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China’s Growth Poses Opportunity and Risk
一、教学目的：
1. Students should know the basic knowledge about English newspaper; 2. Students should be familiar with the major English and American newspapers; 3. Definition of “news”;
4. Studying the text from page 1-5;
5. Discussing the issue of China’s growth and the world peace.
二、课时安排： September 8: (2 classes)
(1) Introduction to English newspaper; (2) Major American newspapers; (3) Definition of “news”; (4) New Words September 15: (2 classes) Studying the text from page 1-3 September 22: (2 classes)
1. Studying the text from page 3-5
2. Discussing the issue of China’s growth and the world peace. 三、重点难点：
1. Particular names of places, companies, and social economic organizations; 2. Characteristics of English news report;
3. Basic knowledge on China’s social economic development as well as China’s international influence.
四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other
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news in which the students have interests （8-10 minutes each class）;
2. Important English phrases and expressions: economic might set off exclusion from go about
flight information center boarding gate check-in counter military muscle inland areas backward industries economic stagnation political lassitude planned economy
economic booms and busts economic bubble
surmounting the obstacles the Bush administration policy of free trade diplomatic muscle competitive edge linger over acute setbacks
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text: (1) How would you compare (2) Compared with (3) What is (4) Is China’s
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(5) Why has (6) Why do
(7) Are the two parties of the US playing politics? (8) What warning 五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented; 2. Questioning and answering based on the text;
3. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
China Finds Western Ways
Bring New Woes
一、教学目的：
1. Students should know the basic knowledge about the newspaper: USA today 2. Students should be familiar with the westerners’ way of living; 3. Students should talk about the traditional Chinese lifestyle in English; 4. Studying the text from page 34-39;
5. Discussing the issue of the changes that have taken place in China.
二、课时安排： September 29: (2 classes) (1) Introduction to topic; (2) Western lifestyle; (3) Chinese lifestyle; (4) New Words October 6: (2 classes)
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Studying the text from page 34-39 Learning the notes and related information Discussing the specific influences
三、重点难点：
1. Particular names of food, drinks, and brand;
2. The shift from traditional lifestyle to the western lifestyle; 3. Basic knowledge on westerners’ way of living. 四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other news in which the students have interests;
2. Important English phrases and expressions: World’s Fair Show up Health care
Market-oriented reforms City-dweller
In chronic short supply Assembly line
Vitamin- and fiber-rich cereals A change without precedent Sprang up
World Health Organization Alcoholism care On the rise Budweiser Glenfiddish Scotch Grand Marnier Cognac Per-capita
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World’s Fair
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text: 1 what did the traditional Chinese lifestyle emphasize? 2 how can this change of lifestyle affect people’s health? 3 how can it influence China’s economic development?
五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented; 2. Questioning based on the text;
3. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
Exploding Tourism Eroding
China’s Riches
一、教学目的：
1. Students should know the basic knowledge about the newspaper: Los Angles Times;
2. Students should be familiar with famous tourist place in China’ 3. Students should learn the harm of exploding tourism; 4. Studying the text from page 47-57;
5. Discussing the possible ways to preserve the sites of historic interests.
二、课时安排： October 13: (2 classes) (1) Introduction to topic;
(2) The development of tourism in the world; (3) The influence of the tourism on the tourist sites;
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(4) New Words
October 20: (2 classes)
Studying the text from page 47-51 October 27: (2 classes) 1 Studying the text 52-57
2 Learn the notes and discuss the importance of preservation
三、重点难点：
1. Particular names of tourist resorts 2. The root of the problem;
3. Ways to preserve the tourist sites.
四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other news in which the students have interests;
2. Important English phrases and expressions: Ancient Buddhist grottoes Canned performance Carbon dioxide moisture Cash cow
Crass commercialism Cultural and natural sites Cultural conservation Ethnic flavor Exploding tourism Hikers and backpackers Historical site Indigenous life
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The lion’s share Negative effect
Non-renewable resource Silk road
The tourist authorities Tourist boom UNESCO WHO Account for Wake up to
Crass commercialism
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text:
1 why is it difficult for the authorities to prevent them from being destroyed? 2 Does the Chinese government value the preservation of those historical and cultural sites?
3 Why did Mr. Neville Agnew say “tourism and conservation are good partners”? 五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented; 2. Questioning based on the text;
3. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
Is Harvard Worth It
一、教学目的： 1. 2.
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3. 4. 5.
二、课时安排： November 3: (2 classes) November 10: (2 classes) (1) (2) (3) (4)
November 17: (2 classes)
三、重点难点： 1. 2. 3.
四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other news in which the students have interests;
2. Important English phrases and expressions:
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text:
五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented; 2. Questioning and answering based on the text;
3. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
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China, the World’s Capital
一、教学目的： 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
二、课时安排： November 24: (2 classes) (1) (2) (3) (4)
三、重点难点： 1. 2. 3.
四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other
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news in which the students have interests;
2. Important English phrases and expressions:
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text:
五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented; 2. Questioning based on the text;
3. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
Barack Obama:
the President-elect of the United States
一、教学目的：
1. Students should know the basic knowledge about American Presidential-election;
2. Students should be familiar with the current American political, economic and social situation;
3. 4. 5.
二、课时安排： December 1: (2 classes) (1) (2) (3) (4)
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December 8: (2 classes)
December 15: (2 classes)
三、重点难点： 1. 2. 3.
四、课程主要内容：
1. Students’ news report on the latest happenings around the world or other news in which the students have interests;
2. Important English phrases and expressions:
3. Questions testing students’ understanding of the text:
五、教学方法与手段：
1. Student-centered and student-oriented;
2. Group work: in-class activities: speech competition and argumentation between two parties imitating an election;
3. Questioning and answering based on the text;
4. Asking students to answer the questions in their own words based on their understanding;
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