Period 3 Reading comprehension

Period:              

Type of lesson: Reading comprehension…………..

Teaching Aims:

1. Help the Ss understand the text completely

2. Help the Ss learn how to scan the text and get detailed information

Teaching focus: Help the Ss understand the text well.

Teaching Aids: Tape-recorder and Exercise book

Teaching Procedures

I .Pre-reading

First show the students some pictures of Antarctica in order to arouse the student’s interest there.

Then ask some questions about the lonely continent.

1. Imaging if you are traveling alone to the South Pole. What will you take with you? Why?

2. Can you name out some typical animals or plants there?

3. Tell out the animals on the picture which animals live on the North Pole?  And which animal is on the South Pole?

II. While-reading

Students read the text fast to find the answer to the questions in the part --- Post-Reading.

Suggested answers: 1. B 2. B 3. B 4. D 5. C

 

Step1. Fast reading

   Let the Ss read the text quickly and do the T/F questions.

1. At 50 I was the first woman to travel alone to the Antarctica.

2. My birthday was on November 1st.

3. I traveled only two hours one day during my journey to South Pole.

4. I celebrated my 60th birthday in Antarctica.

5. I had a bad accident with the sled and hurt my right leg and my head.

6. I fell into the bottom of a hole about a few hundred feet deep and

hurt my leg but I managed to climb out.

7. After the accident I decided to give up and go home.

8. I earned a lot of money for the challenge.

Step2. Let the Ss read the text again and do the multiple choices. (Exercise)

Step3. Let the students read the text again. Finish the following form.

Time	Weather	What happened
The first days	Good, wind is icy but not very strong, bright sunshine.	Travel
On the third day	Stormy, wind grew stronger.	Spent a whole day in her tent.
On November 12th	No storm	Celebrated her birthday.
A few days later		Fell into a hole
The 22nd day of the expedition	Cold wind	Had a bad accident

Step 4.

Let the Ss read after the tape and find out difficult words.

Here are my difficult words. Please match the words on the left column with their meanings on the right column.

opposite        A. to become less strong

die down        B. as different as possible from

thaw           C. a long journey for a certain purpose   

expedition       D. to make or become larger in amount number, or degree

increase         E. to change from a solid frozen state to become liquid, soft, or bendable, as a result of an increase in temperature to above freezing point.

Step 5. Explain the language points in the text.

① inspire vt  鼓舞、、、     inspiring:  令人鼓舞的  inspired:  感到鼓舞的

The news __________ all the people present.

The news was so ______ that all the people present were ____.

(The news was _______.  All the people were ______.)

② die down:变弱, 逐渐停止, 渐渐消失

die out：灭绝, 逐渐消失

   die away：(风, 声音)渐息, 渐弱, (树木等)渐渐凋零, 枯萎(根未死)

   die of （hunger, thirsty, old age, sadness, disease ): 死于、、、

   die from: ( air pollution, noise, lack of food )：死于、、、

③regret:后悔； 遗憾

 regret doing……后悔做了…..

 regret having done……后悔做了…..

 regret to tell /say /inform……相当于

 be sorry to tell / say / inform…… 遗憾地  告诉 /说 / 通知……

④ value vt 重视； 估价 

I valued the house at 50,000 yuan.

我估计这所房子值五万元。

I have always valued his advice.

我一向尊重他的指教。

be of no /great value   没有/很有价值的

Your help has been of great value.

你的帮助很有价值。

⑤ promise   v.  / n   ( 有）前途；允诺

make a promise/ keep a promise/ break a promise

Those clouds promise rain tomorrow.那些云预示着明天可能会下雨

He promises well as a singer. 他很有希望成为歌手

promise well   很有希望, 前景很好

What has become of her? (become of 发生; 变成; 结局是)

What will become of the children now that the parents are dead?

父母死了，孩子们会怎样哪？

⑥ It has been said that life is difficult as it is

It is said… “据说，人们说”

It was said that the population of males is larger than that of females in China.

这种句式其实是people say that….的被动语态

类似结构：It is thought that… / It is reported that …  / It is believed that…/ It is hoped that…

⑦ as it is 根据现在的情况看；就以现在样子；

常用于句子开头或结尾

I thought things would get better, but as it is they are getting worse.

For women it sometimes seems twice as difficult. = For women life sometimes seems twice as difficult as it is.

⑧ 倍数的表达法：

The room is twice bigger than mine.

The room is twice as big as mine.

The room is twice the size of mine.

The rope is twice the length of that one.

(The rope is twice as long as that one.)

⑨ What else, but a journey at the opposite end of the world, Antarctica.

完整句子是:What else would I do but a journey at the opposite end of the world?

But 除了 ….相当于  except,  与不定代词，疑问代词连用。

In winter, bears can do nothing but lie down and sleep.

But changes were just around the corner.

just around the corner: likely to happen soon ( 即将来临 ）

Victory was just around the corner.

A big storm was just around the corner.

 

＊I had traveled only two hours one day when the winds increased so much that I had to put my tent up before the winds became too strong.

had (hadn’t )done….when ….

I had hardly opened the door when the dog barked.

The students hadn’t played football long when the bell rang.

when 出现的句式：

 was/ were about to do….. when…. 正打算要做 …，正在这时/突然间…

 was/ were doing ….. when…..（当时）正在做， 正在这时/突然间…

 had done…..  when ……刚刚做完…就 …

 hadn’t done…. when …..还没….  就….

…I found myself spending a whole day in my tent.

find oneself… “ 发现自己（处于某种状态）； 不知不觉地…”

Suddenly I found myself at the water’s edge.我忽然发现自己站在水边了。

Then I found myself surrounded by half a dozen boys.

Dick found himself walking in the direction of Mike’s place.

⑩ 序数词+n.+不定式做定语

1. Xiao Ming is the first one to get to the top of the mountain.

2. Xiao Ming is the second boy in his class to join the Party.

3. China is the first country in the world to reach 1 billion in population.

4. China is the third country in the world to set up a man-made satellite.

5. He is the first people to come here.

 

Important phrases:

be about to do.  即将，正要做某事

around the corner. 很近

struggle through. 艰难地渡过

find…doing. 发现---处于（状态）

increase to/by.增加到/了

threaten to do sth 威胁要做某事

Somehow 以某种方法

none of毫无，一个也没有

lie down躺下；（风）渐息

at the top of one’s voice以最大的嗓音

tie to系在，栓在

(be) in good health身体状况好，健康

put up a tent 搭起，架起帐蓬

make a decision作为决定

give up放弃

think of考虑、想起、记起

come to terms with 甘心忍受（不愉快的处境）

rise to fame 出名

lead…to… 通向，导致                             

 

Consolidation exercises

1. In fact, he ____ in bed all the morning without doing anything, but he _____ to me about that.

      A. lied;lied    B.lay;lay   C.lied;lay   D.lay;lied

2. He ____ me to come, but he hasn’t arrived yet.

      A.allowed    B.promised   C.agreed    D.invited

3. Deer ____ mainly on grass.

      A.feed       B.feeds     C.live      D.lives

4. They eat less sugar and that is __they have__teeth.

      A.why;healthy             B.because;healthy

      C.why;health              D.that;health

5. When you leave the room,____ to lock the door.

    A.be sure                    B.make sure 

    C.make sure you              D.be sure of

6. She knows how to _____ the problem,for she is very experienced.

    A.deal       B.deal with     C.treat     D.go with

7. Do what you have been told,___you’ll be punished.

    A.because    B.unless    C.and     D.or else

8. The boy has ____ a ladder and hurt himself.

    A.fallen off   B.fallen to  C.fallen away D.fallen off

9. The doctor told her ___ and stop worrying about the disease.

    A.not to take it easy       B.to not take it easy

    C.to take it easy          D.to take easy it

10. Many people ____ for the Party before liberation.

    A.laid down their lives   B.lay down their lives

    C.lied down their lives   D.lying down their lives

11. They woke up ___ everything around ____.

    A.found;changed            B.finding;changing

    C.to find;changing         D.to find;changed

12. He was uncertain ____ next.

    A.what to do                B.how to do

    C.how to do what        D.how do it

13. Hearing the news,Tom left here at once,____the book ____ on the desk.

    A.left;lay opened           B.leaving;lied opened

    C.leaving;lying open     D.left;lain open

14. The Arabians are used to__their right hand fingers.

    A.eating using            B.eat using

    C.eating to use           D.eat to use

15. The taxi stopped to ____ a passenger.

     A.pick out   B.pick up    C.get on    D.get in

16. He has good eyesight,he can see___the distant

     island in the sea.

    A.as long as  B.so far as  C.so long as  D.as far as

17. The villager__the drum and danced happily to the_.

    A.beat;beatB.struck;strikeC.hit;hitD.knocked;knock

18. I hope my teacher will ____ this painting.

     A.satisfy                    B.be satisfied

     C.be satisfy with       D.be satisfied with

 

Ⅲ Post-.reading

Task:

1. Let the Ss do the Ex1 on page32. Tell us the reasons.

2. What kind of woman is Helen Thayer? Describe her in a few sentences.

3. Do you admire Helen Thayer? Why?

What can you learn from Helen?

No matter whether we are men or women and no matter what age, we can set ourselves goals and work hard to achieve them.

Alone the way to the goals, we must learn to make right decisions, though sometimes it hard for us to do so.

Not only does holding on need courage, but also giving up.

Where there is a will, there is a way.

     Nothing in the world is difficult for one who sets his heart on it.

Homework: Let the Ss read the text.