1、The First Period Reading Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇及短语concrete, alternative, for sure, risky, prediction, resource, run out, material, rely on, get rid of, load, arrest, criminal, limit, command, place order, charge, free of charge, power, switch, telesurgery, outpatient, disa
2、bility, attach, use up b. 重点句型 1.To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems.2.No smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits.3.Distance surgery will become common as do
3、ctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic.4.Senior citizens and people with disabilities will be able to go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their head.2. Ability goals能力目标Enable Ss to describe the ci
4、ty of the future.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help Ss learn how to describe the city of the future.Teaching important points教学重点a. Help the students to discuss the predictions in pairs, and make sure they realize that only by hard work can they build a beautiful future. Through the activities stude
5、nts should learn to be involved, co-operate and solve the problems.b. Stimulate the students imagination.Teaching difficult points 教学难点a. Make sure the students really understand the passage by skimming and careful reading.b. Express the students themselves by discussing the predictions.Teaching aid
6、s 教具准备a. A multiple-media computer.b. A recorder.Teaching procedures and ways 教学过程与方式 Step Revision1. Greetings.2. Learn the new words of this part. Step Introduction 1. Lead-inT: Today we are going to learn Module 1. In this module well learn about life in the future. Have you ever imagined what li
7、fe in the future will be like? S1: I think the environment in the future will be much cleaner.S2: I think we will lead a more comfortable life with the robots to help us a lot. S3: I think we may go on space travels in the future.T: Good. Lets look at the picture on Page 1. What can you see in the p
8、icture? Id like you to look at the picture and discuss the questions.Give them enough time for the discussion.2. Answer the questionsT: Are you ready for the questions? Ss: Yes.T: What is it?S1: It is a very beautiful house.T: Where do you think it is? S2: I think it is located in green surroundings
9、. S3: I think it is in Europe, because its style is similar to the castles in England, Italy, France and so on. T: Good. Lets go on with next question. Would you like to live in it? Ss: Of course! We all think it is comfortable to live in this house.T: What do you think it is made of / from?S4: I th
10、ink it is made of wood and rubber.S5: I think it is made of rubber and plastic.S6: Well, I think it is made of steel, glass, aluminum and bricks.3. Do Exercise 2T: Good! Now, Lets go over the words we have learned about the building materials. Do Exercise 2 on Page 1. Id like you to finish this exer
11、cise in about two minutes. After about two minutes. T: Have you finished this exercise? Lets check the answers.Then show the answers on the screen.Suggested answers: 1. Aluminum 2. Steel 3. Wood, Rubber 4. Plastic, 5.Bricks 6. Concrete 7. Mud 8. Stone 9. Glass4. Discuss in pairsT: Id like you to dis
12、cuss in pairs what our school is made of or from. Now discuss please.S1: Our school is made of concrete and bricks.S2: I think our school is made of wood, steel and glass.Step ReadingTask 1 Fast reading This task is designed to train the students to skim in order to get the general idea, and make th
13、em develop a good habit of reading.T: Have you ever imagined what the city in the future will be like? Lets read an article describing the city of the future. First look at the title of the passage and tick the topics you think it will mention.Help 1. Each student tries to guess.2. Check the answers
14、 with their partners.3. Collect the answers from the class.4. Read the passage and check the answers. After a few minutes the students have checked the answers with their partners.T: Now I think you have finished reading, lets check the answers. Any volunteers?S1: I think the topics mentioned in the
15、 passage are as follows: alternative energy, crime, environment, traffic, entertainment.T: Good! Any other topics to be added?S2: Yes. Smoking, telephones, telesurgery, holidays at home, space travel.Suggested answers:1. alternative energy 2. crime 3. shopping 4. environment 5. traffic 6. entertainm
16、entTopics to be added:1. smoking 2. telephones for life 3. telesurgery 4. holidays at home 5. space travelTask 2 Detail readingThis step is designed to help the students to understand the passage further. Teachers should ask the students to read the passage carefully, and then ask and answer the que
17、stions in pairs.Show the slide on the screen.1. What have students in a Texas university done?2. Where will garbage ships go?3. Who will batman nets catch?4. Where wont people be allowed to smoke?5. How will people go shopping?6. What number will people keep for life?7. What wont people have to pay
18、for?8. How will cars be different?9. What will doctors do from a distance?10. Where will old people go without moving?T: Now, please read the passage again carefully and answer the questions here.After a few minutes.T: Now Im sure that you have finished reading. Lets ask and answer the questions in
19、pairs. Whod like to try?Pair 1S1: What have students in a Texas university done?S2: They have done an experiment about how they would run a city of 50,000 people in the year 2050.Pair 2S1: Where will garbage ships go?S2: They will go towards the sun.Pair 3S1: Who will batman nets catch?S2: Batman ne
20、ts will catch criminals.Pair 4S1: Where wont people be allowed to smoke?S2: They wont be allowed to smoke in a future city.Pair 5S1: How will people go shopping?S2: In the future all shopping will be done online.Pair 6S1: What number will people keep for life?S2: Telephone number.Pair 7S1: What wont
21、 people have to pay for?S2: People wont have to pay for all forms of recreation.Pair 8S1: How will cars be different?S2: All cars in the future will be powered by electricity, solar energy or wind. Pair 9S1: What will doctors do from a distance? S2: Doctors can carry out operations from thousands of
22、 miles away.Pair 10S1: Where will old people go without moving?S2: They can go anywhere in the world using high-tech cameras attached to their heads.Task 3 Listening This section is meant to improve the students pronunciation.T: Good! You all have done a good job. Now I will play the tape for you, l
23、isten carefully and imitate the pronunciation. At the same time pay attention to the language points in the passage. Task 4 Language pointsThis step is to help the students understand the text, build their vocabulary and improve their abilities to put what they have learned into practice.After liste
24、ning.T: Lets look at the screen. Ill explain some language points to you. (Show the slide).1. To get rid of garbage problems, the city will load huge spaceships with waste materials and send them towards the sun, preventing landfill and environmental problems. 1) “to get rid of .” is used to express
25、 the purpose.2) “preventing landfill and environmental problems” is used to express the result.3) load . with: put a load on e.g 1). We are loaded with too much homework. 2). The truck was loaded with oranges and it was heading north.2. No smoking will be allowed within a future citys limits. “Withi
26、n a citys limits” means “within the permission of a future city”.3. Everyone will be given a telephone number at birth that will never change no matter where they live.“no matter where they live” here is equal to “wherever they live” and it is used as adverbial. If“no matter where / what / how .” is
27、 not used as adverbial, it cant be substituted by “wherever / whatever / however .”e.g 1) Whatever you say, I wont believe youNo matter what you say, I wont believe you.2) Whoever comes in last should close the door.() No matter who comes in last should close the door.() 4. Distance surgery will bec
28、ome common as doctors carry out operations from thousands of miles away, with each city having its own telesurgery outpatient clinic. “With”structure: with+ noun / pron + Participle / Infinitive / prep phrase / adj / adve.g 1) I felt nervous, with him standing here.2) With all the problems settled,
29、he felt relaxed.3) He is sure to succeed, with so many people to help him.4) This is my first book, with the second to come out next month.5) They all rushed out, with bags on their backs.6) He sat there, with the door open.Task 5 PracticeThis task includes Exercises 3-5, designed to help the studen
30、ts to have a deep understanding of the text and help them to build their vocabulary. Teachers can ask the students to do the exercises individually, then check their answers with their partners, at last with the whole class.T: Now that you have learned the text, lets do some exercises to see how wel
31、l you have understood the text and the words and expressions. Turn to Page 3 and lets do the exercises here. Do the exercises on your own, and then check the answers with your partners. At last Ill ask some of you to read out your answers.Suggested answers:Exercise 3: 1. disability 2. outdoors 3. so
32、lar 4. recreation 5. net 6. online 7. clinic 8. urban 9. mall 10. run out 11. surgeryExercise 4: arrestcriminals; carry outoperation; loadhuge spaceship; recyclenatural resource; rely onalternative energy; wastematerial Exercise 5: 1. a risky business 2. outpatient 3. get rid of 4. senior citizens 5
33、. free of charge 6. landfill Step DiscussionThe discussion is designed to develop the students imagination. Teachers can ask the students to discuss the questions in pairs and ask some students to tell the results of their discussions.T: There are some predictions made in the passage. Do you think a
34、ll of them will come true?Ss: No, we dont think all of them will come true.T: Well, lets have a discussion in pairs and find out which prediction is the strangest or most useful. And which do you think will come true first and which last.After a few minutes.T: OK! Id like to know the results of your
35、 discussions. Any volunteers?S1: I think “Forget smoking” is most useful. People in the future will pay more attention to their health and lead a more comfortable life, but smoking is bad for their health, so smoking wont be allowed.S2: I think the prediction about recreation is very useful. In that
36、 way people will enjoy a more happy and comfortable life.S3: I find the prediction about “Batman nets” very strange. How police will use it to catch criminals seems very strange.S4: I feel the prediction about telesurgery very strange. How will doctors diagnose illnesses for the patients? S5: In my
37、opinion, the prediction about cars will come true first, for now many motor cycles powered by electricity are on sale in shops, which is friendly to the environment, so they are very popular.S6: Personally, shopping online will come true first. Now computers are widely used and it is likely that peo
38、ple will do their shopping online. Going shopping will become a form of entertainment.S7: I believe the prediction about space travel will last come true. Because there is still a long way to go for us to develop space technology, and moreover the number of the people who is able to go on space trav
39、els is very limited.S8: I think the prediction about garage ships will come true last. After all, people produce much more garbage than the ships can carry to space, whats more, space technology needs further developing. T: Well done! All of you have expressed yourselves fluently, and I think all of
40、 your opinions are reasonable. Step Summary and HomeworkMake a summary about the text and assign the homework.T: Today weve learned the passage about the city of the future. We believe the city in the future will be more beautiful and life in the future will be more comfortable. But all these need o
41、ur hard work now. Only by hard work can we build a beautiful future. Lets work hard for the beautiful future. And the homework for today is as follows: 1. Read the text fluently and pick out the sentences you appreciate.2. Remember the words and phrases we learned here.3. Write about the school of t
42、he future in about 60 words.附件：(课文分析). Moral EducationTeachers make the students have a deep understanding of the text. Through the text teachers should stimulate the students imagination and make them dream of the beautiful future. Also, we teachers should enlighten them on their dreams. At last, t
43、eachers should make them fully realize the importance of protecting the environment and making full use of natural resources, the importance of hard work and right attitude towards work and call on them to work hard and build a beautiful future with joint efforts.II. Writing Techniques1. Writing Cha
44、racteristicsThe writer leads in the topic by beginning with a question sentence so as to arouse the interest of the readers. Then it tells about the situations about the future environment and natural resources. At last the writer shows the city of the future by giving an example of an experiment ca
45、rried out at a university in Texas about the predictions made by some students. After careful reading, it is not difficult for us to dream of the beautiful future and we cant help thinking about what we should do to build the beautiful future. 2. The writing style This text is a piece of expository
46、writing. It begins with a question and mainly introduces some predictions made about the city of the future. The theme is in accordance with the students daily life.3. The main ideaThis text reveals some predictions made by some students about the future of urban life, who were studying at a univers
47、ity in Texas in the USA. They think up the city of the future from the following aspects: garbage ships, the way for the police to arrest criminals, shopping, telephone number, recreation, smoking, cars, telesurgery, holidays at home and space travel. . Writing purposeThis text shows what the city w
48、ill be like in the future. Reading it can stimulate the readers to dream of the beautiful future and give the reins to their imagination. The writer also implies the importance of protecting the environment and the natural resources. Also, it makes us realize that only by hard work can we turn our dreams into realities and build a beautiful future.
