1. To practise reading for specific information.
2. To practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
3. To practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.
4. To review and consolidate the relative pronouns.
5. To talk about explorers.
Teaching difficulties:
To practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.
Teaching Aids: computer and cassette.
Teaching procedures:
Ⅰ. Warming up
T: Today we’re going to study unit 7 the Sea. Can you talk about anything about the sea? ( If students have difficulty the teacher gives them help, for example: What does the sea make you think？)
S:
T: The sea is beautiful and we can do some interesting games.( give some pictures to attract their attention and develop interest) The sea has special charm since ancient times human beings couldn’t help exploring it, such as Zheng he(slide) then give James cook and Columbus’s portrait, introduce their main deeds and ask them “Who are they?”
S:
T: They had the spirit of explorers, especially Columbus, he is famous all over the world. Why?
S:
T: People consider him to have discovered America first, do you think so？
S:
ⅡReading
Task 1 Now let’s read the text, you will get the right answer
1.Which of the following people do you think arrived in America first?
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Ancient Romans
c. Chinese
d. Vikings
Students will get the right answer: Vikings arrived in America first. (Give slides 12, 13)
Task 2 Read the text more carefully .Are these statements true (T)or false(F)
1. Eric the Red wanted to get a land which could be colonized so he decided to set sail further.
2. Biarni set sail from Iceland in order to join Leif’s father.
3. Biarni discovered Greenland first.
4. The Vikings were stronger and stronger in Northern Europe from the 8th to 10th century.
5. According to official records Europeans reached America long before Columbus ever set sail.
Answers: 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 T 5 F
Task 3 Give a world map, Point at the island in turns, ask students to say its name and Vikings sailing route (slide) then do the exercise 2
Ⅲ Speaking
Task 1. Get students to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries. Then in pairs, complete the table in Exercise3 with the information they get.
Check the answers and then get students to read the text aloud
Task 2. Read the text again and answer the following questions.
Encourage students to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can.
Check the answers in class.
Encourage students to talk about the three discoveries in their own words.
Task 3 Ask students if they know any other stories involving the Vikings .If they do, ask them to tell the class the story.
Ⅳ Language Study
Exercise 6 Find the words in the text that match most closely with the meaning of the words below.
Language points:
1. long before “在之前很久”
They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail.
他們?cè)诟鐐惒嫉竭_(dá)此地很久之前就已經(jīng)來過這兒。
before long “不久”
I shall see you again before long, my boy.
孩子，很快我就會(huì)再來看你。
It be 一段時(shí)間 before “ 過了多久”
It was a long time before I got to sleep again.
過了很久，我才又睡著了
2. get into trouble “遇到麻煩”
She is always getting into trouble.
她總是有麻煩。
be in trouble “有麻煩，有困難，出事”
He is in trouble again. This time he has broken a window.
他又有麻煩了，這次他打碎了窗戶上的玻璃。
have trouble (in) doing something
“做某事有困難”
Did you have any trouble ( in) finding the house?
你找到這所房子有困難嗎？
3.search somebody “搜身”
The police searched the prisoner to see if he had a gun.
警察搜了這個(gè)犯人的身，看他是否帶槍了。
search someplace “搜某地”
They searched every room in the house but found nothing.
他們搜了這所房子的每一個(gè)房間，但什么也沒找到。
search for “到處尋找”
I must search for that lost money until I find it.
我必須找到我丟失的錢。
In search of (引起狀語） “尋找”
The boys went in search of something to eat.這個(gè)男孩出去找些吃的東西。
4. follow “ 跟隨”
He followed her up the stairs.
他跟著他上了樓。
“沿著走”
Follow this road to the corner.
沿著這條路走道拐角處。
“遵循， 依照 行事”
He must follow the directions that his teacher gave.
他必須聽從老師的指導(dǎo)
“聽懂”
What？I can’t quite follow that.
什么？我聽不懂。
You are reading too fast for me to follow.
你讀得太快，我聽不懂。
5. Eric set sail once again, this time with 25 ships, of which only 14 made it to Greenland.
埃里克又一次起航，這次一共有25條船，只有其中14艘到達(dá)了格陵蘭島。
of which only 14 = only 14 of which
Leif followed Biarni’s directions and sailed to what is believed to be the coast of present-day Canada.
賴伊夫按照比阿尼提供的線索航行到了現(xiàn)在被認(rèn)為是加拿大海岸的地方。
what 做主語 ，此處不能用where.
Ⅴ.Grammar
Task 1.Grammar Summary 1, on page 92
Task 2.Do the exercise 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
Task 3
1. After five hours’ drive, they reached ___ they thought was the place they’d been dreaming of.
A. that B. where C. which D. what
2. The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ___ the sailing time was
226 days.
A. of which B. during which
C. from which D. for which
3. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every year, 80% ____ are sold abroad.
A. of which B. which of
C. of then D. of that
4. I have many friends, ____ some are businessman.
A. of them B. from which
C. who of D. of whom
Answers: 1 D 2 A 3 A 4 D
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