Period 1
Pre-class task: 1.Copy and preview new vocabulary of Unit 5.
2. In groups, find out the information about six men :Nelson Mandela, William Tyndale, Norman Bethune, Sun Yat-sen, Gandhi, Neil Armstrong (nationality, career, important events, etc.)
Step 1 Word competition
Part 1: Each group get 5 words to read. Ten points for each.
Group A : hero, accept, period, equal, violence
Group B: peaceful, terror, leader, continue, position
Group C: prison, degree, reward, active, educated
Group D: advise, blanket, youth, principle, quality
Part 2: The quickest to read out the word correctly can get 20 points for his/ her group, but if the answer is wrong,
10 points will be lost. And the students in other groups have a chance to try.
invader, republic, nationalism, livelihood, cruelty, criminal, president, sincerely, Nelson Mandela, William Tyndale, Bible, Gandhi, Elias
Part 3: Ss in any group can participate it. The quickest who gives the correct Chinese/ English meaning of each phrase will get extra 10 points. The wrongs won’t lose points.
lose heart, in trouble, out of work, Youth League, blow up, as a matter of fact, put…in prison, come to power
Step 2 Warming up
1. Get Ss to name some great people.
2. T shows some great people’s pictures.
3. Get Ss to discuss what qualities a great person should have.
(smart, modest, unselfish, warm-hearted, confident, determined, active, honest, brave, persistent,
As a great person,
Should he/she help others?
Should he/she get on well with others?
Should he/she be willing to do public service?
Should he/she be active in society activities?
Should he/she never lose heart when he/she is in great trouble?
(As a great person, he/she should help others, get on well with others, be willing to do public service, be active in society activities and never lose heart when he/she is in great trouble and so on..)
4. Get Ss to decide “What kind of person are you? Do you have the qualities to be a great person?” by finishing the questionnaire on P33.
Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Get Ss to present some information about six men (Nelson Mandela, William Tyndale, Norman Bethune, Sun Yat-sen, Gandhi, Neil Armstrong)
2. Get Ss to discuss “Are they great people? Why?”
4. Go through the information about six men on P33-34.
Step 4 Talking (on P69)
Step 5 Homework
1. Review new words and expressions of Unit 5, and get ready for the dictation.
2. Do SB P35-36 Ex. 1. 2.
3. “中華一題”Section I
4. “English Weekly” Reading Comprehension A
Period 2
Step 1 Dictation (10 words)
Step 2 Homework checking
Step 3 Introduction and lead-in
Re-talk about Nelson Mandela.
Step 4 Reading comprehension
Read the text
1st time: Read the text while listening to the tape and get the general idea of the passage
Q: How many parts can we divide the text into? What’s the main idea of each part?
Part 1 (Para 1-2): The life of Elias before he met Nelson Mandela.
Part 2 (Para3-5): The change of Elias’ life after he met Nelson Mandela and what Mandela did.
2nd time: Read the text again carefully to obtain some details.
Finish Ex 1,2 on P35.
( Ex1: true 2,4
Ex2: 1940 He was born.
1946 He began school.
1948 He left school.
1952 Nelson Mandela opened his law firm.)
Step 5 Discussion
Pair work, discuss
1. How the ANC Youth League fights the government?
2. What can we learn from the text about Nelson Mandela?
(1. At first, the ANC Youth League fought against the government in a peaceful way. But when they failed, they began to use violence.
(2. From the text, we can learn from Mandela the qualities of bravery, persistence, kindness and determination.)
Step 6 Extensive reading
Get Ss to learn more about Nelson Mandela.
1st time: Read the text while listening to the tape.
2nd time: Read the text again carefully to obtain some details.
1) Finish Ex on P38 ( D D B A)
2) Answer the questions: When did Elias lose his job? ( In 1973)
Does Elias like his present work? (Yes. Now at 51 I am proud to…)
Step 7 Homework
1. Read “ Notes to the text” for U5 ( P84-86)
2. Do WB P70 Ex. 1
3. Do SB P37 Ex. 1. 2.
4. “English Weekly” Reading Comprehension B
5. Find out the phrases and expressions according to the Chinese T gives.
Period 3
Step 1 Homework checking
Step 2 Language points
1. fight
1)vt. 和…戰斗, 和…打
eg. English fought Germany.
vi. 作戰,戰斗
*fight for… 為…而戰斗
eg. He told the workers to fight for their rights.
*fight against/with… 為反對…而斗爭, 和…作斗爭
eg. You will have to fight against/with difficulties.
England fought against/with Germany in the war of 1941-1948.
*fight with… 和…一起作戰
eg. They fought with the Italians in the last war.
2. advise v.
*advise sb on sth 就…給某人出主意
eg. I have advised you on that subject.
The teacher advised me on how to learn English.
*advise sb to do sth 建議某人干…
eg. The teacher advises me to practise more spoken English.
*advise that sb (should) do sth
eg. I advise that you (should) not eat this kind of fruit.
advice n.[u]
a piece of advice
give sb advice on… 關于….給某人建議
eg. In one of his books, Marx gave some advice on how to learn English.
3. prison
*be in prison 坐牢
be in the prison 在監獄里,可能坐牢,可能工作
eg. He told me that he had been in prison for three years.
*put sb in prison 把…投入監獄
The robber has been put in prison.
*sb be kept/held prisoner 被囚禁
4. accept 接受,指的是主觀上接受了
receive 收到,指客觀上收到,不一定接受
eg. I received his invitation, but I didn’t accept it.
5. stop…(from) doing sth 阻止...做某事
eg. You must stop him (from) telling his father.
I really want to stop you (from) smoking.
6. educated adj. 受過教育的,有教養的
better educated 是well educated的比較級
7. be sentenced to sth 被判刑
eg. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison.他被判3年監禁.
He was sentenced to death. 他被判死刑.
Step 3 Sentence focus:
1. The school where I had studied only two years was three kilometers away.
be…away 有…遠, 可以指距離, 也可以指時間
eg. The new house is about three miles away.
The exams are still three weeks away.
2. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine.
after doing 介詞短語作狀語用,表示時間。*其邏輯主語要與主句主語一致
eg. After getting up, he always drinks a glass of water.
After his mother went out, he began to watch TV. (T)
After going out, he began to watch TV. (F)
3. The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress
see在此句意為見證、目睹;為某事發生之時,主語常為時間
eg. Yesterday saw a terrible car accident in front of our school.
4. The parts of town where they lived were places decided by white people.
主句是The parts of town were places. 定語從句是where they lived
decided by white people 是過去分詞作定語,相當于which is decided by white people, 修飾places
5. We were put in a position in which we had either to accept we were less important, or fight the Government.
either…or… 或者…或者…
less + adj./adv.(原級) + than 是形容詞(副詞)比較級的一種,表示前者不及后者。
此句中,less important是less important than the White 的省略結構
eg. In his life, he has always tried to help those who are less fortunate than he.
6. only then did we decide to answer violence with violence. 只有在這時,我們才決定用暴力反抗暴力。
這是一個倒裝句。結構:Only + 狀語 + 部分倒裝
狀語:由副詞,介詞短語或狀語從句構成
*部分倒裝用一般疑問句的語序
eg. Only yesterday did his father tell him the truth.
Only by shouting was he able to make people hear him.
Only when his father came back did he go to bed.
*only引導的詞不是狀語不用倒裝
eg. Only he can work out this problem.
7. But I was happy to help because I knew it was to realize our dream of making black and white people equal.
was to do 在此處意為注定將會…
eg. You were to regret your decision later.
8.I felt bad the first time I talked to a group. 第一次給旅行團作講解時,我的心情很不好。
the first time 起連詞的作用,引導時間狀語從句
eg. The first time I met him, I thought him nice.
9. We read books under our blankets and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words.
we could find 是定語從句,修飾anything
to make candles及to see the words 是目的狀語
10.As they were not cleverer than me, but did pass their exams.
did pass 是強調結構,強調謂語動詞時,在動詞原形前do / does / did
eg. I do hope you have a nice trip.
He does speak English well.
Step 4 Homework
1. Recite paragraph of the text
2. Do WB P71 Ex 2 Translation (on Ex book)
3. “English Weekly” Multiple choice ,Reading Comprehension C & Cloze test
4. Read P92
Period 4
Step 1 Homework checking
Step 2 Grammar
The Attributive Clause (II)---由關系副詞when, where, why引導的定語從句
Basic Rules:
1. 關系副詞when在從句中作時間狀語
eg. I still remember the day when I first met you.
2. 關系副詞where在從句中作地點狀語
eg. This shop is the place where I first met you.
3. 關系副詞why在從句中作原因狀語(先行詞只有reason一詞)
eg. The reason why he was late was that he missed his train.
4. how不能用作關系副詞, 也不能引導定語從句.
This is the way how he did it. (F)
This isthe way (that/ in which ) he did it. (T)
* “English Weekly” when, where, why引導定語從句四注意
Step 3 Practice
Step 4. Homework
1. Do WB P71 Ex 1,2 (on Ex book)
2. Finish “English Weekly”