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Book4 Unit6 Nurturing nature(Understanding ideas)The Sky Railway
教材分析
本节课课文选自外语教学与研究出版社 2019年出版的选择 性 必 修 一 第 六 单 元 Nurturing nature 的understanding ideas板块,单元主题语境是“人与自然”,本篇语篇类型为游记。作为青藏铁路的建设者之一,作者故地重游,以第一人称的视角讲述了铁路修建过程中所做出的努力。青藏铁路的建设不仅克服了世界公认的工程技术难题,更是始终以生态保护为前提,克服重重困难,使藏羚羊、湿地、措那湖...这些青藏高原上美丽的珍宝与青藏铁路互不影响,和谐共存,最终把这条外国专家公认为“impossible” 铁路建成“extraordinary”天路。作者通过回顾建设过程表达了自己作为其中一名参与者的自豪之情,也表达了经济发展、工程建设要以生态保护为前提的环保理念。铁路建设者们不畏困难、勤劳勇敢,成功建成青藏铁路,创造奇迹,彰显了中华民族坚忍不拔、团结奋进的伟大民族精神。
I. Theme: Mankind and Nature
II. Teaching Objectives
After this class, students are able to
1. Figure out the type of the passage and why this railway is special to the author by reading.
2. Have a deep understanding of the challenges during the construction of the railway and appreciate the workers’ efforts by introducing the railway to your friend.
3. Strengthen your sense of national pride and awareness of protecting nature by finishing the travelogue.
III. Important Teaching Points
Help students to
1. understand the organization of a travelogue.
2. accumulate relevant expressions.
3. enhance their awareness of environmental protection and national pride.
IV. Difficult Teaching Points
Help students to
1. distinguish the space line of the travelogue and the line displaying ecosystem protection.
2. apply what they learn in this period to actual and immediate use.
V. Teaching Procedures
1. Warming up
Play the song The Sky Railway before class .
Purpose: Arouse and students’ interest in the sky railway and introduce the topic of this class
2. Lead in
Let students think about “Why is it called the Sky Railway?” .Play a video about the Qinghai-Tibetan Railway and let students describe it with one word.
Purpose: Stimulate students’ interest in the sky railway and help them understand its remark.
3. Read for general understanding
What’s the genre (type of writing) of this passage? And why? Why is the railway particularly special to the author?
Purpose: Lead students to figure out the characteristics of