内容正文:
Unit 4 Life on Mars
Reading
设计说明
在阅读文本前,让学生充分发挥想象力,激发学生的阅读兴趣,引导学生对文本内容进行预测和思考,激活学生的背景知识,为导入火星上的生活做好铺垫。引导学生快速浏览课文,概括大意,把握文本的脉络,为理解火星上的生活做好铺垫。由问题导出文本,并引导学生结合上下文去理解生词和词组的含义,培养学生在阅读中猜测词义的能力。让学生根据关键词复述未来火星上的生活,进一步掌握课文的核心内容。
教学目标
通过本课节的教学,让学生达成以下目标:
1.知识目标
掌握词汇:planet, polluted, rapid, increase, passenger, uncomfortable, tasty, specially, compare, rapidly, (all) over again, at a/the speed of, in the form of, compare to/with
2.能力目标
(1)了解未来在另一个行星上生活的情境;
(2)识别和理解有关火星生活的词汇;
(3)比较地球生活与火星生活的不同之处。
3.情感目标
提高学生环保意识,激发学生对大自然及地球的热爱。
重点难点
1. 重点:理解并掌握本课所涉及的词汇和句子。
2. 难点:比较地球生活与火星生活的不同之处。
教学准备
PPT课件;相关图片
授课时数
2课时
教学过程
Step 1 Lead-in
1.Show students the picture of Mars and have a talk.
We have learnt about the items that are needed for a space travel in “ Welcome to the unit ”. Can you guess what the life is like on Mars? Ask students to talk about it.
Mars火星, a red planet
Step 2 Reading
1. Fast reading
Read the passage quickly and find out how the article is organized.
2. Careful reading
(1) Ask students to read the article and learn more.
Transport
How can we get to Mars?
①At present, our spacecraft are too s________ to c________ large numbers of people.
②With the development of technology, the spacecraft can travel at the speed of l_________.
③The journey to Mars might only take 20 m________.
Answers: slow, carry, light, minutesFood
What should we eat on Mars?
①Nobody knows whether there would be enough w_________,
o_____________ or food on Mars.
②Scientists are not sure whether p________ will grow on Mars.
③Food would most probably be in the form of pills.
Answers: water, oxygen, plants
Gravity
What should we wear on Mars?
①There is less g________ on Mars than on the Earth.
②We could jump e__________ and f__________ off into space.
③Humans have to wear s___________ boots to make themselves heavier.
④The boots are s_______ designed to p______ themselves from f_______ off into space.
Answers: gravity, easily, float, special, specially, prevent, floating Home
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