最新高中英语unit3LifeIntheFuture全单元教案.docx

1、最新高中英语unit3LifeIntheFuture全单元教案高二上学期第三次教案设计人： Unit 3 Life In the Future Period 1 & 2 Warming Up & Pre-reading, Reading Teaching Goals: 1. To illustrate Ss imagination of future life.2. To arouse Ss to pay more attention to the problems that probably appeared in the future life.3. To make Ss know the

2、 difference of life between the past, present and future.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Leading-inPurpose: To talk about past and future changes of life. 1. Group work Let Ss discuss the questions in groups of four. (1) How do you usually get to school? (2) Where do you live, in a city or in the country

3、side?(3) Where would you like to live in the future?(4) Do you live in a flat or a house?(5) Do you have a room of you won? Can you describe the room in the picture?(6) What kind of housing would you like to have in the future?(7) What would you like to have in your room?(8) What can we use to build

4、 houses? (brick, stone , steel , glass, ice, wood , plastic bamboo, )2. Conclusion This unit introduces what life in the future might be like to Ss. By discussing and answering the questions above can make Ss have a general understanding of the present and future life and can also illustrate Ss imag

5、ination about the future life.Step 2. Warming Up1. Pair work In pairs let Ss list the changes in housing, transport, jobs, families and education will happen in the next century. 2. Individual workAccording to the result of the above Pair work, fill in the chart.Step 3. Pre-reading1. Pair work Ask S

6、s to discuss the following questions in pairs.(1) Make a list of the problems human beings are facing today.(2) What problems do you think people will have overcome in one thousand years? Which ones do you think will still exist in AD 3008? Suggested Answers: The first problem I would like to point

7、out is the decline of morality.(道德沦丧) The second problem is the racial bias problem. (种族歧视) The third problem , which is a most serious problem , is the rapid depletion of resources on the Earth. (资源匮乏) Now I come to the fourth problem, the problem of the large gap between the poor and the rich . (贫

8、富悬殊) The fifth problem is the pollution problem.(环境恶化) Now I would like to talk about the sixth problem, the expensive arms race problem. (军备竞争)。 The seventh problem is that the technologies vital to the welfare of human beings are becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of a small group of

9、 people. (技术垄断)Suggested Answers: Picture one: global warming, Picture two: acid rain, Picture three: growing areas of desert, Picture four: over large world population, Picture five: lack of enough drinking water,Step 4. Reading1. Skimming (1) Pair work: Ask Ss to look the three pictures (P18) and

10、then discuss with their partners and answer the following questions: Picture one:* What can you see in the picture?* What are the people doing?* Where do you think they are doing? Picture two:* How many people can you see in the picture?* Who are they, do you know?* What else can you see in the pict

11、ure? * What can you use them for? Picture 3. * What can you see in the picture?* Where is Li Qiang?* What is Li Qiang doing?* What is the table and chairs made of?* What is the wall made of? What function does it have?(2) Discussion: Ask Ss read through the text as quickly as possible and talk about

12、 Li Qiangs first impressions of AD 3008, and at the same time underline words, phrases, or sentences that are closely related to Li Qiangs first impressions.2. Scanning (1) Team workAsk Ss to discuss how far their ideas of the future are from those in the story. Let them discuss the following questi

13、ons. Do you think Li Qiang is impressed by what he finds in the future? Why or why not? What improvements do you think there will be to your home city or home village one thousand years in the future? What problems might there be? What ideas do you think were believable in this story? Why? Which ide

14、as do you think are too unrealistic? Why? (2) Group workThis text is written as if it were a letter from a son to his parents. He is telling them his impressions in an informal way. So the descriptions are mixed with his impressions to give you his idea of what the future is like. Now please discuss

15、 the style of the text. Do you think Li Qiangs descriptions are fair? Why or why not? What language does he use that gives you that impression? Do you think he feels comfortable in the future? Why or why not? What language does he use that gives you that impression?3. ComprehendingAsk Ss to tell the

16、 following sentences are True or False (T or F)(1) Li Qiang was worried about the journey, so he was unsettled all the time.(2) Wang Ping is his friend who is also a good guide. (3) His head ached because of lack of oxygen. (4) Li Qiang lost in touch with Wang Ping, but he found him at last. (5) Wan

17、g Pings mother was not friendly to him. Suggested Answers: (1) F (2) T (3) F (4) T (5) F 4. ListeningListen to the tape and fill in the chart bellow:Good changes Bad changes Time travel Transport Houses Towns Air qualitySuggested Answers:Good changes Bad changes Time travel Can travel to different t

18、imes as you wish After effects of travel Transport Can move swiftly Disorganized, difficult to find way Houses Save living space Short of space Towns Busy, look like markets easy to get lost Air qualityOwn family oxygen supply Poor quality in public places. 5. Group workDivide the whole class into f

19、our groups. Each group is supposed to read through the text and find out the difficult words, expressions and sentences and then discusses them. (1) take up 占领；占据；接受When does the incoming manager take up his job? The copying of these documents took up the whole morning.He has taken up art in college

20、.He decided to take up photography as his career.He is going to take up the story where he left off yesterday.(2) constantly adv 不断地His report was constantly interrupted by applause.The area was constantly hit by drought.拓展：constant: adj 不断的(3) remind vt 使想起；提醒常见用法：remind sb. to do sth. / remind sb.

21、 of sth./ remind sb. That 提醒某人做某事；使某人想起Please remind me to leave her this noteThe film reminded him of what he had seen in China.Please remind me that I must call her up before nine.(4) previous adj 在前的；早先的He has had no previous experience of this kind of job.(5) tablet n 药片He took a sleeping table.

22、(6) opening n 口子; 通路He put a gate across the opening in the fence.(7) surroundings n 环境We must learn to get used to social surroundings.拓展：surrounding adj. 周围的(8) lack: n 缺乏；没有The lack of rain aggravated the serious lack of food.拓展：lack: vt& vi 缺乏Owing to lack of time, we cannot do more than what we

23、 have done.Is she lacking in courage?(9) press: vi & vt 按；压；逼迫He pressed the doorbell.Just press this button, and youll start the engine.The debts pressed on him.拓展：press: n 压；推；新闻界； The press have / has been invited to a press conference to hear the governments statement on the event.(10) swiftly a

24、dv. 迅速地；敏捷地He swiftly glanced at the book and answered the question. (11) sight: 视力；视觉常见用法：lose sight of: 不再看见in sight of: 可被.望见in sight: 可见，看得见；out of sight: 看不到，不被看到；at the sight of: 一看见就.at first sight: 一见就.; 初次看见时catch sight of: 瞥见(12) sweep up 横扫；打扫Herry was swept up into the center of them and

25、 my link with him was broken as I was carried up to the top of a high building nearby. (13) switch n. 开关；闸The switch is broken so you need a new one.拓展：vt 转换He switched the TV onHe switched the conversation from one subject to another.Step 5. DiscussionWhat three visits would you ask to go on if you

26、 were Li Qiang? Make a list of them below. Then compare your list with your partners or classmates.1._ 2. _ 3. _Suggested Answers: 1. A space station 2. Another planet 3. A historical museum.Step 6. Homework1. Read the text again and again and go over the main language points.2. Finish Ex1 and Ex2 i

27、n Learning about language.3. Retelling the story, either in writing or in speech, is very useful to learners of a foreign language. It demonstrates his understanding of the story. Next you are going to practise in pairs retelling Li Qiangs story traveling to the year AD 3008. You may make use of the

28、 words and expressions you have just learnt. Period 3 & 4 Learning about Language, Using LanguageTeaching Goals:1. To discover the useful words and expressions in the text.2. To learn and improve the use of useful words and expressions.3. To practise reading skills and learn something more about the

29、 future life.Teaching Procedures:Step 1 Learning about Language 1. Discussion As we all know that robots now have become a very important part in humans life. Let Ss discuss the robots advantages and disadvantages.2. Ask Ss to do Ex2 (P20). In this Exercise, Ss can learn some phrases meaning by lear

30、ning their forming. That is, a verb can change its meaning slightly when you add a preposition or adverb to it. Now, look at the boxes below. Write the phrases down:search take slide sweep press for up down intoSuggested Answers: (1) search for (2) take up (3)slide into (4) sweep up (5) press downSe

31、arch for/swept up/ pressed down/ sweep up/took up/ slidinto3. Ask Ss to choose the correct phrases to finish each sentences.use up speed up sweep up come up eat up sit up turn up take up(1) When I was young, the teacher always required us to _ straight.(2) In Britain you show your good manners at a meal if you _ all the food.(3)Well make our bathroom more comfortable if we _ the mess every day.(3) Charles bicycle started to _ as it went down the