牛津英語8B全英文教案

unit 1 past and present
period 1 comic strips & welcome to the unit
teaching goals
● to introduce the concept of situations that started in the past and are continuing at present
● to introduce the grammatical concept of the present perfect tense by focusing on a timeline.
teaching procedures
step 1 having a brainstorming
—how do you come to school every day? 
—i come by bike. /by bus /by car.
—how does your father go to work?  
—he goes to work by car. /he takes a car to work.
step 2 presenting forms of transport
there’s too much traffic in nanjing. but people began to take the underground in . the underground has been in use since . it’s fast and convenient. 
now, let’s learn something about transport at different times. (show the pictures)
what are their names? (light rail, double-decker)
i want to draw a timeline for the different forms of transport in beijing. use the information from part a to complete the timeline.
 1900  1910  1920  1930  1940  1950  1960  1970  1980  1990
        light rail taxi         bus       coach/plane  underground  double-decker  train
step 3 having a discussion
discuss the transport at different times.
the bus has been in use since 1958.  people have taken the bus since 1958.
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step 4 listening to and reading a dialogue
in the past, people took the bus to work. but at present, more and more people can take the taxi /underground/double-decker car/ to work. the transport has changed a lot. what about our old friends eddie and hobo? have they changed a lot?
let’s go on to listen to and read the dialogue on page 6 between eddie and hobo. then answer the following questions:
1. where’s hobo’s food? is it in the bowl now? why not? (because eddie has eaten it.)
2. why has eddie eaten his food? (because eddie was hungry.)
3. what did hobo think of eddie in the past? (hobo thought eddie was kind in the past.)
4. what does he think of eddie now? (hobo thinks eddie is bad now. so he doesn’t want to play with him any more.) 
5. why does eddie say that hobo has changed a lot, too? (because hobo wanted to play with him in the past, but now he doesn’t.)
step 5 listening and reading aloud
listen to the tape, and try to read aloud the dialogue on page 6 to the tape.
step 6 finding and writing expressions
you are to go over page 6 and 7 again to find out and write down all the useful expressions. make sentences of your own with them after class.