unit 2 warming-up and speaking(新课标版高二英语上册教案教学设计)

Step1: Greeting

Step2: Revision

Go over the words and expressions of the unit.

Ask some students to read the words.

Step3: Lead-in

There are many things happened around us every day. How do you know what happened around us? Please look at some pictures about the news that we are familiar with and try to answer my questions.

Step4: Warming-up

1. Questions

(1) From where do we get these news?

(2) How many different forms of news media do you know?

Show some pictures about different forms of news media and ask the students what they are.

2. Discussion

(1) what is the most reliable medium?

(2) Are there any differences among the five news media?

TV

cheap, quick, with pictures and sounds

// have to own a TV set

Internet

update, much information, quick, you can comment on the affairs immediately if you want / have a computer which is linked to the Internet

Radio

quick, convenient // can’t enjoy pictures

Newspaper

much information, quick // can’t express one’s idea freely

Magazine

provide people with detailed information on a certain subject / focused on a topic /published weekly / monthly // news comes late

Step5: Speaking

1. lead-in

Imagine you are an editor of Suqian Daily. Here are ten things that happened today, form which you can choose five and decide which events you are going to put in your newspaper. Give your reasons for your choices. Then act out your discussion .

Ten things for you to choose from:1. 200 people died in an earthquake in Turkey.

2. France elected a new president.

3. Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.

4.A house in your city burnt down. Nobody was injured.

5. 2,000 people in your city moved into new buildings today and were happy.

6. A Chinese scientist has invented a new car engine that does not pollute the air.

7. There is a rumour that a large company wants to build a factory in your city.

8 China beat Brazil 2-1 in football.

9. Three children from your city were killed.

10. Food prices are going up.

2. language points

(1) Two men robbed a bank in Shanghai.

rob 是及物动词，意为“抢”，其宾语必须 是人或地点，即抢劫的对象，而不能是所抢的东西；对于所抢的物品要用of短语表示，可构成“rob+人/地点+of+某物”的结构。

Eg: 1. 那个人抢了我的金表。

The man robbed me of my gold watch.2. 他们从银行抢走了一大笔钱。They robbed the bank of a big sum of l是“偷”的意思，其宾语可以是人也可以是某人的物品，即steal sb’s sth.或steal sth. from sb.

小偷偷走了我的金表。The thief stole the gold watch from me.

The thief stole my gold watch.

(2) China beat Brazil 2-1 in 与defeat同义,他们的主语必须是“人”或是一个集体，如a team, a class, a school, an army等。 beat的本义是指在比赛中打赢或胜过某人，而defeat的本义是指在战场上打败敌人，但它们通常可以互换使用。

win表示在较强的竞争中取得了胜利，其宾语可以使game, war, prize, fame, battle等，但不能是竞争或战争的对手。.我们在篮球比赛中赢了他们。

We beat them in the basketball game他打败了所了有其他的选手而获得金牌。

He beat all the other players and won the gold medal.我们以6：3战胜了他们。We beat/defeat them by the score of 6 to ussion

2000 people in your city were happy today and moved to new buildings.

People want to know what happened to the people and why they moved to new buildings and who built the houses.

France elected a new president.

People who care for international problems would like to read the news, especially those who want to know the result of the election in France.

There is a rumor that a large company wants to build a factory in your town.

People, especially in my town, want to know if it’s a rumor or not. If a new factory is built, they can get jobs, which are important to their lives.

Food prices are going up.

Food is very important to people’s life. On one hand, going-up prices can increase farmers’ income; on the other hand, it will affect other people’s living standards.

Three children from your city were killed.

Many people are interested in social problems. They may be eager to know the causes and the results of the accident.

Example:

A: What do you think of these events?

B: I think we should choose the story about the three children in our city. This event is the most important because the people in our city need to know about this.C: Maybe it would be better to choose the story about the earthquake in Turkey. 2oo people died there, not just three.

D:I agree that we should report that too, but the story about the children is more important. What’s your opinion?

When you ask your partner, you may say:

What do you think of …?

What’s your opinion?

Why do you choose…?

When you answer the question, you may say:

I would rather choose…I don’t think we should choose…Maybe it would be better to choose..

Our readers want to know about…5. Make up dialogues

Ask the students to make up dialogues to decide which events they are going to put in their newspaper and give the reasons for their choices. They can use the useful expressions that are given.

Step6 Homework

Prepare the reading passage.