人教版八年级下Unit1

Unit 1 What`s the matter ?

Section B 2a-2e

Knowledge aim

1.Ss will be able to master the following words and phrases:

breathe, have problems breathing, sunburned, ourselves, climber,

be

used

to

doing,

risk,

take

risks,

accident,

situation,

kilo,

rock,

run out (of), knife(knives), cut off, blood, mean(meant), get out of, importance, decision, control, be in control of, spirit, death, give up, Aron Ralston

2.Ss will be able to master the following sentence structures:

1)As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks.

2)Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing.

3)There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents.

4)…,Aron‟s arm was caught under a 360

-kilo rock that fell on him

….

5)

This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of.

6….,and before we have to make a decision

that could mean life or death.

3. Ss will be able to learn some reading strategies.

Ability aims

1.Ss can use reading strategies to comprehend the passage.

2.Ss can learn to make a good decision when they are between a rock and a hard place. Emotional aims

1.Ss will learn to make a good decision when they are in trouble.

2.Ss will learn to be brave enough to face the difficult by themselves. Teaching important points

1.Ss can master the key words, phrases and sentence structures well.

2.Ss can use reading strategies to comprehend the passage.

Teaching difficult points

Ss can use proper sentences to retell Aron‟s story.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Pre-reading

1. watch a video, what happened to the player? His leg is broken.

2.T: when we do some sports, some accidents may happen.

3.Look at Section B 2a , read the title, then read the phrases.

Show the pictures, ask one by one;

When playing soccer, what accidents may happen

？

When swimming, what accidents may happen

？

What do you think of climbing mountains?

To

be

dangerous

means

to

take

risks.

When

climbing

mountains,

what

accidents

may

happen

？

When we meet these problems, what should we do? Let‟s know a person.

4. Show the picture

：

who is the man? What does he like doing? What happened to him?

Why did he lose his arm? There is a film named <127 hours>about him . It‟s a true story . The film is from his book

Let‟s read his story. Read

the title. What can you know from the title?

From the title , we know he is a strong and brave man.

Guess, what will the writer write?

(what is Aron Ralston)

Step 2 while reading.

1. The first reading

, and answer:

What is Aron Ralston ?Where did the accident happen on April 26, 2003

？

2. Careful reading

：

Watch and answer:

Why couldn‟t Aron move?

How did he free himself ? Did he have to cut off his arm? Why?

Can you read? (If you were Aron, what would you feel? Cao you read what you feel?)

What kind of person do you think he is?

Help students to understand:

He could stand the great pain,so he was very strong; he could make decisions in time and in control his life, so he was decisive. [di'saisiv]

果断的

3. Careful reading

：

Read the first paragraph and the third paragraph:

What kind of person do you think he is?How do you know it?

Which

sentences

can

help

you

？