Unit 1   Lesson 3  A Volunteer Teacher

    By wang yibing from Xuqiao Middle School  

Teaching aims:

To listen for specific facts

To give opinion about voluntary work

To talk about future arrangements and intentions, using the Present Simple, the Present Continuous and going to

Teaching difficulties:

To talk about future arrangements and intentions, using the Present Simple, the Present Continuous and going to

Teaching Aids: computer and cassette

Teaching procedures:

Ⅰ. Speaking

T: What does the girl do?

S:

T: Yes she is a volunteer teacher. This is a real story. The girl’s name is Wang Shu, grew up in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Upon graduation from the English department of Beijing Normal University, she left Beijing for Inner Mongolia working as a volunteer teacher. She is still there now. What do you know about this part of China?

S:

T: show a slide to introduce Inner Mongolia (Inner Mongolia (Nei Mongol) is the first national autonomous region established in China. It stretches along China's northern border with Mongolia and Russia and covers an oblong area of over 1.28 million square kilometers, one eighth of China. Of all the Chinese provinces and autonomous regions, Inner Mongolia is the third largest after Xinjiang and Tibet.) Inner Mongolia falls behind developed areas so it needs volunteers go to work there.

T: What can you say about the girl in the photo?

S:

Ⅱ Listening

Students read the questions and predict the answers

T: I think you must be interested in Wang Shu, now listen to the interview, you will learn more about her and answer these questions.

Students listen to the tape and check their predictions.

Students listen to the tape again and make sure of the answers

Students work in pairs and take turns to retell Wang Shu’s story

Ⅲ Voice your opinion

Is it a good idea to do voluntary work? What reasons do people have for doing voluntary work?

Ⅳ Vocabulary

Do the exercise 5.

Students work individually, thinking about the cues and what they are going to do.

Students read the sentences, decide which words to use, and then complete the sentences.

Ⅴ Grammar

Do the exercise 6

Listen to the interview again. Pay attention to these sentences from the interview. What verb forms are used to talk about the future?

 Guide students to draw the following conclusion:

present Simple

present Continuous

going to + infinitive

do consolidate exercise7, 8and 9

explain further grammar:

Expressing future arrangements and intentions:

 be going to-- to express an intention to do something.

 Present Continuous-- to talk about future events that we have already fixed or arranged.

 Present Simple-- to talk about official events or timetables which we cannot change.

be going to do 与 be doing 的区别

be going to do 表示事先经过考虑过，然后计划好将做某事；迹象将发生某事。

We are going to go climbing this week.

My sister is going to go to Australia in a week.

It is going to snow.

be doing 指立刻决定的计划，没有经过一段时间 的考虑, 意思上相当于be about to do, 但后者不能接时间状语；多用于表示位置移动的动词中，如：go,  come, arrive, leave, reach , start;

 I am going to hometown this afternoon.

 He is leaving.

 We are playing the piano at six.

 I am about to go out.

句型转换

1. We are going to do some shopping next Tuesday. (变成否定句)

  We ____________________ shopping next Tuesday.

 2. I’m going to see my mother on Mothers’ Day. (变成一般疑问句，并作否定回答)

— ________ going to see your mother on Mothers’ Day?

—NO, _________.

3. She is going to carry these luggage to the train station. (对划线部分提问)

    _____ is she going _____?

4. Sophie is going to France the day after tomorrow. (对划线部分提问)

    _______  Sophie ______ to France?

Answers: 1. aren’t going to do some   2. Are you, I am not

3. What, to do     4. When is, going

补全对话：

A: (1) ________________________tomorrow?

B: I'm going to buy a gift.

A: (2) ___________________________?

B: I'm going to give it to my mother.

A: (3)________________________ ？

B: I'm going to buy a bunch of flower.

A: ___________________________?

B: I'm going to buy it in the Flower World.

A: Are you going there alone

B: No. (5)__________________________.

A: your mother will be happy.

Answers:

 (1) What are you going to do

 (2) Who are you going to give it to

 (3) What are you going to buy

 (4) Where are you going to buy it

 (5) I’m going there with my sister

Translate sentences

1. 我们要两点半出发。

             __________________________

2. 明年我们要去加拿大度假。

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    3. 我将派约翰去帮助你。

      ______________________________

4． 约翰和玛丽买了一些家具，他们打算下个月结婚。

____________________________________________.    

Answers:

1. We are going to start at 2:30.

2. We are going to take a holiday in Canada next year.

3. I’m going to send John to help you.

4. John and Mary bought some furniture, they are going to marry next month.

Ⅵ Homework: writing

You have just started your senior high school.  You must have a lot of plans. Choose from the following and write about one of your plans:

Your plan for the next three years.

Your plan for the coming holiday.

Your plan for the coming weekend.