1.　　　 Using skimming and scanning to do the exercises and check the answers on p18.

2. Answer another question

Is there any life on Mars? Why ?

Also, we don’t need to read every word. Instead, just look for the key information that will answer your questions. So we call this kind of reading skill scanning.

Step9 practice

1. To know better about mars, please read the text on p18 and answer the question:

　What’s the text mainly about?

Do we need to read every word to get the answer? We just need to run over the text quickly---read the first and the last paragraphs, the title and the headings. We call this kind of reading skill skimming.

3.Practice the dialogue in pairs or make a similar dialogue in pairs.

Step6.Useful expressions

Study skills

Step7.lead-in

We have learned a lotr about Mars. Today we are going to learn more about mars.

What’s the colour of Mars? So we call it Red Planet. Why is it red? Because of its atmosphere. The main Part of the atmosphere is carbon dioxide instead of oxygen. How much carbon dioxide? 95 per cent. However, the surface of Mars is more like the surface of the earth than other planets

And it has two moons: Phobos and Deimos

Step8. presentation

2.Read the dialogue together and then practice the useful expressions.

2.Where does Simon prefer to live? Why?

1.Would Daniel like to live on Mars? Why (not)?

1.listen and answer

Simon and Daniel are talking about the life on Mars. Listen to their conversation and find out their opinions on it.

3.　　　 Part A3

a.With the help of the information in A1and A2, complete the dialogue in Part A3 and read it to check the answers.

b.Analyze and practice the useful expressions in the dialogue.

c.Read it by the students themselves.

Step4.Debate

Divide the class into two groups to discuss the following topic:

　Living on Mars will be better or not?

Step5: Speak up

3. How does each of the students on the TV programme feel about living on Mars?

b. Listen again and help him complete the lists.

c.Check the answers one sentence by one sentence. Then read them by the students themselves.