Unit 1:brighter future for all
教案重点：
1. The structure of the whole passage discussed and the writing ways mentioned in this passage
2. The reading skills mentioned in this unit
3. listening practicing related to the contents learned in this unit
教案难点：
1.Talking about college education.
2.Writing paragraphs with the structure “a general statement supported by details”.
3.Applying the phrases and patterns.
教案过程：
1. Warming-up activities
a. What is the ideal university like in your eyes?
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b. What are your expectations of your college life?
c. Listen to an interview about tips for freshman students and do the following exercise.
d. Listen to a short passage concerning college education and fill in the missing information.
2. Text study
a. Main idea of the parts In his welcome speech, the president urges students to take advantage of the unique opportunity to face new exciting experience and to challenge themselves so that they will reap the benefits of their college years. The president also expresses the university’s expectations of its students and of the responsibilities they carry.
Part I (Para. 1-3): The president congratulates students on their achievement and reminds students of the fact that their current success was due to their own and their parents’ efforts, and that their future is built on a solid foundation of the past.
Part II (Para. 4-7): The president offers students comprehensive advice on how to make the most of their four college years and makes them realize the
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university’s expectations and their own responsibilities.
Part III (Para. 8): The students are called upon to cherish the opportunity and to bear in mind their responsibilities as citizens of their communities, their country and the world.
b. Structure of the text Opening part of the welcome speech
Advice
Concluding part
c. Summary of the text Main idea
Language focus
Pledge to do sth. : China and the United states pledge to boost cooperation and exchange to ensure a better future for China-US ties.
Make the most of sth.: This article introduces 7 tips for making the most of your iPhone5S.
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Reap the benefits: Keep on reading extensively, and you will reap the benefits sooner or later.
Feel overwhelmed by sth.:Nowadays, many young people feel overwhelmed by the fierce competition in the job market.
Stand chance of: Animals stand little chance of survival under such extreme weather.
Take great pleasure in:He always takes great pleasure inlending a helping hand to people around him.
Open the door to sth.:These useful suggestions open the door to better communication with your parents.
3. Language application
a. writing device Sentence writing
Parallelism：By placing two or more ideas of equal value in the same grammatical form enables us to express these ideas clearly and emphatically.
Example: You may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with high school。 your parents may have cried tears of joy to be finally finished with doing 4 / 8
your laundry! Paragraph writing: topic detailsconclusion
Example:
For you, these next four years will be a time unlike any other. (Topic sentence) Here you are surrounded by great resources: interesting students from all over the country, a learned and caring faculty, a comprehensive library, great sports facilities, and student organizations covering every possible interest from the arts to science, to community service and so on. (Detail 1: What is available to you on
campus) You will have the freedom to explore and learn about new subjects. You will learn to get by on very little sleep, meet fascinating people, and pursue new passions. (Detail 2: What you can do) I want to encourage you to make the most of this unique experience, and to use your energy and enthusiasm to reap the benefits of this opportunity. (Concluding sentence) Activities performed in class: Do you think a university education can change a person’s life? In what way and why?
How do you think of those successful people such as Bill Gates who dropped out of university?
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What are you going to do at university in order to sample widely and challenge yourself?
Viewing, listening and speaking Unit 1Traces of the past
教案重点：
1. talk about past events and their impacts on the present
2. discuss in groups the activities you do at weekends and add as many activities as possible
教案难点：
1. conduct an interview
2. describe an event
教案过程：
Opening-up
1. talk about the activities shown in the pictures
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2. Work in pairs and compare your answers.
Listening to the word
1. Ask Ss to watch a podcast to get its general idea and discuss their answers in groups.
2. Ask Ss to watch a podcast and fill in the blanks.
3. Ask Ss to discuss the following questions based on what they have heard.
Questions: 1. What did you do last weekend? Did you enjoy it? Why or why not?
2. What can you learn from Mother Teresa’s words “Ican do no great things, only small things with great love”
3. What childhood experience did you have that had a great impact on your present life?
4. Did your parents make you take up a hobby such as playing the piano, practicing calligraphy or playing table tennis when you were a child? Did you like it at that time? How do you think about it now?
Role-play
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Work in pairs and role-play one of the following situations by using skills for asking for and giving recommendations
Situation 1: seeing a movie
Situation 2: going out for dinner
Assignment:
Work in groups of four. Share briefly with your group members a recent event you went to, e.g. a festival, a concert, a sports event, an exhibition, a play, a party, or a film.
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