1．How to get and deal with some information about Yang Liwei through adopting different reading skills;

　　2．How understand Yang Liwei's story more deeply and learn to think the story and express in English;

Teaching approaches

　　1. Free-talk method to get the students to be interested in the topic and use their imagination freely;

　　2. Task-based method to get the Ss to understand the main idea of the passage;

　　3．Inductive method to make students master the structure of a biography;

　　4．Exercise method to consolidate what have been learnt in class

In detail

Step 1 Lead-in (2 minutes)

　　Draw Ss' attention to the topic of the text--- Yang Liwei by asking a series of questions:

　　1．Have you ever read any books about some great explorers?

　　2．What kind of person can be called "explorer"?

　　3. Who is the typical example in your mind? Why?

Step 2 Fast reading (8 minutes)

1．Show a picture of Yang Liwei to the students and a short video of his life and career