Unit 4  Amazing Science

Topic 1  Spaceships are mainly controlled by computers.

Section A

The main activities are 1a. 本课重点活动是1a。

Ⅰ. Teaching aims and demands 教学目标

1. Learn some new words and a phrase:

  hero, prove, achieve, send up

2. Learn some useful sentences:

  (1) It shows we have dreamed of exploring space for thousands of years.

  (2) All of you must be proud.

3. Learn something about popular science.

  (1)China is the third nation to send a person into space.

  (2) It’s China’s first lunar probe.

4. Develop the students’ patriotic spirit.

Ⅱ. Teaching aids 教具

嫦娥奔月图/杨利伟的照片/神舟五号、六号的图片/嫦娥一号的图片/录音机/加加林的照片/幻灯片

Ⅲ. Five-finger Teaching Plan 五指教学方案

 Step 1  Review 第一步  复习(时间:3分钟)

通过师生对话，巩固Unit 3，导入本单元话题。

T: Last week, we learned how to learn English well, who can tell us some methods?

S₁: Listen to English songs.

S₂: Speak English aloud in public.

S₃: Join English club.

…

T: Well done. In this unit, we’ll learn something about the popular science. Let’s come to the new lesson.

(板书课题。)

Step 2  Presentation 第二步  呈现(时间:12分钟)

结合图片，进行师生问答，引出生词，呈现1a。

1. (师生互动，承接复习中的话题，以对话方式引出新的词汇。)

T: In ancient society, a beautiful goddess flew to the moon. Do you know who she was?

(板书，要求学生理解。)

Ss: Chang’e.

(出示一幅《嫦娥奔月图》。)

T: Yes, it was a famous ancient legend.

(板书，要求学生了解。)

T: Who is the first Chinese to travel into space in 2003?

Ss: Yang Liwei.

(出示杨利伟走出太空舱的图片。)

T: Yes, he is the first astronaut to travel into space in China. He is our national hero. In 2003, he traveled around the earth in Shenzhou Ⅴ for 21 hours. Shenzhou Ⅴ is the first manned spaceship in China. (出示神舟五号的图片，帮助学生理解。)

(板书，并要求学生掌握hero；了解manned；理解spaceship和astronaut。提醒学生注意hero的复数形式。) 

T: China is the third nation to send a person into space. Are you proud?

Ss: Yes. All of us are proud.

T: What’s more, two years later, we sent up another spaceship.

(板书，要求掌握。) 

T: Do you know its name?

Ss: Shenzhou Ⅵ.

(出示神舟六号的图片。)

T: We have launched a lunar probe into space. What’s its name?

Ss: Chang’e I.

(出示嫦娥一号的图片)

(板书，要求学生了解launch; 理解lunar probe。)

T: Yes, they proved that China had achieved its dream in its space industry.

(板书，要求学生掌握。)

T: Do you want to know more about spaceship? OK. Let’s listen to the tape.

2. (播放1a录音，让学生听后回答问题，对1a有个整体的感知。)

T: Boys and girls, now let’s listen to 1a and try to answer the question: How many manned

spaceships has China sent up into space?

(核对答案。)

3. (让学生跟读1a录音，并画出文中的重点语言项目。)

T: Good. Listen to the tape again and underline the important language points.

(两分钟后，请学生板书习惯用语和重点句子，教师分析解释，并要求学生掌握。)

Step 3  Consolidation 第三步  巩固(时间:10分钟)

以朗读和复述的方式，巩固1a，完成1b。

1. (让学生再次阅读1a后，以相互问答的方式完成1b。)

T: Read the dialog carefully, ask and answer the questions in 1b in pairs.

S₁: Who is Yang Liwei?

S₂: He is the first person to travel into space in China.

S₃: How long did Shenzhou Ⅴ travel around the earth?

S₄: …

…

2. (三人一组分角色读对话。)

T: Now, let’s read the dialog in roles with three students in a group. Are you ready?

S₅ (旁白):

S₆ (Michael):

S₇ (Kangkang):

…

3. (请两名学生用自己的语言复述课文，加深对课文的理解。)

T: I’ll ask two students to retell the dialog. You should use your own words.

(要及时帮学生复述。)

Step 4  Practice 第四步  练习(时间:13分钟)

通过听力训练让学生了解其他著名的航天员；通过讨论的方式，对比加加林与杨利伟太空探险的经历及意义，完成2a，2b和3。

1. (1) (展示一幅加加林的照片，进行师生互动问答。)

T: Who was the man in the picture?

Ss: He was Yuri Gagarin. (教师帮助学生回答。)

T: Do you know where he was from?

Ss: Russia.

T: Yes, and he was the first man to travel into space in the world.

(2) (让学生听2a录音填空，完成2a，核对答案。)

T: Listen to the tape and fill in the blanks.

2. (根据2a, 完成2b。)

T: Now let’s finish 2b according to 2a.

3. (针对2b中的第4小题，要求学生分小组讨论，并进行口头表述。)

Example:

S₁: Yang Liwei is the first Chinese to travel into space. That proves that China has made great progress in its space industry.

S₂: Gagarin made the first manned flight into space. His flight proved that human beings can

   fly into space and explore other planets.

4. (学生独立完成3。)

T: We have known more about Yuri Gagarin and Yang Liwei. Next let’s learn about American astronauts Neil Alden Armstrong and his partner Buzz Aldrin. They took the first step into space for mankind. Now, read 3 and finish it.

(板书并要求学生理解。)

(核对答案。)

Step 5  Project 第五步  综合探究活动(时间:7分钟)

总结本课内容，让学生编对话，谈论感受，提升学生的爱国精神，完成作文。

1. (创设情景，两人编对话，谈论神五着陆时的心情感受。)

T: Please make dialogs with your partner. Talk about what you were doing when Shenzhou Ⅴ landed successfully. What was your feeling then? What do you think about it?

S₁: What were you doing when Shenzhou Ⅴ landed successfully?

S₂: I was watching it on TV.

S₁: What was your feeling then?

S₂: I was very happy and proud.

…

2. Homework:

Write an article about Yang Liwei—our national hero according to the slide.

(幻灯片呈现杨利伟的中文资料。)

板书设计：