江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语 Unit1 The world of our senses Welcome to the unit课件 牛津译林版必修3

senses
sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. Let’s talk about the importance of each sense. e.g. We see the world with our eyes. Without the sense of sight, we would live in total darkness. We ____ with __________. Without _________, we would___________________.
Unit
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Welcome to the unit
Unit 1
课件描述：
本课件就五种感觉在学生生活和学 习中的重要性为话题，设计情景让学生 参与到听和说的活动中来，提供相关图 片和讨论话题。学生通过讨论不仅练习 了听说技能，而且激活了内容图式，为 Reading的教学做好了铺垫。
The world of our
2. Do you know how blind people can read?
They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is called.
Braille . 3. How do the deaf communicate with each other?
senses
Brainstorming
• With what can we see and hear? • How can we know whether a dish is delicious? • How can we know that a flower has a pleasant smell? • What do we do when we want to know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?
What do they have in common?
They all made great achievements even if they lost some of their senses.
To be a person with passion
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like tomorrow is the end of the world; love like you’ve never been hurt; Work
In most cases, the saying is true. However,
sometimes our senses will cheat us. To see the
world clearly, we should also be armed with
scientific knowledge and think twice before action.
1. What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses?
Sometimes sense affect one another; sometimes when one of the sense fails, other senses become stronger.
Discussion
3. Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost the ability to use one of their senses? What did they achieve?
Discussion
2. Some people can not remember something until they have seen it . Others only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it . Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?
like you don’t need money;
Study
like tomorrow is the day for final exams.
Homework
1. Preview the reading part, do Exercise C1 and C2. 2. Preview the reading strategy.
Fill in the table
We do
see hear
with
eyes
the sense
sight
hearing taste tongue/taste buds taste smell smell nose touch/feel hands/feet/skin touch
ears
Read the short passage quickly and then answer the questions quickly.
Move or not?
Which blue circle is bigger, a or b? Are the eyes of the same height?
How many people can you see in the picture?
After seeing these pictures, what do you think of the saying to see is to believe?
Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with “senses”.
noticed that there was a dark When he got there, he _________ hole. He ________ into it, but could ________ looked see nothing. listened hear He ________ with his ears, he could _______ nothing, either. He _________ sensed it for a long time. He _______ watched something strange. He ___________ the side of the hole. felt/touched felt It ______ hot. Suddenly some noises were ________ from the hole. It ________ sounded like someone was cooking heard inside.
They use body language or sign language.
Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture.
1. What can you see in this picture? 2. How would you judge the length of the two lines? 3. How can you prove that the two lines are straight? 4. Can the symbols be read in only one way? 5. Why are people misled by their own eyes.