2.　　　 How were books made before the printing press?

1.　　　 What is a printing press?

2.　　　 How did books change information?

Teaching Difficult Points:

Find facts about the printing press and about the Internet in this unit.

Teaching Preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

1.　　　 Why is the printing press important?

2.　　　 Know about the fountain of the printing press.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Learn about the history of the books.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

Introduce the largest company to the students. Tell them Bill Gates is the father of computers. Give them more time to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the computers. Help them to solve the problems that they meet on computer.

Lesson 43: Books or Computers?

Teaching Content:

Mastery words and expressions: machine, which

Oral words and expressions: printing press, modern, by hand

Teaching Aim:

1.　　　 Finish off the exercises in activity book

3.　　　 Who can demonstrate how to send an e-mail? Can someone explain it in English?

Step3. Listen to the tape and try to retell the main idea, but not word by word.

Step4. Read the text and finish Exercise2 in activity book.

1)　　　 E-mail lets us send and receive messages around the _____ in_______.

2)　　　 Before we connect to the Internet, we must _______ _______ the computer.

3)　　　 If we want to send an e-mail, we must click on “_______”first. And then click on “_______”to type the e-mail address to the person you want to receive the e-mail.

4)　　　 Click on “______” to type a few words to describe your e-mail.

5)　　　 If you have a new mail, you will see a list of________.

6)　　　 When you have finished _______ the message, click on “_______”. The box with the message will close.

Step5. Read the text and find out the good points of the passage. Read it several times until they can read it fluently and correctly.

Step6. Listen to the tape again and imitate after it. Make sure they have the correct pronunciation.

Step7. Come to “LET’S DO IT”.

Work in pairs and finish the task. Let some students come to the front and act out their dialogue.

Step8. Homework

2.　　　 Has anyone has sent e-mails to the others? When is your first e-mail? Who did you send it to?