1. 第三组讨论汇报与展示 Unit 3 ， Book1 Science and Methods

2. 教学目标 Upon completion of this unit, you will be able to: expand your vocabulary of science and methods analyze linguistic features of scientific writing explain the characteristics of science explain why someone is or is not a scientist

3. 授课对象 Students of intermediate level

4. 材料选择 Intensive reading Characteristics of Science Extensive reading Coffee Stains

5. 教学设计 与 时间分配 iPrepare Lead-in 10 min iExplore Reading & Multitasking 50 min iProduce In-class assignment After-class assignment 30min

6. 教学活动 Lead-in 学生事先预习课文，并准备一个科学家的小故 事 课上首先分享故事 教师提问，提出交际任务

7. 教学活动 Reading & Multitasking WHO are scientists? WHAT is science? HOW do scientists deals with science?

8. Checking your memory WHO Science is practiced by ____________ with a specific view of the world. WHAT Science deals almost exclusively with_______ and with _______________ and its workings. HOW Science employs ____________ and _____________ for reporting results that is unique to it. special people things the external world special methods a language

9. Multitasking Task 1 Find words to explain why scientist are special. What are poets likely to be? Explore more words to describe qualities of scientists. Objective, unsentimental, unemotional, honest, humble Subjective, sentimental, emotional, dishonest, proud

10. Task 2 Fill in the following the table with missing information. Dos Don'ts thingsideas feelings external worldinner state bodysoul elementary particles angels

11. Task 2 What structure does the author use to state the information above? Modify the original sentence to finish the following sentence: Psychology deals with almost exclusively… Parallel structure: with… not….., with…. not…. with mind, not objects or things, and with the internal world, not external states and their workings, despite the understanding of some physicists to be or seem at a loss.

12. Task 2 Could you find structures of the same nature in other places of the text? Adopt the structure to compose a sentence of your own. so that….. so that… in which…in which…in which

13. Task 3 Specify the method and the language. Could you give examples to illustrate what is experiment and mathematical terms in science? Experiment, mathematical terms

14. Task 4 Adopt the following expressions to build up sentences to state the effects of a great scientific invention. It instituted irrevocable change in the way human beings live on Earth. We can never go back to living the way we live in Renaissance.

15. Task 5 The three main points in the text follow the same writing pattern. Adopt the pattern to write a short paragraph. State your opinion in the first sentence and support your argument with examples in the rest part. First, science is practiced by special people with a specific view of the world. Scientists try to be objective, unsentimental and unemotional. They do not let their feelings get in the way of their observations of real things, facts, as they call them. They often work in laboratories or in other areas where they can carefully control what they are working on.

16. In-class assignment Oral report Is the scientist of your choice a real scientist? Why or why not? Apply what learn in class today to your report.

17. After-class assignment The author claims that psychology, economics and literary criticism are not real science in serious sense. What do you think? Illustrate your opinion with examples. Read Coffee Stains and analyze features of scientific writing.