高中英语Unit3Period3AsamplelessonplanforUsingLanguage教

Period 3 A sample lesson plan for Using Language
(ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL)
Introduction
Language is learned to be used in and for communication. So in this period we shall have the students read, listen, write and speak in English, making use of the focused words, collocations, structures and topic ideas covered in this unit. The following steps are offered to the teacher for reference: Warming up by learning about Bell's Telephone, reading for forms, copying and making sentences, transforming information, making a telephone call, writing a letter and closing down by reading a poem.
Objectives
To help students read the passage ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
To help students to use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing Procedures
1. Warming up by learning about Bell's Telephone
Bell's Telephone
A pioneer in the field of telecommunications, Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He moved to Ontario, and then to the United States, settling in Boston, before beginning his career as an inventor. Throughout his life, Bell had been interested in the education of deaf people. This interest leads him to invent the microphone and, in 1876, his "electrical speech machine," which we now call a telephone. News of his invention quickly spread throughout the cou ntry, even throughout Europe. By 1878, Bell had set up the first telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut. By 1884, lon g distance connections were made between Boston, Massachusetts and New York City.
Bell imagined great uses for his telephone, like this model from the 1920s, but would he ever have imagined telephone lines being used to transmit video images? Since his death in 1922, the telecommunication industry has undergone an amazing revolution. Today, non-hearing people are able to use a special display telephone
to communicate. Fiber optics are improving the quality and speed of data transmission. Actually, your ability to access this information relies upon telecommunications technology. Bell's "electrical speech machine" paved the way for the Information Superhighway.
2. Reading for forms
Read the text ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL on page 25 to: cut/ the sentence into thought groups, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline all the useful collocations.
3. Copying and making sentences
Collocations are useful for you to learn to express in English. So you shall go over the text again to copy down all the useful collocations.
Collocations from ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
almost entirely deaf几乎全聋, become interested i n…对……感兴趣, help deaf people do…帮助聋人做……, in deaf education从事聋人教育, in such a way that…以一定的方式, leave…occasionally偶尔离开, dive into…深入到……, follow… up跟踪……, explore all around…不断探索……, think about…思考……, occupy one’s mind占据某人的头脑, the result of thought思考的结果, explore around problems探索问题,a multiple telegraph多路电报, send a message over distances跨距离传递信息, use Morse code用莫尔斯电码, a series of…一系列……, tap… out击打出……,in a particular order以特定的次序, go at a time一次……, send several messages at the same time 同时发出几个信息, design a machine设计一种机器, separate different sound waves 分离不同的声波, allow…to be done允许……被……, at the same time同时, solve problems解决问题, experiment with…做……实验, be joined to…连接到……,speak into the ear对着耳朵说话, draw sound waves on a piece of smoked glass把声波画在被烟熏过的玻璃上, have a flash of inspiration灵机一动, be reproduced in a moving electrical current以连续运动的电流形式复制, be sent along a wire沿着导线传送, improve the telegraph改进电报, be fully aware of…完全意识到……, be laid on to houses铺到各家, send the telephone message to…传送电话信息给……, interest oneself in many other areas of…对其它许多领域感兴趣, search for..寻找……,
carry…into the air把……带上天空, put…together拼装……, prove invaluable证明是无价的, in the design of bridges在桥梁设计中, all one’s life一生, make one’s first invention第一项发明, at the advanced age of seventy-five yeas old在75岁高龄时,be known for…因……而闻名, in truth的确, a continuing searcher after pr actical solutions to do…一名永不停息的……探索家, improve the quality of everybody’s life改善人们生活质量
4. Transforming information
Now you are to read the text and transform information by filling in the blanks. When and where was
Alexander Graham
Bell born?
Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Scotland.
What was his most famous saying? "Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Every time you do you will be certain to find something that you have never seen before. Follow it up, explore all around it, and before you know it, you will have something worth thinking about to occupy your mind. All really big discoveries are the result of thought.”
What led him to his most famous invention? It was this exploring around problems that led to his most famous invention---the telephone in 1876．
What was the inspiration that he had suddenly? If sound waves could be reproduced in a moving electrical current, they could be sent a long a wire.
What did he write to his father? "The day is coming when telegraph wires will be laid on to houses just like water or gas---and friends will talk to each other without leaving home.”
5. Making a telephone call
Let’s go to page 26. Listen to the tape about James Dyson first an d then make a telephone call to apply for a job in James Dyson’s company.
You may make use for the following useful collocations while making the telephone call.
Make a t elephone call
Useful sentences
May I speak to Mr. Johnson, please?
I'm calling from New York, America.
I'll just put you through.
Who is calling, please?
Please connect me with Mr. Lee.
I'm sorry, but he has a visitor right now.
I'm sorry; he is not in the office now.
He will be here in 30 minutes.
He is attending a conference now.
Would you mind waiting a few minutes?
Why don't you try again in an hour?
Why don't you call back later this afternoon?
His extension number is 285.
Hold the line, please. I'll fetch him.
When is he expected to be back?
I'll try another call in half an hour.
You must have the wrong number.
Will you check the number again, please?
I'm afraid you have the wrong number.
I suggest you look in the phone book.
Someone else is talking over the wire.
Dialogue 1
A: Hello, this is Tom. I'm returning a phone call from Mary.
B: I'm sorry. She's gone home for the day.
A: Oh, no.
B: She'll be back at 9:
A: That's too late. Could you tell me where I can reach her?
B: I'm not supposed to give out her home phone number unless it's really important. A: Yes, it is.
B: Okay. It's .
A: Thank you.
Dialogue 2
A: Hello, is Tom here?
B: Tom? There is no one here by that name.
A: Isn't this 67895?
B: Yes, but there's no one named Tom who lives here.
A: I'm sorry. I must have written down the wrong number.
B: No problem.
6. Writing a letter
Turn to page 27 and get ready to write a letter to James Dy son applying for a job for you in his company.
工业设计师:James Dyson, 詹姆斯·戴森
James Dyson, 詹姆斯·戴森工业设计师, 发明家真空吸尘器
的发明者。

戴森工业的创始人。

戴森(James Dyson,1947-)戴森出生于教师家庭，在中学时就
成绩优秀，1965-1966年就读Byam Shaw School of drawing and
painting （即中央圣马丁艺术与设计学院的前身）。

1966-1970
年就读皇家艺术学院，学习家具设计和室内设计。

学习期间他就
从事许多设计活动，由他设计的名为"海上卡车"（The Sea Truck）
的汽艇，获得设计协会奖和1975年的爱丁堡公爵特别奖。

1974
年，戴森开始自行设计球轮小推车，该小推车获得了1977年的建
筑创新奖。

1979年，戴森卖掉自己球轮小推车股份，自行研制一种新型气旋式吸尘器。

1983年，戴森制造出自己的第一台吸尘器样机，这台非常具有后现代特色的粉红色产品被命名为"G-For ce"，刊登于1983年的设计杂志封面。

戴森在英国和欧洲并未找到合作伙伴，1985
年，戴森带着他的产品来到日本，开始了事业的转机。

1986年，日本开始销售 "G-Force"，1987年，"G-Force"在维也纳的英国设计展中亮相，1991年，G-Force日本获国际设计博览会奖。

1993年，戴森在英国开设自己的研发中心和工厂。

到目前，戴森的公司已经成为国际性的家电设计制造公司，在德国，日本等国都设立了分公司，主要生产吸尘器。

1997年，戴森公司成为第一家获得欧洲设计奖的英国公司。

戴森曾担任巴斯戴森高等教育学院院长、设计博物馆馆长等要职，拥有飞利浦王子奖、皇家艺术学院委员会委员等多项荣誉，并获布拉福特大学和西英格兰大学博士学位。

戴森现任英国设计协会主席。

WRITE YOUR COVER LETTER
Generally speaking a cover letter should be concise and to the point and certainly no longer than one page.
Points you should consider when writing a cover letter
●First Paragraph - Why you are writing
●Middle Paragraphs - What you have to offer
●Concluding Paragraph - How you will follow-up
TOP TEN TIPS
1. Let the flavour flood out.
2. Phone up first.
3. Say what job you want.
4. Say what you are doing now.
5. Match their requirements.
6. Say why you need a change.
7. Tell them why you like them.
8. Be honest.
9. Be yourself.
10. Keep it individual.
7. Closing down by reading a poem
Invention
Tonight the moon is a cracker,
with a bite out of it
floating in the night,
and in a week or so
according to the calendar
it will probably look
like a silver football,
and nine, maybe ten days ago
it reminded me of a thin bright claw.
But eventually --
by the end of the month,
I reckon --
it will waste away
to nothing,
nothing but stars in the sky,
and I will have a few nights
to myself,
a little time to rest my jittery pen.
Billy Collins。