Unit 20 communication workshop
Teaching aims
1.words and phrases
2.study the text: language points
3.learn some idiomatic expressions
4.practise using linking words to express reason and purpose
5.finish the exercises about the text
6.listen to a song(if time permits)
Teaching time
Two periods
Teaching process
Step 1 Revision
1.dictation
2.check the homework exercise
Step 2 new words learning
1.ask some students to read the new words first and correct their pronunciation
2.play the tape and have them read after the tape
3.give them a few minutes to read the new words freely ,tell them if they can’t read the words, encourage them to ask the teacher .
Step 3 the text
1.play the tape twice and then give students some time to read the text and do exercise 1 .
2.let students do the exercise in pairs first and then check their answers.
3.do exercise 3 with whole class together, and then ask some students to read out the sentences.
4.ask some students to do exercise 4 on the blackboard, then check their answers.
5.students do exercise 5 on the blackboard ,then check their answers.
step 4 phrases and language points in the text
1.on the other side of
2.spread out张开, 伸开, 铺开, 扩大[张], 展开, 伸长
3.all over the world
4.by the beginning of the 21st century
5.in all four corners of the globe
6.the age of space exploration
7.take place v.发生
8.end with以...结束
9.the number of
10.as a result of adv.作为结果
11.so that
12.such…as…
13.so as to.. adv.使得, 以致,如此...以致于
14.in case conj.万一
15.in order that
16.send out v.发送, 派遣, 放出
17. contribution to…
18. in order to
19. due to adv.由于, 应归于
20. keep doing sth
21.in conclusion adv.最后, 总之
22.as long as只要, 在...的时候
23.no longer adv.不再
step 5 Summary and listen to a song
step 6 homework
exercise 1 in page 74


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