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1、Module 6 old and new 教学设计3Module 6 old and new 教学设计3Teaching Aims1. Talk about the great building projects in world history.2. Write a news bulletin about changes that have taken place in your region.3. Grasp the usage of some adjectives to express their strong feelings.4. To get them familiar with

2、the advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam 5. Understand and grasp the usage of Non-defining relative clauses and contraction of relative clauses.6. To get them familiar with the advantages and disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam and believe that it will make a great contribution to

3、our society and next generation.7. To make them know something about their hometown and cultivate their feelings of loving the place where they were born8. Know something about Chinese and foreign tallest buildings or projects and take famous construction projects as a topic to communicate with the

4、foreign friends orally 9. Understand the development and changes of our times， broaden their outlook， and strengthen the consciousness of the world and responsibilities of era.Difficulties and Importance1. Use the adjectives to express strong feelings freely.2. Help the students understand the text

5、exactly and retell the text in students own words.3. Master the usage of Non-defining relative clauses and contraction of relative clauses.Teaching Method1. Task-based methodology 2. Communicative ApproachTeaching TimeFive periods: Period 1 vocabulary and speaking， and SpeakingPeriod 2 Reading and V

6、ocabularyPeriod 3 Grammar 1 Non-defining relative clauses， PronunciationPeriod 4 Grammar 2 contraction of relative clauses， Listening and Vocabulary Period 5 Cultural corner， Function and Everyday English， WritingTeaching ProceduresPeriod OneStep 1 Warming upa. Brainstorming Q1. Can you think of som

7、e famous big projects in China？(1)the Great Wall (2)the Grand Canal (3)Qin Shihuang Terracotta Warriors秦始皇兵马俑(4)the Summer Palace颐和园 (5)the Three Gorges DamQ2. What should be taken into consideration when a big project is planned？(1)aim (2)environment (3)pollution (4)how it will affect local people(

8、5)advantages and disadvantagesb. Lead-in Work in pairs. Discuss these questions with you partner.Q1. How far is the Great Wall of China from where you live？ Q2. Which is the biggest airport in the country？ Q3. Is there a dam near your town？ Q4. Do you know the name of the reservoir that provides wat

9、er for your town？ Step 2 ReadingRead the passage and answer the following questions.Q1. How long was the original Great Wall of China？ 6300 kilometres long.Q2. Where does the wall start and end now？ the eastern end of the wall is at Shanhaiguan. In the west， it ends near the town of Jaiyuguan.Q3. Ho

10、w many passengers is the Chek Lap Kok Airport designed to accommodate a year？ 80 million passengers a year. Q4. Whats the length of the reservoir of the Three Gorges Dam？ more than 500 kilometres long.Q5. Have you ever visited any of the places in the passage？ Open.Q6. Which one is the nearest to yo

11、ur town or city？ Open.Q7. What other things do you know about them？ Open.Step 3 SpeakingWork in groups of four. Discuss the following questions.1). The Three Gorges Dam has caused the disappearance of many towns and villages. What do you think about this？2). Has the Three Gorges Dam affected the liv

12、es of people in your area or anyone you know？Step 4 Homework 1. Search more information about the Three Gorges Dam from the Internet.2. Preview the passage The Three Gorges Dam.Period TwoReading and vocabularyStep 1 Pre-readingAnswer the following question?1). How much do you know about the Three Go

13、rges Dam？2). Do you think the advantages are more important than the disadvantages？Step 2 While-readinga. Skimming and scanning. Read the passage quickly， and then choose the best answers.1. Who dreamed of harnessing the power of the Yangtze River？ A. Sun Yat-sen B. Mao Zedong C. Deng Xiaoping D. A

14、great designer2. How many tons of coal was used for heating and generating electricity in 1993？ A. 1.2 billion B. 20 billion C. 40 billion D. About 800 billion3. What problem does burning coal cause？A.Air pollution. B.Increasing global warming. C.Destroying the balance of nature. D.Both A and B4. Wh

15、ich of the following famous historical sites is NOT mentioned in the passage？ A. The Qu Yuan Temple. B. The Han Watchtower. C.The Grand Canal D.The Moya Cliff carving.b. Fast-reading Read the passage silently and quickly， and decide whether the following statements are true or false.1. Mao Zedong on

16、ce dreamed that there would be a great dam to harness the power of the Yangtze River.2. The Three Gorges Dam will provide enough hydro-electric power for the whole country.3. The dam will generate a lot electricity causing much less air pollution.4. A large number of historical relics have been dama

17、ged because of the dam.Suggested answers: 1. T 2. F 3. T 4. Fc. Detailed reading. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.Q1. what is the dream of Mao Zedong？“Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain till a smooth lake rises in the narrow gorges”.Q2. Why was the Three Gorges

18、 Dam built？To control flooding and provide hydro-electric power.Q3. What is the size of the Three Gorges Dam？ The dam is nearly 200 meters high and 1.5 kilometers wide.Q4. Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River？ Sun Yat-sen suggested the idea in 1919. Q5. What is the advantag

19、e of the Three Gorges Dam？ To generate heat and electricity and prevent air pollution and help reduce the global warming.Q6. What happened after the reservoir built？ The reservoir has flooded 2 cities， 11 cities， 140 towns and more than 4000 villages. Q7. How are people in different areas？ They are

20、living a happy new life in different areas. Q8. What has happened to the historical sites？ Many historical relics and historical sites were flooded and have been submerged.Q9. How should we protect and save the relics？ Some of them are being removed and some are being put into museum. Q10. Why has M

21、ao Zedongs dream come true？ Because the Three Gorges Dam has been built and the power of the Yangtze River has been harnessed.Q11. What are the three biggest construction projects in China until now？ The Great Wall， the Grand Canal and the Three Gorges Dam.Q12. What are the disadvantages of burning

22、coal？ Burning coal wastes much energy， causes serious air pollution and increases global warming.Q13. What about the inhabitants who lived in that area before？ More than a million people have moved from their home and are living a happy new life now.Q14. What happened to the historical relics？ About

23、 800 have been submerged. Only some are being removed and some are being put into museums.Q15. Who was Sun Yat-sen？He was the leader of the 1911 Revolution and the first person who suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. Step 3 Post-readinga. Read the passage again and choose t

24、he best answers.1. According to this passage， the word “harnessed” means _ A. equipped B. controlled to produce electricity C. fasten D. saddle2. _ of chinas energy is produced by others， except for burning coal， according to this passage. A. 1/3 B. 2/3 C. 3/5 D. 1/43. Which of the following stateme

25、nts are Not true according to this passage.A. of Chinas energy is produced by burning coal. B. Over a million people have moved.C. Around 800 historical relics have been flooded. D. The dam caused much air pollution.b. Read the passage again and write questions for the answers.1 Why was the Three Go

26、rges Dam built ？ To control flooding and provide hydroelectric power.2 How high is the dam？ Two hundred meters.3 How wide is the dam？ One and a half kilometers.4 Who first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River？ Sun Yat-sen.5 How much of Chinas energy is produced by burning goal？ Three

27、 quarters.6 How many villages were flooded when the dam was built？ Four thousand.Step 4 Language Explanations1. It took six years to build and cost US $20 billion.它花费了6年时间建成，耗资200亿美元。此句中it为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式。 It took him a lot of money to buy that house.(1) It takes/took sb. some time to do sth. 花费(人

28、)时间做；需要人(某品质，如耐力、努力等)去做。 (2) sb. spends some time on sth./(in) doing sth. 某人花多长时间在某物上/做某事(3) cost sb. sth. 使某人失去；花费某人 It took the workers 37 years to build the Qinshihuang Tomb. 建造秦始皇陵用了工人们37年的时间。 It took us half an hour to fix the washing machine. The washing machine took us half an hour to fix. We

29、 spent half an hour (in) fixing the washing machine. It takes great courage to tell the truth. 说实话需要勇气。 They spent two weeks (in) finishing the rescue work. 他们花了两星期完成了救援工作。2Try to work out what kind of word it is. 设法弄清楚它是什么词类。 (Page 52)work out: 在此句中意为“弄清楚、理解，看懂”。 Please look at the two pictures clo

30、sely， and try to work out their differences.3A temple is a place of great importance to Buddhists.of great importance相当于very important，类似的有： of great value 相当于quite valuable3Is it possible to see the relics now that they have been submerged？ 既然这些遗迹已经被淹没了，还有可能看到它们吗？(1) Is it possible to do sth.？干有可能吗

31、？是一个常见的表示“可能”的句式。(2) 表示“可能”的三个常用形容词likely，possible和probable分别用于下列几种不同的句型：It is likely/possible/probablethat clauseIts likely/possibleto do/be.Sb. / Sth. is likelyto do/be. It is possible that she has lost on the way home. 她有可能在回家的路上迷路了。 It seems highly probable that theyll have to move house. 他们很可能得

32、搬家。 Tom is likely to go to Guangzhou for his winter holiday. 汤姆可能去广州度寒假。4“Walls of stone to hold back clouds and rain”该句为毛泽东的一句名诗，“更立西江石壁，截断巫山云雨”。hold back: 此处意为“阻止，阻挡”。如：The villagers built dams to hold back the flood waters. No one can hold back the wheel of history. 5. Sun Yat-sen， who was the leader of the 1911 Revolution， fi