Introduction Although the world is large, man is able to live in only a small part of it. The atmosphere is only about eleven kilometers thick. The soil that supplies us with food is only about fifteen centimeters thick and man can live on only about one eighth of the world's surface. In the past two hundred years man has greatly changed his environment. Water has been given to deserts. Roads have been built across deserts and through forests
Questions on the text 1. Define daydreaming 2. What sort of people show particular interest indaydream research? 3. When and where is one most likely to daydream? 4. In what way does daydreaming differ fromfantasy?
Teaching outline Duty report dictation Practice of the key sentence patterns Retell dialogue工 Role-play: Traffic problems in a big city Background information about language famil Questions for group discussion Passage analysis Weekly quiz
Alexander graham bell an inspired black-haired scotsman of twenty eight, on the eve of marriage, vibrant and alive to new ideas Alexander Graham bell. The Man who invented the Telephone A| xander graham be‖l 1847to1922
Pre-reading Questions 1. Why were the girls warned that they should not regard school as \Brighton beach\ and what was implied in the warning? 2.What is the purpose of education according to the author?
Teaching Outline Background information Pre-reading questions Passage analysis Style and structure Spellings Word derivations Language points Useful expressions Weekly quiz
1. In what physical condition is the writer's grandmother? with her? 3. Is she happy Why or why not? 4 Are retirement homes all bad? 5. What did the writer's mother decide to do when Grandma could not live on her own? 6. How are elderly people treated in many cultures? 7. Why are old people unhappy in a nursing home? 8. What is the writer's opinion concerning the treatment of aging people? 9. What is your own opinion concerning the old people n general?
Questions on the text Did people have to attend on machines hundreds of years ago? What happened to industry about a hundred years ago? What is the operation of automatic machines based on?
