Module 8 

Unit 24  Society

Lesson 1  Consumer Society

作者：金寨袁剑 

 

Teaching type:   Reading

Contents:

During the first period, we will learn Lesson One, Reading, from Exercise 1 to Exercise 3.

Analysing the teaching material:

According to the writer, many people today are trapped in a strange spending circle. Therefore, they are not happy but suffer from more stress and have less time to enjoy life. So it’s strongly suggested that there should be some changes and we should spend wisely.

Objectives:                    

A. To improve the skills which the students should learn how to guess the meaning of new words.

B. Accumulate some speaking materials about to improve speaking and writing skills.

C. Develop the right spending attitudes, to get rid of the negative of spending actions.

D. To pratice giving advice.

Difficult and important teaching points:

The difficulty is how to develop the right spending attitudes, to get rid of the negative of spending actions. It is important to get to know how to give advice with some verbs and phrases such as : should, ought to, insist, demand, suggest, it’s high time.

Possible problems:

The students may confuse the differences between should and ought, and so on.

Teaching methods:

The Task-based Method, the Communicative Approach.

Teaching aids:

A multi-media computer, CIA, a blackboard.

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Lead-in ( about 5 minutes )

1.     Show the students some pictures: some are advertisements; some shows that people waste too much money on spending .

2.     The others are always dreaming that they will win 5 million in the lottery(彩票).

3.     My own experience, which I buy a flat in Zhong-chuan Jade City, makes me carry a heavy economic burden, as a result, I feel very tired.

Step 2 Predicting ( about 3 minutes )

  Exercise 1

  Ask the students to look at the title and the photos , then predict the possible contents, and pick out the related words from the given list, which are not mentioned in the article.

  global trade / stress and less time / crime and violence / a shorten working week / advertising / free time / drugs / work sharing

Step 3 Fast reading ( about 6～8 minutes )

1  Underline the new words when reading the text for first time.

2          Exercise 2  Read the article and check your guesses.

global trade, crime and violence, drugs

3  Match each paragraph with the given key words while skimming the whole passage.

1.     The spending circle              Paragraph 1

2.     Result                           Paragraph 2

3.     Suggestions                      Paragraph 3 & 4

Step 4 Further reading ( about 10～12 minutes )

1. Reading the first two paragraphs and answer the questions.

1) What’s the spending circle people are trapped in like? Key:

Work harder    earn more    spend more     work even harder

2) What’s the result then?  Key:

No increased happiness, but stress and less free time to enjoy life.

2. Exercise 3  Read to find out the suggestions given by people and the author as much as possible. Ask the students which of them they agree or disgree with.

Key sentences:

1)     Some of our money should be given to the third world.

2)     People should share work.

3)     Advertising, especially those aimed at children should be more controlled.

4)     There should be better ways for young people to use their free time apart from spending money.

5)     We should visit the shops less and worry less about image.

Step 5 Summary  ( about 2 minutes )

  Try to summary the passage in 30～40 words ( If possible, ask the students to write their answers on the paper or on the blackboard.)

  Suggested answers:

  According to the writer, many people today are trapped in a strange spending circle. And therefore they are not happy but suffer from more stress and have less time to enjoy life. So it’s strongly suggested that there should be some changes and we should spend money wisely.

Step 6 Difficult and important points: ( about 6～8 minutes )

A. Discuss how to guess the meaning of some new words.

1. According to the structures of new words and the knowledge of word root, prefix, suffix, or compound words, encourage to guess their meaning;

2. Put the new words in the context to guess their meaning;

3. Look up the new words in the dictionary.

 

B. Some key words, phrases, and sentences:

1. Sometimes we try to deposit a little or change our money into different countries’ currencies in the hope that we can earn more money.

 deposit vt.  to put money or something into the bank or other place where it will be safe. 存储，储蓄 ( 09 山东省高考考题 )

  I’m going to deposit my money in the bank near my home.

2. because every month we have to hand over most of the money we earn to pay for them.

  hand over, 移交，交出 ( 09年北京市高考考题 )

  When the US president is leaving office, he must hand over the key to the nuclear weapons.

3. It is high time that sb. did sth. 早该是某人做某事的时候了。

 It is high time you went home. ( 09年上海市高考考题 )

  It’s high time you handed in your homework.

Step 7  Voice your opinion  ( about 6 minutes )

In pairs, talk about the object: Happiness isn’t the same as money ( If thereisn’t enough time set it as a composition for the students to complete after class. )

 

Suggested answers:

Happiness isn’t the same as money. It is a feeling of heart. When you are poor, you can say you are very happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can loudly say you are very happy, because you have more chances to challenge yourself. So you cannot always say you are poor and you are bad luck. 

Happiness is always around you. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you work hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking care of your life; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you. So happiness is for everyone!

Step 8 Homework  ( about 1 minute )

1 Revise the text carefully after class.

2 Think about how to give persuasion, especially the verbs and expressions: should, ought to; insist, demand, suggest; it’s high time.

3 Do Ex.1, Ex.2, Ex.3 and Ex.4 on Page 80 in Language Power.

 

Writing on the blackboard

 

Unit 24  Lesson 1

 Consumer Society

Spend, Spend, Spend!

 Ads , sale.

 A millionare        — a strange spending circle:      work harder

 My experience                                 

                                  Spend more      Earn more

 

 government

 Happiness isn’t the same as money

 

教学反思：

能根据课标、教材的要求和学生的实际，确定简明、具体的、适当的教学目标。教材处理恰当，灵活。面向全体学生，教学民主，师生融洽。创设情境，激发兴趣，充分调动学生学习积极性和主动性。启发和引导学生自主、合作、探究学习。

不足之处在于利用网络素材时，没能清除文件格式及链接，以至于在利用课件时，出现网络链接情况，干扰了课堂进度，出现一些不完美之处。