高三英語nothing ventured nothing gained教案

1 the choice of his party: he took the best navigator and the most difficult crew members so that he left the optimistic and most co-operative people behind.
2 the quality of the navigation: despite terrible seas checked the ship's position only three .times but managed to arrive safely.
3 the perseverance of the party: they crossed the mountains sometimes sliding on their bottoms and arrived safely.
ll. listen to the tape on page 51 on workbook.
listening text
where did humans come from?
ex,1. questions before listening:
1.what theories on the origin of species existed before darwin's idea?
2.what is darwin's idea?
3.what was the public reaction to his idea?
4.does everyone believe in his idea now?
5.what do you think of his idea?
ex. 3  fill in the information in the chart.
old theory new theory
who made the different animals and plants? god the theory of evolution that animals developed from earlier species
how do you know? from the bible by collecting evidence
how long did it take? six days millions of years
where did people come from? god made them. developed from monkeys
ex. 4 answer these questions
1 what made charles darwin change his mind and explain his new theory?
1  after twenty years charles darwin changed his mind and explained his new theory because another biologist also had the same idea. the two of them worked together.
2 what was the public reaction to his book the origin of species?
2 the public reaction to the new theory was very fierce. (everybody was forced to take sides in the debate between the biologists and the christian church. even the prime minister of the day, benjamin disraeli, was asked his opinion. he said "is man an ape or an angel? now i am on the side of the angels.")
3 who did he upset? why did he upset them?
3  he particularly upset all the followers of the christian church who believed that the bible came directly from god and therefore every word must be true.
4 how did he handle the criticism?
5. he handled the criticism with tact and patience.
iii. listen again and recall what the content is.
play the whole listening text once again and instruct the ss to listen attentively from the beginning to the end. while listening, try to catch the key words and the general content of the story then prepare themslves for the next activity.
iv. homework:
1.after class , write down the listenning text withion 50 words.
2. finish off the exercises on page 5 and page 6, and find out the key expressions we have learnt.