新译林版九年级上册英语 Unit 1 课时3 教案(教学设计)

Unit 1 Know yourself
Reading （Ⅱ）
By the end of the lesson, students should be able to：
1. describe people’s jobs and personalities by using what they learn in this period；
2. talk about what the four people do and their personalities；
3. have a better sense of working hard and being outstanding；
4. understand vocabulary about characteristics and other important words.
1.To recognize and understand the important phrases;
2. To use the new words and phrases to describe people’s personalities and jobs.
3. New words and phrases: born, impress, sculpture, praise, sales department, general,
race, either or, lead, take the lead, fall behind, challenge,
chief, high-speed, connect, connect to/with, miss, as good
as, attention, pay attention to, standard, pioneer, surgeon,
carelessness, extra, devote, respect, suitable, partner
4. New structures: Life is like a race. You either take the lead or fall behind.
As a doctor, you can’t be too careful.
Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients.
Step 1 Lead-in
T: Guess who he is. He is the great Greek philosopher—Socrates and he once said, “Know yourself, and then you can understand life.”
Step 2 Reviewing
T: Knowing yourself is very important. Do the four outstanding people know themselves very well? Now you’ll be divided into four groups: Su Ning Group, Wu
Wei Group, Liu Hao Group and Fang Yuan Group. Su Ning and Wu Wei Groups will discuss who is suitable for the general manager of a big company. Liu Hao and Fang Yuan Groups will discuss whether you are suitable for your jobs. Give your reasons.
Step 3 Discussion
T: What’s your favourite saying? Why?
Step 4 Language points
Present and practice the important words and expressions mentioned in the discussion.
1. Life is like a race. You either take the lead or fall behind.
T: Look at the picture of Liu Xiang.
Liu Xiang is taking the lead in the race.
The other top players are falling behind in the race.
T: You know the story of the hare and tortoise. Can you say something about it? S: The hare is taking the lead. The tortoise is falling behind.
T: In this race, either the hare or tortoise will win.
2.either ... or ...
T: If you’re planning a day out, what will you choose to do? Use “either … or …”
to make a conversation
3. It’s necessa ryto pay attention to every detail.
T: When you go on an outing, what should you pay attention to? S: …
T: pay attention to sth. 注意某事 pay attention to doing sth. 注意做某事
Try to complete the sentences:
Pay attention to protecting the environment.
Successful businessmen always pay attention to details.
4. I’m ready to take on new challenges any time.
Present new structures “take on new challenges”, “connect … to …” by talking about Ma Yun.
T: Ma Yun and Bill Gates are both successful businessmen. Ma Yun likes taking on
new challenges. He owns Alibaba, Taobao, China Yahoo, etc. He has connect ed the Internet to people’s life.
It’s your turn to talk about Bill Gates.5. He has impress ed the whole country with
his work.
T: Ma Yun and Bill Gates has impressed us with their creative ideas. Have you
heard about a disabled young girl called Liao Zhi, whose legs were hurt during
an earthquake? What about Nick Vujicic, a famous speaker with no arms and
legs?
(1) Liao Zhi, the young disabled dancer, has impressed the country with her
wonderful spirit and dancing skills.
(2)Nick Vujicic has no arms or legs, but he has impressed the whole world with his speeches.
Practice (Open task):
Watch a video about Nick Vujicic and Practice:
Nick ________________ me with ___________________.
6. Carelessness will be a disaster not only to ourselves but also to patients
T: Nick Vujicic can not only choose how to live but also face problems bravely.
Now look at these two pictures. Use “not only … but also” to make one se ntence. T: So Not only my husband but also my daughter likes him very much. Some tips
for you.
Careless is a humorous film. Not only children but also adults like it.
7.carelessness
T: Learn to use “care”, “careful”, “careless”, “carelessly” and “carelessness”. After that, try to make a summary about them.
●Take _______. The bus is coming.
●Be ________ with fire. It can be dangerous.
●The less __________, the fewer mistakes.
●Pay attention to your safety. Don’t drive ___________.
●_________________ will lead to accidents.
8. As a doctor, you can’t be too careful.
T: As a driver, don’t drive carelessly. Carelessness will lead to accidents. That
means you can’t be too careful when driving.
T: Would you please talk about your ideas? As a student/teache r/…, you can’t be too _________. In a word, one can’t be too modest.
Step 5 Other words and phrases
T: Read the four passages again. Underline all the new words and phrases and see if you understand them.
Step 6 Practice
1. Use some of the new phrases to complete the sentences
2. Description
Choose at least four phrases to talk about your hero.
(1) a born …
(2) win high praise from
(3) either … or …/not only … but also …
(4) take the lead/fall behind
(5) be ready to/ be willing to …
(6) take on new challenges
(7) connect … to …
(8) pay attention to …
(9) work to high standards
Step 7 My favourite saying
T: The American educator, Samuel Bubler once said, “Every man’s work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.” So love what we do.
Write about your hero’s personality and job, and share it in your groups.。