2. Talk about changes in New York.

(1)I heard the traffic there was terrible and everyone drove too fast.

(2)…, it’s a wonderful place to live.

1. Learn some new words and expressions:

as a matter of fact, break out, granddaughter, grandchild, fire, stairs, downstairs

4. T: Now look at 2b. Can you understand these sentences? Read and understand for 2 minutes.

　 (让学生看2b, 读和理解这些句子。)

T: Let us read after the tape.

(和录音一起读一遍。)

Step 5 　Project 第五步 　综合探究活动(时间:5分钟)

(引入话题)

T: In Section D, we’ve learned Project Hope has helped many children who are unable to go to school, but there are still many problems in the world.

(1)T: Work in groups to research the problems below.

(出示小黑板)

(学生以小组形式选择他们感兴趣的话题进行讨论。)

(2)T: What are you going to do to deal with the problem? Discuss with your group members and give a short speech with the topic “I Have a Dream”.

(3)Homework:

T: Go over the passage we have learnt to prepare for your speech.

板书设计：

3. Read after the tape of 2a.

(跟读录音2a。)

2. (设计一个游戏, 看能组合成多少个单词。以单词找朋友的形式复习构词法. 先让一个学生站起来说一个单词, 如能和另一个单词或前缀或后缀组成一个新单词, 本单词就找到了朋友。教师事先把写有单词的卡片发给每人一张。)

T: 　　　 Here are many word cards. Let’s put two of them together in order to make another new word.

For example:

S₁: I have “friend”.

S₂: I have “ship”.

S₁ and S₂: It’s “friendship”.

S₃:　　　 I have “happy”.

S₄:　　　 I have “un”.

S₃ and S₄: It’s “unhappy”.

(教师把新组合的单词写在黑板上。)

1. (用抛球的游戏来复习含有for和since的现在完成时。)

T:　 I think you’re tired. Let’s play a game! Now one student throws the ball to one of you and say a verb, and then you catch the ball and say its past participle, and then you throw the ball to another student and that student say a full sentence with the present percent tense with “for” or “since”. Now let’s go.

S₁:　　　 improve

S₂:　　　 improved

S₃:　　　 The city has improved a lot since I came here a few years ago.

…

3. (用多媒体把书上1c中的四个图形展示到大屏幕上。)

T: Now I will ask some of you to say something about these four organizations.

(学生回答后，老师进行补充介绍这四个组织。)

Step 4　 Practice 第四步 　练习(时间:10分钟)

2. T: Minmin is a girl who got help from Project Hope. Read 1b and finish it, then find out the sentences with the present perfect tense.

　 (让学生完成课文1b。)

T:　 Have you found the sentences?

S₁:　　　 Yes, she has received help from Project Hope.

S₂:　　　 She has been a college student for two years.

S₃:　　　 Project Hope has paid for the education of millions of poor students like Minmin since it started.

T:　 Good! Now look at 1c. Do you know other organizations which also offer help and make the world better? Discuss in groups.

1. T: Look at the numbers. And retell the passage about Project Hope.

　 (学生利用前面板书的数字，以接力的形式复述1a。)

　 T: 　　　 Now, I’ll invite one of you to retell the passage, and I may ask one of the others to continue at any moment. So please pay attention to what he/she says.

S₁: Project Hope is a program to help poor students. It started on October 30, 1989. It aims to bring schools to poor areas of China and offer an education for children…

T:　 Stop here! S₂, go on, please!

S₂: Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad. It has paid for the education of 2.5 billion poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools…

T:　 Stop here! S₃, go on, please!

S₃: …

1. (教师呈现一张希望工程的宣传画，导入课文。)

T: Here is a picture of Project Hope. The children in it are from poor families. They can’t get a chance of education. Now, open your books and read 1a. Please underline the numbers.

　 (教师在黑板上板书有关数字，以便用数字来说明希望工程。)

　 (板书)

　 T: OK, stop here. Now look at these numbers on the blackboard and answer my questions.

　 T: When did Project Hope start?

　 Ss: It started on October 30, 1989.

　 T: 　　　 What does it aim to do?

　 Ss: It aims to bring schools into poor areas of China, and to help poor families afford an education for their children.

(板书aim，并要求学生理解，讲解aim to do sth.。)

T: You are right. How much money has Project Hope raised? Where is the money from? Who can tell me the answers?

S₁: I can. Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan from people at home and abroad in the past sixteen years.

T: 　　　 A good answer.

(板书，要求掌握。)

T: 　　　 What is the money used for?

Ss: It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools.

(板书pay for，要求掌握。)

T: Anything else?

S₂: With the money, it has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2 300 teachers.

T: 　　　 Well done! How many children still need help?

Ss: 40 million.

T: 　　　 Yes. There are 40 million children from poor families who still need help, so Project Hope 　 still has a lot of work to do.

Step 3　 Consolidation 第三步 　巩固(时间:8分钟)