Unit 1   Women of achievement

Teaching goals

1． Target language 榆林教学资源网 http://www.ylhxjx.com/

a. Key words

achieve, achievement, condition,welfare, institute, connection, campaign, organization, specialist, behave,behavior, worthwhile, nest, observe, observation, respect, argue,entertainment, inspire, support, devote ... to

b. Key sentences

Watching a family of chimps wakeup is our first activity of the day.

Everybody sits and waits whilethe animals in the group begin to wake up and move.

But the evening makes it allworthwhile.

... we see them go to sleeptogether in their nest for the night.

Only after her mother came tohelp her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project.

For forty years Jane Goodall hasbeen helping the rest of the world understand and respect the life of theseanimals.

2． Ability goals

a. Learn Warming Up, and knowhow to tell the great women and the famous women.

b. Learn the way to describe aperson from what the person did, what she/he looks like

3． Learning ability goals

Teach Ss how to describe aperson.

Teaching important points

a. By reading A protector ofAfrican wildlife, students can learn from Jane Goodall in at least two aspects:one is what is the humane way to study animals; the other is that it was hergreat personality - universal love and mercy（博爱与慈悲 ）that made her successful. Ifeveryone had such kind of heart, they would give everything benefit for allliving things. Then our world will be full of love and peace, without any warand starvation.

b. Ask students to answer thesequestions:

1) What made her a greatsuccess?

2) What should we learn fromJane Goodall?

Teaching difficult points

Let everyone believe that all ofus can become Jane Goodall.

Teaching methods

Inspiration, Questioning andDiscussion.

Teaching procedures & ways

                    Period 1-2.  Warming up and pre-reading

Step 1. Lead in.

1.                  Discuss the following questions.

1）What are the differences between a famous person and a great person?

great--- of excellent quality or ability

important--- powerful or having influence

2) What makes a person great? (The quality of a greatperson)

Hard working intelligent determined  generous helpful honest kind brave. confidentunselfish energetic passionate; make great contribution to man kind; get onwell with others; never loss heart; be active in social activities; do publicservice without paid.

Most of the great people are also important people.But important people may not also be great people.

3)Name some great women in Chinese history. What arethey famous for?

 Step 2.Warming uphttp://www.ylhxjx.com/

T: In pairs discuss the six women on Page 1. Which ofthese women do you think is a great woman ? Give reasons for your choice.Before you decide, think about the following questions.

1.                  Did she follow her ideas and sacrifice anything sothat her ideas could be realized? Did she unselfishly give up anything toachieve her goal?

2.                  Did she go through struggles and difficulties ?/ Didshe suffer for her ideas ?

Step 3 Pre-reading

1. Why do you think Jane Goodall went to Africa to study chimps rather than to a university?

2. Do you think her work is important? Why?

                            Period 3-4. Reading

StepⅠReading

Task 1 Pre-reading

Ss read the passage in fourminutes and give the main ideas to each paragraph.

The first one is about a day inthe park.

The second one is her way ofdoing her research and some achievement.

The third one is her attitudeand feeling to the animals.

The last one is a short summaryto her.

T: Thanks. Well, let’s draw achart of the text together according to the main ideas we’ve found.

Task 2 Making a chart

A protector of African wildlife

                                ↓

①                             ②                             ③

│                              ∣                             ∣

A day in the park   Jane’s way to study chimps       Her attitude to  and her achievement               the animals

                                  Period 5-6 Languagepoints.

Step 1.Difficult sentences:

1.Watching a family of chimps wake up is our… 今天我们的第一件事

2.This means going back ….由定语从句修饰的place做go 的宾语

3.Only afterher mother came to help her for the first few months was she allowed to begin her project….only+副词  （部分倒装）

Only in this way can we learn English better.

4.But theevening makes it all worthwhile

Step 2.Words and expressions

1.mean doing sth. … 意味着做… Eg. Doing such a thing means wasting time.

   mean to dosth…  打算做某事   eg. Do you mean to go without money?

2. leave sb. doing  让某人做某事e.g  They went off and left me sitting there allby myself.

3. wander的用法

1）可以解释为漫步，逛，常与about搭配e.g  We love wandering about thehills

  2）还可以解释为脱离，迷失e.g  Don’t wander off the point

4. worthwhile  adj. 值得做的,值得花时间(金钱)的

It is worthwhile to do/ doing  It was worthwhile to visit Paris. = The visit to Paris is worthwhile.   去巴黎访问是值得的.

 It’s worthwhilediscussing/ to discuss the question again.这个问题值得再讨论。

 It is aworthwhile book  那是一本值得一读的书.

5. observe  观察到，注意到

 She observedhis actions with interest.她很感兴趣地观察他的行动

 His neighbourobserved a stranger go into his house他的邻居看到了一个陌生人进入他的家．

6. “Only + 状语”　开头的句子要用倒装

 Only in thisway can we learn English better.   Onlythen did I realize my mistake.

  Only youunderstand me.   I met her onlyyesterday.

7.work out

Eg. I can’t work out the meaning of the poem.(理解，说出)

     Thingshave worked out badly. （进行，发展）Work out his income （算出）

     Work out aplan   （制定，拟定）

8. have/ has been doing 现在完成进行时，表示动作从过去就已开始，一直持续到现在，可能还会继续下去．

Eg. He has been reading since this morning.今早起，他一直在看书．

 He is verytired; he has been working hard all day

 He has beenwriting a letter.他一直在写信．He has written a letter.他已写过信了．

9. argue  争论；辩论；说服榆林教学资源网 http://www.ylhxjx.com/

 argue for /argue against   主张／反对argue about sth.    argue with sb.

 argue sb. intodoing sth. 说服某人做某事．

10. inspire sb. to do 

 Eg. His speechinspired us greatly.

    The teacherinspired us to make greater efforts.

    The memoryof his childhood inspired his first novel(促成；赋予灵感)

    inspired 有灵感的   inspiring　激励人心的

                       Period 7-8Grammar points.

Step I   Revision

Review the text by checking theanswers for Exercises 2, 3 and 4 on Page 4 and 5. These exercises are about theuseful words that appear in the text.

Step II    Word-formation

There are two tasks in thispart. One is leading in, in which teacher trys to give students as many wordsas possible. Let them guess the meanings of the words. The second one is tofinish Exercise 1 on Page 4.

Derivation is one of the mostimportant word-formation. It is helpful in enlarging students' vocabulary.Teachers can give them enough words, and let them guess the meaning of thesewords. As a result of this, students will be interested in the word-formation,and begin to use the method to guide their word study in their daily life.

T: Just now we reviewed somewords in the text. Now please look at these words on the blackboard and say themeanings of them.

Organize    Organization           State               Statement

Discuss          Discussion         Entertain             Entertainment

Direct           Direction             Consider              Consideration

Decide          Decision              Agree                Agreement

Prepare         Preparation       Achieve              Achievement

Inform          Information       Treat              Treatment

Deter-           Determination       Improve             Improvement

Express         Expression        Encourge             Encouragement

Examine    Examination            Enjoy           Enjoyment

Educate         Education         Govern                Government

Feel              Feeling               Find                 Finding

Begin            Beginning         Mean            Meaning

T: From the above chart we cansee that with knowledge of word-formation, we can enlarge our vocabulary.Today, we'll focus our attention on the Noun Suffix. There are many NounSuffixes in English. In this unit, we'll learn -ment, -ing, -ation, -ist and soon. Now let's finish Step 3 Exercise 1 inPage 4.

Let students finish Exercise1.   Check their answers with the wholeclass.

T: Here are some other nounSuffixes on the screen. Read it and write down them in your note books. NounSuffix

-er(fighter)     -or(sailor)       -ist(artist)

-ant(assistant)  -ee(employee) -ian(librarian)

-tion(attention)       -ment(government) -dom(freedom)

-ness(carefulness)   -ism(socialism)      -ship(friendship)

-ure(pleasure) -ty(society)     -ence(reference)

Let students do it, and thencheck the answers with the whole class.

Step4   Discovering useful structures

Tell students what they shoulddo next.   Ask them to read the EXAMPLEin Exercise 1 on Page 5.   Make sure thatthey know what they should do.   FinishExercise 1,   and check the answers.

Step 5 主谓一致

１．两个或两个以上做主语的单数名词用and连接，谓语用复数．

Tom and Dick _______ (be) good friends.

但若表示一个集合体时则用单数。

A singer and dancer ______ (be) present atthe party.

The worker and writer ___ (be) talking tothe students.

Bread and butter ________ (taste) good.

(a needle and thread, a horseand cart, a watch and chain, a coat and tie, truth and honesty, medical helpand cure)

2用 and 连接的两个名词若被 no, each, every, many a 修饰，则谓语动词用单数。

No bird and no beast ______ (be) seen inthe bare island.

Many a boy and many a girl ______ (have)made such a funny experiment.

At Christmas each boy and each girl_____(be) given a present.

3．两个主语由not only…but also, or,either…or, neither…nor　等连接时，谓语动词与第二个主语保持一致．

Either he or I _____ (be) to go there.

______ (be) either you or he going toattend the meeting?

4.主语后有as well as, like, with, togetherwith, but, except, besides,等，谓语应于前面主语保持一致．http://www.ylhxjx.com/

A professor, together with some students,_____ (be) sent to help in the work.

No one but the teachers _____ (be) allowedto use the room.

5．一些集合名词做主语，如果看作一个整体，谓语动词用单数；如果指其中的成员，谓语用复数．如audience, committee，class(班级),crew（全体船员或机组人员), family, government, public(公众)等，但people, police, cattle等用复数．

My family _____ (be) a big family.My family_____ (be) listening to the radio.

The police ____ (be) trying to catch thethief.

6.通常作复数的集体名词

 有些集体名词，如police, people, cattle, militia, poultry(家禽),)等，通常作复数，用复数动词。

Domestic cattle ______(provide) us withmilk, beef and hides.

7.通常作不可数名词的集体名词

有一些集体名词，如machinery, equipment, furniture, merchandise (商品)，clothing 通常作不可数名词，随后的动词用单数。例如：

The merchandise _____(have) arrivedundamaged.

All the machinery in the factory ____ (be)made inChina.

8．表示时间、重量、长度等名词，尽管是复数形式，但作为一个整体看，谓语还是用单数。

Five minutes ______ (be) enough.

One dollar and seventy eight cents _____(be) what she has.

9. all 作为主语，代表人物时，一般用作复数；代表整个事件或情况时，一般       看作单数。

All that I want _____ (be) a gooddictionary.   All ______ (be) out ofdanger.

All ______ (be) silent. 人人都缄口无言。万籁俱寂。

10．形容词加定冠词 the  表示一类人时，谓语动词用复数。

   What a life the poor were living!

   The young _____happy to give their seats tothe old.

11．who, which, that 作定语从句的主语时，其谓语取决于先行词。

   Those who want to go should sign your nameshere.

   He is one of the students who have passedthe exam.

   He is the only one of the students who haspassed the exam.

12. 以-ics结尾的学科名称

   某些以-ics结尾的学科名称，如physics(物理学)、mathematics(数学)、mechanics(机械学)、politics(政治学)、statistics(统计学)、economics(经济学)、linguistics(语言学）athletics(体育学)、等，通常作单数用。例如：

13. 其他以-s结尾的名词

英语中有一些由两个部分组成的物体名称通常是以-s结尾，如scissors(剪子)，pincers(钳子)，glasses(眼镜），shorts(短裤)，trousers(裤子)，suspenders(吊裤带)等。这一类名词，如果不带"一把"、"一副"、"一条"等单位词而单独使用，通常作复数。例如：

如果带有单位词，则由单位词的单、复数形式决定动词的单、复数形式。 例如：One pair of scissors isn'tenough.

14.以-s结尾的地理名称

某些以-s结尾的地理名称，如果是国名，如the United States, the UnitedNations, the Netherlands等，尽管带有复数词尾，但系单一政治实体，故作单数用。但若不是国名，而是群岛、山脉、海峡、瀑布等地理名称、通常作复数用。例如：

The West Indies, apart from theBahamas, arecommonly divided into two parts. The Himalayas（喜马拉雅山脉) have a magnificent variety ofplant and animal life.

The Straits of Gibraltar havenot lost their strategic importance.

15. 英语中还有一些以-s结尾的名词，如:

arms(武器), clothes(衣服), contents(内容，目录)，fireworks(烟火), goods(货物), minutes(记录), morals(道德，品行), remains(遗体), stairs(楼梯), suburbs (郊区), thanks(谢意), wages(工资)等，通常作复数。

16.凡是由-ings结尾的名词，如: clippings (剪下来的东西), diggings (掘出的东西), earnings (收入), filings (锉屑), lodgings (租住的房屋), surroundings (环境), sweepings  (扫拢的垃圾) 等, 通常作复数用。例如：

The clippings of the hedges are usuallyburnt.

The sweepings of the godown(仓库) have been disposed of.

17. 还有一些以-s接的单、复数同形的名词，如: headquarters(总部), means(方法、手段), series(系列), species(种类), works(工厂)等，随后动词的单、复数形式取决于这些名称是作单数，还是用作复数。例如：

A headquarters was set up to direct theoperation (指挥作战).

Their headquarters are in Paris.

The only means to achieve success is toappeal to arms (诉诸武力).

18. remains用于"遗体"意义时，随后的动词通常作复数：

His remains lie in the churchyard.

The martyr's remains were buried at thefoot of the hill.

但作"遗迹"或"剩余物"解释时，可作复数或单数用：

Here is the remains of a temple.

The remains of the meal were/was fed to thedog.

19. 如果作主语的名词词组由“分数(或百分数)+of-词组”构成，其动词形式依of-词组中名词类别而定。例如：

Two thirds of the swampland(沼泽地) _____ (have) been reclaimed(开垦).

Over sixty per cent of the city ____ (be)destroyed in the war.

Thirty-five per cent of the doctors ______(be)  women.

20. 如果主语是all of ...,some of ...,none of...,half of ...,most of ...等表示非确定数量的名词词组，其后的动词形式依of-词组中的名词类别而定。例如：

Most of the money _____ recovered by DeputyPlayer.Most of the members ______ there.

All of the cargo ______ lost.   All of the crew ______ saved.

21.两数相减或相除，动词用单数；两数相加或相乘，动词可用单数，也可复数。

Forty minus fifteen (40-15) leavestwenty-five.Forty divided by eight (40/8) is five.

Seven and five (7+5) makes/make twelve.Fivetimes eight (5+8) is /are forty.

22. 主语是由“a kind/sort/type of ,this kind/sort/type of +名词”构成，动词用单数。

This kind of man annoys me.

但若在kind/sort/type之前的限定词是these/those,同时，of-词组中的名词又是复数，则动词用复数：

These kinds of men annoy me.Thosetypes/sorts of machines are up to date.

23.如果主语是由“many a+名词”或“more than one +名词”构成，其意义虽属多数，但随后的动词仍遵循“语法一致”原则，用单数。例如：

Many a man has done his duty.   More than one game was lost.

24. 1)由who, why, how, whether等wh-词引导的名词性分句作主语，其后的动词通常用单数。

2).两个由and连接的并列名词性分句作主语，如果主语表示两件事情，动词用复数。例

What caused the accident and who wasresponsible for it remain a mystery to us.

3). 以what-分句作主语的SVC结构

 在以what-分句作主语的SVC结构中，主句补语是复数名词，如果主句谓语动词可用复数。

25. 1).在“one of+复数名词+关系分句”结构中，关系分句动词通常依照语法一致原则用复数形式。例如：

Joan is one of those people whogo out of thier way to be helpful.

2). 在这类结构之前有定冠词the或者有the only 等限定词和强调词时，关系分句动词形式依one而定，用单数。例如：

Selfishness is the one of her many faultswhich defeats itself.

                     Period9 Listening

Step1   Listening to the material on Page 7

There are three tasks in thisstep: the first listening, the second listening and the third listening.Teachers should ask students to glance the whole exercises before listening, sothat they can realize what is the main task in listening.

Period 10  writing

                           Unit2  Working the land

Aims:Talkabout agriculture: a pioneer in farming -Yuan Longping

Talk about organic farming &green food

How to write a brief summary

Try to consolidate how toexpress suggestions & advice

Master the usage of the -ingform as the subject and object

Learn how to design English posters

Suggestions & advice:

I would rather ... If I have achoice I’d  choose because ...I don’tlike ... because ...

You need to ...I’d prefer ...because ...May I suggest ...It’s a great pity that ...

Let me suggest Leng Jianlibecause...Should I/We ...?          

Perhaps we should consider LengJianli because...It’s better to ..But what/how about

Vocabulary:Sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing,expand, Vietman, circulate, satisfied, freedom

Expressions :rid ... of, besatisfied with, lead a ... life, would rather, refer to, search for, thanks to,would…rather

                         Period 1-2 Warming upand pre-reading.

Step 1 Lead-in.

 Poem  By LiShen

Farmers weeding at noon,Sweat down the field soon.

Who knows food on a tray,Due to their toiling day.

Step 2.Warming up (Questions)

1. Have you ever grown any plants? If so, what didyou do to grow them? If not, what kind of plant would you like to grow? Howwill you grow it?

2. Have you ever been to the countryside? What didyou do there?

3. Are you from a farmer’s family? What do youknow about farming?

Step 3 Pre-reading and talking

1. Rice is a main food in all East Asian andSoutheast Asian countries. What do you think would happen if tomorrow there wassuddenly no rice to eat?

Tips: It is said that there are 2.4 billion people toeat rice every day throughout the world；suffer from starvation/die of hunger; panic, get intotrouble

2. If you had the chance to help end hunger in theworld, what would you do?

3. Do you know who Yuan Longping is ?

A brief introduction:

YuanLongping is known as China’s “father of hybrid rice”. It’s said thatin China, we eat depending on “Two Ping” ---- Deng Xiaoping, who made the policy ofSystem of Production Responsibility, & YuanLongping, who invented hybrid rice.

Yuan Longping, who was born in September, 1930,graduated from Agriculture Department in Southwest Agricultural Institute. Hehas been working on agriculture education & the research into hybrid ricesince he left the institute.

In the 1960s, whenChinawas suffering  from serious famine, he came up with the ideaof hybrid rice, which has a high  yield (or output). Ten years later, he succeeded in inventing a new species thatproduced a 20 percent higher yield than common types of rice.

  Yuan devoted himself to the researchinto agriculture, & was honored by UNESCO & FAO(联合国教科文组织）. Although he is 74years old, he is still working on the research into agriculture.

                           Period 3-4 Reading

Step 1 Lead-in。

1. Listen tothe tape carefully then answer these questions.

  1）When and who didbecome the first agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has a highoutput?

  2）What did Yuan Longpinginvent?

2. Read thepassage once again,then find out these sentences true or false.

  1） Dr Yuan is morea farmer  than a scientist.

  2 ）Dr Yuan’s kind of rice is themost suitable for China’s farmland.

  3） Dr Yuan wouldrather work than relax.

  4 ）Dr Yuan has dreamswhen he is asleep and also when he is awake.

  5 ）Dr Yuan enjoys asimpler life than most rich and famous people.

3.Find outthe topic sentences of each paragraph

  Para. 1: He became the first agriculturalpioneer in the world to grow rice that has a high output.

  Para.2:He has devoted his life tofinding ways to grow more and more rice..

  Para.3:He cares little about spendingthe money on himself and would rather keep time for his hobbies.

  Para.4 Dr. Yuan’s dreams.

Main idea of the passage

Chemical fertilizers can causemany problems, so organic farming is becoming

more popular.

4.Write downYuan Longping’s personal information

•                   Name:

•                                 Nationality:    Born:     Age:     Occupation:     Education:

•                                 Dream:         Achievements:      Hobbies:

                   Period 5-6 Language points:

1. Struggle for…为争取……而斗争  Struggleagainst…为反对……而斗争

Struggle with…      与……争斗

1）The swimmer struggled against the tide.

2）We had to struggle with/against all kinds of difficulties.

3）The slaves struggled for the freedom

2. 使做…成为…  make +it +adj./n.+to do好天气使游泳成为可能

The fine weather makes it possible( for us )to swim.

他将每早跑步做为一个规则He makes it a rule to run every morning.

其他可用这种结构的词:feel, find, think, consider…

3.搜查,搜索   search (sb. / sth.)  for …

He searched all the rooms for the missing person.

They searched the man all over for money.

4.由于,多亏   thanks to 相当于  because of

5.是从前两倍那么多    twice as largeas before相当于once largerthan before

6.对……感到满意

be satisfied with…相当于 be pleased with

adj.   satisfactory/satisfying         n.   satisfaction

7.在乎，在意   care about   比较  care for

My aunt cared for me when my parents were away lastweek.

Dr Yuan never cares about money and fame.

8. Indeed, his sunburnt faceand arms and his slim, strong body are like those of millions of other Chinesefarmers.

e.g: The streets in Beijing are wider thanthose in my hometown.

The number of students in ourschool is larger than that in their school.

9. Dr Yuan grows what iscalled super hybrid rice.

  e.g: He came to what is calledAmerica.

10. This special strain ofrice makes it possible to produce one -third more of the crop in the samefields.

 e.g: That made it possible for life to beginto develop.

  The development of science makes it possiblefor us to know more about the universe.

11. Dr Yuan awoke from hisdream with the hope of producing a kind of rice (that could feed more people).

 e.g: He went to the U.S with the hope offinding a better job there.

Fill in the proper phrases orwords to complete the   following:

1.In a way,the accident was agood thing because it taught us a good lesson.

2.It was because of hisadvice that I succeeded.

3.I am satisfied with the result of the experiment.

4.They have struggled for years to drive the invadersout of their country.

5.We all wish that we could rid the world of crime.

6.In some less developed areas inChina, somefarmers are still lead a poor life.

7.The output of corn this year is double that of lastyear.

After graduating from college, he went to Shenzhenwith the hope of getting a chance to become rich soon .

                              Period 7-8Grammar

Grammar

    一. 动名词做主语的用法

         动名词做主语往往表示经常性、习惯性的动作, 在口语中也可以表示具体的动作。如：

     Seeing is believing.  Helping her is my duty. Talking mends noholes.

        空谈无济于事。

     Working with you is a pleasure. 和你一起工作是一种乐趣。

        动名词做主语和不定式做主语一样，也可以用it作形式主语。如：

      It's rather tiring walking around in acity.

        不定式做主语往往表示具体的特别是将来的动作。如：

      It's no use crying over spilt milk.覆水难收。

      He realized that to go on like this waswrong.

二.  动名词作宾语的用法

   1．有些动词或短语动词后常用动名词作宾语。如admit, appreciate, avoid，can't stand（不能忍受）, consider，delay, devote … to, dislikeenjoy，escape, excuse, feel like, finish, forgive,get down to, give up,

   imagine. insist on, keep (on), look forwardto, mention, mind, miss（错过）, pay attention to, practice,put off, stick to, suggest等等。

   Doing morning exercises is good for yourhealth. 做早操对你的健康有好处。

  Her shoes wants mending. 她的鞋该修理了。

注意: 当 need, want, require, worth后面接doing也可以表示被动。

   Your hair wants cutting.　你的头发该理了。
   The floor requires washing. 地板需要冲洗。

   I have finished writing this book.我已经写完这本书了。

   2. 在allow, advise, forbid, permit后直接跟动名词作宾语，如果有名词或代词作宾语，则构成“allow／advise／forbid／permit ＋名词／代词＋不定式（宾语补足语）”之形式。如：

     We don't allow smoking here． We don't allow anybody to smoke here．

   3. 动词need, require, want意为“需要”时，后跟动名词的主动式或不定式的被动式作宾语，意义没有区别。如：

       The window needs／requires／wants cleaning／to be cleaned．  

   4. 在begin, continue, love, like,hate, prefer, intend, start后用动名词和

   用不定式作宾语均可，意义没有多大区别。

   5. 动词forget, go on, mean, regret,remember, stop, try, be used to, can't help后跟动名词和跟不定式区别较大，须注意。

        forget, regret, remember后跟动名词，动名词表示已经发生的动作；后跟不定式表示将要发生的动作。

Period9-10  writing and checking theanswers of the exercises

                          Unit3    A taste of English humour

Teachingaims:
Ⅰ.  Topic
Different types of humour; a taste of English humour
Ⅱ.   Useful words and expressions:
Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm,bottom, mouthful, Switzerland, swing, pancake, whisper, sense
Verbs: slide, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star,swing, 
Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom,direct, outstanding, mountainous, vast
Adverb: throughout, fortunately, direct
Expressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off,star in, knock into

Ⅲ. Functional items:
1. Expressing anxiety
  What’s wrong?  What’s the matter with you?    Is there anything wrong?
2. Expressing surprise
  Really?    Oh dear!   Is that so?    Good heaven!
3. Expressing pleasure
  I’m glad /pleased/ happy to…   That’s nice /wonderful /great.
Ⅳ.Grammar
The –ing form as the predicative, attribute and object complement
  Their job is “panning for gold”.
  That was the problem facing CharlieChaplin.
  He sat down at the table with his plateand drinking cup.
  Do you find it funny to see someone slidingon a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down ahole in the road?

Teachingprocedures

                          Period 1-2  Reading

Step 1.Warming up  and  Discussing:
1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life?
 Types of humor:
English humor    Chinese humor     Nonverbal          pantomime (哑剧)
Mime and farce    funny plays       Verbal jokes        cross talk (相声)
Funny stories     funny stories       Funny poems      doggerel(打油诗)
2.   What’s the difference between jokesand humors?
3.   Can you name out some of thehumorous actors you like?
Background knowledge:

mime 笑剧    farce 滑稽剧   comedy 喜剧   tragedy 悲剧  opera 歌剧
TV play 电视剧  humor 幽默  joke 笑话    circus 马戏团 clown 小丑sketch小品       cross talk 相声

Step 2. Reading
Task 2: Ss read and answer the following questions:
1.      What’s the passage mainly about?
A.     The history of English humor.
B.     The films Chaplin made.
C.     The humor Chaplin made in hisfilm.
D.     The Gold Rush in California.
2.      How many parts can the passage bedivided into?
A. 2         B. 3         C. 4           D. 5
 3. People enjoy seeing other people’sbad luck because _______.
  A. they enjoy doing so
  B. it makes people more worried abouttheir life
  C. it makes people more content withtheir life
  D. there’s much fun in doing so
 4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for__________.
  A. the characters he played in hisfilms     B. the films he directed
  C. the joy he gave us in his films          D. the contributions he made in films

Task2:  Ss read and fill the following chart:

 Step 4. After- reading
Task 3: Ss in groups and discuss:
1.   What should we learn from CharlieChaplin?
2.   Do you want to be a humorous person?And how can you be humorous?
3.    What should we do to get success?

                    Period 3-4.  Language learning

Step 1.Revision    Ss retell the text with theirown words.

Step 2.Language points
1.  find /think/ feel it + adj./n + to dosth.
We find it important to learn English well.
I feel it a great honour to be invited to the party.
 2. see sb. Doing    Seesb do    See sb done
  We saw him stealing the book from thebookstore just now.
  He saw Tom go out of the classroomyesterday afternoon.
  His neighbour saw him often beaten byhis father.
 3. Skin: The purse is made of crocodile skin.
   be all skins and bones 瘦的皮包骨头
4. be cruel to    Don’t be cruel toanimals.
It is cruel of sb. to do sth.    It’scruel ofAmericato bombIraq.
 5. feel /be content with sth,   be content to do sth.
   People of the city feel content withtheir life.
   Mary is content to sit in front of thetelevision all night.
6. be worse off    be bet ter off
 7. astonish sb. with sth.   to the astonishment of sb.
   be astonished at sth./ to do sth
   He said he could astonish us with agood result in the final exam.
   To the astonishment of the teachers,he got the first in the competition.
   The teachers were astonished at hisgetting the first in the competition.
   The teachers were astonished to findthat he got the first in the competition.
 8. worn-out : adj. 穿破的    Worn out vt. vi  使…耗尽; 穿破/旧，
   Cheap socks wear out quickly.   I amworn out by the hard work.
 9. failure un.失败  cn. 失败的人或事
   His plans ended in failure.   As awriter, he was a failure.
 10. be loved by sb. for sth
Deng Xiaoping is loved by the Chinese for his great contribution toChina’sconstruction and social reform.
 11. star in : 担任主角 This is an old film starred in byCharlie Chaplin.
 12. knock into  He walked in such a hurry that he knocked intoan old lady in the street.
 Step 3 Learning about language
1.  Ss do part 1 of the discoveringuseful words and expressions.
2.  Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4

Step 4.Practice
1. Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1and 2 on page 63.

                       Period 5-6.  Reading

Step 1.Pre-reading
 The purpose of this reading is tointroduce students to English jokes. Two kinds of jokes are shown here. Thefirst shows now different meanings can make something amusing. This is called a“play on words”. The second kind of joke is s short funny story. Both jokes arevery popular in English-speaking countries.

Step 2. Reading
Task 1: Ss read and give their own answer to the question.
Answer key for Exercise 1:1. B   2.C  3. A

Task 2: Ssread part 2 and give their own answers to the two questions.

Step 3. Reading task (page 59)
       Task 3: Ss read the passage andanswer the following questions.
1.   What do children usually do on AprilFool’s Day?
2.   Why did people believe the programmePanorama?
3.   Do you think the advice that the BBCgave people who asked how to grow noodle trees was serious? Give a reason.
4.   What would you do to find outwhether a story like this was true.

Task 4: Ssread and analyse the way that the BBC played this trick.
  Suggested answer:
1.   The panorama TV programme is seriousand people believe it.
2.   The progrmme itself was presented ina very serious way.
3.   There were many details given in thestory to make it believable.

Task 5: Ssread and think if these things are true:
1.   that pigeons follow roads and roadsigns when they find their way home.
2.   that the earliest football has beenfound in a grave dated to 1000 years ago.
3.   that earliest human paintings oncave walls are all modern fakes.
4.   that advanced computers can “talk”to each other without the aid of humans.

                        Period 7-8.  Listening and speaking

Step 1.Warm up
Ask one of the Ss to tell the class a joke.

Step 2.Pre-listening
 This is a story that English speakingpeople find funny. It is the kind of story that might happen to anybody who hasa farm and chickens. At first let Ss read the questions to make sure that theyknow what they should do in this listening.

Step 3Listening
Task 1: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Ex 1 and 2 on page 23.

Step4. Speaking
Task 2: Ss in pairs think of a funny story. It can be an English story or aChinese story. Follow the following procedure:
 Prepare a joke and tell your partner inEnglish.
 While telling your story, use theexpression on your face and some acting to help make the story as funny as youcan.
 After telling your story to yourpartner, let him/her give you some advice.
 Then let your partner tell his/herstory.
 Finally tell your story to the class.
 Step 5. Listening (on page 55)
 This is a funny story for the studentsto enjoy. Ss should listen carefully and first try to understand the meaning.
Task 3: Ss listen to the tape twice and finish Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 55.
Task 4: Talking
Humour make people laugh, feel happy and relaxed. Sometimes one person may findsomething funny while another person doesn’t find it amusing at all. So inpairs discuss with your partner what makes you laugh. Try to use the followingexpressions:

Ienjoy this very much because….       It surprises me that …

 I laugh at that kind of thing because…     This is fun because…
  I’m pleased we were both amused at…    It isvery amusing that…
  How wonderful /surprising!

                          Period 9.  Grammar:

Step 1.Warm up
  Review what the Ss have learned about–ing as the subject and Object

Step 2.The –ing form as predicative, attribute and object complement
  Predicative
1.   Seeing is believing.
2.   The music is exciting.
Attribute
1.   There is a swimming pool in ourschool.
2.  Chinais a developing country..
3.   The person translating the songs canspeak seven languages.
4.   The boy standing there is aclassmate of mine.
Object complement
1.   We heard her singing in her room.
2.   You can see them performing everynight this week at the new theatre.
3.   We watch the children diving intothe water from the diving board.

Step 3.Practice
1.   Ss finish Ex 2 ,3and 4 on page 21.
2.  Ss do Wb Ex 1 and 2 on page 56.

3. Choosethe suitable words from the box below and fill in the blanks in the correctform:

 1). I can’t imagine Bill________ a motorbike.
 2). Did you hear the dog downstairs_______ for most of the night?
 3). Frank is very good at telling funnyjokes. He can be very ________.
 4). You can’t stop me _________ what Iwant.
 5). He gave me a ________ hug when hemet me at theairport.
 6). Jim has really learnt very fast. Shehas made ________ progress.
 7). It’s been raining all day. Thisweather is __________.
 8). When I came out of the theatre, Inoticed a group of children _________ musical instruments across the street.

Keys:  1). riding       2). barking       3). amusing     4). doing 
      5). welcoming   6).astonishing    7). depressing    8). playing

                 Period 10. Writing

Step 1.Pre-writing
  This exercise lets students to write afunny story.

Task 1: Ssgather information that they need and plan what they want to write.

Step 2.While-writing
Task 2: Ss write an English funny story or a Chinese one.

Writingtips:
Ss make a plan
 Ss write down their story in a logicalorder:
   First … Then …. Next…. Finally / Atlast…
  For each part of the story try to findthe most interesting words you can to describe how you felt or what washappening.
 Then write out your story using theseinteresting words.
Read through your story.
 Then show it to your partner. Lethim/her suggest some new and exciting words.
 Help your partner with his/ her story.
 Write out the story and put it into aclass collection of stories.

                           Unit 4 Body language

ⅠAims:Talkabout body language: cultural differences and intercultural communication

Practise talking aboutprohibition & warning as well as obligation

Learn to use the -ing form asthe Attribute &Adverbial

Learn towrite a diary that showing the observation of how body language helps incommunication

ⅡStructures:Talk about body language

What is the purpose of language?

What do you think “bodylanguage” means?

How can you tell if someone issad or happy even if they do not speak?

How can you communicate afeeling to someone who does not speak your language?

Why do we need to study bodylanguage?

Talk about cultural differences& intercultural communication

What do British people often dowhen they meet strangers?

What do French people often dowhen they meet people they know?

Why should we be careful aboutour own body language?

Why is itimportant to watch others as well as listen to them?

ⅢKey new words:represent, association,canteen, dormitory, flight, curious, approach, major, misunderstand, dash,adult, crossroad

ⅣKey expressions:represent, introduce, approach,touch, express, nod, avoid, misunderstand, punish, general, curious, similar,expression, agreement, gesture, action

Ⅴ.Grammmar:The -ing form as the attribute&& adverbial

Finding out in the reading text sentences with present participle(s) usedas the attribute or adverb

                      Period 1-2 warming up

Step I Lead-in

The teacher shows some pictureson screen. These pictures are from the Evening Party Celebrating the comingLunar New Year of the Rooster of 2005.

Ss: Yes, Thousands of HandsKwan-yin.T: But do you know who she is? Yes, she was the leading dancer of theprogram. Her name is Tai Lihua（邰丽华）. She is called a Fairy of Peachblossom(桃花仙子) by people. You know she is a deaf girl,but she is a wise, diligent, charming and energetic girl. She studied very hardand got two degrees of bachelors in university. She was famous as an artist forher wonderful performance. She is deaf and dumb. But how did she get that greatachievement and became a successful person? She loves life very much. We shouldlearn from her spirit. Besides her hard working, body language plays a veryimportant part in her life. We are all healthy people, sometimes we can usebody language to express ourselves. So we should pay more attention to learningbody languages.

Step II  Introduction

T: Now let’s do some TPR (TotalPhysical Response) activities together, I hope you will enjoy them and have funas well.

Touch your head / face / eyes /nose / mouth / ears / cheeks / forehead / shoulders / stomach / legs / feet /toes ...Shake your head / arm / hand ...

Wave your arm / hand ...Openyour eyes / arms /mouth ...

Close your eyes / mouth ...Twistyour wrist / waist.

Cross your arms / fingers.Nodyour head.    Bow your head.   

Make a face to each other.  Bend / cry / shout / scream / smile / laugh...

It’s time to take up the lesson.Please look at the screen. Let’s take a look at the following gestures:

                             Period3-4 Reading

1 Pre-reading

1. What is the function of bodylanguage?

2. How do you find body languagein our daily life?

3. How can the same bodylanguage express different feelings or ideas in different cultures?

4. How can different bodylanguage express the same feeling or idea in different cultures?

2 Fast reading

TURE OF FALSE

1. Body language is never aspowerful as spoken language.   

2. If you are angry at a person,you might turn your back to him or her.

3. You can threaten a person byrefusing to speak.

4. You should not greet your newboss by giving her or him a hug.

5. Body language is the same allover the world.

6. Most people can understandeach other if they try.

Then ask the students to do itone by one and ask them to explain why some of the statements are wrong.

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