【鼎尖教案】高中英语(人教大纲)第三册：Unit1 That must be a record(第一课时)

Unit 1
Ⅰ.Brief Statements Based on the Unit
The topic of this unit is about Guinness world records,which the students must be interested in.The whole unit is arranged to be taught in five periods.In the first period,the students will have a little quiz to see how much they know about Guinness world records.Through listening practice,the students can learn something more about Guinness world records.While listening,the students’ability to listen will be improved.At the same time,we’ll talk about adventures and hobbies in the speaking part.
In the second period,the students will read a passage about Guinness world records.What’s more,they will be taught how to get a record into Guinness world records.At the same time,they will learn some useful words and expressions.The third period consists of two parts:Word Study and Grammar.The students will master them by doing plenty of exercises.Integrating skills including reading and writing are arranged in the fourth period.By writing,they’ll learn how to
register an attempt.In the last period,we’ll mainly revise the subject by doing enough exercises.
All of these activities are helpful for the students to improve their knowledge about language and their skills to use language.
Ⅱ.Teaching Goals
1.Talk about records,adventures and hobbies.
2.Practise measuring and comparing.
3.Review the subject.
4.Fill in a form.
Ⅲ.Background Information
1.The Guinness Book of World Records
The Guinness Book of World Records is a world famous collection of world records in human life,including all specific skills.
How the book came about is an interesting story.On Nov.10,1951,an Englishman,Sir Beaver,was having a discussion with his friends.They could not agree with each other whether the falcon flew the quickest among all birds in Europe,and they failed to find the answer in any books.He knew that there must be many such problems in the world.Why not publish a useful book to provide the answers to all these problems?
In 1954,Beaver decided to work on it.He asked for help from two friends who owned an information centre in London.They put together the first edition of the Guinness Book of World Records in August,1955.The book was a great success.It was well received by readers and
immediately won the No.1 best-seller in Britain.
The book of records has been renewed each year and has been bought and enjoyed in 141 countries around the world.The 262 editions and 35 languages it has used,may be a record itself.
2.China Gains 19 Guinness World Records in 2003
The world’s largest afforestation project,fastest commercial maglev train and even the longest continuous motorcycle ride with the rider standing on the seat without touching the handlebars
were verified by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2003-and all belong to China.
The second issuing ceremony of a Guinness World Records Certificate was held in Beijing Wednesday with the presence of Chief Executive Officer of Guinness World Records Alistair Richards and the president of its sole Chinese agent-the Liaoning Publishing Group-Yu
Xiaoqun.
The ceremoney authenticated 19 world records altogether,broken by Chinese teams or individuals in 2003.
The tree-planting project launched in China’s north,north-west and north-east regions covers
4.069 million square kilometers,and is recognized as the world’s largest afforestation project.
The maglev train made its maiden trip on Sept.20 in Shanghai.It took eight minutes to complete the 30 kilometers one-way journey—from Longyang Road to Pudong International
Airport,making it the world’s fastest commercial maglev train for sightseeing use.
Liu Jichun,who was certified as having made the world’s longest continuous motorcycle ride while standing on the seat and not touching the handlebars with the ride lasting 14 minutes for 6.45 kilometers said,“The Guinness Book of World Records is becoming well known in China,and it touches people’s lives in various ways.”
China has so far applied for more than 500 records to be recognized by The Guinness Book of World Records,and over 40 of them have been officially corroborated so far,a manager of the
Liaoning Publishing Group said.
3.A real winner.
In 1996,doctors said American cyclist Lance Armstrong had only a 40 percent chance of living.
He’s done more than stay alive.He beat cancer and went to the top of one of the world’s hardest sports.Armstrong is world-famous for being fast on a bike.
“I used to ride my bike to make a living.Now I just want to live to ride,”he said.
Last Thursday,the United States Olympic Committee named Armstrong 2004’s Sportsman of
the Year.This is the fourth time he has won that award.
The 32-year-old got the award after winning the Tour de France for the fifth time in a row last year.
The Tour de France is the longest and most famous bike race in the world.It covers more than 3000 kilometres and takes more than 20 days.Riders from many countries take part each summer,but many never finish because of the hot weather and long,hard roads!
But Armstrong won.In fact,many people think he will win again this summer!He first did it in 1999 after coming back from cancer,and he hasn’t stopped winning since then.Armstrong isn’t getting any younger,but age hasn’t slowed him down:“I have more grey hair,and I think I get out of bed slower than five years ago,but I feel fine,strong and ready to go.”
If Armstrong wins this year’s Tour,he will break a record.And he’s not thinking about retiring：“The only thing I know is I feel as strong as ever,and there still are a lot of beautiful races to be won.”
Ⅳ.Teaching Time:Five periods
The First Period
Teaching Aims:
1.Learn and master the following words:
beard,cheetah,sailfish,voyager,tight,gorge
2.Learn something about world records of all kinds.
3.Train the students’ is tening ability.
4.Develop the students’ speaking ability by talking about records,adventures and hobbies. Teaching Important Points:
1.Finish the task of listening to train the students’ listening ability.
2.Talk about records,adventures and hobbies to improve the students’ speaking ability.
Teaching Difficult Points:
1.Help the students to improve their listening ability.
2.Help the students to finish the task of speaking practice.
Teaching Methods:
1.Talking about the pictures to arouse the students’ interest in world records.
2.Listening and speaking to train the students’ ability to use English.
3.Individual,pair or group work to make every student work in class.
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
Step Ⅰ Greetings and Lead-in
T:Good morning/afternoon,everyone.
Ss:Good morning/afternoon,teacher.
T:Sit down,please.Now look at the picture on the screen.
(Show the picture on the screen.)
T:What can you see on the screen.
Ss:There are many dazzling models.They are colorfully dressed.
T:Yes.These models are posing on an outside T-stage.The stage is so long that you can’t see the
end of it.Do you know how long it is?
Ss:No.
T:The T-stage is 130-metre long,2-metre wide and 0.7-metre high.It appeared at Nanjing’s “Hunan Road Tour and Fashion Festival”.It’s the largest outside T-stage in the world.Look at another pricture.
(Show the picture on the screen.)
T:What can you see?
Ss:We can see an old lady combing her hair.
T:Yes.Can you guess how old she is?
Ss:Maybe she is 80,90....
T:All of you are wrong.She is 119,but she still has a quick mind,speaks clearly and has a sense of humor.This old Chinese woman,called Du Pinhua,has earned herself a place in the Guinness Book
of World Records as the world’s oldest person.Where do you think she comes from?
Ss:We don’t know.
T:She was born on April 22,1886,in Leshan of Sichuan Province.Do you want to know why she
can enjoy her life so long?
Ss:Yes.Please tell us.
T:She didn’t eat meat until she reached 110.She neither smokes nor drinks alcohol,but enjoys fruits and vegetables very much.This is her secret of enjoying such a long life.
(Show the following on the screen.)
(Talk about the two pictures together with the students.)
T:These records have been sent into the book—The Guinness Book of World Records,which contains records of all kinds.Today we are going to learn Unit 1 that must be a record!(Write them on the blackboard.)We’ll learn something about the world records.Let’s first learn some new
words.Please look at the screen.
(Teacher shows the new words on the screen and deals with them with the whole class.)
Step Ⅱ Warming up
T:Look at the picture on the screen.
(Show the picture on the screen.)
T:This is the shortest man in the world.Can you guess how tall he is?
Ss:....
(The students may give different answers.)
T:This shortest mature human in the world comes from India.He is only 57 cm tall.
(Show the following picture on the screen.)
T:Now let’s look at this man.How tall he is!He is 2.72 m tall.He is the tallest man in the world.He is more than two metres taller than the shortest man we’ve just talked about.
(Show the following on the screen.)
T:The person’s beard is the longest in the world.Do you know how long it is?
S1:Is it 2 metres?
T:No,not quite right.
S2:Is it 1.5 metres?
T:Not exactly.Longer than that.
Ss:We can’t guess it.
T:It’s 1.83 m.This is the longest beard on a living male.
(Show the picture on the screen.)
T:What is it on the screen?
Ss:It’s a cheetah.
T:Yeah.Where can it be found,Guo Jing?
S3:It may be found on the open plains of Eastern Africa,Iran,Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
T:Good.It’s the fastest land animals.It runs at a speed of 100 km/h,which is nearly the American
highway speed limit.
(Show the last picture on the screen.)
T:This is a sailfish,which is considered to be the fastest species of fish over short distances.It is found in Florida,the USA.Its speed is 109 km/h.Now let’s have a little quiz to see how much you know about the world records.Do it by ter we’ll check the answers.
(Show the quiz on the screen.)
1.The lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is__________.
A.-75℃
B.-89.2℃
C.-110℃
2.The youngest college graduate is_________.
A.10 years old
B.12 years old
C.14 years old
3.The highest number of goals in a soccer career is_________.
A.1279
B.546
C.3850
4.The longest lecture lasted _________.
A.32.5 h
B.62.5 h
C.82.5 h
5.The largest living bird is_________.
A.1.2 m
B.2.15 m
C.2.75 m
6.The longest snake is_________.
A.5 m
B.10 m
C.9 m
Suggested answers:
1.B
2.A
3.A
4.B
5.C
6.B
(After a while,the teacher collects their answers to see how much they know about the world records.)
T:Li Ming,how many correct answers have you got?
S4:Only three.
T:That’s to say,you are not interested in the world records.What about you,Lin Fang?
S5:I got five.
T:Congratulations!You really know much about the world records.
...
Step Ⅲ Listening
T:We’ve talked much about the world records.Next,let’s do some listening,which is also about world records.You’re going to listen to someone talking about the size and speed of humans and animals.Before you listen to the tape,please discuss the questions on the screen.I’ll give you two minutes to discuss them in pairs.
(Show the questions on the screen.)
1.What words would you use to describe a person’s size and an animal’s size?
2.What words would you use to talk about how fast a human being or an animal is?
3.Some people are short and some are tall and big.What are the advantages and disadvantages of different size? (Two minutes later,collect the result of their discussion.)
T:Qin Gang,what words would you use to describe a person’s size and an animal’s size?
S6:Large,big,tall,short,great,long,giant,small,tiny....
(Bb:large,big,tall,short,great,long,giant,small,tiny....)
T:Good.Wu Dong,what words would you use to talk about how fast a human being or an animal
is?
S7:Reach,up to,speed,kilometre,hour,second,minute,metre,mile,per,fast,slow....
(Bb:reach,up to,speed,kilometre,hour,second,minute,metre,mile,per,fast,slow....)
(Draw the following form on the blackboard.)
Advantages Disadvantages
Tall people
Short people
T:Now look at the blackboard.Who’d like to complete the form?
(Ask some students to fill in the form on the blackboard.)
T:Well.Who is the tallest in your class?
Ss:Wang Xiang.
T:How tall are you,Wang Xiang?
S8:I’m 1.8 m tall.
T:How tall you are!Do you know what’s the height of the tallest living man in the world?
Ss:We don’t know.
T:Never mind.We’re going to hear a passage about the world records,such as the tallest living person,the heavist person.Please listen carefully.I’ll play the first part.Then complete the two pictures on Page 2 with the information from the tape.After that,I’ll check your answers.
(After checking the answers to Ex.2,teacher goes on to deal with Ex.2.)
T:Well done.Let’s listen to Part 2.Pay attention to the speed of each animal.Then complete the
chart in Ex.3 on Page 2.
(After playing the tape,check the answers with the whole class.)
Step Ⅳ Speaking
T:Now look at the speaking part.It is about an interview.Suppose Adili is visiting your city and you are going to interview him for the school newspaper.Please use the information and role cards to prepare for the interview.Work in pairs.After a while,I’ll ask some of you to act out your interview.
(Teacher and students go through the information together.After that,teacher lets them prepare for a while.Finally,teacher asks one or two pairs to act out their interviews.)
Step Ⅴ Summary and Homework
T:In this class,we’ve mainly talked about the world records.Centering on this topic,we did some listening and speaking.After class,try to find more information about the world records on the
Internet or in a library and preview the reading passage.So much for today.Goodbye,everyone.
Ss:Goodbye,teacher.
Step Ⅵ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 1That must be a record!
The First Period
Ⅰ.Words to describe size:
large,giant,big,tall,short,great,long,small,tiny....
Ⅱ.Words to describe speed:
reach,up to,speed,kilometre,hour,second,minute,metre,mile,per,fast,slow....
Ⅲ.
Advantages Disadvantages Tall peo-ple Easy to reach sth. Waste cloth.
Short people smart, quick Difficult to reach sth.
Step ⅦRecord after Teaching
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