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Unit 4 Flght93: What I Never Know Page  PAGE 3 of  NUMPAGES 3 教学课题Unit 4 Flght93:What I Never Know施教时间2011.4.6教学目标1. Get Ss to know the author’s purpose is to teach Ss to have a correct attitude towards terrorism. 2. About the text, Ss should grasp the text content, text structure, basic vocabularies and required grammar points of the section.教学难、重点Topic discussion; text analysis; words and expressions教学准备Topic ppt教学过程PRE-READING ACTIVITIES 1. Background information Since Sept. 11, the story of the passengers who fought their hijackers on Flight 93 has become an icon of good thwarting evil, a story of sacrifice and courage that a nation has embraced in a time of fear and uncertainty. No one will ever know exactly what happened on that plane. But new interviews with the family, friends and co-workers of passengers who made last-minute calls give a more complete account of their desperate struggle. 2. Introductory Questions The following is a set of statements about the text, some true, others false. If a statement is true, students are supposed to repeat it; if it is false, they are expected to make the necessary changes which turn it into a true one. 1) On September 9, 2001, Jeremy had a job interview in New Jersey. (F) (It was rainy on September 9, so Jeremy and his wife Lyz just lay around their house in New Jersey.) 2) On September 10, Jeremy flew from Newark to California on Business. (F) (Jeremy was due to fly from Newark to California on September 10, but the flight was canceled, so he took the flight the next day.) …… See teacher’s book about other questions. 3. Information related to the text 1) Sep 11, 2001 attacks The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11) were a series of coordinated suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States. On that morning, nineteen terrorists affiliated with al-Qaeda hijacked four commercial passenger jet airliners. Each team of hijackers included a member who had undergone some pilot tra