Lesson 70 教学设计方案二

Properties: Computer, Projector, PPT document provided.

Teaching Objectives:

1. Let the students understand the dialogue and learn new words.

2. Go over the Past Perfect Tense.

Language Focus:

New words: British, fail, summit, misty, mist

Useful expressions: disappear into, the first men to do tins, try to reach the top of

Teaching Procedures:

I. Showing the teaching aims

II. Revision

Ask the students to act out the dialogue is provided in Lesson 69-1.asf

III. Lead in

Give the students some information and pictures about Mount Qomolangma, and check their homework. Let them speak something about the history of climbing the Mount Qomolangma.

For example:

It was formed 60million years ago and ascends to the height of 8850. Surveyor General Andrew Waugh proposed to name the mountain Everest after his predecessor, George Everest. This name prevailed until today, although the mountain has two local names - Qomolangma in Tibetan, Sagarmatha in Nepali.

IV. Watch and listen

Ask the students to watch the flash Because it is there.swf which is provided. Listen the text carefully, and finish the questions:

True or False

1. Mount Qomolangma is the tallest mountain in the world. ( )

2. George Mallory is a professional (职业的) mountain climber. ( )

3. Mallory had tried four times to reach the top of the mountain. ( )

4. In 1921 he tried to climb the mountain for the first time. ( )

5. Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay were thought to be the first men to reach the top of the mountain.  ( )

6. Edmund Hillary found Mallory’s body in 1999. ( )

Answers：

1. √  2. ×  3. × 4. √  5. √ 6. ×

V. Read the text

Let the students read the text carefully and grasp the main idea of this article. And find out what happened in different years (1921, 1922, 1924, 1953, 1999).

Main idea:

A story about George Mallory’s climb of Mount Qomolangma.

VI. Explanation

mist [mist] n. 雾，a thin fog made by very small drops of water in the air. 其形容词为misty，比较级为mistier，最高级为mistiest。

wonder v. =question是“想要知道”的意思，它常跟宾语从句。同时它还有“感到惊奇”之意。

alive［E5laiv］adj．活着的，come alive表示“活跃起来”，stay alive表示“继续活着；幸存”的意思。

be busy dong sth 是“忙于做某事”的意思。

VII. Practise

Show the film of Lesson 70-2.asf which is provided. Finish the exercises 2 on Page 88, and practise the sentences one by one.

VIII. Homework

Why Because it’s there is used as the topic of this article? What spirit do this sentence show us? Write something about it.