Unit 5 Topic 2
Section B
The main activities are 1a, 1c和2. 本课重点活动是1a,1c和2。
Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands教学目标
1. Master some new words and phrases:
coast, total, in total, army, march, succeed in doing, enemy
2. Learn the attributive clause (with the use of whom):
Zheng He is the Ming dynastyexplorer whom all the Chinese people are proud of.
3. Learn something about China’s historic people and historic events.
4. Train the students in loving our motherland.
Ⅱ. Teaching aids教具
录音机/教学图片/多媒体课件
Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan五指教学方案
Step 1 Review 第一步 复 习(时间:10分钟)
1. (检查作业，由学生展示自己制作的名人档案，过渡到历史人物——郑和。)
T: Last class I asked you to make some cards about historic people. Who can show us your cards?
S1: …
S2: …
S3: …
(教师用多媒体展示自己制作的名人档案，呈现历史人物郑和。)
T: I have made a card, too. Please look at the screen.


Name: Zheng He (1371-1433)
Birthplace: Yunnan Province
Experience: From 1405 to 1433, led seven ocean journeys for the Ming emperor.

(教师口头介绍郑和的个人档案，深入引导，过渡并呈现coast和die of。)
T: Who’s that?
Ss: Zheng He.
T: Where was he from?
S4: He was from Yunnan.
T: How old was he when he died?
S5: Sixty-two years old.
T: What do you think of him?
S6: He is a great explorer.
T: Where did he arrive?
Ss: The east coast of Africa.
T: Yes. He traveled to the east coast of Africa.
coast n.海岸，海滨
We walked along the coast for five miles.
the coast road 海滨道路
(板书)
His trips were about 60 years earlier than Columbus’ journey to America.
He died of illness on his way home from Africa in 1433.
(板书)
die of 死于……
He died of cancer.
T: Do you want to know more about Zheng He? Let’s learn 1a.
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:10分钟)
1. (听录音呈现1a，并进行判断，问题以幻灯片的形式呈现。)
T: Let’s listen to the tape twice and make True(T) or False (F).
( )(1)Maria read a story about Zheng He.
( )(2)Zheng He even traveled to the east coast of Africa.
( )(3)Zheng He led seven ocean journeys from 1405 to 1433.
( )(4)He traveled to the west coast of Africa.
( )(5)He died of illness in 1431.
The answers are:(1)T，(2)T，(3)T，(4)F，(5)F
2. (再放一遍让学生跟读。)
T: Listen to the tape again. Pay attention to the pronunciation and intonations.
3. (让学生两人一组表演对话。)
T:Act it out in pairs.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩 固(时间:10分钟)
1. (通过多媒体呈现1c的表格。)
(1)(表格呈现在大屏幕上，进行pair work,让学生读一遍表格，找出新词。)
T: Please look at the chart on the screen and find out the new words or phrases.
Ss: Equipment, the number of …
(板书，并举例讲解。)
the number of ……的数量
a number of 许多……，大量……
① The number of China’s people is big now.
② A number of students like pop music.
(2)(读表格，每一行说出一个句子。)
T: Please say a sentence for every line.
S1: …
S2: …
S3: …
The answers are: ①He led seven ocean journeys from 1405 to 1433.
②He went on his journey for seven times.
③There were an ocean map, a compass and other things in his ship.
④The number of ships is over 200 each time when he went on their ocean journeys.
⑤The number of people was about 27,000 each time.
⑥The biggest ship was about 151.8 meters long, 61.6 meters wide.
⑦He reached more than 30 countries and areas.
(教师总结并引导完成1c的5个问题。)
T: OK, we all have good answers. Now let’s finish the questions of 1c.
S4: …
S5: …
S6: …
.
.
.
S8: …
The answers are:1.twenty-eight, seven ocean2.compass, ocean map3.over, each time4.151.8, 61.65.30
2. (Group work, 读1a、1c，找出关键词。)
T: Let’s read 1a and 1c for another time. Please find out some key words and phrases. Then talk about them in your group.
Group 1: …
Group 2: …
Group 3: …
(教师在黑板上呈现一些关键词。)
(1) a grea
生词表: