安徽省滁州市第二中学北师大版高中英语教案选修8《Unit24Society》TheFirstPeriodReadingI.docx

1、安徽省滁州市第二中学北师大版高中英语教案选修8Unit24SocietyTheFirstPeriodReadingITeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语abortion, graph, voluntary, abundant, rise, climb, rocket, double, triple, decline, on the increase/decrease, go up/down earn, deposit, in the hope that, signature, better off, vacant, resis

2、tance, affect, insist, demand, shorten, suggest, thus, aim atb. 重点句子Protest groups are insisting that some of our money be given to the third world.Trade unions demand that the government shorten the working week.They are also suggesting that people should share work and thus reduce unemployment.Its

3、 high time that we took these issues more seriously.We ought to visit the shops less and worry less about image. 2. Ability goals 能力目标Enable students to talk about social changes and learn what a consumer society is. 3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Help students learn how to talk about social changes.

4、Teaching important points 教学重点The meaning of consumer society.Teaching difficult points 教学难点Identify the writers point of view on consumer society. Teaching methods 教学方法Discussing, listening & reading;Fast reading to get a general idea of the text;Question-and-answer activity to get the detailed inf

5、ormation;Explanation for students to master some language points.Teaching aids 教具准备The multimedia computer; recorder.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式 Step I Lead-in Deal with In this unit you willFirst ask students to read through unit objectives, which is a clear direction to learning unit 24. As

6、k them what cultural references there might be in a UK or US radio news report that they would have difficulty fully understanding.T: Hello, class!Ss: Hello, Mr. / MsT: In this lesson, we will start a new topic Society. As usual, please learn the unit objectives. Please read the unit objectives on P

7、age 33 together and pay attention to the words in color.Ss: Discuss social issues, talk about society in the past and make suggestions T: Well. Which objective do you think is relatively difficult?S: I think the second objective is difficult. I have difficulty fully understanding cultural references

8、.T: En, what cultural references there might be in a UK or US radio news report.Ss: Maybe to places, objects, people and so on.After discussing, go on with Warm-up. Activity one: Describe the picturesT: We can see two pictures on the warm-up page. Who would like to tell us what you see from the pict

9、ures?S1: In the first picture, we can see many people get together. From their dress, I think they are English men and women. And they are wealthy. Men all wear business suits and top hats. Women wear elegant dress and jewelries.S2: In the second picture, we can see shabby buildings and people who w

10、ear ordinary clothes. Some people are doing business on goods shelf. T: Good. Why are the two pictures put together? What can they illustrate?S3: There is a remarkable contrast between the two pictures. I think they can illustrate some social problems the differences between the wealthy and the poor

11、.S4: We all know most countries in the world have a type of social class system. England probably has the most obvious and clearly distinguished social class system of all. I think they can also reflect differences among social classes.T: Youve both done very well. Well further study the English soc

12、ial class system in the later class. And today lets see some social problems in Western countries first.Activity two: Read new wordsShow the key words on the PowerPointT: Do you know all of them? If you know, please translate them; if not, you can look them up in the vocabulary list. Now, please rea

13、d after me, and pay attention to word stress.Activity three: DiscussAfter reading, let the Ss discuss the question in Exercise 1 and then speak out their opinions. Possible statement:S1: I think inequality is the biggest problem. Because not everybody can benefit from the nations policy, the rich be

14、come much richer while the poor become much poorer. Consequently, problems like begging and homelessness are on the increase.T: OK, youve done very well. Are there anyone whod like to tell us different opinions?S2: I think poverty is the biggest problem. Because of poverty, many people commit crimes

15、.T: Well, what both of you said sounds reasonable. So much for the discussion. You can continue after class.Activity four: Deal with Exercise 2Before listening to the tape, look at some new words based on the topic of listening. Check their meanings with the class.T: Before listening to the tape, le

16、ts look at some new words based on the topic of listening. Please read them after me.Show the following words on the PowerPoint. household n. 一个家庭 graph n. 图表 voluntary adj. 自愿的 abundant adj. 充足的life expectancy 预期寿命 T: You will find household and graph in the Exercise 2 and life expectancy in Exerci

17、se 3. Now please look at the topics and graphs in Exercise 2 and try to remember the figures. Ill give you 15 seconds.15 seconds later T: Are you ready? Now listen to the tape and match the topics with the graphs below. You should pay more attention to the percent of each topic.Let the Ss listen and

18、 match the topics with the graphs below.Then check the answers. Activity five: Deal with Exercise 3Give the Ss some time to read through the table and find out what information to listen for. Play the cassette twice for the Ss to listen and complete the table.Check the answers by having individuals

19、say their answers and write them on the board.T: As the same, you have fifteen seconds to read the table and find out what information to listen for.15 seconds laterT: Well, what information are we to listen for?Ss: Figures.T: Yes. Listen to the tape and complete the table, please.Then check the ans

20、wers. Activity six: Deal with Exercise 4First, have students look at the key words. Then have two students read out the sample dialogue.T: In the box of key words, we can see some words describing trends. The first two lines reflect rise and the next two reflect decrease. And the last one reflects u

21、nstable situation. Do you know all of them? . Whod like to tell the difference between climb and rocket?S1: Let me try. I think rocket means increase very rapidly and climb means increase slowly.S2: I remember in the radio news, when the percent of households with cars and computers are referred, it

22、 says “The percentage of households with cars has climbed from 62% to 72%”, while “the percentage of households with computers has rocketed dramatically from around 3% to over 40%”, so I totally agree with him/her.T: Good, both of you have done well. Next which two would like to read out the sample

23、dialogue?S3: The number of crimes has gone down over the last twenty years.S4: False. It has gone up by double.T: OK. Then work in pairs, taking turns to say true or false statements from memory about trends in British society just as the example. Go round and monitor the activity, helping and corre

24、cting when necessary. Step III ReadingAsk the Ss to read the text on Page 34 and learn what the writer says about consumer society.Pre-readingActivity one: Leading in T: I think youve heard that our salary has raised a lot over the past two years, havent you?Ss: Yes.T: We earn more and we live bette

25、r day by day. Once, people in our country lived in a time of wars. At that time, people had little to live on. People went without food sometimes. In the movies, we can see that some people were eating bark when they were hungry. As a result of, they wouldnt mind what they were wearing, and they onl

26、y wanted to get more food to eat. After the Peoples Republic of China was established, national reconstruction returned to normal. Under the leadership of the Communist Party, people live a better life gradually. And the economy has developed greatly. Now, we live in a peaceful era. We are trying to

27、 build a harmonious society. We earn more year by year and we spend more too. From what one possesses, we can judge how wealthy one is. From the construction of a city, we can see how developed the city is. To some degree, we can judge a country by what its people possess. Now most countries devote

28、main efforts to social economic development. In order to develop national economy, we as consumers are encouraged to buy houses, cars and so on to give an impetus to production. We call such a society “consumer society”. Activity two: Before you startDeal with Exercise 1T: Look at the photos and the

29、 title on Page 34 and work in pairs, reading the list and guessing which three things you think will not be mentioned in the article according to your own experiences. Activity three: Predict the purpose of the authorT: Guess what the writers purpose of writing is by using the multiple choices.Quest

30、ion: What is the writing purpose of the text?A. To inform people of a new kind of society.B. To encourage people to consume.C. To warn people of this spending trap.Key: CPart two: Read to learnDeal with Exercise 2. Ask students to skim the text and check their guesses.T: Now skim the article to chec

31、k your guesses from Exercise 1.Answers:global trade, crime and violence, drugsDeal with Exercise 3.Students work in groups of three or four, discussing which of the writers views they agree and disagree with. And later each group speaks out their opinion.T: OK, read the text again, find out the writ

32、ers views. A few minutes laterT: What are the writers views? S: This article mainly talks about “consumer society”. It says that today we earn more but we also spend more, and because we spend more, we have to work harder and have less free time to enjoy the happiness of life. Moreover, we also spend on something unnecessary. It also says advertising should be more controlled. T: Do you agree with these v