模塊六 Unit 4 (Helping people around the world)
Period 1 Reading
Teaching aims：
1. To encourage students to share their experience of helping others in their daily
life and let them know the importance of helping others;
2. To teach students some general information about the work and responsibility
of a UN Goodwill Ambassador;
3. To help students practice and reinforce their reading skills;
4. To help students master the language points in the reading.
Teaching difficulties：
1. How to use “as” in different kinds of clauses.
2. How to interchange attributive clauses and verb-ing or verb-ed phrases.
3. How to combine two independent sentences using attributive clauses.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Lead-in
1. Start the class with the following questions:
Have you ever thought about the future?
What do you want to be in the future?
What do you think you should do to make your dream come true in the future?
Which do you think will help you fulfill your dream?
Have you ever thought about doing something for those children to help them
realize their dreams? If you have, what would you do?
2. Have students discuss and report their answers to the class. Help students
understand that not everyone in the world has the same opportunities. It would
be very hard for some people in poor areas to realize even a simple dream like
having a warm bed to sleep in at night. Something should be done for those who
are suffering a lot.
3. Tell students that they are going to read a passage about a helpful woman who
has devoted lots of her energy and time to making the life of poor people better.
Ask students what they can find by reading the title, and ask them to predict
what may be covered in the passage that they are going to read. Say:
Today, we are going to read a passage entitled “The UN-bringing everyone closer
together”. What do you think of when you see the title? What do you think will
be mentioned in the passage?
Step 2 Reading-comprehension
1. Ask students to go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find the
answers to the three questions in Part A. Remind students only to focus on and
answer these questions.
2. Ask students to read the passage again and complete Parts C1 and C2 individually.
After students finish the exercises, check the answers with the class.
3. design a table to check the students’ reading comprehension about the UN.
The United Nations
When it was set up After the Second World War in October 1945
Countries in the UN Originally 51 countries
Recently 191 countries
Problems it deals with Helps end some of the world’s most horrible conflicts, assists the victims of wars and disasters; protect human rights; improves international laws; helps with other problems such as lack of education, lack of food, poverty, disasters and disease
Its four main purposes To keep international peace
To develop friendly relationships among nations
To cooperate in solving international problems and in promoting respect for human rights
To be a centre for organizing the actions or work of different nations
Goals it promises to achieve by 2015 Eight goals, one of which is to ensure that fresh drinking water is available to everyone and another is that all children complete primary education
4. Talk to students about Tang Ning. Ask students what they know about this
UN Goodwill Ambassador and businesswoman from the passage. You may ask
the following questions:
What occupation does she take up in the UN?
How much money does she earn by doing this Job?
What Project or projects has she been involved in?
How does she help those people that need help?
How does she feel about taking this occupation?
What do you think of Tang Ning?
Step 3 Language points
1. refer to
What I have to say refers to all of you.
When I said that some people were stupid I was not referring to you.
Please refer to the last page of the book for answers.
It is a collection of documents with reference to the First World War.
2. be made up of
A team made up of three doctors and ten nurses was sent to the disaster area.
The oldest kind of computer was a huge machine made up of thousands of parts,
covering nearly 100 square meters.
3. operate
All the Disney parks are operated by the same company.
This machine operates day and night.
The doctors decide to operate on her immediately.
Operation n.
I can use a word processor but I don’t understand its operation.
He is the officer in charge of operation.
4. honored
He was honored with a title of “ Model Worker”.
They removed their hats to honor the flag.
It’s a great honor to be invited.
May I have the honor of this dance?
While in London, we paid a visit to the hospital founded in honor of the nurse
Florence Nightingale.
5. touch
Visitors are not allowed to touch the exhibits.
I was really touched beyond words.
We’ll keep in touch with each other wherever we go.
I hope we don’t lose touch again.
6. apart from
The house stands apart from the village.
I can’t get these two things apart.
He tore the cooked chicken apart and began to eat it.
7. lack
They are so rich that they lack for nothing.
He was acquitted for lack of evidence.
There was a severe shortage of petroleum during the war.
8. ensure
The book ensured his success.
Please ensure that all the lights are turned off at night.
These pills should ensure you a good night’s sleep.
Customs are asked to ensure that they have been given the right change before
leaving the shop.
9. rather than
I’d prefer to go in summer rather than in winter.
It ought to be me rather than you that sign the letter.
I decided to write rather than (to ) telephone.
I would stay at home rather than go shopping.
He would rather beg in the streets than get money in such a dishonest way.
10. on behalf of
On behalf of my colleagues and myself I thank you.
Ken is not present, so I shall accept the prize on his behalf.
The legal guardian must act on behalf of the child.
On behalf of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
Step4 Practice & Reading strategy
1. Ask students to complete Part D and Part E individually. Part D aims to check
whether students can understand the meanings of words from the context of the
passage and to show them how to explain the meanings in English. Part E aims to
make students more familiar with the reading passage and some useful words in it.
2. Ask students if they have ever read a speech before and encourage them to find out
what unique language is used in a speech. Remind then that when reading a speech,
it is important to pay attention to the speaker’s attitude. The positive and negative
adjectives can help then identify the positive negative opinion or attitude of the
speaker.
3. Ask students to read the Reading Strategy and find more sentences that express the
speaker’s attitude in the reading passage.
Step5 Homework
1. Review the text carefully after class.
2. Finish off Part A1, A2 in Workbook.
3. Finish off the exercise paper for this part.
Exercises for students:
一、非謂語動詞復習練習
1. ______ nuclear radiation, even for a short time, may produce variants (變異) of genes
in human bodies.
A. Suffered B. Suffering C. Being suffered D. Having suffered
2. ______ to be practical, the new teaching method is being accepted by more and more
educational workers.
A. Having proved B. Proving C. Proved D. Having been proved
3. The car burns much fuel, but ______ all things into consideration, it is still a good car.
A. taken B. having taken C. taking D. to take
4. -The price is fine with me. How would you like it ______? -In cash, please.
A. to pay B. pay C. paid D. being paid
5. When he came back, he found the bag he had ______ over the seat was gone.
A. left to hand B. left hanging C. left hung D. to leave hanging
6. -Why do you look so disappointed, John?
-The outdoor concert ______ for tomorrow will be put off.
A. to plan B. to be planned C. planning D. planned
7. The news reporter hurried to the airport, only ______ the film star had left.
A. to tell B. telling C. to be told D. told
8. ______ a job as a professor in a well-known university, a doctor's degree is needed.
A. Having go B. If you want C. So as to get D. In order to get
9. These examples, once ___ to his article, will make it sound more reasonable and
acceptable. A. add B. to add C. adding D. added
10. -Where can I get this gift ______? -Over at Window No. 6 and wait ______.
A. to be wrapped; to be called B. wrapping; to call
C. wrapped; to call D. wrapped; to be called
11. “I hope the operation,” said the father, “______ now will give my son a new life. ”
A. being performed B. to be performed C. performing D. performed
12. There are ten waiting rooms at the newly-built station, in all 20,000 people.
A. seating B. seated C. sitting D. to seat
13. -How do you deal with the agreement between the company and the customers?
-The key _ the problem is to meet the demand _ by the customers.
A. to solving; making B. to solving; made C. to solve; making D. to solve; made
14. More natural resources should be made use of ______ the ______ need of energy.
A. meeting; increasing B. to meet; increased
C. meeting; increased D. to meet; increasing
15. The man we followed suddenly stopped and looked as if ______ whether he was
going in the right direction.
A. seeing B. having seen C. to have seen D. to see
16. Though ______ money，his parents managed to send him to university．
A. lacked B. lacking of C. lacking D. lacked in
17. The local health organization is reported ___ twenty-five years ago.
A. to be set up B. to set up C. to have been set up D. to have set up
18. I appreciated ______the opportunity to study abroad two years ago.
A. having been given B. having been C. to have been given D. to have given
19. There is no point ___further.
A. argue B. to argue C. arguing D. being arguing
20. All flights___ because of the snowstorm, we decided to take the train.
A. were canceled B. had been canceled
C. having canceled D. having been canceled
21. He always does nothing but___.
A. complaining B. complains C. complain D. to complain
22. John painted her sitting in a chair with her hands ___.
A. folding B. to have folded C. to fold D. folded
Recording after teaching: