Teaching Aims：
1．Review the words and expressions learned in the last two periods．
2．Learn and master the Noun Clause used as the Subject．Object and Predicative．
Teaching Important Points：
1．How to guess the missing word according to the given sentence．
2．How to master the usages of the Noun Clause used as the Subject，Object and Predicative．
Teaching Difficult Points：
1．The choice of the connectives．
2．The word order in the Noun Clauses used as the Subject。Object and Predicative．
Teaching Methods：
1．Review method to consolidate the words and expressions learned in the last two pe-riods．
2. Explanation and inductive methods to make the students master the usages of the Noun Clauses used as the Subject，Object and Predicative．
3．Individual or pair work to make every student work in class．
Teaching Aids：
l. a projector
2．the blackboard
Teaching Procedures：
Step I Greetings and Revision
Greet the whole class as usual.
T：Yesterday we learnt a passage about life in the future．Who can tell me what the future will be 1ike?
S：Let me try．In the future, we will travel by car，taxi，bus or train that won't pollute the air any more．We’ll buy things on the Internet instead of in the shop．
And we’ll be able to enjoy a longer and healthier life…
Step Ⅱ Word Study
T：Very good．In the text．we also learnt some important words and expressions．Now let’s have a dictation．Take out a piece of paper and write them down on it．
(Teacher dictates the words and expressions learnt in the last two periods.
Including forcast，trend．Urban consumer，tiny，customer, cash，regularly．effort，and physician．After that，let the students hand them in．)
T：OK．Now look at Language Study on Page 45．First look at Ex．I in Word study．Read the sentences and find a word from what we dicatated just now to complete each. You are given five minutes to do it．Read first and then complete the sentences according to the meaning of them．Is that clear?
Ss：Yes．
T：OK．First do it by yourselves．Then discuss them in pairs．After a while，I’ll ask some of you to say you’re answers and give the Chinese meaning of each sentence．
(After a while，teacher checks their answers and corrects the mistake if any．Teacher can give some explanations．)
Suggested answers：
1．forecast 你聽天氣預報了嗎? 明天天氣會怎么樣?
2．trend 在中國許多地方使用信用卡已成為一種趨勢。
3．urban 許多人想在都市工作而在農村生活。
4．consumers 根據中國法律，被廠家欺騙的顧客可以得到兩倍賠償。
5．customers 因特網有助于廠家和顧客保持聯系。
6．tiny 計算機越來越小，有一天我們會在脖子或手腕上帶上計算機。
7．cash 旅游時帶許多現金是不好的，你最好用銀行卡。
8．regularly 這兩位女孩以前定期見面,但自從其中一個搬到另一個省后．她們就不能見面了。
9. physician 內科醫師就是給病人看病開藥方的醫生。
lO.efforts 學習外語需要付出很大努力。
T：Well done．Now look at Ex2．Choose the correct phrase to fill in each blank．First look at the phrases in the box．Let’s revise the meanings of them together．(Students say the Chinese meanings of the phrases together．) Now you're given three minutes to finish it．
(After a while，teacher checks their answers.)
Suggested answers：
In general, in store, keep in touch with, lead to, paying no attention to
T：Now read this passage again and try to continue the story．Write an ending to the story．After a while，I'll ask some of you to read out your story．
(After a while，ask some students to read out their own ending to the story．)
Step Ⅲ Grammar
T：Thank you for your stories．Now please look at the sentences on the blackboard．
(While the students are preparing their stories，the teacher writes the following sentences on the black-board and underlines the clauses with coloured chalk．)
(Bb：1．Who bought the book is un-known?
2．They know that the habit may kill them．
3．All I can say is that he has always been good to me．)
T：Who can tell me the function of the clause in each sentence? Any volunteers? OK．Wang Li，please．
S：In the first sentence，“who-clause” is used as the Subject．“That-clause” in the second sentence is an object clause while in the last sentence “that-clause” is a predicative clause．
T：Is what she said right?
Ss：Yes．
T：Very good．In the Object Clause“that”is optional and can be omitted．But in the Predicative and Subject Clauses，“that”is necessary and can not be omitted．You must remember that．Are you clear?
Ss：Yes．
T：OK．Look at the sentences on the screen and tell which part the Noun Clause act as．
(Show the following on the screen．)
1．What life will be like in the future is difficult ot predict．
2．They are careful about what they eat and exercise regularly．
3．The schools of the future will proba-bly be quite different from what they are today．
4．We can not be sure whether our dreams will come true，but we can at least be hopeful that…
5．If we learn to accept change and appreciate what is new and different, we will be well-prepared for whatever the future may have in store．
(Teacher asks the students to do it one by one．)
S1：“What life will be like in the future” is used as the subject．
S2：“What they eat and exercise regularly” is the object of preposition“about”．
S3：“What they are today” is the object of preposition “from”．
S4：“Whether our dreams will come true” is used as the predicative．
S5：“What is new and different” is used as the object of verb “appreciate” and
“whatever the future may have in store” serves as the object of preposition “for”
Step Ⅳ Practice
T：OK．Look at Part 2 on Page 46．Use the expressions in the right box to change your questions about the future in the left box into Noun Clauses．You may do like this．
e.g．How we should use modern technology is a big issue．But you should pay attention to the word order in the Notm Clause．Normal word order is used in it. Do you understand?
Ss：Yes．
(Give the students three minutes to practise and then ask some of the students to read out their sentences．
One student, one sentence．)
Suggested answers：
1.I can’t imagine what the advantages of e-schools are．
2．Scientists have(not)found answers to the question why there is no life on the moon.
3．The problem is how we should use modern technology．
4．We cannot be sure when we’ll be able to travel in space．
5．They are worried about whether robots will be smarter than people．
6．We cannot be sure whether the future will be better．
T：Now let’s do the exercise in Part 3．The main purpose of this exercise is to
help you understand the differences between a Noun Clause and an Attributive C1ause．Who’d like to tell me the differences between them?
S：I’d Iike to try．A Noun Clause is used as a subject，object，predicative or op-
positive in the main clause．An Attributive Clause serves as an attribute to
some noun or pronoun in the main clause，and it is often placed after this noun or pronoun．The Attributive Clause is introduced by the relative pronouns and the relative adverbs．
T：Very good．Sit down please．Now please read the sentences in Part 3 first．Then identify the type of clause in the sentences．If it is a Noun C1ause，write“NC”；if it is an Attributive C1ause，write“AC”．Are you clear?
Ss：Yes．
T：Now you are given three minutes to prepare it．
(Three minutes 1ater，ask five students to say their answers one by one．)
Suggested answers!
1．NC 2．NC 3．AC 4．AC 5．NC
T：Well done．Now look at Part 4．Re-write the sentences so that they be-come the type of noun clauses in brackets．If you have any problem，you can look at the example．
(Teacher gives them four minutes to finish it．After that, ask the students to read out their sentences．)
Suggested answers：
1．We must make sure what is needed to open an online store．
2．How we can develop transportation without polluting the environment is still a problem．
3．We don’t know when we’ll have the medicine that can cure any disease．
4．All I want to know is whose book you are reading．
5．Why it is important for us to become lifelong learners is being discussed．
That is why it is important for us to be-come lifelong learners．He has told me why it is important for us to become lifelong learners．
Step V Summary and Homework
T：OK．Today we’ve reviewed the words and phrases we learned in the last two periods．We’ve also learned the Noun Clauses as the Subject，Object and Predicative．You should pay attention to the word order in the Noun Clause and the differences between a Noun Clause and an Attributive Clause．After class，review the content we learnt，especially the Attributive Clause and the Noun Clause as the Subject，Objectand Predicative．Time is up．That’s all for today．
Step Ⅵ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 6 Life in the future
The Third Period
Grammar：the Noun Clause
1．Who bought the book is unknown．
the Subject Clause
2．They know that the habit may kill them.
the Object Clause
3．All I can say is
that he has always been good to me.
the Predicative Clause
Step Ⅶ Record after Teaching
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