Period 4 Listening & SpeakingListeningTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言重点词汇和短语astronomer, astronaut, institute, specialist, sort out, produce, parrot, species, revise, foundation, symbol, analyze, pure, sin, cousin, geometry, calculus, mechanics, practical, topology2. Ability goals 能力目标Get the students to know more about scientists and science.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Enable the students to talk about scientific research.Teaching important & difficult points教学重难点Learn about how to organize a scientific study. Teaching methods 教学方法Task-based learning approach.Teaching aids教具准备A computer and a projector. Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式StepLead-inAsk the students to describe the picture on page 6 and guess what details may be talked about in the listening.T: Now well listen to a piece about a great Chinese scientist named Qian Xuesen. He was closely related to Chinas space industry. Any volunteers to describe the picture on page 6?S1: There is a satellite set on a guided missile launcher.S2: This is the Xichang launching site.S3: There are three or more rockets around the satellite on the guided missile launcher.S4: The sky is very high, clear, clean and blue.S5: The surrounding is very open and wide. It is a vast expanse of land.Step Listening and Speaking (Page 5)Ask the students to listen to the recording and answer the questions.T: Yu Ping and her friend Steve Smith are talking about Qian Xuesen, who has made great contributions to the development of Chinas space industry. Lets look at the screen and read the new words in the material after me: astronomer(天文学家)，astronaut(宇航员)，institute(研究所).Play the recording and then check the answers. T: Now I have an additional question for you: Who is the first to visit the space in China?Ss: Yang Liwei!T: Great! And whats the name of the satellite?Ss: Shenzhou V manned spaceship of China!T: What do you think Qian Xuesen would feel if he knew it?Ss: Of course, he would be very happy and proud.Step Listening (Page 41)Task 1: Describe the pictureT: First, lets look at the beautiful flowers in the picture. Who knows the name of it?S1: Its rose, white rose.S2: Its chrysanthemum, I think.S3: Maybe its lily. My mother raises lily at home.Task 2: Help the students learn the possible new words in the listening.T: Now class, in order to understand the listening easily, Ill tell you some new words in it. Now read after me: species(种类)，parrot(鹦鹉)，blackbird(乌鸦).Play the tape. And then check the answers.Step Listening task (Page 44)Task 1: Introduce to the students the life and work of Leonhard Euler. Help the students to gain some know-ledge about topology.T: Please turn to page 44 and read the questions and the new words. Can you tell me sth. about topology and “Euler Path”? S4: Euler was a mathematician. He could be called “the father of modern mathematics.”S5: His rule “the Euler path” is like this: If a figure has more than two odd points, you can not go over it without lifting your pencil from the page or going over a line twice.S6: Topology is one of the newest branches of mathematics. It is not about distance or size but about the connections between things.Then ask the students to listen to the recording and then check the answers. Step HomeworkAsk the students to write a short passage about Euler and his job based on the listening material.SpeakingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language目标语言a. 重点词汇和短语persevere, patient, creative, hard-working, co-operative, confident, brave, positive, pleasant, polite, determined, energetic, generous, depend-able, strong-willed, talented, easy-going, ambitious, sympathetic, confident, enthusiasticb. 重点句式I always wanted to . because . P6The experience I will need is . P6I need to practise . P6My greatest problem will be to . P62. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to use telephone skills to make an appointment.3. Learning ability goals 学能目标Enable the students to talk about the personalities and characters of the scientists and their life, work and contributions.Teaching important points教学重点How to describe a persons appearance and personalities.Teaching difficult points 教学难点How to talk about a scientist and his / her job.Teaching methods 教学方法Task-based learning approach.Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式StepRevision and Lead-in Ask the students to discuss what scientific job they would like to choose.T: Now, class, would you please tell me what personality you have?S1: I am open and active, but less diligent.S2: I am confident and enthusiastic, but less careful.S3: I am the most honest person in the world! I am strong-willed and ambitious. But I hate hard-working?S4: I am persevering, determined, but less co-operative. I like working alone.S5: I am pleasant, easy-going to work with but I am less intelligent. Attention: just less intel