1、U2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern HeroesTeaching aims:To practise extensive reading in order to understand the main idea of each paragraph and guess the meaning of new words from the context.To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctionsTo revise the use of Past Simple and Past ContinuousTo practi
2、se oral EnglishTeaching difficulties:To use time linkers, especially adverbs and conjunctionsTo revise the use of Past Simple and Past ContinuousTeaching Aids: computer and cassetteTeaching procedures: . Warming upT: Who can explain heros meaning in English? Have a try.S:T: A person, especially a ma
3、n, who is admired by many people for doing something brave or good. Now think about who is hero in your mind?S: possible ansewers (Wen tianxiang, Yue Fei, Lin Zexu, Song Zhongshan, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlain and so on) T: Yes. They are great heroes. They names have been recorded in history books. Wh
4、at character do you think heroes should have?S:T: brave, selfless, calm, honest, generous, intelligent, warm-hearted, romanticToday we talk about Modern Heroes who do you think can be called modern heroes?S:T: teacher can show students some pictures. Finally picture is Yang Liwei. Have you heard of
5、Yang Liwei? How do you feel about him?S:T: show a slide about information Yang Liwei (Born: June 21, 1965, Liao Ning Height:168cm; Weight: 65kg; Training : 1998-2003; Crowned: Space Hero.and say Yang Liwei is the first man to stand for Chinese to fly into space. He has become a spokesman of space in
6、dustry. We can say he is national hero?Show some pictures about Shenzhou V How did you feel about Chinas first manned space flight?S:T: The launch of Shenzhou V shows China is becoming stronger and stronger. As Chinese, we are proud of being Chinese. ReadingDo you want to know about Yang Liwei? Now
7、lets read the text and do the exercise to see how much you understand,1. When the spaceship separated from the rocket, Yang could feel the high gravity.2. Yang Liwei spoke with the ground control when the spaceship was circling the earth the sixth time.3. Shenahou can change red because of the earth
8、s atmosphere. 4. When Yang Liwei was doing its sixth circle, he showed the flags of China and the US, expressing he wishes 5. Yang Liwei felt the ship was shaking when Shenzhou V landed.6. When he came back from space, he felt very excited.Answers: 1.F 2.T 3.T 4.F 5.F 6.TAfter reading the text the t
9、eacher ask “Can you say some words about space flight?”Answers: capsule, spacesuit, spaceman (astronaut), spaceship, parachute, rocket, helicopter, launch.In order to consolidate these words to show pictures and ask student to use these words to describe them. Further readingDo the exercise 3and the
10、 exercise 4 Read the article and you describe the course of ShenzhouPicture1. The spaceship was lifting off, I could really feel the high gravity.Picture2 The spaceship separated from the rocket I suddenly got a feeling of soaring into the skyPicture3 The Shenzhou V circled the earth.Picture 4 Yang
11、Liwei was speaking with his wife and 8-year-old sonPicture 5 Yang Liwei showed the flags of China and the United Nations.Picture6 Shenzhou V released its parachute.Picture7 Millions of people all over China were watching TV when the spaceship touched down safely.Do the exercise 5Read through the que
12、stions with the class so that students know what information to look out when reading the text. Students then read the text and answer the questions. Free talk:Why do you think Yang Liwei is a hero? What can we learn from him? vocabularyDo the exercise 5 and 6. GrammarGuide student to study Grammar
13、Summary 3, on page 92Do the exercise excise 8Students look at the sentences and work out the differences( Past Continuous , Past Simple)Do the exercise 9and 10 Language in useStudents prepare the questions for the interview in pairs. They may need to go back to the text and get more information. They may also use other information which they can collect from newspapers and the internetStudents roleplay an interview between Yang Liwei and a reporter with the reporter asking what happened, what Yang Liwei did and how he felt. HomeworkRead the article space heroes on page 32