Great People教案-
(2) ask ss to listen to the tape again and match the dates with the inventions in activity 2.
(3) play the tape once again for ss to let them complete these sentences in activity 3.
3. post-listening
ask ss to say what they have learnt from the listening passage.
step 3. everyday english
1. listening
ask ss to listen to the listening material and fill in the missing words
(1) china has given the world many important inventions. , it is the first country in which silk was first invented.
(2) su song was an eleventh century monk about whom very little is known. however, we do know that in 1092 ad he invented the first real clock. , it became possible .
(3) a man called cai lun made paper from the bark of a tree in about 105 ad. , he is a man of whom china can be proud.
suggested answers:
(1) to give an example (2) for the first time, to tell the time (3) they say that, if so
2. explanation
if necessary, give ss some explanation to make sure they understand these expressions correctly.
3. practice
ask ss to use the expressions they heard in listening part to complete the conversations in everyday english. then ask ss to read the conversations in pairs.
step 4. cultural corner
1. leading-in
t: as we all know, the great inventions in ancient china changed the world greatly. so is the industrial revolution. what do you know about the industrial revolution?
2. reading
ask ss to read the text and fill in the missing information about industrial revolution in europe.
when where results
suggested answers:
when where results
in the second half of the 18th century
in europe factories appeared; mass production became possible; people moved to the cities; the steam engine were invented; factory owners became more powerful than land owners
3. language points
(1) often, factory workers lived in poor and crowded conditions.
工廠的工人經(jīng)常在貧困擁擠的條件下生活。
in good/ poor condition 處于糟糕的/良好的狀態(tài)
out of condition 健康狀況不佳
he is overweight and out of condition. 他太胖了，健康狀況不佳。
the car is still in good condition though it a used one.雖然是舊車(chē)但車(chē)況良好。
working /living /housing conditions 工作/生活/居住條件