Reading ( 1 )
I Teaching aims and demands
1. Improve the students’ reading ability.
2. Grasp the key words, phrases and important sentences in the reading firmly.
3. Make sure the students can understand the text well.
II Key words , phrases and important sentences
1. Words
conclude, hire, inspect, confirm, recently, familiar, delight, equip, fade, attempt, suitable, gradual, enthusiastic, bid, fascinate, permission, cautious, outgoing.
2. Phrases
send in , set down, in a row, in the first place, apply for, burst into, centre on/ upon, concentrate on, keep track of, stand out.
3. Important sentences
1)The Guinness company hired two Englishmen to write what later became the Guinness Book of World Records.
2)We want to know what is possible and find out just how far we can push ourselves.
3)You can learn that the oldest………………………………
4)Impressive as the record is , it fades next to the story………..
5)No records that are dangerous to the person who is attempting it or to others are allowed.
6)There are, however, some records that…………………..
III Teaching steps
Step 1 Lead-in
When we talk about the world records of Guinness, we must be very excited, can you give us some exciting records?( Let them tell us), let’s read a text about it.
Step 2 Fast Reading
Scan the text and answer the following questions on page 3.
Step 3 Grasp the topic sentence in each paragraph
Step 4 Let the Ss read the text loudly
Step5 Post –reading( T or F )
1. Sir Hugh Beaver decided to write the book as the result of an argument with a friend. T
2. The Guinness Book of World Records are put into different categories. T
3. There are not many Chinese records in the Guinness book F
4. That Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with cancer meant the end of his career, maybe even his life. F
5. The Guinness book accept all kinds of records. F
Step 6 Vocabulary and sentences
1. Find out some key words and phrase
2. Analyze the important sentences
Impressive as the record is, it fades next to……..
Adj / adv/ n + as/ though +S+ V,
Tired as they were, they went on working.
Strange as it seems, it is so. Much as he tried, he still failed.
A child as he is, he knows a lot. ( ? )
We want to know what is possible and find out just how far we can push ourselves.
Our hometown is no longer what it used to be ten years ago.
The new museum is built in what was the old temple.
Reading ( 2 )
Step 1 Answer the following questions on Page 8 . 1
Step 2 Listening to the tape and read them for a few minutes.
Step 3 Find out some words and phrases
head down to, centre on, concentrate on,
Step4 Translate some sentences
1. Skateboards have been around since the 1970s, but they have recently become popular again.
2. These new spots are called” extreme sports ”and all centre on the “ X-factor”---the pure joy of doing something that you didn t think you could do and overcoming your fears.
3. Watching Lin Yong and his friends fly through the air makes you wonder whether the sport is too dangerous.
4. Once you are Xperienced, your life will truly change.
Step 5 Homework
Do two reading comprehensions and one cloze test.
Language study
1. conclude ( vt ); draw a conclusion( 得出結論 )
2. be familiar with sth / be familiar to sb
The English is familiar ___ us; We are familiar __ the song
3. attempt / try to do sth
4. to one’s delight / be delighted by
5. burst into sth( tears / laughter) / burst out crying/ laughing
6. gradual ____, he knew how to communicate with others.
7. make for 有好處， 可成為， 可造成
Does early getting up make for good health?
Reading English in the morning can make for improving English.
8. fade: to lose colour or disappear gradually
The strong sunlight faded the curtain.
Will the colour in this material fade?
The colour of my shirt ran.
The sound of the cheering faded away in the distance.
9．head down to : head for
We are heading down to Hannan to enjoy the sunshine on the beach.
10. centre on / upon , concentrate on
Our thoughts all ___________________the new idea.
If you _________________your work, you shall solve the problem.