New Senior English For China Student’s Book 5
(Reading Part)
P2 Unit1
(Period 1 Warming up and Reading)
Step I Warming up
Do you know these famous scientists?( Show the Ss some pictures of great scientists and have them say what achievements they have made.)
Step II. Pre-reading
1.Background introduction to John Snow
John Snow (1813-1858) was born and worked as a doctor in Great Britain. He was originally an anesthetist(麻醉師).He was so famous that he became the doctor for Queen Victoria at the births of her many children.
Four outbreaks of cholera in the 1830s and 1840s killed many people in England. In 1854, “the most terrible outbreak of cholera which ever occurred in the kingdom” began. It was so violent and sudden that 127people died in the first three days.
2.Make up a questionName of illness cholera (霍亂)
Symptom(癥狀) severe vomit (嘔吐) and diarrhea (腹瀉)
Aftereffect Die quickly from a loss of liquid
What was the cause of this illness ? How did John Snow find it out? (Deductive thinking)
Step III. New words study
Show the Ss a picture of “Water pump”, teach the new words pump& handle and have a brief introduction to it.(e.g. There were some water pumps in different districts in England in the 1850s.. People could use them to pump the water for daily life, but if someone removed the handle from the water pump, it could not be used.
Step IV. Reading
Fast-reading:Read the passage quickly and find the number below and the relevant happenings in the passage.(Competition among groups)
Two theories The first suggested that…multiplied in the air;. The second suggested…absorbed this disease into their bodies with their meals.
In 1854
Another outbreak hit London.
500 , 10
More than 500people had died in 10 days.
16, 37, 38 and 40
These numbers in Broad Street near the water pump had many of the deaths
20 ,21; 8,9
20 and 21 Broad Street and 8 and 9 Cambridge Street had no deaths….They didn’t drink the water from the Broad Street pump.
7
These families worked in the pub at 7 Cambridge Street. They didn’t drink the water from the pump.
Careful reading
Read each paragraph and find out what evidence or approach is John Snow used in the stage of experiment, then fill in the chart below.
Paragraph Stages in an experiment Example in this investigation
1 Find a problem What causes cholera?
2 Make up a question Which theory is correct?
3 Think of a method Collect data on those who were ill or died and where they got their water.
4 Collect results Plot information on a map to find out where people died or did not die.
5 Analyze results Analyze the water to see if that is the cause of the illness.
6 Repeat if necessary Find other evidence to confirm your conclusion.
7 Make a conclusion The water is to blame. The source of all drinking water should be examined so that it is safe.
Step V. Discussion
1.What’s the significance of Snow’s famous cholera map ?
2.If you were John Snow, how would you investigate the cholera?
Step VI. Summary
Step VII. Homework assignment
1.Finish Ex.1 on P42.
2. Retell the story.
3. Prepare for tomorrow’s dictation.
P9 Unit2 The United Kingdom
(Period 1 Warming up and Reading)
Step 1 Warming up& lead-in
1. Game playing
T: Morning everybody! You see, nowadays, travelling abroad are becoming more and more popular. So if you have a chance to go aboard, which country do you want to go most? How much do you know about that country?
T: Very good! Just now some of you shared your ideas, and now let’s play a short game: Guess which country it is! Altogether there are 8 groups, you are asked to choose one item and guess which country it is according to the related information offered to you.
1. People----America
2. Music----Argentina
3. Video----Australia
4. Food-----Italy
5. Shooping----France
6. Architecture-----China
7. Poetry-----the UK
Step2 Pre-Reading
1. Brainstorming :
T: Now you have a chance to go to the UK. , before you go there you’d better go to the library to search for some information about the country. What kind of information about it you want to find out?
S: geography, literature, politics, sports, sightseeings, cultures, ethnic groups, famous
cities, food, history, language, fashion, life styles …….
T: How much do you know about these?
Step 3 Reading
1. Fast-reading.
1)Task 1:Question: What kinds of information are mentioned in the text?
(sports, geography, history, flag, London, The biggest country England, flag, invasions).
2) Task 2:How many parts can this passage be divided into and what the main idea of each part is?.
Part1(para1-4): How the UK came into being
Part2 (para5): England is divided into 3 zones.
Part3 (para6): The reason why London became the cultural capital of England.
2. Careful reading
Part 1
1) T: Very good! So could you tell me how many countries the UK consists of and what they are?
S: The UK consists of four countries, that is England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2) T: Exactly! Then does these four countries united in one day?
S: No.
T: Then how can the UK come into being?
S: First there was only England, then in the 13th century AD, Wales was linked to the England, and in 1603, the two were joined to Scotland to make the Great Britain come into being. Later, Northern Ireland was united to the Great Britain to form the UK.
T: Wonderful job! Actually the history can be shown in the national flag called the Union Jack.
3) T: By the way, you see, the flag Union Jack only unites England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with Wales left out. So do you know why?
S: Because it is usually assumed to be part of England.
T: Yes! And according to the passage, although the four countries belong to the UK, they are still quite different in some aspects, so in what ways are the four countries different?
S: They are different in international relations. They have different educational and legal systems as well as football teams.
Part 2
T: Among the four countries, England is the largest, and for connivance it is divided into 3 zones. What are they?
S: The South of England, the Midlands and the North.
T: Good! And now could you tell me what the feature of each zone?
Most population settled in The South of England.
Most of the large industrial cities are in the North and the Midlands.
Many cities have famous football teams.
Part 3
1) T: So we all know the UK has a long history and of course rich culture, and the cultural center is, obviously, the capital city London. So why can London become the cultural center ?
S: Because there are a lot of historical treasure in London.
T: Why there are so many historical treasure in London?
S: London has been influenced by some invaders.
2) T: Actually, in the England history, altogether there are four invasions, do you know what they are?
S: The Romans; The Anglo-Saxons; the Vikings; the Normans.
T: What did they left in England?
S: the Romans left towns and roads, the Anglo-Saxons language and government, the Vikings influence the vocabulary and place-names of the North and the Normans castles and words for food.
Step 4. Post-Reading
1. Task 1 Role-play
Two students act as tourist guides, and two students act as the tourists who want to go to the UK. Before they start, they ask the guides some background information of the UK.
2. Task 2 Discussion of ideas
This is an opportunity to allow students to draw connections in the history and the geography of England. Ask students work in groups of 4, and every group choose 1 topic. At last the group leader should give a representation of their ideas.
1) What similarity is there between the invasions of the Romans and the Normans?
2) What similarity is there between the invasions of the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings?
3) Why does London only have evidence from three of the four invaders?
4) What geographical factors make it difficult to invade England successfully?
3. Task 3 Debate
In the history of the UK. , there are some important inventions. Those invaders ruled the country for sometime. They brought pains to the local people, but at the same time, they also brought something new to the country, which is important for the making up of its history.
“Is the inventions good or bad to the country Britain?”
Step5 Homework
1. Read the text and try to find out some important or difficult words and expressions.
2. Write a short summary of the passage.
3. Preview “Learning about Language-Discovering useful words and expressions”.
P17 Unit3 Life in the Future
(Periods 1-2 Warming up and reading)
Step 1 warming up
Talk about how many changes there have been in the last one thousand years. And what changes we might expect to find in the next one thousand years
Step 2: pre-reading
1.Can you tell what problems people are facing today?
2.what problems do you think people in the future will have overcome? Which ones will still be there or even worse in AD3005?
(Key: 1The problem of population will be solved, have begun to Control the birth rate. //2The problems will be still there, and will even worse.// 3I don’t think so. Now scientists are trying their best to develop new resources that human beings can make use of ,such as solar energy. In my opinion……)
Step 3： fast reading
1. Read the text for the first time and tell what the text is about?
It’s an e-mail written by a man Who has taken up a trip to the future.
2. Look at the following sentence, there are in wrong order, tell me the correct order for these sentence
A. We were transported into the future by a comfortable time capsule.
B. I arrived a t Wang Ping’s home and everything in his house made me surprised.
C.I won a travel to the year AD3005
D. I have my first try to master a hovering carriage.
Step 4 careful reading
1.Answer the following questions:
1.Why did I have the chance to travel to the year AD3005?
2. What is a “ time lag”?
3. How did I feel when I was in the capsule?
4. Who guides my trip?
5.Why did my guide give me some tables?
6.Who transported us to the future?
Key:
1. I took up the prize I won the year before.
2. “Time lag” means a person gets flashbacks from his previous time period.
3. The seats in the capsule are very comfortable.
4. My friend Wang Ping is my guide to the future.
5. The tablets could help me feel less nervous and uncertain
6. Wang Ping’s parents’ company transported us to the future.
2. Comprehending
Practice by doing the comprehending exercise Exercise 1-2 on Page 19
Sample answers Ex.1
Good changes
Bad changes
Time travel Can travel to
Different times
as you wish After-effects of travel
transport .can move swiftly Disorganized, difficult to
find way
houses save living space Short of space
Towns Busy, look like
markets Easy to get lost
Air quality Own family
oxygen supply Poor quality in public places
Sample answers Ex.2
I think the writer has an optimistic view of the future. He was very excited when he traveled to the year AD 3005 an d couldn’t believe if was true. From this, we can see he is eager to go to the future. Though he was hit by the lack of fresh air,---
P25 Unit 4 Making the news
(Period 1 Warming up and Reading)
(整合warming up, Pre-reading, Reading 與 Comprehending四部分)
Step I. Elaboration (warming up):
Help the students to relate their known knowledge to the topic that will be learned
Task 1 :( group discussion) Talk about jobs in China Daily?
Types of jobs What it involves
reporter
Task2: Predict what is going to be learned by looking at the title of the text. Which type of job will be talked about in the text?
Step II. Prediction (pre-reading):
Task : Predict the main idea of the text by discussing the following questions:
1. What are the qualities a good news reporter needs to have?
(Have group discussion first and then finish Part 1 individually)
2. What your first day at school was like? How would you feel on your first day at work? (Group discussion)
Step III. Skimming, scanning, analyzing (Reading & Comprehending)
Task 1: Read the text quickly to get a general idea of the text.
Task 2: Divide the passage into three sections and match the following main ideas to the three sections：
1)How to get an accurate story
2)How to protect a story from accusations
How to become a reporter
The skills needed
The importance of listening
Stages in researching a story
How to check facts
How to deal with accusations of printing lies
3)Work in a team
Task 3 Read quickly to find out the information to fill in the form below
Task 4: Tell what is required for a reporter and a photographer
patient; imaginative ; well-organized; technically good; polite; concise; thorough; creative; curious; careful; gifted; professional
Step IV. Summarizing
Task 8: Write a summary of the text
Step V. Assignment
Read an English newspaper and retell the main idea of one article in it.
P33 Unit 5 First aid
(Period 1 Warming up and Reading)
Step 1 Revision
1. Greet the whole class as usual
2. The teacher checks the students’ homework: show some pictures about some common injuries and review some words, some useful expressions and the information about first aid.
Step 2 Pre-reading
First let the students talk about the picture (page 33)
What kind of first aid would you perform in the situation of burning?
Step 3 While-reading
1) Skim for general idea. How many parts are the text and what are they?
Five parts
1.The purpose of skin
2.Cause of burns
3.Types of burns
4.Symptoms of burns
5.First aid treatment
2)Scanning : read the text quickly and do the multiple choices (page 36)
3)Detail reading: Filling in the blanks
What can skin do for our body ?
Protect you against diseases, poisons and the sun’s harmful rays.
Keep you warm or cool
Prevent you from losing water
Gives you sense of touch
Causes of burns
You can get burnt by :
hot liquidssteam,fire, radiation,the sun, electricity and chemicals
What are the three types of burns?
First degree:
Not serious; affect only the top layer of the skin; feel better a day or two
Second degree
Affect both the top and the second layer of the skin; serious; take a few weeks to heal
Third degree
Affect all three layers of the skin and any tissue and organs under the skin; very severe injuries; victim must get to a hospital at once.
3. Why do you think clothes and jewellery near burns should be removed?
Because this may break any blisters and the wound may get infected.
Step 4 Home work
1. Finish the Exes in p36.
2.Read the text.