高二英语下学期Unit 11.docVIP

Unit 11 Scientific Achievement Wang Lihua Analysis about unit 11: The topic of this unit is scientific achievement. It mainly talks about Zhongguancun, which is called China’s Silicon valley, and great achievements in science and technology in China, including exploring space, solving the mysteries of life, e-volution and fighting cancer. At the same time, let the students understand the importance of scientific achievements, arouse their patriotism and encourage them learn more knowledge to contribute to our country. Goals: Talk about science and scientific achievements Practise expressing intentions and wishes Learn about Word Formation (1) Write a persuasion essay Period 1 Warming up, listening speaking Goals: Know about the significance of great scientific achievement. Discuss the achievements and practise expressing intentions and wishes Step 1.Warming Up Show the pictures about several inventions. And let the students discuss the following questions in pairs with the limited minutes.. When do you think the inventions in the pictures above were made? Which one do you think is the most significant? Do these achievements have anything in common? If so, what? Give some other important scientific achievements you know. Alexander Bell the First telephone Thomas Edison the electric Lamp the Wright Brothers‘ the First Plane Madame Curie Radium Franklin electricity Steven Hawking black holes in Universe Elbert Einstein the Theory of Relativity Isaac Newton Theory of Gravity Check the answers and look at the list of achievements. Ask the students to try their best to make it clear that how they improve our daily life. Introduce some important words and phrases that the students will encounter in the unit, such as man, achieve, likely, arrange, failure, organ, base, breakthrough, evolution, rejuvenate, institute, announce,