UNIT 3
Period 1
Comic strip ＆ Welcome to the unit
Teaching aims:
1.复习remote control, turn on和channel，要求学生读卡通漫画;
2.引出本单元主题
3.激活现有词汇并掌握与主题有关的生词；
4.谈论电脑的用途
Teaching procedures:
Step 1
1. Review ‘remote control’, ‘turn on’ and ‘channel’. Then ask the students to read the comic strip.
2. Ask some questions
Do you like playing computer games?
What kind of computer games do you like to play? Can you give some examples?
Why do you like it?
Do you think these games are good or bad for you?
Step 2
1.Tell the students that they are going to learn about the uses of computers. Ask them to think about what they use the computers for.
2.Ask students to look at the pictures in Part A. Ask if they have used computers for these purposes.
3.Tell students to label the pictures using the words from the box. Check answers as a class.
4.Ask students to list as many other uses as they can.
For example: playing CDs, VCDs or DVDs; chatting with or get to know friends; learning on the Internet; mathematical calculation,etc.
Step 3
1.Tell students that they are going to talk about the uses of computers in Part B.
2.Play the tape for the students to find the answer to the question:
Why does Simon use computer to search for information?
3.In pairs, students talk about different uses of computers. They can use Daniel and Simon’s conversation as a model and replace the underlined words with their own information. They can also create their own conversations about different uses of computers.
4.Ask a few pairs to present their conversations to the class.

Period 2
Reading(1)
Teaching aims:
1.理解教育类游戏光盘的目的以及游戏中的主人公能做什么；
2.根据上下文语境和现有知识猜测大意；
3.掌握文章中的具体细节;
4.完成Part B中的练习
Teaching procedures:
Step 1
Arouse students’ interest by telling them that they are going to read about a new educational CD-ROM. Explain that the game is set in different countries and involves a tour around the world.
Step 2
1.Tell students that the first paragraph of the reading passage explains the background to the game. Ask some questions to check understanding, e.g.,
What’s the name of the new educational CD-ROM?
What can it help you to do?
Who is the designer?
2.Tell students that the second paragraph of the reading passage introduces the main character of the game. Ask some questions to check understanding, e.g.,
Who is the main character of the game?
How old is he?
What does he like doing?
What was he doing when he felt asleep?
3Tell students that the third and fourth paragraphs of the reading passage explain how the game is played. Ask them to read the rest of the reading passage and answer the following questions:
How can you earn a point?
What will happen if you have earned enough points?
How long does it take you to finish the game?
What do the questions test?
What will you see on the screen when you reach a new place?
What can you learn about when you reach London?
What will you see when you pass a level?
What happened to the places you have visited?
Step 3
Part B Ask students to do this task on their own. Encourage students to find the words in the reading passage and match with the correct definitions.
Step 4
巩固练习
一、用适当介词或副词填空。
1. A new educational CD--ROM called ' ______ the World ________Eight Hours' has just come _______.
2. This CD--ROM can help you learn English and Geography __________ the same time.
3. It is designed __________Nancy Jackson.
4. He way lying _________the grass and looking ~ the beautiful blue sky.
5. ________his dream, he saw a golden cloud.
6. When you have earned enough points, a cloud will come _________and carry you to a place you have never visited
7. The pla
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