Unit2 Crossing Limits

Period 1 Words and expressions

Teaching Aims and Demands :1.All the students can pronounce all the words

2. Grasp the usages of some words and phrases

Teaching Important Points: The usages of the important words and phrases

Teaching Procedure:

Step1.Ask some of the students to read the words and correct their pronunciation

Step2.課前檢測(cè)

根據(jù)要求寫出單詞

1.various ______________ ( n.) 2. wealthy _____________(n.)

3 existence ____________ ( v.) 4. unable ______________(反義詞)

5.suggest ______________( n.) 6. origin _______________( adj.)

7.equip _______________( n.) 7.evaluate_____________( n.)

Step3.課中點(diǎn)撥

1.evaluate v. evaluation n.

evaluate her chances of success ___________________

________________________________________________ (我沒(méi)有看到他的工作情況,無(wú)法評(píng)論他的能力.)

evaluate/value evaluate 很少用來(lái)表示 “估價(jià)”或 “估計(jì)”某事物的市場(chǎng)價(jià)值, 而是用來(lái)表示 “評(píng)價(jià)” value 估計(jì)某物的價(jià)值,價(jià)格

He _________ the house for me at $3,500.

2. various adj. for various reasons ______________

variety n.. a variety of ______________

3.in the name of 以 …..... 的名義, 代表

I arrest you in the name of the law.

I did it all in the name of friendship.

_______________________________________. (我代表經(jīng)理前來(lái)歡迎你.)

name after _____________ with the name ______________ by name____________

by the name of _________________ under the name of ____________________

4.key n 鑰匙;鍵;答案 adj. 關(guān)鍵性的, 極重要的

a key speech_____________ the key to the answer _______________

keyboard _______________ keynote ____________

5.puzzle n.難題; 迷 word puzzles___________

find the answer to a puzzle ____________

set a puzzle for sb. / set sb. a puzzle ______________

.v. 使困惑 Her reply puzzled me.

_______________________________________. (他不給我回信使我百思不解)

puzzled 困惑的,茫然的 puzzling 令人費(fèi)解的

She listened with a ____________ expression on the face.

_____________ attitude

6.exchange n. 交換 an exchange of glances 互使眼色

v. exchange A for B _________ exchange sth. ( with sb.) ____________

He exchanged the blue sweater for a red one.

Tom exchanged seats with Ben.

in exchange for 交換

He gave me an apple ___________________ a piece of cake.

7.accurate 準(zhǔn)確的, 精確的 an accurate answer ___________

accurate / correct / exact

Is this watch __________?

His answer is __________?

His translation is __________ to the letter.

8.command n.

at/ by sb’s command 受某人指揮, 奉某人之命

I’m here at the manager’s command.

v. command sb to do

The officer commanded his men to fire.

A government minister commands the services of many officials

The officer commanded that the soldiers should fire at once..

9. set sail to/ from/ for 起航

He has sailed ( from Shanghai ) for Dalian.

set about sth/doing sth_______________ set aside _______________

set off ____________ set up _________________

set out ____________　　　　　　　　 be set in _______________

10.in return ( for ) 作為回報(bào)

I bought him a drink in return for his help._________________________.

many happy returns 生日祝詞

return fare_____________ return ticket_____________

v. 回到 return (home) from a holiday____________

return to Paris from London _____________

11.bring up 培養(yǎng); 嘔吐;提出

He was brought up by his aunt.

bring up one’s lunch. _____________

bring down ____________ bring about_____________

bring along_____________ bring in _____________

12.accomplish v. 完成, 實(shí)現(xiàn) n. accomplishment n.

accomplish one’s aim; a task 達(dá)到目的; 完成任務(wù)

an accomplished fact 既成事實(shí)

accomplished adj.( = skilled ) an accomplished dancer; cook 有才藝的舞蹈家, 廚師

13. apart from 除......之外( 別無(wú) ) ; 除……之外( 尚有 )

Apart from his nose, he’s quite good-looking.

Apart from the injures to his face and hands, he broke both legs.

14.refer v. 論及 reference n.

refer to 提到; 參考; 涉及; 和……有關(guān)

When I said some people are stupid, I wasn’t referring to you.

If you have some questions, refer to the guidebook.

What I have to say refers to all of us.

The book referred to in his speech is on environment.

15.refer…….to……叫……去……;委托

refer a patient to a specialist for treatment 把病人交給專科醫(yī)生治療

He referred the student to the headmaster. 他叫那名學(xué)生去找校長(zhǎng).

16.run out ( of ) 用完 / use up

The petrol is running out. / We are running out of petrol.

He has used up all his money.

17.arise 出現(xiàn); 上升

A strong wind arose in the night. 夜間刮起強(qiáng)風(fēng).

Smoke arose from the chimney.

Step3.課后鞏固.

一. 翻譯下列短語(yǔ)

1.交換______________________ 2. 建議做某事__________________

3.起航______________________ 4.除…..之外 __________________

5.以……的名義______________ 6.一位誠(chéng)實(shí)的人_________________

7.為了贊揚(yáng)__________________ 8.達(dá)到目的_____________________

9.作為回報(bào)__________________ 10.查詢________________________

二.單詞拼寫

1.To people of the early civilizations, the world map was a great p_________.

2.The contacts between China and Africa over the centuries led to the awareness of each other’s e__________, but still no a___________ maps of the countries around the India Ocean existed.

3.I was w_________ in the street when I saw a tailor’s shop.

4.On his return, Yangliwei was p____________ as a national hero.

Period 2 Reaching out across the ocean

Teaching Aims: 1.Train the students’ reading ability.

2.Learn about exploring the south of the Nile.

Teaching Important Points:

1. Enable the students to understand the text better.

2. How to improve the students’ reading ability.

Teaching Procedures:

Step1. Review some new words and expressions.

Step2. Pre-reading. Scan the text and answer the following questions.

1.What do you know about the Silk Road?

2.What could have been possible reasons to search for sea routes from China while routes over land were shorter and already existed?

3.In ancient China, there were some famous explorers, such as Gan Ying and Zheng He. What do you know about them?

Step3.Reading Read the passage as carefully as you can. Fill in the following two charts.

1. Find information in the text about contacts between China and Africa, and write in the chart below the periods when these contacts were made, the names of Chinese explorers, the way by which they traveled, and the goods which they brought home.

Period Name Way of travel Goods

In97A.D.

2.Which of the animals and animal products that were presented to the Ming court could only be found in Africa? Which could be found in both Africa and Asia? Write your answers in the chart below.

Africa Africa and Asia

Goods

Step4.Read the text and find the following phrases and sentences from the text and then explain them in English.

1.The Africans were reaching out to China.

2.The time was ripe.

3.the mouth of the Red Sea

4.For a short time, China had ruled the seas.

Step5.Read the text and find the following important phrases and sentences.　

1. reach out

2. search for

3. find one’s way

4. develop into

5. take……prisoner

6. lead to

7. date from

8. under the command of……

9. in return

10. It is well known that Africa had contacts with India and the Red Sea civilizations from the earliest times

11. Ceylon, with its central position, was the place where Chinese merchants met with Arab merchants and heard about the westernmost lands.

12. The wonderful gift and the contact with the black court so excited China’s curiosity about Africa that Zheng He sent a message to the king and to other African states, inviting them to send ambassadors and open embassies in the new Ming capital, Beijing.

13. The exchange of goods had a symbolic meaning far more important than the value of the goods themselves.

Step6. Homework

Read the text and learn the important sentences by heart.

Period3. Reaching out across the ocean

Teaching Aims 1.Improve the students’ reading ability

2.Grasp the language points

Teaching procedures

Step1.Revision

Ask four students to recite the four sentences.

Step2.Language points

1.reach out (=stretch out)

He reached out for the dictionary.

2.search for

They are searching for the lost child in the forest.

比較: The police are searching the area for clues.

In search of sb/sth The early explorers went in search of gold.

3.It is well known that Africa had contacts with……

It is well known that……眾所周知

注意: As is well known +句子;

What is well known is that……

Eg. _____is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month.

A. It B. As C. That D. What

在該句型中,除know 外,還可以用其它的動(dòng)詞. 如report, announce, mention, hope, think, point out, say等.

. It is reported in the newspaper that talks between the two countries are making progress.

4.take…prisoner (=keep …in prison)

He was taken prisoner for a serious crime in 1999.

5.The wonderful gift and the contact with black court so excited China’s curiosity about Africa that Zheng He sent a message to the king and to other African states, inviting them to……

1)so…that..句型,意為 “如此……以致……”.在該句型中so后一般接

adj和adv,但在該句型中so后接的是動(dòng)詞.

Eg. It so happened I saw Professor Zhang at the conference.

We so wanted to see the performance again that we stayed in the hall for a long time.

2)inviting them to send……作定語(yǔ) open前省略了不定式符號(hào)to

6.The exchange of goods had a symbolic meaning far more important than the value of the goods themselves.

far是用來(lái)修飾比較級(jí)的,表示 “……得多”,by far 也可以修飾比較級(jí),但要放在比較級(jí)后,如放在前面,應(yīng)在兩者中間加the

He is taller by far than his brother.

He is by far the taller of the two brothers.

表示比較程度的狀語(yǔ)除了far, by far 外,還有even, a lot, much, still, a great deal, a bit, a little等

He knew a great deal more than I did.

Step3. Homework Review the language points and learn the second para. by heart.

Period4 Grammar Review the Predicate

Goals: 1.Review the grammatical point……the Predicate

2.Finish the exercises on P15-16

Procedures:

Step1.Revision. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. 那小孩給那位老人5個(gè)蘋果交換5只雞蛋。 （ in exchange for）

2. 他決定第二天起航去倫敦。 （set sail for/to ）

3. Tom 不關(guān)心功課，結(jié)果所有考試都失敗了。 　　（ in return ）

4. 眾所周知，香港是1997年回歸祖國(guó)的。 （ It is well known that……）

5. 北京是2008年奧運(yùn)會(huì)舉辦地。　　　　（ where ）

Step2.Presentation

　　　　及物動(dòng)詞（ 帶賓語(yǔ) ）learn, ask 等

不及物動(dòng)詞 （ 不帶賓語(yǔ) ）come, go 等

行為動(dòng)詞 持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞 sleep, work 等

非持續(xù)性動(dòng)詞 start, marry 等

1 動(dòng)詞 　　　　　　　　 be動(dòng)詞am is are was, were

系動(dòng)詞 表示人或事物的特征，狀態(tài)和變化feel, grow, fall等

表示某種狀態(tài)的延續(xù)性stay, stand 等

助動(dòng)詞do, does, did, have, has, shall, will, would 等

情態(tài)動(dòng)詞： can, may, must, shall, will, could, might, need, dare, ought to等

2.動(dòng)詞的五種基本形式: 原形動(dòng)詞, 第三人稱單數(shù)現(xiàn)在式, 過(guò)去式, 現(xiàn)在分詞, 過(guò)去分詞。

3.動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài): 一般現(xiàn)在時(shí); 一般過(guò)去時(shí); 進(jìn)行時(shí) (現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)和過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)); 完成時(shí)(現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)和過(guò)去完成時(shí)); 將來(lái)時(shí)(一般將來(lái)時(shí)和過(guò)去將來(lái)時(shí))

4.動(dòng)詞的語(yǔ)態(tài): 主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)和被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)

Step3 Exercises. Finish the exercise on P15-16, paying attention to the Predicate.

Step4 Consolidation.

Put the Chinese into English to complete the sentences.

1. ________________________ ( 生活就會(huì)變得更加美好)when we listen to each other.

2.We _______________(取得了很大的進(jìn)步) in the past year.

3.When I ___________ ( 學(xué)習(xí) )in the university, I ________(讀書) in the morning.

4.He __________________ (做作業(yè)) from seven to nine last night.

5. The train _______________( 離開(kāi) ) before we got to the station.

6. He ___________________ (一定去過(guò)那里) before.

Period5.Integrating skills Reading

Going High: The Pioneers of the third pole

Goals:1. Learn some useful words and expressions

2. Improve the reading ability.

3. Read the text fluently.

Procedures:

Step1. Review the Predicate

1.He helped to search for Dr Living-stone in Africa who___________ ( miss ) for some years.

2.As Livingstone________ (be) already very famous, any news about him _________ (get) the public’s attention.

3.Hardly _______ I _________ (get) into the room when it ______ (start) to rain.

4.By the end of this month, they ___________________ (complete) the road construction.

5.Tom, you are so lazy, this job __________________ (finish) hours before.

6.Somebody knocked at the door while I _____________ (do) some reading.

Step2. Reading

A. Read the text and answer the following questions

1. What does “the third Pole ” refer to in the text?

2. What does the writer call it the third Pole?

3. Why is it difficult to climb Mount Qomolangma ?

4. Who was the first to reach the top?

5. Did the Chinese team ever reach the summit of the mountain? How do you know?

B. Read again and master some useful expressions

apart from adjust to act as rely on

refer to…….as…. run out (of) have no chance of doing

succeed in doing……. be praised as at the age of

C. Read and recite some sentences.

1. All that was left to be conquered was the “ third pole ”, the highest mountain on earth, Mount Qomolangma.

2. Apart from the cold, thin air and low oxygen levels can cause mountain sickness, which can kill.

3. They had no idea what they were up against.

4. The New Zealander Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, as members of a British team, were the first to make it to the summit of Mount Qomolangma.

5. On their return, they were praised as national heroes.

Step3. Homework Read the passage fluently.