The Fifth Period Reading (II)

Teaching goals 教学目标

1. Target language目标语言

a. 重点短语

range from... to..., single out, according to, be used to..., wrestle with something, be dedicated to, by mistake

b. 重点句子

In the summer of 1905, this outspoken young man was rocking his one-year-old baby when he was suddenly inspired.

Without the discoveries of these pioneers in science and technology, whether lucky or planned, the world as we know it today would have been a completely different place.

2. Ability goals 能力目标

Enable the students to talk about some pioneers of science and some discoveries and inventions.

3. Learning ability goals 学能目标

Help the students learn how to talk about some pioneers of science and the importance of some discoveries and inventions.

Teaching important and difficult points教学重难点

Talk about some scientists and their discoveries.

Teaching methods教学方法

Scanning, skimming and discussing.

Teaching aids教具准备

A recorder, a computer and a projector.

Teaching procedures and ways教学过程与方式

Step I Revision and lead-in

Check the answers to Exercises 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 on pages 76 and 77. Meanwhile, explain word-formation: affix and prefix as well as abbreviations where necessary.

T: In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, scientists all over the world made many