《unit 11 lesson1课件 》.doc

Unit 11 The Media Lesson 1 World News Ⅰ.Teaching aims: 1. To know something about G8 and the coming 2012 Olympic Games. 2. To catch the main ideas through skimming and get the specific information. 3. To find and review the Passive while you are reading. Ⅱ.Teaching key and difficult points: Teaching key: Grasp the main idea and specific information quickly, then use your own words to retell the text. Difficult point：How to use the Passive effectively Ⅲ Teaching methods: 1. Raising question approach 2. Discussion approach 3. Task-based approach IV. Knowledge aims: Words: administration, demand, cancel, announce, distinction, celebrate, Phrases: be made up of, remember…as ,in detail, three times, come down to, Sentences: The Group of Eight, or G8,was formed by eight of the world’s wealthiest nations in1998. It is going to de remembered as a historical meeting this year as the topic of Africa will be discussed in detail. Their belief is that this is the only way for many of these nations to escape their painful pasts. Prince William, who is now in New Zealand, said he was delighted that the 2012 Olympic Games would be held in London and he was looking forward to the Games. Grammar: Prevent…from(doing)sth; the crowds; look forward to(doing) sth V. Teaching steps: Step 1 Lead-in 1. Through the following questions to talk with the Ss: T: This is a changing world. Various things are happening now . Do you think so? S: T: How do we know these news? S: T:. What areas of the world are often in the news at the moment?(show some pictures) S: T: Why? S: T. Now let’s read two stories of world news then learn to write world news as a reporter. Step 2 Fast- reading Today we are going to read two pieces of world news. Now give the students several minutes to read the articles quickly. 1) Understand the main idea of this passage ,and you can retell it by yourself. 2) Do some true or false questions: G8 stands for eight presidents of the world’s wealthiest nations.(F)