Teaching Plan For Unit 10 The world around us
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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The second period
Teaching Aims:
1. Do some reading to improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Help the students to know that we must do what we can to protect the animals and plants around us.
3. Learn some useful words and expressions.
Teaching Methods:
1. Listening and reading to improve the students’ pronunciation.
2. Discussion and explanation to help the students understand the passage better.
3. Pair work and individual work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1. a tape recorder 2. the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
StepⅠ Greeting and Revision
StepⅡ Lead-in
T asks Ss why some plants are in danger and even human beings?
Step Ⅲ Presentation
Let’s try to find the answers to the questions above from the text.
StepⅣ Reading Comprehension
Ⅰ First reading: Question: What can we do to protect the environment?
Answer: We should create more space for animals and plants. We should stop pollution.
Ⅱ Second reading
1. According to Steve Jones, do human beings do enough to protect the environment?
2. Before we take measures, what should we get to know?
3. What cause the living things to become endangered?
4. Planting a tree or building a birdhouse is not useful to protecting the environment, is it?
Suggested answers: 1. No, they don’t.
2.We should know more about what causes endangerment.
3.When their habitat is changed or destroyed and when too much of their recourses is used.
4.Yes. it is.
Ⅲ Intensive Reading (Playing the tape )
Go through the text and deal with the language points
Language Points:
◆ 1. die out 表示“（家族、物种等）死光”“灭绝”“绝迹”，还可表示“（传统、习俗、做法等）消失”“过时”。 如： Many kinds of wild animals have died out today.
Cf: a) die away 表示“（尤指声音、风、光等的）减弱（以至察觉不到）”“淡化”“逐渐消失”。 如： The noise of the car died away in the distance.
b)die down 表示“（物质特征和感情的）逐渐减弱”“逐渐平息”“降低”
如： The flame/ storm/pain/wind is dying down.
c) die of 表示“因（患）…而死”，常指由于疾病、情感、饥寒等原因引起的死亡，即死于内因。 如：He died of hunger.
d) die from 表示“因…而死”，一般指除了疾病、情感、饥寒等原因引起的死亡，即 死于外因。尤指因环境、事故等造成的死亡。如：die from an accident
Unluckily, the girl died of hunger while her friend died from a serious wound.
注：当指出疾病的名称时，die of 和die from 可以互换是使用。 如：
The old man died of /from the heart illness.
e) die for 表示“为…而死”，即为某种目的而死。如： He died for our motherland.
◆ 2. tour “游历”、“观光”、“巡视”
“周游”，“旅游”，常带有“最后回到出发地”的含义。主要目的是浏览或视察，距离可长可短。可作动词或名词。 如：
The play will tour the countryside in the autumn. 这出戏将于今秋在农村巡回演出。
[注意] travel, journey, trip, voyage, tour的区别：
a) travel 可作动词或名词。一般指到国外或远方旅行，不着重某一目的地，有到各处“游历”的意思。单数（抽象名词）泛指旅行行为或过程：复数制目的地不明确，到处游历。
eg: He has traveled the whole Europe.
b) journey (多指陆路的长途旅行)，指单程远距离旅行。
We will make a journey to the Northwest of China.
c) trip 比较通俗，可指陆路，水路旅行，且往往是“包括回程”的短暂旅行。
He made a trip to the seaside.
注： 在现代英语中，trip 和journey 有时已经可以通用了。
d) voyage“航行”“航海”，指水路或航空旅行。
They’re going to take a voyage from Shanghai to Qingdao.
◆ 3.make a /some/no/any/not much/a great deal of difference 有（颇大，没有，有何，没有多大，有很大）重要性/影响/关系
I admit that makes a difference. 我承认那有点影响。
It doesn’t make any difference my being here. 我在那儿没什么关系。
make a difference between…….区别对待
◆ 4. valuable adj. 宝贵的，贵重的 valueless adj. 不值钱的
value 常指物本身的价值，有时也被用做市价或交换价值，在这种意义上，某物的value常以人的主观见解的改变而改变。
a) n. 价值，益处[U] Many parents know the value of good education.
b) 公平的代价，等价物 [U] The watch is good value for your money. 这块手表值这么多钱。
c) [pl] 价值观 The value of today’s young people differ from those of their parents.
固定结构：(be) of value (to sb.)=(be) valuable (to sb.) 对…有价值
place/set/put a value …on 估价……；重视……
d) v. 估价。 He valued the house for me at ＄3,500. 这房子他帮我估计为3，500 美元。
f ) v. 珍视，重视 I valued his advice.
注：value, price, cost, worth的用法比较：
price n. 指卖者对于物品所要求的价格。 如：What’s the price for rice?
cost n. 指对物所付的代价，包括一切费用。通常物的“price”要比“cost”高。
worth n.& adj.指物的本来的价值，属永久不变的东西。如绘画的worth是同一的，而它的value 却依人们的嗜好或时代的不同而不同。“价格的高低”只能用“high/low”.
◆5.keep sb.from doing …..阻止某人做某事=stop/prevent sb from doing…
eg: Nothing can stop/prevent /keep us from doing that. 没有什么能阻止我们那样做。
【注意】a) 当该结构用stop/prevent 时，后面的from 可以省略，被动式中不省略。
eg: We must stop the disease (from) spreading
b) 当该结构用keep 时，from 不能省略。因为keep…doing sth,意为“使….不断地/一直做某事”。 eg: I’m sorry, I’ve kept you waiting for so long.
c) keep接复合宾语的用法： keep的意思是“使继续处于某种状态”，后接复合宾语，复合宾语中的宾语补足语可以是形容词、分词、副词或介词短语。如：
They lit a fire to keep themselves warm. / Sorry to have kept you waiting.
He used to keep the windows closed when he was asleep.
Once a cold kept him in bed for three days.
◆6.for different reason
a)表示“为了…原因/缘故”用介词短语for…reason. eg: for this/that reason(为此)，for no reason (无缘无故)，for some reason (为某种原因)，for a simple reason (为了一个简单的原因)，for the reason of health (为健康的原因)，for no good reason(没有正当的理由)。
b) the reason for… “…的原因”，for 引出介词短语，修饰reason，说明它涉及的方面。
eg: The reason for the flood was all that heavy rain.
◆7.The good news is that there is a lot we can do to help.
that引导的从句在句中作表语,是表语从句，表语从句还可以有疑问词when, where, what, how 等引导。 Pudong is no longer what it used to be. / This is where our problems lies.
◆8. by doing … 介词by 的用法：by = by means of 用…，通过… 表示利用某种手段， 后面常跟名词或动词-ing形式。 His father made a living by teaching.
◆9 pick up
a)（从收音机里）收到，听到，接收 My radio can pick up “follow me” very clearly.
b) 拾取，捡起 You dropped the book on the floor, now you should pick it up.
c) (用车辆中途)搭载某人/接某人上车 Pick me up at the hotel this afternoon.
d)无意地买到，顺便去买/偶然找到，获得/得到，染上，非正规学会、学到
eg: Where did you pick up that lovely old vase? / Where did you pick up that cold.
e) 恢复（健康） The patient is beginning to pick up now.
f) 跌倒后站起来 I slipped and fell, but I quickly picked myself up.
g) pick up the speed 加速
◆10. adapt to...适应，后接名词或代词
a) adapt 可用作及物动词或不及物动词，意为“适应”。
You must adapt yourself to new customs when you go to a new country.
b) adapt 还可表示“改编，改写” The book is adapted for beginners.
◆ 11. first of all 首先，第一，用语加强语气
first of all 是指在重要性方面，在诸多因素中处于首位，用来加强语气，类似于above all ; firstly主要用于列举次序，“第一，首先”；at first 主要指时间，“起初，开始”。
StepⅣ Consolidation
Structure and general idea.
Para1 (para1): It is time to do something to protect living things.
Para2 (para2): The causes of living becoming endangered.
Para3 (para3): What we can do to protect the environment.
StepⅤ Practice:
Ⅰ.Multiple choice:
1.The pan_____ he used to cook was broken.
A.which. B. when C. where D. as
2. He lives ___ in a(n)_____house,but he doesn’t feel ____.
A. lonely,lonely,alone B. alone,lonely, alone C. lonely, alone, lonely D. alone,lonely,lonely
3. We are now ___ a visit ____ the Green park in Birmingham.
A. at, to B. on, to C. on, for D. in, to
4. There used to be a village by the river,_____?
A. usedn’t there B. usedn’t it C. did there D. didn’t it
5. It doesn’t_____ if you are late to my party. I just want you to come.
A. make a difference B. make differences C. matters D. important
Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences:
1．你明天是否去那儿没关系。
It ___________________whether you will go there tomorrow?
2．大雨使我没有能参加会议。
The_________ rain_________________________.
3．那种动物一百年前就已灭绝了。
Animals __________________________100 nyears ago.
4．我看到他在上学的路上捡到一条钥匙。
I saw _____________________________ school.
5．由于种种原因，他得靠卖报谋生。
_______________________, he had to _______________________.
他象他妈妈年轻时一样喜欢唱歌。
He likes singing ______________ his mother _________when she was young.
Suggested answers: ⅠA.C.B.A.A.
Ⅱ.makes no difference; heavy, kept me from attending the meeting, of that kind died out, pick up a key on the way to, For different reasons, make a living by selling newspapers.
Step: Ⅵ Consolidation
Retell the text according to the main ideas of three parts.
Step Ⅶ Discussion:
As a middle school student,what should you do to protect the achievement? ]
StepⅧ Record after teaching
Period 3
Teaching Aims:
1.Review Direct and Indirect Speech and do some exercises to master them better.
2. Review some useful and importanr expressions
Teaching Difficult Points:
How to help the studentd master the Indirect Speech better
Teaching Methods:
.Pair work or individual work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Procedures:
Step1 Revision
Ⅰ. Check the homework
Ⅱ. Ask some students to say something about the wildlife endangerment.
Step2.W ord study
ⅠGet students to know something about the formation and go over the use of prefix “re”
Ⅱ.Work in pairs
Ⅲ. Report the answers.
Step 3 Grammar
Ⅰ. Revise the rules for the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.
Ⅱ. Practice
1.Give the students several minutes to do the exercise in pairs orally. First pick out the sentenes and then change them into Direct Speech
2. Students report the answers.
Step 4. Conclusion
Grammar: The Direct Speech and Indirect Speech
Step 5 Consolidation.
Language Points:
◆1. devote.....to...忠诚于.......，献身于....，这里是的to是介词，后接n./pron/doing.....
eg: He devoted his whole life to studying origin of cancer.
由于devote 是及物动词，故其后必须带宾语，但我们也可以用be devoted to 的形式。
eg: Some of them were devoted to the study of natural science.
◆2. common, general, ordinary, usual 的辨析
a)common 侧重“普通”，表示“时时发生，人所共有”，并含有“并不高贵，地位低下”之意味，其反义词为rare. a common saying (俗话)， a common wish (一个共同的愿望)
b)general 侧重“普遍”之意，表示在大多数人或事物中流行并受到关注，不含有并含有“并不高贵，地位低下”之意，其反义词为“specific”.
c) ordinary 于common 基本同义, 侧重“平凡的，普通的”，表示“随时可以碰到，不值得惊奇”，其反义词为“superior”. an ordinary (or a common) event (一件极平常的事)
d) usual 用来指事物，意为“通常的，惯常的”，含有“随集体风俗或个人习惯而常常发生”之意，其反义词为“unusual”.
◆3. in the wilds
wild adj. 野的，荒凉的 wild animals 野生动物 wild flowers 野花
be wild with joy 欣喜若狂 be wild with hunger 饿得发狂
wildly adv. 发狂地 wilds n. 荒野
They used to live in the filds.
in the air 在空中，悬而未决的 in the open air 在露天 on the air 正在广播
◆4. explain sth. to sb./explain to sb. sth. 向某人解释某事 explanation n. 解释；说明
eg: Please explain the matter to me.
◆5.hope & wish
(1)hope ① for + n. ② to do ....③ that.....(从句用陈述句语序)
eg: ①We hope for an early spring. ②I hope to be back soon.
③ I hope that the weather will be fine tomorrow.
⑵ wish ① for + n. ②to do.....③sb./sth.+ adj./done/to do....④ sb. sth.
⑤ that .....(从句用虚拟语气，意为“但愿”)
eg: ① Everyone wishes for happiness. ② I wish to stay here. ③ I wish you well and happy.
④ I wish you luck! ⑤ I wish that you could get a good job. I wish I were you.
◆6.one day, some day, another day 的辨析
a) one day 既可以表示“将来某一天”“总有一天”，也可以表示“（过去）有一天”。
b) some day 指“将来某一天”，“总有一天” I believe you’ll succeed some day.
c) another day 可表示近期将来的某一天，译为“改天”；也可表示过去或将来某一动作或状态延续的“又一天”。 She says she is coming another day instead of today.
d) the other day 意为“前几天”，“几天前”，相当于 a few days ago, 一般用于过去时。
She spoke to me the other day.
★ Choose the best answers:
( ) 1. On the way to his uncle’s , he stopped _____ some fruits.
A. buying B. to buy C. bought D. been bought
( ) 2. Mr. Smith explained _____ how to do it.
A. them B. to them C. for them D. of them
( ) 3. He said it was all gone; he was wrong,______.
A. but B. and C. however D. too
( ) 4 He devoted all his time to ____ for peace.
A. worked B. working C. worked D. be worked
( ) 5. The bird is so _____ that we can find it everywhere.
A. common B. rare C. little D. uaual
Suggested answers: B B C B A
Step6 Record after teaching
Period 4
Teaching Aims:
1. Do some reading and writing practice to improve the students’ intergrating skills.
2. Do some exercises to cosolidate the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.
Teaching Methods:
Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.a tape recorder 2. a blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Make sentnces with the following words and expressions:
in danger; no longer; make sure; find out; die out; make a difference; keep... from doing; pick up
devote ...to...
Step 2 Lead –in
Ss list some ways to protect the environment.
T: There are many ways to protect the environment.List some of them.Next we will resd a passage to find more ways of protecting environment.
Step 3. Presentation
Ⅰ. Help the students understand what the passage tells us.
Ⅱ Divide the class into groups and discuss to find the answers.
Ⅲ. Several groups report their answers.
Step 4 Consolidation
Language Points:
◆1. harmful adj. 有害的 反义词harmless
eg: Is this harmful to animals?
do sb. harm = do harm to sb. 反义词组 do sb. good/ do good to sb.
◆2. end up 结束，告终 How does the story end up?
end up with “ 以..... 结束” 反义词组为start /begin with
◆3.It is impossible to do.....
It 是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式短语，这种句子结构可归纳为：
It is + adj./n. + to do sth.
eg: It is wonderful to have a walk in the woods.
cf: It’s + adj. + for sb. to do sth./ It’s + adj.+ of sb. to do sth.
eg: It’s important for him to study well at school .
It’s very nice of you to come and see me.
◆ 4.show sth. to sb.= show sb sth 把某物给某人看
show 还可以表示“出示”，“显示”，“带领”
show your ticket at the entrance 在入口处出示票
show him in/ out 领他进来／出去
show me around the school 带我在学校四周转了转
show作“示范，解释”解 (to explain or make clear to sb. by words or especially actions)，后跟“how +不定式短语”结构，作直接宾语
eg: The teacher showed the students how to make the mixture.
Could you please show me how to use the computer.
◆ 5.be careful with....
be careful with your work 意思是仔细做工作，with 后面接名词，也可以说ba careful in doing your work. in 后面接-ing 形式。
★ Consolidation:
Ⅰ.Put the following into English:
1. 小心别摔倒！
2. 他说旧报纸已扔掉。
3. 他不听医生的建议，结果住了院。
4. 我们应当同甘共苦。
5. 吸烟对你身体有害。
Ⅱ. Choose the best answer.
( ) 1. I didn’t go to see the film yesterday for I ____ it ____ many times.
A. have, seen B. saw, for C. had seen, / D. had seen, for
( ) 2. _____ do you think will attend the meeting?
A. Who B.whom C. what D. how
( ) 3.He devoted all his energy _____ for equal rights for the black people.
A. in fighting B. to fight C. to fighting D. on fighting
( ) 4.When and how to solve the problem ____ still up____/
A. are, in the air B. is, in the air C. is in the open air D. are ,on the air
( ) 5. He began his talk ____ an apology.
A. from B. by C. as D. with
Suggested answers:
Ⅰ.1. Be careful (Take care)not to fall down.
2. He said the old newspapers had been thrown away.
3.He didn’t take the doctor’s advice and he ended up in hospital.
4. We should share (in) happiness and sorrow(troubles and joys).
5. Smoking is harmful to your health.
Ⅱ C.A.C.B.D
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