Unit Two Sailing Round the World I.Teaching Aims 1.Enlarge the students'vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 2.Help the studentsto get the general ideas ofthe article. 3.Help the studentsleam Chichester's spirit 4.Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice,phrases and expression,grammar,writing,etc. II.Key and Difficult Points: 1.New Words retire,cover,attempt,dissuade,waken,drag,conquer,undoubtedly 2.Phrases give up.be determined to.carry out.plenty of,all by oneself.set off,in spite of,by far so...that,turn over,can't help 3.Sentences (1)His friends and doctorsdid not think he could do it,as he had lung cancer. (2)This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone (3)The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part,during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Hom. (4)The next night,the blackest he had ever known,the sea became so rough that the boat almost tumed over. (5)I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. III.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:3 periods V.Teaching procedures: Step1.Introduction 1.Warm-up questions: Unit Two Sailing Round the World I. Teaching Aims 1. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 2. Help the students to get the general ideas of the article. 3. Help the students learn Chichester’s spirit 4. Help the students to build up their language skills through more exercises on oral practice, phrases and expression, grammar, writing, etc. II. Key and Difficult Points: 1. New Words retire, cover, attempt, dissuade, waken, drag, conquer, undoubtedly 2. Phrases give up, be determined to, carry out, plenty of, all by oneself, set off, in spite of, by far, so…that, turn over, can’t help 3. Sentences (1) His friends and doctors did not think he could do it, as he had lung cancer. (2) This was more than twice the distance anyone had previously sailed alone. (3)The second half of his voyage was by far the more dangerous part, during which he sailed round the treacherous Cape Horn. (4)The next night, the blackest he had ever known, the sea became so rough that the boat almost turned over. (5) I feel as if I had wakened from a nightmare. III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 3 periods Ⅴ. Teaching procedures: Step1. Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: