Lesson 4 Understanding

Objectives

To practise using linking and reference words to help understand a text.

To practise using adverbs.

To make students know how to gain knowledge.

Teaching Difficulties:

To enable students to use the phrasal verbs

To practise using linking and reference words to help understand the text.

I. Warming up

Question students: By what ways do we acquire knowledge?

Reading books

Watching TV

Going through the Internet

Learning from teachers or friends

Listening to radio

II. Pre-reading

1. Can you think of the process/way to gain/understand knowledge?

2. Which of these things help you to understand things?

1) being relaxed and happy

2) having time to think about what you are learning

3) being interested in the topic

4) discussing topics with friends

5) asking questions

3. Will you completely believe in what your teachers said? What about the great scientist? Will you fully believe in them?

We have our understanding about things, but we are always affected by the authorities and lose our thoughts. It seems that not all that the great people said is correct.

Do you believe the following sentences said by the great?