Unit 25 At the conference

Lesson 98 多媒体教学设计方案

Teaching Aims

　　1.Study this lesson to know that one should be careful with his work..

　　2.Let the students grasp the main idea by understanding the key words and phrases.

　　3.Get the students to know about new words.  

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Presentation

　　教师活动：教师展示图片（见ppt.）让学生能从此图片了解课文的内容，学生能否猜到事情发生的情况，教师可提问全班学生。

　　What happened to them from this picture?

Step 2 Watch the Video

教师活动：教师播放视频（见ppt.），可播放一至两遍，然后给出问题，提问两到三个学生。

　　Why was Dr Baker surprised when he received the invitation? 

Step 3 Listening

教师活动：教师播放听力录音（见ppt.），在播放第一段过程中之后，可让学生浏览一遍课文内容。

　　After listening ,please answer the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1

Key: Dr Baker was invited to attend Medical Conference in London.

Paragraph 2

Key: Dr Baker was surprised to be asked to give a talk on DNA, which he knew nothing.

Step 4 Intensive Reading

学生活动：学生通过仔细阅读课文两到三遍，也可大声地朗读，然后做教师提出的问题。

Ask the students to read the text quickly and choose the best answer to each question.

1. The main speaker didn’t arrive on time because ________.

　　A. she had changed her mind

　　B. she returned for her notes

　　C. she missed her plane

　　D. the weather was bad

2. It proved that Dr. Baker s appearance at the conference was ________to the organizer.

　　A. an unknown mistake                   B. a serious problem

　　C. a pleasant surprise                     D. a well-kept secret

3. Why did the organizer ask Dr. David Baker to give a talk on DNA?

　　A. He knew the world-famous expert very well.

　　B. He thought he was another expert on DNA whose name was Peter Baker.

　　C. He just wanted to make fun of Dr. Baker.

　　D. He wanted to please the people there by telling a joke.

4. Which of the following statements is true?

　　A. The organizer made the careless mistake.

　　B. David Baker also did research in DNA at college.

　　C. Dr. Lively was going to give a talk on ENT.

　　D. David was a bit angry at such a careless mistake.

5. Can you guess what will happen next year?

　　A. The organizer will not invite Dr. Baker.

　　B. Dr. Baker will not come to their meeting.

　　C. They will not invite more experts to the meeting.

　　D. Dr. Baker will come to attend their meeting.

Key: DCBCD

Step 5 Extensive Reading

学生活动：学生快速阅读课文一遍，然后回答教师提出的问题。

Please read the text quickly then answer the questions.

　　1. Why did Dr. Baker look at his diary after he got the invitation?

　　2.Why do you think one or two people were surprised to see him?

　　3.Do you think the organizer know Dr. Baker? How do you know?

　　4. What did the organizer want Dr. Baker to do?

　　5.Can you imagine how the organizer would feel after Dr. Baker said, “You must be joking! I know nothing at all about that subject”?

Key:

　　1.Because he wanted to see whether he would be free that week.

　　2.Because they had never thought Dr. Baker would come to such a conference.

　　3.No, he didn't. He politely asked Dr. Baker to step out to make himself known to the organizer.

　　4.He wanted Dr. Baker to give a talk about DNA.

　　5.He must be equally surprised at Dr. Baker because he could not understand a mistake had been made.

Step 6 Practice

教师活动：教师展示四张图片，让学生说出图片的内容。教师提问若干个学生，练习学生的口语能力

Please talk about Dr. Baker’s experiences based on each picture with your own words.

Key:1.Dr. Baker was surprised when he received the invitation one day.

　　2.Two of them greeted to the Dr. Baker and was surprised to see him.

　　3.The organizer was so glad that Dr. Baker stood up to help the organizer to give a talk.

　　4.The organizer was saying sorry to all listeners that  the speaker didn’t not reach because of bad weather.

Step 7 Language study

教师活动：教师讲解课文的重点词汇与语句，之后教师分别给出词汇，让学生练习。

学生活动：学生在学习和掌握词汇用法后， 分别回答教师给出的问题。

Fill in the blanks with proper words.

out of breath, hold on, take a message, get through, stand for, make oneself known, ring back, point out, make up, send out

　　1. There are some invitations ________ .

　　2. I tried to call you up but I couldn’t_____.

　　3. I’ll _________ you _________ when I know the answer.

　　4. When he climbed up the hill, he was _________.

　　5. Will you please ________ a price list?

　　6. I asked her_________ while I left the telephone to call you.

　　7. She isn't in. Can I_________?

　　8. What does CBA ________?

　　9. May I _________ to the organizer at the conference?

　　10. He ________ her________ to me.

　　1. to send out                                2. get through

　　3. ring; back                                 4. out of breath

　　5. make up                                  6. to hold on

　　7. take a message                             8. stand for

　　9. make myself known                         10. pointed; out

Step 8 Writing

教师活动：教师给出写作的内容（见ppt.）给学生一段的时间来写，然后教师提问学生，在给予指正。

学生活动：学生根据作文内容，在一定的时间内完成，用自己的语言描述此内容。

根据提示写一篇以会议组织者的口吻描述第二天的情况:

　　1) the first day, OK; 2) the main speaker would not be able to arrive the second day; 3) everybody was worried; 4) invite Dr. Baker to give a talk; 5) know nothing about DNA

Suggest answer:

　　The medical conference went on smoothly the first day. But on the morning of the second day, we were told that the main speaker. Dr. Lively would not be able to arrive that day because of bad weather at the airport. It was already lecture time and everybody was worried. Then we decided to invite Dr. Baker to give a talk on DNA instead. I knew Dr. Baker was in the hall. But when I told him this, he said he knew nothing about DNA and he was not Peter Baker but David Baker. Strange!

Step 9 Discussion

教师活动：教师展示一张图片（见ppt.）给出学生问题，教师可适当给出词汇，教师把学生分别若干小组分别讨论，然后教师提问学生，同时教师也可说出自己的看法。

Topic: If you were the organizer of the picture, how would you do when Dr. Baker said he was ENT?

Step 10 Homework

　　1.Finish off the Workbook exercises.

　　2.Read the story in this lesson again.

　　3.Prepare Lesson 99.

Lesson 99 教学设计方案

Teaching Aims

　　1. Study the second part of the story. Get a general idea of the text by asking and answering questions.

　　2. Learn the grammar item: Possibility Modal Verbs.

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Revision

Answer the questions about Lesson 98

　　l) What did Dr. Baker receive one day? 2) Why did he think that it was funny to send him this invitation? 3) Did he go there at last? 4) What happened on the morning of the second day?5) What did the organizer want Dr. Baker to do? 6) What did Dr. Baker say to the organizer?

Step 2 Watch and Listen

After that ,please answer the following questions.

　　1).Where did they discover the mistake?

　　2) .Where did Dr. Baker work and what was his special field?

Key: 1) They discovered the mistake at the organizer's office. 2) Dr. Baker worked at Lincoln's College in Tennessee and he was an expert on illnesses of the ear, nose and throat.

Step 3 Reading

　　Read this paragraph carefully and then chose which is true or false.

　　1) The mistake was made by the organizer. 2) Dr. Baker was working in England. 3) Both Dr. Baker and Dr. Lively were experts on ENT. 4) Dr. Baker gave a very good talk the next day. 5) Dr. Baker was likely to come to the same conference the next year.

Key: 1) False 2) False 3) True  4) False  5) True

Step 4 Practice

　　Ask the students to say something about Dr. Baker’s experiences at the medical conference based on two articles.

Suggest answer:

　　Dr. Baker was very much surprised to receive an invitation to the….Medical Conference in London. However, he decided to attend the meeting himself. On the morning of the second day of the conference, the main speaker failed to arrive because of the bad weather at the airport. So he was asked to give a talk instead. When the organizer asked him to give a talk on DNA, Dr. Baker told him that he was an expert on ENT. Later the organizer discovered the mistake. Though the organizer had put Dr. P Baker’s name on the list of speakers, someone had made a careless mistake and had written “Dr. D Baker” instead when the invitation list was being done. Anyhow Dr. Baker did give a talk that day and everyone at the conference was very interested in it.

Step 5 Grammar

　　Have a summary on the usage of the Modal Verbs.

　　肯定猜测用must be 和 must have done

　　否定猜测用can't be和can't have done

　　疑问句中表猜测用can. Can it be true?

　　表可能用may和may have done

　　表应该用 should do和should have done.

Step 6 Practice

Fill in the blanks using must, may, can, could, can't, mustn't.

1. —Who   1   she be?

　—She   2   be Lucy.

　—She   3   be Lucy. Lucy left for America.

　—Then she   4   be her twin sister Lily.

2. —  5   I use your dictionary, Mr Baker?

　—Yes, of course you   6   .

3. The gentleman   7   be Dr Lively. Dr Lively is a lady.

4. She   8   come with us this afternoon, but she isn’t sure yet.

5. He knows a lot about Xinjiang. He   9   have been there before.

6. —May I speak to the patient?

　—No, you   10   .He's too weak now.

Key:

1. can      2. may      3. can’t     4. must      5. Could        6. can

7. can’t     8. may      9. must         10. mustn’t

Step 7 Workbook

　　Do exercises in Students’ Book . P.43 part 3.

　　Finish off  P101 part 3 and 4.

Step 8 Homework

　　Revise the contents of this unit.

　　Prepare Lesson 100

Lesson 100 教学设计方案

Teaching Aims

Teaching procedures

Step 1 Revision

　　l .Check the homework exercises.

　　2. Revise the contents of the story in Lessons 98 and 99.

Step 2 Listening

　　Listening Cassette Unit 25. Play the tape for Ex. 1 two or three times as necessary. Then do Exx. 2 and 3. Pause the tape at important moments and help the Ss to find the answers when they need help.

Step 3 Practice

　　Listening Unit 25, Ex. 4. The Ss tell the story to their partners.

Step 4  Presentation

　　Write this on the Bb:

　　CERTAIN POSSIBLE       IMPOSSIBLE

　　1 He must might / may / could can't be American.

　　2 They might not / may not be very happy.

　　For sentence 1, if possible, show some pictures of men to the Ss and ask them to guess whether they are American or not, using these phrases. Point out the categories: Certain and Impossible. Tell the Ss that when we are sure about something we can use must be or can't be. Point out that it is a mistake to say mustn't when we are talking about something which we think is impossible. Tell the Ss that might, may and could are used when we are not very sure about our guess.

　　For sentence 2, tell the Ss that we say might not/may not when we are not very sure about our guess, but that could not is incorrect.

Step 5 Practice

　　SB Lesson 100, Part 2. Go through the instructions and do Number I orally with the class. Then get the Ss to complete this exercise individually. Go over the answers with the class.

Suggested answers:

　　1. He must be in his office.

　　2 .He may / might / could be at the conference.

　　3 .They must have / earn a lot of money.

　　4 .They must be foreign.

　　5 .He must walk too fast.

　　6 .They may / might not be at the station.

　　7 .He can't be terribly busy.

　　8 .She may / might / could be in the organizer's office.

　　9 .It may / might / could be an interesting talk.

　　10. You may / might not be interested in the conference.

Step 6 Test

　　Give the Ss this test which practise modal verbs. Write sentences about these situations, using must / might / may / could / can't.

　　1. Perhaps the theatre will be full.

　　2. I'm sure that necklace is valuable.

　　3. I'm sure the medicine isn't in the cupboard.

　　4. Perhaps my neighbours are away.

　　5. Perhaps we will have a good trip.

　　6. I'm sure it isn't made of gold.

　　7. Perhaps his girlfriend isn't in the hotel.

　　8. I'm sure that restaurant is a good one.

　　9. Perhaps the train ticket is as expensive as the air ticket.

　　10. Perhaps there will be all sorts of different nationalities there.

Answers:

　　1. The theatre might / may / could be full.

　　2. That necklace must be valuable.

　　3. The medicine can't be in the cupboard.

　　4. My neighbours might / may / could be away.

　　5. We might / may / (could) have a good trip.

　　6. It can't be made of gold.

　　7. His girlfriend may / might not be in the hotel.

　　8. That restaurant must be a good one.

　　9. The train ticket might / may / could be as expensive as the air ticket.

　　10. There might / may / could be all sorts of different nationalities there.

Step 7 Writing

　　SB Lesson 100, Part 3. Give the Ss some time to write the summary. Let them look at each other's writing in groups, then revise their drafts and finalize their compositions.

Step 8 Workbook

　　Wb Lesson 100, Exx. 1 - 3.

　　Exx. 1 and 2 should be done orally in class. For Ex. 2, your help is needed. For example, you have to tell the Ss in what kind of situation “Come on!” is used. Say He Xiaofeng sings English songs beautifully. Would you please sing us a song, Xiaofeng? Seeing she is hesitating, you may say Come on! Don 't feel shy. Similar explanations have to be made with some of the other sentences.

　　If possible, ask your Ss to do Ex. 3. You may make up one with a good student. Then let the Ss work in pairs. Call out several pairs to give their performance.

Step 9Homework

　　Finish off the Workbook exercises.