2019-2020年高一英语 Unit 7 Cultural relics 1.doc

2019-2020年高一英语 Unit 7 Cultural relics 1.Teaching Goals:1.Talk about cultural relics.2.Talk about ways to protect cultural relics.3.Give advice and make suggestions.4.Use the Present Perfect Passive Voice.5.Write a letter to the editor.Teaching Time:Four periods.Background Information.Leaning Tower of Pisa RepairedLate last year,engineers celebrated(庆祝) the pletion of repairs to the Leaning Tower of Pisa.Italian officials closed the Leaning Tower for safety reasons more than a decade ago.Experts now say the repairs will make the building safe for at least a few more centuries.The Leaning Tower is famous around the world.Many visitors to Italy travel to the city of Pisa to see the unusual-looking structure.The round tower is more than eight-hundred years old.The Leaning Tower of Pisa is easy to recognize.The white stone building is sinking(沉陷),or leaning,on one side.The tower is about fifty-five meters high.Its south side is much lower than its north side.The Leaning Tower is leaning because it was built on soft sandy soil.The soil cannot support its weight.The tower weighs about fourteen-thousand-five-hundred metric tons.The ground under the tower first started to sink soon after workers began building the structure in the year 1173.In recent years,the Leaning Tower has continued to sink.Experts expressed concern that the tower might fall suddenly.In 1989,a similar tower in the Italian city of Pavia fell.Four people were killed.The following year,Italian officials closed the Leaning Tower of Pisa.People were no longer permitted to walk up to the top.An international team of building experts began a project to make sure the Leaning Tower does not fall down.The project cost about twenty-five million dollars.First,engineers placed eight-hundred-seventy metric tons of lead(铅) weights on the north side of the tower.This helped stop additional movement.Also,workers tide strong steelcables(钢索) around the structure.These wires were connected to large weights in the area.Next,engineers slowly removed(移动) tons of soil from under the tower.They used special drills(钻孔机) to remove small amounts of soil over several months.Slowly the tower moved back to where it stood hundreds of years ago.It still leans,but not as much as before the repairs.Recently the area around the Leaning Tower opened to the public again,though only about thirty visitors are permitted to climb the tower at one time.Abu SimbelAbu Simbel is the site of temples built by the Egyptian King Ramses .The four large figures of Ramses in front of the main temple can be regarded as one of the most spectacular example of ancient Egyptian art.Carved out of a sandstone cliff on the west bank of the Nile,south of Korosko,near the Sudanese frontier,the temples were unknown to the outside world until their rediscovery in 1813.They were first explored in 1817.The 20 metre seated figures of Ramses were set against the recessed face of the cliff,two on either side of the entrance to the main temple.Carved around their feet were small figures representing Ramses queen and their children.The temple itself,dedicated to the sun god,consisted of three halls extending 185 feet into the cliff with more figures of the King and with painted reliefs showing his life and achievements.Between 1964 and 1966 a work force and an international team of engineers and scientists,supported by funds from more than 50 countries,dug away the top of the cliff and pletely disassembled the temples,reconstructing them on high ground 200 feet above the riverbed.Protecting the SphinxThe most famous statue the Sphinx in Egypt has been damaged.The experts are going to find out the cause to protect it.The Sphinx has the body of a lion and the face of a man.It was cut from linestone near Egypt pyramid about 1 600 years ago.Not long before a large piece of stone fell from the Sphinx right shoulder.To protect the statue from more harm,a puter was placed on it to measure rainfall,wind speed and air temperature.The puter also measure the amount of water and air pollution,the direction of wind and the temperature of the statue itself.The effects of age,wind,water and pollution have greatly weakened the Sphnix.Sunlight,wind,water and pollution have been eroding the outside of the stature for centuries.The experts hope that the information from the puter will help it from more damage.They say the more they know about what is destroying the Sphnix,the more they can do to protect it.The First PeriodTeaching Aims:1.Talk about some cultural relics to make the Ss aware of the importance of protecting cultural relics and protect them.2.Train the Ss listening ability.3.Train the Ss speaking ability.Teaching Important Points:1.Talk about ways to protect cultural relics.2.How to improve the Ss listening ability.3.How to give advice and make suggestions.Teaching Difficult Point:Improve the Ss listening ability by listening to some materials.Teaching Methods:1.Talking method to enable the Ss to express themselves freely.2.Listening method to improve the Ss listening ability.Teaching Aids:1.a tape recorder2.a projector and some slidesTeaching Procedures:FStep .Greetings and Warming upGreet the whole class as usual.(Teacher shows the following pictures on the screen.)T:(Pointing to the first picture)Look at the picture,please.What can you see in the picture?S1:I can see some pyramids and a famous statuethe Sphinx.T:Very good.Do you know where it is?S1:Yes.It lies in Egypt.And the Pyramid is one of the seven wonders in the world.T:Well done.(Pointing to the second picture)What can you see in this picture?Any volunteers?OK.Li Ting,please.S2:I can see the Great Wall of China.On the Great Wall,there are many tourists.Also,I can see some watch towers.T:Good.Do you know what the watch towers were used for in the past?S2:I think they were used for sending warnings.T:Have you ever been to the Great Wall?S2:Yes.It is very beautiful.It attracts many tourists from different countries and regions.T:Yes.It is as famous as the pyramid in Egypt.There is a famous saying about the Great Wall in China.Do you know?S3:I know.It is “A man who doesnt go to the Great Wall is not a true man.”T:Well done.Now,lets look at the third picture.What can you see in the picture?Li Hua,can you try?S4:Yes.I can seeT:Good.Look at the three pictures.Which one would you like to see most?Why?S5:I would like to see Stonehenge in Britain.Because I dont know much about it.I think it is very beautiful and full of mystery.T:OK.These places are very famous cultural relics.Do you know the Chinese meaning of the word “relic”?S6:I think it means “遗迹，遗俗”.T:You are wonderful.Do you know how to pronounce it?S6:I dont know.T:It doesnt matter.Please read after me.(Students read after the teacher.)T:As we know,these cultural relics are now being destroyed.Therefore,we must take action to protect them.Do you agree with me?Ss:Yes.FStep .ListeningT:Now,turn to Page 43.Lets listen to the description of the three cultural sites.Before you listen to it,Ill give you three minutes to go through the requirements so that you know what you should do after listening to it.(Students go through the requirements.)T:OK.Lets listen to the tape.Ill play it three times.The first time I play it,you should listen attentively.You need to plete the map of each cite according to what youve heard on the tape.The second time I play it,you need to fill in the form.The third time,you need to check your answers.At last,Ill ask some students to say their answers.If necessary,Ill play it once again.(Teacher plays the tape for the Ss to finish the tasks.At last,checks the answers with the whole class.)FStep .SpeakingT:Well,lets look at Page 44.Speaking.First,lets look at the requirements in this section.Do you know what the word “capsule” means?Wang Dong,have a try,please.S7:I think it means “太空舱”.T:Do you agree with him?Ss:Yes.T:Very good.Sit down,please.Now,prepare a “Chinese culture capsule”.You can select five things that represent Chinese culture,but you can not put any living things in the capsule.Work in pairs or groups.Write your answers on a piece of paper.After that,Ill ask some students to report their answers.Before you do it,you can look at the following expressions on the screen.Youll find them useful.(Teacher shows the following on the screen.)Asking for suggestionsMaking suggestionsWhat shall we put in?Cant we put in?Should we put in?Lets put inWhat/How about？Maybe we could put inWhy not?Id like to chooseWhy dont you? (Give the Ss a few minutes to go through the useful expressions.)T:(After a while)Have you finished?Ss:Yes.T:OK.You can begin.If you have any questions during the discussion,you can ask me.Are you clear about that?Ss:Yes.(Teacher goes among the Ss and takes part in their activities.Meanwhile,answer the question raised by the Ss.)T:(A few minutes later.)Are you ready?Ss:Yes.T:OK.Ill ask some students to report their answers.One student,one thing.Wang Ting,please.S8:I think we should put the model of the Great Wall in the box.T:Why?S8:Because the Great Wall is one of the seven wonders in the world.It represents the great Chinese people and has a long history.T:Do you agree with him?Ss:Yes.T:OK.Lets go on.S9:Id like to choose two photos of the clay figures of warriors and horses to put in the box.T:Why?S9:Because the clay figures of warriors and horses represent the culture of the Qing Dynasty.It is in a good state of preservation.We can see the Qing Dynasty was a powerful dynasty at that time.T:Very good.Lets go on.S10:Maybe we can put in one or two cloisonnes.Because cloisonnes represent Chinese china art.They are unique in workmanship.T:Well done.What else shall we put in?S11:Why not put a small statue of Buddha in?T:Give your reason.S11:Because it represents Buddhism culture of China.T:Good.Li Lin,give your suggestion,please.S12:In my opinion,the Imperial Palace is a miniature of feudalism culture and architectural art,so I put the model of it in.T:Very good.After class,fill in the form using short sentences.Do you understand?Ss:Yes.FStep .Summary and HomeworkT:In this class,weve done some listening practice about some cultural sites.By listening to it,weve realized some cultural sites are being destroyed,so we must take action to protect them.Weve also done some speaking practice and learnt some useful expressions about giving advice and making suggestions.They are(Write the useful expressions on the Bb.)After class,you can use the expressions to make a dialogue to use them freely.Is that clear?Ss:Yes.T:OK.Class is over.See you tomorrow!Ss:See you tomorrow!FStep .The Design of the Writing on the BlackboardUnit 7 Cultural relicsThe First PeriodAsking for suggestions:What shall we put in?Cant we put in?Should we put in?Making suggestions:Lets put inWhat/How about?Maybe we could put inWhy not?Id like to chooseWhy dont you?FStep .Record after Teaching_