More often than not,one sentence in a paragraph tells the reader exactly what the subject of the paragraph is and thus gives the main idea.This main idea sentence is called a topic sentence or topic statement. 4.Writing Practice Writing skill -argumentation and exposition Book 4 Unit1 Big Bucks the East Way(8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: l,Help Ss get to know the lesson“No pains,.no gains”and there is no“big bucks the easy way”. 2.Learn new words,and be able to use them in actual situations 3.Grasp the main idea of the text,and be able to answer the related questions 4.Develop the students'ability of listening and speaking 5.Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing II.Teaching Contents and Requirements: Teaching Emphasis: 1.About the text,Ss should grasp the text content,text structure,basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words: cash,echo,competitive,leisurely,pain,sour,finance,marvelous,party,stack,cram,harm, minimum,range,thoughtful,deadline,inform,normally,sale,trash,delivery,inquire,odd,shrink Phrases Expressions:pull up,a piece of cake,even as,know better than,be at,make a dent,cut into,have no business,settle for,settle one's account,quite awhile,draw attention to,for sale,for rent,be done with, may as well 2.Grammar:p14 As Jefferson put it,. As it turned out,. As I see it,. As luck would have it, 3.About the reading,Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech. 4.About the writing,Ss should learn word choice.. Teaching Difficulties: 1.Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: 2.Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text 3.Writing:when you want to express an idea or describe an action or state of mind exactly,you often have to search through words similar in meaning and association to find the one which fits better than any of the of others. Unit2 Deer and the Energy Cycle(8学时) Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1 Learn master new words,and be able to use them in actual situations 2 Grasp the main idea of the text,and be able to answer the related questions 3 Develop the students'ability of listening and speaking 4 Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing 二，Teaching Contents and Requirements: I.Teaching Emphasis: 1.Get Ss to know the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animal's living instinct in order to value the natural resource:learn about food-enery-life-death. 2.About the text,Ss should grasp the text content,text structure,basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words:tendency,rate,area,plentiful,possessions,currency,scarce,ample,drowsy,fundamental,accumulate, internal,hence Phrases Expressions:to meet the needs,turn of mind,convert into Grammar: 3.About the reading,Ss should know the usage of dictionary. 4.About the writing,Ss should get to know the writing skill-coherence. II.Teaching Difficulties: 1.the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animal's living instinct in order to value the natural resource 2.Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text In the names of higher animals,we sometimes find separate words to denote the male and female,e.g. deer buck doe 3.Language study and practice Let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the new words. Ss hand in the summary of the text. Ss discuss the questions on the topic related to the text. Let Ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to the new words and topic. Unit 3 Why Do We Believe That the Earth Is Round? (8学时) I.Teaching Aims and Requirements: 1.Get Ss to know the author's purpose is to teach Ss to have a correct attitude towards knowledge and accepting of knowledge by taking the examples of other's arguments of the shape of Earth. 2.Grasp the main idea and understand the organization of the text. 3.Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the textMore often than not, one sentence in a paragraph tells the reader exactly what the subject of the paragraph is and thus gives the main idea. This main idea sentence is called a topic sentence or topic statement. 4. Writing Practice Writing skill — argumentation and exposition Book 4 Unit 1 Big Bucks the East Way （ 8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Help Ss get to know the lesson “No pains, no gains” and there is no “big bucks the easy way”. 2. Learn new words, and be able to use them in actual situations 3. Grasp the main idea of the text , and be able to answer the related questions 4. Develop the students’ ability of listening and speaking 5. Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing II. Teaching Contents and Requirements： Teaching Emphasis： 1. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words: cash, echo, competitive, leisurely, pain, sour, finance, marvelous, party, stack, cram, harm, minimum, range, thoughtful, deadline, inform, normally, sale, trash, delivery, inquire, odd, shrink Phrases & Expressions: pull up, a piece of cake, even as, know better than, be at, make a dent, cut into, have no business, settle for, settle one’s account, quite awhile, draw attention to, for sale, for rent, be done with, may as well 2. Grammar: p14 As Jefferson put it, . As it turned out, . As I see it, . As luck would have it, 3. About the reading, Ss should learn avoiding vocalization and inner speech. 4. About the writing, Ss should learn word choice.. Teaching Difficulties： 1. Let the students keep in mind and make proper use of following words and phrases: 2. Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text 3. Writing: when you want to express an idea or describe an action or state of mind exactly, you often have to search through words similar in meaning and association to find the one which fits better than any of the of others. Unit 2 Deer and the Energy Cycle （ 8学时） Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1 Learn \ master new words, and be able to use them in actual situations 2 Grasp the main idea of the text , and be able to answer the related questions 3 Develop the students’ ability of listening and speaking 4 Cultivate proper habits in reading and writing 二、Teaching Contents and Requirements： I. Teaching Emphasis： 1.Get Ss to know the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animal’s living instinct in order to value the natural resource; learn about food-enery-life-death. 2.About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section. Words: tendency, rate, area, plentiful, possessions, currency, scarce, ample, drowsy, fundamental, accumulate, internal, hence Phrases & Expressions: to meet the needs, turn of mind, convert into Grammar: 3. About the reading, Ss should know the usage of dictionary. 4. About the writing, Ss should get to know the writing skill—coherence . II. Teaching Difficulties： 1. the energy cycle and instruct them to observe the animal’s living instinct in order to value the natural resource 2. Text interpretation and sentence structure of the text In the names of higher animals, we sometimes find separate words to denote the male and female, e.g. deer buck doe 3. Language study and practice Let the students do the exercises in the textbook which are related to the new words. Ss hand in the summary of the text. Ss discuss the questions on the topic related to the text. Let Ss do the exercises in the text book which are mainly related to the new words and topic. Unit 3 Why Do We Believe That the Earth Is Round? （ 8学时） I. Teaching Aims and Requirements： 1. Get Ss to know the author’s purpose is to teach Ss to have a correct attitude towards knowledge and accepting of knowledge by taking the examples of other’s arguments of the shape of Earth. 2. Grasp the main idea and understand the organization of the text. 3. Master the key language points and grammatical structures in the text