1、Unit 1 The world of our sensesWelcome to the unitLearning aims:1.Practice our oral English through activities.2.know the importance of senses in daily life.Lead-inBrainstormingQuestions:1.With what do we see and hear?2.How do we know whether a dish is delicious?3.How do we know that a flower has a p
2、leasant smell?4.What do we do when we want to know whether thewater in the basin is hot or cold?5.How do we know about the world around us?We see with our eyes and hear with our ears.WWe taste it with our tongues.We smell it with our noses.We put our hands in the water to feel it.We usually use our
3、five senses.They are sight,hearing,taste,smell and touch.Step2 Presentation Self-guidance 1 Fill in the blanksFill in the form with proper words:actionsense organs器官the sensesee hear tastesmelleyes sight ears hearingtongue舌头taste nose smell touch/feel hands/feet/skintouch Self-guidance 2 Read the sh
4、ort passage quickly and then answer the questions quickly.1.What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?2.Do you know how blind people can read?3.How do the deaf communicate with each other?1.What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?Sometimes sense affect one another;somet
5、imes when one of the sense fails,other senses become stronger.2.Do you know how blind people can read?They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters.This system is called.Braille.3.How do the deaf communicate with each other?They usebody language or sign language.Self-guid
6、ance 3 Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture.1.What can you see in picture one?2.Are the two lines of the same length?3.Can you prove that the two lines in picture 3 are straight?4.How can you read line b?What can you see in thispicture?When looking at the white part,w
7、e can see a vase,but two faces when looking at the black part.Are the two lines of the same length?We can measure the two lines with a ruler or use two pieces of paper to cover both ends of the two lines.The answer is the two lines are of the same length.Can you prove that the two lines in this pict
8、ure are straight?Place a ruler next to the line or use a ruler to draw more straight lines which run parallel(平行)to the two lines.Then well know the answer.For line b in picture 4 we can read them as letters K,B,R,M,or K,13,R,M.How can you read line b?Step3 Discussion-Group Activity Have one student
9、 read the three questions,Put students into groups of four to discuss the three questions.Ensure that all students have a chance to speak.ask some students to report their answers to the whole class.Step4.post-reading When he got there,he _ that there was a dark hole.He _ into it,but could _ nothing
10、.He _ with his ears,he could _ nothing,either.He _ it for a long time.He _ something strange.He _ the side of the hole.It _ hot.Suddenly some noises were _ from the hole.It _ like someone was cooking inside.Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with“senses”.noticedlookedseelistened
11、hearwatchedsensedfelt/touchedfeltheardsoundede.g.We see the world with our eyes.Without the sense of sight,we would live in total darkness.We _ with _.Without _,we would_.Lets talk about the importance of each sense.sensessight,hearing,taste,smell and touch.Step5.Self-assessment Read the article in Reading on page 94 of the Workbook to learn more about Beethoven.Then finish the exercise.Answers:1.Ludwig van Beethoven 2.death 3.reason 4.changed 5.pleasure 6.Mozart 7.after 8.famous 9 deaf 10.continuedHomework1.Preview the reading part,do exercise C1 and C2.2.Preview the reading strategy.
