Teaching objectives:

上海龙凤1314Ss will learn how to plan and conduct a survey and how to prepare an oral report to present to the class.

上海龙凤1314Teaching procedures:

Step 1 lead-in

Present a questionnaire and conduct a survey about different attitudes to friendship between boys and girls with the whole class

上海龙凤1314. Questionnaire

上海龙凤1314Are you a boy or a girl? Boy Girl

上海龙凤1314Tick the answer which most applies to you.

上海龙凤13141. How many best friends do you have?

A lot A few None

2. How often do you have a long conversation with your friends?

More than three times a week once a week

seldom never

3. What topics do you mostly talk about with your friends?

Hobbies and interests Families and friends

School and study Emotions and feelings

上海龙凤1314Future plans and dream

4.Do you share your secrets with your best friends?

上海龙凤1314Always Sometimes Never

上海龙凤13145. Do you think boys and girls have the same attitudes towards friendship?

Yes No

6. If you choose No to Question 5 , what different attitudes do they have?

上海龙凤1314Friendships between girls are usually based on shared emotions and support . However, friendships between boys are usually based on shared activities or interests.

Girls seem to have a lot to talk about with their best friends than boys.

Girls have more friendships than boys.

Step 2 reading

Skimming

Questions:

1.What is the passage mainly discussing?

2. What puzzles Robert?

上海龙凤13143. What’s the difference between boys and girls in their attitudes towards friendship?

上海龙凤13144. What are boys’ and girls’ friendships each based on?

II Scanning

上海龙凤1314Language points

上海龙凤1314puzzle Vt. 困惑；苦思

上海龙凤1314This mystery puzzles me.

上海龙凤1314这件神秘事情使我百思不解.

上海龙凤1314I am puzzled by the difficult questions.

上海龙凤1314puzzle out 经过苦思想出; 猜出

上海龙凤1314puzzle over 苦思苦想

上海龙凤1314puzzled adj. 迷糊的,困惑的

觉得困惑的 (about, as, to)

上海龙凤1314a puzzled expression

上海龙凤1314He was quite puzzled about what to do next.

他完全不知道接下去该怎么办.

I was puzzled to see her behaving like that.

看到她那样的举止使我感到困惑.

absorb Vt. use up much of the attention, interest or time of 吸引…….的注意力或兴趣, 耗费…的时间,使全神关注

上海龙凤1314absorbent adj. 能吸收的, 有吸收力的, 吸水的

absorption n. 吸收, 专注

上海龙凤1314He is completely absorbed in his business.

上海龙凤1314他完全专心于他的业务

He was absorbed in a book.

他全神贯注于一本书.

attitude n. C way of feeling, thinking or behaving 态度意见,看法

上海龙凤1314What is your attitude towards this question?

we must maintain a firm attitude.

我们必须保持坚定的态度.

上海龙凤1314Consistent (with) 与…….一致, 符合

上海龙凤1314What you say now is not consistent with what you said last week.

上海龙凤1314你所说的与你上星期所说的话不相符.

consistent adj. 一致的，经常的，一贯的

上海龙凤1314consistently adv.

He is been a consistent friend to me.

上海龙凤1314他是我历久不渝的朋友.

The idea in his various speeches are not consistent.

他在各项演说中所得的观念不一致.

hesitate

上海龙凤13141.Vi to stop and consider before an action

犹豫; 踌躇

上海龙凤1314Andrew hesitated before he took the last cake.

安德鲁拿最后一块点心之前犹豫了一下.

上海龙凤1314He hesitates at nothing.

他对什么事都豪不迟疑.

2. Vt. 不愿; 不欲 ( hesitate to do)

feel that perhaps one should not do ;

not wish to do; be unwilling to do

上海龙凤1314I always hesitate to advise my friends on what to read.

上海龙凤1314我总是不大愿意指点我的朋友们该看些什么书.

3. Vt. 怕麻烦别人 be unwilling ( to trouble somebody)

If you have any questions , don’t hesitate to ask me.如果你有什么问题,尽管问我.

hesitation n. 踌躇, 犹豫 an act of hesitating

He accepted the invitation without hesitation.

上海龙凤1314他毫不犹豫地接受了邀请.

base Vt.

base sth. on upon 建立在……基础之上, 以……为根据

上海龙凤1314I base my hopes on the news we had yesterday.我的希望是以我们昨天所得到的消息为根据.

Their relationship was based upon mutual respect. 他们的友谊建立在相互尊重的基础之上.

regardless of : 不管, 不论

上海龙凤1314paying no attention to 不顾,不注意

上海龙凤1314The law requires equal treatment for all, regardless of race, religion or sex.

法律要求人人平等,不管是什么种族、宗教或性别。

上海龙凤1314regardless of expense

不考虑费用

上海龙凤1314regardless of the consequences

不顾后果

上海龙凤1314Step 3 Group Work(finish project)

1. Planning

2. In the groups of four, choose a topic for their group’s survey and prepare an oral report.

Planning

Work in small groups. You want to survey people to determine how attitudes between boys and girls differ on a certain topic..

favourite food hobbies the future family

上海龙凤1314school subjects music

上海龙凤1314My own topic _____________

3. Producing

discuss and agree on an each of the following questions:

What is the primary purpose of our survey?

上海龙凤1314How many questions will we ask?

上海龙凤1314Who will take our survey?

decide which group members will be responsible for each task.

4. Presenting

write multiple-choice questions that can be answered quickly and are easy to total when the survey is complete.

上海龙凤1314Conduct the survey and calculate the results.

上海龙凤1314briefly discuss the conclusions the group has drawn, based on the survey results.

Step 4 Homework

上海龙凤13141. Finish the WB exercises(B1, B2, D1, D2)

2. Revise some language points of this period.