1、 Unit 1 Cultural relicsPeriod One: Warming up and ReadingStep 1 Warming up 1. Cooperative learning:1. Do you know these famous places? If you know, what do you know about them?2. Which one do you like to visit? Why?3. What makes a city great and famous?(a long history; cultural relics; many great pe
2、ople; important events taking place there)4. In your opinion, what are cultural relics?2. Show some pictures of some famous cultural relics.(1) The Great Wall (2)The Pyramids in Egypt(3)The Tai Mahal (In India) (4) The Sydney Opera (In Australia)(5) The Great Barrier Reef (In Australia) (6)The Big B
3、en (In England)Step 2 Pre-reading1. What do you think of the cultural relics?2. Suppose one of them got lost, how would you feel and what will you do with it?(Try our best to find it; Protect the others in order that they will not get lost; Rebuild a new one if we really cant find it)Task 1: Fast re
4、adingMain idea1) Why is it called the Amber Room?(It was given the name because almost seven thousand tons of amber were used to make it)2) What happened to the Amber Room?(The Amber Room was given to the Russian people as a great gift by the king)Task 2: Careful readingDetailed information (Ex 1 co
5、ndition 条件, 复数形式表 “环境,状况”; situation 指处境,局势.7. find / find out / discover(1) Ive _ the book I was looking for.(2) Please _ what time they are coming.(3) The police are trying hard to _ about the accident.(4) Columbus _ the New World in 1492.find out : 经过努力有意去 “找”, “打听”, “弄清楚”. find: “找到,发现”, 强调结果.di
6、scover: 发现本来就存在但未被人所知的事物, 地方,思想等.8. gift: 礼物; 天赋He has got lots of birthday gifts.He is a man of gifts. 他多才多艺.The boy has a gift for music.gifted (adj) 有天赋的9. 情态动词+have done ( 对过去发生的事实的推测)(1) He paid for a seat when he _ have entered free. (could /would / must / need)(2) I _ have been more than six
7、years old when the accident happened.(shouldnt / couldnt / mustnt / neednt)10. it easily melts when heated连接词+分词 (前后主语一致: 主动用 v-ing, 被动用过去分词 ).(1) While (they were) building the house, they found the vase.(2) When (he was) asked, he made no answer.(3) Unless (I am) invited, I wont go there.(4) When
8、_ help, one often says “Thank you” or “Its kind of you”.(offering / to offer / to be offered / offered)(5) When first _(introduce) to the market, these products enjoyed great success. (o4 四川 )11. design (v / n)(1)They designed the building carefully.(2)The experiment is designed to test the new drug
9、. (打算将用作)(3) I like the design of the new school.(4) Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities _ (design) for them. (05 丰台统考)12.fancy:adj. (1) fancy clothes 新奇服装(2) Fancy meeting you here! 想不到在这儿见到你了!(3) I dont fancy walking in the snow. 我不喜欢在雨中行走.have a fancy for 爱好,爱上,入
10、迷fancy sb doing sth 想象某人做某事13. in return: 回报,作为报酬What can we do for them in return for all the help they have given us?我们将怎样来报答他们所给予我们的种种帮助呢?I gave him some books in return for his assistance.in turn 轮流地,依次; 反过来 by turns 轮流地,时而时而14. missing / lost / gone (1) Five people were _.(2) The boat and all t
11、he men were _ in the storm.(3) My pain in the leg is _ now.(4) Much to his upset, Bob found his wallet _ just as he wanted to pay for the necktie.missing: “丢失的, 缺少的”, 强调不在场; lost:过去分词 , “失去的, 丧失的”gone: 过去分词, “ 过去的,不在的,丢了”,常作表语和补语.15. 介词+名词 (表状态)at war / work / home / tableon show / duty / sale / hol
12、iday / fire / watchin trouble /danger / battle / doubtunder repair / discussion / construction 16. Theres no doubt that Theres no need to do / for sth / sbTheres no possibility that (Its) no wonder (that)难怪(1) Do you doubt _ she will succeed?(2) I doubt _ he will keep his word.(3) I have no doubt _
13、he will win the game.Step 6 Homework1. Remember the useful words and expressions.2. Prepare for the next period.Period Two Learning about languageStep 1 RevisionThe Amber Room1. Time spent: A _ of artists spent _ years making it.2. Material: 7,000 tons of _ were used for making it, with _ and _.3. P
14、urpose: It was made _ to be a gift, _ for the Palace of Frederick I.4. Results: It was _ to Russia people. After Frederick William I succeeded his father and _ the king of Prussia; soon it became part of the Czars winter palace; it was one of the great _ of the world; in 1941, it was _ by the Nazis.
15、 Now a new Amber Room _ _ _ in Russia and it _ _ _ the old one, _ the old photos.Words guessing game1. looking for-2. to take something away-3. something given to a person -4. be the property or a member of-5 as a reward for something-6. very special and hard to find-7. not to be sure of -8. stay in
16、 the same place-9. high temperature-Step 2 Practice (Ex.3)1. This was a time when the two countries were at war.(at war: in a sate of war)2. She was at work in the garden all this morning. 3. Children who are at play often make a lot of noise. 4. When we called, the family were at dinner. 5. What ar
17、e they doing now? They are at their meal. Step 3 Grammar: Attributive ClauseTask 1: Ex. 2 (P4)(1) Here are the farmers. They discovered the underground city last month.Here are the farmers who / that discovered the underground city last month.(2) Xian is one of the few cities with walls. Its walls r
18、emain as good as before.Xian is one of the few cities with walls whose walls / the walls of which / of which the walls remain as good as before(3). Shanxi Province is a place with many cultural relics. Its relics are well looked after.Shanxi Province is a place with cultural relics whose relics are
19、well looked after.(4). The woman remembered the day. She saw Nazis burying something near her home.The woman remembered the day when she saw Nazis burying something near her home.(5). The old man saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and moving it away. You are talking to an old man.The old m
20、an (who / whom / that ) you are talking to saw some Germans taking apart the Amber Room and moving it away.Task 2: Fill in the blanks using which, as, when, who, whom, where, when, why, that.(1) St Petersburg is a very beautiful city, _ was once called Leningrad.(2) In Xian, I met a teacher, _ has a
21、 strong love for cultural relics and took me to visit the history museum.(3) I dont remember the soldier, _ told me not to tell anyone what I had seen.(4) My grandfather was a child then, _ people didnt pay much attention to cultural relics in the old days. (5) They moved the boxes to a mine, _ they
22、 wanted to hide them. Task 3: Practice.(1) What surprised me was not what he said but the way _ he said it.(2) Were just trying to reach a point_ both sides will sit down together and talk. (06 山东）(3) _ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.(4) This is the very house _ he lived(5
23、) Next winter, _ you will spend in Harbin, Im sure, will be another exciting holiday.(6) Thats the reason _ he was late.(7) The pictures brought the days back to the old _ they swam in the river.(8) Robert and his songs _ were famous in the U. S. are also popular in China.(9) They are always smoking
24、, _ of course, will do harm to their health.(10) The situation _ you use the words is very clear in fact.Correct the mistakes:1. The reason why he explained at the meeting surprised us.2. I can remember the days when we spent together.3. The way in which you talked about is very important for us.4.
25、Put the book in which you can it easily.Step 4 Homework1. Finish the related exercises on the Workbook.2. Prepare for the next lesson. Period Three Extensive ReadingStep 1 RevisionDictation1. There was no doubt that the house belonged to my grandfather.2. We will look into the matter tomorrow, when
26、the owner will be back.3. I wont go there if invited.4. Im pleased to have been of any help to you.5. The girl was highly thought of for her good design.Step 2 Reading, listening and writingDiscussion: What must a judge do in a trial? What are the differences between a fact and an opinion?Step 3 Rea
27、ding Task 1: Listen to the tape and make sure what the three people say about the missing Amber Room and try to find who is giving the most facts.Task 2: Read the passage and fill in the forms.NAME Jan Hasek JOB a minerPLACE Czech Repubilc TIME 1945; nowWhat he heard What he saw/seesWhat he did/does
28、What he believesNAME Anna Petrov JOB a maidPLACE a castle in Konigsberg TIME 1941-1945What she heardWhat she saw What she did What she believes NAME Hans Braun JOB a sailorPLACE The Baltic Sea TIME 1945What he heard/hearsWhat he saw What he did What he believes Step 4 Explanation1. “疑问词+不定式”,构成不定式短语
29、,在句中作主语 ,表语,宾语等成分.(1) Where do go tomorrow has not been decided.(2) He has to learn how to send e-mails.(3) Will you show me how to surf the Internet?(4) Perhaps the most difficult thing is how to survive without friends?(5) I just want to know when to start?2. consider (1) 考虑 consider sth / doing s
30、thWe are considering going abroad.Have you considered his decision?(2) 认为 consider +that-clause consideras/ (to be)They all consider that we should start now.He is considered as / (to be) the best player.(3) considering 鉴于,考虑到,就而言She did very well, considering his age.(注意:此处不可以改成 considered)3. rathe
31、r than: 而不是 other than 除了(1) He would die rather than give in.(2) He prefers to stay at home rather than go outing.(3) What I need now is money rather than advice.(4) Other than England, there are no other places like this.Step 5 Reading task (P44-45)Task 1: Fast reading-main idea.Why does Big Feng
32、want to save cultural relics?(Big Feng and his friends offer each other help whoever needs help. So Feng believes that hiswork to save cultural relics is a way to thank his friends.)Task 2: Careful reading details.Answer the questions on Page 45.Step 6 DiscussionWhat should we to protect our cultura
33、l relics?Step 7 HomeworkDo a research about one of the cultural relics in China. Period four ListeningStep 1 Revision1. You should praise him _ (介词短语) scold him.2. A fact is anything that can be _ (动词).3. A lot of _ (evident) show that he had stolen many things from the house.4. The answer _ the que
34、stion is very easy to find.5. _ (consider) his young age, he did a good job. Step 2 Listening (P41)Task 1: Leading-in(1) Have you ever heard of Aswan Dam in Egypt? What is it used for?(2) Do you know there is a similar project being carried out in China?Task 2: Listen for main idea and some key poin
35、ts.Task 3: Listen for detailed information.1.Why was the Aswan Dam built? Was it successful?(The dam was built to stop floods on the Nile River. It was built to give people more electricity.)2. What problems were there during the building of the dam?(The water in the lake behind the dam rose. 53,000
36、 people had to move and some temples were in danger.)3. The Aswan Dam is the largest dam in the world.(1) True (2) False (3) Its not mentioned on the tape.4. Why did Abu Simbel need to be moved?(The dam would put it under water.)5. What problem did the engineers need to solve?(The engineers needed t
37、o find a way to move the relic to safety.)6. Abu Simbel is the most popular place for tourists who visit Egypt.(1) True (2) False (3) It is not mentioned on the tape.Step 3 Listening TaskTask 1: Leading-inAs we know, the Aswan Dam is one of the ancient cultural relics made by people in the old times
38、. Now there are also some well-designed buildings that may become cultural relics in the future. Show some pictures.1.The Bank of China Building in Hong 2. Kong designed by I M Pei Questions: Do you want to know the story of the designer? Now, lets listen to the tape about I M Pei, a famous architec
39、t(Architect I M Pei has a lot to smile about.The Bank of China Building in Hong Kong)Task 2: Listen and get the main idea and some key points.Task 3: Listen and finish Ex. 2(P44).1. I M Pei studied at _, where he soon became a _.2. In 1951, he travelled to _ to see its great _ for himself.3. It was
40、designed to look like both a _ Chinese and _ Western hotel.True or False questions:(1)I M Pei designed a library for President John F Kennedy.( )(2) He designed new parts of famous are museums in the capital cities of the US and England. ( )(3) Two famous Chinese universities honored him. ( )Task 4:
41、 Make some notes about I M Peis life and finish Ex.1.(No.1 now well learn a letter from a German newspaper. The writer gives his opinion about what should be done with a cultural relic that has been found.Task 2: Read the letter and write a short reply to it. You may choose to agree or disagree and
42、give reasons.Model ADear Johann,I must say that I agree with you. If you find _, it should belong to you because _. Even if I lost something, I wouldnt expect _. Once I lost a _, I decided not to _. People need to understand that _. Your letter helps me to remember that people need to be careful wit
43、h _. Then they wont need to worry about _. So you see, Johann, I got two rewards: one I could _ and one I could _.Model BDear Johann,I must say that I dont agree with you. Though you find _. It doesnt mean it belongs to, you should _. Im sure you would wantsomeone to _. Once I found a beautiful _. I
44、 want to_. Then I remembered seeing one just like it in _. I went to the _ and found the _ to whom it belonged. _ was very _ to get it back and gave me some delicious apples. So you see, Johann, I got two rewards: one I could eat and one I could keep in my heart.Step 5 Explanation1.think highly / mu
45、ch / well of =sing high praise forthink little / nothing ofThe headmaster thought highly of me for my good performance.The little boy was well thought of by them.He thought nothing of walking 40 miles. 走 40 英里, 他不当回事.2. besides (adv): whats moreIts too late; besides, its starting to rain.Step 6 Home
46、workWritten work: Translation (P43)Period Six AssessmentStep 1 Dictation1. They looked into the accident and knew what to do with the survivors.2. The room of fancy style can serve as a reception hall.3. Theres no doubt that the problem under discussion remains to be solved.4. He took the old clock apart in search of something, which was thoughthighly of by his parents.Step 2 SummarySo far we have learned this unit. Its about the _ _ and how to _ them when theyre in _. Also we have learned how to show our opinions: _ and _.Step3 Assessment (测试性评价)Complete the sen