1、Unit 3 Inventors and inventions. 单元教学目标技能目标Skill GoalsTalk about inventors and inventions Learn about the stages used in scientific researchLearn to use the past participle as the attribute Write an entry for an encyclopedia about some inventions Write a letter asking for a job. 目标语言功 能 句 式Make a te
2、lephone callHold the line, please.Hang on, please. Just a moment, please.Im sorry, but this phone is out of order. I cant get through. Sorry. He / She isnt him / her right now.Can I ring back later?Ill ring him / her up again. I must ring off now because.词 汇1 四会词汇patent, courtyard, walnut, distingui
3、sh, merciful, product, powder, perfume, stainless, cube, abrupt, convenient, caution, expectation, passive, merry, seize, criterion, valid, file, ripe, string, glue, freezing, greengrocer, identification, directory, dial, rainfall, innocent, lantern, bear, jam, forehead, dynamic, dot, tap, wire, str
4、aw, current, helicopter, triangle, stable, associate, practical, refrigerator, court, extension, version, competence, jeep, personnel2 认读词汇amphibious, Stephenson, George Stephenson, jelly, freezer, overnight, release, recognition, claim, rod, precede, Alexander Graham Bell, microphone, occasionally,
5、 multiple, Morse code, inspiration, reproduce, tetrahedron, invaluable, James Dyson3 词组call up, now and then, set about, in case, beaten track, dive into, set out (to do), hang on, get through, ring back, ring off 4 重点词汇discovery, convenient, distinguish, application, expectation, importance, practi
6、cal, bear结 构Appositive clause that 可引导同位语从句重点句子1. The first thing I did was to see if there were any products that might help me, but there only seemed to be powders designed to kill snakes. P202. Between the outside and the inside walls of the bowl there is some jelly, which freezes when cooled. P2
7、03. The criteria are so strict that it is difficult to get new ideas accepted unless they are truly novel. P214. Nor will you receive a patent until a search has been made to find out that your product really is different from everybody elses. P215. He found that by pressing his lips against his mot
8、hers forehead, he could make his mother understand what he was saying. P256. He designed a machine that would separate different sound waves and allow different conversations to be held at the same time. P257. Although he is most often associated with the invention of the telephone, he was indeed a
9、continuing searcher after practical solutions to improve the quality of everybodys life. P26. 教材分析和教材重组1. 教材分析本单元以Inventors and inventions为话题，旨在通过单元教学，使学生了解发明和发现的区别，了解发明创造的过程和获得专利的条件，学习发明家的成功事例；能灵活运用基础句型描述中外古代和现代发明，谈论不同发明的优缺点及其现实意义；根据不同问题及条件设计、改进发明并阐述自己的观点；能写一封有创新的求职申请，阐述自己的特长和优势，能对别人的发明、创造或观点提出意见或建
10、议；并能运用所学知识利用现实生活中有限材料进行发明创造。1.1 Warming Up 提供了三幅不同发明或发现的图片，让学生运用已有的知识和经验，区分发明和发现的不同含义；并能与同伴合作描述现代发明在现实生活中的作用。1.2 Pre-reading要求学生将课本所列关于进行科学研究或发明创造所必须经历的几个阶段（步骤或过程）进行正确的排序。了解每一项发明在得到社会承认前都必须经历一个过程。1.3 Reading是一篇记叙性的文章。作者在文中详细介绍了从发现问题（snake trouble）、分析问题（products that might help）到解决问题（remove the snake
11、s）的全过程，并介绍了专利申请方面的一些知识。1.4 Comprehending第一个训练题要求学生根据课文内容回答问题；第三个训练题要求学生运用科学步骤设计一项发明解决课本所提供的三个问题，并与同学交流观点。1.5 Learning about Language分两部分。第一部分要求学生利用填空、改写句子的方式复习所学词汇及表达法。第二部分重点练习过去分词作定语的用法。1.6 Using Language分成四部分。第一部分Reading要求学生阅读一篇介绍发明家Alexander Graham Bell的文章并回答有关问题，了解电话发明者贝尔的发明及其成功的原因。第二部分Listening
12、 and speaking 是一段关于Zhou Rui对一家发明公司的工程师进行电话采访的听力材料。要求学生掌握电话交谈常用表达；并在此基础上进行角色扮演活动，即求职者与公司考核人员之间的电话交谈。第三部分Writing要求学生写一封求职信，列举自己的优势、特长和工作经历向这家发明公司提出求职申请。2 教材重组2.1 从话题内容及训练目的分析，Warming Up与Speaking和Workbook中的TALKING相一致，可将这三部分整合在一起，设计成一节任务型“口语课”。2.2 将Listening and speaking和Workbook中的LISTENING, LISTENING T
13、ASK整合在一起，设计成一节“听力课”。2.3 可将Pre-reading, Reading和Comprehending三个活动整合在一起上一节“阅读课（一）”。2.4 可将Learning about Language 与Workbook中的USING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS, USING STRUCTURES整合在一起，上一节“语法课”。2.5 可将Using Language中Reading和Workbook中READING TASK整合起来，上一节“阅读课（二）”。2.6 将Using Language中的Writing和Workbook中的WRITING TASK整合为一节“写作课”。3. 课型设计与课时分配1st periodSpeaking2nd periodListening3rd period Reading ()4th period Grammar5th period Reading ()6th period Writing
