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I Teaching aims　 :

1. 1. Reading comprehension : Life introduction and contribution to the world

　　　　　　　　　　 Science and mankind----- Madame Curie

　 2.Vocabulary : radium　 ; admit　 ; be determined to　 ; ordinary

　　　　　　　 graduation---graduate　 ; do research　　　 ; mineral

　　　　　　　 from then on　 ; above all　 ; believe in　　 ;

　　　　　　　 have an----effect on ; ache　 ; be shocked by;

　　　　　　 willingness　 ; determination　 ; share ( in ) ; courage ;

2. 2. Moral teaching : Success calls for determination , hard work ,

　　　　　　　 confidence ,and even your happiness and life

II Teaching aids　 : tape recorder　 ;　　 slide show　　 ;

　　　　　　　computer　　 ;　　 multimedia education software

III Teaching main-points　 :

　 1．Listening and reading comprehension : life introduction and contribution

　 2．Vocabulary explanation in real-situation sentences and dialogues

IV Teaching crux　　 :

1. 1. be determined to do :-----make up one’s mind to do sth

e.g. Once he was determined to do sth , no one could stop him .

　　 What you lack now is nothing but determination ( noun form

　　 of “determine”) , which is the necessary path to success .

2. 2. in honor of ----- showing one’s respect to sb or sth

e.g.　 The statue was to be built in honor of his great contribution to the world science and technology .

　　 People celebrate Mother’s Day in honor of their mothers every year .

　 3. the ground floor :　　

　　　 ENGLAND　　　　 AMERICA　　　　　　 CHNA

　　 The ground floor　　　 the first floor　　　　　　　 一楼

　　 The first floor　　　　 the second floor　　　　　 二楼

　　 The second floor　　　 the third floor　　　　　　 三楼

　 4．From then on = from that time on (used in the past tense )

　　 since then = since that time on ( used in the present perfect tense )

　 e.g . Since 1949 , People’s Republic of China has been one of the most nations in the family of the world countries.

　　　 From then on , People’s Republic of China began to play an very important role in the world things

V Teaching steps　　 :

Step 1 : Presentation : picture showing ( working in the lab ---the Curies )

　　　　 Discussion : background introduction

　　　　　　　　　 Things that you know about Marie Curie

　　　　　　　　　 Things that you are not sure about Marie Curie

Step 2 :Listening with the following true or false questions done

1. 1. Marie Curie was born in Poland

2. 2. Marie received her physics degree in 1893.

3. 3. Marie discovered radioactive waves .

4. 4. It did not take them long to find radium .

5. 5. Marie and Pierre kept their work on radium a secret .

Step 3 : Reading with content understanding exercise finished .( on students’

　　　　 Workbook page 74)

( # the above can be finished in one lesson period , perhaps )

Step 4 :listening with general questions as the following ;

1. 1. How were the Curies’ health affected ? And why ?

2. 2. In which two years Madame Curie got the Nobel Prize for her great contribution in the field of Physics ?

3. 3. How did people admire and honor her?

Step 5 :Reading with the text content understanding cloze exercise finished

　　　 ( page 4 & page 75 in students’ workbook )

Step 6 : Vocabulary explanation in real-situation sentences or dialogues

Step 7 : Consolidation :

1. 1. retelling in students’ own words

2. 2. paragraph by paragraph story telling

3. 3. gap-filling in the text book , on page 4

Teaching self-examination :