Unit 2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern Heroes
Lead in
Good morning, everyone! Do you like watching movies? Do you know Jet Lee? Do you know one of his famous movie called HERO? Yes, I think almost everyone has watched this classic movie, so what does “hero” mean? Who can tell me? Put up your hands, that girl in red, Okay, thank you, sit down please. Who are the heroes in your heart? Do you know Yang Liwei, our national hero? Please discuss in pairs with your partner in 3 minutes and them give me your answer.
Okay, now time is up, any volunteers? Please give me your answer. Okay, en, Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He was a pilot in the army. He was carried by Shenzhou V, thanks for your answer. Sit down please. What else? That tall boy, He was chosen form 1,500 other army pilots. Your answer is excellent too, please have a seat.
Shenzhou V is the China’s first manned spaceship. It lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu province. It was carrying Yang Liwei. It was launched very successfully and landed in Inner Mongolia safely. Yang Liwei is the China’s first astronaut. He was chosen form 1,500 other army pilots and started training for his space flight in 1998. During the 21-hour space flight, he circled the earth 14 times. When the spaceship was doing its seventh circle, Yang Liwei showed the flags of China and the United Nations, expressing the wishes of the Chinese people to explore and use space peacefully.
Presentation
Okay, now open your books and turn to page 100 and 101. let’s read two passages about Shenzhou V and Yang Liwei. I will give you a task, that is, read the passages quickly, and get the general idea of them. Pay more attention to the new words, please try to guess the meaning according to the context, and put it into the passage to get a deeper understanding of them. Now, let’s get started.
Okay, now there are six heading of the whole text, a. astronaut lands safely, b.
welcome home, c. international good wished, d. an exciting lift-off, e. introduction, f. during the flight. Please scan each paragraph quickly and get the main idea of each part. (10 minutes later) Time is up, please answer it one by one, this row, please. Okay, that’s all, do you agree? Any different answers? Please discuss in groups and then let’s correct them together.
Okay, now you have a certain understanding of the text, next please read it again carefully to gain a deeper understanding. There are five questions to help you along the reading.
1. How did Yang Liwei feel during the flight? How did he feel afterwards?
2. What did Yang Liwei do during the Shenzhou V’s seventh circle of the earth?
3. How many circles did the spaceship complete while Yang Liwei was sleeping?
4. What were helicopters doing as Yang Liwei returned to the earth’s atmosphere?
5. What did Yang Liwei do when he came out of the spaceship?
First please read it by yourself and try to find out the answer to those questions, and then work in pairs to cooperate with your partner.
Practice
Let’s do an interview, I need several volunteers to come to the blackboard, one of you acts as our hero Yang Liwei, the others act as reporters from parts of China. The reporters could design questions freely and do an interview with “Yang Lilwei”.
Summary
Please work in groups to make a summary of what we’ve learned today. Then I need a volunteer to come to the blackboard to be a little teacher, and help us make a summary.
Homework
You are required to retell the story of Yang Liwel, and speak out your sense of national pride.
Unit 2 Heroes Lesson 1 Modern Heroes
Lead in
Good morning, everyone! Do you like watching movies? Do you know Jet Lee? Do you know one of his famous movie called HERO? Yes, I think almost everyone has watched this classic movie, so what does “hero” mean? Who can tell me? Put up your hands, that girl in red, Okay, thank you, sit down please. Who are the heroes in your heart? Do you know Yang Liwei, our national hero? Please discuss in pairs with your partner in 3 minutes and them give me your answer.
Okay, now time is up, any volunteers? Please give me your answer. Okay, en, Yang Liwei is China’s first astronaut. He was a pilot in the army. He was carried by Shenzhou V, thanks for your answer. Sit down please. What else? That tall boy, He was chosen form 1,500 other army pilots. Your answer is excellent too, please have a seat.
Shenzhou V is the China’s first manned spaceship. It lifted off at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu province. It was carrying Yang Liwei. It was launched very successfully and landed in Inner Mongolia safely. Yang Liwei is the China’s first astronaut. He was chosen form 1,500 other army pilots and started training for his space flight in 1998. During the 21-hour space flight, he circled the earth 14 times. When the spaceship was doing its seventh circle, Yang Liwei showed the flags of China and the United Nations, expressing the wishes of the Chinese people to explore and use space peacefully.
Presentation
Okay, now open your books and turn to page 100 and 101. let’s read two passages about Shenzhou V and Yang Liwei. I will give you a task, that is, read the passages quickly, and get the general idea of them. Pay more attention to the new words, please try to guess the meaning according to the context, and put it into the passage to get a deeper understanding of them. Now, let’s get started.
Okay, now there are six heading of the whole text, a. astronaut lands safely, b.
welcome home, c. international good wished, d. an exciting lift-off, e. introduction, f. during the flight. Please scan each paragraph quickly and get the main idea of each part. (10 minutes later) Time is up, please answer it one by one, this row, please. Okay, that’s all, do you agree? Any different answers? Please discuss in groups and then let’s correct them together.
Okay, now you have a certain understanding of the text, next please read it again carefully to gain a deeper understanding. There are five questions to help you along the reading.
1. How did Yang Liwei feel during the flight? How did he feel afterwards?
2. What did Yang Liwei do during the Shenzhou V’s seventh circle of the earth?
3. How many circles did the spaceship complete while Yang Liwei was sleeping?
4. What were helicopters doing as Yang Liwei returned to the earth’s atmosphere?
5. What did Yang Liwei do when he came out of the spaceship?
First please read it by yourself and try to find out the answer to those questions, and then work in pairs to cooperate with your partner.
Practice
Let’s do an interview, I need several volunteers to come to the blackboard, one of you acts as our hero Yang Liwei, the others act as reporters from parts of China. The reporters could design questions freely and do an interview with “Yang Lilwei”.
Summary
Please work in groups to make a summary of what we’ve learned today. Then I need a volunteer to come to the blackboard to be a little teacher, and help us make a summary.
Homework
You are required to retell the story of Yang Liwel, and speak out your sense of national pride.