江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高中英语 Unit1 Building the future Welcome

Module 10 Unit 1： Building the future
Welcome to the unit
【Teaching Aims】
1.Get to know something about the development of the world, the issue of poverty,
the causes of poverty as well as the possible solutions to the problem.
2.Practise listening and speaking by sharing info rmation.
3.Get ready for the learning of this unit.
【Teaching Difficult Points】
How to develop students’ speaking ability?
【Teaching Important Points】
Develop students’ speaking ability; Different types of discussions.
【Teaching Aids】
1. The multimedia
2. The blackboard
【Teaching Procedures】
Step 1 Brainstorming
Find out the causes of poverty and the possible solutions to the problem b y means of pair wo rk.
the cause of hunger solution s：
wars stop wars
diseases give medical care and training
natural disasters improve local environment
local environment provide educational training
wrong policies and strategies donate food and money growing population develop renewable energy limited natural resources
Step 2 Sharing information
Work in groups of four and discuss the four pictures on page 1.
Picture 1
1.What is in the picture? (Children in hunger are given food.)
2.What can food aid do to help solve the problem of poverty? Food aid can help feed people who have no food.
3.Do you think food aid is a a short-term or long-term solution to the problem of poverty ?
Picture 2
1.What is the man doing in the picture?
【Preparation for your own class】
Vegetables grown with mod ern technology.
2. What’re the advantages and disadvantages of modern agriculture?
We may feed more people with the modern agriculture and create new jobs, but on the other hand it may cause pollution.
3.Do you think developing agriculture with modern technology is a short-term or long-term solution to the problem of poverty?
Picture 3
1.What has happened to the village? ( It has become a city. )
2. Do you prefer living in the city or in the country? Why?
3. What problems may developing too fast cause?
Developing too fast might harm the natural environment. For example, many trees have been cut down in order to build factories, roads and bridges. Also, almost everything we do in our modern lives, be it cooking or traveling, requires the use of Earth’s natural resources, which we may run out of one day.
Picture 4
1.What do you think the things are used for?
These machines are used to generate electricity by using wind power.
2.What might happen to natural resources in a thousand years? The supplies of coal, oil and other nat ural resources might run out in a thousand years.
3.What is renewable energy?
Renewable energy is energy that comes from a source that will not run out. Solar, wind and hydroelectric or water energy are all sources of renewable energy that cou ld be used in the future.
Step 3: Discussion: Work in pairs and have a discussion about the questions below the pictures.
Step 4 Language focus
1.(P1) rate n.
(1)比例，比率 the birth rate 出生率 the rate interest 利率
(2)速度，进度(speed) at the rate/speed of…
(3)at any rate (adv.)不管怎样 at this/that rate 照这/那样情形看来
vt./vi. (被)评价…,(被)估计为…rate sb./sth.+adj./adv.
I rate the work very highly. 那件作品我给予相当高的评价。

2.in some ways / in a way/ in one way
在某些方面, 在某种意义上,在某种程度上
【作业布置】
【教学后记】。