1

Getting students

ready for learning

(3-5 mins)

Group work

1.Greeting.

2.Organize a competition to translate the sayings.

1.Greeting.

2.Discuss the famous sayings and translate them into Chinese in groups. One member reports the result. The group which does the best translating job wins the game.

教师可根据学生实际情况进行任务的设置，可进行汉译英，也可进行英译汉，可选用学过的谚语，也可选用没学过的简单而经典的谚语。

2

Revision

(3 mins)

Individual work

Check the homework.

Report Confucius’ life story according to the information which they have learnt from Section A.

在学生作报告之前说明要求，至少要用到一个定语从句。渗透给学生在使用英语时，能意识到错误并能进行纠正的学习策略。

3

Pre-listening

(3mins)

Class activity

Show the video or pictures about Zheng He’s ocean journeys. Ask students to talk about the famous explorer.

Watch the video about Zheng He’s ocean journeys. Say something they know about the famous explorer.

鼓励学生养成预习的好习惯，课后能主动关注下一课的话题，乐于积极探索新知。

4

While-listening

(15 mins)

Individual work

1.Guide students to scan 1b.

2.Play the record of the

conversation.

3.Check the answers with the

students.

1.Read through the questions.

2.Listen to the conversation and choose the correct answers.

3.Check the answers with the teacher.

5

Post-listening

(14 mins)

Individual work

1.Let students read through the table of 1c.

2.Play the flash of 1c, and ask students to understand the

conversation and finish 1c.

3.Check the answers with the students. Explain anything students can’t understand.

4.Sum up the usage of attributive clause(who/whom/whose).

1.Read through the table of 1c.

2.Watch the flash and then finish 1c.

3.Check the answers with the teacher. Understand the conversation with the help of the teacher.

4. Note the key and difficult points.

鼓励学生遇到问题时能主动请教，勇于克服困难。

在学习中积极思考，主动探究，善于发现语言的归律并能运用规律举一反三。

Group work

1.Let students read the example of 2.

2.Let students finish 2.

3.Check the results.

1.Read and understand the example.

2.Discuss and combine each two sentences of 2 from two to one with who, whom, whose, which or that.

3.Report their results.

Guide students to finish 3.

Work in groups and talk about Zheng He with the information in 1a and 2.

6

Summarizing and assigning homework

(5 mins)

Individual work

1.Ask students to sum up the key points.

2.Repeat the key points.

3.Assign homework.

4.Introduce Columbus briefly.

1.Sum up the main content of this class.

2.Read through what they have learnt after the teacher.

3.Prepare to write a passage to introduce Zheng He according to the information in 1a and 2. Use as many attributive clauses as possible.

4.Search some information about Columbus. Compare him with Zheng He.

完成从句到语篇的过渡。

开拓视野，深刻理解中国的航海业。