Making a difference（The Fourth Period）
(teacher deals with the new words.)
t: ok. ()pen your books. turn to page7. i’ll give you four minutes to read the passage quickly and then answer some questions on the screen. do it as fast as possible and write your answers on a piece of paper. i’ll collect the first three pieces.
(teacher shows the screen.)
answer the following questions:
1. what's the characteristic of galileo galilei?
2. why could stephen hawking make: contributions to science work?
3. what can be described as the ability to use knowledge?
4. what's the most important thing if we want to make a difference?
5. how can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference? (teacher collects the first three pieces of the answers, checks them and gives them back to the students. then ask the students to answer the questions one by one)
suggested answers:
1. he was very curious and creative. by asking why, how and what if, curious minds find new ideas and solutions.
2. because stephen hawking are never satisfied with a simple answer and are always looking for new questions. and he always want to know more.
3. creativity can be described as the ability to use knowledge.
4. if we want to make a difference, perhaps the most important thing is to find something that we like to do and that we are good at.
5. only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference.
t: now look at the screen. i’ll explain some expressions and sentence structures to you so that you can use them freely. please listen to me carefully.
(show the following on the screen.)
ⅰ. expressions :
1. take a look at
e. g. let's take a look at your new car.
2. what if
e. g. what if it rains while we are along way from shelter?
3. the other way round
e. g. i was accused of stealing money from her but in fact it was the other way round.
ⅱ.sentence structures:
1.…it was only later that the world recognized his greatness.
e. g. it was because of his illness that he was absent from the meeting.
2.…only by discovering what we do best can we hope to reach our goals and truly make a difference,
e. g. only then did they realize their mistakes.
t: do you have anything else you don't understand? if you have, please tell me. i'll be glad to explain them to you.
(teacher answers the questions asked by the students.)
step iv listening and discussion
t: let's listen to the tape. when i play it for the first time, just listen to it. when i play it for the second time, please listen and repeat. then read the text aloud. are you clear?