Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks.
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 能掌握以下单词: clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely,
能掌握以下句型:
① You could help to clean up the city parks.
② We should listen to them and care for them.
2) 能了解以下语法:
情态动词could, should的用法;用should或could提出建议并对别人的建议作出评价。如何表达主动提供帮助。
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
在授课过程中渗透助人就是助己,助人收获快乐的情感目标,使学生在谈论如何为别人提供帮助的对话中能意识到尽己所能,帮助他人,乐于奉献是一种良好的品德,培养学生为他人着想,热爱公益事业,乐于助人的优良品质。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
1) 掌握这些短语动词的构成和用法:clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely
2) 学会提供帮助的基本句型:
I’d like to work outside.
I’ll help clean the city park.
You could give out food at a food bank.
2. 教学难点:
学会提供帮助的基本句型
三、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up
1. 播放学生志愿者进行义务帮助别人的活动视频,通过询问他们以下问题来引导学生们了解社会上一些的志愿们进行的活动。
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T: Who are they?
S:They’re volunteers. They usually volunteer to help others.
T: How could we help people?
S1: We could clean up the parks
S2: We could help sick people in the hospital.
S3: We could help plant trees.
…
Step 2 New words
1. city n. 城市
e.g. The library is in the north of the city. 图书馆在城市的北部。
2. notice n. 公告牌;通告;布告
e.g. Please read the list on the notice board. 请读公告板上的名单。
3. sign n. 标志;信号
e.g. Look around, we could see no sign of life.
环顾四围,我们看不出一点生命的迹象。
4. volunteer v. 义务劳动,自愿做 volunteer to do sth. 义务自愿做某事
e.g. Many people volunteer to work on the farm. 很多人志愿到农场去工作。
5. clean up 打扫;清除
e.g. The students take turns to clean up their classroom. 学生们轮流打扫教室。
6. give out 分发;散发
e.g. Please help me give out these test papers. 请帮我将这些试卷发下去。
7. cheer v. 欢呼; 喝彩
e.g. Cheer up. The news isn’t too bad. 振作起来,消息还不算太坏。
8. lonely adj. 孤独的;寂寞的
e.g. I don’t feel lonely because I made new friends here.
我不觉得孤独因为我交了新朋友。
9. used to 曾经, 过去
e.g. Jack used to be short, but now he’s tall. 杰克过去很矮,但现在高了。
Step 3 Discussion
1. 1a. Look at the ways you could help others. Then list other ways.
2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the ways one could help others:
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① Help to plant trees by the river.
② Help to clean up the city park.
③ Visit the old people in the old people’s home.
④ Help young kids to learn English.
Step 4 Listening
1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in the chart. Make sure they know the meaning of the sentences.
2. 1b. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the ways the boy and girl could help others.
___ The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital to cheer them up.
___ The boy could give out food at the food bank.
___ The girl could volunteer in an after-school study program to teach kids.
___ The boy could help to clean up the city parks.
(Key: 3, 2, 4, 1)
Step 5 Pair work
1. Let Ss read the conversation in the picture.
2. 1c. Use the information in the chart of 1b to make other conversations.
A: I hope to work outside.
B: You could help to clean up the city parks.
……
3. Let some pairs act out their conversations.
Step 6 Listening
1. 2a:
T: A group of students are planning a City Park Clean-up Day. Listen and check (√) the things they are going to do to tell people about it.
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and check the pictures.
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3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Answers: b, c, e
2. 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do.
2. Play the recording for the Ss to write the correct words in the blanks.
1. We need to _____ ___ ____ a plan to tell people about the city park clean- up.
2. Clean-up Day is only two weeks from now. We can’t ___ ___ making a plan.
3. We could ___ ___ signs.
4. Let’s make some notices, too. Then I’ll ____ them ____ after school.
5. We could each ____ ___ 10 students and ask them to come.
3. Play the recording again to check the answers.
Answers: 1. come up with 2. put off 3. put up 4. hand, out 5. call up
Step 7 Pair work
1. 2c. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b.
2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first.
e.g.
A: We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-Up Day.
B: Let’s have lunch first.
A: No, we need to start now. Clean-Up Day is only two weeks from now.
B: You’re right. We can’t put off making a plan. As we talk, I’ll write down all our ideas. Then we can decide which ideas are best.
A: Let’s make some notices, too. Then I’ll hand them out after school.
B: And we could each call up ten students and ask them to come.
3. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations.
Step 8 Reading and Role-play
1. Read the conversations and answer the two questions:
① Where’s Helen going to work this summer?
__________________________________
② What did Tom do to help the old people?
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____________________________________
Answers: She’s going to work in an old people’s home.
Reading the newspaper or just talking to the old people.
2. Read the conversation after the teacher.
3. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation.
Step 9 Language points
1. They told me stories about the past and how things used to be.
used to do sth. 过去常常做某事; 表示过去习惯性、经常性的动作或状态,暗指现在已经不存在。used无人称和时态的变化。
e.g. I used to go to the Youth Center. But I have no time now.
我过去经常去青少年中心,但现在我没有时间了。
Grandparents used to tell us stories when we were very young.
在我们小时候祖父母常给我们讲故事听。
2. Yeah, a lot of old people are lonely.
lonely adj. 孤独的;寂寞的指精神上感觉孤独、寂寞。
e.g. The old man feels lonely, so he raises a dog.
那名老人觉得很孤独,因此他养了一只狗。
3. We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-up Day.
need 用作实义动词,有“必要”、“必需”之意,有人称、数和时态的变化,可以接名词、代词、动名词或带to的动词不定式作宾语。
e.g. The man needs an English dictionary when he works.
这个人在工作时需要一本英语词典。
Do you need to see him yourself?
你必需亲自见他吗?
4. clean up意为“打扫;清理”。但如果在clean和up间加个连字符号, 它就是名词了, 意为“扫除”。
e.g. You must give your classroom a good clean-up.你必须对教室进行彻底地打扫。
come up with 提出(观点,看法)。
e.g. He has come up with a great idea. 他想出了一个绝好的办法。
I came up with a better plan than that. 我提供了一个比那还好的计划。
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Step 10 Exercises
Ⅰ. Choose the correct answers.
1. I took her to the concert to ____.
A. cheer up her B. cheer her up C. cheer she up
2. Let’s help ___ food at the food bank.
A. to give out B. give up C. giving out
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences.
1. You’d better _____ ___ ____ (想出) a better plan.
2. Who will ________ ___ ______ (自愿回答) this question?
3. You could put up a ______ (布告) here.
4. With no one to talk to. He _____ very ______ ( 感觉很孤独).
5. The life _____ ___ ___ (曾经是) very interesting in my school days.
Answers: B, A
come up with, volunteer to answer, notice, felt lonely, used to be
Homework:
Write three conversations about your discussions with your classmates.
A: I’d like to help the old. What could I do?
B: You could give them medical service.
Section A 2 (3a-3c)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 学习掌握下列词汇:several, feeling, satisfaction, joy, owner, journey
2) 阅读短文,能按要求找到相应的信息。
3) 通过阅读提高学生们的阅读能力。
4) 了解世界各地的学生们都进行哪些志愿活动。
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
使学生在谈论如何为别人提供帮助的对话中能意识到尽己所能,帮助他人,乐于奉献是一种良好的品德,培养学生为他人着想,热爱公益事业,乐于助人的优良品质。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
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1) 掌握本部分出现的生词和词组,达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 阅读短文,获得相关的信息。通过阅读练习,来提高阅读能力。
2. 教学难点:
1) 阅读短文,获得相关的信息的能力。
2) 理解并运用所学的词汇及表达方式。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Revision
1. Write down the phrases.
1. 打扫 ________
2. 分发 ________
3. 曾经 _______
4. (使)变得高兴 ________
5. 义务做某事 _________________
6. 大打扫日 ______________
7. 想出主意(办法)____________
Answers: clean up, give out, used to, cheer up, volunteer to do sth. Clean-Up Day, come up with
2. Role-play
A: Hi, Tom. I’m making some plans to work in an old people’s home this summer.
B: Really? I did that last summer!
……
Step 2 New words
1. several pron. adj. (=some) 几个;数个;一些
2. feeling n. 感触;感觉;感情; feel (v.) + ing feeling
e.g. He had to lower his voice to control his feeling.
他不得不压低声音来控制自己的感情。
3. satisfaction n. 满足;满意
e.g. Looking at a beautiful painting always gives one satisfaction.
观看一幅美丽的图画总会使人心满意足。
4. joy n. 高兴;愉快
e.g. It’s difficult to describe my joy in words.
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难以用语言来描述我的快乐。
5. owner n. 物主;主人
e.g. They decided to give the cat back to the owner.
他们决定将猫归还它的主人。
6. journey n. 旅行;旅程
e.g. A thousand-li journey begins with the first step.
千里之行始于足下。
Step 3 Warming up
1. Watch a video and answer the questions.
1. Where did they volunteer to work?
2. What did they do there?
3. What do you usually do on your free time? Would you like to volunteer to do anything for others?
Ss try to answer the questions:
1. They volunteered to work at the old people’s home.
2. They made dumplings for the old people. They cleaned up their rooms. They talked with the old people. They sang and danced for the old people. …
Step 4 Reading
1. 3a:
1. Tell Ss to read the article in 3a quickly and try to find the answers to these questions:
1. What does Mario love?
2. What does Mary love?
3. What do Mario and Mary volunteer to do?
Ss read the article quickly and try to answer the questions:
2. 方法指导:带着问题,然后快速阅读短文,争取在较短的时间内,找到答案。
3. 学生们,按老师指导的方法进行阅读,并快速回答这三个问题。
4. 最后,教师让部分学生回答答案,并校对答案。
Answers: 1. He loves animals.
2. She loves reading books.
3. Mario volunteers at animal hospital and Mary helps kids learn to read.
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2. 3b: Read the article again and answer the questions.
1. Why does Mario volunteer to help others?
2. Why does Mary volunteer to help others?
3. What does Mario say about volunteering?
4. What does Mary say about volunteering?
Answers: 1. Because he believes it can help him to get his future dream job.
2. Because she can do what she loves to do and help others.
3. He gets such a strong feeling of satisfaction when he sees the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners’ face.
4. Volunteering is a dream come true for her.
3. 3c
1. 告诉学生们本学习活动的要求:用不定式来完成下列句子。
2. 让学生们读3d中的内容,理解每个句子的大体意思。
3. 根据短文的内容,并恰当的不定式来完成每个句子。
4. 如果不能直接填上,可以再去阅读短文,在相关的内容处,再仔细进行阅读,找到相关信息,并完成句子。
1. Mario would like _____ an animal doctor.
2. Mario works for an animal hospital because he wants ________ about how _______ for animals.
3. Mary decided ________ for a job at an after-school reading program last year. She still works there now _______ kids learn to read.
4. Mary has a dream job because she can do what she loves ____________.
5. Check the answers. ( 1. to be 2. to know, to care 3. to try, to help 4. to do)
Step 5 Language points
1. Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School give up several hours each week to help others.
from River High School 为介词短语作后置修饰语,翻译时应提前。
to help others 作目的状语。是“每周拿出几个小时”的目的。
2. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job.
马里奥相信这会帮助他获得他的梦想职业。
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help sb (to) do sth. 帮助某人做某事;
help后的不定式符号to,可以省略。
e.g. Mike called on his sister to help him look for his lost keys.
迈克叫上他妹妹帮助他找钥匙。
3. …but I want to learn more about how to care for animals.
但是我想学习更多关于如何照顾动物的事。
want to do sth. 想要做某事。to 不定式做want的宾语。
e.g. Grandpa wanted to lend us some money to buy a new car.
爷爷想借给我们钱去买一辆新车。
how to care for animals 是复合不定式结构,作介词about宾语。相当于:特殊疑问词+ to 不定式,构成复合不定式结构。(how he could care for animals).
e.g. They don’t know where to build the new house.
=They don’t know where they can build the new house.
他们不知道在哪里可以建新房。
4. Last year, she decided to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program.
去年,她决定参加一个志愿者课外阅读活动。
decide to do sth. 决定去做某事;to不定式做宾语。
e.g. He decided to get married. 他决定结婚。
5. She still works there once a week to help kids learn to read.
她仍旧在那里一周工作一次来帮助孩子们阅读。
to help kids learn to read 不定式短语作目的状语 ;
learn to read 是help的宾语。
6. I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.
我可以做我所喜欢的事情,同时还可以帮助他人。
从句what I love to do 在句子中作do的宾语。
Step 6 Exercises
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks using the words in the box.
several, feeling, owner, journey, satisfaction
1. I only want to sleep for _______ minutes.
2. The _______ from London to Oxford takes about an hour and a half.
3. The next morning, the _____ of the house prepared the breakfast for us.
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4. He looked at his work with a smile of ________________.
5. She enjoys the ________ of freedom.
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences.
1. My brother wants _______ (be) a pilot.
2. You’ll never learn ________ (ride) a bike if you don’t practice.
3. Mike taught his grandpa how________ (use) the computer.
4. Mr. Smith helped the young man _______ (find) a job.
5. The students decided ________ (work) out the problem by themselves.
6. He volunteers ________ (work) on the farm.
Answers: Ⅰ. several journey owner satisfaction feeling
Ⅱ. to be, to ride, to use, to find, to work, to work
Homework
Make sentences with these phrases.
help (to) do; want to do; learn to do; decide to do; how to do; volunteer to do
Section A 3 (Grammar focus-4c)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 学习掌握下列词汇:sign, sick, raise, alone
2)进行一步复习巩固学习Section A 部分所学的生词和词组。
3)对动词不定式的用法进行归纳总结,掌握其规则。
4) 通过不同方式的练习,来熟练运用本单元出现的词组及动词不定式。
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
使学生在谈论如何为别人提供帮助的对话中能意识到尽己所能,帮助他人,乐于奉献是一种良好的品德,培养学生为他人着想,热爱公益事业,乐于助人的优良品质。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
1) 复习巩固Section A 部分所学的生词和词组,达到熟练运用的目标。
2) 掌握和运用动词不定式的用法。
2. 教学难点:
1) 掌握学过的后面跟不定式做宾语的动词。
2) 掌握动词不定式作不同的句子成份。
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三、教学过程
Step 1 Revision
Complete the sentences.
Mario and Mary ____ ___ several hours each week __ ____ others. Mario wants __ ___ an animal doctor. He _________ at an animal hospital. He wants __ _____ more about ____ __ care for animals.
Mary is a book lover. She could read by herself __ ___ ____ of four. Last year, she decided __ ___ ___ for a volunteer after-school _______ program. Mary still works there once a week __ ____ kids _____ __ read. Volunteering here is a dream come true for her. She can what she _____ ___ ___and helps others at the same time.
Can you tell something about Mary to us?
Answers: give up, to help, to be, volunteers, to learn, how to, at the age, to try out, reading, to help, learn to, loves to do
Step 2 Grammar focus
1. 阅读Grammar Focus中的句子,然后做填空练习。
① 我想去帮助无家可归的人。
I’d ____ ___ ______ homeless people.
② 你可以请求医院允许你探访儿童并让他们变得更高兴。
You could _____ hospital ___ ____ you visit the kids and cheer them up.
③ 他自愿一周去那里一次去帮助孩子们学习读书 She ________ there once a week ____ ______ kids learn to read.
④ 他决定参加一个志愿者课后阅读节目的选拔。
She _______ ______ try out for a volunteer after-school reading program.
⑤ 马里奥相信这会帮助他获得他的梦想工作。
Mario believes it can help him _____ _____ his future dream job.
⑥ 我正在制作一些告示,并将它们张贴于学校里。
I’m making some sings _____ _____ _____ around the school.
2. 学生们根据记忆,看大屏幕来完成填空练习。
3. 学生们完成填空试题后,可以打开课本检查答案,对错误的句子,单独进行强化记忆。
Step 3 动词不定式用法小结:
1. 做动词宾语。常见动词有would like, want, help, learn, hope, decide, volunteer。
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e.g. We don’t want to spent too much money. 我们不想花费太多钱。
2. 作宾语补足语。常见动词有 ask, want, tell, invite, like, hate。
e.g. Mr. Li asked the students to copy the text. 李老师让学生们抄写课文。
3. 作目的状语。
e.g. Jack turned his head around to look at people. 杰克转过头看向人群。
4. 作后置定语。
e.g. Claire missed a great chance to make a lot of money.
克莱尔错过了一个赚大钱的机会。
5 . 动词help及一些役使动词后面常省略to。
e.g. My mother wouldn’t let me go to the movie.妈妈不会让我去看电影的。
Step 4 Exercise:
Ⅰ. Fill in the blanks.
1. He made me __ (tell) him all the things.
2. Please remember ______ (water) the plants while I’m away.
3. Let’s (watch) a talk show.
4. What can you expect (learn) from the news?
5. My parents want me _____ (be) a doctor.
6. I’d like _______ (watch) cartoons at home.
Answers: tell, to water, watch, to learn, to be, to watch
Ⅱ. Complete the sentences.
1. Who will _______________ (自愿读) these words for us?
2. The girl often _____ her mother ______ the dishes (帮妈妈洗餐具) on weekends.
3. We ______her ________ (邀请来) to our party.
4. The old man had ______________ (无事可做) every day.
Answers: volunteer to read, helps / do, asked / to come, nothing to do
Step 5 New words
Look at the big screen and learn the new words and expressions:
1. sick adj. 生病的;有病的;
e.g. The boy felt sick before the test. 考试前他生病了
辨析:sick 与 ill
sick 可作定语修饰名词,而ill只能做表语。
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e.g. The mother cared for the sick girl day and night.
妈妈日夜照料着生病的女孩。
Jane was ill yesterday, she didn’t go to school.
昨天简生病了,她没去上学。
2. raise v. 募集;征集
e.g. They sold something to raise money. 他们卖掉一些东西来募集钱。
3. alone adj. adv. 独自;单独
e.g. I don’t like to go out alone at night. 我不喜欢晚上独自一人外出。
辨析:lonely 与 alone
lonely 情感上的孤独,寂寞。
alone 独自一人(单不定感觉寂寞)。
e.g. Linda was alone in the house. 琳达独自一人呆在房子里。
She lives alone and often feels lonely. 她孑然一身,常感到寂寞。
Step 6 Practice
1. 4a: Fill in the blanks with the phrasal verbs in the box.
1) Tell Ss to read the sentences in 4a and try to fill in the blanks with the phrasal verbs in the box.
2) 方法指导:首先,先阅读所给的词组,明确每个词组的意思。 其次,通读全句,理解大意;然后,根据句意及句子中上下文意的提示来确定空格处的意思。
3) 同学们,按老师指导的方法进行阅读,并逐句推敲每空应填什么词组,在实际的运用中提高自己的阅读能力、分析能力及综合运用能力。
4) 最后,教师与同学们一起校对答案,并对学生们有疑问的地方进行解释,或作出合理的分析。
Answers: put off; call up; come up with; cheer up; put up; hand out; give out
2. 4b: Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.
1) 让学生们阅读表格中词语,明确每个单词的意思,为进行填词做好准备。
2) 通读全文,理解短文大意。
3) 逐句进行分析推敲,确定空格处的意思,并尝试用空格中的单词填空。
4) 最后,通读一遍短文,进行综合理解,看短文内容是否通顺,合理。
5) Check the answers with the Ss.
Most people today are only worried about getting good jobs 1.____ lots of money.
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In their free time, they think about what 2. ____ for fun. However, few people think about what they can do 3. _____ others.
There are many people who are less lucky than us. Volunteering our time to help these people is a good way 4. ______ our free time. For example, we can make plans 5.________ sick children in the hospital or raise money for homeless people. Some people even stop doing their jobs for a few months to a year 6. ________ to another country, like one of the countries in Africa, and help people there.
Answers: 1: to make; 2: to do; 3: to help; 4: to spend; 5: to visit; 6: to move
3. 4c: Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Use infinitives.
1) 让一名学生读每个句子的内容。告诉学生们用自己的真实想法来完成句子。
2) 可以先让学生们看大屏幕的图片提示,来发表自己的打算。
3) 提示学生们运用正确的动词不定式形式。
4) 让学生们自主发挥,造句子。
(最后,让几名学生说自己的句子,并纠正有错误的地方)
1. I’d like to volunteer _____________________________________________
2. At 12: a.m., I called my friend ____________________________________
3. I’m very busy but I could help __________________________________
4. Summer vacation is coming. and I want __________________________
5. I want to travel alone. My parents told me (not) ___________________
Answers: 1: to help kids with their homework.
2: to play soccer together in the afternoon.
3: take the trash out after dinner.
4: to go camping with my friends.
5: not to do that.
Homework
Make sentences with the phrases below.
put up, hand out, call up, cheer up, come up with, give out, put off
Section B 1 (1a-2e)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
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1) 能掌握以下单词:repair, fix, give away, wheel, letter, miss, set up, make a difference, blind, deaf, imagine, difficulty, open, door, carry, train, excited, training, kindness, clever, understand, change, disabled
2) 能掌握以下句型:
① I’d like to thank you for giving money to Animal Helpers.
② I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me.
③ You helped to make it possible for me to have Lucky.
④ Lucky makes a difference to my life.
⑤ I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because your kindness.
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
了解社会上有很多人需要我们的帮助,奉献爱心并不是要有多么伟大的壮举,而是首先自己要真正拥有一颗“爱心”,如此便可从身边的点点滴滴做起。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
1) 掌握本课时出现的生词及用法。
2) 进行听力训练,提高综合听说能力。
3) 阅读短文,获得相关信息,提高学生们的综合阅读能力。
2. 教学难点
1. 听力训练
2. 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Warming up and revision
1. Daily greeting.
2. 复习动词不定式的用法,并完成相关任务。
3. Check the homework. Let some Ss report “Who’s the … in class?”
Step 2 Warming up
1. T: Show some pictures of disabled people and their lives, for example, a blind man, some deaf girls. Tell Ss their life may be very difficult. They sometimes need our help.
2. Talk about the dog-helper. What can it do?
e.g. A dog-helper can lead a blind man to many places. It can get the things a man
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wanted.
Step 3 Presentation
1. Present the new words on the big screen and learn the new words together.
1) repair v. 修理;修补 2) fix v. 安装;使固定
3) give away 赠送;捐赠 4) wheel n. 车轮;轮子
2. Ss read and try to remember the new words.
3. Work on 1a and match the sentences with the similar meaning.
4. Check the answers with the Ss.
Step 4 Writing
Work on 1b
1. Ask one student read the phrases and the nouns. Tell Ss to match the phrasal verbs with the nouns. Then make sentences with the phrases.
1. I’ve run out of it.
2. I take after my mother.
3. I fixed it up.
4. I gave it away.
a. I repaired it.
b. I don’t have any more of it.
c. I am similar to her.
d. I didn’t keep it.
2. Let some Ss come to the blackboard and write down their sentences. Then check together.
3. Check their desk mates’ sentences.
e.g. 1. I gave away my bike to a children’s home.
2. I took after my father.
3. I gave away my old clothes to the poor kid.
4. I ran out of my money last weekend.
5. I fix my bike and give it away.
Step 5 Listening
Work on 1c:
1. Tell Ss to look at the pictures in 1c. Tell them the boy in the pictures is J
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immy. He’s a good boy. He likes to help others. What is he doing now? Listen to the tapes and number the pictures.
2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and number the pictures.
3. Check the answers:
Work on 1d:
1. Let Ss read the sentences in 1d first. Tell Ss to listen again and judge the sentences True or False.
1. Jimmy fixes up broken bicycle parts, like wheels.
2. Jimmy sells bikes.
3. Jimmy takes after his mother.
4. Jimmy has run out of money.
2. Play the recording again for the Ss to listen and judge.
3. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to judge.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Step 6 Role-play
1. Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between Jimmy and the reporter. Use the information in 1c and 1d.
2. Let two students make a model for the Ss.
3. Ss practice their conversations
4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss.
Step 7 Reading
Fast Reading
1. T: Now let’s work on 2b. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.
1) What kind of letter is it?
2) Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?
2. Ss read the letter quickly and try to find the answers to the two questions.
3. Check the answers with the class.
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Careful Reading
1. T: Now let’s read these sentences about the letter. Read the passage again. Judge if the sentences are True or False. Please underline under the main sentences.
1) The writer can’t use her arms or legs well.
2) Lucky was brought to the writer by her friend.
3) They have been trained at “Animal helpers” for seven months.
4) A dog-helper is for those who are disabled.
5) Lucky can understand different orders.
2. Ss read the letter again and judge the sentences.
3. Check the answers with the class.
Language points
1. T: Now let’s language pints about the letter.
1) I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me.
set up 建起;设立
e.g. Let’s set up our tent by the river.
我们在河边搭建帐篷吧。
disabled adj. 丧失能力的;有残疾的
dis (否定前缀) able (能够) disabled
e.g. He was disabled in the accident.
他在事故中残疾了。
2) Lucky makes a big difference to my life.
make a difference 影响;有作用
e.g. It would make a big difference to my life. 这会对我的生活产生很大影响。
3) What would it be like to be blind or deaf?
blind adj. 瞎的;失明的 deaf adj. 聋的
e.g. Deaf people can’t hear, and blind people can’t see.
聋人听不见,失明的人看不见。
4) Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily.
imagine v. n. 想象;设想
e.g. You don’t imagine it is true.
你别想象那是真的。
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5) …but many people have these difficulties.
difficulty n. 困难;难题
difficult adj. 困难的 difficulty n.
e.g. When you’re in difficulty, ask me for help.
当你遇到困难时,向我求助。
6) …opening and closing doors, …
open v. 打开;开
e.g. Open the door, please. 请开门。
7) She talked to Animals Helpers about getting me a special trained dog.
train v. 训练;培训
train v. training n. 训练;培训
e.g. I’m training myself for a race.
我正在为赛跑作训练。
Very hard training is necessary.
刻苦训练很必要。
8) I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.
excited adj. 激动的;兴奋的
辨析:exciting 与excited
exciting 意为“另人兴奋的”,常用于修饰事物;
excited 意为“激动的”,人作主语。
e.g. The boy was too excited to go to sleep. 小男孩太兴奋了,以至于不能入睡。
I have some exciting news for you. 我告诉你一些另人兴奋的消息。
9) Lucky is very clever and understands many English words.
clever adj. 聪明的
e.g. It was clever of him to find the way here.
他能找到这儿来真是聪明。
understand v. 理解;领会 (understood)
e.g. This grammar is easy to understand.
这本语法书很容易理解。
10) Thank you again for changing my life.
change v. 变化;改变
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e.g. How did it change his life?
它如何改变他的生活?
2. Ss read and try to remember.
Post reading
Work on 2c
1. Now look at the list of words below. Circle the part of the speech of each word and make your own sentences with these words.
1) group (adj. / n. )
___________________________________
2) disabled (adj. / adv. )
__________________________________
3) difference (adv. / n. )
___________________________________
4) imagine (v. / n. )
__________________________________
5) difficulties (n. / adj. )
_________________________________
6) normal (adv. / adj. )
__________________________________
7). training (adv. / n. )
__________________________________
8) kindness (n. / v. )
__________________________________
2. Let some Ss circle the part of speech.
3. Ss try to make sentences with the words.
4. Let some Ss read their sentences and correct their mistakes.
5. Ss check the sentences with their partners.
Work on 2d
1. Tell Ss that they will use information in the letter to make true sentences by matching the different parts.
2. Ss work by themselves.
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3. Check the answers together.
Step 8 Discussion
1. T: 1. In what other ways do you think dogs are able to help people?
2. What other animals can we train to help people?
2. Now talk about it with your partner.
3. Ask some Ss say what they answers.
Homework
1. 课后阅读短文,试着复述课文,总结课文出现的重难点词组及表达方式。
2. 完成2e中的讨论,并写出一个讨论稿。
Section B 2 (3a-Self check)
一、教学目标:
1. 语言知识目标:
1) 复习动词不定式的不同用法。掌握生词strong, sir, madam。
2) 能够用英语表述常见的志愿活动,并就自己喜欢的志愿活动发表看法。
3) 能用本单元所学的语言简单表达对自己所喜欢的志愿活动的一些看法。
2. 情感态度价值观目标:
了解社会上有很多人需要我们的帮助,奉献爱心并不是要有多么伟大的壮举,而是首先自己要真正拥有一颗“爱心”,如此便可从身边的点点滴滴做起。明确自己所喜欢的志愿活动,并知道自己能为他人做些什么事情。
二、教学重难点
1. 教学重点:
1) 能运用所学的语言知识来简单地表达自己想做什么样的志愿活动。
2) 总结本单元学到的重点词组及句型。
3) 复习总结动词不定式的用法,并能完成相关练习题。
2. 教学难点:
运用所学的语言知识来写一封简短的信,表达自己想做什么样的志愿活动,以及做些活动的原因及自己的一些想法。
三、教学过程
Step 1 Revision
Fill in the blanks with the proper words.
Ben Smith is a ___________ man. He has many __________ in his life. He can’t
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_____ his _____ or legs well. Some normal things like answering the telephone, ________ and closing the doors, or ________ things are difficult for him. But “Lucky”, the dog-helper, makes ________ to his life. Lucky is a fantastic dog. It’s very ______ and __________ many English words. It can understand him when he gives him order.
Check the answers with the Ss.
Step 2
3a. Look at these kinds of volunteer work. Can you add more? What would you like to do? Discuss it with a partner.
e.g.
Working in an old people’s home
Helping kids in an after-school program
Being a guide at a museum
Talk with your partner about what kinds of volunteer work you would do.
Step 3 Ask and answer
What would you like to do?
Why do you like to do that?
Step 4 Writing
Work on 3b:
1. Let one student write his or her answer to the questions.
2. Using these answers as a model, write a short letter as a model for the Ss.
写作指导:
Ø 本文为写自己所喜欢的志愿活动,并说明原因。
Ø 因此,人称为第一人称;时态应用一般现在时态;
Ø 应先开门见山地表明自己所喜欢的志愿活动。
Ø 然后,说明自己所擅长的事情,并表明自己想做这些活动的简单原因。
3. Ss try to write down their answers and write a short letter by themselves.
4. Walk around the class and give any help Ss may need.
5. Let some Ss read their letters and correct them.
Step 5 Self Check
Work on Self Check 1:
1. Fill in each blank with a possible verb to make a phrasal verb.
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2. Fill in the blanks and try to say the meaning of it.
3. Make a new sentence with each phrase.
Work on Self check 2
1. Tell Ss to read the short passage and fill in the blanks with the appropriate phrasal verbs or infinitives.
2. Tell Ss should try to read the short article first and try to know the main meaning. Then read carefully and try to understand the meaning of each blanks.
3. Ss work and by themselves and try to fill in the blanks.
4. Check the answers with the class.
Step 6 Exercises
If time is enough, do some more exercises on big screen.
Homework
Finish the letter or e-mail in 3b, using the useful sentences.
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