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1、Unit2Newsmedia（TheFirstPeriod） Unit2Newsmedia I.BriefStatementsBasedontheUnit Theactivitiesofthisunit,includingWarming-up,Listening,Speaking,ReadingandWriting,centeronthesubject－newsandthemedia,whichareconnectedwithourlifeclosely.Itprovidesthestudentsanop
2、portunitytolearnthelanguageinusingit. Bytalkingaboutnewsandthemedia,thestudentsgetmoreknowledgeaboutthem－notonlyknowabouttheimportantpartstheyplayinlearningabouttheworld,butalsothewaystheyarewrittenandmade.Thestudentsmustbeveryinterestedinthissubject.Thiswa
3、y,theycanlearnthelanguagepointseasilyandfreely.Theywillnotonlylearnsomeusefulwordsandphrasesaboutnewsandthemedia,butalsolearntoexpressopinions. Besides,thestudyoftheGrammar－thePastParticiplecanhelpthestudentsusethelanguagemoreexactly.Byfinishingeachtaskprov
4、idedinthetextbookandtheworkbook,thestudents’skillstouselanguagecanbewelldeveloped. Ⅱ.TeachingGoals 1.Talkaboutnewsandthemedia. 2.Practiseexpressingopinions. 3.LearnaboutthePastParticiple(1):usedasAttributeandPredicative. 4.Writeacomparisonparagraph. Ⅲ.
5、TeachingTime:Fourperiods IV.BackgroundInformation 1.RADIO Inancienttimestheonlywaythatmencouldsendmessagesfromvillagetovillagewasonfoot.Whenmenlearnedtousethehorse,communicationbecamemuchquicker.However,comparedtothemodernworldcommunicationwasstillquitesl
6、ow.Manypartsoftheworldhadnoknowledgeofeventsinotherplaces.Later,thepostwasintroducedandhorseriderscarriedletters.Thismeantthatcommunicationwasfurtherimproved.Horsesdrawncoachescouldmovepeoplefromtowntotowninquiteacomfortableway.Atthebeginningofthelastcentury
7、thesteamtrainwasinventedandforthefirsttimereallyfastcommunicationbecamepossible.Notonlycouldlettersbesenteasilyfromonepartofacountrytoanother,buttravelwasmadeeasy,too.Ataboutthesametime,steamshipshelpedcommunicationbetweencountries. Theinventionofthetelegra
8、phinthemiddleofthelastcenturyfurtherincreasedthespeedatwhichmessagescouldbesent.Inthissystemelectricalsignals,incode,aresentalongmetalwires.Thesesignalstravelsofastthattheycouldgonearlyeighttime
