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unit 4 Lesson 2 Websites 滨州中学高一英语科组 马丽芳 Teaching aims: To teach the students how to use the website correctly, avoid the information harmful to them. To practise extensive and intensive listening skills. To find information from a website. To focus on prominently stressed as an aid to understanding – the key content words in every sentence that are stressed. To practise making plans and suggestions over the telephone. Teaching difficulties: To practise expressing preferences Teaching Aids: computer and cassette Teaching procedures: Ⅰ. Warming up T: Do you use the Internet? S: T: What do you usually use it for? S: T: Net changes our life and makes life more convenient. Do you want to know its history? Can you answer any of these questions about the history of the Internet? 1. Why did the Net begin? a) for military reasons b) for scientific reasons c) for business 2. what year did it start in? a) 1959 b) 1969 c) 1979 3. When did people start calling it the ‘Internet’? a) the 1980s b) the early 1990s c) the late 1990s 4. When did the Internet start to grow very fast? a) the late 1980s b) the mid-1990s c) the late 1990s answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. b Ⅱ Listening and talking Listen to the tape and answer the questions. Listen again and answer the questions Why did the Net begin by the military? The Pentagon were worried about communication after a nuclear war. In 1969 they thought of linking computers into a network so that if one part of the network was destroyed , other parts could continue working. What do people use the network to do? People use the network to share ideas .They use it for entertainment, e-mail, playing games and getting information. Which ‘website’ can you visit to do these things? a) find out what’s going on in your town b) look for a job c) find out the latest world news d) get information for a school history project e) write to your friend by e-mail f) buy clothes a3