Module 6 Old and New
I. 教学内容分析
该模块以Old and New 为话题，介绍了我国著名的三峡大坝工程，也介绍了几个中外著名的大型建筑工程。通过这些大型建筑工程的介绍，帮助学生学习掌握有关建筑的词汇、短语，并在第五模块的基础上进一步学习定语从句，提高口、笔头表达能力。同时，了解这些工程给当地带来的变化，特别是三峡工程所带来的巨大变化，增强学生的责任心和民族自豪感。
Introduction部分包括三个活动：Activity 1要求学生回答四个与自己生活有关的问题，引导学生谈论建筑这一话题；Activity 2学习描述建筑的有关词汇；Activity 3阅读三个小短文，学习Activity2中给出的词汇的用法，初步掌握介绍某个建筑通常包括的问题：名称、位置、规模、修建时间等，并回答书上的三个问题，为课文学习做准备。
Reading and vocabulary部分是本模块学习的重点，内容是介绍三峡大坝工程及它所带来的变化。围绕课文设置了四个相关练习：Activity 1&2这两个活动旨在为学生阅读文章扫清词汇障碍。可在阅读课文的过程中处理词汇，完成练习; Activity 3是对课文内容的细节考察，要求学生能够根据答语写出问题；Activity 4 要求学生根据所学内容讨论对三峡的认识。该部分可以与Speaking部分联系一起完成。
Grammar 1部分是在第五模块儿的基础上进一部学习定语从句，即学习非限制性定语从句的用法。共有三个活动：Activity 1中给出四个例子，供学生考虑区别，并回答书有关问题，旨在帮助学生理解限制性定语从句和非限制性定语从句。Activity 2&3通过断句及改写句子，帮助学生掌握非限制性定语从句的语法意义及用法。
Writing部分在学生对国内外著名的建筑工程有所了解的前提下，要求学生阅读电子邮件，概括每段的大意，并回复邮件，描写自己周围的变化，帮助学生进行写作练习。
Speaking部分围绕三峡工程带来的巨大变化展开讨论。所以可安排在阅读课文之后，即要求学生回答完Reading and V ocabulary Activity 4 中的问题后进行讨论，加深学生对著名工程的了解，使学生更全面的表达自己的观点，增强学生的责任感和民族自豪感。
Grammar 2部分语法学习定语从句的简化形式，共有四个活动。Activities 1,3 &4通过观察、讨论和练习，学习定语从句中充当宾语的关系代词的省略。Activity 2讲了充当定语的现在分词短语和过去分词短语的用法，即相当于省略了主语和系动词的定语从句。
Listening部分共有三个活动，除了训练学生边听边作记录的能力外，还帮助学生正确理解定语从句中的关系代词的省略现象以及表示强烈感情色彩的形容词，因此，可以放在Grammar2 的教学之后进行。
Pronunciation部分处理定语从句的语调，可以把这部分与Grammar放在一起进行讲解。要求通过学生读句子，划出定语从句，听录音，注意定语从句的语调，跟读模仿等练习，提高听力时对定语从句的敏感性。
Function and everyday English部分是听力内容的延伸。通过词汇练习和完成对话练习，帮助学生体会用形容词表达强烈的感情色彩。放在听力后进行可降低难度。
Cultural corner 部分主要提供了纽约帝国大厦和世界上十大最高建筑（2004）的一些资料，内容简单，可放在Reading之后，作为泛读材料提供给学生，了解当今世界的变化，开拓学生的眼界。
Task部分是对本模块的复习和应用。通过小组讨论、列举变化，准备新闻报告等活动，要求学生运用本模块儿所学的语言知识，描述当地的变化。可采用小组形式调查了解当地的变化发展，以画报的形式体现调查内容，然后在班内开展展览周，展示学生的调查结果。
Module file 部分对本模块所学的词汇，短语，语法等等作了总结，教师可以参考该部分内容指导学生进行复习。
II. 教学重点和难点
1. 教学重点
(1) 掌握谈论三峡等著名建筑工程的词汇
(2) 掌握非限制性定语从句与限制性定语从句的区别
(3) 掌握定语从句的缩略形式以及分词作后置定语
(4) 学会描述所在地区的变化
2. 教学难点
(1) 定语从句，尤其是非限制性定语从句和缩略形式
(2) 在听的过程中，能够听出定语从句，学会用关键词记下主要信息
III. 教学进度安排
本模块分六个课时：
第一课时: Introduction
第二、三课时：Reading & V ocabulary and Speaking, Task
第四课时: Cultural Corner, Writing
第五课时: Grammar 1&2, Pronunciation
第六课时: Listening, Function, Everyday English, Module Files
IV. 教学步骤
Period 1 Introduction
Teaching Goals:
1. To help Ss with the skills of remembering words
2. To get Ss to learn some words to describe construction projects.
3. To improve S s’ ability of speaking in class by describin g construction projects.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Leading- in
Purpose: To enable Ss to talk about the changes around them and learn some words.
1. Discussion
Ask Ss the following questions to lead them to talk about things around them.
Q1. Is your hometown developing rapidly?
Q2. Are there any new buildings in your hometown?
Q3. Can you describe them? What about the old ones?
Then ask Ss to discuss the four questions in Activity 1 to lead them to the topic of this module.
2. Vocabulary study
(1) Ask Ss to read the words in Activity 2 individually. Make sure Ss know their meanings.
(2) Give Ss some explanation of the important words in Activity 2.
① civil公民的，国民的
※【相关单词】
civilian n & adj 平民，百姓；文职的civilize vt使开化，使文明
civilization n文明civilized adj文明的，开化的
※【相关词组】
civil rights 公民权civil rights movement 民权运动civil engineering 土木工程
② engineering n工程(学)
※【相关单词】
engineer n工程师engine n引擎
③ hydroelectric adj 使用水力发电的
hydr(o)—（前缀）表示“水的，氢的”，如：
hydrocarbon 碳氢化合物, hydrogen 氢，hydrogen bomb 氢弹
④terminal有多种含义：
◆（致命疾病的）晚期的，末期的，如：terminal cancer；
◆每学期的，如：terminal examinations
◆末端的，终点的，如：a terminal marker
Step 2. Reading and speaking
1. Leading-in
Ask Ss to look at the pictures about the Great Wall, Hong Kong International Airport and the Three Gorges Dam on page 51. Ask them to discuss about them in groups:
Q1. How much do you know about them?
Q2. Where are they?
Q3. When were they built?
Q4. What about their size?
2. Reading
Ask Ss to read the three passages in Activity 3 and underline the key words that describe them.
For your reference:
(1) The Great Wall: longest man-made, original wall, 6,300 kilometers, date from, eastern end (Shanhaiguan), the west end (Jiayuguan).
(2) Hong Kong International Airport：the biggest civil engineering project, six years, US$20 billion, the largest covered space, within five hours’ flying time of half the world’s population, accommodate
(3) The Three Gorges Dam：the largest hydro-electric dam, more than 1.5 kilometers wide, more than 500 kilometers long
3. Explanation
Explain the important words and phrases to Ss.
(1) original adj原始的，最初的
Eg I prefer your original plan to this one.
(2) date from = date back to 自某时代存在至今，可追溯到……(不用于被动语态)
Eg ①This castle dates from the 14th century.
②Their partnership dates back to 1960.
※【拓展】与date有关的相关词组：
out of date过时的，旧式的，不能用的to date 迄今，到目前为止
up to date 现代的，新式的
(3) be designed to do sth 为某目的或用途而制造或计划
Eg The street is not designed to run heavy trucks.=The street is not designed for heavy trucks.
4. Speaking
(1) Ask Ss to describe the three construction projects by using the key words.
(2) Ask Ss to work in groups to answer the three questions in Activity 3.
Step 3. Homework
1. Ask Ss to try to find out more information about The Three Gorges Dam.
2. Ask Ss to remember the words and expressions learned in this period.
Periods 2~3 Reading and Vocabulary& Task
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve the S s’ reading ability.
2. To let Ss know the details about The Three Gorges Dam and the effects it causes.
3. To enable them to master some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision and leading-in
1. Ask Ss to fill in the blanks.
(1) She’s studying ____________（工程学）at university.
(2) We have built a lot of ____________(水库)in our country.
(3) What is the ___________（结构）of your essay?
(4) The c_________ law is different to criminal law（刑法）.
(5) The history of their family d______ back 300 years.
(6) The Song D__________ is divided into two periods, the Northern Song and the Southern Song.
(7) One flat can a___________ a family of five.
(8) The cotton coats are d___________ for the people who work in freezing areas.
Suggested Answers:
(1) engineering (2) reservoir (3) structure (4) civil
(5) dates (6) Dynasty (7) accommodate (8) designed
2. Ask Ss to say sth about the three construction projects in Introduction, esp. the Three Gorges Dam to lead in the reading part.
Step 2. Reading
1. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the text quickly and answer the questions:
Q1. Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River? (SunYat-sen)
Q2. About how many historical relics have been submerged? (800)
2. Intensive reading
(1) Ask Ss to read the text carefully to find out the words in the boxes in Activities 1 & 2. Then ask them to discuss in pairs and finish Activity 1. Tell them the reading skill at the same time by asking them to read the “Learning to learn”.
(2) Give some explanations about some words in Activity 2
dream v to experience a series of events and feelings while you are asleep, or to think about something that you would like to happen
generate vt to produce
harness vt to control and use (a natural force) to produce power
submerge vt to cause sth to go under the surface of a liquid, the sea
(3) Ask Ss to answer the questions in Activity 2.
(4) Ask Ss to read again and decide if the following sentences are true or false:
①Mao Zedong once dreamed that there would be a great dam to harness the power of the Yangtze River.
②The power of the Yangtze River has been harnessed by the Three Gorges Dam.
③The Three Gorges Dam will provide enough hydro-electric power for the whole country.
④The dam will generate a lot of electricity causing more air pollution.
⑤A large number of historical relics have been damaged because of the dam.
Suggested Answers:
① T ② T ③ F ④ F ⑤ F
Step 3. Language Points
Purpose: To enable Ss to learn some language points and understand the text better.
1. Group work
Ask Ss to work in groups to discuss the important words, phrases, and sentences in the passage. (1) Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “walls of stone to hold back cloud s and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges.” Now his dream has come true.
毛泽东写过一首词，在这首词中，他表达了“更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖”的理想。
◆dream
①n梦；愿望，梦想
have a bad dream 做了一个噩梦
Mike’s big dream is to be a professional racial driver.
②v梦到；梦想，向往
dream a …dream 做一个……梦
We dream of buying our own house.
◆hold back
①阻挡，抑制
They had built the barriers to hold back the flood.
②控制（感情）
We struggled to hold back our laughter.
③阻碍某人的发展（提高）
Spending so much time playing sport is holding him back at school.
◆come true愿望，梦想等实现，成真(通常以主动形式出现)
His dream of being a doctor has come true.
(2) The Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest construction project in China since the building of the Great Wall and the Grand Canal, has been built to control flooding and provide hydro-electric power for the central region of China.三峡大坝是自长城和大运河修建以来中国最大的建设工程，它的建造是为了控制洪水、向华中地区提供电力。
◆since自……以来，既可以作介词也可以作连词。
※注意：
since +延续性动词表示“该动作结束多久了”，如：
It’s 12 years since I was a student. 我毕业已经12年了。
It’s 5 years since he lived here. 他不在这儿住已有5年了。
since + 非延续性动词表示“自……以来多久了”，如：
He has worked in this school since he graduated. 他毕业后一直在这所学校工作。
◆provide sth for sb = provide sb with sth为某人提供某物
①The hotel provides a shoes-cleaning service for guests.
②A project designed to provide young people with work
(3) It’s the largest hydro-electric power station and dam in the world and has cost more than any other
constructions project in history.三峡大坝是世界上最大的大坝和水力发电站，其建造费用超过了历史上任何一个建筑工程的费用。
本句中第二个and 连接两个谓语部分，前半部分为系表结构，后半部分为主谓结构。
(4) The dam will generate electricity equal to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air
pollution.大坝的发电量等于燃烧大约4000万吨煤所发出的电量，而且不会造成那么大的污染。equal
①adj (大小，数量，数字，价值等方面) 相等的；平等的
Tom cut the cake into six equal pieces.
Every player has an equal chance to win
※【相关词组】
equal to 等于，胜任
A pound is roughly equal to 500 grams.
be equal to 同样出色的，水平（质量）一样高的，胜任
religious architecture equal to any in the world 堪与世界上任何同类建筑相媲美的宗教建筑
②vt (大小，数量，数额)等于, 与……相同；达到，比得上
Two plus two equals four.
Thompson equaled the world record.
(5) The Three Gorges area is one of the most beautiful areas of China and the project has flooded some of China’s most famous historical sites, including the QuyuanTemple, the Han Watchtower and the Moya Cliff Cavings.三峡地区是中国最美丽的风景区之一，该工程淹没了一些最著名的历史遗迹，包括屈原庙，汉阙，摩崖石刻等。
◆one of …“……之一”该表达中of 之后往往用“形容词的最高级+名词的复数形式”。
①You are one of the girls who are fit for the job.
②Japan is one of the richest countries in the world.
◆flood
①n洪水，水灾，泛滥
The flood swept away many homes.
②v淹没，（河水）泛滥
Every summer the river floods the field.
2. Ask Ss to listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.
Mao Zedong once wrote a poem in which he (1) “walls of stone to (2) _ clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the (3) gorges”. Sun Yat-sen, the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first (4) the idea. Now their dreams have (5) . The power of the Yangtze River has (6) by the Three Gorges Dam, which is the biggest (7) in China. It has been built to control (8) and provide (9) for the central (10) of China.
Three (11) of China’s (12) is produced by burning coal. Unfortunately, burning coal causes serious air pollution and increases (13) warming. The dam will ____(14)__ electricity (15) _about 40 million tons of coal without (16) so much air pollution. The reservoir has flooded a lot, including some famous (17) . In fact, about 800 historical __(18)___ have been (19) . But the Three Gorges Dam has become one of the most beautiful areas of China.
Suggested Answers:
(1)dreamed of (2) hold back (3) narrow (4) suggested (5) come true (6) been harnessed
(7) construction project (8) flooding (9) hydro-electric power (10) region
(11) quarters (12) energy (13) global (14) generate (15) equal to
(16) causing (17) historical sites (18) relics (19) submerged
Step 4. Speaking
1. Ask Ss to express their opinion of the Three Gorges Dam by answering the questions in Activity 4.
2. Get Ss to answer the question: what effect does the Three Gorges Dam bring?
For your reference:
There are advantages and disadvantages to build the Three Gorges Dam.
The advantages: produce lots of electricity, reduce pollution, control flooding, ship goods, supply
water, etc.
The disadvantages: cost much money, flood lots of areas, flood many historical sites, etc.
Step 5. Task
1. Ask Ss to discuss in groups of four to decide what they will write about.
2. Ask Ss to write a short passage to introduce a certain construction project. The following questions may help:
What is the project?
Where is the project?
Why was it built?
How big is it?
When was it built?
How long did it take to build the project?
What about the effects? (Advantages and disadvantages)
For your Reference:
The Maglev – the fastest train in the world
The Maglev, which is the fastest train in the world, runs between Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and Longyang Station. On the Dec 31st, 2002 it was launched. This event was covered by lots of media. It runs very fast and it can reach a speed of more than 500 kilometers per hour. The Maglev travels in a vacuum between two magnets so there are no rails and no noise, and it uses less energy. But it cost a lot of money to build it. Also the price of the ticket is very expensive -- the standard price is 50 RMB single trip.
Step 6. Homework
1. Ask Ss to go over the text and understand the changes and the effects of the Three Gorges Dam.
2. Ask Ss to finish the Vocabulary exercises on page 98.
3. Ask Ss to finish Reading exercises on page 99.
Period 4 Cultural Corner, Writing
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to know more about construction projects in the world
2. To let them write a short passage to describe the changes and effects in their own city.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to the Vocabulary and Reading exercises in the Workbook.
Step 2.Cultural Corner
1. Leading-in
T: As we all know, there are a lot of construction projects which are world famous just like The Three Gorges Dam. Do you want to know more about them?
Then ask Ss to express their opinions in several groups, collecting the answers and share them in class.
2. Reading
(1) Ask Ss to read the text and the information in the table on page 59.
(2) Ask Ss to answer the questions above the text.
3. Language points
1. Ask Ss to find out the Attributive clauses in the passage and translate into Chinese.
(1) It was the tallest building in the world until the World Trade Centre was built in New York in 1972.
它一直是世界上最高的建筑，直到1972年纽约的世贸中心建成。
until与till 表示“直到”之意，引导一个时间状语从句。当主句为延续性动词时，句子用肯定形式；当主句动词为非延续性动词时，句子用否定形式。
He waited until/till his mother came back.他一直等到妈妈回来。
I won’t leave here until you ask me to. 你叫我走我才走。
(2) From the observatory at the top, on a clear day you can see five US states.从顶部的观察所，在晴天可俯视到美国的五个州。
注意observe 的词性及词形变化：
observatory n天文台，观察所observe v观察，注意地看
observer n 观察者，观测者observation n 观测，观察力
(3) Lightning strikes the Empire State Building about 500 times a year. 每年帝国大厦遭雷电袭击达500次。
①lightning n 闪电
※【相关搭配】
lightning rod 避雷针 a flash of lightning 一道闪电
②strike vt (灾害、疾病等)突然袭击
A very big earthquake struck that county 5 years ago. 五年前一次非常强大的地震袭击了那个县。
Beijing was struck by a terrible sandstorm. 北京遭到了骇人的沙尘暴袭击。
2. Ask Ss to find out the Attributive clauses in the passage and translate into Chinese.
(1) The Empire State Building, which was the tallest building at the time, was finished in May 1931. (line 1, Para 2) 帝国大厦于1931年建成，是当时最高的建筑。
(2) The World Trade Centre twin towers, which were destroyed in September 2001, were 417 and 415 metres high. (line 6, Para 2) 世贸中心的双塔分别417、415米，于2001年九月被毁。
(3) In 1945, a US military plane, which was flying over Manhattan on a foggy day, crashed into the building just above the 78th floor. (line 1, Para 2 notes) 1945年，一家美国军用飞机撞到帝国大厦78层之上，当时这架飞机正在大雾天气里飞行在曼哈顿上空。
Step 3. Writing
1. Ask Ss to read the e-mail and find out the answers to the three questions in Activity 1.
2. Ask Ss to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.
Suggested Answers:
Para 1: the reason why the writer came here
Para 2: description of the changes there
Para 3: the writer’s own feeling
3. Ask Ss to imitate the e-mail and write down the key words of their own e-mails. Then get them to write down an e-mail.
One possible version:
Dear Mary,
I am very happy to visit my hometown recently, which I have been away from for more than ten years. It used to be a small town with trees all around. There was no tall building and the streets were narrow. Just out side the town there was a river. You can see different kinds of fish swimming in the clear water. People here lived a simple life.
Great changes have taken place here these years. You can see tall buildings, a department store and a few factories. Different kinds of cars and buses are running in the big streets. But with the development of the industry, we have fewer trees. Air and water pollution is becoming more and more serious. I think something must be done to stop pollution and make my hometown more beautiful.
Best wishes
Tom
Step4. Homework
Ask Ss to finish writing the e-mail.
Period 5 Grammar 1, Grammar 2
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable the Ss to know the difference between a defining relative clause and a non-defining relative clause.
2. To make Ss master the contraction of attributive clauses
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Grammar 1 —Non-defining relative clause
1. Ask Ss to read out the sentences in Activity 1 and translate them into Chinese.
Suggested Answers:
(1) 毛泽东写过一首词，在这首词中，他表达了“更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨”。
(2) 三峡大坝是长城和大运河修建以来中国最大的建设工程，它的建造是为了控制洪水和向华中地区提供电力。
(3) 1919年辛亥革命的领导人孙中山，于1919年首先提出了建造横跨长江大坝的设想。
(4) 住在这个地区的100多万人已经搬家。
2. Ask Ss to answer the questions in Activity 1 individually and check with their partners. Then give them the right answers.
3. Give Ss some explanation.
(1) A relative clause that contains essential information about the subject is called a defining relative clause. A relative clause that contains extra information about the subject is called a non-defining relative clause.
(2) 限制性定语从句修饰前面的名词，清楚表达了所修饰的名词的特征。如：
Mao Zedong wrote a poem in which he dreamed of “walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain”。毛泽东写了一首“更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨，高峡出平湖”的词。
The ice which covers the South Pole has begun to melt. 覆盖南极的冰已经开始溶化了。
(3) 非限制性定语从句位于确定的名词之后，对这类的名词不做限制性的描述，只是对该词进一步说明和补充。这类从句即使省略也不会引起意义上的混乱。由逗号隔开。如：Sun Yat-sen, who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first suggested the idea in 1919. 早在1919年，领导了辛亥革命的孙中山就首次提出了要在长江上修筑大坝的设想。
He designed the first “web browser”, which allowed computer users to access documents from other computers. 他设计了第一个网络浏览器，从而使电脑使用者可以从其它电脑中获取文件。
4. Ask Ss to do the exercises in Activity 2 as follows:
(1) Ask Ss to underline the attributive clause in each sentence.
Suggested Answers:
①who became President of the Republic of China in 1912
②which is the world’s longest canal
③which was built in the seventh century
(2) Ask Ss to discuss if the sentences are defining relative clause or non-defining relative clauses. Get them to add commas if necessary.
5. Ask Ss to do Activity 3 individually, then check with a partner. Give the right answers and some explanation if necessary.
6. Ask Ss to translate the following sentences into English.
(1) 你昨天在校门口遇见的老人是一位教授。
(2) 这位老人是个教授，他已经80岁了。
(3) 我们上周参观的寺庙始于宋朝。
(4) 这个寺庙始于宋代，是我们镇上的名胜。
Suggested Answers:
(1) The old man that you met at the school gate is a professor.
(2) The old man is a professor, who is 80 years old.
(3) The temple which we visited last week dates from Song dynasty.
(4) The temple, which is a place of interest in our town, dates from Song dynasty
Step 2. Grammar 2 – contraction of attributive clauses
1. Ask Ss to read out the four sentences in Activity 1 on page 56, then get them to answer the three questions in paies.
2. Give Ss some explanation.
For your reference:
When the relative pronouns are used as objects in the attributive clauses, they can be removed, and the meanings are the same.
3. Ask Ss if the relative pronouns in the following sentences can be removed and the meanings are still the same.
(1) I will remember the travel which impressed me deeply.
(2) Our English teacher who is standing over there is just 21 years old.
(3) The college Ss who knew the truth left the small town.
Suggested Answers:
They can’t be removed. If they are removed, the meanings are different, because they are used as subjects.
4. Ask Ss to do Activity 3 individually, and then check the answers in pairs.
5. Ask Ss to read the example in Activity 4, get them to do the activity individually.
6. Ask the Ss to read the two sentences in Activity 2, telling them that the meanings are the same after the words in brackets are deleted.
T: 当定语从句的主语和be动词同时省略后，余下的部分成为分词短语，仍起定语的作用，整句的意思不变。分词短语包括现在分词短语和过去分词短语，现在分词短语表示主动关系，过去分词短语表示被动关系。如：
(1) What’s the name of that young man (who is) talking to Mr. Li at the school gate?
(2) Which university is the professor (who is) giving the lecture from?
(3) What do you think of the speech (which was) given by his this morning?
(4) I enjoy all the novels (which were) written by Dickens.
Step 4. homework
1. Ask Ss to review what they have learned in the period.
2. Ask Ss to finish the Grammar exercises in the Workbook.
Period 6 Listening, Pronunciation, Function and Everyday English, Module File
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve the Ss’ listening ability.
2. To ask Ss to grasp the attributive clauses in listening materials.
3. To ask Ss to know how to use adj. to describe strong feelings.
4. To make sure they can read the attributive clauses in the correct intonation.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1: Revision
Check the answers to workbook Exx.
Step 2. Listening
1. Pre-listening
Ask Ss to look at the words in the box in Activity 1 and decide which words you think you will hear.
2. While-listening
1) Ask Ss to listen to the tape and find out whether your predictions are right.
2) Ask Ss to listen to the tape again and finish the following:
Fill in the banks;
①A: Is it a big dam? B: Big—it’s absolutely ________.
②The film _____ _____ wasn’t about the Three Gorges Dam.
③A: Was it an interesting film? B: Interesting? It was absolutely ________!
④We visited the Three Gorges Dam _____ _______.
⑤A: Was it a nice trip? B: Nice? It was absolutely ________!
⑥They were _____ _____ ______ organized by the government.
Suggested Answers:
①enormous②I saw③fascinating ④in December⑤wonderful⑥on a visit
3) Ask Ss to read the questions and then answer the questions in Activity 2.
4) Play the tape once again for Ss to let them check the answers.
3. Post-listening
Ask the Ss to do the Activity 3 and then check the answers
Step 3. Pronunciation
Purpose: To enable Ss to learn to read the attributive clause correctly
Ask Ss to do the following exercises:
1) Read the sentences and underline the attributive clauses.
2) Listen to the tape and pay attention to the difference in the intonation of the sentences with non-defining attributive clauses.
3) Repeat chorally and then practice individually
Step4. Function and everyday English
Purpose: To learn to express strong feelings by using the adjectives
1) Ask Ss to read the words and match them together.
2) Get them to read the conversations in Activities 2&3, and fill in them.
Suggested Answers: Activity 2 enormous, fascinating, wonderful/excellent
Activity3 delighted, freezing, I was astonished.
3) Activity 4 Work in pairs to make up a short conversation ending with another of the strong adjectives from the list in Activity 1.
Suggested Answers:
①A: Were you tired after such a long walk? B: Tired? I was exhausted?
②A: Do you think he is silly in this hat? B: Silly? He looks ridiculous!
③A: What’s you opinion? Do you think it expensive?
B: You can’t pay $500 for a T-shirt! Don’t be ridiculous!
Step5: Module File
Ask Ss to look at Module File on P60 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don’t know.
Help Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.
Step 6. Homework
Ask Ss to review the whole module.