Unit 4

Reading

南京九中 薛梅

2005 年 12 月

使用说明： 使用教材：牛津初中英语九年级上（译林出版社，牛津大学出版社） 这是 9A 第四单元阅读课的第一课时。作为导入新课，我首先复习了前面学过的

对话，接着让学生们自由讨论了他们喜欢的电视节目，并且在此导出本课可能遇到的生词。 (3-4)

本科介绍了四个节目，为了不让它变得支离破碎，我让他们自己选择‘看’哪部电影，从而有选择地对某一部电影有了大概映像 （为了显得比较真实，我在这里做了超级链接） (5-11) ；之后，再进行整体阅读，找出一些相关细节。为了避免学生的阅读疲劳，我为每一个节目设计了不同的练习 (12-17) 。

阅读文章的学习还不能忽略词汇的掌握，所以，紧接着就是三页（ 18-20 ）对本科的生词的理解和运用的训练。

学了文章的目的还是要落实到实际运用中，所以我先仿照书上的内容设计了几篇学生们看过的节目的介绍，让他们根据首字母填词，在让他们在此基础上自由讨论自己喜欢的电视节目 (21-28) ，并试写几句作为家庭作业。

实践证明，在这一系列的活动之后，学生能够很好的理解本科的内容并加以运用了。

Fill in the blanks about the dialogue:

Hobo wants Eddie to ____ ________ with him. But Eddie said that he was ___ _____ ___ ____ go shopping. He said he had to _____ __ from 9 to 12, then he

would have lunch and ___ ____ _____. In fact, he has ________ ____ _____ .

goshopping far too busy to

watch TV a littlesleep

nothing to do

What is your favourite program?

I prefer … to… I would rather watch … than … I like watching … best. My favourite program is … What about yours? cartoons, cooking, drama, fashion, movie

s, MTV, nature, news, sport, travel, competition, discovery, chat show, documentary

Jigsaw reading

Can you decide which to watch according to the guide below?

Sports World

10a.m.—11.30a.m.

It covers different sports and interviews with players

Murder in a Country House

7p.m.—9.30p.m.

A doctor is found dead in his house.

Beijing Music Awards

8p.m.—10p.m.

Beijing Music Awards will be covered live. Vote for your stars.

Tiger Watch 10.30p.m.—11.30p.m.

It takes a close look at the Asian tiger.

Read your TV guide carefully and try to answer some

questions.

Sports world

Which sports are covered in this programme?

If you are not a football fan, how will you feel?

Basketball, swimming, badminton and football.

I will feel boring.

Beijing Music Awards When will this presentation be held?

How many fans have voted for their favourite songs, singers and music videos?

If you want to vote for them, how can you do it?

This coming Saturday.

Two thousand fans.

Send text messages to 1396.

Murder in a Country House

What kind of film is it?

Who will love this film?

It’s a horror film.

People who enjoy solving mysteries will love this film.

Tiger watch

What will you realize after you watch this film?

Where do they live?

We will realize how much danger these tigers face.

They live in India and other places in Asia.

Read the passage after the tape and try to find some

more details.

Read the 1st passage together and decide if the following sentences are true or false: Once a week, we can know lots of latest i

nformation about sport by watching ‘Sports World’.

If you are crazy about basketball, you will enjoy the programme this week.

We can see lots of famous badminton players on TV.

T

F

F

football

football

Read the 2nd passage and complete the following table:

What is on?

When and where?

Who will attend?

Before the program starts, what is done?

What can the audience do?

What for?

Beijing Music Awards

In Beijing this coming Saturday

All the big pop stars

They will interview some famous stars. Two thousand fans have voted online.

Write down their answers and send text messages to 1396

They could win two free concert tickets.

Read the 3rd passage and fill in the blanks:

The director of the film is ____________. The actors and the director are all _____. Who killed the doctor? You ___________

___________ until the end of the film. The film is full of ___________________. The film is ________ because the actors

all did very well. If you _______________, do not watch it.

Cindy Clark

newwon’t find out

the answer

horror and mysteries

excellent

get scared easily

Read the 4th passage and choose the best answers:

How long is the programme?

A. thirty minutes B. one hour

C. forty minutes D. one hour and a half When was it taken?

A. in 2003 B. in 2005

C. between 2003and 2005 C. in 2004

Why did it win an award?

A. Because it tells us an interesting story.

B. Because it helps us realize how much

danger these tigers face.

C. Because it is a bit disturbing.

D. Because its photography is amazing.

Match the following new words with their explanations

Round-up Up-to-date Cover Live Presentation Attend Announce realize

a. A formal event during which gifts and prizes are given

b. A short report of the most important information

c. Tell sth to the public

d. (Broadcast) while the event is actually happening

e. Understand

f. the latest (information)

g. Take part in

h. Show on television

B

F

H

D

A

G

C

E

Fill in the blanks with the words you have learned.

I like to watch the news r________ before I go to bed.

The Closing of the 10th National Game was held on October 23th. It was c______ l_____ on TV. Almost all the citizens in Nanjing have watched it.

After the talk, I r_______ that I was too rude to my friends. That is why they don’t like me any more.

ound-up

overedive

ealized

Chairman Zhu Longji a_________ the opening of the 10th National Game. At about 8 p.m., he a__________ the opening of the game.

I like to watch the Oscar Awards P___________. During it, we can see a lot of famous film stars.

Have you read today’s newspaper? You can see lots of u________ information.

nnounced

ttended

resentation

p-to-date

Can you describe some of the TV programmes? I will give you some words to h

elp you.

Complete the following sentences according to the first letters given: If you like solving m_______, you will

like reading ‘Detective Conan’. In the story, you won’t f________ the answer until the end.

Are you interested in dinosaurs? If so, you can watch the film c______ ‘The Lost World’. H_______, if you get s______ easily, you’d better not watch it. Because it is full of h______.

ysteries

ind out

alledowever

caredorror

‘Human and Nature’ is a series about different wild animals. In it, the d_______ takes a c______ look at wild animals, such as their food, their habitat, their children, and especially how they survive in the n_____. After watching it, we will r_______ how much d______ they are f______ and what we can do to help them.

irector lose

atureealize anger

acing

Have you ever seen the film ‘Band of Brothers’? It is a serial( 连续剧 ). It tells a story about a brave company in the World War II. It was d_________ by Steven Spielberg. The main a______ is Tom Hanks.

irectedctor

Animals living in their n______ h_____ will be much happier than those who live in cages. They can run everywhere ______(free). Changbai Mountain in Northeast China is one of the f_____ places for tigers

aturalabitat

freely

ew

Many people are interested in a d___________ called ‘Discovery’. It is also a series. It tells us lots of _________(interest) things happening in r____ life. We can explain some of them. But some of them are still m_______ to us, for example, UFO.

ocumentary

interestingeal

ysteries

It’s your turn now!

Can you try to write a short introduction for one of your favourite TV programs? It can cov

er the following factors. Name Director Actor Actress Main content

Homework:

Try to write about five sentences to describe one of your favourite TV programme.