Unit 12 Famous People LTeaching Aims 1.Master the useful expressions in this unit. 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details ofa text: 3.Give a brief summary to the conversations and story about famous people: 4.Improve the student's speaking ability related to the conversations and story abou famous people. II.Teaching Points 1.Ss are required to understand the conversations and story related to famous people 2.Train the students'listening and speaking abilities 3.Useful expressions and words:billionaire,ragged,funeral,injured,widow, generosity,poverty,immigrant,arrest,Milton Petrie,infection,paralyzed,hockey rink,coma,disability,etc III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work 3.Role-play activities 4.Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one Introduction Inthis competitive society.many people aspire to be celebrities to gain fame and wealth.However,to become a famous person needs a lot of hard work on the one hand,and the crucial opportunity.In this unit,we will touch upon this interesting topic about famous people Step Two Micro-listening 1.Play the tape recorder for the studentsand ask students tolisten for the main idea. 2.Check the answers
Unit 12 Famous People I. Teaching Aims 1. Master the useful expressions in this unit; 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a text; 3. Give a brief summary to the conversations and story about famous people; 4. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to the conversations and story about famous people. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the conversations and story related to famous people. 2. Train the students’ listening and speaking abilities. 3. Useful expressions and words: billionaire, ragged, funeral, injured, widow, generosity, poverty, immigrant, arrest, Milton Petrie, infection, paralyzed, hockey, rink, coma, disability, etc. III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Role-play activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one Introduction In this competitive society, many people aspire to be celebrities to gain fame and wealth. However, to become a famous person needs a lot of hard work on the one hand, and the crucial opportunity. In this unit, we will touch upon this interesting topic about famous people. Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students and ask students to listen for the main idea. 2. Check the answers
3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: At rink level behind the glass,to bring him around Step Three Macro-listening 1.Explain the new words and expressions (1)ragged:dressed in old and worn-out clothing (2)funeral:a ceremony honoring someone before burying the person (3)injured:physically hurt (4)widow:woman whose husband has died and who has not married again (5)generosity:the quality of being ready to give your money or offer help (6)immigrant:person who comes into another country to live there permanently (7)arrest:(of the police)toseize sb.by the authority ofthe law (8)infection:being passed on a disease (9)paralyzed:unable to move part or all of the body (10)goal:(in hockey)a point scored when a player sends a puck into a netted structure defended by the opposing team (11)coma:state of being unconscious 2.Play the tape recorder for the students. 3.Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 4.Explain language and culture notes. (1)those less fortunate than himself:those who did not make so much money as himself,or those who were poorer than himself. (2)...insisted that he be taken to watch Will play..:insisted that he should be taken to watch his son Will play in the ice hockey game.The word "should"is omitted After verbs like insist,demand,suggest,propose,etc..subjunctive mood is used. 5.Ask the students to answer the questions in the book.Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1.Ask the students to make conversations,trying to use"the+a comparative...,the +a comparative..."structure. 2.Ask them to retell the story"Christopher Reeve"in their words.Then ask some of
3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: At rink level behind the glass, to bring him around Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions (1) ragged: dressed in old and worn-out clothing (2) funeral: a ceremony honoring someone before burying the person (3) injured: physically hurt (4) widow: woman whose husband has died and who has not married again (5) generosity: the quality of being ready to give your money or offer help (6) immigrant: person who comes into another country to live there permanently (7) arrest: (of the police) to seize sb. by the authority of the law (8) infection: being passed on a disease (9) paralyzed: unable to move part or all of the body (10) goal: (in hockey) a point scored when a player sends a puck into a netted structure defended by the opposing team (11) coma: state of being unconscious 2. Play the tape recorder for the students. 3. Ask the students some questions about the conversations. 4. Explain language and culture notes. (1) those less fortunate than himself: those who did not make so much money as himself, or those who were poorer than himself. (2) …insisted that he be taken to watch Will play…: insisted that he should be taken to watch his son Will play in the ice hockey game. The word “should” is omitted. After verbs like insist, demand, suggest, propose, etc., subjunctive mood is used. 5. Ask the students to answer the questions in the book. Lead them to get the right answers and teach them some tips for the listening exercises. Step Four Oral Practice 1. Ask the students to make conversations, trying to use “the + a comparative…, the + a comparative…” structure. 2. Ask them to retell the story “Christopher Reeve” in their words. Then ask some of
them to retell it to the class. 3.Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1)Advantages of being famous people (2)Disadvantages of being famous people (3)Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the"Home Listening"after class VI.References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法.薄冰主编.山西：山西教有出版社，2006. 4.大学英语实用语法讲解与练习.任福洪等主编.北京：国防工业出版社，2004 5.牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）.牛津大学出版社，2004 Appendix: 1.Interview a famous person 说明：对话完全由海狸先生原创。场景是在采访室里，由三个人共同进行该活动， A为ll0米栏奥运冠军刘翔，B、C为Chinadaily记者。使用本对话时要注意灵 活性，可以在进行过程中灵活插话。祝你好运！ B-PRO INTRODUCTION TO LISTENERS:Today,we will send a good interview with our national Olympic champion and hero--Liu Xiang.Now he is just sitting here, and we 2 people are the China daily joumnalists.In the following time,we will interview this famous person;ask something concemed by us and the others C:Good moming.Mr.Liu,nice to meet you and thank you very much to join us for today's interview. A:Good morning.Nice to meet you. B:We know the 2008's coming.and the the China-hosted 29th Olympic Game is also coming to us.Can you tell us what's your true feeling at the moment?
them to retell it to the class. 3. Give them the following topics to discuss and then ask some students to give personal presentation. (1) Advantages of being famous people (2) Disadvantages of being famous people (3) Step Five Home Listening Ask the students to finish the “Home Listening” after class. VI. References 1.《大学英语听说》（学生用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 2.《大学英语听说》（教师用书），虞苏美，李慧琴主编，上海：上海外语教育出 版社，2006. 3.大学英语语法. 薄冰 主编. 山西：山西教育出版社，2006. 4. 大学英语实用语法讲解与练习. 任福洪等主编. 北京：国防工业出版社，2004. 5. 牛津高阶英汉双解词典（第六版）. 牛津大学出版社，2004. Appendix： 1． Interview a famous person 说明：对话完全由海狸先生原创。场景是在采访室里，由三个人共同进行该活动， A 为 110 米栏奥运冠军刘翔，B、C 为 Chinadaily 记者。使用本对话时要注意灵 活性，可以在进行过程中灵活插话。祝你好运！ B-PRO INTRODUCTION TO LISTENERS: Today, we will send a good interview with our national Olympic champion and hero---Liu Xiang. Now he is just sitting here, and we 2 people are the China daily journalists. In the following time, we will interview this famous person; ask something concerned by us and the others. C: Good morning, Mr. Liu, nice to meet you and thank you very much to join us for today's interview. A: Good morning. Nice to meet you. B: We know the 2008's coming, and the the China-hosted 29th Olympic Game is also coming to us. Can you tell us what's your true feeling at the moment?
A:Well,2008's Olympic Games is really important for our country and for all the athletes like me,to have competition in our motherland is our dream,which will soon come into being,so I really feel excited at the beginning of the new year C:We also feel excited to faceto the new year and face to you today.And to be the champion of 110 metre hurdle running of the last Olympic,would you mind to tell us if you have confidence to be the champion a second time this year? A:I think maybe I really have no idea on how to answer your question. AndI know there are so many people give me very high praise,expect and pressure in fact. But I am only a runner,an athlete,no one requires me that I must be the champion in the coming Olympics B:You are right and we could understand your feeling Youknow,During the past decades,China has never been the head in the running field.so we never expect a good performance on this programe so hopefully like today.We know you are in deep pressure.but all the Chinese people are in deepexpectation. A:Well,I understand your meaning and I really don't want Chinese people to be disappointed.I could only say that I cannot promise to have such high confidence on get the champion again,but I will try my best. 2.猜名人 Describe a famous person you would like to meet You should say: What job does he or she do how you first leamed about him or her how/why this person is famous
A: Well, 2008's Olympic Games is really important for our country and for all the athletes like me, to have competition in our motherland is our dream, which will soon come into being, so I really feel excited at the beginning of the new year. C: We also feel excited to face to the new year and face to you today. And to be the champion of 110 metre hurdle running of the last Olympic, would you mind to tell us if you have confidence to be the champion a second time this year? A: I think maybe I really have no idea on how to answer your question. And I know there are so many people give me very high praise, expect and pressure in fact. But I am only a runner, an athlete, no one requires me that I must be the champion in the coming Olympics. B: You are right and we could understand your feeling. You know, During the past decades, China has never been the head in the running field. so we never expect a good performance on this programe so hopefully like today. We know you are in deep pressure, but all the Chinese people are in deep expectation. A: Well, I understand your meaning and I really don't want Chinese people to be disappointed. I could only say that I cannot promise to have such high confidence on get the champion again, but I will try my best. 2． 猜名人 Describe a famous person you would like to meet. You should say: What job does he or she do how you first learned about him or her how/why this person is famous