1.warming-up questions Today,weill study a passage entitled "The Richer,the Poorer"Before a carefu study let's first discuss. Topics: 1)Have you ever thought about the life of your old age?How would it be in your imagination? 2)Do you want to earn a lot of money when you are young in order to live more mfortably in old age? 3)In your opinion how should we spend our lives? 4)How do you understand the sentence "Unless the heart is full,even a r ich man is poor.” on "It is not how much we have,but how much we enjoy that make happiness. 6)Is is possible that I am so busy doing that I no longer have time to enjoy being? 2.Students are asked to use their own words to summarize the main idea of the text. Main Idea of the text:The text is mainly out the different lifestyles experiences of two sisters,one being Lottie,the other being B The story opens with the two sisters'contrasting financial conditions in old age.Then it takes the reader back to every earlier crucial stage of their lives.The climax is their reunion in old age,when they,for the first time,seem to share similar opinions about life. 3.Students are asked to analyze the structure of the text The text can be roughly divided into three parts:the first part(para.1)the two sisters'contrasting financialconditions in old age,the second part (para.2-19) racall on every earlier crucial stage of their live,part three (Para.20-34)their reunion in old age and similar opinions they share on life 本章节的教学重点、难点 tch”and“ 4.Main idea of the text and analysis of the structure of the text. 教学方法、教学手段： Teaching Aids:Multimedia facility and textbook Teaching Methods: 1.Individual QA 2.Class discussion 3.Teachers'explanation and demonstration. 1. warming-up questions Today, we will study a passage entitled “The Richer, the Poorer”. Before a careful study let’s first discuss . Topics: 1) Have you ever thought about the life of your old age? How would it be in your imagination? 2) Do you want to earn a lot of money when you are young in order to live more comfortably in old age? 3) In your opinion how should we spend our lives? 4) How do you understand the sentence “ Unless the heart is full, even a r ich man is poor.”? 5) Comment on “ It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy that makes happiness.” 6) Is is possible that I am so busy doing that I no longer have time to enjoy being? 2.Students are asked to use their own words to summarize the main idea of the text. Main Idea of the text: The text is mainly about the different lifestyles and experiences of two sisters, one being Lottie, the other being Bess. The story opens with the two sisters’ contrasting financial conditions in old age. Then it takes the reader back to every earlier crucial stage of their lives. The climax is their reunion in old age, when they, for the first time, seem to share similar opinions about life. 3. Students are asked to analyze the structure of the text. The text can be roughly divided into three parts: the first part(para.1) the two sisters' contrasting financialconditions in old age, the second part (para. 2-19) racall on every earlier crucial stage of their live ,part three (Para. 20-34) their reunion in old age and similar opinions they share on life . 本章节的教学重点、难点： 1. The use of “catch” and “persuade”; 2. Adverbial expressions of frequency; 3. Ways of expressing purpose; 4. Main idea of the text and analysis of the structure of the text. 教学方法、教学手段： Teaching Aids: Multimedia facility and textbook Teaching Methods： 1. Individual Q&A 2. Class discussion 3. Teachers’ explanation and demonstration