The second period

Reading
(I)

Teaching aims:
1.
To become familiar with and appreciate biographical writing.
2.
To understand related details and information.
3.
To infer general meaning from pictures ,title and context.
Difficulties:
1.
at the age of
2.
work as
3.
it was better to be safe than sorry
4.
order sb to do sth
5.
cut sth / sb short
Teaching methods; Listening , speaking , reading and writing
Procedure:
1.
Background information:
2.
Explain the context. Simon is reading an article about a famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Ask students whether they know when the first man walked on the moon. Also ask them if they know the names of the first two men who walked on the moon. Tell students that they will learn more about men visiting the moon in the reading passage.
3.
Students listen to the recording for the first three paragraphs and then read them after the tape again.
4.
Do True or False questions to check understanding of the first three paragraphs.
a.
Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s.
b.
He flew in an aero plane when he was six.
c.
The Gemini 8 mission is all about star signs.
d.
Gemini 8 landed in the USA.
e.
Neil Armstrong received his student pilot’s license when he was 15.
f.
Neil Armstrong successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean when Gemini 8 was out of control.
g.
Ask students to scan the first three paragraphs and underline the new words. Encourage them to explain the words to the class in English.
5 .
Language points:
a.
at the age of… =when sb was … years old
The boy could swim at the age of 5.


= The boy could swim when he was 5 years old.

b.
work as…


He worked as a teacher when he finished school.

c.
better safe than sorry


= it is wiser to be too careful than to act too quickly and do something that may be regretted later.

d.
order sb (not) to do sth

The commander ordered the soldiers to stand in line.

The doctor ordered me not to work for a long time and have a good rest.

e.
cut sb/sth short


The interviewer cut short his guest in mid-sentence.

Homework:

1.
Recite the paragraphs.

2.
Preview the following paragraphs..

楼主辛苦了，喝口水宜生吧。润润嗓子戴上T8神奇魔轮继续加油。
好爽，今天买了个3g上网卡在野外也能上论坛了。3G上网本果然好使。
祝福楼主开心快乐哈。

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以及生活环境不良所致。
　　2．变态反应体质，全身性疾病如贫血、内分泌功能不足（如甲状腺、脑垂体和性腺等功能减退），急性传染病如流感、麻疹、猩红热、腺样体肥大症状白喉等均可诱致本病发生。
　　3．鼻腔的一些疾病，如鼻中隔偏曲、中鼻甲肥大、鼻息肉、变态反应性鼻炎、增殖体肥大治疗
鼻腔异物或鼻腔肿瘤，也可引起鼻窦炎。
　　4．邻近病灶，如扁桃体炎或腺样体肥大、上颌第二双尖牙及第一、第二磨牙根部的感染，增殖体肥大拔牙时损伤上颌窦壁或龋齿残根坠入上颌窦内等也可导致鼻窦炎。
　　5．其它，如鼻窦外伤骨折；游泳时跳水姿势不当（如取立式跳水），或潜水与游泳后擤鼻不当，污水进入鼻窦内；鼻腔内填塞物置留时间过久；高空飞行迅速下降，鼻中隔偏曲症状窦腔与外界形成相对的负压，将鼻腔分泌物吸入鼻窦等也能造成发病。