Unit 7 The Shelter I.Teaching Aims 1.Help the students grasp and the main idea and structure of the article. 2.Enlarge the students'vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 3.Help understandthe 4.Help t the students tobuild up their anguage skills throuh more practice,phrases and expression,grammar,writing,etc. II.Key and Difficult Points 1.New Words and Phrase In the midst of,break up.abridge.overtake,accommodate,plead,make a/the difference,deserve,get one's hand on,in the way of,bruise,blow one's top 2.Sentences 1.Maybe we ought to pick out just one basement and go to work on it.Pool all our stuff 2.We'd just be killing everybody and for no reasor 3 Keep it up,both of you.Just keep it up.We won't need a bomb.We can slaughter each other. 4.The minute the mob gathers before the STOCKTON house,they smash into it, carrying the giant log. 5.He looks a us smile born of a y-over of fear and the Something deadening in its effect and disquieting beyond words III.Teaching Methods Discussion,explanation,ask and answer IV.Time:4 periods V.Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction 1.Warm- p qu stions Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions (1)Does a common danger bring people together or drive them apart? (2)What would you do if you heard the city you were in was about to be attacked by a nuclear bomb? (3)fy0 were on a sinking ship and there were not enough places in the lifeboat. would you give up your place to somebody else? 2.Background Information (1)Civil defense Unit 7 The Shelter I. Teaching Aims 1. Help the students grasp and the main idea and structure of the article. 2. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 3. Help the students understand the human nature. 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 and Phrases In the midst of, break up, abridge, overtake, accommodate, plead, make a/the difference, deserve, get one’s hand on, in the way of , bruise, blow one’s top 2. Sentences 1. Maybe we ought to pick out just one basement and go to work on it. Pool all our stuff. 2. We’d just be killing everybody and for no reason. 3. Keep it up, both of you. Just keep it up. We won’t need a bomb. We can slaughter each other. 4. The minute the mob gathers before the STOCKTON house, they smash into it, carrying the giant log. 5. He looks around smiling at the others, a nervous smile born of a carry-over of fear and the realization that something has taken hold of all of them now. Something deadening in its effect and disquieting beyond words. III. Teaching Methods Discussion, explanation, ask and answer IV. Time: 4 periods V. Teaching procedures: Step one Introduction 1. Warm-up questions: Give the students the following topics to discuss and then ask them to answer these questions. (1) Does a common danger bring people together or drive them apart? (2) What would you do if you heard the city you were in was about to be attacked by a nuclear bomb? (3) If you were on a sinking ship and there were not enough places in the lifeboat, would you give up your place to somebody else? 2. Background Information (1) Civil defense