Step 4: Writing

T: If you have found the Amber Room, what will you do with it? Will you keep it or will you give it to the government?

(P7: the letter from a German newspaper )

Make Ss reply to this letter: If you agree with him, follow model A; if you don't agree, follow model B.

Remember: you must give an example from your own life.

After Ss have finished writing, T can show 1 or 2 replies to the whole class.

设计意图：训练学生用英语表达自己观点的能力

师生活动：学生做，教师检查。

Step 5. 目标检测：Reading

　　For almost forty years the Empire State Building in New York City was the world's tallest skyscraper（摩天大楼）. The building reaches a height of 1, 250 feet. It has 102 floors. The use of steel frames made its height possible. Steel walls can rise height without needing to be thick. Steel frame construction is strong. All plates are fixed firmly together by metal bolts（螺栓）called rivets （铆钉）. When set in place, rivets are usually red- hot. One end is already rounded. A riveter uses a special hammer to shape the other end. Then the rivet cools. It holds the plates firmly. High winds can move this strong building. A wind of a hundred miles an hour has caused it to move almost one and a half inches.

1．The writer says that the Empire State Building ________.

A. hasn't been finished

B. is in New York City

　　C. is the tallest skyscraper in the world now

　　D. had fewer floors than the New World Trade Center

2．In steel -frame building, the bottom walls________ .

　　A. must be very thick B. must be rounded

3．Rivets are described as being ________.

　　A. picked up by tools when red -hot B. hit by tools when red - hot

　　C. usually caught in a hole D. usually put in place when red - hot

4.The word" plates" in this article might mean ________ in Chinese.

　　A. 盘子　　　　B. 钢板　　　　　C. 横木板　　　 D. 铜牌

Keys:

　1．B　提示：第一句话中"有四十年帝国大厦为全球最高，表明现在已不最高，但其位于纽约将不会变。

　2．D　提示：第一段中"steel walls can rise high without needing to be thick"即为答案。

　3.．D　提示：第一段中"when set in place，rivets are usually red-hot"即为答案。

　4.．B　

设计意图：训练学生快速阅读的能力

师生活动：学生做，教师检查。

Step 4. Summary

通过本课的学习，学生对什么是事实和观点有了明确的认识，同时也对如何保护文化遗产有了自己的观点。并训练量训练了学生快速阅读获取信息的能力和写作能力。