A Teaching Plan for Unit 6(In New Practical English Book 2 )I. Teaching Aims1. Teach the students some useful words and expressions for greeting and introducing people.2. Train the students’ ability to understand the main idea and grasp important deta ils of the listening texts.3. Give the students a chance to exchange views on the texts to enable them to have a deeper understanding of the texts and to let the students be acquainted with some new words.4.Teach the students some practical writing skills.II. Teaching Contents·SectionⅠTalking Face to Face·SectionⅡBeing All Ears·SectionⅢMaintaining a Sharp EyePassage I: Visiting the Gateway ArchPassage II: Ordering a Gift Online·SectionⅣTrying Your HandIII. Teaching Time:10 class hoursIV. Teaching Focal Points1.Asking about the price, style, size and color of clothing, asking about the model,use and guarantee of appliances, talking about online shopping, asking for adiscount, understanding and talking about shopping ads, reading and asking about operating instructions2. Shopping Ads writingV. Teaching Difficult Points1. Mastering the key words and expressions: after –sales service, fair prices,handicrafts, souvenir, galleries, wonderful, fantastic, magnificent, surpass, be equipped with, install, purchase, alternative, surf, dismayed, upon (on) inspection, pop up, login browse.2. Grammar----Present participle and past participle as attributivIV. Teaching methodsInteractive approachSituational teaching approachTeamwork methodTask-based teaching methodVII. Teaching aidsPPTBlackboardVIII. Teaching Procedure1.The first two-class-hour session for SectionⅠTalking Face to Face.2.Next two-class-hour session for SectionⅡBeing All Ears.3.The next four-class-hour session for SectionⅢMaintaining a Sharp Eye.4.The fifth two-class-hour session for Section ⅣTrying Your Hand.Section I Talking Face to Face1. Read the samplesFind out useful expressions for shopping and sightseeing.Sentences used for shopping:①. Do you have anything particular in mind?②. How do you like this ring?③. What brand do you need, please?④. Can I try them on?⑤. Take your time.⑥. May I have a look at that coat?Sentences used for sightseeing:①. So it was a really wonderful trip.②. How was your trip to London?③. There are so many places to go to and events to see.④. What do you think is the best time to go there?⑤. I’ve always dreamed of going to see some magnificent sites in Australia. Practice the following sentences:①. You can find some real Chinese souvenirs here.②. Would you like to look at the jewels?③. I’d like a pair of leather shoes, something like the style I am wearing, please.④. I think I will buy it for my wife.⑤. I just want something of food quality.⑥. The art galleries in Paris were fantastic⑦. Louvre is really amazing.⑧. I want to see the famous Sydney Opera House and take photos from Harbor Bridge⑨. I hope I can go swimming and surfing in the best surf in the Pacific.⑩. Which city do you like better, Paris or London?2. Act outRole playThe students role-play the similar situations of communication they have created, first in groups, and them to the class.Section II Being All Ears1. DialoguePre-listening taskRead the printed materials in Listen and Decode in ONE minute.While-listening task①. Listen to the tape WITHOUT looking at the book.②. Listen to the tape one sentence after another, taking notes during the pause.③. Repeat the sentences after the tape.Dialogue scriptShop assistant: Good afternoon, sir. What can I do for you?Mr. Anderson: Can you show me some silk, real Chinese silk?Shop assistant: Certainly. How do you like this design?Mr. Anderson: Have you got anything brighter? Something more Chinese?Shop assistant: How about the design with blue and yellow birds? It’s a traditional design and the colors are bright.Mr. Anderson: Oh, it’s lovely and very Chinese. Is it pure silk?Shop assistant: Yes, one hundred percent pure silk.Mr. Anderson: How much do I need for a short-sleeved dress? It’s for my daughter. She’s about my height.Shop assistant: I think one and a half meters would be enough.Mr. Anderson: All right. Please let me have one and a half meters then.Shop assistant: That will be one hundred and forty yuan.Post-listening taskDo the exercises in Listen and Decode and Listen and Respond.2. PassagePre-listening taskRead the printed materials in Listen and Read in THREE minutes.While-listening task①. Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.②. Listen again and check up the answers.Answers:1. three2. films3. on a beautiful beach4. Beijing5. going to Beijing6. lively and exciting7.a boat tripPost-listening taskDo the exercises in Listen and Match and Listen and Conclude.3.Assignments①. Pair work: Make up dialogues about shopping and sightseeing in pairs, referring to the dialogues in the Workbook.②. Preview Passage I and do the exercises.Section IIIPassage I Visiting the Gateway Arch1. Warm-up questions①. What do you know about America’s mountains and famous buildings?②. What is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere? References:①. The statue of Liberty, the Washington Monument, Empire State Building, etc.②. The Gateway Arch.2. Reading comprehensionA) Background Knowledge:The Gate way ArchThe Gate way Arch is part of an entire project, which was to fulfill two goals. One, to make it economically feasible to redevelop a significant, blighted riverfront area in St. Louis. Two, to commemorate Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, and westward expansion. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial is the result of these goals. The design for the Gateway Arch itself, intended to be the centerpiece of the memorial, came out of an international competition in the late 1940s. Eero saarinen, a Finnish-American architect, provided the winning plan. The actual construction commenced on June 27, 1962 with the first pouring of what would ultimately be 26 000 tons of concrete for the bases of the two triangular legs. The final section of the structure was put into place almost exactly 40 months later, on October 28, 925.B) Questions:Question 1: What can we learn from the first paragraph?Question 2: How high is the Gateway Arch?Question 3: How can we get to the top of the Gateway Arch?Question 4: Where can you get a tram ticket?Question 5: How many days do the arch trams run every week?C) Summary:Summarize the basic information of the Gateway Arch.3. Useful words and expressions①. surpass: to do or be better thane.g. The book’s success has surpassed everyone’s expectation.②. be equipped with: to provide (someone or something) with objects that are needed for a particular activity or purposee.g. All of our classrooms are equipped with computers.③. install: put furniture, a machine or a piece of equipment into position and make it ready to usee.g. The plumber is coming tomorrow to install the new washing machine.④. purchase: to buy something big or expensivee.g. Employees are encouraged to purchase shares in the firm.⑤. alternative: something that is different, esp. from what is usual; a choicee.g. People stay because they don’t have alternative opportunities.4. Difficult Sentences①. The Arch is over twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty.The newly-built street is twice as wide as the old one.②. The Arch surpassed Egypt’s Great Pyramid (450 ft) in height.The Nile measures 6 695 kilometers in length.③. Your trip to the top of the gateway arch begins when you purchase a ticket at the TRAM TICKET WINDOW.Your sightseeing of the beautiful city begins when you purchase a ticket for takinga sightseeing car.④. During peak seasons, a trip to the top leaves every five minutes.Off-seasons trams operate every ten to twenty minutes.⑤. The north and south tram each consists of eight barrel-shaped capsulesThe bill comes to $ 80, so that’s $ 20 each.⑥. Tickets available at ticket windows.Spades available in the store house.5. Assignments①. Recite the first paragraph of Passage I.②. Preview Passage II and do exercises of Passage I.Passage II Ordering a Gift Online1.Warm-up activity1)Warm-up questions①.Have you ever done shopping online?②. Are there any advantages of online shopping?2). Reading aloud practiceThe students read the passage twice (once in groups, and once individually)3). Class discussionThe teacher asks questions about the main idea of the passage and the students read the passage and give their answers to the teacher’s questions.Question 1: Whom did the author want to find a gift for?Question 2: What did the author find about online transaction?Question 3: How much was the shipping charge for a $ 25 bonsai tree?Question 4: What did the author finally order?4). Word consolidationThe students pick up the words and expressions related to the internet from the passage:Surf the web/ search engine/ graphic/ website/ browse2. Read the passage and do Exercise73. Useful words and expressions①. surf: spend time visiting websitese.g. Many towns and cities have cybercafés where you can surf the Internet/Net/ Web.②. dismayed: feeling surprised and unhappye.g. They enjoyed the meal but were dismayed by its high cost.③. upon (on) inspection: looking at something carefullye.g. Her passport seemed all right, but on closer inspection, it was found to have been altered..④. pop up: appear or happen, especially suddenly or unexpectedlye.g. She’s one of those film stars who pop up everywhere, on TV, in magazines, in newspapers.⑤. log in: put your name into a computer so that you can start using ite.g. Before using the Internet, you should log in your name and password.⑥. browse: to look at a piece of information on the Internete.g. to browse the World Wide Web4. AssignmentsDo the left exercises of Passage IISection IV Writing----Instructions1. Sample analysis1) Format analysisOperating Instructions are usually attached to a technical device to explain how to install or operate it. Take Sample 1 as an example for the analysis. The questions are:①. What is the model of the product?②. What features does the player have?③. What are the dimensions and weight of the player?④. How large is the memory of the player?⑤. What comes with the player？2）Language features①. Identify the technical terms in the instructions.②. Find the positive expressions used to describe the product.2. Additional samplesHitachi Develops a Robot that has the Capabilities for Daily life and that Moves in Response to Dialogs with People.Hitachi, Ltd. announced that it has developed a robot-called “EMIEW”- for supporting people’s everyday life. EMIEW has such physical capabilities as agile movement and obstacle avoidance, needed for real life, and it can move around while interacting in dialog with humans from a distance of one meter without the need for microphones. The technologies developed for EMIEW will lead the way in creating robots of the future that can cooperate and coexist with humans.EMIEW is 130 cm tall and weights approximately 70 kg; his arms have 6 degrees of freedom.Moreover, the mane “EMIEW”(Excellent Mobility and Interactive Existence as Workmate) refers to a robot that acts like a workmate through dialog interactions from people and its agile movements.The main features of EMIEW are:①. High-speed and agile movement②. Ability to get around obstructions: Collision avoidance③. Recognition of voices and sounds from a distance④. Natural arm movement like a human3. AssignmentsDo the Simulate and Create exercises.Section V Grammar----Present participle and past participle as attributivesEnglish verbs have two participles:called variously the present, active, imperfect, or progressive participle, it is identical in form to the gerund; the term present participle is sometimes used to include the gerund. The term gerund-participle is also used.called variously the past, passive, or perfect participle, it is usually identical to the verb's preterite (past tense) form, though in irregular verbs the two usually differ. Examples of participle formation include:The present participle in English is active. It has the following uses:forming the progressive aspect: Jim was sleeping.modifying a noun, with active sense: Let sleeping dogs lie.modifying a verb or sentence: Broadly speaking, the project was successful.The present participle in English has the same form as the gerund, but the gerund acts as a noun rather than a verb or a modifier. The word sleeping in your job description does not include sleeping is a gerund and not a present participle.The past participle has both active and passive uses:forming the perfect aspect: The chicken has eaten.forming the passive voice: The chicken was eaten.modifying a noun, with active sense: our fallen comradesmodifying a noun, with passive sense: the attached filesmodifying a verb or sentence, with passive sense: Seen from this perspective, the problem presents no easy solution.As noun-modifiers, participles usually precede the noun (like adjectives), but in many cases they can or must follow it:The visiting dignitaries devoured the baked apples.Please bring all the documents required.The difficulties encountered were nearly insurmountable3. AssignmentsDo the grammar exercises in the Workbook.。
