八下Unit3WhatwereyoudoingwhentheUFOarrived第6课时Reading.doc

Unit 3 Reading Period 6 Learning Goals Talk about some famous events. Ss can master their reading strategies by finding the main ideas of the whole text and each paragraph. Ss should care about important events and love our lives and our own great country. Teaching and learning steps: Pre-reading activities: Step 1 Preview Remember the words according to the pictures.(Have a contest in groups.) playground flight (n.) fly( v.) bell earth hero terrorist destroy 二、Translate the following into Chinese orally. (Give Ss 2 minutes to discuss in groups. Then check the answers.) 1. Although some people may not remember who murdered him, they remember what they were doing when they heard about the event. ______________________________________________________ 2. We were having fun in the playground when the bell rang. ______________________________________________________ 3. School closed for the day, and Robert and his friends walked home together in silence. _________________________________________________________ 4. However, in more recent times, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was destroyed by terrorists. __________________________________________________________ 5. Even the date—September 11, 2001—has meaning to most Americans. _________________________________________________________ 6. His flight around the earth lasted about 22 hours. _______________________________________________________ 设计意图：检查本节课的生词及，扫除本节课的难点培养学生的自学能力。Warming up and leading in Play the video about Liuxiang’s first Olympics champion.(play from the third minute)刘翔2004雅典奥运会夺冠（流畅）_320x240_2.00M_h.264.flv T: Are you excited? Ss: Yes. T: When Liu Xiang won the gold medal at the 2004 Olympics, I was watching TV. What about you? S1: I was…. S2: … S3: … T: When Beijing was made host for the 2008 Olympics, I was watching TV and felt very excited. There were many important events