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　　Module 6  Old and New
　　教学设计说明
　　话题介绍 本模块主题是“Old and New”，介绍了中国人民在文明进步方面做出的历史成就和现实成就，如长城、香港国际机场和三峡大坝。
　　Period 1 Reading INTRODUCTION Vocabulary and speaking 和READING AND VOCABULARY合并为第一课时“阅读课。”课文“The Three Gorges Dam
　　” 是说明文，介绍了举世瞩目的三峡大坝。三峡大坝设计全长2309米、坝顶海拔高程185米、混凝土浇筑总量1610万立方米，是世界上规模最大的钢筋混凝土大坝。整个三峡工程分为前期施工期、围堰挡水期、初期运行期和后期运行期四个阶段。
　　Period 2 Grammar
　　课本54和56页合并为第二课时“语法课”，学习Non-defining clauses and contraction of relative。
　　Period 3 Writing 课本55页是写作课“Writing” ，阅读一则email，写作一则email。
　　Period 4 Speaking 课本55页“Speaking”为 “口语课”，学习Talking about dams。
　　Period 5 Function
　　课本58页是“功能课”，学习使用strong adjectives，即“强势形容词”，或“书面形容词”。
　　Period 6 CULTURAL CORNER 课本59页的CULTURE CORNER 是“文化阅读课”，“The Empire State Building, New York”，即纽约帝国大厦。
　　纽约帝国大厦设计者为美国史莱夫-兰布-哈蒙建筑事务所，1931年落成，是70年代以前世界上最高的建筑。纽约州别名帝国州，故名。
　　Period 7 TASK 课本60页的TASK 是“任务课”，学习用英文preparing a news bulletin。
　　Part One Teaching Design
　　第一部分 教学设计
　　Period 1 Reading—The Three Gorges Dam
　　■Goals
　　●To learn to read passages with defining relative clauses about philosophers of ancient China
　　● To learn to read with strategies
　　■Procedures
　　Step 1: Warming up by defining dams
　　A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. Most dams have a section called a spillway, over which or through which it is intended that water will flow.
　　Warming up by tell about China Yangtze Three Gorges Project
　　China Yangtze Three Gorges Project (TGP), as one of the biggest hydropower-complex project in the world, ranks as the key project for improvement and development of Yangtze River. The dam is located in the areas of Xilingxia gorge, one of the three gorges of the river, which will control a drainage area of 1 million km 2, with an average annual runoff of 451 billion m3. The open valley at the dam site, with hard and complete granite as the bedrock, has provided the favorable topographical and geological conditions for dam construction.
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　　Step 2: Before you read
　　Please go over the word list for this module, paying attention to the pronunciation of the word, the relationship between its pronunciation and its spelling.
　　Step 3: While you read
　　1. Type of writing and summary of The Three Gorges Dam
　　Type of writing An exposition
　　Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5
　　Mao Zedong’s dream has come true.
　　The Three Gorged Dam has been built to control flooding and provide hydro- electric power for the central region of China. Sun Yat- sen first suggested the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919.
　　The reservoir has flooded 2 cities, 11 counties, 140 towns and more than 4,000 villages.
　　The Three Gorges area is one of the most beautiful areas of China and the project has flooded some of China’s most famous historical sites.
　　2. Draw a diagram of The Three Gorges Dam
　　3. Complete the article with one word in each blank.
　　The Three Gorged Dam has made Mao Zedong’s _1_come true. The power of the Yangtze River has now been controlled by the Three _2_ Dam. The Three Gorged Dam has been built to control flooding and provide hydro- electric _3_ for the central region of China. Sun Yat- sen, the leader of the 1911 Revolution, first _4_ the idea of a dam across the Yangtze River in 1919. The dam will generate electricity _5_ to about 40 million tons of coal without causing so much air po