1、Unit 4 Looking good, feeling goodIntegrated skills (I)I. Learning objectivesBy the end of the lesson, students will be able to:1. read for key information of a news report and accumulate expressions relating to plastic surgery;2. listen for the key information and focus on the attitude of the report
2、er;3. show opinions on plastic surgery and cultivate correct values.II. Key competence focus1. Find key information of a news report,2. Listen and make notes.3. Accumulate expressions about plastic surgery. III. Predicted area of difficulty1. Find key information of a given passage.2. Accumulate use
3、ful expressions.IV. Teaching proceduresStep 1 Free talkT asks Ss to talk about the following two questions: Is physical appearance important to you? Why? If I want to change my looks, what can I do?【设计意图：询问学生如何看待外表问题，由老师进行brainstorming，并对听力材料内容的预测做铺垫。】Step 2 Reading and understanding1. T asks Ss to
4、read the news in part A on page 50 and try to describe it in one sentence.T ask Ss to think about the way to summarize a news report in one sentence by asking the following questions: Whats the news about? How did you get your sentence? 2. T asks Ss to read the news in part A on page 50 again and tr
5、y to find more detailed information about the news. How did the plastic surgery help Mr Wilson? (By repairing some of his burnt skin.) What problems did the plastic surgery bring to Miss Edwards? (She suffered from daily pain and had to take painkillers to stop it. The surgery made her look unnatura
6、l and unable to make some facial expressions.)Step 3 Accumulating expressions1. T divides Ss into several groups (four Ss a group) and asks them to circle some useful expressions in page 50 about the causes, results and emotions about the plastic surgery.2. Ss share their opinions in front of the wh
7、ole class.CausesResultsEmotions be caught by be badly hurt live with terrible burn marks a great success go out like a normal guy feel more confident be pleased with want to become more beautiful not turn out well at all suffer from daily pain stop her from returning to a normal life (the pain) be u
8、nlikely to stop make her look unnatural be unable to make certain facial expressions be unhappy with regret doing【设计意图：引导学生阅读新闻导语概括文章内容，进一步在整形手术这一话题下提取相关语块，为听力做铺垫，聚焦写作。】Step 4 Discussing and sharingT asks Ss the following question:Since plastic surgery has both advantages and disadvantages, what is
9、your attitude towards this behaviour? Why?【设计意图：引导学生思考现象背后的根源，培养学生分析问题解决问题的能力，并为下一阶段的听力做好准备。】Step 5 Listening and circlingT asks the Ss to look through part B1 in page 51 and then listen to a news report from Alice.T: Now that you have shown your opinion on plastic surgery, lets listen to a news rep
10、ort on this topic. From this news report, you may get more ideas about whether it is wise for people to have plastic surgery. 【设计意图：训练学生从听中抓取关键信息的能力】Step 6 Listening and making notes1. T asks Ss to listen to the news report again and finish part B2 on page 51.2. T checks answers with Ss. 3. T asks S
11、s the following questions: What is the structure of the news report? Why do the doctors strongly advise against plastic surgery for teenagers? As a news reporter, what is Alices attitude towards plastic surgery?【设计意图：一方面训练学生听取主要信息的微技能，另一方面构建学生的语篇逻辑能力，为议论文的写作提供语言基础。】Step 7 Having a debate1. T divides
12、 Ss into several groups (four Ss a group) and asks them to choose their side, T asks the following questions: Are you for or against plastic surgery? Why? What examples can you think of to support your opinion?2. T offers Ss some ideas to help them prepare for the debate. T: Here are some ideas to h
13、elp you when you prepare for the debate. You can come up with more reasons and evidence to support your opinion. You have five minutes for preparation. Plastic surgery is a bad idea.1. Plastic surgery costs a lot of money.2. Plastic surgery may do harm to peoples health if the operations fail. 3. Pl
14、astic surgery operations often fail to make people look the way they have expected. 4. Plastic surgery warps the value of beauty. It is harmful for people to focus on “outer beauty” instead of “inner beauty”. .Plastic surgery is a good idea.1. Plastic surgery enhances your appearance.2. Plastic surg
15、ery can give you more career opportunities.3. Plastic surgery can help the people with physical trauma such as burn marks. 【设计意图：引导学生梳理、巩固关于整容手术的信息，在讨论中整合他们的观点，为下一阶段的输出阶段做储备。】V. Homework With the help of dictionaries and the Internet, accumulate more expressions and ideas to support or oppose plastic surgery.
