The first period
Teaching Aims:
1. Do listening and speaking practice to improve the student’s listening and speaking skills.
2. Learn something about the endangered animals.
3. Learn some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Important Points:
1. Improve the students’ listening and speaking skills.
2. Help the students to master the use of the important words and expressions.
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the students to improve the students’ listening skills.
Teaching Methods:
1. Listening-and –answer activity to improve the students’ listening skill.
2. Discussion to make the students practise speaking.
Teaching Aids:
1. a tape recorder 2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ Greetings and Revision
Revise what has been taught in Unit 9 and learn the new words and expressions of the period.
Step Ⅱ Warming up
1.Ss talked about the three pictures.
① What kinds of animals are they? ② Why are they in danger?
③Why do people hunt them?
2. Divide the class into groups and discuss the three questions.
3. Several groups report their answers.
Step Ⅲ Listening
1. Go through each task and understand what to do.
2. Play the tape two or three times as necessary.
3. Let the students discuss their answers in pairs and then check them with the whole class.
Step Ⅳ Speaking
1. Help Ss get to know what to do. 2. Ss practise asking and answering in pairs.
Step Ⅴ Language Study:
Language Points:
◆１.cut down 可用来表示“砍倒”；“减少”；“降低”；“缩短”
eg: The little boy cut down the young tree with an axe.
The doctor told me to cut down （on）smoking and drinking.
cut sth. from sth. （从较大物体上）切下，割下 eg: She cut a slice of beef from the joint.
cut sth. down “ 杀死某人，失去生命” He cut down by pneumonia at an early age.
cut sth. away “切除，剪去，剪掉某物” They cut away all the dead branches from the tree.
cut up “切碎”＝cit into pieces The man first cut the tree down and then cut it up.
cut off “切断” While we were cooking, the gas was suddenly cut off for some reason.
cut sth off “切下，割下，剪下，砍下” Mind you don’t cut off your fingers.
◆2. no longer/no more 不再
（１）no longer = not …any longer 常指时间概念，作状语，常与持续性动词连用。no longer 置于句中。 It’s late. I can’t wait any longer.
（2）no more = not …any more 常与点动词连用。 no more置于句末。
Time lost will return no more.
（3）no more + n.= not any more + n. no more 可作定语，修饰名词。
There is no more bread in the fridge.
（4）no more 在句中作主语或宾语。 I’m full, I can’t eat no more.
No more salt id needed.
◆3.some time, sometime, sometimes 的区别。
（１）some time 的意思是“一段时间”。
eg: The fire kept burning for some time before it was put down
（2） sometime 是指“某个不确定的时间”，常用于将来时态，也可用于一般过去时态中。
eg: We are sure to return the book sometime next week. 我们下个月谋某个时候肯定还书。
（3）sometimes 是频度副词，意为“有时”，“不止一次”。
eg: Sometimes he can answer the question correctly and sometimes incorrectly.
◆4. in danger 在危险中，垂危 out of danger 脱离危险
注意：dangerous 和 in danger 的区别：两者在句中都可作表语。dangerous 是形容词，意为“危险的”，指句子的主语对别人有危害。in danger 是介词短语，意为“处于危险状况，在危险中”，指句子主语的处境。
eg: He was in danger of losing life.
The man was dangerous, we must be careful with him.
danger n. 危险，危害 [C,U] A danger foreseen is half avoided.[谚] 预见隐患等于防范一半
◆5．1)make sure (that)……确信，务必，肯定
eg: Make sure that you understand what your teacher says.
2)make sure of/about ….弄肯定，设法做到
eg: Arrive early at the cinema to make sure of (getting) a seat.
3)make sure to do…..务必….. Make sure to close the door.
4)be sure to do …..一定会/要….. Be sure to write to me.
5)be sure of/about sth. 对某事肯定，有把握 I am sure of his coming.
注：It is sure that….是错的, 应说为It is certain that….. It is certain that it will rain.
◆6. find out 了解，打听，弄清楚；发现（尤指坏事），识破，发觉
find out the truth of the matter 弄清事实真相
find out how to open the box 弄清楚如何打开这箱子。
find sb out 识破某人 find out about 打听到关于…的情况
He found out about the trains for Beijing.
Cf: find + 1) n./pron. I found my eraser under the desk.
2)n./pron.+n./adj./adv./prep…./doing…./done…./to be….
3)that…..
find 常有“经寻找后找到或偶然发现”之意。find out常含有“经过调查、询问、了解和研究而发现或知道事实真相”的意思。
◆ 7. use ....for....利用...来做...,也可以用作被动语态 be used for ....
eg: We use gas for cooking.= Gas is used for cooking.
use ....as... 把 ..用作..../be used as...被用作....
use...to do sth用....来做某事/. be used to do sth.被用来做某事
◆ 8. act as 扮演；充当、担任、起...的作用。
eg: They acted as guards in time of danger.
work as 干... 工作，担任 He works as a lawyer.
serve as 干...工作，充当，担任 This box may serve as a table.
Step Ⅵ Consolidation
★Choose the best answers:
（ ）1.______ that you will get there in time?
A. Is it sure B. Are you sure C. Can you certain D. Are you sure of
（ ）2. Please ____ when Mr. Smith will come to China.
A. find B. find out C. to find D. to find out
（ ）3. After supper I_____ have a walk with my father.
A. sometimes B. sometime C. some time D. some times
（ ）4. The tiger is ___. We should ___ them.
A. dangerous; save B. in danger; save C. in danger; kill D. dangerous; defend
（ ）5. There is only 5 minutes_____ now.
A. leaving B. left C. to leave D. leave
（ ）6. ----Thank you very much. -------____________.
A. Don’t mention it. B. Please don’t . C. You’re all right . D. The same to you.
Suggested answers:B.B.A.B.B.A
StepⅦRecord after teaching
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