Unit7 The Sea-Communication Workshop教案
■ play the cassette again, pausing it to check students' understanding of disaster, pollute the sea. stage 1key words
business, development, environment, fishing industry, jobs, marine life, noise, oil refinery, pollution, traffic, (un)employment, wildlife
■ go through the key words with the class, asking students to translate them or put them into a sentence in english.
■ look at the notes for the local shopkeeper with the class and see if students can add any more points to support his point of view.
■ in groups, each student chooses a role from the list in exercise 3 and writes notes about his/her opinions of the plans. stage 2
■ read the function file with the class, drawing students' attention to the use of stress to give emphasis to your opinion, e.g. i am totally against the plan.
students practise on their own, giving their opinions and stating their case. stage 3
■ read through the example with the class and point out how one speaker states his/her case before the next speaker agrees or disagrees and then goes on to state his/her case.
■ remind students that this is a ‘public debate’, not an informal conversation among friends. each person is allowed to finish what they want to say before the next person speaks. if you wish, each group can appoint a chairperson to control the debate. (the chairperson then gives his/her opinions as a member of the community at the very beginning of the debate).
■ in groups, students take turns to give their opinions. when everyone in the group has spoken, the group has a general discussion and tries to reach agreement about the plans for dolwyn bay. talkback
■ each group reports back to the class, saying what plans they agreed on. listening
■ students read through the text and guess the missing words.
■ then they listen to the song and complete the text.
answers and tapescript
i am sailing, i am sailing, home again, across the sea.
i am sailing, stormy waters, to be near you, to be free.
i am flying, i am flying, like a bird, across the sky.
i am flying, passing high clouds, to be with you, to be free.
can you hear me? can you hear me? through the dark night, far away.
i am dying, forever crying, to be with you, who can say?
we are sailing, we are sailing, home again, across the sea.
we are sailing, stormy waters, to be near you, to be free. ■ play the song again and ask further questions: ‘what is the situation in the song? where is the person going? who is he going to see? is the person really sailing?’