The Fourth Period Extensive Reading

Teaching goals 教学目标

1.Target language 目标语言

a. 重点词汇和短语

cancer, wipe, urban, rebuild, trial, prohibit, unite, pause, acute, statistics, symptom, routine, press, parallel, tissue, adaptation, foresee, mourn, carrier, prescription, tablet, underline, thorough, systematic, teamwork, faith, pill，stop sth. in its tracks, on the rise, bubonic plague

b. 重点句式

Bacteria and viruses have been around since the beginning of life on Earth and many of today's diseases have existed as long as humans have.

Epidemics are described in historical accounts as early as 430 BC and one of the earliest on record is Justinian's Plague.

One epidemic that we haven't forgotten yet is the SARS epidemic of 2002/2003.

Another epidemic that started and spread in similar conditions was the Great Flu Epidemic of 1918.

2.Ability goals能力目标

Enable the students to sequence the information.

3.Learning ability goals学能目标

Help the students learn how to sequence the information.

Teaching important & difficult points教学重点

Learn how to sequence the information.

Teaching methods教学方法

Individual, pair or group work, discussion and cooperative learning

Teaching aids教具准备

A projector, some slides and handouts

Teaching procedures & ways教学过程与教学方式

Step Ⅰ Revision and lead-in

Check the homework.

T: In the last period, we have learned how to ask for advice and give sb. advice. And