1、Module 3 Journey to space 一、学习目标: A. 单词和短语： earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship, project, no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut, space travel, none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, commu
2、nicate B. 交际用语： 1. What are you up to? 2. Sure, no problem. 3. Ive just made a model spaceship for our school project. 4. I havent started yet because Im not sure how to make it. 5. I havent started it yet. 6. Have you heard the latest news? 7. Has it arrived yet? 8. Thats why its on the news. 9. As
3、tronauts have already been to the moon. 10. Have we sent a spaceship to Mars? Yes, we have. But 11. The spaceship has gone to Mars. 12. However, we have not found life on other plants yet. 二、教学目标 1. Function: Talking about recent events. 2. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet. 3. S
4、kills: 1) Listening for specific information. 2) Talking about space travel; participating in a role-play. 3) Reading and finding out information from simple texts and choosing the best title. 4) Writing a passage to describe the picture. 4. Around the world: Names of the days of the week. 5. Task:
5、Making a poster about space travel. 三、重点及难点: 1. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet. 2. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to. 四、教学设计: Unit 1 Has it arrived yet? Teaching model Listening and speaking Teaching method PWP approach Teaching aims 1. To unde
6、rstand Present perfect with already, just and yet. 2. To understand the conversation about the space mission to Mars. 3. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship, project,
7、no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut, space travel 2. Key structures: Present perfect with already, just and yet. Teaching aids Tape recorder, OHP, video Teaching Steps Step 1 Warming up 1. Enjoy news report and watch a video. 2. Show some pictures to introduce the new words. 3. Learn the new
8、 words. 4. Read the new words. Step 2 Listen and number the words as you hear them. 1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1. earth, land, message, moon, news, planet, reach, scientist 2. Play the recording. 3. Listen and number the words as you hear them. 4. Ask the students to check the
9、ir answer with a partner. 5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. Step 3 Listen again and complete the notes. 1. Ask the students to read the notes in Activity 2. news about the trip to (1) _ journey of (2) _ months has not sent back any (3) _ yet hope to find (4) _ on Mar
10、s 2. Listen again and complete the notes. 3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer. keys: Mars eight messages life Step 4 Listen and read. 1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them. 2. Ask the stu
11、dents to read the conversation silently. 3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation. 4. Read the conversation. 5. Act it out. 6. Learn “Everyday English” 1) What are you up to? 2) Sure, no problem. Step 5 Now answer the questions. 1. Ask the students to read throu
12、gh the questions in Activity3. 1) What school project have Daming and Tony got? 2) How does Daming feel about the school project? 3) What news has Tony heard? 4) Has anyone been to Mars? Why? 2. Ask the students to read through the conversation in Activity 3 again. 3. Answer the questions. 4. Check
13、with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys: They have got a project on spaceships. Hes not sure how to make the model. The spaceship to Mars has reached there. No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon. Step 6 Complete the passage
14、 in Activity 4. 1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4. arrive, discover, planet, send, yet 2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4. On todays news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) _ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) _ on the (3) _ after a journ
15、ey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) _ life on Mars (5) _. And no astronaut has ever been to Mars because it is very far away. 3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. 4. Check with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys:
16、1. sent 2. arrived 3. planet 4. discovered 5. yet 6. Read the passage together. Step 7 Language points. 1. What are you up to? 你在做什么呢？ up to 表示“正在干，从事着” 。常用在非正式常合中。 e.g. Whats he up to with all those books on the floor? What were you up to yesterday? You didnt answer my phone. 2. Ive just made this
17、model of the space station. 这是我刚做的宇宙空间站的模型。 just 常用在现在完成时的肯定句中，常放在助动词 have/has 的后面。 e.g. Weve just seen/watched the film. 3. I havent started it yet. 我还没有开始做呢。 yet 表示“还（末） ”，常用在现在完成时的否定句中，通常放在句末。 e.g. We havent finished our homework yet. 4. Have you heard the latest news? 你听说过这个最新消息吗？ latest adj. 最近
18、的；最新的 e.g. The news is all about the latest meeting. 这条消息是关于最近的会议的。 5. Thats why its on the news. 这就是它为什么出现在新闻报导的原因。 Thats why 这就是为什么 e.g. Thats why they didnt like the music.这就是为什么他们不喜欢这个音乐。 on prep. 在(播放)中；关于 e.g. Whats on the TV? 电视正在播放什么节目？ 6. So have they discovered life on Mars? 所以他们在火星上发现生命了吗
19、？ discover v. 发现；找到 e.g. The fact is that he did not discover it. 事实是他没有发现它。 7. Astronauts have already been to the moon. 宇航员已经去过月球了。 already 表示“已经” ，常放在 have/ has 之后，通常用于肯定句中。 e.g. Jack has already finished his homework. have/ has been to 表示曾经去过某地，但现在已经回到他的生活所在地。 e.g. Theyve already been to Suzhou
20、twice. 他们已经去过苏州两次了。 语法小结：just 用来表示“刚刚” ，already 用来表示“已经” ，一般置于 have/has 之后，两者都用于肯定句；yet 用在否定句和疑问句，表示“还未” 。 have been to 表示“去过某地” ，但现在已经回来了； have gone to 表示“去了某地” ，现在不在这里（说话人所在地） Step 8 Pronunciation and speaking 1. Play the recording once without stopping. 2. Play the recording again and ask the who
21、le class to repeat. 1) Ive just made a model spaceship for our school project. 2) I havent started yet because Im not sure how to make it. 3) Has it arrived yet? 4) Astronauts have already been to the moon. 3. Ask the students to listen and underline the words the speaker stresses 4. Now listen agai
22、n and repeat. Step 9 Work in pairs. 1. Make lists of what we have and have not done in space travel. We have We have not _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Key: We have A dog has travelled in space. Men have travelled to the moon. Spaceships have taken photographs on Mars. We have not We have not built houses in s
23、pace. Astronauts have not been to Mercury. Scientists have not visited Venus. 2. Talk about space travel with the lists in Activity 6. Have we sent a spaceship to Mars? Yes, we have. But 3. Work in pairs. Step 10 Exercises A. 中考链接： ( ) 1. Wheres Ben? (2011 福州) He_ to the teachers office. Hell be bac
24、k soon. A. go B. has gone C. has been ( ) 2. Will you please go to see the movie Guanyinshan with me ? No, I wont. I _ it already. (2011 聊城) A. saw B. have seen C. see D. will see ( ) 3. She isnt at the cinema now because she _the library. (2011 南宁) A. has been to B. have been to C. have gone to D.
25、has gone to ( ) 4. Jim isnt in the classroom. Where is he? He _to the teachers office. (2011 武汉) A. will go B. has gone C. had gone D. is going ( ) 5. Id like you to tell me something about Shen Nongjia. Im sorry, but neither Jack nor I _ there.( 2013 湖北孝感市) A. have been B. has been C. have gone D.
26、has gone Keys: 1. B 2. B 3. D 4.B 5. A B. 完成句子: 1. 我们已经到达上海。 We _ Shanghai. 2. 他刚刚做完这个模型。 He _ this model. 3. 这个女孩在干什么？ What _ this girl _? 4. 你曾经去过香港吗？是的。 _ you _ Hong Kong? Yes, I _. 5. 他们听说过这个最近的新闻吗？ Have they _? Keys: 1. have already reached 2. has just made 3. is, up to 4. Have, ever been to, h
27、ave 5. heard this latest news Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet. Teaching model Reading and writing. Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching aims 1. Listen for specific information. 2. Talk about space travel; participating in a role-play. 3. Read and find out information fro
28、m simple texts and choose the best title. 4. Write a passage to describe the picture. Teaching Objectives Key vocabulary: none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, communicate Teaching aids Recorder, OHP, video Teaching St
29、eps Step 1 Warming-up 1. Show some pictures to review the text of Unit 1. 2. Show some pictures. 3. Talk about the pictures. 4. Introduce the new words. 5. Read the words after the teacher. Step 2 Work in pairs. 1. Enjoy News Report. 2. Show some pictures to talk about something about Shenzhou-9 3.
30、Ask the students to look at the picture in Activity 1. 4. Work in pairs. Shenzhou-9 is a manned spaceship. Step 3 Reading 1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully. 2. Ask the students to read through the passage. 3. Choose the best title for it. 1) Anyone out there? 2) Life on the eart
31、h 3) The sun and other stars 4) The stars at night 4. Check with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. 6. Read the text together. Step 4 Check ( ) the true sentences. 1. Ask the students to read the sentences in Activity 3. 1) The earth is a star. 2) The sun is a star. 3) There i
32、s more than one galaxy in the universe. 4) The light from the stars in other galaxies has travelled for a long time to reach us. 5) Scientists have received many messages from space. 6) Spaceships have visited most of the universe. 2. Read the passage again. 3. Check ( ) the true sentences. 4. Check
33、 with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Step 5 Complete the passage. 1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4. communicate environment none solar system universe 2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4. Is there
34、 life on other planets? There are seven other planets in our (1) _, but (2) _ of them has a(n) (3) _ like that of the earth. Spaceships from the earth have done surveys of the other planets, but they have not found ant life there. Why has no one from other planets tried to (4) _ with us? It is true
35、that scientists have not discovered life on other planets in the (5) _ yet, but some scientists believe that they will find it some day. 3. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. 4. Check with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys: 1. solar system 2.
36、none 3. environment 4. communicate 5. universe 6. Read the passage together. Step 6 Language points 1. Scientists think that there has been life on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. 科学家认为地球上的生命已经有亿万年了。 millions of 数百万，hundreds of 数百，thousands of 成千上万，billions of 数十 亿 e.g. There are billions o
37、f stars in the Galaxy, and our sun is only one of them. 银河系中有数十亿颗恒星，我们的太阳只是其中的一个。 2. However, we have not found life on any other planets yet. 然而，我们还没有在任何其他行星上发现生命。 yet 用于否定句和疑问句，意思是“还，尚” 。notyet 的意思是“还没，尚未” ， 表示某事物在某一时间尚未发生，但未来也许会发生。例如： I havent learnt any farther information yet. 我还没有得到进一步的信息。 Hav
38、e you received her letter yet? 你收到她的来信了吗？ 3. The Earth is a planet and it goes around the Sun. Seven other planets also go around the sun. 地球是颗行星，它围绕着太阳转。还有其他七颗行星也围绕着 太阳转。 太阳系的其他七颗行星：水星(Mercury)、金星(Venus)、火星(Mars)、木星 (Jupiter)、土星(Saturn)、天王星(Uranus)、海王星(Neptune) 。 4. None of them has an environment
39、like that of the earth, so scientists do not think they will find life on them. 他们中没有一个有像地球这样的环境，因此科学家认为在他们上面找不到生命。 none of 表示（三个以上）一个也没有。做主语时，谓语动词可用单数或复 数。如：None of us has / have been to the Mars. 我们中没一个去过火星。 5. our solar system is a small part of a much larger group of stars and planets, called th
40、e Galaxy or the Milky Way. 我们的太阳系只是一个由恒星和行星组成的星系的一小部分，这个星系比太阳 系大得多，称作银河系或银河。 这里的 the Galaxy 专指“银河系” ，也可以称作 the Milky Way。而 galaxy 则泛 指“星系” 。例如： Scientists have discovered a distant galaxy. 科学家们发现了一个遥远的星系。 6. So how large is the universe? Its impossible to imagine. 所以宇宙有多大？我们无从想象。 句型: It is +形容词 + to
41、 +动词原形，意思是“做某事很” It is difficult to read these words. 读这些单词很难。 7. With so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space? 宇宙中有这么多恒星，我们是孤独的吗？抑或太空中还有其他生命存在呢？ with + 名词 + 介词短语，表示伴随情况，意思是“带着” 。 例如： Mr. Zhang is coming with a book in his hands. 张老师手里带着一书进来了。 alone 在句中作形容词，不
42、作定语只做表语，也可作副词。意思是“独自地” 。 例如： She was alone in that dark room. 她独自一人呆在那黑屋子里。 Step 7 Look and answer the questions. 1. Look at the picture from a science story for children in Activity 5. 2. Read through the example sentences What have the scientists just received? (a message from one of our spaceship
43、s) They have just received a message from one of our spaceships. 3. Ask the students to answer the questions. 1) Where has the spaceship landed? (Mars) 2) What has the spaceship discovered? (people on Mars) 3) Why have the people on Mars not sent us a message? (do not know how to) 4) Why have the pe
44、ople on Mars not visited us on the earth? (do not know how to) 4. Check with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class. Keys: 1. It has landed on Mars. 2. It has discovered people on Mars. 3. We do not know how to send us a message. 4. We do not know how to visit us on the earth. Step
45、 8 Writing. Write a passage to describe the picture. Use your answers to the questions in Activity 5 to help you. We have just received a message from our spaceship to Mars Step 9 Do exercises: 中考链接： ( )1. Wheres Mr Green? He _ to Changsha. (2013 湖南湘西) A. have been B. has gone C. has been ( )2. Is T
46、om at home? No, he_ to town. (2013 天津) A. has been B. has gone C. goes D. will go ( )3. He promised to pick me up at the school gate. However, he_ yet. (2011 安徽 ) A. didnt arrive B. doesnt arrive C. isnt arriving D. hasnt arrived ( )4. What is the weather like this summer here? There _ very little r
47、ain. (2011 广州) A. has B. has been C. are D. have been ( )5. A number of tourists _ Yangzhou many times because it is such a beautiful city. (2013 扬州) A. have been to B. has been to C. has gone to D. have gone to Keys: 1. B 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A Unit 3 Language in use Teaching model Revision and application Teaching method Formal and interactive practice Teaching aims 1. Function: Talking about recent events. 2. Struc
