1. Senior English for China Student ’ s Book 1A Unit 1 Good Friends The Period 2  Teacher: Li Feng ying

2. Teaching Aims : IIIImprove the student’s reading ability. LLLLearn and master the following words and phrases: hammer, parachute, the Pacific Ocean, hunt for, make a fire, care about.

3. Teaching Important Points Improve the students ’ reading ability Improve the students ’ reading ability Master the following phrases: hunt for, make a fire, care about Master the following phrases: hunt for, make a fire, care about

4. Teaching Difficult Points  How to make the students understand the reading text better.

5. Teaching Methods DDiscussion before reading to make students interested in what they will learn DDiscussion after reading to make students understand what they’ve learned better FFast reading to get a general idea of the text CCareful reading to get the detailed information in the text

6. Teaching Aids  A recorder  A projector  The blackboard

7. Pre-reading Here are some items that would be most useful to you on the island Pre-reading Here are some items that would be most useful to you on the island  a knife a box of matches a mirror a radio a frying pan a gun a book a hammer a saw an umbrella a rope a compass Sentence Pattern  I think that ___would be the most useful, because I could use it to___, to ___, and to ___.

8. Words & Phrases Words & Phrases Match :[C] 火柴 Match :[C] 火柴 Hammer : 锤子 Hammer : 锤子 Saw : 锯 Saw : 锯 Survive (v): continue to live or exist Survive (v): continue to live or exist eg: Of the six people in the plane that crashed, only one survived. eg: Of the six people in the plane that crashed, only one survived. I can’t survive on $30 a week. I can’t survive on $30 a week. Hunt for: search for; try to find sth eg; Hunt for a lost book. I’ve hunted everywhere but I can’t find it. Make a fire: 生火 eg: It’s your turn to make a fire. Care about: be worried, concerned 关心,忧虑 eg: She thinks only of herself; she doesn’t care about other people. Don’t you care about this country’s future?

9. Fast reading Who is Wilson? Who is Wilson? Wilson is Chuck ’ s friend, an unusual friend. Wilson is Chuck ’ s friend, an unusual friend.

10. Intensive reading Questions about the test: What’s Chuck’s work? What’s Chuck’s work? What happens to Chuck one day? What happens to Chuck one day? What things must Chuck learn to do on the island? What things must Chuck learn to do on the island? What does Chuck learn about himself when his alone on the island? What does Chuck learn about himself when his alone on the island?

11. Suggested Answers: Chuck must learn to survive all alone. He has to learn how to survive without friends. When Chuck is alone on the island,he learns how to be a good friend to Wilson Even though Wilson is just a volleyball. He learns that we need friends to share happiness and sorrow, and it is important to have someone to care about. He also learns that he should have cared more about his friend. And he understands that friendship is about feelings and that we must give it as much as we take Chuck is a businessman and a successful manager in a company. One day Chuck is on a flight across the Pacific Ocean when suddenly his plane crashes. But Chuck survives the crash and lands on a deserted island where there are no people.

12. Phrases: They ___ high and low ___ the book. They ___ high and low ___ the book. It’s your turn to ___. It’s your turn to ___. She thinks only of herself ;she doesn’t ____ other people. She thinks only of herself ;she doesn’t ____ other people. hunt for, make a fire, care about hunt for, make a fire, care about

13. Discussion: Look at the last two questions behind the text, please talk about them in group of four: If you were alone on the island, what would you do in order to survive? Imagine that four people are in an plane that is going to crash. One is a policeman, one is a doctor, one is a teacher, and one is a scientist. There is only one parachute. Decide who should get the parachute and explain why.

14. Suggested Answers First I’ll search for something to eat, some place to live in, then I’ll try to get in touch with the family or government as soon as possible. First I’ll search for something to eat, some place to live in, then I’ll try to get in touch with the family or government as soon as possible. I think the scientist should get the parachute. Because the scientist is of great value than the other there persons to the world. I think the scientist should get the parachute. Because the scientist is of great value than the other there persons to the world.