Unit 9
( by He Yuanyuan )
Objectives:
1. to help the students grasp the main idea and the text structure
2. to help the students master the vocabulary and ntence structures
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3. to conduct a ries of exercis related to the texts
4. to help the students understand and write notices
Outline:
The teacher will u 6 class to finish the unit. The first two class will be mainly ud to finish Section A. The following two class will be mainly ud to finish the exercis related to Text A, Basic Writing Skills and Section C. The last two class will be mainly ud to finish Section B.
Focus & Difficulties:
1. master the vocabulary and ntence structures in the texts
2. write notices
Part I: (2 class) Discussion of Text A
Activity 1: (10 mins)
Warm-up: Leading in and Exploring the Topic — Improvement in Appliances
Step 1 :(2 mins) Leading in: Introduction to the Topic
Step 2 :(8 mins)Exploring
The teacher (T) may ask the students (Ss) to work in pairs on the two questions in this part to check their opinions on the “smart” appliances.
Activity 2: (80 mins) 超好听的英文歌曲Understanding and Learning Text A
Step 1: ( 15 mins) Reading Through
paintThe T asks the Ss to read through Text A and try to finish the exercis on page 166. ( 10 mins) Then the T checks the answers together, and offers some brief explanation wherever necessary. ( 5 mins)
Step 2 : (5 mins)
Go over the New Words and Phras by leading the Ss to read aloud them and ask the Ss to learn them by heart.
Step 3: ( 55 mins) Detailed Study of Text A
1. be toast: be or be likely to become finished, or dead
e.g. We are toast in the match becau he can’t play today.
2. appliance: n
e.g. More and more houwork can be done with the help of appliances.
3. … to drive customers up the wall.: …to to make customers angry or even mad.
drive sb. up the wall: drive sb. into a state of great anger or near madness
e.g. The alarm clock is driving me up the wall. It rings whenever it pleas.
4.九蒸三熯 out of : not having; without
e. g. He is always running out of money before receiving his monthly pay.
球鼠妇5. Likewi, we don’t need a refrigerator that knows when it’s out of milk. : In addition, we don’t need a refrigerator that knows when there is no milk left, either.
6. likewi: in the same way; similarly
e.g. The boy made faces, and his younger brother did likewi.
7. improvement: n.
e.g. He’s been having treatment for two months without any improvement.
罗盘图解8. feature: n
e.g. The most noticeable feature of this place is its air of calm.
9. We can’t u the appliance features we have NOW.
Notice here “NOW” is capitalized to show the contrast between “NOW” and “in the “FUTURE”.
10. I have a feature-packed telephone…: I have a telephone with too many features…
11. My phone is probably equipped to communicate with the dead.: Perhaps my phone has features that enable one to speak to dead people.
12. 试验检测工程师equip: vt.
e.g I noticed the room was equipped with a monitor.
13. remote : adj.
寻诗两绝句 e.g. Even if the dream may come true, it will be in the remote future.
We should all try to help the students from remote areas.
14. castte: n.
e.g. castte tapes
castte recorders
15. recorder: n.
e.g Play the recorder and I’ll take down the words of the song.
16. So when I want to watch television, I ‘m faced with …
Here, the word “helpful” is ud ironically to mean that the names are not helpful at all.
be faced with: be forced to meet or deal with
e.g The worker were faced with the threat of losing their jobs.
17. power: n.
e.g. Waterfalls can be ud to produce electric power.
As soon as his party came into power, they changed the law.
It’s not that John doesn’t want to help you, but it’s beyond his power.
People say that Britain is no longer a world power.
18. figure out: come to understand or discover by thinking
e.g. Sometimes you can u your experience to figure out the definition of a new word.
19. at random: aimlessly
20. give up: admit defeat
e.g. If you are sure you are right, don’t give up.
21. It has honestly been years since I have successfully recorded a television program…
Meaning: To be honest, I haven’t successfully recorded a television program for veral years…
The structure: It has been years since+ perfect ten
