Unit 3 Project Doing Research on the Internet
Teaching aims:
Encourage students to practise their English by completing a project.
Important & difficult points:
1.Read an information sheet about Internet research.
2.Language points in the text.
3.Students use what they have learnt to finish a project by working together.
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Step 2 Lead-in of the reading passage
1. Ask students to work in pairs to siscuss the steps they follow when they research information on the Internet. Ask them to write down what they do step by step.
2. Ask two or three pairs to present their ways of researching information to the class.
Step 3 Reading
Ask students to read the article in Part A with the help of the following table.
Comparison of the two search services:
Search engines
Subject directories
﹒ a type of computer program
﹒ based on the key word(s) you type in
﹒ choose pages for you which contain the word(s) you ask for
﹒ prevent unevaluated contents
﹒ present the full articles or pages
﹒ built by humans
﹒ selected by a person and divided into ﹒﹒ specific subject categories
﹒ present a bunch of titles of articles or
pages, sometimes a short summary
﹒present evaluated, relevant and correct information,
Step 4 Language points
1．guide
n．领路人，导游者，引导者，指南
a guide book导游指南
A guide led us around the city．向导带我们到市内各地去游玩。
A Guide to English Grammar 《英语语法入门》
vt．指导，支配，管理，带领，操纵 vi．任向导
He guided us through the narrow streets to the supermarket.他领着我们穿过小街到那超市。
guide a person’s hand 牵某人的手。
常用guide sb．in doing sth guide sb to a place
guidance n．指导，领导 guided adj．有导游的 guided tour有导游的游览
●试题回顾
谢谢你指导我学习。 Thank you for guiding me in my study.

2．step
v．走，举步，移步，踏 vi走，跨步 n．[C] 脚步，措施，梯级，台阶
step into／out of sp. 走进／走出某地; step outside 走到外面
Go two steps, please．跨两步。
take steps to do sth. = take measures to do sth. = do sth. to do…采取措施做某事
She took a few steps towards the window．她向窗口走了几步。
They have made a big step in their business．他们在事业上迈进了一大步。
Sorry! Did I step on your toes?对不起!我是不是踩到你的脚了?
词组：in(out of) step步调(不)一致 step forward向前走
stepmother n．继母 step by step一步一步地，逐渐地
3．aid
n．[U]帮助，援助；[C]帮助者，有帮助的事物
He came to my aid．他来帮助我。 first aid 急救
with the aid of借着…… 的帮助 in aid of sb/sth 以支援或帮助某人/事物 come to sb’s aid 前来（去）援助某人
give sb a financial aid以财物支援某人 teaching aids教具
vt．资助，援助，帮助(比help正式)
aid sb in／with… aid sb．to do sth．
He aided me in business／with money．他在事业上／金钱上帮助我。
●试题回顾
_________of the _________stick，the injured went on his way．
A．With the aid；walking B．Under aid of；walking
C．With the help；walk D．Under the help；walking
4．direct adj. 直的，直接的，直系的，直率的 adv．直接地
a direct result直接后果 the direct rays of the sun太阳的直射光线
We flew direct from London to New York．我们直接从伦敦飞到纽约。
vt. , vi．指示方向，指路，指导，指挥
I directed the traveler to the hotel．我告诉了这个旅行者去旅馆的路。
direction n．[c]命令，指示；方位；(常用复数)指导，说明
词组：in all directions = in every direction 向四面八方
in the direction of… 向……方向
under sb’s direction 在……的指导下 from…direction从……方向
director n．指导者；局长；董事
He is one of the directors of the company．他是这个公司的董事之一。
●完成句子
1)He received inquiries about the matter from all directions．
2)We did the work under his direction．
5．link n. 关系，联系
There may be a link between the two murders. 这两起谋杀案之间可能有联系。
have（commercial, cultural) links with… 和……有（商业，文化）往来，联系
v. link A with/ and B link sth ( up) 将……连接或联系起来
be linked with 和……相连接或联系
6．differently adv．不同地
difference n. [C，U] 不同，差别，差异
Young people must be taught to learn the difference between good and evil．
必须教导年轻人学会区分善
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