高中英语 (Unit 3 Looking good, feeling good period 2~3) 教案 牛津译林版必修1

1、Periods 2-3 Reading 教学设计一 整体设计教材分析This reading part provides three emails between two friends relating to the problem of being overweight and the experiences of losing weight. In the first email the young girl Amy relates to Zhou Lin the problem she has encounteredshe is dying to be thin and how she

2、 loses weight. In the second email, Amy describes that she has had some harmful weight-loss pills, which causes her liver to fail. After the proper treatment, the girl dreaming of looking slim finally understands the relationship between beauty and health. In the third email which is from Zhou Lin t

3、o Amy, Zhou Lin expresses her worries about Amy and her own her ideas on how to keep a balance between looking good and feeling good. In a word, the topic is what students are concerned about and interested in. As a result, this topic will without any doubt arouse the students passion in the reading

4、. At the same time, students can think about how to live a healthy life. By learning this unit, the teacher can also help the students to develop some good habits, which will have a good effect on their later life.While reading the passage, some reading strategies should be introduced to the student

5、s-understanding sentences with “however” or “but”. When the students come across “however” and “but” while reading, they are supposed to guess the meaning of the following sentence which has something different to what has just been expressed. In this sense, these two words have a very important rol

6、e in the understanding of the passage.Meanwhile, various in-class activities should be well organized so that the students can take part in. In this way, the students are supposed to develop their abilities both in reading and in listening and speaking as well. Also, tables are used to help the stud

7、ents to find useful information in the text. More pair work and group work activities are designed for students to learn to cooperate with one another in the group. Besides, exercises in different forms are designed to help the students consolidate the usage of new words and phrases as well as langu

8、age points. 三维目标1. Train the students reading ability, introducing the important role of the two conjunctions however and but in reading by means of quoting the examples of these two conjunctions in the text.2. Encourage the students to learn to discuss the different ways of losing weight and having

9、 a slim figure.3. Learn some useful words and expressionsashamed, weight-loss, priceless, recover from liver failure, contain, harmful, chemical, operation, exact, match, follow ones advice, damage ones health, attractive, embarrassed, pressure, overweight, go on diets, in secret, properly4. Learn s

10、ome important sentence structures1)be worth doing, be embarrassed about, donate something to somebody2)It is not until that 重点难点1. Help the students to learn about the relationship between appearance and health and search for as many healthy ways as possible to lose weight and keep a slim figure.2.

11、Help the students to learn to use some of the new words and expressions.3. Help the students to learn to make a booklet about how to keep feeling good and looking good at the same time. 教学方法1. Pair work and group discussion.2. Task-based in class activities.3. Explanations of some language points. 教

12、具准备A tape recorder and the multimedia课前准备 1. Ask the students to prepare for a free talk for about two or three minutes. They can discuss the important effects of appearance on ones confidence or say something about the different ways of losing weight, or even make a plan to lead a healthy life. Thi

13、s will help the students to get involved in the in-class activities and help them to keep a strong body and good figure. Considering some students may feel difficulty in doing such a group discussion, the teacher can help them to search for enough information and get well prepared before class.2. En

14、courage the students to go to the library or resort to the Internet to get some examples about how famous people keep figure, which might succeed or fail. They can also be divided into several groups to share the information they have found and try to figure their own way to keep a strong body and a

15、 slim figure.3. Ask the students to read the three emails Dying to be thin on page 42 to 43, as well as reading strategy on page 43. If time permits, ask them to finish exercises C1, C2 and D1, D2 on page 43 to make preparations for a better understanding of the text.教学过程Step 1 Revision and Lead-inC

16、heck the homeworkAt the end of the previous class, the students are asked to find out the causes of the appearance of an increase number of overweight children in China today as well as the effect that fatness has on life and problems that fat people may encounter. At the beginning of this class, en

17、courage the students to speak out their discoveries in front of the whole class to make a presentation. After one student finishes his or her free-talk, other students or the teacher can ask him or her some questions.For the teacher, it is necessary to point out the fact that the real wealthy people

18、 in foreign countries usually eat good food instead of “much food”. On the contrary, poor people tend to eat more. In this sense, overeating is obviously not a sign of being rich. Also, it has been proved that those successful and wealthy people attach much importance to taking exercise after work,

19、which is believed to have a significant effect on their life and career.(If the multimedia is available, this design is recommended. )Show part of the video about the movie with Lious Liu and Zhen as the leading role(瘦身男女), and ask the students to describe some of the scenes in the movie/some of the

20、 pictures about losing weight. Step 2 Reading skimmingCome to the reading material, which is made up of three letters written by two good friends who exchange their opinions about appearance and health after one of them has suffered after trying to lose weight in an unsafe way. Amy, a Canadian girl,

21、 gives a vivid description of losing weight and the following bad effects. Ask the students to read the text quickly and answer the three questions in Part A.Check the answers: 1. Canada2. Weight-loss pills called Fat-less3. The weight-loss pillsAfter the students finish it, the teacher can ask stud

22、ents their ways of doing fast reading. In other words, how to get the answers in such a short time?The teacher should help the students to review the reading strategies of skimming and scanning in the process of looking for the useful information in a quickest way. The students have learned these tw

23、o reading strategies at the very beginning of the semester and they have been practicing them in the reading training in and after class. Therefore, they are supposed to be very familiar with the two strategies and able to use them freely in the reading practice.At the same time, focus the students

24、attention on the Reading Strategy in this unit. Try to make the students understand and distinguish the differences between “however” and “but”.1)Read through the Reading Strategy together with the students, asking them: What can you expect in the following sentences or passage whenever you see the

25、two words in an article?2)Ask the students to underline all the sentences which have the word “but” and “however” in the text.BrainstormingBefore asking the students to do careful reading of this reading passage, divide the whole class into small groups with four students in a group. And then ask th

26、em to have brainstorming.Question: Suppose one of your friends is addicted to losing weight and have tried many ways, which, however, are of little use. Do you think you can manage to help him or her out of the trouble and stay a healthy life?This design, which has been introduced in Unit 1, is used

27、 to help the students to get familiar with how to predict what to read in this passage, to learn how to select different materials, and to get the students more interested in reading the passage, to push the students to get involved in the class more actively and share their opinions with other stud

28、ents confidently. In this way, more students are given opportunities to speak in class. While the students are having a discussion, the teacher can go into the students, give them some inspiration, listen to their creative ideas and sometimes can even help them with some difficult expressions. In th

29、is way, the teacher and the students will be able to have an interactive communication.List all the possible ways raised by the students on the blackboard. The teacher also can put forward some other ideas according to the text.Possible answers: To go on a diet.To exercise in the gym.To receive surg

30、ical treatment.To take weight-loss pills with the help of the doctor.Dont eat junk food.Try and eat a healthy diet.Dont go to bed too late.Make sure you get sufficient sleep.Get regular exercise.Go to see the doctor if you are not feeling well.Dont spend too much time using computers or watching TV,

31、 as it is bad for your eyes and will cause you to put on weight.Learn to accept and respect herself and her body and then aim for a realistic weight.First make a change deep inside, a change that will affect your entire outlook on weight loss.Learn to treat it with love and respect.Listening for inf

32、ormationAfter the students give some suggested answers, ask them to listen to the tape of the text with their books closed, and then guess the meaning of the title of the passage “Dying to be thin”. Then after the listening, check the answers.Possible answers: 1. The first meaning of the title is th

33、at Amy wanted to be thin very much.2. The second meaning is that Amy was going to die because she had taken some weight-loss pills.ScanningNow its time for the students to scan the passage to get some detailed information quickly. Ask the students to have a group competition. Team work is very helpf

34、ul in students learning English because students should be encouraged to use English in daily life. Competition will arouse students interest in taking part in the in-class activities. Tell the students that they will be divided into four groups, group 1, 2, 3, and 4, or they can be divided into 2 g

35、roups as Boys VS Girls. They are encouraged to find out the details about the things talked about in the text and answer the following questions. When anyone of them gets one of them, he or she will obtain 10 marks for his or her group. Ask them to remember to use the reading strategy-scanning.Quest

36、ions: 1. What is Amys job?2. Why dose she try to lose weight?3. Was Amy dying to be thin?4. How does she try to lose weight?5. Whats the result of taking the pills?6. Did Amy regret taking weight-loss pills?7. What did Li Dong do?8. Who is Zhou Lin?9. Was Zhou Ling sorry to hear about Amys problems?

37、10. What does Amys mother keep telling in the first e-mail?11. Did the doctor tell Amy she would die without a new liver?12. What did Amy do to recover from her disease?13. Why did Zhou Ling fail to answer Amys e-mail in time?14. Is Amys experience like that of some people in China?Possible answers:

38、 1. She is an actress.2. Looking good is important to women and she is ashamed of her body.3. Yes, she wants to be thin very much.4. She tries to take weight-loss pills.5. The harmful chemical that is contained in those weight-loss pills causes her liver to fail.6. Yes, she regrets a lot.7. He is a

39、doctor.8. She is Amys friend.9. Yes, she felt worried to hear about Amys problem.10. Amys mother keeps telling her not to take them because they are dangerous.11. Yes, the doctor told her that she would die if she couldnt get a new liver.12. She followed her doctors advice and did exercise for at le

40、ast half an hour every day.13. Because Zhou Lins computer was broken.14. Yes, in China, many people, some of whom are not overweight at all, are always going on diets or taking weight-loss pills, which are often dangerous.Then the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blank of the chart accord

41、ing to the details of the text.What Amy didReasons for losing weightResults(successful/unsuccessful)Amys emotionsHappyFrustratedHopefultake fat-loss pillsprepare for a new rolebeauty is importantbe ashamed of her bodyslimmer; have lost 7 kgfeel tired and weak dyingbe in hospitalReasons for frustrati

42、onReactions to illnessliver failure; . . . liver donationfeel betterrecoveringReason for hopeLessons Amy has learntdo an liver donation operationfind an exact match for herLi Dongs donation of more than half of his liver to save her lifeDont damage your health for a slim and attractive figure. Learn

43、 to be confident.Mothers wordsHealth is priceless. Dont damage your health for a slim and attractive figure.Now its time for the students to do more comprehensive exercises so that they can have a better understanding of the text. Ask the students to answer the following questions. Allow the student

44、s several minutes to finish them and then check the answers. Usually, such kinds of exercises are easy enough for the students to get the right answers.1. Why doesnt Amy take her mothers advice though her Mum keeps telling her not to take those weight-loss pills?2. In Amys second e-mail, why does sh

45、e regret taking those weight-loss pills?3. Why dose Amy really mean by saying “My mother is right”?Suggested answers: 1. Because she has lost 7 kg and looks so slim at the moment.2. Because the pills contain a harmful chemical that caused Amys liver to fail.3. From Amys own experience, she does real

46、ize that nothing is more important than health and that we shouldnt be ashamed of the way we look.Guessing the meanings of the phrases in the reading text.Up till now, the new idea of the passage along with some details has been discussed. Now, it is time to come to understand the phrases in the pas

47、sage.Ask the students to replace the underlined words in each sentence with a phrase given and change the form if necessary. be well worth be popular among be ashamed of work out be dying to do learn from follow ones advice be OK with be going on a diet recover from1. Nowadays online shopping is wid

48、ely enjoyed by young people.2. If you want to lose weight, you have to train your body with physical exercise in a gym regularly.3. It didnt take him a long time to become completely well again after the attack of illness.4. Mary is trying to lose weight by having less food, hoping that she can beco

49、me thinner before Christmas.5. If you do what I told you to do, there is no doubt that you will win the game.6. Your parents have been looking for you for nearly an hour. They want to know where you have been very much.7. You should feel embarrassed about yourself for telling so many lies to your pa

50、rents.8. All your friends have this or that advantage, so you should be modest and_ something_ others.9. Harry Porter is wonderful, but Im afraid that Star Wars_ seeing.10. Your son is old enough to look after himself in school. Dont worry about him. Im sure everything will_ him.Five minutes later,

51、check the answers.Answers: 1. is popular among 2. work out 3. recover from 4. is going on a diet 5. follow my advice 6. are dying to know 7. be ashamed of 8. learn from 9. is better worth seeing 10. be OK withTo see if the students have fully understood these new words, the teacher can design some e

52、xercises for the students to do. For example, the teacher can ask the students to fill in the blanks with the seven words.Ask the students to fill in the blanks and then check the answers.1. The boy is suffering a bad cold. It is likely that it will take him quite some time to_ from his illness.2. T

53、he change in weather may_ your health.3. You should be_ of yourself for telling such lies.4. I decided to_ your advice and do whatever you want me to do.5. You should take exercise to improve your_ .6. The boss said that she had done a bad job. She was_ about his words on her work.Check the answers:

54、 1. recover 2. affect 3. ashamed 4. follow 5. figure 6. embarrassedIn-class activitiesVarious in-class activities are important in English learning. Until now, the text has been talked in detail. Most of the students have got familiar with the text. So more activities should be designed for the stud

55、ents to improve their ability to use English, to consolidate what they have learnt in the reading text.Practice A (to discuss questions based on the text)This activity is designed to encourage the students to reconstruct the information they have got in the passage and give a presentation in their o

56、wn words.Suppose you are Amys best friend. What advice or suggestions would you give to Amy?(Show the question to be discussed on the screen)Sample answers: 1. If I were Amys friend, I would be worried about Amys action to lose weight in unhealthy or even harmful way. I will advise her to give up lo

57、sing weight by means of taking weight-loss pills. I will make it to her the serious results of taking pills and having operations. I will gave her some examples of those who have failed in losing weight in such ways.2. I will convince her that the most effective way to lose weight is to have a balan

58、ced diet and take regular exercise and have enough sleep. Only when she develops such a healthy life style can she look good and feel good in the long term. Some girls who have the same problem with her will go on a diet. It will get them to put on weight as soon as they go back to eat the normal food. Even worse, it definitely wi