实用英语第二册unit6

1、A Teaching Plan for Unit 6(In New Practical English Book 2 )I. Teaching Aims1. Teach the students some useful words and expressions for greeting and introducing people.2. Train the students ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of the listening texts.3. Give the students a

2、chance to exchange views on the texts to enable them to have a deeper understanding of the texts and to let the students be acquainted with some new words.4. Teach the students some practical writing skills.II. Teaching ContentsSection Talking Face to FaceSection Being All EarsSection Maintaining a

3、Sharp Eye Passage I: Visiting the Gateway ArchPassage II: Ordering a Gift OnlineSection Trying Your HandIII. Teaching Time: 10 class hours IV. Teaching Focal Points 1. Asking about the price, style, size and color of clothing, asking about the model, use and guarantee of appliances, talking about on

4、line shopping, asking for a discount, understanding and talking about shopping ads, reading and asking about operating instructions2. Shopping Ads writing V. Teaching Difficult Points1. Mastering the key words and expressions: after sales service, fair prices, handicrafts, souvenir, galleries, wonde

5、rful, fantastic, magnificent, surpass, be equipped with, install, purchase, alternative, surf, dismayed, upon (on) inspection, pop up, login browse.2. Grammar-Present participle and past participle as attributivIV. Teaching methodsInteractive approachSituational teaching approachTeamwork methodTask-

6、based teaching methodVII. Teaching aidsPPTBlackboardVIII. Teaching Procedure1.The first two-class-hour session for Section Talking Face to Face.2.Next two-class-hour session for Section Being All Ears.3.The next four-class-hour session for Section Maintaining a Sharp Eye.4.The fifth two-class-hour s

7、ession for Section Trying Your Hand.Section I Talking Face to Face1. Read the samples Find out useful expressions for shopping and sightseeing. Sentences used for shopping:. Do you have anything particular in mind?. How do you like this ring?. What brand do you need, please?. Can I try them on?. Tak

8、e your time. . May I have a look at that coat?Sentences used for sightseeing:. So it was a really wonderful trip. How was your trip to London?. There are so many places to go to and events to see. What do you think is the best time to go there?. Ive always dreamed of going to see some magnificent si

9、tes in Australia.Practice the following sentences:. You can find some real Chinese souvenirs here. Would you like to look at the jewels?. Id like a pair of leather shoes, something like the style I am wearing, please. I think I will buy it for my wife. I just want something of food quality. The art

10、galleries in Paris were fantastic. Louvre is really amazing. I want to see the famous Sydney Opera House and take photos from Harbor Bridge. I hope I can go swimming and surfing in the best surf in the Pacific. Which city do you like better, Paris or London?2. Act out Role playThe students role-play

11、 the similar situations of communication they have created, first in groups, and them to the class.Section II Being All Ears1. Dialogue Pre-listening taskRead the printed materials in Listen and Decode in ONE minute.While-listening task. Listen to the tape WITHOUT looking at the book. Listen to the

12、tape one sentence after another, taking notes during the pause. Repeat the sentences after the tape.Dialogue scriptShop assistant: Good afternoon, sir. What can I do for you?Mr. Anderson: Can you show me some silk, real Chinese silk?Shop assistant: Certainly. How do you like this design?Mr. Anderson

13、: Have you got anything brighter? Something more Chinese?Shop assistant: How about the design with blue and yellow birds? Its a traditional design and the colors are bright.Mr. Anderson: Oh, its lovely and very Chinese. Is it pure silk?Shop assistant: Yes, one hundred percent pure silk.Mr. Anderson:

14、 How much do I need for a short-sleeved dress? Its for my daughter. Shes about my height.Shop assistant: I think one and a half meters would be enough.Mr. Anderson: All right. Please let me have one and a half meters then.Shop assistant: That will be one hundred and forty yuan.Post-listening taskDo

15、the exercises in Listen and Decode and Listen and Respond.2. PassagePre-listening taskRead the printed materials in Listen and Read in THREE minutes.While-listening task. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks. Listen again and check up the answers.Answers:1. three 2. films3. on a beautiful beach

16、 4. Beijing5. going to Beijing 6. lively and exciting7.a boat tripPost-listening taskDo the exercises in Listen and Match and Listen and Conclude.3. Assignments. Pair work: Make up dialogues about shopping and sightseeing in pairs, referring to the dialogues in the Workbook. Preview Passage I and do

17、 the exercises.Section III Passage I Visiting the Gateway Arch1. Warm-up questions . What do you know about Americas mountains and famous buildings?. What is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere?References: . The statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, Empire State Building, e

18、tc. The Gateway Arch.2. Reading comprehensionA) Background Knowledge:The Gate way Arch The Gate way Arch is part of an entire project, which was to fulfill two goals. One, to make it economically feasible to redevelop a significant, blighted riverfront area in St. Louis. Two, to commemorate Thomas J

19、efferson, the Louisiana Purchase, and westward expansion. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is the result of these goals. The design for the Gateway Arch itself, intended to be the centerpiece of the memorial, came out of an international competition in the late 1940s. Eero saarinen, a Finni

20、sh-American architect, provided the winning plan. The actual construction commenced on June 27, 1962 with the first pouring of what would ultimately be 26 000 tons of concrete for the bases of the two triangular legs. The final section of the structure was put into place almost exactly 40 months lat

21、er, on October 28, 925.B) Questions:Question 1: What can we learn from the first paragraph?Question 2: How high is the Gateway Arch?Question 3: How can we get to the top of the Gateway Arch?Question 4: Where can you get a tram ticket?Question 5: How many days do the arch trams run every week?C) Summ

22、ary:Summarize the basic information of the Gateway Arch.3. Useful words and expressions. surpass: to do or be better thane.g. The books success has surpassed everyones expectation. be equipped with: to provide (someone or something) with objects that are needed for a particular activity or purposee.

23、g. All of our classrooms are equipped with computers. . install: put furniture, a machine or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to usee.g. The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine. purchase: to buy something big or expensivee.g. Employees are encouraged to

24、purchase shares in the firm. alternative: something that is different, esp. from what is usual; a choicee.g. People stay because they dont have alternative opportunities. 4. Difficult Sentences. The Arch is over twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.The newly-built street is twice as wide as the ol

25、d one. . The Arch surpassed Egypts Great Pyramid (450 ft) in height.The Nile measures 6 695 kilometers in length. Your trip to the top of the gateway arch begins when you purchase a ticket at the TRAM TICKET WINDOW.Your sightseeing of the beautiful city begins when you purchase a ticket for taking a

26、 sightseeing car. During peak seasons, a trip to the top leaves every five minutes.Off-seasons trams operate every ten to twenty minutes. The north and south tram each consists of eight barrel-shaped capsulesThe bill comes to $ 80, so thats $ 20 each. Tickets available at ticket windows. Spades avai

27、lable in the store house.5. Assignments. Recite the first paragraph of Passage I. Preview Passage II and do exercises of Passage I.Passage II Ordering a Gift Online1. Warm-up activity1)Warm-up questions.Have you ever done shopping online?. Are there any advantages of online shopping?2). Reading alou

28、d practiceThe students read the passage twice (once in groups, and once individually)3). Class discussionThe teacher asks questions about the main idea of the passage and the students read the passage and give their answers to the teachers questions.Question 1: Whom did the author want to find a gif

29、t for?Question 2: What did the author find about online transaction?Question 3: How much was the shipping charge for a $ 25 bonsai tree?Question 4: What did the author finally order?4). Word consolidation The students pick up the words and expressions related to the internet from the passage:Surf th

30、e web/ search engine/ graphic/ website/ browse2. Read the passage and do Exercise7 3. Useful words and expressions. surf: spend time visiting websitese.g. Many towns and cities have cybercafs where you can surf the Internet/Net/ Web. dismayed: feeling surprised and unhappye.g. They enjoyed the meal

31、but were dismayed by its high cost. . upon (on) inspection: looking at something carefully e.g. Her passport seemed all right, but on closer inspection, it was found to have been altered. . pop up: appear or happen, especially suddenly or unexpectedlye.g. Shes one of those film stars who pop up ever

32、ywhere, on TV, in magazines, in newspapers. log in: put your name into a computer so that you can start using it e.g. Before using the Internet, you should log in your name and password. browse: to look at a piece of information on the Internete.g. to browse the World Wide Web4. AssignmentsDo the le

33、ft exercises of Passage IISection IV Writing-Instructions1. Sample analysis1) Format analysisOperating Instructions are usually attached to a technical device to explain how to install or operate it. Take Sample 1 as an example for the analysis. The questions are:. What is the model of the product?.

34、 What features does the player have?. What are the dimensions and weight of the player?. How large is the memory of the player?. What comes with the player？2）Language features. Identify the technical terms in the instructions. Find the positive expressions used to describe the product.2. Additional

35、samplesHitachi Develops a Robot that has the Capabilities for Daily life and that Moves in Response to Dialogs with People.Hitachi, Ltd. announced that it has developed a robot-called “EMIEW”- for supporting peoples everyday life. EMIEW has such physical capabilities as agile movement and obstacle a

36、voidance, needed for real life, and it can move around while interacting in dialog with humans from a distance of one meter without the need for microphones. The technologies developed for EMIEW will lead the way in creating robots of the future that can cooperate and coexist with humans.EMIEW is 13

37、0 cm tall and weights approximately 70 kg; his arms have 6 degrees of freedom.Moreover, the mane “EMIEW” (Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate) refers to a robot that acts like a workmate through dialog interactions from people and its agile movements.The main features of EMIEW a

38、re:. High-speed and agile movement. Ability to get around obstructions: Collision avoidance. Recognition of voices and sounds from a distance. Natural arm movement like a human3. AssignmentsDo the Simulate and Create exercises.Section V Grammar-Present participle and past participle as attributivesE

39、nglish verbs have two participles:called variously the present, active, imperfect, or progressive participle, it is identical in form to the gerund; the term present participle is sometimes used to include the gerund. The term gerund-participle is also used. called variously the past, passive, or perfect participle, it is usually identical to the verbs preterite (past tense) form, though in irregular verbs the two usually differ. Examples of participle formation include:VerbPast SimplePast ParticiplePresent ParticipleRegular/ Irregulartalktalkedtalkingregularhirehiredh