Unit3 Reading Around the World in Eight Hours

Stepl Leading-in: In this lesson we’re going to study Unit3 Readi

ng ‘Around the World in Eight Hours’.This is a name of a CD-ROM. We can use CD-ROMs to play computer games. We can also use CD-ROMs to study on the computer. Which CD-ROM do you like best?

Step 2 Presentationall-time favourite CD-

ROMs.

educational CD-ROMs

educational CD-ROMs knowledge of naturedesigner : a Chinese

knowledge of Englishdesigner : an Englishman

Character(s)

play the role of

500Level 1Level 2Level 3

Level 14

Level 13

100

2,000

10,00020,000

earn …point

Choose the words and fill in the blanks .

1. This is a new __________ (related to education) CD-ROM.

2. Hello Kitty’s __________(a person who plans and draws how something will look) is a Japanese.

3. Liu Xiang becomes the __________ (of any time) popular runner.

4. Which __________(a person in a book, film,game, etc.) do you like best, JingTian, XueEr or LongKui?

designer character educational all-time

educational

designer

all-time

character

Step3. Consolidate the key words

5. If Li Lei plays this game, he will _______________ JingTian.6. There are 8 _________ in the game.7. If you pass all levels, you’ll _____(get)10,000 points.8.The questions test your ___________(information an

d understanding in the mind) of English.

earn play the role of levels knowledge

play the role of

levelsearnknowledge

Step 4 Reading

1. Scanning

How can you earn a point in this game ?

By answering a question correctly.

Give Ss the following table. Listen to the whole passage while reading through the passage.Then fill in the table.

Name of the game

Designer

Main Character

Age

No. of levels

Time spent on each level

Areas of study

Around the World in Eight HoursNancy JacksonItchy Feet138an hourEnglish & geography

2 Listen while reading

Questions for Paragraph 1

It can help us learn English and geography at the same time.

Its name is ｀ Around the World in Eight Hours’ .

3.Who is the designer?

1.What’s the name of the new educational CD-ROM?

2.What can it help you to do?

Nancy Jackson.

3 Skimming

Questions for Paragraph 2

Itchy Feet.

13

Travelling.

1.Who is the main character?

2.How old is he?

3.What does he like doing?

4.What was he doing when he fell asleep? Lying on the grass and looking at the beautiful blue sky.

Questions for Paragraph 3&4 1.What will happen if you have earned enough points ?

2. How long does it take you to finish the game ?

3. What do the questions test ?

4.What will you see on the screen when you reach a new place ?

5.What can you learn about when you reach London? 6.What will you see when you pass a level ?

7.What happened to the places you have visited ?

A cloud will come down and carry you to a place you have never visited before.

Eight hours if you are smart.

Your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.A lot of useful information about that place.About the Museum of London and many other interesting places.A world map.

They are marked in bright purple.

Put the following sentences in the right order. A The places are marked in bright purple. B Every time we pass a level, we’ll see a world map. C We’ll see a lot of useful information about that place. D We earn a point when we answer a question correctly. E When we have earned enough points, a cloud will carry

us off to a place. F We see a golden cloud with some words on it.

We earn a point when we answer a question .

When we have earned enough points, a _________ will carry us to a new place.

We’ll see a lot of useful ___________about that place.

Every time we pass a level, we’ll see a .The places are marked in bright ________ .

We see a with some words on it.

We’ll see big clouds of different colours with on them .

golden cloud

questions

correctly

information

cloud

world map purple

Step5. Some exercisesT or F1. The game starts with the main character having dinner.2. The main character is called Itchy Feet.3. The main character loves to travel.4. The main character was lying on the grass when he fell asleep.5. The questions test your knowledge of English.6. The fastest player can finish the game in an hour.7. The game has eight levels.8. Every time you pass a level ,you will see a map of China.

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1. Find out which paragraph they are in.(1) come out (2) be sold out (3) at the same time(4) main character (5) lie on the grass (6) fall asleep (7) clouds with questions on them (8) earn enough points(9) a thirteen-year-old boy (10) play the role of (11) test your knowledge (12) pass a level (13)on your screen(14) that’s for you to find out (15) on the market Paragraph 1: ___________________ Paragraph 2: ___________________ Paragraph 3: ___________________ Paragraph 4: ___________________ Paragraph 5: ___________________

Step6. Homework

2. Translate the following sentences into Chinese and dictate them.(1) A new educational CD-ROM called “Around the world in Eight Hours” has just come out.(2) She is the designer of the all-time favourite CD-ROM “Online Traveller”.(3) You earn a point every time you answer a question correctly.(4) A cloud will come down and carry you off to a place you have never visited before.(5) This CD-ROM helps you learn English by testing your knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.

(6) Get it now before it’s sold out!

Thank you!