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Unit 9 Have you ever been to a museum?
Section A（3a-3c）
1.语言能力：谈论文中提及博物馆的信息
2.文化意识：通过询问别人曾经去过哪些有趣的地方，来表达了解、关心别
Teaching
人，并增进友谊。
Aims
3.思维品质：知道如何通过上下文猜测词义。
4.学习能力：学会向别人介绍并推荐某个地方。
Teaching 学会向别人介绍并推荐某个地方。
Difficulties
Teaching
Aids A tape recorder ,CAI or multimedia courseware
Teaching Procedures Tips
Step 1 Lead in
Ask the Ss to watch the video What is a museum? then answer
the following questions:
1.What’s this video about?
2.How many parts does it have? What do they tell?
Answers: 1.It’s about museums.
2.It has three parts. The first part is to explain what is a museum.
The second is to introduce all kinds of museums. And the last is
to give the reasons why we should visit museums.
Free Talk
Show some pictures to the Ss, then ask them to answer the
following questions:
Do you know what kinds of museums are there in the world ?
Have you ever been to these museums ?
Have you ever been to these museums ?
Brainstorm
Can you think of more museums?
All Kinds of Museums:
History Museum/ Science Museum/ Space Museum/ Art Museum
1/ Film Museum/ Toilet Museum/ Computer Museum/ Nature Museum.
Ask the Ss to watch the video Chinese Umbrella Museum
Step 2 Presentation & Reading
Pre-reading
Show the pictures in 3a to the Ss, then ask them to answer the
following questions:
What can you see in the pictures in 3a?
Guess what the passage is about.
What do you want to know about the three museums?
Where are the museums?
What can we see at each museum?
What can we learn at each museum?
What do they think of each museum?
Show the International Museum of Toilets in India to the Ss.
Then introduce it.
While-reading
3a
Three students talk about the most interesting museums they have
ever been to. Read the magazine article and answer the questions.
1. Which three museums do the students talk about?
2. What do you think is the most interesting thing about each museum?
Answers:1.They talk about the American Computer Museum, the
International Museum of Toilets, and the Hangzhou National Tea
Museum.
2.The American Computer Museum — the special computer that can
play chess even better than humans
The International Museum of Toilets—many different kinds of toilets
The Hangzhou National Tea Museum—the tea art performances
Read the paragraph 1, then explain the key words and phrases
to the Ss.
Now answer the following questions.
1. What surprised Ken most in the American Computer Museum?
Answers: The thing that surprised Ken most is that technology has
progressed in such a rapid way.
2Technology has progressed in such a rapid way!
Supporting 1.The old computers were much bigger.
sentences: 2. A special computer could play chess even better than
humans.
3. I wonder how much more computers will be able to do
in the future.
What do you think the computers will be able to do in the future?
Read the paragraph 2, then explain the key words and phrases
to the Ss.
Ask the Ss to answer the following questions.
1.What’s the topic sentence of this paragraph?
2.What does the museum encourage governments and social groups to
do?
Answers:1. I’ve recently been to a very unusual museum in India,
the
International Museum of Toilets.
2.It encourages governments and social groups to think about
ways to improve toilets in the future.
What advice do you have on improving the toilets in our school?
Read the paragraph 3, then explain the key words and phrases
to the Ss.
Ask the Ss to judge the sentence True(T) or False(F).
1.Amy went to the Hangzhou National Tea Museum last year.
( )
2. Watching the tea preparation is just as enjoyable as drinking the tea
itself. ( )
Answers:1.F 2.T
3b
Read the article again and answer the following questions.
1. What does Ken say about the American Computer Museum?
2. What can we learn at the International Museum of Toilets?
3. Why is the Hangzhou National Tea Museum a nice place to enjoy tea?
Answers:1.Ken says that: (a) it is the most interesting museum he
3has ever been to; (b) it has information about different
computers and who invented them, and (c) he learned that
there was a special computer that plays chess better than
humans.
2.The museum teaches people about the history and development of
toilets. It also encourages governments and social groups to think
about ways to improve toilets in the future.
3.It’s a relaxing and peaceful place near a lake. The tea art
performances show how to make a perfect cup of tea with
beautiful tea sets. Watching the tea preparation is just as
enjoyable as drinking the tea itself.
3c
Which of the underlined words in the passage have the following
meanings?
①make (something) better ②become better
③uncommon ④quiet
⑤made ⑥quick
Answers：①improve ②progressed
③unusual ④peaceful
⑤invented ⑥rapid
Step 3 Language points learning
1. It's unbelievable that technology has progressed in such a The
rapid way! language
unbelievable adj. 难以置信的；不真实的 points are
unbelievable 由“否定前缀 un- + believable”构成，其反义词是 for
believable“可信的”。 reference
The story you told us is so unbelievable. only.
【拓展延伸】由否定前缀un-构成的其他常见词汇：
unhappy(不幸福的)，unlucky(不幸的)，unfriendly(不友好的)，
unknown(不知名的)，unfair(不公平的)
progress v. & n. 进步；进展
① progress 在此处作不及物动词。
I asked the nurse how my father was progressing.
② progress 还可作不可数名词，常用 much，great，rapid 等形容词
修饰。make progress in 表示“在……方面取得进步”。
We have made great progress in learning English.
rapid adj. 迅速的；快速的
rapid作形容词，其副词形式为rapidly，意为“迅速地；快速地”。
4With the rapid development of science and technology, China has
entered a new era.
With Cai Lun's paper making method, Chinese culture grew more
rapidly over the next several centuries.
2. It also encourages governments and social groups to think
about ways to improve toilets in the future.
encourage v. 鼓励
encourage sb. to do sth. 鼓励某人做某事
encourage sb. in … 在......方面鼓励某人
Mary's teacher often encourages her to be positive.
My father encouraged me in my dream to be a model.
【拓展延伸】
encouragement作名词，意为“鼓励；起激励作用的事物”。
With encouragement, Sally is starting to play with the other
children.
social adj. 社会的
social作形容词，常用在名词前作定语。
We should treat some social problems reasonably.
【拓展延伸】social的名词形式为society，意为“社会”。
Nowadays, the education of safety has caught the attention of the
whole society.
3. The tea art performances show how to make a perfect cup of
tea with beautiful tea sets.
perfect adj. 完美的；完全的
perfect无比较级和最高级形式。类似地，excellent，favorite也只用原
级。
Practice makes perfect. 熟能生巧。
Nobody is perfect. 人无完人。
【拓展延伸】perfect还可作动词，意为“使……完美”。
4. I've finally realized why my grandpa loves drinking tea and
collecting tea sets.
collect v. 收集；采集
I like collecting stamps while my brother likes collecting coins.
【拓展延伸】collect 的相关词：
collect v. 收集；采集
collection n. 收藏；收藏品
collector n. 收藏家
The famous collector has collected many things in the past fifty
5years. His collections are priceless.
Step 4 Summary & Homework
Summary The
Ask the Ss to do the exercises on PPT P35-38. homework
Homework can vary
Read and recite the passage in 3a. with the
Do the exercises in students’ book. specific
conditions.
In the process of English teaching, teachers should try their best to
encourage students to participate in the discussion and do not
Teaching overemphasize the correct answers. This can not only broaden
Reflection students' thinking space, help the development of creative thinking
ability, but also help students master the language in use and build
up their confidence.
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