Lesson 1 A Material World
Teaching Aims:
- To read a text to find out specific facts
- To practice students’ reading and expressing abilities
- To lead students build up correct attitude towards money
Teaching Important Points:
1. To improve students’ reading ability
2. To help students build up correct attitude towards money
Teaching Difficult Points:
- How to improve students’ reading ability
- How to make students join in the discussion
Teaching Methods:
1. Task-based teaching
2. Communication teaching
Teaching Aids:multimedia
Teaching procedures:
StepI Greeting
Greet the whole class as usual.
StepIILead-in
T:Would you like to be a millionaire? Why or why not (show some pictures)
S:
T: What can money buy?
S:
T: What can’t money buy?
S:
T: money can make you get something you need. In material world, money is important, but remember money is not everything. Many evils come from greed for money. Not all people care about money, for example “Who wants to be a Millionaire? I don’t”says Charles Gray.
Why does he say so?
Step III: Reading
Task1: Fast Reading
Read the article quickly. Decide if the statements below are true (T), false (F) or there is no information (NI).
(1)Charles Gray was a rich businessman.
(2)He hasn’t got a stove in his dormitory.
(3) He has got a vegetable garden.
(4)Charles gave his money away to poor people.
(5)People thought he was drunk when he gave away small bank notes in the street.
(6)He was happier when he was rich.
Check the answers:F/NI/T/T/NI/F
Task2: Detailed Reading
(1)Read the text again, and fill in the blanks.
16 years ago:
He wasa college professor. He hada huge six---bedroomhouseand $ 2 million.
Today:
He lives in a small dormitory roomwithsecond-handfurniture. He has a small garden with a fewfruit trees. He grows some vegetablesand a fewflowers. He gets clothes and other things fromcharity shops .
Hisattitude to the change:
Heappreciatesit.Hewas pleased to give upthe lifestyles of a rich man. Hewas tired ofbeing a person who hadeverythingin a world wheremanypeople had nothing. Hemade the choice to give awayall his money to charities. Hewas awarethat there were a lot of hungry people in the world. He decided todrop outand discovered that having only a little moneymakes you free.
(2)Match the verbs from the text with the correct meanings and then fill in the blanks with the new phrases.
1. be determined to do a. give sb. sth.
2. achieve one’s goals b. leave a lifestyle
3. be concerned about c. be worried about
4. turn one’s back on d. to decide
5. be tired of e. get what one wants
6. give away f. have enough of sth
7. drop out g. pay no attention
1. You will have to practice a lot before you ______of winning the game.
2. She likes being herself and has never______what other people think of her.
3. He has ______working on numbers and wants to change hisjob.
4. Some poor girls ______of schoolbecause their families could not afford the expense.
5. I want to ______my winter clothes to the charities.
6. The students ______make greater progress next term.
7. He has always been kind to me. I can’t just ______him when he is in trouble.
StepIV Interview
Work in pairs and do a TV Interview of the ex-millionaire.
Student A: Angus Deayton.
Student B: Charles Gray.
Example:
SA: What was your job and what did you have 16 years ago?
SB: I was a college professor and Ihad ...
StepVExtension
1. Voice your opinion: How do you understand the sayings about money?
• Money talks.
• Money is not everything.
• Money is the root of all evil.
2. Group discussion
What is more important than money?
Step VIHomework
1. Read the text and memorize the new words and phrases..
2. Recite paragraph 1.
3. Do Ex.6, P55
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