2013北京市延庆县第三中学高二英语学案：unit19 language awareness.docVIP

___ Objectives: At the end of the class, you will be able to use the impersonal report structure to express a general opinion/ experience of a present belief or a belief held in the past. Task 1 new words learning 1.If you are indifferent to sth/ sb, you have no interest in sb/sth._________ 2. A celebrity is a famous person. _______________ 3. Many people lost their jobs due to the global financial crisis. ______________ 4. In an uninhabited place, you can’t find anyone living there. _____________ 5. A tanker is a large ship that is used to carry oil. ___________ 6. Human activities have destroyed the balance of ecology on the earth and many plant and animal species have died out.___________ _________ 7. Penghu Archipelago is made up of many small islands._________ Task 2. Read the text and answer the text. 1) Why is Lonesome George considered as a celebrity? 2) What caused the numbers of Galapagos tortoises to decline? 3) What’s the purpose of the breeding programmes? If a mate couldn’t be found, what would happen to George’s group? Task 3 language points 1.associate: vt 1) I dont associate him with energetic sports.__________________ 2) A person’s character is strongly associated with his family environment. _______________ 3) I dont like these boys youre associating with. ___________________________________________ 2.nevertheless: adv ____________ Wagner was a Nazi supporter. Nevertheless, he is an important part of musical history. He is often rude to me. I like him nevertheless. There is no news; nevertheless we went on hoping. What you said was true. It was, nevertheless, a little unkind. Task 4 Grammar 1…it is hoped that George will pass on his genes to a new generation. 2…it was realised that they could supply excellent fresh meat for passing ships. 3. It is believed to have leaked a million liters of oil into the sea. 4. It was feared that the islands’ many unique species would be damaged,… 5. It was acknowledged that his case was di