教学目标

知识与技能：

1. The teacher try to improve the students’ reading and writing skills.

2. Know the important words and phrases and sentences of the passage.

过程与方法： 

1. Let students master the main idea of the whole text.

2.Let students master some language points which appeared in the text.

情感、态度和价值观：

Increase Ss’ self-confidence by teamwork.

教学重点 Train the students’ reading ability 

Know the important words and phrases. 

教学难点 1．regard…as…认为……是  2. i t is difficult for sb to do sth 来说做某事是非常重要的 3. according to  根据  4. one…the other…一个……另一个  5. on average 平均  6. with ease 容易地 7. be caught by受影响

准备阶段

预习导航 Ask students to preview the new words and expressions in this part.

情境导入 Review what we have learnt in listening and speaking , especially try to master how to repeat what we have said with some sort of correction.

探究阶段

探索新知 Step 1. Skimming 

Read the passage quickly and complete the Task 1 

Step 2. Scanning   ( grasp the keys sentences)

Read again and choose the best answers . (Task 2)

Step 3. Practice 

Step 4. Intensive reading 

Read the whole passage intensively. 

Language in focus:

1) regard…as…认为……是

 =consider …as…

 =think of …as…..

 =look on ….as…… 

 2) it is difficult for sb to do sth 来说做某事是非常重要的

 3) according to  根据  

4) one…the other…一个……另一个

  another  别的，其他的任何一个

  others   泛指别的，其他的

  the others  =the rest  限定范围的别的，其他的  

5) on average 平均 

6) for example  例如

7) be caught by  被……困住

8) try to do sth  尽力干某事 

Step 5 Key sentences

Read the text again and ask them try to translate following important sentences:

1.  Many people regard English learning as a very challenging task, because it is very difficult for them to remember English words.

    译：许多人将英语学习视为极具挑战性的任务，因为对于他们来说记住英语单词太难了

2. Research says that people remember the beginnings and ends of words better than the middles.

   译：研究表明人们对于词语开始和末尾部分的记忆强于对中间部分的记忆。

3. The result is so-called “bathtub effect”, according to which speakers will recall with more ease the beginning and the end of words.

   译：这就产生了所谓的“浴缸效应”, “浴缸效应”是指说话人很容易记起词语的开头和结尾。

巩固练习 写出下列短语的中文释义：

1.recall with ease _____________   2.on average  _______________

3.implement the tips ___________   4.achieve success ____________

5.reach goals ______________      6. concentrate on ______________

总结阶段

总结评价 1. This passage is about bathtub effect ,which is not difficult for most of students to understand 

2. Students can think of an occasion when they are caught by the bathtub effect and share it with a partner.

拓展提升 1) Read the passage and try to recite some important sentences.

2) Learn the key phrases and sentences by heart and get prepared for a dictation.

3) Preview Reading B and finish the relevant Exx. on WB.

板书设计 1．regard…as…认为……是

 =consider …as…

 =think of …as…..

 =look on…as…..  

2. it is difficult for sb to do sth 来说做某事是非常重要的

3. according to  根据  

4. one…the other…一个……另一个

  another  别的，其他的任何一个

  others   泛指别的，其他的

  the others  =the rest  限定范围的别的，其他的  

5. on average 平均