教学目标:

1. 能够掌握本课时所学的重点单词、短语及句型。

2. 能够运用本课时所学的内容谈论自己了解世界的方式和理由。

重点难点:

1. 掌握新词汇和短语whenever,through, deal, on one’s mind, as soon as, a great deal, through the Internet等。

2. 学习谈论了解世界的方式和理由的句型。

I like to learn about the world from books.

Books allow me to learn about people in different times and places, and I can read them whenever I want to.

There is a great deal of information as soon as you click.

教学准备:

ppt、录音机

教学过程:

Step 1 Warming up and lead-in

1. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions.

(1) What’s Eddie thinking about?

(2) What does he want Hobo to help him to do?

2. Ask the students to repeat after the tape to find if there are any difficulties.

3. Pair work. Get them to work in pairs to practise the conversation by role playing Eddie and Hobo.

Step 2 Presentation

1. T: Just like what Eddie said, “Growing up is hard.” But it’s also interesting just like a journey. During the journey there are moments that help us learn and grow. How do you learn about the world? Now let’s read the survey from Mr. Wu in Part A. Put a tick in the box that you think is the most important way you learn about the world.

2. After they finish, ask some students to say how they learn about the world: I learn

about the world from my parents and relatives.

Step 3 Listening and speaking

1. Simon and Millie are talking about how they like to learn about the world. Listen to the tape and answer the questions.

(1) Why does Millie like to l learn about the world from books?

(2) How does Simon like to learn about the world?

2. Ask the students to repeat after the tape, and then read it for five minutes.

3. Work in pairs to act as Simon and Millie to practise the conversation.

Step 4 Practice

Get the students to work in pairs and talk about how they like to learn about the world and why they like to do that way. While they are practicing, the teacher walks around the classroom to give some help. Then ask some pairs to share theirs in class.

Step 5 Homework

1. Recite the conversation in Part B.

2. Do a survey about the ways the students in your group learn about the world and write down the result.

3. Try to collect some information about Spud Webb through the Internet and take some notes.

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