The first period
Teaching Aims:
1. Do listening and speaking practice to improve the student’s listening and speaking skills.
2. Learn something about the endangered animals.
3. Learn some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Improve the students’ listening and speaking skills.
2. Help the students to master the use of the important words and expressions.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students to improve the students’ listening skills.
Teaching Methods:
1. Listening-and –answer activity to improve the students’ listening skill.
2. Discussion to make the students practise speaking.
Teaching Aids:
1. a tape recorder 2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ Greetings and Revision
Revise what has been taught in Unit 9 and learn the new words and expressions of the period.
Step Ⅱ Warming up
1.Ss talked about the three pictures.
① What kinds of animals are they? ② Why are they in danger?
③Why do people hunt them?
2. Divide the class into groups and discuss the three questions.
3. Several groups report their answers.
Step Ⅲ Listening
1. Go through each task and understand what to do.
2. Play the tape two or three times as necessary.
3. Let the students discuss their answers in pairs and then check them with the whole class.
Step Ⅳ Speaking
1. Help Ss get to know what to do. 2. Ss practise asking and answering in pairs.
Step Ⅴ Language Study:
Language Points:
◆１.cut down 可用來(lái)表示“砍倒”；“減少”；“降低”；“縮短”
eg: The little boy cut down the young tree with an axe.
The doctor told me to cut down （on）smoking and drinking.
cut sth. from sth. （從較大物體上）切下，割下 eg: She cut a slice of beef from the joint.
cut sth. down “ 殺死某人，失去生命” He cut down by pneumonia at an early age.
cut sth. away “切除，剪去，剪掉某物” They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
cut up “切碎”＝cit into pieces The man first cut the tree down and then cut it up.
cut off “切斷” While we were cooking, the gas was suddenly cut off for some reason.
cut sth off “切下，割下，剪下，砍下” Mind you don’t cut off your fingers.
◆2. no longer/no more 不再
（１）no longer = not …any longer 常指時(shí)間概念，作狀語(yǔ)，常與持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞連用。no longer 置于句中。 It’s late. I can’t wait any longer.
（2）no more = not …any more 常與點(diǎn)動(dòng)詞連用。 no more置于句末。
Time lost will return no more.
（3）no more + n.= not any more + n. no more 可作定語(yǔ)，修飾名詞。
There is no more bread in the fridge.
（4）no more 在句中作主語(yǔ)或賓語(yǔ)。 I’m full, I can’t eat no more.
No more salt id needed.
◆3.some time, sometime, sometimes 的區(qū)別。
（１）some time 的意思是“一段時(shí)間”。
eg: The fire kept burning for some time before it was put down
（2） sometime 是指“某個(gè)不確定的時(shí)間”，常用于將來(lái)時(shí)態(tài)，也可用于一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)中。
eg: We are sure to return the book sometime next week. 我們下個(gè)月謀某個(gè)時(shí)候肯定還書。
（3）sometimes 是頻度副詞，意為“有時(shí)”，“不止一次”。
eg: Sometimes he can answer the question correctly and sometimes incorrectly.
◆4. in danger 在危險(xiǎn)中，垂危 out of danger 脫離危險(xiǎn)
注意：dangerous 和 in danger 的區(qū)別：兩者在句中都可作表語(yǔ)。dangerous 是形容詞，意為“危險(xiǎn)的”，指句子的主語(yǔ)對(duì)別人有危害。in danger 是介詞短語(yǔ)，意為“處于危險(xiǎn)狀況，在危險(xiǎn)中”，指句子主語(yǔ)的處境。
eg: He was in danger of losing life.
The man was dangerous, we must be careful with him.
danger n. 危險(xiǎn)，危害 [C,U] A danger foreseen is half avoided.[諺] 預(yù)見(jiàn)隱患等于防范一半
◆5．1)make sure (that)……確信，務(wù)必，肯定
eg: Make sure that you understand what your teacher says.
2)make sure of/about ….弄肯定，設(shè)法做到
eg: Arrive early at the cinema to make sure of (getting) a seat.
3)make sure to do…..務(wù)必….. Make sure to close the door.
4)be sure to do …..一定會(huì)/要….. Be sure to write to me.
5)be sure of/about sth. 對(duì)某事肯定，有把握 I am sure of his coming.
注：It is sure that….是錯(cuò)的, 應(yīng)說(shuō)為It is certain that….. It is certain that it will rain.
◆6. find out 了解，打聽(tīng)，弄清楚；發(fā)現(xiàn)（尤指壞事），識(shí)破，發(fā)覺(jué)
find out the truth of the matter 弄清事實(shí)真相
find out how to open the box 弄清楚如何打開這箱子。
find sb out 識(shí)破某人 find out about 打聽(tīng)到關(guān)于…的情況
He found out about the trains for Beijing.
Cf: find + 1) n./pron. I found my eraser under the desk.
2)n./pron.+n./adj./adv./prep…./doing…./done…./to be….
3)that…..
find 常有“經(jīng)尋找后找到或偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)”之意。find out常含有“經(jīng)過(guò)調(diào)查、詢問(wèn)、了解和研究而發(fā)現(xiàn)或知道事實(shí)真相”的意思。
◆ 7. use ....for....利用...來(lái)做...,也可以用作被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài) be used for ....
eg: We use gas for cooking.= Gas is used for cooking.
use ....as... 把 ..用作..../be used as...被用作....
use...to do sth用....來(lái)做某事/. be used to do sth.被用來(lái)做某事
◆ 8. act as 扮演；充當(dāng)、擔(dān)任、起...的作用。
eg: They acted as guards in time of danger.
work as 干... 工作，擔(dān)任 He works as a lawyer.
serve as 干...工作，充當(dāng)，擔(dān)任 This box may serve as a table.
Step Ⅵ Consolidation
★Choose the best answers:
（ ）1.______ that you will get there in time?
A. Is it sure B. Are you sure C. Can you certain D. Are you sure of
（ ）2. Please ____ when Mr. Smith will come to China.
A. find B. find out C. to find D. to find out
（ ）3. After supper I_____ have a walk with my father.
A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times
（ ）4. The tiger is ___. We should ___ them.
A. dangerous; save B. in danger; save C. in danger; kill D. dangerous; defend
（ ）5. There is only 5 minutes_____ now.
A. leaving B. left C. to leave D. leave
（ ）6. ----Thank you very much. -------____________.
A. Don’t mention it. B. Please don’t . C. You’re all right . D. The same to you.
Suggested answers:B.B.A.B.B.A
StepⅦRecord after teaching
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