Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum? Section A 2 (3a-3c)

教学目标

I. Knowledge and Ability Objects

1. Key vocabulary: unbelievable, progress, rapid, unusual, toilet, encourage, social, peaceful, performance, perfect, itself, collect

2. Target language:

1) I wonder how much more computer will be able to do in the future

2) Watching them prepare the tea with the beautiful tea sets is just as enjoyable as drinking the tea itself

3. To train students' reading ability

4. To get students know some knowledge about many kinds of museums.

II. Method Objects in Teaching

1) Skimming for details.

2) Reading for comprehension.

3) Communicative approach.

III. Sensibility and Value

To raise students' interest of learning English.

教材分析

I. Teaching Key Points

1. Key vocabulary: unbelievable, progress, rapid, unusual, toilet, encourage, social, peaceful, performance, perfect, itself, collect

2. Target language:

1) I wonder how much more computer will be able to do in the future

2) Watching them prepare the tea with the beautiful tea sets is just as enjoyable as drinking the tea itself

II. Teaching Difficulties

1) How to improve reading skill.

2) To understand the passage and the culture.

III. Teaching Aids

1. A computer for multimedia use.

Teaching Procedures

Step 1 Greetings and Revision

Look at the pictures and make conversation:

A: Have you ever been to...? B: Yes, I have./ No, I haven't.

Step 2 Pre-reading

1)Brainstorm: think of the kinds of museums that you can name.

2)Watch a video. A video about the International Museum of Toilets

3)Learn the new words.

Step 3 Fast reading

Three students talk about the most interesting museums they have ever been to. Read the magazine article and answer the questions.

1. Which three museums do the students talk about?

2. What do you think is the most interesting thing about each museum?

Step 4 Detailed reading

Read the passage again and answer the questions.

1.What does Ken say about the American Computer Museum?

2. What can we learn at the International Museum of Toilets?

3. Why is the Hangzhou National Tea Museum a nice place to enjoy tea?

Which of the underlined words in the passage have the following meanings?

Step 5 Explanation

1. The most interesting museum I've been to is the American Computer Museum.

多音节词和部分双音节形容词最高级加most构成，前面加the。如: the most beautiful girl

2. The old computers were much bigger.

much可修饰形容词比较级，表示......得多。a little, even, a bit也可以修饰形容词比较级。