Unit 4 A Fan's Notes I.Teaching Aims 1.Help the students to get the general idea of the article 2.Enlarge the students'vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 3.Help the students understand persistence and courage. 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 some respects,take sb.to task,impress,average,cover,decay,call up,bring back 2.Sentences Litte did I know that this would be the start of a most unusual relationship. 2.Every time I smile at someone.they ask me for a job. 3.But maybe she was truly searching for something,yet was only one letter from finding it. 4.So here was a physically handicapped woman,covering the Dodgers as extens riting for an obscure website 5.I realized now,watching her strain in this dark room to type words that perhaps no other soul will read,that I had found that fight. 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)Do you know anything about Ms Zhang Haidi?What do you think of her? (2)What's your feelingwhen you se the disabled who are doing something difficul for them (3)Do you think disabled people can live a normal life?Why or why not? 2.Background Information (1)BaseballUnit 4 A Fan’s Notes I. Teaching Aims 1. Help the students to get the general idea of the article. 2. Enlarge the students’ vocabulary by learning the new words and doing the vocabulary exercises. 3. Help the students understand persistence and courage. 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 some respects, take sb. to task, impress, average, cover, decay, call up, bring back 2. Sentences 1. Little did I know that this would be the start of a most unusual relationship. 2. Every time I smile at someone, they ask me for a job. 3. But maybe she was truly searching for something, yet was only one letter from finding it. 4. So here was a physically handicapped woman, covering the Dodgers as extensively as any reporter in the country, yet writing for an obscure website with an impossible address, with a readership of about two. 5. I realized now, watching her strain in this dark room to type words that perhaps no other soul will read, that I had found that fight. 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) Do you know anything about Ms Zhang Haidi? What do you think of her? (2) What’s your feeling when you see the disabled who are doing something difficult for them? (3) Do you think disabled people can live a normal life? Why or why not? 2. Background Information (1) Baseball