八年级英语下册 unit1 Reading 1
Teaching aims:
1.Knowledge aims: 1.Learn about the changes to SunshineTown.
2.Words, useful expressions:
interview,dump,waste,poison ,realize, reduce.
get married, change a lot, turn into, used to, in some ways, feel a bit lonely, from time to time
I moved here with my family when I was two years old,and I have lived here since then.
It’s very pleasant (to play Chinese chess).
The factory used to dump its waste into the river.
Later, the government realized it was a serious problem and took action to reduce the pollution.
It’s nice to have open space and pretty.
It has become more difficult to see some of my old friends.
2.Ability aims:
(1).Learn to compare the past with the present, and learn to describe the changes.
(2)Learn how to make an interview.
3.Emotion aim:Stimulte students’ emotion of loving their own hometown,school. Teach them to treasure the good times and study harder.
Properties: recorder, overhead projector
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ.Revision
- Revise the names of different transport. (show pictures)
Practise saying: Trains have been in use since1909. People began to use trains in 1909.
(Do the same thing with the other pictures)
- Discuss: If you go to Shanghai(Beijing…),what kind of transport can you choose to use?
Ⅱ. Presentation
- Show some pictures,and let students talk about the changes.
T: Just now we learned about changes to the transport, do you want to learn about other changes?
S: Yes!
T: Now look at the following pictures and talk about the changes. At the same time ,we’ll learn the new words and sentences in the text.
Slide1:
T: These are two photos of a couple. What information can you get from the photos?
S: When they got married, they were young. But now they are old. They have changed a lot.
Slide2:
T: Look at the first picture, what happened to the river?
S: The river was polluted. There are a lot of waste things in the river.
T: What caused it to be like this?
S: People or the factory used to dump waste into the river.
T: Yes! The poison in the waste killed fish and plants and polluted the river.
(Teacher can lead students to say together.)
T: Look at the second picture. How about the river now?
S: It’s much cleaner.
T: Yes, it has become clean and clear. Do you know why is it so clean now?
S: Because the government has realized the serious problem and has taken action to reduce the pollution. (students say with the teacher’s help and show the sentence while saying)
Slide3:
T: Look at the four pictures and compare them.
S: The wasteland has turned into a park.
The small old houses has turned into new flats.
- Introduction: SunshineTown has changed a lot over the years. Now Millie is interviewing Daniel’s grandpa ,Mr Chen to get some information for her history project.
Ⅲ. Listen and answer
Listen to the tape from Line1 to Line 9 and answer the following questions:
How long has Mr. Chen lived in SunshineTown?
How many times has he moved house? When?
Ⅳ. Reading
Students read the rest dialogue and then fill in a form.( to learn about changes to SunshineTown)
The changes to Sunshine Town / in the past / at presentpeople / ______people lived in the town. / Many people have ______to______
what we had/have in the town / Some small _____, shops,market _____,a small ______and an______. / A____,a large______and a_____
Water pollution / The water pollution was ______. The shoe factory ______waste ______the river. / The river is much______.
feeling / It was______to see his friends. / ______life is better. But he feels a bit____from______
Ⅴ.Learn and practise reading some useful expressions:
get married, change a lot, turn into, used to, in some ways, feel a bit lonely, from time to time
I moved here with my family when I was two years old,and I have lived here since then.
It’s very pleasant (to play Chinese chess).
The factory used to dump its waste into the river.
Later, the government realized it was a serious problem and took action to reduce the pollution.
It’s nice to have open space and pretty.
It has become more difficult to see some of my old friends.
Ⅵ. Performance:
1.Students practise reading in pairs.
2. Ask some pairs to act it out.
Ⅶ. Retell the text.
1. First fill in the blanks about main contents of the interview
Mr Chen lives in SunshineTown. After he got______, he and his wife ______to a new house. Last year, they moved again when their children ______them a new flat. In the past there were small ______, shops and market stalls in the town. Now the place has_____ a lot. The town centre is now a park. A shoe factory used to ______waste_____the river.The ______in the waste ______the river.Later the government ______the ______problem and took action to ______the ______.Many of Mr Chen’s old friends have______to other areas. Sometimes, they come back and go to the new park to play______and Chinese ______with Mr Chen, but they do not often see each other. Mr Chen feels_____from time to time.
2. Give them a few minutes to prepare to retell the text using their own words.
Ⅷ.Make an interview
Make an interview about changes to their own hometown.-Taizhou.
1.T: Now we have learned about the changes in SunshineTown. In fact our hometown has also changed a lot over the years. Do you want to know the past and present of our hometown?
S: Of course!
T: Let’s look at some pictures.
(show pictures about Taizhou)
2. Fill in a form about the past and present of Taizhou.
changes to Taizhoupast / present
population / Small, 160,000 / large,610,000
area / Small,120km² / large,5,794km²
environment / narrow roads, small old houses
dirty rivers / new,wide roads/streets
new flats
clean rivers with trees around
shopping malls
transport / by boat,bybike,bus
or on foot / by electric bicycle,motor bike,taxi,,double-decker,train
3. Make an interview according to the form( use Millie’s interview as a model)
Ⅸ. Higher level of emotion:
T: We know our hometown has changed a lot over the years and we are now living a happy life. As students,we should treasure the good times and study harder and harder so that we can do something to make our hometown richer andricher ,more and more beautiful. Do you think so?
Homework: Write an article about changes to our school.
Changes to our schoolpast / present
50多位教师
不到1000名学生 / 200多位教师
近3000名学生
2幢大楼 / 8幢大楼，一座天桥(footbridge)
几台电脑和空调 / 200多台电脑
约50台空调
很少的花草、树木 / 很多树木和花草
很少的课外活动，作业多，业余时间少 / 有丰富的课外活动，作业少了，有业余时间可以做自己喜欢的事