四、教学内容及要求 Unit 1 Fighting with the forces of nature (一)目的与要求 Students will be able to: 1.grasp the main idea of Text A; 2.do a comparison and contrast between Napoleon's invasion of Russia and Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union: 3.master the key language points in Text Aand learn how to use them in context; 4.understand the cultural background related to the content; 5.express themselves more freely on the theme of Fighting with the Forces of Nature after doing a series of theme-related reading;listening,speaking and writing activities, 6.write an essay paying special attention to the use of evidence to support the topic sentence. 7.Describe what the Chinese government did in face of Covid-19. (二)教学内容 1.主要内容 1)Warming Up A.Check if Ss have done the Listening Task B.Discussion:Man or Nature,which is more powerful? a)Ss are divided into 2 groups.One group lists instances where man conquers nature. the other group comes up with cases where the forces of nature are too powerful to resist b)Several Ss from both groups report their respective lists to class. c)T solicits opinions from other Ss:Man or Nature,which do you think is more powerful? C.Tmay move on to Text A by saying:Man changes nature in order to live.However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature.When Napoleon and Hitler finally realized their arrogance,it was already too late 2)Global Analysis of Text A A.Organization of the text:Draw Ss'attention to the subtitles in the text,then lead t hem through Text Organization exercise 1,p.11.In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure B.Sub-division of Part Three:Ask Ss to examine Part Three carefully and then to Text Organization exercise 2,p.11 四、教学内容及要求 Unit 1 Fighting with the forces of nature （一）目的与要求 Students will be able to: 1. grasp the main idea of Text A; 2. do a comparison and contrast between Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union; 3. master the key language points in Text A and learn how to use them in context; 4. understand the cultural background related to the content; 5. express themselves more freely on the theme of Fighting with the Forces of Nature after doing a series of theme-related reading; listening , speaking and writing activities; 6. write an essay paying special attention to the use of evidence to support the topic sentence. 7. Describe what the Chinese government did in face of Covid-19. （二）教学内容 1. 主要内容 1) Warming Up A. Check if Ss have done the Listening Task. B. Discussion: Man or Nature, which is more powerful? a) Ss are divided into 2 groups. One group lists instances where man conquers nature; the other group comes up with cases where the forces of nature are too powerful to resist. b) Several Ss from both groups report their respective lists to class. c) T solicits opinions from other Ss: Man or Nature, which do you think is more powerful? C. T may move on to Text A by saying: Man changes nature in order to live. However, man must also be careful not to disregard the laws of nature. When Napoleon and Hitler finally realized their arrogance, it was already too late. 2) Global Analysis of Text A A. Organization of the text: Draw Ss’ attention to the subtitles in the text, then lead t hem through Text Organization exercise 1, p.11. In this way Ss will have a better understanding of the text structure. B. Sub-division of Part Three: Ask Ss to examine Part Three carefully and then to Text Organization exercise 2, p.11