高中英语U4 Cyberspace--Lesson 2 Websites[ty]北师大版必修二.docVIP

U4 Cyberspace Lesson2 Websites Objectives ■ To practise extensive and intensive listening skills. ■ To find information from a website. ■ To focus on prominently stressed words as an aid to understanding ?C the key content words in every sentence that are stressed. ■ To practise making plans and suggestions over the telephone. Resources used Cassette, information about local events during the next week and weekend e.g. from local newspapers. Possible problems Students may panic when faced with the listening task (Exercise 3). If it is helpful, play the cassette several times and pause the tape after each question to give students time to answer. Background This lesson gives some of the history of the Internet and shows some of the possible uses. Commerce on the Internet has grown dramatically in the last few years, but the USA is way ahead of Europe with important e-commerce businesses like A, the most successful virtual bookstore. The quote is from Pablo Picasso (1881?C1973), Spanish painter and sculptor. He was the most influential of twentieth century artists and also one of the most prolific. Routes through the material ■ If you are short of time, set some of the exercises for homework. ■ If you have time, have some of the students give a short talk about “What I know about the Internet”. ■ If you have two periods for this lesson, a suitable natural break is after Exercise 4. Language Power: pages 56?C57. Listening Before you start Exercise 1 ■ Students work in pairs, asking and answering the questions. ■ Have some of the pairs then report back to the class. Exercise 2 ■ Students read through the questions and note down what they think are the answers. Listen to learn Exercise 3 Useful vocabulary: military, nuclear war, network. Do not pre-teach these words. Students will probably be able to guess the meanings from the context. After students have checked their answers to the exercise, you can play the tape again for more