Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries
教学计划
本单元分五个课时：
第一课时：Introduction, Speaking, Cultural Corner
第二课时：Reading and Vocabulary
第三课时：Vocabulary and Listening, Everyday English, Function
第四课时：Grammar, Pronunciation, Task
第五课时：Vocabulary and Speaking, Writing, Module File
教学步骤
Period 1 Introduction, Speaking, Cultural Corner
Teaching Goals:
1. To arouse Ss interests in learning something about the developing and developed countries;
2. To get Ss to learn some words to describe a certain region;
3. To get Ss to know something about „Town Twinning‟.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Introduction
1. Ask Ss to and match the countries with their continents in Activity 1 on page 11.
2. Ask Ss to match the words with the definitions in Activity 2.
3. Ask Ss to say something about our country with the words given in Activity 2.
For your reference:
① China is a developing country
② Many people in some areas live in poverty.
③ China is developing very quickly.
Step 2. Speaking
Ask Ss to read Student A‟s statement, and discuss the topic with their partners.
For your reference:
A: Do you want to give some money to the Charity?
B: Perhaps, it depends.
A: Why?
B: If I have enough money, I will offer a lot of money, but if I haven‟t ,I won‟t.
A: In my opinion, you can at least spare little money to help.
B: Maybe.
Step 3. Cultural Corner
1. Let Ss read the passage and discuss the question in pairs:
What happens when two towns have a town twinning agreement?
2. Ask Ss to decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
① The “twinning towns” have much in common.
② Town twinning is a new idea, and it has become more popular in recent years.
③ Town twinning agreements forbid people from the two towns to visit each other.
④ They will hold a big party to welcome the visitors from the other town.
⑤ Town twinning is especially good for students to learn another language.
Suggested Answers:
① T ② F ③ F ④ F ⑤ T
Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary.
Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Goals:
1. To let Ss master how to read a passage;
2. To let Ss master some words and phrases;
3. To get Ss to talk about the development of human and society.
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1. Leading-in
Ask Ss to discuss the following questions:
Q1. What do you think of China‟s development?
Q2. How is the development measured?
Step 2. Reading
1. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 12.
2. Intensive reading
Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and finish Activity 2, 4 and 5 on page 13.
Step 3. Language Points
Ask Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points in groups.
1. In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier. (Sentence 1, Para 1) 在2000年,世界各国共147位领导人同意到2015年或在更短的时间内减少贫困.
agree to do sth同意做某事。如：
I agreed to start early.
※【拓展】
agree 的其它用法：
① agree with + sb 同意某人
He agreed with his wife on that point.
② agree with + one‟s idea ( opinion, what sb said) 同意某人的意见或观点或所说的话。如：
She agreed with my idea.
③ agree to one‟s plan (arrangement, suggestion) 同意某人的计划，安排或建议。如：
We all agreed to his arrangement.
④ agree on (upon) sth 就某事达成共识。如：
They agreed on the treaty.
⑤ agree that… 同意……。如：
She agreed that I was right.
⑥（food, climate…） agree with sb食物，气候 等适合某人。如：
The climate here doesn‟t agree with me.
2. From this agreement came the Human Development Report. 人类发展报告就来自于这个协议.
此句为完全倒装。
3. The Index measures a country‟s achievement in three ways: life expectancy, education and income.这个指标从三个方面衡量一个国家的成就：寿命,教育和收入.
◆ measure的用法：
(1) measure 作可数名词的含义是：度量单位，度量器具，基准，尺度；作不可数名词时的含义是：程度，幅度，韵律。常见短语为“take measures to do sth”。如：
The authorities took measures to prevent tax fraud.
Her joy is beyond measure.
An inch is a measure of length.
Wealth is not always the measure of success.
(2) measure用作动词的含义为“计量，测量， 尺寸是， 仔细考虑”。如：
I was measuring his words.
The rope measures 6 meters.
He is a man who measures his words.
◆ in three ways用三种方式
注意短语“用这种方法”的几种英语表达：
in this way by this means with this method
如：Only in this way /by this means / with this method can you learn English well.
4. Norway is at the top of the list, while the US at number 7.
at the top of 在……顶端
※【拓展】
表达“位于……”的几个短语：
at number 7 位居第七
at the bottom of 在……的末端
in the middle of 在……中部
5. Make sure that all children have education up to the age of 11.
确保每一个孩子在11岁之前接受教育.
(1) make sure 弄清楚，一定要，保证做到
Eg ① I only come to make sure that everything was all right.
② Can you make sure where Alice has put the gold ring?
(2) up to 直到……数目/程度
This kind of car can travel up to 200km an hour.
※【拓展】up to的其他搭配及含义：
① be up to sb to do 应由某人做
Eg It‟s up to you to tell her how to do the job.
② 从事于，胜任
Eg What are you up to now?
6. The report shows that we are making more progress but that we need to make greater efforts.
此句中有两个短语值得注意：
make some progress 取得进步
make greater efforts 作出更大的努力
◆类似短语还有：
make a good effort 做出很大努力
spare no effort 不遗余力
make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事
make every effort 尽一切努力
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish Activity 3 on P13.
2. Ask Ss to prepare for the listening class.
Period 3 Vocabulary and Listening, Everyday English, Function
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve Ss‟ listening skill;
2. To learn how to make comparisons;
3. To learn some useful expressions of daily life.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to Activity 3 of Reading and Vocabulary.
Step 2. Vocabulary Study
Ask Ss to read the words in the box and answer the questions in Activity 1 on P16.
Step 3. Listening
1. Pre-listening
Ask Ss to discuss the statements in Activity 2, and tick the right ones.
2. While-listening
(1) Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and check the answers to the exercises of Activity 2.
(2) Ask Ss to listen to the conversation again and tick the topics in Activity 3.
Suggested Answers:
The only topic they don‟t cover is location.
3. Post- listening (Everyday English)
Ask Ss to do this activity individually and then check the answers with their partners.
Step 4. Function
1. Ask Ss to finish Activity 1.
2. Let Ss finish Activity 2 on P17.
Step 5. Homework
1. Ask Ss to prepare for the grammar lesson.
2. Ask Ss to finish Ex12,13 & 14 in Workbook on P76-77.
Period 4 Grammar, Pronunciation, Task
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to master how to make comparisons;
2. To let Ss master some skills of writing;
3. To enable Ss to write a description of their hometown.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Grammar
Purpose: To enable Ss to master the use of conjunctions.
1. Let Ss discuss the usage of some link works, for example, however / but; although / while
2. Ask Ss to discuss the questions inn Activity1 on page 14 after reading the sentences.
3. Ask Ss to join the sentence by using the conjunctions in brackets in Activity 4 on page 15.
4. Give Ss some explanation of the usage of some link words.
(1) although
① 表示“虽然，尽管”，不与but 连用，但可以和副词 yet，still 连用，表示转折。如：
Although he is old, yet he looks very young and healthy.
② Although 比 though 正式，两者基本上可以通用。但Though 引导的从句在句首时，从句可以倒装，而Although 不可以。如： Child though /as he is, he helped me a lot.
(2) while做从属连词，有以下几个意思：
① 在……期间，如：
She called me while I was out.
② 只要 = as long as，如：
You will want for nothing while I am alive.
③虽然，尽管，如：
While I admit his good points, I can see still his shortcomings.
④并列连词表示转折。
He is diligent while his brother is lazy.
(3) but是并列连词，“可是，但是”，连接两个并列分句，上下二句在总的意义上构成了对比。如：
I really don't like cheese, but I will try just a little this time.我实在是不喜欢吃奶酪，但是这次我要尝一点。
(4) however不能直接连接两个分句，必须另起新句，并用逗号隔开。如：
It was raining hard. However, we went out to look for the boy.
Step 2. Pronunciation
Purpose: To get Ss to pay attention to the rhythm of the sentences.
Let Ss listen and repeat sentences in Activity 3 on page 14 and Activity 4 on P15.
Step 3. Task
Purpose: To enable students to write an advertisement for their hometowns.
1. Ask Ss to work in pairs to finish the following activities.
(1) Ask Ss to make notes of interesting features of their hometowns.
(2) Ask Ss to choose the most interesting feature for the advertisement.
(3) Ask Ss to surf on lone to find some attractive pictures of their town.
(4) Ask Ss to organize the picture and description.
2. Ask Ss to write the advertisement and then put the pictures in.
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish vocabulary exercises in workbook on P74.
2. Ask Ss to prepare for the grammar lesson.
Period 5 Vocabulary and Speaking, Writing, Module File
Teaching Goals:
1. To get students to know the use of conjunctions;
2. To get students to revise the whole module;
3. To get students to pay attention to the rhythm of the sentences.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Vocabulary and Speaking
Purpose: To let Ss master some words and tell the positive ones from the negative ones.
1. Ask Ss to read the words in Activity 1 on page 17 and underline the ones which describe positive feature of a city.
2. Ask Ss to use these words to describe the place where they live. They can make sentences or a short paragraph.
3. Ask Ss to think what aspects of a place they would like to mention when they compare two places.
Suggested Answer:
population, industry, climate, location, transport, tourism, safety pollution ,wealth and so on.
Step 2. Writing
Purpose: To improve Students‟ writing skills.
Ask Ss to compare the following information of Dezhou and Beijing. Then ask them to use the link words in Grammar, and the ways of
Dezhou is my hometown, which has a population of 5.35 million. While our capital Beijing has a population of 1.3919 billion. Although the people‟s living level has been improved, the income of each person is quite different. The income of one person in Beijing is almost 3 times larger than that in Dezhou. However, money is not everything, more and more people have realized the importance of education. The education rate in the two places is almost the same. Our town begins to set up more universities and colleges, so Dezhou will become more and more prosporous.
Step 3. Module File
Purpose: To enable students to revise the whole module.
Ask Ss to look at Module File on page 20 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don‟t know. Help Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.
Ask Ss to read some articles or novels about sports to strengthen their reading skills and enlarge their vocabulary.
Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to preview Module 3.
Module 2 Developing and Developed Countries
教学计划
本单元分五个课时：
第一课时：Introduction, Speaking, Cultural Corner
第二课时：Reading and Vocabulary
第三课时：Vocabulary and Listening, Everyday English, Function
第四课时：Grammar, Pronunciation, Task
第五课时：Vocabulary and Speaking, Writing, Module File
教学步骤
Period 1 Introduction, Speaking, Cultural Corner
Teaching Goals:
1. To arouse Ss interests in learning something about the developing and developed countries;
2. To get Ss to learn some words to describe a certain region;
3. To get Ss to know something about „Town Twinning‟.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Introduction
1. Ask Ss to and match the countries with their continents in Activity 1 on page 11.
2. Ask Ss to match the words with the definitions in Activity 2.
3. Ask Ss to say something about our country with the words given in Activity 2.
For your reference:
① China is a developing country
② Many people in some areas live in poverty.
③ China is developing very quickly.
Step 2. Speaking
Ask Ss to read Student A‟s statement, and discuss the topic with their partners.
For your reference:
A: Do you want to give some money to the Charity?
B: Perhaps, it depends.
A: Why?
B: If I have enough money, I will offer a lot of money, but if I haven‟t ,I won‟t.
A: In my opinion, you can at least spare little money to help.
B: Maybe.
Step 3. Cultural Corner
1. Let Ss read the passage and discuss the question in pairs:
What happens when two towns have a town twinning agreement?
2. Ask Ss to decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
① The “twinning towns” have much in common.
② Town twinning is a new idea, and it has become more popular in recent years.
③ Town twinning agreements forbid people from the two towns to visit each other.
④ They will hold a big party to welcome the visitors from the other town.
⑤ Town twinning is especially good for students to learn another language.
Suggested Answers:
① T ② F ③ F ④ F ⑤ T
Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to preview Reading and Vocabulary.
Period 2 Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Goals:
1. To let Ss master how to read a passage;
2. To let Ss master some words and phrases;
3. To get Ss to talk about the development of human and society.
Teaching Procedure:
Step 1. Leading-in
Ask Ss to discuss the following questions:
Q1. What do you think of China‟s development?
Q2. How is the development measured?
Step 2. Reading
1. Fast reading
Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and answer the questions in Activity 1 on page 12.
2. Intensive reading
Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and finish Activity 2, 4 and 5 on page 13.
Step 3. Language Points
Ask Ss to discuss the important and difficult language points in groups.
1. In the year 2000, 147 world leaders agreed to work together to reduce poverty by 2015 or earlier. (Sentence 1, Para 1) 在2000年,世界各国共147位领导人同意到2015年或在更短的时间内减少贫困.
agree to do sth同意做某事。如：
I agreed to start early.
※【拓展】
agree 的其它用法：
① agree with + sb 同意某人
He agreed with his wife on that point.
② agree with + one‟s idea ( opinion, what sb said) 同意某人的意见或观点或所说的话。如：
She agreed with my idea.
③ agree to one‟s plan (arrangement, suggestion) 同意某人的计划，安排或建议。如：
We all agreed to his arrangement.
④ agree on (upon) sth 就某事达成共识。如：
They agreed on the treaty.
⑤ agree that… 同意……。如：
She agreed that I was right.
⑥（food, climate…） agree with sb食物，气候 等适合某人。如：
The climate here doesn‟t agree with me.
2. From this agreement came the Human Development Report. 人类发展报告就来自于这个协议.
此句为完全倒装。
3. The Index measures a country‟s achievement in three ways: life expectancy, education and income.这个指标从三个方面衡量一个国家的成就：寿命,教育和收入.
◆ measure的用法：
(1) measure 作可数名词的含义是：度量单位，度量器具，基准，尺度；作不可数名词时的含义是：程度，幅度，韵律。常见短语为“take measures to do sth”。如：
The authorities took measures to prevent tax fraud.
Her joy is beyond measure.
An inch is a measure of length.
Wealth is not always the measure of success.
(2) measure用作动词的含义为“计量，测量， 尺寸是， 仔细考虑”。如：
I was measuring his words.
The rope measures 6 meters.
He is a man who measures his words.
◆ in three ways用三种方式
注意短语“用这种方法”的几种英语表达：
in this way by this means with this method
如：Only in this way /by this means / with this method can you learn English well.
4. Norway is at the top of the list, while the US at number 7.
at the top of 在……顶端
※【拓展】
表达“位于……”的几个短语：
at number 7 位居第七
at the bottom of 在……的末端
in the middle of 在……中部
5. Make sure that all children have education up to the age of 11.
确保每一个孩子在11岁之前接受教育.
(1) make sure 弄清楚，一定要，保证做到
Eg ① I only come to make sure that everything was all right.
② Can you make sure where Alice has put the gold ring?
(2) up to 直到……数目/程度
This kind of car can travel up to 200km an hour.
※【拓展】up to的其他搭配及含义：
① be up to sb to do 应由某人做
Eg It‟s up to you to tell her how to do the job.
② 从事于，胜任
Eg What are you up to now?
6. The report shows that we are making more progress but that we need to make greater efforts.
此句中有两个短语值得注意：
make some progress 取得进步
make greater efforts 作出更大的努力
◆类似短语还有：
make a good effort 做出很大努力
spare no effort 不遗余力
make an effort to do sth. 努力做某事
make every effort 尽一切努力
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish Activity 3 on P13.
2. Ask Ss to prepare for the listening class.
Period 3 Vocabulary and Listening, Everyday English, Function
Teaching Goals:
1. To improve Ss‟ listening skill;
2. To learn how to make comparisons;
3. To learn some useful expressions of daily life.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Revision
Check the answers to Activity 3 of Reading and Vocabulary.
Step 2. Vocabulary Study
Ask Ss to read the words in the box and answer the questions in Activity 1 on P16.
Step 3. Listening
1. Pre-listening
Ask Ss to discuss the statements in Activity 2, and tick the right ones.
2. While-listening
(1) Ask Ss to listen to the conversation and check the answers to the exercises of Activity 2.
(2) Ask Ss to listen to the conversation again and tick the topics in Activity 3.
Suggested Answers:
The only topic they don‟t cover is location.
3. Post- listening (Everyday English)
Ask Ss to do this activity individually and then check the answers with their partners.
Step 4. Function
1. Ask Ss to finish Activity 1.
2. Let Ss finish Activity 2 on P17.
Step 5. Homework
1. Ask Ss to prepare for the grammar lesson.
2. Ask Ss to finish Ex12,13 & 14 in Workbook on P76-77.
Period 4 Grammar, Pronunciation, Task
Teaching Goals:
1. To enable Ss to master how to make comparisons;
2. To let Ss master some skills of writing;
3. To enable Ss to write a description of their hometown.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Grammar
Purpose: To enable Ss to master the use of conjunctions.
1. Let Ss discuss the usage of some link works, for example, however / but; although / while
2. Ask Ss to discuss the questions inn Activity1 on page 14 after reading the sentences.
3. Ask Ss to join the sentence by using the conjunctions in brackets in Activity 4 on page 15.
4. Give Ss some explanation of the usage of some link words.
(1) although
① 表示“虽然，尽管”，不与but 连用，但可以和副词 yet，still 连用，表示转折。如：
Although he is old, yet he looks very young and healthy.
② Although 比 though 正式，两者基本上可以通用。但Though 引导的从句在句首时，从句可以倒装，而Although 不可以。如： Child though /as he is, he helped me a lot.
(2) while做从属连词，有以下几个意思：
① 在……期间，如：
She called me while I was out.
② 只要 = as long as，如：
You will want for nothing while I am alive.
③虽然，尽管，如：
While I admit his good points, I can see still his shortcomings.
④并列连词表示转折。
He is diligent while his brother is lazy.
(3) but是并列连词，“可是，但是”，连接两个并列分句，上下二句在总的意义上构成了对比。如：
I really don't like cheese, but I will try just a little this time.我实在是不喜欢吃奶酪，但是这次我要尝一点。
(4) however不能直接连接两个分句，必须另起新句，并用逗号隔开。如：
It was raining hard. However, we went out to look for the boy.
Step 2. Pronunciation
Purpose: To get Ss to pay attention to the rhythm of the sentences.
Let Ss listen and repeat sentences in Activity 3 on page 14 and Activity 4 on P15.
Step 3. Task
Purpose: To enable students to write an advertisement for their hometowns.
1. Ask Ss to work in pairs to finish the following activities.
(1) Ask Ss to make notes of interesting features of their hometowns.
(2) Ask Ss to choose the most interesting feature for the advertisement.
(3) Ask Ss to surf on lone to find some attractive pictures of their town.
(4) Ask Ss to organize the picture and description.
2. Ask Ss to write the advertisement and then put the pictures in.
Step 4. Homework
1. Ask Ss to finish vocabulary exercises in workbook on P74.
2. Ask Ss to prepare for the grammar lesson.
Period 5 Vocabulary and Speaking, Writing, Module File
Teaching Goals:
1. To get students to know the use of conjunctions;
2. To get students to revise the whole module;
3. To get students to pay attention to the rhythm of the sentences.
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1. Vocabulary and Speaking
Purpose: To let Ss master some words and tell the positive ones from the negative ones.
1. Ask Ss to read the words in Activity 1 on page 17 and underline the ones which describe positive feature of a city.
2. Ask Ss to use these words to describe the place where they live. They can make sentences or a short paragraph.
3. Ask Ss to think what aspects of a place they would like to mention when they compare two places.
Suggested Answer:
population, industry, climate, location, transport, tourism, safety pollution ,wealth and so on.
Step 2. Writing
Purpose: To improve Students‟ writing skills.
Ask Ss to compare the following information of Dezhou and Beijing. Then ask them to use the link words in Grammar, and the ways of
Dezhou is my hometown, which has a population of 5.35 million. While our capital Beijing has a population of 1.3919 billion. Although the people‟s living level has been improved, the income of each person is quite different. The income of one person in Beijing is almost 3 times larger than that in Dezhou. However, money is not everything, more and more people have realized the importance of education. The education rate in the two places is almost the same. Our town begins to set up more universities and colleges, so Dezhou will become more and more prosporous.
Step 3. Module File
Purpose: To enable students to revise the whole module.
Ask Ss to look at Module File on page 20 and try to recall what they have learnt in the module. Then tick the things they are sure that they know and put a question mark next to the points they are not sure of and a cross to what they don‟t know. Help Ss to share their ideas and deal with the difficult or confusing points.
Ask Ss to read some articles or novels about sports to strengthen their reading skills and enlarge their vocabulary.
Step 4. Homework
Ask Ss to preview Module 3.