Teaching objectives:
Ss will learn how to plan and conduct a survey and how to prepare an oral report to present to the class.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 lead-in
Present a questionnaire and conduct a survey about different attitudes to friendship between boys and girls with the whole class
. Questionnaire
Are you a boy or a girl? Boy Girl
Tick the answer which most applies to you.
1. How many best friends do you have?
A lot A few None
2. How often do you have a long conversation with your friends?
More than three times a week once a week
seldom never
3. What topics do you mostly talk about with your friends?
Hobbies and interests Families and friends
School and study Emotions and feelings
Future plans and dream
4.Do you share your secrets with your best friends?
Always Sometimes Never
5. Do you think boys and girls have the same attitudes towards friendship?
Yes No
6. If you choose No to Question 5 , what different attitudes do they have?
Friendships between girls are usually based on shared emotions and support . However, friendships between boys are usually based on shared activities or interests.
Girls seem to have a lot to talk about with their best friends than boys.
Girls have more friendships than boys.
Step 2 reading
Skimming
Questions:
1.What is the passage mainly discussing?
2. What puzzles Robert?
3. What’s the difference between boys and girls in their attitudes towards friendship?
4. What are boys’ and girls’ friendships each based on?
II Scanning
Language points
puzzle Vt. 困惑；苦思
This mystery puzzles me.
這件神秘事情使我百思不解.
I am puzzled by the difficult questions.
puzzle out 經過苦思想出; 猜出
puzzle over 苦思苦想
puzzled adj. 迷糊的,困惑的
覺得困惑的 (about, as, to)
a puzzled expression
He was quite puzzled about what to do next.
他完全不知道接下去該怎么辦.
I was puzzled to see her behaving like that.
看到她那樣的舉止使我感到困惑.
absorb Vt. use up much of the attention, interest or time of 吸引…….的注意力或興趣, 耗費…的時間,使全神關注
absorbent adj. 能吸收的, 有吸收力的, 吸水的
absorption n. 吸收, 專注
He is completely absorbed in his business.
他完全專心于他的業務
He was absorbed in a book.
他全神貫注于一本書.
attitude n. C way of feeling, thinking or behaving 態度意見,看法
What is your attitude towards this question?
we must maintain a firm attitude.
我們必須保持堅定的態度.
Consistent (with) 與…….一致, 符合
What you say now is not consistent with what you said last week.
你所說的與你上星期所說的話不相符.
consistent adj. 一致的，經常的，一貫的
consistently adv.
He is been a consistent friend to me.
他是我歷久不渝的朋友.
The idea in his various speeches are not consistent.
他在各項演說中所得的觀念不一致.
hesitate
1.Vi to stop and consider before an action
猶豫; 躊躇
Andrew hesitated before he took the last cake.
安德魯拿最后一塊點心之前猶豫了一下.
He hesitates at nothing.
他對什么事都豪不遲疑.
2. Vt. 不愿; 不欲 ( hesitate to do)
feel that perhaps one should not do ;
not wish to do; be unwilling to do
I always hesitate to advise my friends on what to read.
我總是不大愿意指點我的朋友們該看些什么書.
3. Vt. 怕麻煩別人 be unwilling ( to trouble somebody)
If you have any questions , don’t hesitate to ask me.如果你有什么問題,盡管問我.
hesitation n. 躊躇, 猶豫 an act of hesitating
He accepted the invitation without hesitation.
他毫不猶豫地接受了邀請.
base Vt.
base sth. on upon 建立在……基礎之上, 以……為根據
I base my hopes on the news we had yesterday.我的希望是以我們昨天所得到的消息為根據.
Their relationship was based upon mutual respect. 他們的友誼建立在相互尊重的基礎之上.
regardless of : 不管, 不論
paying no attention to 不顧,不注意
The law requires equal treatment for all, regardless of race, religion or sex.
法律要求人人平等,不管是什么種族、宗教或性別。
regardless of expense
不考慮費用
regardless of the consequences
不顧后果
Step 3 Group Work(finish project)
1. Planning
2. In the groups of four, choose a topic for their group’s survey and prepare an oral report.
Planning
Work in small groups. You want to survey people to determine how attitudes between boys and girls differ on a certain topic..
favourite food hobbies the future family
school subjects music
My own topic _____________
3. Producing
discuss and agree on an each of the following questions:
What is the primary purpose of our survey?
How many questions will we ask?
Who will take our survey?
decide which group members will be responsible for each task.
4. Presenting
write multiple-choice questions that can be answered quickly and are easy to total when the survey is complete.
Conduct the survey and calculate the results.
briefly discuss the conclusions the group has drawn, based on the survey results.
Step 4 Homework
1. Finish the WB exercises(B1, B2, D1, D2)
2. Revise some language points of this period.