Unit 4 CyberspaceLesson 3 Virtual Reality教学设计Teaching aims:To understand the dialogue.To get specific information about the virtual reality holidays.To voice your opinion on a virtual university.Teaching difficulties: How to make the students take part in the class actively.Before the class.You are divided into two groups: Group A and Group B. If some student in your group volunteers to answer the question, your group will get a smile face. The group that gets more smile faces will be a winner. OK? Teaching procedures: . Lead inFirst, please look at three groups of pictures to decide: which one shows real situation? Which one shows unreal situation? Real/ UnrealThey are all unreal situations, but they make us feel as if we are in real situations. Do you think so? They are called virtual reality.Today we will read a passage-Lesson3 Virtual RealityPlease look at objectives by yourselves. Do you understand? ReadingTask1. Skip to get main idea. Try to answer the two questions. 31. How many people are there in the dialogue? Who are they? Two. Cathy and Tom.2. What virtual reality situations are mentioned in the dialogue? A. virtual computer games B. virtual science museum; C. virtual reality holiday; D. virtual universityCheck answers by answering together.Task2. Scan to get detail information. To get some detail information. Please scan the dialogue to decide the following sentences are true or false. 5 While skipping：1) Pay attention to the key words and the major information.2) There is no need to read the whole passage.1. Cathy cant go out this weekend because she doesnt finish her project on the history of the computer.2. Tom is planning to go camping with his parents.3. The science Museum on line is unreal in fact, just imagine it.4. In Cathys opinion, she thinks that virtual reality holidays must be convenient and interesting.5. Tom prefers virtual reality holidays to virtual universities.Answers: 1. F 2.T 3. F 4. T 5.F Ask volunteers to give their answer to find whether the students have some problems. . Careful readingTo get more information, please read the dialogue loud and carefully. Check you by filling in the blanks.If we had virtual reality holidays, We wouldnt have any problems with 1)_. We wouldnt have to spend a long time 2) _. Well be able to use modern technology to go 3) _ we like. We wont have to go there 4) _. We will enter and exit countries 5)_and visit all the 6)_. We wouldnt have to 7) _ a suitcase.We couldnt 8) _ in the sea or 9)_ we saw. We couldnt 10)_it. Suggested answers: 1.the weather 2.travelling 3.anywhere 4.in the flesh 5. in seconds 6.historical sites 7.pack 8.dip our toes 9. eat the foods 10. experienceAsk two students to write their answers on the blackboard.Check answers with your deskmate.Ask volunteers to give their answer to find whether the students have some problems. Voice your opinionIn the dialogue, Cathy and Tom also talked about virtual universities, and Tom is more interested in virtual universities. Are you interested in universities? Lets enjoy some pictures of world-famous universities: Read the following sentences to know more about virtual universities.If we had virtual universities,Well be able to study with computers and the Internet anywhere, anytime. We wouldnt spend much money on teaching buildings.We will save transportation time.We wouldnt have to pay tuition.We will have more comfortable learning environment.However, we couldnt have face-to-face communication;we couldnt take part in colorful after-class activities.“Would you like to go to a virtual university? Why?”Give the students five chances to speak freely. Summary & HomeworkToday we read a dialogue between_ and _ about_.From the dialogue, we know virtual reality holidays have _ as well as_, and so does _. Every one has his /her own _ on a virtual university.To consolidate what we have learnt today, please write a short passage about our discussion: “Would you like to go to a virtual university? Why?”