1、Unit 4 Life on Mars Integrated skills I. Teaching aims and learning objectives By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. understand the programme and get useful information from it; 2. talk about whether they would like to live on Mars. II. Teaching contents 1. New words and phrases:
2、risk, percentage, disadvantage, carry out, get ill from, after all 2. New structures: However, some other students were worried about living there. They were even afraid of aliens there. They thought aliens were dangerous and would harm people. Im not sure if its worth the risk. After all, humans ha
3、ve already been to the Moon. III. Focus of the lesson and predicted area of difficulty Listening and speaking. IV. Teaching procedures A Living on Mars Step 1 Before listening Make a survey T: Do you want to live on Mars in the future? Why or why not? Our friend Daniel wants to live on Mars, while S
4、andy is not sure if she would like to. Would you like to share your ideas with Sandy to help her make a decision? Step 2 While listening 1. Listen to the preview T: There is going to be a TV programm on living on Mars. Listen to the preview and make notes with Sandy please. Survey carried out in: _
5、Day: _ Channel: _ Name of programme: _ Time: _ Percentage of students who would like to move away from the Earth _ 2. Listen to the TV programme (1) Understand the main idea T: Now lets listen to the programme together and try to understand whats it about. (2) Fill in the blanks T: Listen to the pra
6、gramme again and write down the advantages and the disadvantages of living on Mars. T: Complete the conversation with the information youve got. (3) Listen and discuss T: Listen to the programme for the third time. Think over how Daniel and Sandy feel about the programme. B Speak up: Earth or Mars?
7、Step 1 After listening Share your ideas T: After watching the TV programme, how do you feel about living on Mars? Would you like to go there? S: Id love to live on Mars, because Im not sure if its worth the risk Step 2 Practice 1. Listen and answer T: Listen to the dialogue between Daniel and Sandy, and answer the following questions. (1) Who would like to live on Mars, Simon or Daniel? (2) Would Sandy like to live on Mars? Why or why not? 2. Make a similar dialogue V. Homework 1. Recite Part B. 2. Talk more about living on Mars after class.
