高二英语上册Unit 9教案
Saving the Earth

The First Period Warming up & Reading
Teaching Goals:
1. Talk about nature, ecology and the environment.
2. Make the Ss know the Earth Summit and the importance of the environment.
3. Further develop students’ readingability as well as listening and speaking abilities.
4. Make the Ss learn some useful words and expressions.
5. Arouse the Ss to take better care of the earth.
Teaching Important Points :
Improve the student's readingability
Teachong Difficult Points:
How to improve the student's readingability
Teaching Methods :
Fast reading , careful reading ,individual or pair work and listening
Teaching Aids:
A tape recorder , a projector and the blackboard
Teaching procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
1. Begin the class by showing some pictures of serious environmental problems.
2. Ask the Ss some questions.
What’s the biggest problem facing the earth? Why do you think so?
What causes the problem?
What can we do solve the problem? Leaders from different countries can hold a meeting and discuss how to save the earth.
Step 2 Lead in
The Earth Summit is going to be held in Johannesburg in South Africa. As Chinese journalists, all of us are invited to report this important summit.
Step 3 Skimming
Before going there, we should know some information about the Earth Summit. Do you anything about it? .
It was first held in Stockholm in 1972.Representatives discussed some of the most important problems facing our planet. Much progress has been made.
Step 4 Scanning
1. Listen to Para 1 and find one of the main themes of the summit.
Sustainable development
2. Listen to Para 2& 3 and find what topics are talked about by the speakers.
1)The Big Three —— Contaminated drinking water 7,000,000
Poor sanitation 1,200,000,000
Air pollution 3,000,000
2) Poverty, War, Violence
What’s the present problem with the global development?
Richer people get richer while the poor get poorer.
What should people do to solve this problem?
Rich countries have a responsibility towards poor countries and must do whatever they can to help others.
3. Listen to para 4 and snswer the following question :
What’s purpose of the Earth Summit?
It helps people understand that there exist serious problems and that there is still time to take action.
4.Listen to the rest of the passage and answer the following question :
What is the key to the problem according to the text ? Why ?
Education.
1).To build a better society and put an end to the death and suffering caused by the big three.
2).To wipe out much of the poverty.
3).To see less violence and fewer wars.
Step 5 Future Discussion
Task 1 Interview
Four Ss get a group. Three of the members are experts at the Earth Summit. One is a journalist who is interviewing them about the way to solve the big three. You may start like this:
“Dear experts, I’m a journalist from Chinese. I’d like to know…”
Task 2 Creative Thinking
A visitor to the Earth Summit said that, “When I listened to the speakers, I realised that
many of the things I do every day are bad for the environment…”Did you do anything bad for the environment? What will do to protect the environment?
Task 3 Debate
As we know the Earth Summit is a place to find solutions for the future. Some people say that money can solve all problems, but some say knowledge. Which one do you agree? Money or Knowledge? Ss will be divided into two groups. See which group can win the debate.
Step 6 Conclusion
If we want to get knowledge, we must have better education. With better education, people will be able to build a better society in harmony with nature. With better education, much of the poverty
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