I.Teaching aims and demands

1. Words and expressions: talk of, out of work, voice, toy, simply, majority, industry, central, convenient, transport, possession, satisfy, wealth, fairly, practical, telegraph, socialist, possibility.

2. Daily English:

He may not ….

Do you think it’s possible that ….?

It’s quite likely that …

It is not likely to ….

I don’t think so.

They will not …

What do you think is likely to happen?

It’s not likely that ….

I think …

3. Grammar Revise the Noun Clauses used as Appositive.

II.Main and difficult points:

1. Get the students to understand something about life in the future.

2. Revise the Noun Clauses used as Appositive

III.Allocation of time: 6

Lesson 65 of Unit 17

I.Aims and demands:

Learning the dialogue and get the students to grasp prediction, conjecture and belief:

II.Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Show some phrases on the screen for the students to make sentences with.

Do well

Make up one’s mind

On average

A length of

2. Check homework: Reading material

Step 2. Presentation

Get the students to describe the picture and get Ss to tell you what they think is happening.

Then show some new words on the screen:

Majority

Goods

industry

Step 3. Reading

Read the dialogue carefully and silently and find the answer to the questions:

What is being planned at this company?

(A new factory may be built,)

Step 4. Dialogue

Play the tape for the students to listen and follow.

What are people at the company talking about?

Who is going to make the decision?

Why does the company need to build a new factory?

What is the difficulty?

Why do some people want the new factory to be built?

Why are some people against the new factory?

Then ask them to practise the dialogue in pairs. One pair may be asked to act the scene in front of the class.

Make sentences with the following words or phrases:

Have something done

Talk of

It’s possible that clause

Produce goods

The majority

Encourage

Out of work

Be likely to

Persuade sb. to do

Organize a dialogue with the phrases above.

Step 5. Discussion

Why does the manager want to have a new factory built?

What’s the main problem if they build a new factory? Why?

What do you think is likely to happen? Why?

Step 6. Oral Practice

Look at the screen and practise in pairs.

A: I think the company will buy more land.

B: I believe you’re right.

A: But it isn’t likely that the manager will make a decision soon.

B: What are the problems then?

Step 7. Workbook

Complete all the exercises in class.

III.Homework

1. Finish off workbook exercises.

2. Do Ex.4 as written work.

IV.Blackboard design

Have something done

Talk of

It’s possible that clause

Produce goods

The majority

Encourage

Out of work

Be likely to

Persuade sb. to do

V . Post-class Notes:

No.031

Lesson 66 of Unit 17

I.Aims and demands:

1.To improve the reading ability of the students and help them understand the text wholly.

2.To enrich the students' imagination and encourage them to talk.

3.To improve the students' ability of communication in English.

II.Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Make sentences with the following phrases.

Have sth. done

Talk of

It is possible that-clause

Out of work

Persuade sb. to do sth.

2. Free talk about the new dialogue.

Step 2. Presentation for reading

Listen to the tape and do the multiple choices on P94.

1. Many farms now use computers to control the growing conditions of vegetables and other plants. Here ‘the growing conditions’ refer to _______.

A. the watering B. the light C. the temperature D. A, B and C

2. The computer can _______.

A. do anything all by itself B. carry out people’s instructions

C. think just like human beings D. act exactly like human beings

3. If people can work at home, they will ______.

A. enjoy an easier life B. have busier days

C. use the videophone for conferences

D. do the drawings and send them by mail or by fax

4. As a result, costs will be reduced by as much as 90%. Here “reduce” means _____.

A. lower B. increase C. improve D. below

5. The writer tells us that ______.

A. the computer will probably change people’s lives completely in the future.

B. the computer has played and will play a very important part in various fields.

C. people should realize the danger of the computer.

D. the use of the computer is necessary.

Step 3. Reading

Work in groups and to read the passage quickly to make a list of all the ways in which computers can be used.

Area Use

Farms Control the growing conditions of plants

Banks Change money; pay bills

Houses

Central computer to control heating and hot water

Recognize someone’s voice

Transport

Work out the best distance between trains

Operate trains

Education Store texts

Encyclopaedia

Ask for help

Health and research Keep information records

Diagnose a patient remotely

Industry Design the drawings

The dangerous position may be used it to control

In fact, the computer now has been used in every walk of life.

Step 4. Reading aloud

Ask some students to read the text paragraph by paragraph.

Step 5. Discussion

The students will be divided into two parts to have a debate.

One side should find the advantages of the computer.

The other side should find the disadvantages of the computer.

The middle is umpires and show your opinion to deal with the affairs of the two sides in dialectic way to see who will become the dialectician.

Let’s suppose you are computer experts. Show your opinion about how to use it

Advantages Disadvantages

Convenient

Shopping

Library

Education

Mail

Bank

Industry

Agriculture

Transport

Hospital

Space

Play games

Exchange stocks

Chatting

Lottery

Pornographic

Fortune-teller like the Book of changes

It is said if the people use it in science, it will cause a lot of great inventions.

Quick changes (Fast escalation)

Easily infected by virus

Cannot leave it if you have it and influence the relationship of the family.

Fans (flying worms& crawling worms)

If your idea is accepted, maybe you’ll become a millionaire soon.

Don’t keep secret.

Through out the world

More and more

Agriculture and industry

As well as

Work out

Go off

Carry out

As a result

In the fields of

Step 6. Word study

This is well known. (Predicative)

It is a well-known fact. (Attributive)

Share rooms

The goods had not been received

More convenient

Have more industry in this area

The majority voted for the man

A voice can sound friendly

The computer skill test

The labor force

The cheque had been sent by mail

Step 7. Workbook

Finish the exercises 2-4

Step 8. Consolidation

Say something about all the ways in which computers can be used.

III.Homework

1. Read the passage again.

2. Do Ex. 3 as written work.

IV.Blackboard design:

Through out the world

More and more

Agriculture and industry

As well as

Work out

Go off

Carry out

As a result

In the fields of

No.032

I.Aims and demands:

Go on learning the text and show the students the language points.

II.Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the diary.

2. Ask the students to read the text and check all the exercises.

Step 2. Language points

1. Appositive clause: belief, doubt, fact, hope, idea, news, possibility, problem, thought.

They expressed the hope that they had expressed. (Attributive Clause)

We expressed the hope that they would come to visit China again. (Appositive clause)

I had no idea that he had already gone abroad.

The news that she had passed the entrance examination made her parents very happy.

The possibility that people would have to walk to the farm was not mentioned.

The text tells us a fact that smoking does great harm to people’s health.

I have no idea when Jack will be back.

He can’t answer the question how he got the money.

2. videophone

3. fax = facsimile

4. by mail or by fax

Step 3. Practice

Finish all the exercises and make new sentences with the key point.

Homework

Write a short passage about the use of computer.

Blackboard design

They expressed the hope that they had expressed. (Attributive Clause)

We expressed the hope that they would come to visit China again. (Appositive clause)

Post-Class Notes:

No.033

Lesson 67 of Unit 17

I.Aims and demands:

1. Reading comprehension

2. The Attributive Clause

II.Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the homework.

2. Ask the students to tell each other ten ways in which computers will be used in the future.

Step 2. Presentation for reading

Talk about the picture and ask:

Do you think it’s necessary for the young lady to buy so many clothes?

What do you think of the meal these people are having?

Is it very expensive or just ordinary?

What three things does the writer suggest in this text?

(spend less money; look after your health better; use less energy)

Step 3. Reading

1. Ask some students to read the text paragraph by paragraph.

2. Do Ex.1 to check the students’ comprehension.

Step 4.Language study

Read the following sentences and correct the mistakes:

1. The idea surprises many people. Which idea?

The idea that computers will recognize human voices.

2. The possibility is often discussed. Which possibility?

The possibility that the majority of the labor force will work at home.

Step 5. Practice

1. Part 4 on P29.

A message that the majority had voted for the plan/programme arrived just before ten.

I didn’t receive the news that the meeting was delayed / would be delayed.

The fact that the transport of the goods cost too much was not discussed.

The answer that the drawing had arrived by mail was good news.

The belief that the company will make a greater effort is shared by everyone.

There is no doubt that the price of cars will go down.

2. Part 5 on P29.

Step 6. Workbook Finish off the exercises 1-3

III.Homework

1. Read the passage again.

2. Finish off the Workbook exercises

IV.Blackboard:

Majority

Voice

Central

Heating

Industry

Effort

Practical

Western

Bill

transport

No.034

I. Aims and demands:

Go on learning the text and show the students the language points.

II. Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the diary.

2. Ask the students to read the text and check all the exercises.

Step 2. Language points

Work in groups to read the text and find the example for each point:

More fairly

Betty comes to school earlier than other students (do).

It snows more often in Beijing than (it does) in Wuhan.

Meanwhile = in the meantime

Tom was cutting grass and meanwhile Adam was planting corns.

Mother went shopping; meanwhile, I cleaned the house.

Step 3. Practice

Finish all the exercises and make new sentences with the key point.

Homework

Write a short passage about the use of computer.

Blackboard design

Betty comes to school earlier than other students (do).

It snows more often in Beijing than (it does) in Wuhan.

Meanwhile = in the meantime

Tom was cutting grass and meanwhile Adam was planting corns.

Mother went shopping; meanwhile, I cleaned the house.

Post-Class Notes:

No.035

Lesson 68 of Unit 17

I.Aims and demands:

1.Listening practice

2. Writing

II.Teaching Procedures:

Step 1. Revision

1. Check the diary

2. Tell each other ten things that they think will not happen in the future.

Step 2.Preparation for listening.

This whole unit has been about the future. Now we are going to listen to a news broadcast for the year 2035.

1. agriculture, tourism, transport

2. Qinghai, Chengdu and Xi’an, Liaoning

3. one week; one and a half million yuan; the moon

821 kph; 1200; 842km; 1 hr 11 minutes

a new lemon tree; can grow in cold countries; 7 years

Step 3. Checkpoint

Revise the Noun Clause.

Make sentences with the useful expressions.

Step 4. Practice

Part 2 on P30

Step 5. Test on Noun Clauses:

1. The reason why his voice sounded different was unknown.

2. The idea why she refused his request surprised us.

3. The news that the boy won the gold medal was clear.

4. I agree with the opinion that space travel will be cheaper.

5. I don’t like the idea that computers will control our lives.

6. I can understand the possibility the computers will recognize our voices.

7. I can’t understand the possibility that trains will have no drivers.

Step 6. Writing

Part 3 on P30. Hold a class discussion to choose the person to write about.

Our village, which has a population of 12,000 people, is close to a big river. In the central part of the village there is a railway station. This is very convenient if we want to travel to the nearest big town to do some shopping. Outside the village there is a park by the river, where we often go in summer. In the evenings families sit on the grass, while the children play, because it is too hot to stay inside.

Step 7. Workbook

Finish off the Workbook exercises 1-3.

III.Homework

Write a paragraph about “My hometown”.

Do Ex. 2 as written work.

IV.Blackboard design

1.The reason why his voice sounded different was unknown.

2.The idea why she refused his request surprised us.

3.The news that the boy won the gold medal was clear.

4.I agree with the opinion that space travel will be cheaper.

5.I don’t like the idea that computers will control our lives.

6.I can understand the possibility the computers will recognize our voices.

7. I can’t understand the possibility that trains will have no drivers.

No.036

Test for Unit 17

I. Multiple choice

1. quite expert

2. talk a lot about Tom

3. expect sb.

4. be to blame

5. Mr. Smith, as well as his wife and children is …

6. rather than

7. he was reduced to selling his books.

8. be well above

9. the cause of the fire

10. be well worth doing

11. fall ill

12. be sick of

13. he has ill luck

14. trust … with

15. in winter clothing

16. how famous a university you study in!

II. Error correction

1. the best

2. if – how

3. are – were

4. we – it

5. that – what

6. had – has

7. ask for

8. with – in

9. because – if / when

III. Composition

There are four reasons why I agree to forbid fireworks. First, fireworks are dangerous. They often cause fire and hurt children’s eyes. Some kids have their apples taken off during the Spring Festival because of them. Second, fireworks are noisy. They make many noises through the whole night. They sometimes sound like a war. Third, they waste a lot of money, paper and powder. They would cost the whole country millions of yuan every year. Fourth, they make pieces of paper everywhere. It takes dustmen several days to clean them. Because of these reasons, I totally agree to forbid making fireworks though it is a Chinese custom for hundreds of years.