1、Unit 4 Life on Mars Reading (II) I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. master the usage of key words, phrases and sentences; 2. compare the life on the Earth with that on Mars ; 3. know the importance of protecting the Earth. II. Teaching c
2、ontents 1. New words and phrases: planet, crowded, polluted, rapid, increase, passenger, uncomfortable, oxygen, tasty, specially, float, compare, interplanetary, network, challenging, rapidly, all over again, at a/the speed of, in the form of, compare to/with 2. New structures: Food would most proba
3、bly in the form of pills and would not be so tasty. The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. Compared with life on the Earth, people would have more space. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty 1. Further understanding of the text. 2. Language points.
4、 IV. Teaching procedures Step 1 Lead-in Show some beautiful pictures and our own planet Earth. 【设计意图：在音乐声中欣赏图片，激发学生对美好大自然及地球的热爱。 】 Step 2 Review T: Fill in the blanks with proper words according to the article. 【设计意图：在学生自主复习的基础上采用中考题型进行检测、巩固。 】 Step 3 Presentation 1. more and more T: Why will we lea
5、ve our own planet Earth? S: Earth is becoming more and more crowded and polluted because of the rapid increase in population. more and more 加强程度，表示 越来越 The structure is “comparative + comparative”. e.g. younger and younger, faster and faster, better and better, more and more careful, more and more c
6、omfortable T: Lets make some sentences to praise your partner with this structure. 2. too + adj. + to do/. so . that . cant /. adj. + enough to do T: How long does the spacecraft need to get to Mars at present? S: It takes months. Because our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of people
7、to Mars at present. too + adj.+ to do/. so . that . cant /. adj. + enough to do e.g. Sandy太年轻了而不能去上学。 Sandy is too young to go to school. Sandy is so young that she cant go to school. Sandy is not old enough to go to school. 3. at the speed of T: How long does the spacecraft need to get to Mars in t
8、he future? S: By the year 2100, the journey might only take about 20 minutes in spacecraft that travel at the speed of light. e.g. The speed of the light is 300,000,000 meter per second. The cars are driving at high speed. We should move at the speed of 100 kilometers per hour. 【设计意图：通过问题的创设与回答，自然引出
9、知识点，并通过翻译短语、自主造句等方 式加以理解、巩固。 】 Step 4 Analysis 1. Life on Mars T: How many aspects does the article tell us about the life on Mars? What are they? S: Five aspects. They are about food, gravity, houses, free time and schools. 【设计意图：通过对文本的整合、理解进行归纳总结，并为语言点的教学埋下伏笔。 】 T: Describe life on Mars from the f
10、ive aspects. Food: Food would most probably in the form of pills and would not be so tasty. Gravity: The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on the Earth. Houses: Compared with life on the Earth, people would have more space. Free time: Robots would do most of their work so that they
11、 could have more time to relax. Schools: Every student would have a computer connected to an interplanetary network. 【设计意图：通过问答带出含有语言点的句子。 】 3. Language points (1) in the form of “以的形式” Would you like the food in the form of pills? Of course not. I hate eating pills so far. (2) three-eighths “八分之三”,
12、 基数词表示分子，序数词表示分母。如果分子大于 1，分母要用复数形式。 Three-fifths（五分之三）of the students in my class are girls. (3) compared with/to“与相比较” I compared the first report with the second. You did a good job. (4) so that “以便” ，表目的 We should plant more trees so that we can have a better environment. (5) have a computer conn
13、ected to 过去分词短语作后置定语 What do you read in your spare time? The books written by Han Han are my favourite. 【设计意图：让学生找出每句的知识点，老师归纳总结。 】 Step 5 Discussion 1. Could humans survive on mars without water, oxygen or food? 2. Can you think of some suggestions to protect the Earth? 【设计意图：让学生了解火星上的恶劣环境及人类生存的基本条件，通过讨论让学生增强 保护地球的意识。 】 V. Homework 1. Remember the new words, phrases and sentences. 2. Retell the article.
