unit1 lesson1 a perfect day lesson 1教案（北師大版必修1）

unit1 lesson1 a perfect day lesson 1教案（北師大版必修1）
lesson 1  a perfect day?
teaching aims:
to discuss favorite tv programmes and daily activities.
to revise present simple and present continuous.
to read two texts in order to check predictions.
to read two texts for specific information.
teaching difficulties: to revise present simple and present continuous.
teaching aids: computer and cassette
teaching procedures:
ⅰ. warming up
t: i think most of us like watching tv. watching tv is part of our life, do you think so?
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t: we know about all kinds of things from tv. what are your favorite kinds of tv programme? tell the class. use the key words to help you. (show some slides about tv programmes)
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t: why do you like the programmes?
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t: do you ever watch too much tv? how much time do you spend watching tv every day?
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t: the way a person lives and works is different. can you imagine an adult does nothing except watch tv all day? or he only thinks of working and never has time to watch tv? what kind of lifestyle do you think the men in the picture have?
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t: in reality few people like do that, but some people like that lifestyle and think it is a perfect day. now let’s read the text “a perfect day?” really? 
ⅱ reading
do the exercise true or false to see how much students understand.
1. brian is not satisfied with the kind of lifestyle.
2. brian’s wife goes out to work and supports the family.
3. bob is poor so he has to work day and night.
4. bob almost has no time to spent with his family.
5. it seems that bob prefers doing a lot of things all day to doing nothing.
6. bob’s wife often quarreled with bob for him doing nothing.
7. brian has more than a tv set.
8. brian ‘s wife often complains the money that brian makes is not enough.
answers: 1. f   2.t   3. f   4. t   5. t   6.f  7.t  8.f
t: what does a couch potato refer to?
s:
t: a couch potato is someone who watches lots (some would say too much!) of television.
“沙發(fā)馬鈴薯”。它不是馬鈴薯的變種，而是現(xiàn)代社會(huì)里的產(chǎn)物，指浪費(fèi)太多時(shí)間看電視的人。
t: what is workaholic?
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t: a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things. what is different between a workaholic and a couch potato?
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t: they are too different. one is lazy and doing nothing, the other like being busy
ⅲ read aloud
do the exercise 3 to let students understand the text.
read the two texts quickly and underline the tv programmes that brain usually watches.
 the children’s programs,  news, old movies, tv series,  sports games