this. Im sure both my English and my work experience can be greatly improved if I am lucky enough to work there.T: If there is a job of an assistant in his company, what will you do in order to get it?S3: I will first make a phone call to the personnel manager and ask for as much information as p
8、ossible so as to get well prepared for the job interview. In the letter to the company I would like to list all my skills, experiences and abilities in all aspects and try my best to get the job. Step WritingT: Next, please write a letter to apply for the job as an assistant, please read the instruc
9、tions in the writing part on page 27 first. A sample version: Dear Mr Dyson,I would like to apply to become an assistant in your company. As a child I often accompanied my father to his small coin shop and spent hours watching him work. When I grew up, I sometimes set up displays, waited on customer
10、s, and even balanced the books. This experience instilled in me the desire to own and manage my own business someday, yet I understand that the business world today is more complex. This complexity requires more education, and with that in mind, I am applying to work in your company to gain more exp
11、erience and learn more about business.In addition to my helping out in my fathers business, I have had numerous other work experiences that further enhance my qualifications for this job. My resume enumerates the various positions I have held at Kerasotes Theaters, Chilis restaurants, and Indiana Un
12、iversitys new Student Recreational Sports Center (SRSC), and what all of these positions have in common is an emphasis on serving the public effectively. Further, as an assistant manager at the Showplace 11 and a staff coordinator at the SRSC, I have gained valuable expertise in managing employees a
13、nd creating work schedules. Both of these positions have allowed me to develop my sales and personal skills, which are extremely important in an increasingly service-driven marketplace.Also, I recently participated in an internship program for academic credit with the Eli Lilly Corporation in the pe
14、rsonnel division. As a management intern, I was able to watch the workings of a major corporation up close and would like the opportunity to combine my experiences with the theoretical background available in the MBA program at IUB, with its emphasis on computers, marketing and human resources.My su
15、ccessful internship is one element of my overall academic success as an undergraduate at IUB, yet I have also made time for a variety of extracurricular activities, including working for my sorority and competing in intramural basketball matches. My positive experiences here have resulted in my desi
16、re to work in your company; furthermore, continuing my education here would allow me to make important business contacts, with the career goal of opening my own computer consulting firm in the near future. I would be grateful if you would consider employing me in your company. Yours sincerely, Li Hu
17、aStep WRITING TASKT: Look at the writing task on page 68, read the instructions and write an entry for an encyclopedia.A sample version:The abacus is typically constructed of various types of hardwoods and comes in various sizes. The frame of the abacus has a series of vertical rods on which a numbe
18、r of wooden beads are allowed to slide freely. A horizontal beam separates the frame into two sections, known as the upper deck and the lower deck.The standard abacus can be used to perform addition, subtraction, division and multiplication. The abacus can also be used to extract square-roots and cu
19、bic roots.The abacus is prepared for use by placing it flat on a table or ones lap and pushing all the beads on both the upper and lower decks away from the beam. The beads are manipulated with either the index finger or the thumb of one hand. Each bead in the upper deck has a value of 5; each bead
20、in the lower deck has a value of 1. Beads are considered counted, when moved towards the beam that separates the two decks. After 5 beads are counted in the lower deck, the result is “carried” to the upper deck; after both beads in the upper deck are counted, the result (10) is then carried to the l
21、eft-most adjacent column. The right-most column is the ones column; the next adjacent to the left is the tens column; the next adjacent to the left is the hundreds column, and so on. Floating point calculations are performed by designating a space between 2 columns as the decimal-point and all the r
22、ows to the right of that space represent fractional portions while all the rows to the left represent whole number digits.The abacus is one of many counting devices invented to help count large numbers. The earliest counting device was the human hand and its fingers. Then, as larger quantities (larg
23、er than ten human-fingers could represent) were counted, various natural items like pebbles and twigs were used to help count. Merchants who traded goods not only needed a way to count goods they bought and sold, but also to calculate the cost of those goods. Until numbers were invented, counting devices were used to make everyday calculations. Step HomeworkAsk the students to summarize what they have learnt in the unit and prepare for the next unit. 版权所有：高考资源网()