Unit 2 Hobbies can make you grow as a person.
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary—person, interest, skill, activity, sailing, result, pleasure, success
Key structures—as a result, as well as, come out, develop one’s interest
Ability objective
To get information about David’s hobbies.
To master the structure of the simple ntence.
Moral objective
To know more about other’s hobbies; To develop own interest in hobbies.
【教学重点】
1. To learn some expressions in the passage.
2. To learn the simple ntences.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. The u of as a result, as well as and such as.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-bad method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Look at the pictures and guess what’s the hobby？
Step 2 Consolidate new words
Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Pre-reading
1.Work in pairs. Talk about your hobbies. U the words and expressions in the box to help you.
2.Work in pairs. Choo the words from the box to describe your hobbies.
Step 4 Listening
Listen to the passage and answer the questions.
1.Is writing one of David’s hobbies?
2.Who encouraged David to write about the experiences at the camp?
Answers: 1. Yes, it is.
2. David’s teacher.
Step 5 Reading
Read the passage and answer the questions.
1.What advantages can hobbies bring to young people?
Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills.
2. What hobbies does David have?
David likes writing, playing volleyball and many other things.
3. When did David become a suc下象棋的方法
cessful writer?
After his story about the life of a sixteen-year-old boy came out as a book in 2012.
4. Will David’s new books be successful?
Maybe. The passage doesn’t say.
Complete the ntences with the correct form of the words in the box.
activity pleasure result skill success
1What __________ do you enjoy doing?
2What new _______ have you learnt through your hobbies?
3 Has any of your hobbies brought you _________ and __________?
4 Have you made new friends as a(n)_________ of your hobby?
Answer: activities, skills, pleasure success, result
Ask and answer the questions in Activity 4 in pairs.
Step 6 Learning to learn
Let Ss find a hobby to improve English.
Find a hobby to help you improve your English. If you like football, follow an English team. If your hobby is watching films, try to watch English films.
Step 7 Language points
1. Many students have hobbies, such as read句法学
ing, painting, growing vegetables and looking after animals.
such as 表示“例如”，等于for example。
例如：
He learns many subjects, such as English, math and Chine.
他学习好多科目，比如，英语，数学和语文。
2. Hobbies can make you grow as a person, develop your interests and help you learn new skills.
grow as a person，表示“长大成人”。
develop one’s interests，表示“发展某人的兴趣”。develop 表示“发展，提高”。
e.g. The cour can help you develop your speaking skills.
这门课程可以帮助你提高口语表达能力。
3. As well as the usual activities, such as sailing and climbing, there was a writing class.
as well as 表示“也，还，而且”。后面加名词或动词ing形式。
例如：
We all want to visit Beijing as well as Shanghai. 我们除了想去北京以外，还想去上海。
4. Then she encouraged us to write about our experiences at the camp.
encourage sb. to do sth. 表示“鼓励某人去做某事”。
例如：
My father always encouraged me to speak aloud in front of people.
我父亲总是鼓励我在人们面前大声说话。
5. Back at school, David wrote a story about the life of a sixteen-year-疫情党
old boy, and it came out as a book in 2012.
come out 表示“出版，发行”。还表示“显露”。例如：
The book came out at his early age.
这本书在他年龄还小的时候就出版了。
At last the truth came out. 真相终于大白了。
6…., and as a result, David has become a successful young writer.
as a result表示“结果”。后面用逗号隔开。
so表示“因此”，后面不用逗号隔开。
例如：
The girl kept studying hard, as a result, she got good marks in the final exam.
The girl kept studying hard, so she got good marks in the final exam.
这个女孩学习一直很努力，因此，她在期末考试的时候考了好成绩。
7. I spend some of my free time playing volleyball for my school team.
spend time (in) doing sth. 表示“花费时间做某事”。介词in可以省略；如果表示“在某物上花费时间”，要用spend time on sth. 例如：
I spend one hour (in) reading every evening. 我每天晚上花一个小时看书。
