Teaching Plan for Unit 9, Book I Total time allowance: 6 hours Time allocation: * Section A: 4 hours * Section B: 1 hour * Section C: 1 hour Section A Looking to the 21st Century * Objectives: This unit is intended to present students the possibilities in the 21st century. After learning it the students should be able to obtain an insight into our life as well as our lifestyles in future; get a good understanding of the trends for the 21st century; read for topics and precise details; predict from subtitles in reading; develop vocabulary and learn the sentence structures relevant to the topic and use them. These include: Words: predict, performance, beyond, survive, tension, interactive, career, advertisement, volunteer, analysis, monitor, diagnosis, treatment, alternative, connection, security, facilities, grocery, purchase, widespread, percentage, management, emission, output, prescribe Phrases: impose on (upon), work on, more and more, pay for, bill for, start up, on average, at risk, change from, under siege Sentence structures: Psychologist Arthur Kramer tested volunteers working on… More and more, doctors will use visual information about your condition from computers, instead of textbooks… Home computers will enable you to answer… should you… Computers enable homework assignments to be done with worldwide resources, using…. * Teaching Procedures Pre-reading Activities 1) Listen to a short passage twice and answer the following questions: What is this passage mainly about? b. In which way will home computers help us in future? 2) Listen to the passage again and fill in the blanks with words you hear from the passage This new century will bring many changes. Computers could measure brain activity to determine the quality of our work. Doctors will use computers instead of books to evaluate and treat sickness; citizens will use computers to learn about health problems. Computers in cars will show our routes, take money from our bank accounts, identify motor problems, figure our repair costs and locate repair shops. Home computers will take care of regular duties in the home and help with homework and order food. More women will enter the work force and start their own businesses; people will change jobs every ten years; middle managers will disappear while people with precise skills will become more important than ordinary workers. Protecting the environment will be an international concern. Health and fitness will be major interests of government and business as well as citizens. NB: The underlined parts are blanks when the passage is used as handouts delivered to the students. Warming-up Exercises 1) Predict From Title Direct students' attention to the title and ask them to predict the content of the text. Title: Looking to the 21st Century. Content: a. future: it is determined by what we do now; b. aspects relevant to future way of life: your car, your brain, your health, the workplace, the environment, etc.. Prediction From Subtitles Pair work: Direct students' attention to the subtitles and ask them to predict with precise details. Example: Subtitle 4: Your Car Precise details: controlling of the future cars; ways to pay for the costs; how to show the directions; auto repair, etc.. 3) Background Information The Futurist The World Future Society While-reading Activities Text Survey Students survey the text and work out the questions in pairs (Page 205, students' book). Check the answers 2) Text Structure Analysis The text is structured by eight important elements in the form of subtitles about our future life supported by details. The formula is as follows: Example: Page 208, Students' book Class Activity Group work: Students work out one of the topics and its precise details. Check the result of students' work. Example: Subtitle: Your future Topic: The future is determined by present actions Precise details: Mr. Edward Cornish's remark(The quotation part). 4) Language Points: Difficult Points: Group Work: Students work in group of 4 to find out the difficult points in the text. Teacher: explains difficult points to the students. Example: Sentence: " The responsibilities we have …..(paragraph 4 ) Meaning: It is we who are responsible for the future. It is not fate or other forces beyond our control that determine the future. When we realize the fact that we ourselves create the future, our responsibility begins. Note: In this sentence, the second that-clause is the further explanation of the first one. Key Points: Sentences level: explain to the students structures of the sentences included in the objectives part and give them similar examples. Example: Sentence: Home computers will enable you to answer interactive questions about your health and show the alternative result should you act in a certain way. ( Para. 11) In British English, the structure: “ If + subject + should + verb” is often used as “ Should +subject + verb”. Examples: Should you change your plan, please inform us of it in advance.( = If you should change your plan, please let us know in advance Note: Also please notice the difference between: If you see Harry, give him my regards.(You may see him.) If you should see Harry, give him my regards. (You might see him.) Words Level 1) Phrases: The teacher illustrates the phrases of the text and makes students use them by making sentences. (Oral practice) Example: impose on(upon): force on, place on Some parents tend to impose their likes and dislikes on their children and they don't realize it. People in this country have been imposed on higher income taxes than before. …………. (Other points please see teacher's reference book) Words: a. Five minutes for students to survey the new words in the text. ( special attention to parts of speech) b. Students do the vocabulary exercise.( Page 205, students book) c. Students do the exercise 1on page 90, integrated training, students book. (Optional) The teacher facilitates class by working around in the classroom. Notes: The teacher should direct students’ attention to the following: beyond: ( Para 4) beyond power 非力所能及的 beyond doubt 毫无譺义 beyond compare 无与伦比的 beyond praise令人赞叹不已的 more and more: ( Para 10) Nowadays more and more people own private cars. More and more, doctors will use visual information on computer for diagnosis and treatment. As time went on, he found it more and more difficult to support his family. groceries: 杂货 grocery: 杂货店 change from: change ( something or someone) from a state to another, 由…..变成 Cf. change into: cause (something or someone) to become ( something or someone else), 从…….变为 Examples: The beggar was changed from a prince. （这乞丐原来是个王子） The prince was changed into a beggar. （王子变成了乞丐）