Unit 14 Developments in Science and Technology I.Teaching Aims 1.Improve the student's speaking ability related to Science and Technology 2.Train the students'listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details 3.Master the useful wordsand expressions in this unit. II.Teaching Points 1.Ss are required to understand the passages in Micro-listening and Macro-listening 2.Train the students'speaking abilities in making presentation,retelling and 3.Useful expressions and words:shock,specialist,technique,up-to-the-second, modem,click,variety,available,bulletin,debate,on-screen,romance,iPod,highlight, touchpad,innovation,entry,multiple,playlist,delete,audio book,battery, conservation gig capacity III.Teaching Methods 1.Listening and speaking activities 2.Individual,pair,or group work 3.Speaking activities Explanation IV.Teaching Periods Two teaching hours V.Teaching procedures Step one warming-up questions 1.What is the classic symbol of technology? 2.What is science and technology? 3.What you think of the unbelievably quick development in technology in the recent days? Step Two Micro-listening I.Play the tape recorder for the students 2.Check the answers. 3.Emphasize some language points and sentence structures Step Three Macro-listening Explain new ords essions 1)Stock:shares in the capital ofa business company 2)Specialist:person specializing in a certain academic area 3)Technique:technical or mechanical skill 4)Up-to-the-second:the latest.the newest Unit 14 Developments in Science and Technology I. Teaching Aims 1. Improve the student’s speaking ability related to Science and Technology 2. Train the students’ listening ability to understand the main idea and grasp important details of a passage; 3. Master the useful words and expressions in this unit. II. Teaching Points 1. Ss are required to understand the passages in Micro-listening and Macro-listening. 2. Train the students’ speaking abilities in making presentation, retelling and discussion. 3. Useful expressions and words: shock, specialist, technique, up-to-the-second, modem, click, variety, available, bulletin, debate, on-screen, romance, iPod, highlight, touchpad, innovation, entry, multiple, playlist, delete, audio book, battery, conservation gig capacity III. Teaching Methods 1. Listening and speaking activities 2. Individual, pair, or group work 3. Speaking activities 4. Explanation IV. Teaching Periods Two teaching hours Ⅴ. Teaching procedures Step one warming-up questions 1. What is the classic symbol of technology? 2. What is science and technology? 3. What you think of the unbelievably quick development in technology in the recent days? Step Two Micro-listening 1. Play the tape recorder for the students. 2. Check the answers. 3. Emphasize some language points and sentence structures: Step Three Macro-listening 1. Explain the new words and expressions 1) Stock: shares in the capital of a business company 2) Specialist: person specializing in a certain academic area. 3) Technique: technical or mechanical skill 4) Up-to-the-second: the latest, the newest