Unit 1Nothing VenturedNothing GainedPeriod 1& 2 Reading comprehension (Intensive Reading1)Teaching Goals:I. Emotional learning:1) Ss should get to know the thorough meaning of the saying “ No pains, No ganis”. Meanwhile, put their effort into the practice of pusuiting high goal and a further success in life.2) To relate the Ss to teacher to cooperate with each other then form a reletively harmoney and fair atmosphere in class over learning period.II. Teaching Important Points:1) To inspire the Ss to be involved in the hot topic of “ Championship in life” and lead the Ss to follow the examples of the heroes in Guiness Record.2) Above all, Sss reading comprehension is based on their familarity with the expressions and the usage of the words. Thus, teaching the words and expressions is a task before the reading activity and after readhing.III. Teaching Difficulty:1) How to use the expressions and how to consolide the knowledge after reading.2) How to help the Ss to read smoothly while reading period and dig out the indicated theme of the text.Teaching Procedures:Step I . Warming UpDo you know “不入虎穴，焉得虎子 ” in Chinese? How can we say the same meaning in English?Nothing brave, nothing have. Nothing seek, nothing find. Nothing stake, nothing draw. Nothing venture, nothing win (or have or gain). Nothing crave, nothing have. Sow nothing, reap nothing. He who risks nothing, gains nothing. He who risks nothing gains nothing. If you venture nothing, you will have nothing. Tasks:Read and listen to the three stories on P1. And try to think out the characters they have in common. What do you think helped them out and achieved success in life?King Bruce is watching the spider weaving its web.Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider (蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English.Anne Sullivan is teaching Helen Keller by feeling or touching.Helen Keller, born a normal little girl, but at the age of 19 months became iii and lost her hearing and her sight. She and her family was in despair until they met Anne Sullivan. Her work with Helen was very successful. After college, Helen gave lecture tours speaking about her experiences and her beliefs. They worked very hard to raise money, to encourage people to educate blind and deaf children. Gou Jian is sleeping on brushwood and tasting gall.Gou Jian was the ruler of the kingdom of Yue, conquered by the neighboring kingdom of Wu. He was made a slave and suff-ered many hardships. But his tolerance earned the trust of the King of Wu and eventually he was set free. But he never forgot his suffering, slept on firewood and straw every night, and tasted bitter gall-bladder until his kingdom was strong enough and he attacked the King of Wu and killed him. Something in common in the heroes above: (ask the Ss to summerize them and write the qualities on the Bb)make up ones mind, be determined to do sth, persevere with, stick at, persist in, not give up, not be discouraged by, keep going, keep trying, keep positive, etc.Positive adj.patient, resilient, persevering, resourceful, focused, serious, determined, strong-willedNegative adj.obstinate, stubborn, pig-headedDiscussion1. What conclusion can we draw from the three stories?2. By what did they achieve their success?3. How do you regard the behaviour of Gou Jian?4. What can we learn from them?Step II. Reading comprehensionThe “spider-story” is often told as an example of this. Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13th century, was hiding in a hole on a hill from the English. He watched a spider (蜘蛛) making a web. Bruce is said to have got confidence from this and to have gone on to beat the English. Edison, too, the inventor of the light bulb (电灯泡), made hundreds of models that failed before he found the right way to make one. So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused it? Were you in high spirit then? What can you change so that things will go right the next time? Second, is the goal (目标) you are trying to reach the right one? Try to do some thinking about what your real goals may be. Think about this question: “If I am successful in this, where will it get me?” This may help to prevent failure in the things you shouldnt be doing anyway. The third thing to remember about failure is that its a part of life. Learn to “live with yourself” even though you may have failed. Remember, “You cant win them all.” 1. Robert Bruce was mentioned in the passage to show that_. A. people who fail are not lonely B. animals can help people sometimes C. nature will help us if we are hard-working D. confidence is important for one to be successful 2. Edisons example shows us that_. A. he liked to do other kinds of work B. he invented many kinds of light bulbs C. failure may be a way towards success D. he was a man of many important inventions 3. If you ar