Unit 2 I’ll help to clean up the city parks.
Section A 1 (1a-2d)
备课组长：韦进华 组员：吴如芬 杨昌华 陈化高 张旭东
一、教学目标：
1) 能掌握以下单词： clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely,
能掌握以下句型：
① You could help to clean up the city parks. ② We should listen to them and care for them. 2) 能了解以下语法：
情态动词could, should的用法；用should或could提出建议并对别人的建议 二、教学重难点
1) 掌握这些短语动词的构成和用法：clean up, city, cheer, cheer up, give out, volunteer, notice, used to, lonely 2) 学会提供帮助的基本句型： I’d like to work outside. I’ll help clean the city park.
You could give out food at a food bank. 三、教学过程 Step 1 Warming up
1. 播放学生志愿者进行义务帮助别人的活动视频，通过询问他们以下问题来引导学生们了解社会上一些的志愿们进行的活动。 Step 2 New words 1. city n. 城市
e.g. The library is in the north of the city. 图书馆在城市的北部。 2. notice n. 公告牌；通告；布告
e.g. Please read the list on the notice board. 请读公告板上的名单。 3. sign n. 标志；信号
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e.g. Look around, we could see no sign of life. 环顾四围，我们看不出一点生命的迹象。
4. volunteer v. 义务劳动，自愿做 volunteer to do sth. 义务自愿做某事 e.g. Many people volunteer to work on the farm. 很多人志愿到农场去工作。 5. clean up 打扫；清除
e.g. The students take turns to clean up their classroom. 学生们轮流打扫教室。 6. give out 分发；散发
e.g. Please help me give out these test papers. 请帮我将这些试卷发下去。 Step 3 Discussion
1. 1a. Look at the ways you could help others. Then list other ways. 2. Ss discuss with their partners and write the ways one could help others: Step 4 Listening
1. T: Tell Ss to read the sentences in the chart. Make sure they know the meaning of the
sentences.
2. 1b. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and number the ways the boy and girl could
help others.
___ The girl could visit the sick kids in the hospital to cheer them up. ___ The boy could give out food at the food bank. ___ The girl could volunteer in an after-school study program to teach kids. ___ The boy could help to clean up the city parks. (Key: 3, 2, 4, 1) Step 5 Pair work
1. Let Ss read the conversation in the picture.
2. 1c. Use the information in the chart of 1b to make other conversations. A: I hope to work outside.
B: You could help to clean up the city parks. ……
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3. Let some pairs act out their conversations. Step 6 Listening 1. 2a:
T: A group of students are planning a City Park Clean-up Day. Listen and check (√) the things they are going to do to tell people about it.
1. Look at the pictures in 2a. Discuss the things they are going to do. 2. Play the recording for the Ss to listen and check the pictures. 3. Play the recording again to check the answers. Answers: b, c, e 2. 2b:
1. Let Ss read the sentences below. Explain some main sentences for the Ss. Make sure they know what to do. Step 7 Pair work
1. 2c. Tell Ss to make a conversation using the information in 2a and 2b. 2. Let one pair to read out their conversation first. e.g.
A: We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-Up Day. B: Let’s have lunch first.
3. Ss act the conversation in pairs. Ask some pairs to act out their conversations. Step 8 Reading and Role-play
1. Read the conversations and answer the two questions: ① Where’s Helen going to work this summer? __________________________________ ② What did Tom do to help the old people? ____________________________________ Answers:She’s going to work in an old people’s home.
Reading the newspaper or just talking to the old people.
2. Read the conversation after the teacher.
3. Practice the conversation with their partner. Then let some pairs to act out the conversation. Step 9 Language points
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1. They told me stories about the past and how things used to be.
used to do sth. 过去常常做某事； 表示过去习惯性、经常性的动作或状态，暗指现在已经不存在。used无人称和时态的变化。 e.g. I used to go to the Youth Center. But I have no time now. 我过去经常去青少年中心，但现在我没有时间了。
Grandparents used to tell us stories when we were very young. 在我们小时候祖父母常给我们讲故事听。 2. Yeah, a lot of old people are lonely.
lonely adj. 孤独的；寂寞的指精神上感觉孤独、寂寞。 e.g. The old man feels lonely, so he raises a dog. 那名老人觉得很孤独，因此他养了一只狗。
3. We need to come up with a plan for the City Park Clean-up Day.
need 用作实义动词，有“必要”、“必需”之意，有人称、数和时态的变化，可以接名词、代词、动名词或带to的动词不定式作宾语。 e.g. The man needs an English dictionary when he works. 这个人在工作时需要一本英语词典。 Do you need to see him yourself? 你必需亲自见他吗？ Step 10 Exercises
Ⅰ. Choose the correct answers. 1. I took her to the concert to ____.
A. cheer up her B. cheer her up C. cheer she up 2. Let’s help ___ food at the food bank.
A. to give out B. give up C. giving out Ⅱ. Complete the sentences.
1. You’d better _____ ___ ____ (想出) a better plan. 2. Who will ________ ___ ______ (自愿回答) this question? 3. You could put up a ______ (布告) here. Homework:
Write three conversations about your discussions with your classmates.
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