高一Unit5Lesson14

Teaching Aims:

1.　 Learn and master the following:

Four skills: guide (n.) bank. Villager, sharp, crop, price, mile, wild, parrot, guitar, be about to

2.　 Train the students ‘ability of reading comprehension.

3.　 Master how to write a diary in English correctly

　 Teaching Important Points:

1.　 Master the usages of the following phrases:

Tie to　 at a high / low price by air / by road / by the sea nothing except,

Through / across / over

Be about to when

2.　 Master the format of a diary

Teaching Difficult Points:

1.　 the differences between “ through ” “over” and “across “.

2.　 the difference between “be going to + v”. and “be about to +v ”.

3.　 the understanding of the sentence: … they can get a person in two minutes, leaving only two bones.

Teaching Methods:

1.　 Question and answer activity to help the students to go through with the whole passage.

2.　 Fast reading to find out the detailed information about the passage.

3.　 Pair work or group work to make every student work in class.

Teaching Aids:

1. a tape recorder　　　 2. a projector

Teaching Procedures:

　 Step I.　 Greeting

Greet the whole class as usual

　 Step II.　 Revision and lead in

(Teacher asks two pairs of the students to act out the dialogues made up by them to check the homework.)

　　　 T: Very good. Thank you for your performance. I think you must have a good trip. Today we are going to read about a woman ’s trip. Let ‘s see how she felt on her travel. Before we read it, we learn some new words.

　 Step III. Preparation for reading

(Teacher shows the new words or the screen. are give the students a brief introduction in English. Them give them a few minutes to remember them.)

　 guide [ gaid] n.　　　　 mile [ mail]　　 bank n.　　 crop

villager　　 price　　 parrot　　　

wild　　　　　　　　　　　　 sharp bone　　　　　　　　　　　　 sight


T: Please read and remember the news words for two minutes, then I’ll check them.

(After that, teacher asks students to open their books to look at the picture on the top and talks about it.)

T: Please open your books; look at the picture on the top. Please tell me what you can see in the picture and what they are doing you think.

S: There are many people in the picture. They are travelling. I think now they are having a rest and the guide is cooking Supper. The write, a woman, is writing her diary.

T: Very good. Now I ask you two simple questions: Where did she go? How did she travel? Please read the passage quickly and find out the answers to the questions.

Step IV.　 Reading

　　　　 (Teacher gives the students a few minutes to read the passage quickly and then checks the answers.)

T: Are you ready? Yes, where did she go?

S: She went to a great forest in South America.

T: How did she travel?

S: By boat.

T: Very good. Now I give you another few minutes to read the passage again to answer some detailed questions on the screen.

(Teacher shows the questions on the screen.)


1.　 When did the traveller write this diary?

2.　 Did she enjoy her trip?

3.　 What did the travellers often have for their meals?

4.　 What does the writer never eat? Why not?

5.　 Why was it dangerous to swim in the river?

6.　 What surprised her most when she was in the plane over a part of the forest?


Suggested answers:

1.　 The traveller wrote this diary on Tuesday. October Sth. 1993

2.　 Yes.

3.　 The travellers often had fish for their meals. Some times they ate chicken, eggs, birds and monkeys.

4.　 The writer never ate monkeys. Because she thought it‘s wrong to eat monkeys.

5.　 Because there were dangerous fish in the river. The fish had very sharp teeth; they could eat a person in two minutes, leaving only the bones.

6.　 A sad sight surprised her most when he was in the plane over a part of the forest. She could see nothing except a great fire and lots of smoke for miles and miles.

T: Now you have understood the general idea of the text. In order to understand the text further, you must master the usages of some phrases and sentences, before doing it; I explain how to write a diary correctly in English.

First write the name of the week on the left on the first line, and then write the date. lastly write fine, cloudy and so on, Now look at the phrases and sentences on the screen.

(Teacher shows the sentences on the screen to the students and writes the phrases on the blackboard.)

(Bb, tie … to … nothing but …

all night long through / over / across /past

at a high price

be about to … when … )


1.　 You’d better tie the horse to a tree.

2.　 There is nothing except a pen in the box.

3.　 all night long --- during the whole night

e.g. All day long / all year long the

4.　 He swam across the river.

The thief climbed over the wall and went into the yard.

The car runs past our school.

He walked through the village.

5.　 He bought a coat at a high price.

The price of the coat is high.

The coat is expensive.

6.　 I was about to go out when he came in.

　　　　　　　　　　　 : and at that time.

He was walking in the street when he saw his friend.



T: In the sentences in Group Two , the sentence pattern “be about to + v … when … ”means “somebody will do sth , and at that time another thing happens .”“when” here means “and at that time”

In the sentences in Group Four, “across” means “from one side to the other , having the idea of crossing a surface” ; “over” means “the idea of crossing something happen high” ; “through” means “in at one side or surface and out at the other”; “past” means “ up to and beyond ” . Please look at the sentences and pay attention to their usages.

Step V. Listening and Practice

　　　 T: Now we listen to the tape of the diary. After listening, please read the passage for a few minutes.

　　　　 (Teacher plays the tape for the students. Then ask the Ss to read the text aloud.)

Step VI.　 Workbook

T: Now turn to Page 73. Let‘s do exercises. First do Ex.2. Choose the right answer according to the passage. Then do Ex.3. This is a summary of the text. It helps you to grasp the main idea of the passage. You must read the short passage carefully and fill in the blanks to the verb forms. After a while, I’ll check the answers.

Suggested answers:

　 Ex.2. 1. C　 2. B　　 3. C　 4. C　　 5. C　　 6. A

　 Ex.3. across, spending took. off. over. What . For . except. lots. minute. find. into. until. plant. sell at

Step VII.　 Sum up and Homework

Today we’ve learnt a diary and some important phrases. You must master how to write a diary correctly and remember the phrases and she sentence patterns. After class you must read the text again and again until you can retell it.

Step VIII.　 Design of the Writing on the Blackboard


　　 Lesson　 14

Tie to　　　　　　　　　　　 through

nothing but　　　　　　　　　 over

all night long　　　　　　　　　 across

at a high price　　　　　　　　 past

be about to when



Step IX.　 Record after teaching.