1. To identify specific meaning in different contexts.

2.　 Preview the following paragraphs..

The third period

Reading　 (II)

Teaching aims:

1.　 Recite the paragraphs.

5.　 Language points:

a. 　at the age of… =when sb was … years old

The boy could swim at the age of 5.

　　　　 　　= The boy could swim when he was 5 years old.

　　　 b.　 work as…

　　　　 He worked as a teacher when he finished school.

　　　 c.　 better safe than sorry

　　　　 　= it is wiser to be too careful than to act too quickly and do something that may be regretted later.

　　　 d.　 order sb (not) to do sth

　　　　 The commander ordered the soldiers to stand in line.

　　　　 The doctor ordered me not to work for a long time and have a good rest.

　　　 e.　 cut sb/sth short

　　　　 　The interviewer cut short his guest in mid-sentence.

　　　 Homework:

4.　　　 Do True or False questions to check understanding of the first three paragraphs.

a.　　　 Neil Armstrong was born in the 1940s.

b.　　　 He flew in an aero plane when he was six.

c.　　　 The Gemini 8 mission is all about star signs.

d.　　　 Gemini 8 landed in the USA.

e.　　　 Neil Armstrong received his student pilot’s license when he was 15.

f.　　　 Neil Armstrong successfully brought the spacecraft down into the western Pacific Ocean when Gemini 8 was out of control.

g.　　　 Ask students to scan the first three paragraphs and underline the new words. Encourage them to explain the words to the class in English.

3.　　　 Students listen to the recording for the first three paragraphs and then read them after the tape again.

2.　　　 Explain the context. Simon is reading an article about a famous astronaut, Neil Armstrong. Ask students whether they know when the first man walked on the moon. Also ask them if they know the names of the first two men who walked on the moon. Tell students that they will learn more about men visiting the moon in the reading passage.

1.　　　 Background information:

5.　　　 cut sth / sb short

Teaching methods; Listening , speaking , reading and writing

Procedure:

4.　　　 order sb to do sth