Unit 1 Making a difference

Teaching Goals:
1. Talk about science and Scientists
2. Learn more about the Infinitive
3. Practise describing people and debating
Teaching Time: 6 periods

The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn and master the following words:
Inspiration, perspiration, undertake, analysis, obvious, within, quote
2. Talk about science and scientists.
3. Listen to the description of some scientists.
4. Do some speaking, describing people and debating.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Train the students’ listening ability by listening practice.
2. Train the students’ speakingability by talking about science and scientists, describing people and debating.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1. How to improve the students’ listening ability.
2. How to help students finish the task of speaking.
Teaching Methods:
1. Warming up to arouse the students’ interest in science.
2. Listening-and-answering activity to help the students go through the listening material.
3. Individual, pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids: 1. a multimedia 2.a tape recorder 3.the blackboard

Teaching Procedures:
Step I Warming up
1.T: There are many outstanding scientists in the world, who made great contributions to society and science. Now look at the pictures on page 1, tell me what are these scientists famous for?
(Bb) Scientists Contributions
Maria Curie Radium /Polonium
Albert Einstein The Theory of Relativity
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2.T: Well done. I think you are all interested in science and scientists. What do you think makes a successful scientist? Have a discussion in pairs or groups of four. Then report the results of your discussion.
(It is the way he uses his tools that makes a successful scientist.
A successful scientist must have much imagination and intelligence and he must be creative and hard-working.
A successful scientist must be confident, curious and careful. But what I like to know is what made him/her interested in science…)
T: Now look at the quotes on page 1.do you know what they mean? And do you agree?
天才就是百分之九十九的汗水加上百分之一的灵感。
想象力比知识更重要。
生活中没有什么可怕的东西，只有需要理解的东西。
分析明显存在的事物需要非凡的头脑。
你不可能把一切教给一个人，你只能帮助他在他自己的认知范围内去发现和了解事物。
T: Do you know any other quotes about science and thinking?
Wisdom is only found in truth. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Knowledge is power. –Francis Bacon.
Step II Listening
T: OK. Now lets do some listening practice on P2. We are going to listen to the descriptions of some famous scientists. Read the requirements by yourselves quickly. Listen to the tape for the first time to get a general idea, and then try to finish the exx.
Step III Speaking
T: Now let’s look at the speaking part on P2. Work in groups of five. Each group member represents a branch of science, eg biology, maths, chemistry, physics, computer science. You are going to debate each other to see which branch of science is the most important and useful for society. First you should decide who will represent each branch and then prepare your role card to debate. You can use the expressions.
Step IV Language points (computer)
1．It takes a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious．
分析明显存在的事物需要非凡的头脑。
(1)undertake(undertook，undertaken)
vt．承担(工作，责任等)，承办+名词
例：He undertook the difficult task willingly．
他欣然承担那项困难的工作。
1 will undertake the responsibility for you．
我会为你负起责任。
vt.着手，进行，企图+名词
例：He undertook a new experiment．
他着手一项新的实验。
(2)analysis复数形式analyses．
A chemical analysis化学分析
We made a careful analysis of the problem．
我们仔细分析了那个问题。
(3) obvious adj. (more obvious，most obvious)
明显的，明白的，显而易见的
obviously adv．
例：He told her an obvious lie．
他
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