1、Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster！一、教材分析1. 教学目标l 语言知识 掌握词汇：wheel, born, passenger, railway, most, station, standard, speed, be born, get on/off, steam enginel 语言技能 理解并能灵活运用书中的重点单词、短语谈论火车的发展史。l 情感态度培养学生英语阅读能力，保持学习英语的浓厚兴趣，提高学生之间的合作能力。l 教学策略学生通过思考、讨论、交流和合作等方式，了解“火车发展史”。 在教学过程中借助多媒体，提高课堂效率。2. 教学重点 通过了解信息，丰富有关火
2、车发展的知识，掌握本课重点词汇。3. 教学难点 培养学生阅读能力以及合作能力。 二、教学准备 多媒体课件、配套教学光盘三、教学步骤Step 1 Class opening（2 minutes）T: Good morning, class. Many of us like travelling. How do you usually travel to other cities? 向学生提出问题，并请3-5个学生回答问题，使用课件出示图片。Yes, we usually travel to other cities by bicycle/car/taxi/air/ship/train.Step2
3、 New Concepts1. Leading in（1 minute）出示火车上乘客的图片，并介绍：How exciting the passengers were! It was fun to take a train. 教学passenger（ n. 乘客）。出示不同时期的火车图片，教师介绍Today we will read about the history of trains. Trains werent always as they are today. New trains are faster than old ones. 引出本课课题并板书Lesson 32 Trains
4、Go Faster!2. Presentation & Practice（8 minutes）出示图片，引导学生学习生词，并初步了解有关火车的知识。 In the 1700s, many scientists worked on steam engines.In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together. In 1804, the first train engine was born in England. It travelled only about fif
5、teen kilometres in two hours. The Rocket was the most famous early engine. Do you know what a railway is? A railway is the special road that trains travel on. During the 1830s, countries all over the world started to build railways. People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off
6、the trains easily. Early trains were slow by todays standards Todays high-speed trains can travel at about 300 kilometers per hour. 3. Listen and think!（3 minutes）提出以下两个问题，请同学听教学光盘中的内容，并回答问题。T: Now we are going to listen to the text and try to answer two questions. 1. When was the first railway born
7、? 2. Why did people build train stations?Ask the students to listen carefully and write down their answers. Then check the answers together. 4. Read silently and do Lets Do It! Ex. 1.（6 minutes）默读课文内容，完成Lets Do It！Ex. 1。T: Were going to know more details about trains. Please read silently and do Let
8、s Do It! Ex. 1. Try to make sure the students can understand the questions well. 巡视学生做题情况，并对学生的答案进行评判，及时指导学生作答。在此环节，要限定学生阅读及做题时间，并根据问题的难易程度，请同学板书答案。在订正时，要讲解问题的答案出处，以及根据原文如何作答。Step 3 Group Work（12 minutes）分组合作，进一步帮助同学掌握本课有关火车的发展史。T: Discuss in groups. Try to think about which events are the most impo
9、rtant. Then use short sentences to explain. Lets see which group is the most active. 654321 1760s 1804 1825 1830s Now Future为了更好地让学生理解本环节的意图，教师要做出示范。如：1760s-Scientists invented the steam train. 在此环节，教师要指导各个学习小组进行活动，并鼓励组内英语学习较薄弱的同学也能参与组内活动。Step 4 Consolidation（5 minutes）T: According to the lesson, wh
10、at have you learned？学生复习巩固本课所学知识，完成以下试题。用所给词或词组的适当形式填空。railway station speed passenger get on and off be born1. The first railway _ in England. 2. Today, high-speed trains can have a top _ of 500 kilometres an hour.3. I went to the new _ last Sunday. Its bright and beautiful. Its easy for _ to _ the
11、 train. Step 5 Reading（3 minutes）T: To improve the students reading skills, read one short passage. What is it mainly about?Over two thousand years ago, Chinese people invented kites. Kites can fly like birds, but they cant take people up into the sky. Hundreds of years later, the Wright brothers ma
12、de the first successful experiment. A machine carrying a man rose into the sky using its own energy. It was the first plane. Inventors went on to improve planes. Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the U.K. and Hans Von Ohain of Germany, developed the jet plane during the late 1930s.(The history of plan
13、es. )Step 6 Class closingHomework完成“The History of Trains”的短文，并完成本课相关的练习题。四、板书设计Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster!The History of Trains1760sinvented the steam train1804The first train engine was born.1825.passenger railway opened. 1830s.started to build railways.Now.can travel at about 300 km/h.FutureMaybe have no wheels/ride on air. 五、教学反思_
