【导语】我们最孤独的，不是缺少知己，而是在心途中迷失了自己，忘了来时的方向与去时的路;我们最痛苦的，不是失去了曾经的珍爱，而是灵魂中少了一方宁静的空间，慢慢在浮躁中遗弃了那些宝贵的精神;我们最需要的，不是别人的怜悯或关怀，而是一种顽强不屈的自助。你若不爱自己，没谁可以帮你。免费高一频道为你正在奋斗的你整理了以下文章，希望可以帮到你！【一】
1.让学生了解地球的形成和发展
2.让学生体会并掌握各种阅读技能和技巧
3.通过文章学习使学生认识地球对人类的重要意义，增强保护地球的意识。
Key points and difficulties：
1，通过阅读了解地球的发展历程
2，掌握不同的阅读技巧，提高阅读能力
Teaching procedures：
Step 1 Lead-in
Let students do a puzzle ---------the earth
A puzzle
It looks like a ball but you can’t play,
It is our home but so big,
It is round but we usually think it is flat.
It moves anytime but no one feels.
设计说明：展示该谜语，并让学生齐读，然后猜出答案--地球。利用齐读的方式使学生精神振奋，通过猜谜语激发学生的兴趣导入新课。
Step 2 Pre-reading
A. Let students enjoy the beauty of the earth.
B. Questions:
1, How did the earth come into being?
2, In China, there are some stories about the beginning of life.
Do you know?
设计说明：通过图片让学生感受地球，产生热爱地球家园的体验，同时让学生产生了疑问，地球是怎么形成的，顺利过渡到下一部分。
Step 3 Fast-reading
1, Let students read the text quickly and then answer the following questions.
1 According to the text, how did the universe begin?
2 What is the fundamental to the development of life?
3 Where did life first begin, on the land or in the sea?
4 Which kind of animal has become the most important animals on the planet today?
设计说明：设计几个较为简单却有关全局的问题，让学生带着问题快速搜索所需信息，锻炼学生快速阅读的能力。让学生迅速把握文章的脉络，为接下来的仔细阅读活动打下基础。
2, Let the students read the text again and then finish the following exercise
Para1 a, the development of life
Para2 b, the important of water
Para3 c, the most important animals on the planet
Para4 d, the formation of the Earth
Para5 e, the “Big Bang”
设计说明：在上一活动的基础上，通过此连线题进一步考察学生在规定时间内把握语篇大意和各段中心大意的能力。
Step 4 Careful-reading
1, Analyzing read the text and fill in the blanks
How life began on the earth
设计说明：在学生对文章的内容已经有了比较全面的了解后，用图表的方式让学生重新构建文章的主要内容。形式简单、明了，便于知识的掌握和系统化。
2, Reading and answer the following questions.
1. Why was the earth different from other planets?
2. Why did the plants grow before the animals came?
3. Why is it wrong in films and stories to show dinosaurs and people together?
4. What problem is caused by human beings?
Step5 Consolidation
Retell how life began on the earth according to key words
【二】
一、教学目标
知识目标
1. Get students to learn some useful new words and expressions in this part.
2. Get students to read the play.
3. Let students learn the expressions of ordering food.
能力目标
1. Develop students’ reading skills and enable them to learn how to use different reading strategies to read different reading materials.
2. Enable students to understand and act out the play.
3. Have students learn how to use the expressions to order food.
情感目标
1. Stimulate students’ interests of learning English by reading and acting this play.
2. Develop students’ sense of group cooperation and teamwork.
二、教学重点
1. Develop students’ reading and speaking skills.
2. Let students read and act the play.
3. Have students learn to use the expressions to order food.
三、教学难点
1. Enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming, scanning, and so on.
2. Get students to act the play.
3. Have students make a dialogue at the restaurant.
教学过程
→Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework exercises.
2. Ask two students to retell the content of Act I, Scene 3.in their own words.
→Step 2 Warming up
We have learned that Henry got a letter from the two old brothers ,so please predict what will happen next.
→Step 3 Reading
1. Read the play fast to understand the gist and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
1The owner looked down upon Henry when he noticed Henry’s appearance.
2Henry asked for more of the same food because he is an American who like to eat a lot.
3When Henry saw the million pound bank note, he was happy and proud of it.
4The owner didn’t believe that the bank note was real and he asked Henry to get out of the restaurant.
2. Read the play carefully and do the following:
1Answer these questions in small groups.
1Whose behavior changes the most during this scene? Give examples.
2What kind of person is the owner of the restaurant?
3Why do you think the owner of the restaurant gave Henry a free meal?
2Pay much attention to the different attitudes towards Henry.
Before Henry shows his million pound bank note:
Owner Hostess Waiter
That one’s reserved.
Well, we will have to take a chance.
. . . if you pay the bill. . . My goodness! He eats like a wolf.
It’ll cost a tiny bit.
Again, everything?
What’s there to wait for?
After Henry shows his million pound bank note:
Owner Hostess Waiter
I’m so sorry, sir, so sorry.
Oh, please, don’t worry, sir. Doesn’t matter at all.
Just having you sit here is a great honor! . . . bow. . . Screams
And you put him in the back of the restaurant!
bow
. . . bow. . .
3. Retell the story:
With the envelope in hand, Henry decided to enter a restaurant for a meal. He ordered some ham and eggs and a nice big steak together with a tall glass of beer. The waiter told him the meal would cost him a tiny bit. After eating his first order, Henry asked for more of the same.
When Henry opened the letter, he found it was a million pound bank note. He was surprised but the owner and the waiter were shocked. The owner was not sure if it was genuine or fake. They couldn’t believe Henry who was in rags could be so rich. At last, the note was proved to be real.
After knowing that the bill is genuine, the owner thanked Henry again and again for his coming to his little eating place and even asked Henry to forget the bill . The owner, hostess and waiter all bowed together as Henry left.
→Step 4 Language points
1.order n. 要（叫）的菜 eg. May I take your order?
n. 顺序，次序 eg. The books are arranged in order of size.
n. 命令 eg. Soldiers must obey orders
v. 命令 eg. The officer ordered his soldiers to march
v. 预定，预购 eg. I have ordered a steak.
2.take a chance 碰运气
Eg. As for whether he will win the game or not ,we must take a chance .
Maybe true love is a decision, a decision to take a chance with somebody.
也许真爱只是一个决定，一个与某个人一起冒险的决定。
3. genuine adj 1真正的，真实的，名副其实的；非人造的，非伪造的
Eg. Her wedding ring is made of genuine diamond.
她的结婚戒指是真正的钻石做得。
2 真诚的，真心的，诚实的
My genuine friend is not such right?
我真正的朋友不是这样的对吗?
3. Well, I did hear that the Bank of England had issued two notes in this amount. . . Anyway, I don’t think it can be a fake.
我确实听说英格兰银行发行了两张这样面值的钞票……不管怎样, 我觉得这不可能是假钞。
助动词do或其他形式does, did在肯定句中用于谓语动词前, 表示强调。例如:
I did tell him what I thought of.
我的确告诉过他我的想法。
can表示推测, 与主句中的not结合在一起, 表示“不可能”。例如:
It can’t be Jim. I know him too well.
不可能是吉姆, 我太了解他了。
5. But he’s in rags! 但是他穿得破破烂烂的。
介词in后面接表示颜色或衣物等的名词时, 意思是“穿着; 戴着”。例如:
The girl in green is a good friend of mine.
穿绿衣服的女孩是我的一个好朋友。
in rags衣衫褴褛
The old man in rags used to be very rich.
衣着褴褛的那位老人过去很富有。
6. As for the bill, sir, please forget it.
至于账单嘛, 先生, 请把他忘了吧。
as for: with regard to至于; 关于
As for you, you ought to be ashamed of yourself.
至于你, 你应该感到惭愧。
As for the hotel, it was very uncomfortable and miles from the sea.
至于旅馆呢, 非常不舒服, 而且离海边有好几里地
→Step 5 Acting
1. Ask students to listen to the tape and role play the text. Remind them to remember that Henry has an American accent while the owner, the hostess and the waiters all have British accents. Let them pay more attention to correct pronunciation and intonation.
2. Have as many groups as possible to act out the play in front of the class.
→Step 6 Speaking
1. Ask students to read Act Ⅰ, Scene 4 again and underline all the expressions used to order food. Read them aloud.
2. Show the following form on the screen. Let students read the expressions aloud, and make sure they understand their Chinese meanings.
WAITER/WAITRESS
Can I help you?
I’ll take your order in a minute.
Are you ready to order, sir/madam?
What would you like. . . ?
Enjoy your meal!
Here’s your bill.
Here you are. CUSTOMER
I’d like. . .
I’ll have. . .
Do you have. . . ?
What do you suggest?
I’ll have that.
The bill, please.
Can I have the check, please?
2. Suppose the situation: Now imagine you are having a good meal in a restaurant. Make a dialogue with your partner, who acts as a waiter/waitress.
3. Give several minutes for the students to prepare their dialogues in pairs.
4. Ask as many pairs as possible to present their dialogues to the class.
→Step 7 Extension
Many people are crazy about buying lottery tickets 彩票. What do you think of it?
● What kind of role do you think money plays in our daily life?
● Is money everything?
Suggested Answers:
Money is not everything.
Money can buy a house, but not a home.
Money can buy a bed, but not sleep.
Money can buy a clock, but not time.
Money can buy a book, but not knowledge.
Money can buy you a position, but not respect.
Money can buy you medicine, but not health.
Money can buy a friend, but not love.
Money can buy you blood, but not life.
→Step 8 Homework
1. Learn the useful new words and expressions in this part by heart.
2. Act out the play.
教学反思
这节课的目的在于提高学生的阅读技巧，同时运用语言的能力，重点掌握在餐馆中可能遇到的口语交际语言。这堂课的效果不错，学生积极参与，但是，由于学生的语言储备不够，所以在口语训练环节不是很流畅。很多学生不敢开口说英语，因此在以后的教学中，应该尽量帮助学生开口说，帮助他们创造一定的语言环境。