【正文】 ly with a beating heart. Below him was his boat lying the shore! “How lucky I am!” Samuel thought to himself. He then gave a mighty leap and landed in it. Once inside he could safely sail away. Suggested answers: Answer key for Exercise 1。15. Step 6 Explanation After prehending, it is a good time to deal with the new words and language points in this part, esp. the following: voyage mercy minimum nowhere pole overhead offshore accelerate outward longitude latitude precise simplify portable shorting updated tendency reliable at the mercy of, even though, work out, be used to, in relation to, aim to , Step7 Discussion Let’s the students have a discussion by working in pairs or in groups. Topic: Imagine you are on a boat with twentynine other people. You have a small box for your personal things but it can only hole ten items. What would you need for a week’s journey across the North Sea to England? Suggested Answer: Category Items Category Items Clothes shirt, trousers Shoes waterproof boots Hygiene soap Tools knife, scissors Bedding blanket Medicines seasick tablets, cold medicine Games cards, chess Books novels, essay collections Step8 Summary This reading explains how seamen explored the oceans and what kind of navigational instruments were used to sailors before the seventeenth century when they were navigating the open seas without seeing the land. Step9 Homework Finish the exercises about using words and expression on page61. The Third Period Extensive Reading Teaching Aims: a. Learn and master the key words and expressions incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine pretty starvation extreme psychologically tension gradually foresee thirst hardship b. Train the students’ reading ability. Teaching Difficult Points: a. How to help the students understand the reading passage better. b. How to improve the students’ reading ability. Teaching Methods: a. Scanning the text to get the general idea of it and do some other prehending exercises. b. Discussion after reading to make the students understand the text better. Teaching Aids: The multimedia。 a tape recorder。 You might well find that you’ll need more by the weekend. 4. 他們在海上迷失的方向 ,任憑風(fēng)和天氣的擺布。 awkward。ll be enjoying. Susan: Is there another reason why you don’t want to e to the concert? Clare: Actually there is a reason. I don39。 Sailors from Sea or Ocean Skills Phoenicia Mediterranean Used the sky to find their way Norway North Watched birds to find land Polynesia Pacific Studied the waves of the ocean Answer key for Exercise 3: 1 Vikings used to prefer to said following the coast line so they could check that they were on the correct route. 2 Vikings used birds, and natural features like mountains, to direct their ships. Step 4 Speaking Ask the students to discuss the sayings in exercise 4 and get their ideas together. Step 5 Homework Finish the exercises in the student’s workbook. The Sixth Period Grammar The Predicate and Agreement Teaching Aims: 1. Revise one of the sentence elements the Predicate and do plenty of exercises to consolidate what we have revise. 2. Study Agreement to improve the students’ ability to use the English language. Teaching Important Points: 1. How to choose the proper form of the Predicative in order to express what we want to say. 2. Help the students to make a summary of the usage of agreement. Teaching Difficult Points: How to choose a proper predicate according to its subject. Teaching Methods: 1. Discussion method to let the students have a clear understanding. 2. Pair work or group work to make every student engaged in all the activities in class. Teaching Aids: 1. a puter。 動詞 +介詞 The other day I came across a letter from Brunei written in the last year of his life. 2. courseware Teaching procedures Step1 Greetings Greet the whole class as usual. Step2 Revision Check the homework exercises. Step3 Listening Listen to the tape and ask the students to finish exercise 1— 3 on page 19. Suggested answers: Answer key for Exercise 1: maps。ll be going to that pop concert next week? Clare: No. Let39。 seaweed— land flower。 3. take one’s mind off 使某人的注意力離開 keep one’s mind on? 專心于，把注意力集中于 put one’s mind into/to? 專心于 loose出發(fā) , 使爆炸 , 引起 , (使 )開始 (做某事 ) Someone has set the tigers loose from their cage and they are terrorizing the town. When we escape, shall we set the other prisoners loose? jaws of death / defeat= used to describe an unpleasant situation that almost happens鬼門關(guān)，失敗的險境 The team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. 這個隊(duì)翻盤而險勝。 Unit 2 Sailing the oceans I. 單元教學(xué)目標(biāo) 技能目標(biāo) Goals Talk about early navigation Talk about discovery and exploration of an unknown land Learn about some famous navigators and explorers Learn to express the cause and effect Learn to use the Predicate Write a report about a navigator or an adventurous story Ⅱ. 目標(biāo)語言 詞 ] 匯 voyage mercy encyclopedia alongside exploration minimum celestial pole equator horizon overhead seaweed nowhere offshore accelerate outward tide secure log knot nautical magic random awkward reference precise simplify portable shorting update tendency reliable swoop parcel peck cliff expedition pulsory survival incident departure crew deposit dilemma drawback dusk routine reckon reckoning starvation psychology psychologically tension gradual gradually foresee thirst tear hardship jaw background roar[ at the mercy of nautical mile set loose jaws of death 功 能 句 式 Cause amp。 比較 : deal with只是采取 行動去對付某人或某事，并不考慮成功與否。 reliable— unreliable。s attempt at the Northwest Passage was unsuccessful. However, this voyage is still recognized as especially significant in the history