The Second Period
Teaching Aims：
1.Learn and master the following expressions：
in general，catch a glimpse of，keep in touch with，pay attention to，lead to，in store
2．Improve the students' reading ability．
3．Let the students know something about the life in the future．
Teaching Important Points：
1．Improve the students' reading ability．
2．Master the following phrases：
in general, catch a glimpse of, keep in touch with，pay attention to,1ead to, in store
3．Enable the students to understand the text better.
Teaching Difficult Point：
How to make the students understand the reading passage better．
Teaching Methods：
1．Discussion before reading to make students become interested in what they will learn．
2．Scaning the text to get a general idea of the text．
3．Careful reading to get the detailed information in the text．
4．Individual，pair or group work to make every student work in class．
Teaching Aids：
1．a multimedia
2．a tape recorder
3．the blackboard
Teaching Procedures：
Step I Greetings and Lead-in
Greet the whole class as usual．
T：Do you like watching plays?
Ss：Yes．
T：Now I'll show you three plays．Watch carefully. After that I'll ask you a
question．
(Teacher shows the plays．After that，teacher says the following．)
T：What differences have you found in these plays? Who’d like to answer this question? Any volunteers?
S：I think the ways that people work are different．In the first play，some people are working by hand．In the second play．some people are working with machines while some people are giving orders to robots to work for them in the last one．
T: Yes．Our society is developing very fast, so our life has also changed a lot．
With the development of science and technology, our life now is quite dif-ferent from that in the past．Do you want to know what life wi11 be like in the future?
Ss：Yes．
T：Today we are going to read a passage about life in the future．
Step Ⅱ Pre-reading
T：Now first let's learn some new words on Page 110．
(Teach the words and explain them to the students．Then ask the students to read after the tape．At last teacher says the following．)
T：OK．Now I want you to discuss four questions. Look at the screen．
(Teacher uses the multimedia to show the questions on the screen．)
1．How will people shop in the future?
2．How will people travel in the future?
3．What will schools be like in the future?
4．What will the future be like in genera1?
(Teacher gives the students four minutes to discuss and then collects their answers．Finally ask them to read the text to find out the answers to the questions．)
Step Ⅲ Reading
T：OK．Please open your books at Page 43．Read the passage quickly to find out in which paragraph you can find the answers to the questions discussed just now．
(Teacher gives the students enough time to read the text and then collects their answers．)
Suggested answers：
1．How will people shop in the future?
Paragraph 3
People can do online shopping(on the Internet)and they can go to a pleasant mall using smart cards．
2．How will people travel／in the future?
Paragraph 2
We'll travel by car／taxi／bus／train that burns new fuels and uses new engines that will let us travel without worrying about whether we are polluting the environment
3．What will schools be like in the future?
Paragraph 5
In the future，there may be more“ schools on the air ”and “e-schools”．We can study at home by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen．
4．What will the future be like in general?
Paragraph 1
In general，the future will be brighter and our life will be more convenient．
T：Now read the passage again and then answer the questions on the screen．This time，you should read slowly and carefully．
(Show the following questions on the screen．)
1．What will happen in the field of health and medicine in the future?
2．Can you explain the meaning of e-learning?
3．Why is it important to be lifelong learners?
4．What should we do to make sure we will have a bright future?
(Teacher gives the students five minutes to read the text carefully．Finally ask some students to answer the questions on the screen．They can have a discussion in pairs if necessary．)
T：Now，who can answer the first question? Guo Li，would you like to have a try?
S：People in the future will be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life and re- main active even in old age。People wi1l pay more attention to the importance of a healthy diet and an active life．Some new diseases such as SARS，smallpox have already been defeated by new medicines．
T：Good．Please sit down. Now, let’s answer the second question. Who wants to have a try?
S：Let me try. “E-learning” means to learn on the Internet. That is to say, we can study by watching educators on TV or on a computer screen, whenever we have time and wherever we are．
T：Do you agree with his／her answer?
Ss：Yes．
T：OK．Now，who has got the answer to the third question?
S：I have．Because knowledge is changing all the time，it is important and necessary to be lifelong learners．
T：That's right．Anybody volunteers to answer the 1ast question?
S：We should try to learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and differ- net．And we should learn more knowledge to fit in with the needs of the society．
Step Ⅳ Explanation
T：Now you have known the general idea of the passage．But you should also pay attention to some useful phrases．Let's look at their usages．
(Show the following on the screen．)
1．In general，boys like playing football more than girls．
2．I caught a glimpse of a high building from the window of a train．
3．Mr. Wang kept in touch with his old friends by mobilephone．
4．You should pay more attention to your pronunciation.
5．Hard work leads to success．
6．I have some good news in store for you.
(Bb：in general，catch a glimpse of, keep in touch with, pay attention to，lead to，in store)
(Teacher explains the underlined phrases．Then ask some students to translate these sentences into Chinese．One student，one sentence．)
S：1．一般來說．男孩比女孩更喜歡踢足球。
S：2．透過火車車窗，我瞥見一座高樓。
S：3．王先生用手機同他的老朋友保持聯系。
S：4．你應多注意你的發音。
S：5．努力就會成功。
S：6．我有一些好消息要告訴你。
Step V Listening and Discussion
T：Now listen to the tape and follow it in a low voice．Pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation．
(Teacher plays the tape．After that, teacher gives the students a few minutes to read the text aloud．At last ask the students to have a discussion．)
T:OK．Now look at the screen．I give you several minutes to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the following things：future transportation，smart cards，online shopping and e-schools．
Then fill in the table on the screen．
(Show the screen．)
advantages disadvantages
future
transportation
smart cards
online shopping
e-schools
(Students begin to have a discussion and after a while teacher asks some students to fill in the table．)
Suggested answers:
Step Ⅵ Summary and Homework
T:Today we've read a passage about life in the future．We’ve learned what will
happen in the fields of transportation，business, health and medicine and education and knowledge in the future．At the same time．we've also learned some useful phrases．After class，read the passage again and again until you can recite it．Besides，don't forget to preview “Word study and Grammar” in the next period．
Well,that’s all for today．Class is over．
Step Ⅶ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 6 Life in the future
The Second Period
Useful phrases:
in general catch a glimpse of
lead to keep in touch with
in store pay attention to
Step Ⅷ Record after Teaching
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