difference, blind, deaf, imagine, difficulty, open, door, carry, train, excited, training, kindness, clever, understand, change, disabled 二、教学重难点 1. 教学重点：

1) 掌握本课时出现的生词及用法。 2) 进行听力训练，提高综合听说能力。

3） 阅读短文，获得相关信息，提高学生们的综合阅读能力。 2. 教学难点

1. 听力训练

2. 阅读2b部分的短文并完成相关要求。 三、教学过程

Step 1 Warming up and revision 1. Daily greeting.

2. 复习动词不定式的用法，并完成相关任务。

3. Check the homework. Let some Ss report “Who’s the … in class?” Step 2 Warming up

1. T: Show some pictures of disabled people and their lives, for example, a blind man, some deaf girls. Tell Ss their life may be very difficult. They sometimes need our help. 2. Talk about the dog-helper. What can it do?

e.g. A dog-helper can lead a blind man to many places. It can get the things a man wanted.

Step 3 Presentation

1. Present the new words on the big screen and learn the new words together. 1) repair v. 修理；修补 2) fix v. 安装；使固定 3) give away 赠送；捐赠 4) wheel n. 车轮；轮子 2. Ss read and try to remember the new words.

3. Work on 1a and match the sentences with the similar meaning. 4. Check the answers with the Ss. Step 4 Writing Work on 1b

1. Ask one student read the phrases and the nouns. Tell Ss to match the phrasal verbs

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with the nouns. Then make sentences with the phrases.

2. Let some Ss come to the blackboard and write down their sentences. Then check together.

3. Check their desk mates’ sentences.

e.g. 1. I gave away my bike to a children’s home. 2. I took after my father.

3. I gave away my old clothes to the poor kid. 4. I ran out of my money last weekend. 5. I fix my bike and give it away. Step 5 Listening Work on 1c:

1. Tell Ss to look at the pictures in 1c. Tell them the boy in the pictures is Jimmy. He’s a good boy. He likes to help others. What is he doing now? Listen to the tapes and number the pictures.

2. Play the recording for the Ss. Ss just listen for the first time. Play the recording again and number the pictures. 3. Check the answers: Work on 1d:

1. Let Ss read the sentences in 1d first. Tell Ss to listen again and judge the sentences True or False.

1. Jimmy fixes up broken bicycle parts, like wheels. 2. Jimmy sells bikes. 3. Jimmy takes after his mother. 4. Jimmy has run out of money. 2. Play the recording again for the Ss to listen and judge. 3. Ss listen to the recording carefully and try to judge. 3. Check the answers with the class. Step 6 Role-play

1. Work in pairs. Role-play a conversation between Jimmy and the reporter. Use the information in 1c and 1d.

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2. Let two students make a model for the Ss. 3. Ss practice their conversations

4. Teacher can walk around the classroom, and give some help to the Ss. Step 7 Reading Fast Reading

1. T: Now let’s work on 2b. First, let’s read the questions and make sure we know the meanings of all the questions. Then read the passage quickly and find the answers to the questions.

1) What kind of letter is it?

2) Who wrote the letter to Miss Li? Why?

2. Ss read the letter quickly and try to find the answers to the two questions. 3. Check the answers with the class. Careful Reading

1. T: Now let’s read these sentences about the letter. Read the passage again. Judge if the sentences are True or False. Please underline under the main sentences. 1) The writer can’t use her arms or legs well. 2) Lucky was brought to the writer by her friend.

3) They have been trained at “Animal helpers” for seven months. 4) A dog-helper is for those who are disabled. 5) Lucky can understand different orders. 2. Ss read the letter again and judge the sentences. 3. Check the answers with the class. Language points

1. T: Now let’s language pints about the letter.

1) I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me. set up 建起；设立

e.g. Let’s set up our tent by the river. 我们在河边搭建帐篷吧。 disabled adj. 丧失能力的；有残疾的 dis (否定前缀) able (能够) disabled e.g. He was disabled in the accident.

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他在事故中残疾了。

2) Lucky makes a big difference to my life. make a difference 影响；有作用

e.g. It would make a big difference to my life. 这会对我的生活产生很大影响。 3) What would it be like to be blind or deaf?

blind adj. 瞎的；失明的 deaf adj. 聋的 e.g. Deaf people can’t hear, and blind people can’t see. 聋人听不见，失明的人看不见。

4) Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily. imagine v. n. 想象；设想

e.g. You don’t imagine it is true. 你别想象那是真的。

5) …but many people have these difficulties. difficulty n. 困难；难题

difficult adj. 困难的 difficulty n. e.g. When you’re in difficulty, ask me for help. 当你遇到困难时，向我求助。 6) …opening and closing doors, …

open v. 打开；开

e.g. Open the door, please. 请开门。

7) She talked to Animals Helpers about getting me a special trained dog. train v. 训练；培训

train v. training n. 训练；培训 e.g. I’m training myself for a race. 我正在为赛跑作训练。 Very hard training is necessary. 刻苦训练很必要。

8) I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog. excited adj. 激动的；兴奋的 辨析：exciting 与excited

exciting 意为“另人兴奋的”，常用于修饰事物；

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