内容正文:
Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.Section A (3a-3c)
教学课题
Section A (3a-3c)
核心
词汇
Important words:block,worker,above,burn,alive,airport,till,west
Important phrases:miss both events,full of the unexpected,be about to do sth.,stare in disbelief at,rise above the burning building,jump out of bed
核心
句式
1.I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee first.
2.As I was waiting in line with other office workers,I heard a loud sound.
3.Before I could join the others outside to see what was going on,the first plane had already hit my office building.
4.But by the time I got to the airport,my plane to New Zealand had already taken off.
5.My bad luck had unexpectedly turned into a good thing.
技能与策略
学习要点
1.掌握本文出现的重点单词及短语,能理解文章大意,把握文章结构。
2.通过学习使学生认识到生活中充满着许多出乎预料的事件,培养学生正确看待事物的积极心态。
3.掌握过去完成时的时间状语。
教学过程
◆Step 1 Leading in
Work on 3a
1.Read the passage and answer the questions in 3a.
2.After checking the answers,tell students to read the passage again more carefully.
Tell them to find out the words or sentences which they can't understand this time.
3.Do some explanations and make sure that the students make everything clear about the passage.
4.Ask students to pick out the sentences with the Past Perfect Tense.Tell them to underline them and come up with the reason to use the tense.
◆Step 2 Reading 3b
1.Ask Ss to read the passage again and find words from the passage with opposite meanings to the words in 3b.
2.Check the answers.
3.Let Ss write a sentence with each word on their own.
◆Step 3 Practice 3c
1.Work in pairs.Retell one of the events to your partner.
2.Ask some Ss to retell one of the events to the class.Practice their skills.
◆Step 4 Language points
1.be about to忙于;即将做某事。侧重于表示动作即将发生,常与when引导的从句连用,但不与具体的时间状语连用。
2.above
(1)prep.(表示位置)在……上方,高于(与 below相对)。
That big high-rise above us is where Brian lives.
我们上面的那座高楼就是布赖恩住的地方。
(2)表示在地位、级别、能力、资历、重要性等方面“超过”、“在……之上”、“比……强”。
He is above the others in ability.他的能力优于其他人。
(3)adv.在上面
There are snowy peaks above