Unit 7 The Sea教材分析I．涉及内容　本单元内容主要围绕海洋展开，主要涉及：海洋探险的故事；海洋污染的现状、缘由及危害；对海洋动植物；相关的海洋故事。II．教学目标1.知识目标：词汇Warm-up: fishing, sailing, diving, surfing, water-skiing, windsurfing,swimming, scuba diving, frightening, freezing, colorful, underwater, at seaLesson 1: achieve, set sail, control, force sb. to do sth, land, persuade sb todo sth, find oneself…, get into trouble, follow sb’s direction, be believed tobe sth, know…as, spirit, explorer, sailor, voyage, deed, journey, unknown,present-day, eventually, further, according to, in search ofLesson 2: pollute, deal with, ban, protect, disappear, handle, suppose, keepa record of, break the law, industrial, agricultural. Intelligent, fantastic,multi-coloured, polluted, over-fishing, chemicals, rubbish, solution,technology, intelligence, government department, tennis, courts, passengerLesson 3:sea creatures, seal, penguin, crab, polar bear, dolphin, whale,shark, coral, attraction, discovery, discount, do trick, length, area, virtualreality, speaking voice, attack, daily life, in performance, educate, feed,produce, attract, watch out, melt, measure, energetic, unusual, up-to-date,noisy, pretty, tiny, special, especiallyLesson 4:float, terrify, tie, escape, survive, recover, scream, sink, pick up,recognize, expect, on the edge of, at great speed, body and soul, all at once,in the direction of, more than horrible, single, enormous, unable, terror,conclusionCommunication workshop: debate, disagree, create, offer, shopkeeper,bay, wildlife, stadium, development, traffic, industry, local语法1.定语从句(2)：where, when, why, prep.+which/whom2.表示比较的形容词功能Interaction 相互交流语音Giving Opinion 表达观点2.语言技能：听能边听边做笔记，从听力材料中提取主要信息和观点；能听懂要求并根据要求和指令完成任务第 1 页


说能对海洋及保护环境话题的询问和要求做出恰当的反应；能运用表达个人观点、见解的交际用语，在辩论中清晰的表达观点读能运用所学阅读策略进行课内外阅读，如：能运用scanning技能在有效时间内搜索到brochure中所需信息；能学习运用Sequencing阅读策略，抓住关键连接词，理解段落大意，把握故事发展顺序写能运用Paragraph planning写作策略，用英语写出100词左右的报告，介绍一个旅游景点。3.情感态度目标：学习探险家勇于探索的精神，培养开创意识；　　　　　　　　　培养环境意识，自觉维护人类赖以生存的环境4.文化意识目标：了解中、西方海洋探险及探险家的事迹；　　　　　　　 了解海洋动植物、海洋资源、海洋污染等，增强环境保护意识III．教学重点和难点　1.教学重点：　　(1) 本单元的生词和短语 (2) where, when, why, prep. + which/whom(3) 表示比较的形容词定语从句　2.教学难点： (1)对海洋及环境保护话题的询问和要求做出恰当的反映　　(2)运用表达个人观点和见解的交际用语IV.　教学计划：　　本单元分为六个课时：　　第一课时：Warm-up　　第二课时：Lesson 1第三课时：Lesson 2第四课时：Lesson 3第五课时：Lesson 4第六课时：Communication workshopV．教学步骤：Period 1 Warm-upTeaching Goals: 1. learn the new words of this part.2. To arouse Ss’ interest in the sea.Teaching Procedures:Step 1. Leading-in: Show some pictures about the film: Finding Nemo. This is a story about sea. Show some pictures about sea and the animals in the第 2 页


sea.Step 2. Warming up Exercise 1. Listen and match the four sea sounds with the photosExercise 2. Let Ss read the Key Words and discuss which activities they know, which theycan guessand which they need to look up in the dictionary. In pairs, Ss discuss which activities they do and which they would like to do(or would not like to do) and where they could do them.The pairs report back to the class about what they would like to do and where.Ss see if there are any activities that nobody in the class has done.Exercise 3. Ss listen to find out which activity each person is talking about andnot to worry about understanding every word. Listen twice if necessary. Exercise 4. Ss read the key words and then listen again. Let Ss find which keywords does each speaker use to describe their activity.Step 3. Practice Ask Ss to think of a sporting activity they do and to choose some adjectives todescribe how it feels. Ss discuss their activities in pairs.Step 4. HomeworkPreview Lesson 1.Period 2　Lesson 1 The Sprit of ExplorerTeaching goals:1. To practise reading for specific information.2. To practise using relative clauses with when, where and why.3. To practise using relative clauses with prepositions and relative pronouns.4. To review and consolidate the relative pronouns.Teaching procedure:Step 1. Leading-inLet Ss discuss who arrived in America first, using their knowledge from historyclass.a) Christopher Columbus b) Ancient Greeks c) Chinese sailors d)Vikings. And thenlet student discuss other people they know, who have lived or arrived in America. Let student guess the meaning of the words listed and find Chinese meaning onpage 108. Then if possible, elicit more discussion about these places, such as location,climate, people and their lives.第 3 页


Step 2. Reading 1. Have Ss look at the map on page 8&9 and then encourage Ss to scan the text to findout about the Vikings’ three major discoveries. Get Ss to read the text again for specific information about the three discoveries.Then in pairs, complete the table in Exercise 3 with the information they get. Checkthe answers and then get Ss to read the text aloud.2. Encourage Ss to work in pairs and ask as many questions about the text as they can. In pairs, do Exercise 4 with the given questions and their own questions. Check the answer in class.Step 3.Words and phrases1. Do exercise 6 on page 92. Phrases:1) They achieved this long before Columbus ever set sail. 早在哥伦布启航前，他们就已经到达那里了。　 set sail 启航　 set about doing sth. 开始做某事　 The government must set about finding solutions to the pollution problems.2) According to the old stories of Iceland and Norway, Eric and Red was forced toleave Iceland because he had committed a murder, for which he got into trouble.根据冰岛和挪威的传说，埃里克雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷according to… 雷雷雷雷雷Do the experiment according to what your teacher tells you to.get into trouble…雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷Do not go to computer rooms, or you’ll get into trouble.3) He persuaded some people to go back with him to Greenland.雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷persuade sb. to do sth. 雷雷雷 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷persuade sb. not to do sth雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷persuade sb. into doing sth 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷persuade sb. out of doing sth 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷talk sb. into doing sth 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷talk sb. out of doing sth 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷persuade sb. of sth.雷雷雷雷雷雷雷He persuaded me into majoring in physics.I persuaded her not to go hiking with him. = I persuaded her out of going hikingwith him.第 4 页


How can you persuade them of the advantages of solar cars?4) Not long after Eric the Red had landed in Greenland a man called Biarni set sailfrom Iceland in search of Eric’s party. 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷in search of… = in the search for… 雷雷雷雷雷雷search sb./ some place 雷雷雷雷/雷雷雷search for sth./sb. 雷雷雷雷雷雷雷雷/雷雷雷 The family were running from street to street in the search for the lost child. The policeman was searching the man for drugs. The army were searching the ruins for survivors.Step 4. Grammar: Relative clauses(2)1雷Let student read the sentences in Exercise 7&8, and direct them to find whatthe italic words refers to and how where, when and why can be used.Relative adverbs where and when can be used to give information about placesand time. After the word reason, we can use why in relative clauses.2雷Let Ss do Exercise 9, and find out how prepositions and pronouns worktogether in the sentence. Then, let Ss discuss why there are prepositions beforerelative pronouns and how to choose the right preposition. Relative pronouns can beused as the objects of prepositions. Usually we use prepositions before which andwhom: preposition + which/whomLet student think which words are used to join two sentences together and thengo to Grammar Summary 1 on page 92 for more information about the rules.3雷Let Ss do Exercise 10&11 individually and then check the answer.Step 5. Language in Use Work in groups and write about a famous event or a famous person in history. Tryto use relative clauses (when, where, which, who…) in description. Encourage somegroups to read their description to the class. The others listen and count how manyrelative clauses the group has used and whether they used them correctly. Example: “I have a dream ”, which was a speech made by Martin Luther King, isone of the most famous in American history…Homework:Review Relative ClausesPeriod 3　Lesson 2 Protect the SeaTeaching goals:1. To practise listening for specific information第 5 页


2. To practise using abbreviation for notes 3. To practise showing that you are following what the other person is saying and giveopinion.Teaching procedure:Step 1. Leading-inThe Earth’s seas and oceans receive the burnt of human waste, whether it is bydeliberate dumping or by natural run-off from the land. In fact over 80% of all marinepollution comes from land-based activities and many pollutants are deposited inestuaries and coastal waters.1) Let Ss discuss these questions: How do people use the sea? How is the seaimportant to people? Example: People catch fish in the sea. Th