外研版八年级英语下册全册教案

外研版八年级英语下册全册教案
Unit 1 It smells delicious
一、教学内容：
本单元的对话主要以表感觉和知觉的系动词的用法为主，表达对食物或事物的感觉评论。

学生学会表达It/sth
smells/tastes/feels/looks/sounds…，并在此基础上学会一些描述人长相和性格的表达方式，包括句式和一些形容词。

本课教学内容与学生的实际生活密切相关，易于引发学生运用简单的英语进行交际和交流。

二、教学目标：
知识目标：1、单词和词组
2、正确使用表感觉和知觉的系动词：smell,taste, feel,sound,look---，掌握句子的系表结构：link verb + adj.
能力目标：1.听，读懂含有系动词的句子和对话。

2．能够正确朗读系表结构的句子。

3．会运用含有系动词的句子来表达自己的感觉。

情感目标：培养学生热爱生活、关注生活和事物的情感
三、教学重难点
重点：学习表感觉和知觉的系动词，学会一些描述人长相和性格的表达方式。

句式：sb/sth
feels/smells/sounds/looks/tastes…
难点：link verb + adj, What’s she like?与What does she look like?的区别
四、教学过程
（一）听前说
1、导入句型，操练句型
利用学生已有的学习知识，引领学生由生活走入教材，问学生：
What food do you like ?
Why do you like it? ---
导出已学系动词be + adj.的用法，如It is delicious/sweet--等，然后告诉同学们这个句型也可以用感官动词来表达It tastes delicious /sweet,---导出表感知觉的系动词的用法，并进行操练。

2、导出新词，词句结合
教师出示一张party的图片，就上面丰盛的食物及个人特征展开提问：Do you like bread/chocolate/--? Why? What do you think of the fish/music--等等。

导出本节课中有关感知觉的单词，smell、taste 、sound 、sour --- . 然后通过齐读、自读、小组读的方式进行学习。

再让学生利用这些新单词，通过“Practice in pairs”的形式进行问答，练习系动词的用法。

It smells/ tastes/ sounds --- .
3、小组活动，初步运用
以Party场景为主话题，小组成员可适当设置情境，表达对各种食物及其他东西的感受。

反馈学生对句型的掌握情况。

（二）、听中说
1、边听边说
对课本Activity1我设计了两次听来完成:Listen and number the pictures.
2、听后总说
(1)完成课本Activity2 Match the sentences with the pictures.通过听力任务的完成，学生再次巩固了系动词的用法.
(2)将听力素材设置成说的练习，让学生以问答的形式继续练习，进一步掌握单词和句型。

（三）、听读说
Listen and read是对本单元知识点的综合运用。

1、听
听两次，Match the things/persons with the descriptions.
2、读
一读，找出对话素材中含有表感知觉系动词的句子，并进行诵读，进一步突破本节课的重点，特别强调：系动词be/look/taste/feel/sound/smell + adj.
二读，处理对话中的疑难点，小组合作解决，教师精讲点拨，突破难点。

如：introduce 用法
三读，听读，注意发音
3、说
整体把握对话，以小组形式展示学习效果。

小组合作，复述对话。

（四）．学以致用（Do a survey）
Work in groups. Discuss about the things. Say why you like or don’t like them.
（五）．Homework
Unit 2 教学设计
Step 1.Warm up
When do you feel nervous?
Step 2.Check the words.
Step 3.lood and say
What does he look like?
Step 4.Lead in
Lingling received a message,do you want to who wrote it?Let’s watch a video and answer the two questions.
1.Who wrote the email?
2.Where will Sally go?
Step 5.Read the message quickly and match the headings with the paragraphs.
a) What are your hobbies?
b) How do you feel about coming to China?
c) What do you look like?
Step 6.Read para1 carefully and find the following phrases.
1.因……感谢
2.收到某人的来信
3.迫不及待干某事
Step 7.Read para 2 and find who is Sally.
1.How to describe a person?
2.Play a game
Step 8.Read para 3and answer the questions.
1. What are Sally’s hobbies?
2. Who is Sally proud of?
Module 2 Experiences
Unit 1 I’ve also entered lots of speaking competitions.
【教材分析】
本课为Module 2的第一单元，主要内容为运用现在完成时来描述自己和他人的经历，例如演讲比赛经历、旅行经历等。

从
全书来看，本单元承接下一模块现在完成时的学习和运用，内容有层次地展开，学生容易接受。

通过对本模块的学习，为下一模块的学习奠定了语言基础。

【教学目标】
Knowledge objective:
1. 词汇: ever, enter, competition, prize, dream, afford, pity, invite
2. 现在完成时的结构和定义。

Ability objective:
能听懂和阅读关于介绍经历的语言材料，能通过相关词汇和图片描述自己和他人的经历；能初步运用现在完成时，并写出相关的句子和短文。

Moral objective:
乐于介绍自己的经历，和他人分享。

同时，学会倾听他人的美好的经历，理解他人的喜怒哀乐，建立良好的人际关系。

【教学重点】
1. 重点短语和单词。

2. 现在完成时的运用。

【教学难点】
1. 现在完成时的结构运用。

2. 现在完成时的不规则动词。

【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Lead in
1. Ss watch the video and answer “What’s this video about?”
2. Ss look at the pictures and answer the questions.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Listen and number the words as you hear them
1.Look at the words first.
2.Then listen to the tape and number the words.
Step 4 Listen again and choose the correct answer
1.Look at the three sentences carefully.
2.Listen to the tape again and choose the correct answer.
Step 5 Reading
Listen and read, then answer the two questions:
1. What is Lingling entering?
2. Who is going to enter the writing competition?
Step 6 Work in pairs.
1. Work in groups. Make a competition to find who can find out the most sentences which are the present perfect tense.
2. Read Part 3 and check what Linging and Tony have or have not done.
3. Work in pairs. Ask an answer questions about what Linging and Tony have or have not done.
Step 7 Everyday English
Master the main sentences in the passage.
Step 8 Language points
Ss should master the main points from the passage in Part 3. If possible, let the students to say at first.
1.I am entering a competition.
我正参加一个比赛。

enter表示“参加，报名”。

还表示“进入”。

e.g. Several of the world’s finest runners have entered the race.
几名世界最优秀的运动员已报名参加比赛。

The thieves entered the building by the back door. 小偷从后门进入大楼。

2. The first prize is “My dream holiday”. 一等奖是“我的梦想假期”。

dream n.梦；梦想，（只用于名词前）梦寐以求的
v. dreamed, dreamed/dreamt, dreamt 做梦，梦到，梦想
e.g. I had a strange dream last night. 我昨晚做了个奇怪的梦。

I dreamt I was flying to the moon at this time of yesterday.
昨晚的这个时候我梦见我正飞往月球。

3. Have you ever won any prizes before? 你以前曾经得过奖吗？
ever表示“曾经”。

是现在完成时的标志。

通常用于一般疑问句中。

“have/has sb. ever + 过去分词”，用于询问某人过去的经历。

e.g. —Have you ever been to Paris? 你去过巴黎吗？
—No, never. / Yes, I have. 没有/ 去过。

4. But I can’t afford it. 但是我付不起。

Afford v. （有财力）付得起，买得起常与can, could, able to 连用。

e.g. I just can’t afford the time. 我花不起这个时间。

5. I’ve stopped trying now. 我已经不再尝试了。

stop doing sth. 表示“停止正在做的事情”
stop to do sth. 表示“停下正在做的事去做另一件事”
e.g. The two girls stopped talking when they saw me.
那两个女孩一见到我就停止了讲话。

The two girls stopped to talk to me when they saw me.
那两个女孩一见到我就停下来和我讲话。

6. You can make it up. 你可以编（一个故事）。

make up 表示“编造；组成”。

e.g. The whole story is made up. 整个故事是虚构出来的。

7. I will invite you to come with me. 我将邀请你和我一起来。

invite sb. to do sth. 表示“邀请某人去做某事”。

e.g. Jane invited me to go fishing last week. 简上周邀请我去钓鱼了。

Step 9 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
Let the Ss complete the sentences with the words in the box and then check with each other. Step 10 Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.
1.Ss read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.
2.Now listen and check if it is right.
3.Work in pairs. Read the conversations aloud.
--Have you ever wanted to travel around the world?
--Yes, I have. I’ve always wanted to travel around the world.
--Have you ever visited New York?
--No, I haven’t. I’ve never visited the US.
--Have you ever entered a competition?
--No, I haven’t. I haven’t entered any competitions.
Step 11 Ask and answer.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about yourself.
—Have you ever visited…?
—Yes, I have. /No, I haven’t. I’ve…
Step 12 Grammar
现在完成时
现在完成时定义：强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果。

例如：
Betty went to the park yesterday. (强调去公园的动作发生在昨天）
Betty has been to the park before. (强调不仅去过公园，而且了解公园的状况）现在完成时的谓语结构：
have/has + 动词的过去分词
例如：
I’ve always wanted to go on a dream holiday.
句中的谓语结构为：have wanted
Lingling has visited the US.
句中的谓语结构为：has visited
Step 13 Exercises
1.写出过去分词。

2.选出最佳选项。

Step 14 中考链接
让同学们直击中考，把握重难点。

Step 15 Homework
编写一个对话，介绍你参加的比赛和竞赛。

Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids.【教学目标】
Knowledge objective:
Key vocabulary—move, send, Germany, France, tower, ancient, king, queen,
Arabic, way, mix, miss, count
Key structures—count down, so far, in many ways,
have been to, find it hard to do sth.
Ability objective:
To get information about the Pyramids.
To master the present perfect tense.
Moral objective:
To know more about other person’s experiences and understand each other better.【教学重点】
1. To learn some expressions in the passage.
2. To learn the present perfect tense.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. To write a composition by using the present perfect tense.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Answer the questions according to the pictures, and let Ss know about experiences.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Pre-reading
1. Ss ask and answer the questions in pairs.
1).Which interesting places in China have you visited?
2).Have you ever seen the Great Wall?
3).Have you ever visited another country?
2. Look and say what you can see in the picture.
Step 4 Listening
Look at the two questions, then listen to the tape and answer the questions.
Step 5 Reading
Read the passage and answer the six questions.
1. How long have the Robinsons been in Egypt?
2. Why do they live in Cairo?
3. What have they seen and done in Egypt?
4. What do Mike and Clare find difficult about Arabic?
5. Who do they miss in the US?
6. Are they looking forward to going home?
Answers: 1. Two years.
2. Because Peter’s company sent him to work and his family went with him.
3. They have seen the Pyramids, travelled on a boat on the Nile River, and visited the palaces and towers of ancient king
and queens.
4. This language is different from English in many ways, and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.
5. They miss their friends in the US.
6. Yes, they are counting down the days.
Step 6 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box in Activity 3.
Step 7 Learning to learn
Let Ss master the methods of learning English.
Step 8 Language points
1. …, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before.
……并且以前曾派彼得去德国、法国和中国工作。

send sb. to do sth. 表示“派遣某人去做某事”。

e.g. China send many people to work in Africa every year. 中国每年都派许多人去非洲工作。

send sb. sth. 或send sth. to sb.，意思是“送给某人某物”。

e.g. Jim sent me a book on my twelfth birthday.吉姆在我十二岁生日时送给我一本书。

send后接“信件、电报”等时，意为“寄/发送”。

e.g. Mary usually sends letters in the morning.玛丽通常在早上寄信。

before，表示“以前”。

是现在完成时的标志。

3.They have been to many interesting places.
他们去过许多有趣的地方。

have been to +地点，表示“已经去过某地” 现在已经回来。

e.g. Laura has never been to China before.劳拉以前从没去过中国。

have gone to +地点，表示“已经去了某地”现在还没有回来，此时可能在途中或已经到了目的地。

e.g. —Hello. Can I speak to John, please?你好。

请问我可以和约翰通话吗？
—Sorry, he’s not in. He has gone to the park.很抱歉，他不在。

他去公园了。

3. This language is different from English in many ways.
这种语言在很多方面都和英语不同。

be different from, 表示“与……不同”。

in many ways, 表示“在许多方面”。

e.g. We can consider the problem in many ways.
我们可以从多方面来考虑这个问题。

Life in future will be different from life today.
在未来的生活将会与今天生活的不同。

4. They find it hard to spell and pronounce the words.
他们发现这些单词的拼音和发音很困难。

find it hard to do sth. “发现做某事是难的”
e.g. I find it hard to go up that high mountain.
我发现爬上那座高山很困难。

5. So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chinese and Arabic.
到目前为止，他们已经学会说德语、法语、中文和阿拉伯语。

so far “到目前为止”，是现在完成时的标志。

e.g. Mike has read five famous books so far.
到目前为止，迈克已经读了五本名著。

6. They have friends all over the world, but they also miss their friends in the US. 他们在世界各地都有朋友，但是他们也想念他
们在美国的朋友。

miss v. “思念”。

e.g. Dave misses his grandparents very much.
大卫非常想念他的爷爷奶奶。

miss v. “错过；没做到”，其后接动词时，应用动词-ing形式。

e.g. Mona was sad because she missed her train.
莫娜因为错过火车很不开心。

7. They are counting down the days.他们在倒计时。

count down, 表示“倒数，倒计时”。

count表示“计数，计算”。

e.g. Can you count from one to ten in French?
您能用法语从一数到十吗？
Step 9 Writing
1. Work in pairs. Think of a special trip. Write notes and explain.
Where you went
When you went there
Why it was special
2. Write sentences to describe what you have seen or done. Use the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
Step 10 Grammar
现在完成时: 肯定句，否定句，疑问句形式
Step 11 Summary
Let Ss talk about what they have learnt in class.
Step 12 Exercises
Let the students practice the main points in Unit 2.
Step 13 中考链接
Do some exercises from the entrance exam to senior high schools.
Step 14 Homework
Write a passage about your special trip, using the information of writing part.
Unit 3 Language in use
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective:
Get the students to be able to use the key vocabulary and new words they learn in this unit
Ability objective:
To summarize and consolidate the present perfect tense.
Moral objective:
To be glad to listen to others’ experiences and share the happiness with each other.
【教学重点】
To be able to write a passage to introduce one’s experience.
【教学难点】
Through listening, speaking and writing, let students practise the present perfect tense.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Language Points
Revise the sentence “Have you ever …?”.和现在完成时
Revise
1. _____ you ever _____ any prizes before?
2. I haven’t ________ much.
3.They _____ _____ to many interesting places.
现在完成时
一、句式结构
1. 肯定句式: 主语+have / has+动词过去分词+其他。

2. 否定句式: 主语+have / has+not+动词过去分词+ 其他。

have not 和has not 分别缩写为haven’t和hasn’t。

3. 一般疑问句式: Have / Has+主语+动词过去分词+其他? 肯定答语为Yes, 主语+have / has.; 否定答语为No, 主语+haven’t / hasn’t.
二、过去分词的构成
规则动词过去分词的构成规则与规则动词过去式的构成规则相同。

1. 动词一般在词尾加“-ed”。

如：work→worked→worked
2. 以“e”结尾的动词，词尾加“-d”。

如：live→lived→lived
3. 以“辅音字母+ y”结尾的动词，将“y”变为“i”，再加“-ed”。

如：cry→cried→cried
4. 以重读闭音节结尾，末尾只有一个辅音字母，先双写该辅音字母，再加“-ed”。

如：
stop→stopped→stopped
Step 2 Write questions for the questionnaire with Have you ever…?
Look at the pictures and make sentences with “Have you ever…?”.
1) have a Western meal Have you ever had a Western meal?
2) live in another city Have you ever lived in another city?
3) enter a singing competition Have you ever entered a singing competition?
4) travel by train Have you ever travelled by train?
5) travel to the seaside Have you ever travelled to the seaside?
6) try seafood Have you ever tried seafood?
7) cook dinner for your parents Have you ever cooked dinner for your parents?
Step 3 Complete the questionnaire with the questions and answer the You column.
Complete the questionnaire.
Answer the You column in groups.
Step 4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in the questionnaire. Then complete the Your partner column.
Ask and answer the questions in the questionnaire in pairs.
Complete the Your partner column.
Choose one group to show their answers.
Step 5 Complete the sentences about your partner and report them to the rest of the class.
Complete the sentences with have/has +p.p.
1) He/She ____________________ a Western meal.
2) He/She _____________________ in another city.
3) He/She _________________________ a singing competition.
4) He/She _______________________ by train.
5) He/She ________________________ to the seaside.
6) He/She ___________________ seafood.
7) He/She __________________________ for his/her parents.
Keys: has/has not ever had
has/has not ever lived
has/has not ever entered
has/has not ever travelled
has/has not ever travelled
has/has not ever tried
has/has not ever cooked dinner
Step 6 Complete the postcard.
Choose the right phrases for each picture.
Use the list of things to do in Beijing to complete the postcard.
Dear David,
I’m having a wonderful time in Beijing. I’ve done so many things! I’ve
_____________________________________ There’s only one thing I haven’t done:
I… _____________________________________
Bye for now.
Rob
Keys: seen the Beijing Opera. I’ve eaten Beijing Duck. I’ve visited the Palace Museum.
I haven’t climbed the Great Wall.
Step 7 Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.
Read the expressions in the box.
Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.
Keys: 1) competition 2) spell/pronounce 3) pronounce/spell
4) tower 5) afford
Step 8 Listening
Listen and check the country that the people have been to.
Keys:
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. How many times has Winnie been to the US?
2. Which country would Diana like to go again?
3. Which part of China has Diana travelled around?
4. How did Diana travel there?
5. Has Bob ever visited Germany?
Keys: She has been to the US three times.
She would like to go to China again.
She has travelled around South China.
She travelled there by train.
Yes, he has. He’s been all over Europe.
Step 9 Complete the passage with sentences in the box.
Look at the passage from the beginning to the end.
Choose the right sentences in the box. There is one extra sentence.
Keys:d) c) b) e)
Step 10 Around the world
Learn about the greatest climbing achievements.
T or F.
1. Tenzing Norgay was from New Zealand.
2. Edmund Hillary came from Nepal.
3. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the top of Mount Qomolangma on 29th May, 1953.
4. Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary stayed on the summit for an hour, then
they came down.
Keys: FFTF
Step 11 Writing
1) Write a question about life experiences for each of the topics. Use “Have you ever…?”Transport:______________________________
Book:__________________________________
Country:_______________________________
Food:__________________________________
Sport:__________________________________
Film:___________________________________
Keys: Have you ever travelled by plane?
Have you read…?
Have you been to…?
Have you had…?
Have you played…?
2) Work in groups. Choose the best question for each topic in Activity 9 and prepare a
questionnaire.
Have you seen…?
3) Go around the classroom and ask other students your questions. Write their answers in the questionnaire.
Return to your group and talk about other students’ answers to your questionnaire.
Step 12 Exercises
Do some exercises.
根据汉语意思及所给提示写一个完整的句子。

1. 马克曾经乘火车去旅行。

(travel by train)
2. 这个男孩曾经为他的家人做过饭。

(cook dinner)
3. 你曾经尝过那种食物吗？(try)
4. 我以前没有去过另一座城市。

(another city)
5. 这个女孩从来没怎么笑过。

(a lot)
Keys: 1.Mark has ever travelled by train.
2.The boy has ever cooked dinner for his family.
3.Have you ever tried that food?
4.I haven’t been to another city before.
5.The girl has never laughed a lot.
Step 13 中考链接
Do some exercises from the entrance exam to senior high schools.
1. My grandparents ____ in that city since 2008 . (2015北京)
A. will live
B. live
C. have lived
D. were living
2. — Look at these stamps. I ____ them for five years.
— Wow, they are wonderful. (2013 湖南衡阳)
A. kept
B. have kept
C. have bought
Keys: CB
Step 14 Homework
Finish a questionnaire about your classmates’ experiences.
Module 3 Journey to space
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship, project, no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut, space travel, none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, communicate
B. 交际用语：
1. What are you up to?
2. Sure, no problem.
3. I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project.
4. I haven’t started yet because I’m not sure how to make it.
5. I haven’t started it yet.
6. Have you heard the latest news?
7. Has it arrived yet?
8. That’s why it’s on the news.
9. Astronauts have already been to the moon.
10. —Have we sent a spaceship to Mars?
—Yes, we have. But…
11. The spaceship has gone to Mars.
12. However, we have not found life on other plants yet.
二、教学目标
1. Function: Talking about recent events.
2. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet.
3. Skills:
1) Listening for specific information.
2) Talking about space travel; participating in a role-play.
3) Reading and finding out information from simple texts and choosing the best title.
4) Writing a passage to describe the picture.
4. Around the world: Names of the days of the week.
5. Task: Making a poster about space travel.
三、重点及难点:
1. Structure: Present perfect with already, just and yet.
2. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to.
四、教学设计:
Unit 1 Has it arrived yet?
Ⅰ Teaching model
Listening and speaking
Ⅰ Teaching method
PWP approach
Ⅰ Teaching aims
1. To understand Present perfect with already, just and yet.
2. To understand the conversation about the space mission to Mars.
3. To understand the difference between have been to and have gone to.
Ⅰ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: earth, moon, news, planet, reach, yet, just, model, spaceship, project, no problem, latest, on, discover, astronaut,
space travel
2. Key structures: Present perfect with already, just and yet.
Ⅰ Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, video
Ⅰ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming up
1. Enjoy news report and watch a video.
2. Show some pictures to introduce the new words.
3. Learn the new words.
4. Read the new words.
Step 2 Listen and number the words as you hear them.
1. Ask the students to read the words in Activity 1.
2. Play the recording.
3. Listen and number the words as you hear them.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
5. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
Step 3 Listen again and complete the notes.
1. Ask the students to read the notes in Activity
2.
news about the trip to (1) ____________
journey of (2) __________ months
has not sent back any (3) ___________ yet
hope to find (4) ____________ on Mars
2. Listen again and complete the notes.
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
4. Call back the answer from the whole class and check the answer.
keys: Mars eight messages life
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Show some pictures, and ask the students to talk about them.
2. Ask the students to read the conversation silently.
3. Play the recording and ask the students to listen and read the conversation.
4. Read the conversation.
5. Act it out.
6. Learn “Everyday English”
1) What are you up to?
2) Sure, no problem.
Step 5 Now answer the questions.
1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity3.
1) What school project have Daming and Tony got?
2) How does Daming feel about the school project?
3) What news has Tony heard?
4) Has anyone been to Mars? Why?
2. Ask the students to read through the conversation in Activity 3 again.
3. Answer the questions.
4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
Keys:
1）They have got a project on spaceships.
2）He’s not sure how to make the model.
3）The spaceship to Mars has reached there.
4）No one has been to Mars yet, because Mars is very far away, much farther than the moon.
Step 6 Complete the passage in Activity 4.
2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.
On today’s news, Tony has heard that scientists have (1) _________ a spaceship to Mars and it has (2) ________ on the (3) _________ after a journey of several months from the earth. Scientists have not (4) _________ life on Mars (5) ________. And no astronaut has ever been to Mars because it is very far away.
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
Keys: 1. sent 2. arrived 3. planet 4. discovered 5. yet
6. Read the passage together.
Step 7 Language points.
1. What are you up to? 你在做什么呢？
up to 表示“正在干，从事着”。

常用在非正式场合中。

e.g. What were you up to yesterday? You didn’t answer my phone.你昨天在干什么？你没有接我的电话。

2. I’ve just made this model of the space station.
这是我刚做的空间站的模型。

just 常用在现在完成时的肯定句中，常放在助动词have/has 的后面。

e.g. We’ve just seen/watched the film.我们刚刚看了这部电影。

3. I haven’t started it yet. 我还没有开始做呢。

yet 表示“还（末）”，常用在现在完成时的否定句中，通常放在句末。

e.g. We haven’t finished our homework yet.我们还没完成作业。

4. Have you heard the latest news? 你听说过这个最新消息吗？
latest adj. 最近的；最新的
e.g. The news is all about the latest meeting. 这条消息是关于最近的会议的。

5. That’s why it’s on the news. 这就是它为什么出现在新闻里的原因。

That’s why… 这就是为什么……
e.g. That’s why they didn’t like the music.这就是为什么他们不喜欢这个音乐。

on prep. 在(播放)中；关于……
e.g. What’s on the TV? 电视正在播放什么节目？
6. So have they discovered life on Mars? 所以他们在火星上发现生命了吗？
discover v.发现；找到
e.g. The fact is that he did not discover it. 事实是他没有发现它。

7. Astronauts have already been to the moon. 宇航员已经去过月球了。

already 表示“已经”，常放在have/ has 之后，通常用于肯定句中。

e.g. Jack has already finished his homework.杰克已将完成他的作业了。

have/ has been to 表示曾经去过某地，但现在已经回到他的生活所在地。

e.g. They’ve already been to Suzhou twice. 他们已经去过苏州两次了。

语法小结：just 用来表示“刚刚”，already 用来表示“已经”，一般置于have/has之后，两者都用于肯定句；yet 用在否定句和
疑问句，表示“还未”。

have been to 表示“去过某地”，但现在已经回来了；
have gone to 表示“去了某地”，现在不在这里（说话人所在地）
Step 8Pronunciation and speaking
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
1) I’ve just made a model spaceship for our school project.
2) I haven’t started yet because I’m not sure how to make it.
3) Has it arrived yet?
4) Astronauts have already been to the moon.
3. Ask the students to listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.
4. Now listen again and repeat.
Step 9 Work in pairs.
1. Make lists of what we have and have not done in space travel.
We have We have not…
_____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ ______________________________ Key:
We have
A dog has travelled in space.
Men have travelled to the moon.
Spaceships have taken photographs on Mars.
We have not
We have not built houses in space.
Astronauts have not been to Mercury.
Scientists have not visited Venus.
2. Talk about space travel with the lists in Activity 6.
—Have we sent a spaceship to Mars?
—Yes, we have. But…
3. Work in pairs.
Step 10 Exercises
完成句子:
1. 我们已经到达上海。

We __________________ Shanghai.
2. 他刚刚做完这个模型。

He ____________ this model.
3. 这个女孩在干什么？
What _____ this girl ____________?
4. —你曾经去过香港吗？—是的。

—_____ you ___________ Hong Kong?
—Yes, I _____.
5. 他们听说过这个最近的新闻吗？
Have they ___________________?
Keys: 1. have already reached 2. has just made 3. is, up to
4. Have, ever been to, have
5. heard this latest news
Unit 2 We have not found life on any other planets yet.
ⅠTeaching model
Reading and writing.
ⅠTeaching method
Top-down approach
ⅠTeaching aims
1. Listen for specific information.
2. Talk about space travel; participating in a role-play.
3. Read and find out information from simple texts and choose the best title.
4. Write a passage to describe the picture.
ⅠTeaching Objectives
Key vocabulary: none, environment, that, solar, system, solar system, group, galaxy, universe, light, impossible, take-took-taken, out, communicate
Ⅰ Teaching aids
Recorder, OHP, video
Ⅰ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming-up
1. Show some pictures to review the text of Unit 1.
2. Show some pictures.
3. Talk about the pictures.
4. Introduce the new words.
5. Read the words after the teacher.
Step 2 Work in pairs.
1. Enjoy News Report.
2. Show some pictures to talk about something about Shenzhou-9
3. Ask the students to look at the picture in Activity 1.
4. Work in pairs.
Shenzhou-9 is a manned spaceship.
Step 3 Reading
1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.
2. Ask the students to read through the passage.
3. Choose the best title for it.
1) Anyone out there?
2) Life on the earth
3) The sun and other stars
4) The stars at night
4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
6. Read the text together.
Step 4 Check (√ ) the true sentences.
1. Ask the students to read the sentences in Activity 3.
1) The earth is a star.
2 )The sun is a star.。