【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ility.3. let the students learn about the french writer jules verne and his two famous science fictions.teaching important points。1. improve the students reading ability.2. master the useful phrases.teaching difficult points。1. how to make the students understand the passage better.2. how to help the students finish all the exercises in postreading,teaching methods:1. discussion before reading to make students learn more about some scientific facts,2. fastreading method to get the general idea of the passage.3. carefulreading method to get the detailed information in the text.4. discussion after reading to help the students finish the tasks in postreading.teaching aids:1. the multimedia2. the blackboardteaching proceduresstep i greetings and revisiongreet the whole class as usual.in the last period, we learnt some useful expressions used to express beliefs and doubts. now, ill check your homework to see whether you can use them freely. whod like to act out your dialogue?(two students stand up and act out their dialogue. )step ii leadin and prereadingshow the following pictures on the multimedia.here are three great inventions. who can say when the inventions in the pictures were made?s1 : electric railway was invented in the early years of the 20th century.s2: thomas edison invented the light bulb in 1879.s3: steampowered boat was made in 1807,teacher shows the following on the screen.1. when was electricity discovered?2. how was it used in the following two hundred years?3. in the early 19th century, people had no idea what the inside of the earth might look like. can you explain what we know about it today?work in groups of four to discuss the questions. choose one of you to act as the leader of your group. record the results of your discussion. a few minutes later, the leader will be asked to report the result.step iii readingread the passage quickly to see whether youve grasped the brief meaning of it. then, reread the passage carefully to further understand it. then answer the questions on the screen. (show the following on the multimedia.)1. to make a living, what did jules verne have to do?2. what will many of the instruments in his novels remind the readers of?3. how did verne lay the foundation of modern science fiction?4. in his novel “20 000 leagues under the sea”, what kind of person is captain nemo?5. how does the story “journey to the centre of the earth” begin and end up?(a few minutes later, teacher asks some of them to answer the questions one by one.)suggested answers:1. to make a living, jules verne had to write and sell stories.2. they will remind the readers of dr benjamin franklins experiment with electricity.3. by taking the scientific developments of his day one step further.4. he is someone you will neither like nor dislike. he is very cruel because he keeps aronnax and others as prisoners and destroys ships. but at other moments, he is gentle and weak because he cries about the lost lives of people drowned in ships that have sunk.5. the story begins with the discovery of an ancient document and ends up with them being shot out of a volcano in southern italy with ever increasing speed and temperature.step iv language pointsshow the following on the multimedia.1. make a living ( = earn ones living)e. g. she made a living by singing in a nightclub,2. lay the foundation ofe. g. fouryear college life laid solid foundations of his career.3. e truee. g, the boys wish to bee a pla man has e true.4. set oute. g. they set out to look for the lost child.5. turn out (to be) + adj. n.e. g. the weather man said it was going to rain this afternoon but it turned out to be very lovely. to everyones surprise, the fashionable girl turned out to be a thief.6. defend ……against/frome. g. we should defend our country against attacks.7. be dressed ine. g. the girl was always dressed in red.dressed in uniform, he looks handsome.step v postreadingread the passage again. then finish exercise 2 in postreading on page 13.suggested answers2. during the time they do all they can to continue to live……3. they realize that they e to the surface of the monster4. his longterm guestsexercise 4. in jules vernes times, the knowledge about the earth was very limited, and many scientific facts couldnt be explained by people. but jules verne contained a lot of knowledge about the earth in his novel. where do you think he might have got his ideas from? you can use all the knowledge you have learnt to explain the questions. work in groups of four to have a discussion. (after a while, teacher checks their answers. students may have various answers. )go on with the exercises in postreading. under water travel and space travel have many things in mon. do you know the differences and similarities between them? work in groups of four to finish the chart of exercise 3.suggested answers:differences submarine spaceshipspeed slow fastlandscape under water landscape space landscapenumber for people a lot of people a few peoplefood mon food special space foodclothes spaning suits space suitssimilarities demand for skills is high. theyre both exciting. tourists must be trained by experts. theyre expensive.finish the chart in exercise 5.(teacher gives them a few minutes. teacher joins them in the discussion and gives some advice if necessary. )suggested answers。preparation : tools and things to bring risks: dangerous and things that could happenfood，water, warm clothes, ropes, matches, a knife, a chisel .some medicines losing ones way falling into a hole being injuredstep vi summary and homeworkt: in this period, weve read a passage about jules verne. by reading, weve learnt more about jules verne and his two novels. weve also learnt some useful expressions and done some concerned exercises. after class, try to make more sentences using t