Teaching objectives and demands:
1. Words and useful expressions: catch fire, look out, on fire, collect, stair, completely, belong to, ceiling, put out, control, fire fighter, get close to, lose one 's life, tea room, bedclothes, stone, wood, light, in that case, operator, trap, fire escape, wonder, cloth, chimney, fire alarm, Sao Paulo, helicopter, rescue, senior
2. Everyday English for communication
Why are you making this journey?
We are trying to collect money for a wild life project.
We want to … so that…
That sounds a great idea.
What's the purpose of your new project?
Good luck with your trip!
3. Language use: Manipulate listening, speaking practice
Key points:
1. Everyday English for communication;
2. Words and useful expressions
Time arrangement:
This unit is arrangement to be finished in 5~6 teaching periods, including a unit test.
Teaching procedures:
Lesson 61
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises of the previous unit.
(2) Revise the expressions of good wishes to one’s journey:
Look out! Be careful! Take care! Don't (take)...
Never (try)…. If you….,you'll….
Step 2. Presentation and listening
SB1b, Page 5, Part 1. Play the tape of Lesson 61 for the students to follow and ask them the questions in Ex.1 in the workbook on P54.
The students are required to yell out the answers to the class so that we will save time in checking the answers again.
Step 3. Reading
Get the students to read the dialogue to extract the daily expressions for communication.
Look out! Be careful! Take care! Don't (take)...
Never (try)…. If you….,you'll….
Step 4. Reading
Lead the students in by asking “What will you do if you find the building you are living in is on fire?” Collect answers from the students and then ask them to read Part 2 of this lesson and compare your answers with that in the notice.
After that, have the students tell what they should do and what should not do.
Step 5. Explanations to the dialogue
1. Look out!/Be careful!/Take care!
这三个句子都是表示警告的交际用语，都有“当心!”、“ 小心! ”、“留神!”的意思，但“Look out!”的语气最强， 往往用于某种紧急的情况或可能出现危险的场合，以唤起对方的注意，提高警惕；“Take care!”语气不像“ Look out!”那样强，多用于在可能出现不测的情况下做出提醒或警告；“ Be careful 是一般的警告和劝告用语，使用的场合较广。例如：
Look out! The oil is burning! 心! 油烧起来了。
Look out! There's a car coming! 当心!汽车来了。
Take care! The pan is hot. Don't touch it! 小心!锅是烫的，别碰它!
If you don't take care, you'll hurt youself. 要是你不注意，你会伤着自己的。
“I'm sorry I'm late.”--“Be careful next time.”
“对不起，我迟到了。”--“下次注意点。”
Be careful! Don't break it. It's made of glass.
当心，别把它打破了，这是玻璃做的。
表示警告和禁止的交际用语，本课中出现的还有：
“Don't+原形动词” 不要……。
“Never+原形动词” 绝不……。
“If you…，you'll…” 如果你……，你就会……。例如：
Don't go out alone at night. It's dangerous. 晚上不要单独外出，这很危险。
Never tell lies. It's a bad habit. 绝对不要说谎，这是坏习惯。
If you get up late, you'll miss the early bus.
如果你起床晚了，你就会赶不上早班车。
2. The pan is on fire. 油锅着火了。
(be) on fire 着火，失火。例如：
Look! The house is on fire. 瞧! 房子着火了。
The shop on fire belongs to Mr Smith.
失火的那家商店是史密斯先生的。注意，本课中名词fire 同动词和介词的搭配还有：
be trapped by/above the fire被火围困(在上面)
be killed/burnt in the fire 被火烧死
escape from the fire 逃离火境
set…on fire 使…燃烧(着火)
名词fire与动词的搭配有：
catch fire 着火
control fire 控制火势
discover a fire 发现火情
light a fire 点火
start a fire 生火
make a fire 生火
put out a fire 灭火
watch the fire 观火
名词fire同另一名词搭配构成的复合名词有：
fire alarm 火警警报
fire escape (火警时用的)太平梯/安全梯
fire exit (火警时用的)出口/太平门
firefighter 消防队员(合成或分写都可，但一般合写)
3. Quick! Turn the gas off. 赶快! 把煤气关上。
(1) “Quick!”是“Be quick!”的省略，常用在口语中， 表示催促的意思。例如：Quick! Close the door. 快! 把门关起来。
Be quick! The bus is coming. 快点，汽车来了。
(2) turn off 关上(开关、阀门等)。例如：
It's very late now. Turn off the TV, please.
很晚了，请把电视机关掉吧。
Turn off all the lights when you leave the lab.
离开实验室时，要把灯都灭掉。
Don't forget to turn off the tap when you've washed your hands.
洗完手别忘了关水龙头。
和turn off相对应的短语动词是turn on，意思“打开( 开关、阀门等)”。例如： Turn on the gas when you cook; Turn off the gas when you've finished cooking. 做饭时就打开煤气，做完饭就关煤气。
4. Never mind. 没有关系。
当对方表示焦虑时，你可以说声“never mind.”，以示宽慰， 意思是“没关系”、“不要紧”。例如：
“There is too much noise outside. ”--“ Never mind. Just shut the window.” “外边太嘈杂了。”--“没关系，把窗户关上就行了。”
“Too bad. I've left my dictionary at home. ”--“Never mind. You can use mine.” “糟了。我把字典留在家里了。”--“不要紧，用我的吧。”
此外，“never mind.”还可以用作对方表示歉意时的应答，意思是“没有关系。”、“不用介意”。例如：
“Sorry I'm late.”--“Never mind.” “对不起，我来晚了。”--“没关系。”
“I forgot to phone them. ”--“ Never mind. I've phoned them.”
“我忘了给他们打电话了。”--“没有关系， 我给他们打过了。”
5. You might get burnt and you might drop the pan of burning oil. 你可能被烫着， 也可能把滚烫的油锅摔下来。
(1) 句中的might是may的过去式， 但并不表示“过去可能”的意思。这两个词都表示“可能”， might所谈的仍然是现在的情况，但在语气上might比may较多委婉，不像may那么肯定，有“也许可能”的意思。例如：
Don't return to your room or you might be trapped by fire.
不要回房间去了，要不也许可能被火围困的。
If you don't put on more chothes, you might catch cold.
如果你不多穿点衣服，你可能会着凉的。
The paper says it might rain. You'd better take a raincoat with you.
报纸上说可能有雨，你最好随身带着雨衣。
(2) get burnt是“被烧伤”、“被烫着”的意思。这里的 get作“变得”(become)解，后跟过去分词作表语，构成“get+ 过去分词”结构，含有被动的意思， 常用于不期而遇或偶然发生的事情。例如：
The glass got broken and the fire alarm sounded.
玻璃(被)打破了，火警器响了起来。
They got trapped in the fire and were killed. 他们被围困在火中烧死了。
He got hurt in the leg when he fell down from the tree.
他从树上掉了下来，摔伤了腿。
6. First turn the gas off and cover the pan. Then wait until the fire is out. 首先把煤气关上，盖上锅盖，然后一直等到火熄灭。
注意“First… Then…”结构，它的意思是“首先如何如何，然后又如何如何”，表示动作发生的先后顺序。例如：
If a fire breaks out, first break the glass to sound the fire alarm, then dial 119 and report where the fire is. 如果发生火灾，首先打破玻璃，弄响报警器，然后拨119， 报告火灾发生的地点。
First read the letter from the pop star, then write a reply to her.
首先读这位歌星写来的信，然后给她写一封回信。
7. In that case, you wouldn't have a pan on fire.
You'd have a house on fire! 要是那样的话，你不是把锅烧着了，而是使房子着火了。
(1) “in that case”是“在那种情况下”、 “如果是那样”的意思，它承接上文而来，意指“If you drop the pan of burning oil……”(如果你把一锅滚烫的油泼了的话……) 。又如：
It may snow tomorrow. In that case, you'll have to stay here.
明天可能下雪。如果是那样，你就只好呆在这儿了。
There may be no fire alarm in the hotel. In that case, telephone the operator.
饭店里可能没有报警器。如果是那样的话， 你就给接线员打电话。
(2) 句中的have是使役动词，作“使”、“令”解， 同介词短语连用，构成“have sth.+介词短语/副词”结构，意思是“使某物处于某位置”， 可以有不同译法。例如：
You'd letter have the wet clothes out in the sun.
你最好把湿衣服晾在外边太阳底下。
Where are the children? Have them in my room.
孩子们哪儿去了，叫他们到我房里来。
8. Break the glass to sound the fire alarm. 把玻璃打破，使火灾报警器发出警报。句中的sound是及物动词，作“使……发声”、“发……的音”解。例如：
It's not good manners to sound plates and glasses at meals.
吃饭时使盘子杯子发出声响，这是不礼貌的。
The letter “h” in the word “hour” is not sounded.
在“hour”这个词中的字母“h”是不发音的。
sound还可以作不及物动词和连系动词，作“发声”、和“听起来”解。此外，sound还可以作名词，作“声音”解。例如：
The fire alarm sounded and all the people in the building rushed out.
火灾报警器响了，楼里所有的人都跑了出来。(不及物动词)
Though she is old, her voice sounds beautiful.
虽然她年老了，但是她的声音听起来还是很美的。(连系动词)
Do you hear the sound of the bell in the next room?
你听到隔壁房里的铃声吗?(名词)
9. Don't go to your room to collect your things or you may be trapped by the fire. 别回房去收拾你的东西了，否则你会被大火围困的。
“ Don't …，or…”也是表示警告和禁止的交际用语，意思是“不要干某事，否则就会……”。例如：
Don't eat too much, or you'll get sick. 不要吃得太多了，否则你会生病的。
The oil is burning. Don't come near or you might get burnt.
油烧起来了。别走近，否则你会被烧着的。
Don't spend too much time alone, or you'll feel sad.
别一个人呆得太久了，否则你会感到忧伤的。
10. Don't take the lift. 不要乘电梯。
句中take作“搭/乘(车、船等)”解。例如：
I suggest you take No.1 bus to the Capital Building.
我建议你乘一路公共汽车去首都大厦。
They took a boat to get across the river. 他们乘船过江了。
The office is on the tenth floor. You'd better take the lift.
办公室在十楼，你最好乘电梯去。
句中的lift是名词，作“电梯”解， 这是英国英语； 美国英语是 elevator。
Step 6. Workbook
SB1b, Page 54, Part 2 and 3. Tell the students to read the sentences and fill in the blacks with appropriate responses. The students are supposed to do it in pairs and then check the answers with the class.
Step 7. Homework
(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 61 in the workbook.
(2) Revise the key points of this lesson.
(3) Find out the famous big Fire in history.
Lesson 62 Sao Paulo Fire
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises.
(2) Revise the key points in Lesson 61.
Step 2. Lead-in
Check the extracurricular homework of big Fires in history. Get the students to report to the class. Tell them that today we are going to learn a text which is also about a famous fire.
Step 3. Skimming
Now tell the students to read the text and answer the question: Why are so many people killed in the fire?
Step 4. Scanning
Now get the students to read the text of Lesson 62 and answer the questions in Ex.1 in the workbook on Page 55. Answer the questions with the whole class.
Step 5. Language points
1. All 25 floors of the office building were completely destroyed. 办公大楼所有25层楼全都被彻底烧毁了。
句中的 floor不作“(房间的)地面/地板”解，而作“( 楼房的 ) 层面 /楼层”解(=storey)。例如：This lift stops at every floor. 这部电梯每层楼都停。
Her room is on the third floor, facing the street.她的房间在三楼，临街的那间。
注意，在表示“第几楼(层) ”时， 英国英语和美国英语的表达是不同的。 在英国， the ground floor指一层楼，the first floor 指二层楼， the second floor 指三层楼，余此类推；在美国一层楼称为the first floor， 二层楼称 the second floor，余此类推。我国的表达法同美国英语的表达是一致的。
2. The fire also destroyed cars which belonged to people who worked in the building. 大火还烧毁了属于大楼工作人员的汽车。
(1) 本句是一个主从复合句。 主句是“ The fire also destroyed cars…”，后跟定语从句“which belonged to people”，修饰先行词cars；最后还有一个定语从句“ who worked in the building”，修饰先行词people。
(2) belong to是短语动词，作“属于”解，后跟名词或代词。
例如：This bicycle belongs to our teacher, Mr Zhang.
这辆自行车是我们的老师张先生的。
Jack has collected lots of Chinese stamps. Perhaps these stamps belong to him.
杰克收集了大量的中国邮票。也许这些邮票是他的。
3. Over 500 people were working in the building when the fire broke out on the 11th floor. (= … when the fire started on the 11th floor.) 当十一楼发生大火时，大楼里有500多人正在工作。
短语动词break out作“(火灾、战争等)爆发/ 突然发生”解。例如：
The Anti-Japanese War broke out on July 7,1937. 抗日战争爆发于1937年7月7日。
A bad fire broke out in the market near our school.
在我们学校附近的市场里发生了一场大火。
A terrible disease broke out in London that summer, and hundreds of people died.
那年夏天伦敦发生了一场可怕的疾病，成百上千的人死亡了。
4. Soon the whole floor was on fire and it was impossible for people on the floors above to escape. (=…and people on the higher floors couldn't get out of the building.)很快地，整个楼层都着了火，上面楼层的人就逃不出来了。
(1) 注意形式主语it引导的句型：
It is/was+adj.+(for sb.)+to do sth.
形式主语it所代替的是最后的不定式短语(to do sth.)，而sb.则是这个不定式短语的逻辑主语。例如：
At first, it was impossible for the firefighters to control the fire. ( = The firefighters couldn't control the fire at first.) 起初，消防队员控制不了火势。
It was impossible for the helicopters to get close to the roof. (=The helicopters couldn't get close to the roof.) 直升飞机不能接近屋顶。
It is necessary for you to take the lift to get to the top floor. (=You have to take the lift to get to the top floor.) 要到顶层去就非乘电梯不可。
(2) 句中的escape是不及物动词，作“逃跑”(run away)、 “逃脱”(keep safe from)解。例如：The thief tried to escape but was caught by the police at last.
小偷试图逃跑，但终于被警察抓住了。
It was impossible for the villagers to escape from the flood. All of them died.
村民们没能逃脱洪水的袭击，全都死了。
escape还可以作名词，作“逃跑”或“逃走的路”解。 在本课中构成复合名词fire escape，是出现火警时用的太平梯。例如：
People can get out of the building from the fire escapes when a fire breaks out.
发生火灾时，人们可以从太平梯逃到楼外去。
5. The smoke from the fire was too thick for them to be able to land on the roof. (=As the smoke was too thick, the helicopters couldn't land on the roof.) 大火冒出的烟太浓了，直升飞机没有办法在屋顶上降落。
(1) 注意句中的“too+adj./adv.+(for sb.)+to do sth. ”结构，它的意思是“太……以致不……”，其中的“for sb. ”是不定式“to do sth.”的逻辑主语。例如：
The horse is too old to do farm work. 这匹马太老了，不能干农活了。
The boy is too young to join the army. 这孩子太小了，不能参军。
The ladder was too short for the firefighters to get to the 3rd floor.
这梯子太短了，消防队员上不了三楼。
John ran too fast for me to catch up with him.
约翰跑得太快了，我赶不上他。
(2) land vi.(飞机、船只等)着陆、登陆。例如：
The plane landed safely at the new airport. 飞机在新机场安全着陆了。
The ship got to Wuhan and all the passengers landed. 船到达武汉，所有乘客都登陆了。
6. There were so many people in the street watching the fire that firefighters could not get close to the building. 街上围观大火的人太多了，消防队员不能靠近大楼。
(1) 注意句中的“so…that”结构， 它的意思是“如此……以致……”，引导表示结果的状语从句，在so后跟形容词或副词。例如：
The smoke was so thick that the helicopters couldn't land on the roof.
烟太浓了，直升飞机无法在屋顶上着陆。
The helicopter flew so slowly that it was shot down soon after.
直升飞机飞得太慢了，不久就被击落。
(2) 注意句中的下列句型：
“There is/are+主语+ing形式”。
其中的-ing形式用作定语，修饰前面的主语。例如：
There is a car waiting at the gate. 大门口等着一辆小汽车。
There were lots of people in the building putting out the fire.
大楼里有许多人在灭火。
(3) close to (=near to)作“靠近”解，后跟名词或代词。例如：
Don't get close to the burning building, or you'll get hurt.
不要靠近起火的大楼，否则你会受伤的。
I was coming close to the office when the fire alarm sounded.
我正走近办公室，这时火警报警器响了。
7. The fire lasted about four hours before the firefighters could control it. 大火持续了大约四个小时之后，消防队员才把火势控制住。
(1) 注意本句中的 before 不译作“在……之前”， 而要译作“……(之后)才”。例如：
It was a long time before I met Jim again. 过了很久(之后)我才再次见到吉姆。
Read the whole passage before you answer the following questions.
读完全篇短文之后再回答下面的问题。
A few months had passed before they found out the cause of the fire.
过了几个月(之后)才查明火灾的原因。
(2) last vi. 持续(多少时间)。例如：
The conference will last 4 days. 大会将历时四天。
The Anti-Japanese War lasted as long as 8 years. 抗日战争持续了八年之久。
8. The whole building was destroyed and over 200 people lost their lives in the fire. ( =…and over 200 people died in the fire.) 整个大楼被焚毁，200人在大火中丧生。
lose one's life 丧生，失去生命。例如：
All the people in the building were saved, but a firefighter lost his life.
大楼里的全部人员都获救，而一名消防队员丧生。
A few workers lost their lives in the traffic accident.
有几位工人在那次交通事故中丧生。
Step 6. Summary
Now get the students to summarize the story by retelling it using your own words.
Step 7. Consolidation
Tell the students to do Ex. 2 in the workbook to consolidate the story. And also this passage is a précis of the text.
Step 8. Workbook
Get the students to do Ex.3 and 4 in the workbook exercises individually and then check the answers with the class.
Homework
(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 62 in the workbook.
(2) Revise the key points of this lesson.
Lesson 63
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises.
(2) Revise the contents of Lesson 62.
Step 2. Lead-in
First of all tell the students something about the grammar.
一般过去时与过去进行时 ( The Past Indefinite and Continuous Tenses)
本课CHECKPOINT 16中的语法项目(Grammar) 是“一般过去时和过去进行时”(The Past Indefinite and Continuous Tenses)，这两个时态的差别在于：前者表示一个过去已完成的动作， 后者表示过去正在进行的动作；前者强调动作的完成， 后者强调动作的延续。试比较：
We built a bridge last winter. 去年冬天我们修建了一座桥梁。(已经建成了。)
We were building a bridge last winter.
去年冬天我们在修建一座桥梁。(可能没建成。)
I wrote a letter to my parents last night.
昨晚我给父母亲写了一封信。(已经写完了。)
I was writing a letter to my parents last night, when the fire broke out.
昨天晚上我正在给父母亲写信，这时发生了火灾。(可能没写完。)
过去进行时和一般过去时经常在同一个句子中使用。 过去进行时表示过去正在进行的情况或动作， 一般过去时则表示过去的比较短暂的动作或事件。如在CHECKPOINT中就有这样的例句：
Over 500 people were working in the building when the fire broke out.
大火发生时，500多人正在大楼里工作。
又如：
What were you doing when the fire started? 大火开始时你在干什么?
We were having supper when the phone rang. 我们正在吃晚饭，这时电话铃响了。
While the firefighters were trying to control the fire, helicopters flew to the burning building. 当消防队员正力图控制火势的时候， 直升飞机飞临到着火的大楼上空。
Smoking was coming out of the ceiling， so I went to sound the fire alarm.
烟从天花板里朝外冒，于是我就去拉响报警器。
Step 3. Practice
Now tell the students to do Part 1, filling the blanks with proper tenses. Tell the students to do the exercises individually and then check the answers with the class.
Step 4. Game
SB Lesson 63, Part 2, organize the students to play the game to practice the past continuous tense.
Step 5. Practice
SB Lesson 63, Part 3, the students are told to work in pairs to interview a person who just escaped from the fire. They are expected to use as more past continuous tense as possible.
Step 6. Workbook
Get the students to do the workbook exercises individually and then check the answers with the class.
Homework
(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson the workbook.
(2) Revise the past continuous tense.
Lesson 64
Step 1. Revision
(1) Check the homework exercises.
(2) Revise the content of Lesson 62.
(3) Revise the key points of the two lessons.
Step 2. Listening
(1) Pre-listening: Tell the students turn to Page 122 and read the instructions to get a gist of the listening passage.
(2) While-listening:
① Play the tape for the students to answer the questions.
② Check the answers with the students.
(3) Post listening activity: get the students to talk about the listening passage.
Step 3. Checkpoints
Go through Checkpoint 16 with the students. Get the students to make sentences of their own using the useful expressions.
Step 4. Writing
SB P8, Part 2. Fill in the blanks with proper tenses with the words given. The students are told to do the exercise individually and then check the answers with the class by pick out some students to read aloud their answers to the class.
Step 5. Writing
SB P4, Part 3. Read the instructions and tell the students to put the sentences into correct consequences and develop them into a paragraph.
Step 6. Workbook
Workbook Lesson 64. Ex.1~3 and the exercises in Unit 16 Revision. Get the students to do the exercises and then check the answers with the students.
Homework
(1) Finish off the exercises of Lesson 64 in the workbook.
(2) Revise the key points of this unit.
Evaluation of teaching: