Unit 5 Familiar Neighborhood Period One Teaching Aims:1. Study the new words and expressions in Reading.2. Finish the tasks in the Getting Ready.3. Grasp the key words in the Getting Ready.Teaching Procedures:Step one: Introduction(Group work)Show the students the topic sentence and ask students to use some examples to explain the sentence in their own words. They may first discuss it in their group and then select one person to state it before class. It is better to believe your neighbors than to fear and distrust them.Revise: It is better to do sth. than to do sth. Step two: Getting ReadyTask 1: Ask students to finish the form by themselves and show their answers to the class. If they meet some problems in filling the chart, dont give them the correct answer immediately and try to encourage them find the answers by themselves. Key and difficult words:vendor newspaper stand elevator regularly hair (dressing) style Task 2: If some of your students find it hard to fill the chart, give them four choices and try to find out the reason so that you can help them to improve it in future.A. you are shyB. you think it dangerous to talk to people you dont know very muchC. you think it unnecessary to get to know people around youD. you are so familiar with those people that you pay little attention to themRevise: danger/dangerous necessary/unnecessary be familiar with sb. pay (little) attention to sb. think it adj./n. to do sth.Task 3: Let students discuss task 3 in groups and invite one student out of each group to express his/her decision and reason as well.Revise: luggage/baggage offer a hand= give sb. a hand nod chat with sb.Period Two Teaching Aims:1. Ask students to skim the Reading passage and finish the task1,2 in the Comprehending.2.Read the Reading passage again and find the difficult and unfamiliar words and sentences. Teaching Procedures: 1. Show students a picture of girl waiting at the bus station around 8 a.m., a picture of jogger running at 3 oclock and a picture of a woman walking her dog early in the morning.2. Ask students to talk about the pictures and give necessary words and expressions.3. Skim the passage and get the general idea and decide which sentence is the topic sentence of the passage? A. From time to time, you might even greet one of these familiar strangers, as I did a few months ago.B. We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever it is weve become accustomed to suddenly disappears.C. Ah, I thought, seeing the familiar stranger, Im home at last.4. Scan the passage and match those strangers mentioned with what they do . (see page 67 task 1) 5. Read the article again and choose the correct answers. 1) Why does the writer say “we manage not to see it ”in Para 1?A. Because we try not to notice it.B. Because we take its existence for granted so as not to notice it.C. Because we are too familiar with it. 2) From the description in Para.2 we can see that_. A. the writer and woman are old friends B. the writer is fond of observing others C. the writer has been deeply impressed by the unnamed woman 3) Why does the writer say “Now she was gone , I felt I had known her.” in Para.3?A. Because the writer didnt realize that the woman was one of his friends until she disappeared.B. Because they had become friends before the woman was gone.C. Because the womans disappear awoke the writhers memory. 4) Why does the writer think encounters with familiar strangers are part of our daily life? A. Because the encounters picture our daily life. B. Because the encounters help to mark where we are and where we belong. C. Because the encounters help to tell us where we live.4. Ask students to carefully read the article again and find the difficult points and try to explain them.1. We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever it is weve become accustomed to suddenly disappear. 我们每天都注视着周围的世界, 但是, 只有那些我们习以为常的东西突然消失了的时候，我们才会真正注意到这个世界。 manage n.管理; 经营生意; 处理事务Who will manage while the boss is away? 老板不在时谁来管理? v. 设法做到; 设法完成+to-vShe managed to make herself understood in English.她勉强能用英语表达自己的意思。We managed to finish the work ahead of time.我们设法提前完成了工作。The weather was bad, but she managed to swim to the channel.尽管天气很坏, 但她还是成功地游过了海峡。accustom v. 使习惯于be accustomed to (doing) sth.=be used to (doing)sth.习惯于(做)某事It takes a while to get accustomed to new surroundings. 习惯新环境要花上一段时间。We have got accustomed to living in an air-conditioned room.我们对生活在有空调的房间里已习惯了。 Period Three Teaching aims:1. Review the key and difficult points in the passage.2. Require students to finish Ex1.2.3.4 in the Word PowerTeaching Procedures:1. Review the important words and expressions in the text and ask students to translate the following