1、Unit 6 Sunshine for all Welcome to the unit Teaching aims: To understand the meanings of special groups of people. To cultivate students sympathy and the ability of taking care of others. Teaching steps: Step 1 New words Present some pictures and teach the new words. Step 2 Free talk 1. Ask the stud
2、ents to talk about the questions below: Have you ever been a volunteer? Have you ever helped people who need help? Step 3 Welcome to the unit 1. The Class 1, Grade 8 students have found some pictures of people who need help. Write the correct words under them. Then put a tick in the boxes if you hav
3、e ever helped these people. blind, deaf, disabled, elderly, homeless, poor Keys: 1. disabled 2. poor 3. blind 4. elderly 5. homeless 6. deaf 2. Amy and Daniel are talking about people who need help. Listen to the recording and answer the following question： How can we help homeless people? Keys: Giv
4、e them food and clothes. Write to the local government. 3. Work in pairs and discuss the people in Part A. Use the conversation in below as a model. Amy: What are homeless people, Daniel? Daniel: Homeless people dont have their own places to live. Amy: How can we help homeless people? Daniel: We can
5、 give them food and clothes. Amy: Are there any other ways to help them? Daniel: Yes. We can write to the local government. They can provide special places for homeless people to stay. Step 4 Free talk 1. Ask the students to talk about the question: Would Eddie and Hobo like to help people in need?
6、Step 5 Comic strip 1. Listen and answer the questions. What is Hobo doing? Will Eddie support him? How does Hobo want Eddie to help? Keys: 1. He is training to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games. 2. Yes, he will. 3. He needs some more food to eat at work. 2. Act the dialogue out. Step 6 Language p
7、oints 1. Im training to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games. train v. 训练；培训 e.g. If you train hard, youll make a good footballer. 你要刻苦训练就能成为优秀的足球运动员。 2. Its meaningful to do something for the Olympics. Its meaningful to do sth. for sb. 为某人做某事是有意义的 e.g. Its meaningful to do something for children in
8、 poor areas. 为贫困地区孩子做些事是很有意义的。 3. I want you to help me. want sb. to do sth. 想要某人做某事 e.g. Parents want us to study hard everyday. 父母想要我们每天努力学习。 4. I need some more food to eat at work. (1) need sth to do sth 需要某物来做某事 e.g. I need some tools to finish the work. 我需要一些工具来完成这份工作。 (2) some more food 更多一些食
9、物 数量意义词+more+ 名词: 表更多 e.g. two more apples 再两个苹果 5. Homeless people dont have their own places to live. 无家可归的人没有自己的地方住。 to live：动词不定式做定语修饰前面的名词。 e.g. have something to eat 有一些吃的东西 6. They can provide special places for homeless people to stay. provide sth for sb 为某人提供某物 =provide sb. with sth. e.g. H
10、e was very poor because hed to provide food for seven children. 他很穷，因为他要给七个孩子提供食物。 Step 7 Exercises . Complete the sentences. 1. Its _ (mean) to help people in need. 2. My father needed a pair of scissors _ (cut) out some pieces of cards. 3. I dont have enough money _ (go) travelling. 4. He is a _ (
11、able) person. He lost one of his legs in a car accident. Keys: 1. meaningful 2. to cut 3. to go 4. disabled . Translate the following sentences. 1. 我们怎样帮助盲人呢？ 2. 工作时我需要更多一些食物吃。 3. 我正在训练成为奥林匹克的一名志愿者。 4. 为奥林匹克做些事情很有意义。 5. 有没有其他的办法帮助老人？ Keys: 1. How can we help blind people? 2. I need some more food to
12、 eat at work. 3. I am training to be a volunteer for the Olympic Games. 4. Its meaningful to do something for the Olympics. 5. Are there any other ways to help the elderly? Step 8 Homework Recite the dialogue between Eddie and Hobo. Reading I Teaching goals: To know the basic knowledge of the Specia
13、l Olympics World Games. To grasp some common reading skills. To enhance the students passion for volunteering. Teaching steps: Step 1 Revision 翻译下列句子。 (1) 我认为你的父母不会支持你。 (2) 如果人人都为残疾人提供帮助，这个世界将会变得更美好。 (3) 为什么不给当地政府写信求助呢？ (4) 当一名志愿者是很有意义的，对吗？ Step 2 Presentation Get the students to read the new words
14、follow the teacher or the tape recording. training n. 培训；训练 silver n. 银，银牌 coach n. 教练 gold n. 黄金，金牌 Words study 1. task n. 任务，工作 e.g. How long will it take to finish this task? 完成这项任务需要多少时间? 2. background n. 背景 e.g. The mountains form a background to this photograph of the family. 这幅家庭照的背景是群山。 3. e
15、xpect vt. write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. 1. Liu Ming was a volunteer in the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. _ 2. Liu Ming knew what to expect before he became a volunteer. _ 3. There were only a few events in the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. _ 4. There were over 40,
16、000 volunteers for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. _ 5. Li Hai was born with intellectual disabilities. _ 6. Li Hai was sure to win the swimming competition. _ Step 5 Intensive reading Get the students to read the article again and more carefully then divide the article into four parts. Read
17、the article carefully. Fill in the blanks with the correct numbers of the paragraphs. Main points Paragraphs 1. An introduction to the Special Olympics World Games _ 2. Liu Mings experience _ 3. Liu Mings feelings about the event _ 4. What volunteers do for the event _ Read Para 1 To get some furthe
18、r information about the article Teaching steps: Step 1 Revision 根据句意及首字母或中文提示填空。 1. Many students dont know how to _ (实现，达到) a balance (平衡) between study and hobbies. 2. As an a_, you shouldnt act like a child. 3. Many a_ took part in the Olympic Games in 2012. 4. Those guests he has invited come fr
19、om different _ (背景). 5. He has tried three times, but we still decide to give him a fourth c_. 6. Liu xiangs _ (教练) is very strict (严格的) with him. 7. Im _ (自信的) that I can work out the hard maths problem. 8. Who do you _ (期待，盼望) to help you? 9. I think its _ (必要的) to do morning and eye exercises eve
20、ry day. 10. Have you decided to take the _ (任务)? Step 2 Presentation Retell the article. Liu Ming _ for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, back in October 2007. He thinks it was the most amazing _ of his life. The Special Olympics World Games give _ and _ with _ disabilities a chance to s
21、how their skills to the world. They include many events _ to those in the _, such as basketball, football and _. _ 40,000 people _ up their spare time for the event. Its _ for volunteers to receive _ before doing the tasks. Liu Ming was the swimming _ for a young boy called Li Hai. To him, the most
22、important thing is not to win a _ or a silver, but to take part. He feels more _ because of the Special Olympics World Games. The Special Olympics World Games also make _ and volunteers from different _ feel like part of one big family. Step 3 Language points 1. volunteer for the Special Olympics Wo
23、rld Games 为夏季特奥会做志愿者 volunteer vi. & vt. 志愿做，义务做 volunteer for . 志愿做；主动做 e.g. No one volunteered for cleaning the henhouse. 没有人主动去清理鸡舍。 volunteer to . 志愿做；主动提出 e.g. He volunteered to water our plants. 他主动提出给我们的植物浇水。 volunteer n. 义务工作者；志愿者 e.g. Schools need volunteers to help children to read. 学校需要义务
24、工作者帮助儿童阅读。 【拓展】 the Special Olympics World Games 世界特殊奥运会 世界特殊奥运会是一个为全世界智力缺陷儿童及成年人提供体育训练和比 赛的国际体育运动民间团体。成立于 1968 年，其主要任务是帮助和推动世界各 国开展智障人体育运动。上海举办了 2007 年第 12 届世界夏季特奥会。中国是 亚洲第一个举办该项赛事的国家。 2. The Special Olympics World Games give children and adults with intellectual disabilities a chance to show their
25、 skills to the world. 特奥会给有智力缺陷的孩子和成人一个向全世界展示能力的机会。 （1）句中的 with intellectual disabilities 为后置定语，修饰 children and adults。 介词短语作定语一般要后置。如： The key to my bicycle is missing. 我的自行车钥匙丢了。 （2）句中的 chance 意识是“机会”，名词。如： Please give me a chance to explain. 请给我一个解释的机会。 短语 by chance 意为“偶然地；碰巧”。 e.g. I met one of
26、my old friends by chance yesterday. 【运用】根据汉语意思完成下列英语句子，每空一词。 1) 你曾经给过他不止一次机会吗？ Did you ever give him more than _ _? 2) 这件事是偶然发生的。 It happened _ _. 3. They include many events similar to those in the Olympics, such as basketball, football and swimming. 特奥会包括很多与奥运会类似的项目，如篮球、足球和游泳。 短语 similar to those
27、in the Olympics 为后置形容词短语， 用于修饰 events。similar 意思是“ 相似的，类似的”。be similar to 意为“ 与相似 / 相 仿”。 如： His teaching style is similar to that of most teachers. 他的教学风格和多数教师相似。 be similar in 表示“ 在某方面相似 / 相仿”。 e.g. The two houses are similar in shape. 这两个房子在形状上相似。 【运用】根据句意，用恰当的介词填空。 1) Your views on education are
28、 similar _ Mr Wangs. 2) The two cars are similar only _ color. 4. Over 40,000 people gave up their spare time for the 2007 Special Olympics World Games. give up 意为“ 放弃”，其后可接动词-ing 形式。 e.g. Nicks father had to give up smoking because of his illness. give up 后还可跟名词(短语) 。 e.g. Eds mother gave up her jo
29、b to look after him. 注意：代词作 give up 的宾语时要放在 give 和 up 之间。 e.g. This is a good chance. I wont give it up. 【运用】根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。 1) 杰夫已经放弃学法语了吗？ Has Jeff _ _ _ French? 2) 请不要放弃他们。 Please dont _ _ _. 5. Then they provided support for the athletes and helped make the event a great success. 然后志愿者们为运动员提供
30、支持，使本届特奥会取得很大的成功。 （1）句中的 support 可以用作名词或动词，意思是“支持” 。如： Thank you for your support. 谢谢你的支持。 Thank you for supporting me. 感谢你支持我。 （2）动词 help 后接另一动词，中间可以省略 to。如： They helped stop the fire. 他们帮忙灭了火。 6. He was born with intellectual disabilities. 他生下来就有智力问题。 短语 be born with 意思是“ 生来具有”。如： He was born with
31、 a weak heart. 他生来心脏虚弱。 7. Its very brave of him to join the competition. 他参加竞赛真的很勇敢。 句型 Its + adj. + of sb. to do sth. 通常表示说话人对客观事件的惊讶、兴奋、 懊悔、难过等感叹情绪。该句型中用作表语的形容词常见的有如下几类: （1）表示聪明或愚蠢的形容词,有 clever, wise, foolish, stupid, silly, unwise, dumb(愚笨的), absurd (荒谬的)等。如： Its silly of him to do such a thing.
32、 他竟干出这样的事, 真是愚蠢! （2）表示正确或错误的形容词, 有 right, wrong, correct, incorrect 等。 如: It was right of her not to come here. 她没有来这儿, 太对了! （3）表示好坏等品性的形容词, 此类词较多, 有 good, nice, kind, sweet, friendly, lovely, wonderful, jolly(快活的), bad, unkind, naughty, wicked(坏的,邪恶的)等。 如: Its friendly of you to come and see me. 你能
33、来看我, 真够朋友! （4）表示褒义或贬义色彩的形容词, 有 brave, polite, careless, selfish 等。如: It was brave of you to manage to do it. 你居然能做成这件事, 真勇敢! 8. To Li Hai, the most important thing is not to win a gold or a silver, but to take part. 对李海来说，最重要的东西不是赢得一块金牌或银牌，而是参与。 no t but 不是而是 e.g. PE is not my favourite, but Music.
34、我最喜欢的不是体育而是音乐。 9. Li Hai tried his best and finished fourth. 李海尽了最大努力并取得第四名。 当序数词表示名次时，其前面的定冠词通常可以省略。如： Who won (the) first prize? 谁获得了一等奖？ 10. “Its great for us to work closely with these special athletes. You get to help them achieve their dreams,” says Liu Ming. “能和这些特殊运动员们近距离共事真的很棒。你有机会帮助他们实现梦想。
35、 ” 刘明说。 句中的 achieve 意思是“达到（某目标、地位、标准） ”。如： He finally achieved success. 他终于成功了。 Step 4 Exercises I. 用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. I didnt expect him _ (come). 2. You have only one chance left _ (try). 3. He feels _ (confident) than before. 4. This is _ (exciting) experience in his life. 5. You should give up _ (s
36、moke). Its bad for your health. 6. They will receive special _ (train) before leaving school. 7. Do you know the famous film star _ (call) Jackie Chan? 8. Its very meaningful to work _ (close) with the workers. 9. Many _ (volunteer) _ (volunteer) to help those people in Yaan Earthquake. 10. She is s
37、ure _ (win) the swimming competition. II. 翻译下列句子。 1. 当一名志愿者是很有意义的。 2. 他们为运动员们提供帮助和支持。 3. 因为参加了这次比赛，他比以前感到更加自信了。 4. 我们应该给残疾人机会来向世界展现他们的能力。 5. 特奥会包括很多与奥运会相似的比赛项目，如足球和游泳。 Step 5 Homework 1. Retell the article. 2. Review the language points in this article. 3. Finish the exercises in the workbook. Gramm
38、ar Teaching aims: To understand the differences between “Its + adj. +to-infinitive“, “Its + adj.+ for.+to-infinitive“ and “Its + adj. +of.+to-infinitive“ . To use these sentence structures to make sentences. Teaching steps: Step 1 Presentation Teach the new words. donate vt. 捐献 charity n. 慈善，慈善机构 or
39、ganization n. 机构，组织 blood n. 血 Step 2 Lead in Answer the questions about the reading part. Is it fantastic to work as a volunteer? Is it important to support the Special Olympics World Games? Yes. It is fantastic to work as a volunteer. Yes. It is important to support the Special Olympics World Game
40、s. Step 3 Grammar explanation Section A 1. Explain: It is adjective to-infinitive fantastic to work as a volunteer.It is important to support the Special Olympics World Games. We use It is + adjective + to-infinitive to express what we think about something. 该句型中的形容词表示不定式所具备的特征或客观情况。如：cheap, conveni
41、ent, dangerous, difficult, easy, exciting, expensive, important, interesting, necessary, normal, possible, useful, wonderful。 2. Present the table on Page 84. Ways to help Amy is thinking about what she can do to help society. Help her use the words in brackets and those in the box to make sentences
42、. donate give help keep plant take care of (right/seats/the elderly/to) (good/blind people/cross the road) (helpful/money/to charities) (proper/ a lost pet) (important/ more trees) (necessary/parks/clean) 3.Check the answers. Its right to give seats to the elderly. Its good to help blind people cros
43、s the road. Its helpful to donate money to charities. Its proper to take care of a lost pet. Its important to plant more trees. Its necessary to keep parks clean. Section B Its meaningful for us to do something for people who need help. 对我们来说为需要帮助的人做些事情很有意义。 1. Explain: We can add for someone to spe
44、cify who we are talking about. It is adjective for someone to-infinitive It is important for people to learn good manners. difficult Li Hai to win the competition. possible her to work for the charity on Saturday. for 引出逻辑主语 2. Present the table on Page 85. Asking about the volunteer work Simon is a
45、 volunteer now. He works for people with intellectual disabilities. Amy is asking him about his work. Complete their conversation with the phrases in the box. easy for people fantastic for me important for us impossible for organizations necessary for volunteers wonderful for you Amy: Why do you wan
46、t to be a volunteer? Simon: Because any help would mean a lot. Many organizations provide help for people with intellectual disabilities, but its (1) _ to do volunteers. Amy: Its (2) _ to be a volunteer. Do you need experience? Simon: No. Its not (3) _ to have any experience, but its very (4) _ to b
47、e kind and friendly. Amy: What are your tasks? Simon: Im in the sports group. I chat with them, help them practise and make sure theyre safe. I think its (5) _ to work with these special people. Amy: Do you have any trouble talking to people with intellectual disabilities? Simon: Yes, a little. We need to be more patient. However, its very (6
