江苏省东台市唐洋镇中学九年级英语下册《Unit 1 Living on Mars（第2课时）Reading》教案 牛津版.doc

《Unit 1 Living on Mars（第2课时）Reading》教案
Learning aims:
1. To identify and understand the words about living on Mars.
2. To know the situation of living on another planet.
3. To list the differences between life on Earth and life on Mars.
1、moving to Mars 移居、适居到月球上。
move v. ① 适居、搬迁,常跟to 连用
eg They’re going to move.
Are you going to move to Beijing next month? 你们下个月将迁到北京去吗？
② 搬动、移动
eg. We’d better move the desk into the next room.
Please move your car. It’s in my way. 请把你的车动一下，它挡路了。
③ vt. 打动、使感动
eg. What he said moved everyone.
The story moved us deeply.
move有二个形容词形式，即moving和 moved
moving“令人感动的”，通常指一件事或一种情况。
moved “感动的”，其主语往往是人。
eg. The play is very moving.
We were greatly moved by what he said.
2、At the moment, it may be difficult to imagine, but …. 现在，很难想象，但是…。
at the moment “现在、目前”
eg. We have no cars at the moment. 我们现在还没有汽车。
My mother is cooking the meal at the moment. 我妈妈现在正在做饭。
imagine v. 想象、设想，后跟名词、动名词或从语作宾语，也可跟复合宾语。
eg. Little Tom likes to imagine himself an air pilot. 小汤姆喜欢想象自己是个飞行员。
Can you imagine her becoming a pilot?
You can’t imagine how I missed you. 你们不能想象我多想念你们。
imagine v.→imagination n.→imaginative adj.
3、By the tear 2100, we will live on the planet Mars. 到2100年，我们将生活在火星上。
by 介词，“到……为止”，后跟将来时的时间，用一般将来时；后跟过去时的时间，用过去完成时。
eg. By next month, we’ll finish learning Book Three.
By last year, they had worked there for 20 years.
4、First of all, transport should be much better.
first of all = first 首先，第一；指在所有的事中，首先要做的事
eg. First of all，let me say something about our plan.
at first 最先，当初；指事物最先的情况，而后来往往有变化。
eg. At first I didn’t like him, but now I do.
5、At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of people to Mars. 眼下，我们的太空飞船太慢了，不能把大批人送到火星上。
large numbers of = a number of … “许多、大量”，修饰可数名词的复数
eg. Chinese is spoken by the largest numbers of people. 讲汉语的人最多。
Large numbers of my friends / A number of my friends came to the party.
6、To prevent this, humans on Mars have to wear special boots to make themselves heavier. 为了预防(防止)这一切，在火星上的人必须穿上特制的鞋子来给自己加重。
prevent ① vt. 防止、避免

eg. prevent accidents
② vt. 阻挡、制止
prevent sb. (from) doing sth.
eg. The rain prevented us from coming in time. 下雨使我们没有及时到来。
Nobody can prevent us from getting married. 什么也不能阻止我们结婚
类似的短语有： stop sb. (from) doing sth
keep sb. from doing sth
eg. He stopped the child from playing near the river.
The rain kept us from going out.
7、Every student will have a computer at home connecting to an inter-planet computer network. 每个学生家里将有一台电脑和行星之间的电脑网络相连接。
connect to 把……和……相连接
eg. The keyboard has been connected to the computer.
在上句中，connecting to… 是现在分词短语作定语，修饰 a computer
8、However, in some ways, life on Mars may not be better than life on Earth today. 然后，从某些方面说，火星上的生活可能没有今天地球上的生活好。
in some ways = in a way = in one way
9、A power that keeps us from floating in the air. (P.6) 一种阻止我们在空气中漂的能力。
keep sb. from doing sth. 预防/防止某人做某事，相当于prevent sb from doing sth.
Eg. The rain kept us from going out.
I. New words（写出单词中文意思及词性）
1. imagine __________2.planet____________3.crowded____________4. polluted___________ 5.hopefully__________6.spacecraft _________7. space shuttle _________8. human__________
9. develop___________10. oxygen___________ 11.gravity _12. settler __________
13.float___________14.fashionable__________15.various__________pare___________ 17.dome___________18.interplanetary_________work__________20.force___________ 21.vehicle_________22. population__________23.enjoyable___________24. normal ________
Ⅱ. New phrases (在课文上标出下列短语，朗读并试着写上译文 )
1.become more and more crowded and polluted _______________2.at present ______________
3. large numbers of people ____________________ 4. at half the speed of light ____________
5. the gravity on Mars ____________________ 6. three-eighths of … _________________
7. float away into…___________________ 8. compare… with… __________________
9.a dome with ten bedrooms ________________10. in many ways ____________________
11. connect… to… ________________ 12. in the form of pills ___________
13. in some ways________ 14. under the control of …__________15. at online schools _______
Ⅲ. New sentences (互相讨论下面句子，注意划线部分的用法)
1. Here is what life might be like.
2. At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of people to Mars.
3. The gravity on Mars is only about three-eighths of that on Earth.
4. There will be various designs for settlers to choose from.
5. Compared with life on Earth, life on Mars will be better in many ways.
6. Scientists will develop plants that can grow on Mars. These plants will produce the food and oxygen that we need.
Activity Two Lead in
Learning the new words and phrases by themselves (looking at pictures, learn some words, such as ‘crowded, polluted ’)
Activity Three Reading and understanding
1. To finish the following:
1) planet (line3) ______ a small round medicines
2) spacecraft (lin7) ______ b a force that keeps us from floating in the air
3) develop (line 12) ______ c vehicles designed for travel in space
4) gravity (line16) ______ d grow and improve
5) settlers ( line 16) _______ e people who go to live in a new place
6) robots (line26) _______ f a large body in space that moves around a star, e.g. the sun
7) pills ( line 34) _______ g machines that work under the crontrol of computers
2. Match 1,2…6 with a, b , c …
1. crowded planet 2. space shuttles 3. speed boots 4.space home 5. robot settlers 6. online teacher
a.Need someone to teach you any time, at any place? __________
b. Living in a round house is fun… _______
c. All about NASA’s new model of spacecraft… __________
d. Our shoes can make you walk faster! __________
e. Robots could be the first to live on … ___________
f. The population on Earth is still increasing quickly. Move to… ________
3. To finish the T/F questions(If F, please correct them)
1) By 2100, people might live on Mars. ___________
2) Mars is becoming crowded and polluted. _____________
3) Now, it takes months for a spacecraft to travel from Earth to Mars. _________
4) Plants can produce oxygen that humans need. ___________
5) Mars has three times the gravity of Earth. ___________
6) People will have less space on Mars. ___________
7) Students will go to schllo by spacecraft. ___________
8) Space travel might make people feel ill. ___________
4. Choose the correct answers:
1) Why do we need to move to Mars? ( ) A Earth is crowded and polluted.
B To make friends with people who live there. C Flying to Mars will be cheap.
2) How long does it take to fly to Mars at present? ( )
A Hours B Months C Years
3) What will food be like on Mars? ( ) A Very tasty B. Very sweet. C Not very tasty.
4) Will gravity on Mars be a big problem? ( )
A No. We will tie ourselves to the planet. B Yes. Many pepole will get lost.
C No. We will wear special boots.
5) Will the journey to Mars be enjoyable? ( ) A Yes. It will be very comfortable.
B No. It will be very uncomfortable. C No. It will be terrible.
6) How are we going to breathe on Mars? ( ) A We will carry air tanks.
B Plants will produce oxygen. C We will live in domes.
7) Where will we live on Mars? A In large domes. B On spacecraft. C In special boots.8) How will we study, do our homework and take exams? ( )
A we will not need to learn anything. B In online schools. C In normal schools.
5. What will the life be like ?
Transport 1
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Food, water and air
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Gravity :

6. The better life on Mars:
1.) 2.)
3.) 4.)
7. Some worse ways
1.) 2.)
3.)
8. Difference between life on Earth and life on Mars
Earth today
Mars in 2100
Polluted and crowded

Spacecraft are slow

Gravity is not a problem for us

People can wear many types of shoes

People do not have much space

we take exams at school

we have many different kinds of food

Activity Four Production
1：1．）It’s becoming more and more c and p .
2．） H we can build a better world on Mars.
2: How can we get to the Mars? In____________ _____________
1.）T should be better.
2） At present our spacecraft are too s __ to c __ large numbers of people.
3） By 2100,the space shuttles can travel at h the speed of l ____
3.  1）Scientists should d plants that can grow on Mars.
2）The plants will p __ the food and oxygen
4. 1）The gravity on Mars only about three e (3/8 )of the gravity on Earth.
2）We could jump e ___ and f _____ into space.
3）Humans have to wear s ____ boots to make themselves heavier.
4）The boots will probably become f .
5）There’ll be many different d for s_____ to choose from.
5. Where will we live on Mars? In a d___________ with 10 bedrooms
Life on Mars will be b than on Earth in many ways.
1.)  people have .
2. )Living in a dome with 10 bedrooms is highly p .
3.)R will do most of our work.
4. )We will have more time for our h
6. 1)Every student will have a computer c to an inter-planet computer network.
2) They can s____ _______ _________ ___________and ___ _ in online schools.
3).Each student will also have________ _______ ___________ __________ called ‘e-teacher’ .
7. In some ways, Life on Mars may not be better than life on Earth.
1.)Food will be not as t as they’re today It will be in the form of p .
2.)Space travel will make people feel i _______ . The journey to Mars will be very u .
Activity Five Discussion:
Advantages of life on Mars
Disadvantages of life on Mars
Advantages of life on Earth

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Exercises
1. The city is becoming more and more ___________________( pollute).
2. Food will not be as _________ ( taste) as they are today.
3. We need some food ___________ ( eat ).
4. _______________ ( hope ) we can find out the evidence of this crime.
5. Transport will be much __________ ( good ) on Mars than that on Earth.
6. They’re sure that the journey to South Polar will be ______________( comfortable ).

Unit1 Lift on Mars reading（第2课时）·当堂检测
一.用所给词的适当形式填空。
1. How will you (breath) on Mars.
2. (science) are working hard to make the dream come to.
3. The little boy looked at her (hope) as she handed out the sweets.
4. This is a (frighten) story.
5. Humans on Mars have to wear special shoes to make themselves ________ (heavy).
二.根据句义和首字母写出单词
1. By the year 2100, we’ll live on the planet M .
2. E is becoming more and more crowded and polluted.
3.H , we can start again and build a b world on Mars.
4. At present, our s are too slow to carry large numbers of people to Mars it takes months.
5. G will be a problem for early settlers on Mars.
6. Humans on Mars have to wear special boots to make themselves (重) to prevent them from floating away into space.
7. These special boots will probably become very (时髦) and there will be many different designs for (移居者) to choose from.
8. Life on Mars will be better than life on Earth in many . (方面)
9. The journey to Mars will be probably be very . (不舒服)
三.根据汉语意思完成句子.
1. We’ll get to other planets quickly by . (航天飞机)
2. (首先), you should do your homework. Then you can play outside.
3. —How do you like the soup?
—It is (和…一样美味) what my mother cooks.
4. (在某些方面)，he is a good boy although he made such a big mistake.
5. the line (把…和…连接起来) the arm of the toy. Look! They can move now.
四.根据所给汉语意思完成句子.
1. 这些靴子现在很流行。我们店里有很多种不同款式供你挑选。
These boots are at the moment. There are many different designs .

2 我只能跑到刘翔一半的速度。
I can run only Liu Xiang.
3. 我们学校的学生只是他们的大约八分之一。
The number of students in our school is only
in their school.
4. 每个学生家里将会有一台电脑并与星际电脑网络连接。
Every student will have a computer at home an interplanetary computer network.
5. 食物将会是药片形状的，而且不像今天的味道那么好。
Meals will and will not as tasty as they are today.
五．选择填空
( )1.—Can I ask you a question?
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A. Surely B. Sure C. Of course D. All the above
( )2. Maybe people will be able to travel and live on other planets.
A. in the space B. to the space C. in space D. on space
( )3.— the film?
—It’s very funny. Haven’t you seen it?
A. How do you like B. How do you find
C. What do you think about D. Both A and B
( )4.Jona is what life will be like in the future.
A. thinking B. thinking of C. thinking about D. thinking over
( )5. Daniel is dreaming camping on the moon.
A. about B. for C. of D. Both A and C
( )6.Space travel will make people very ill.
A. to feel B. feeling C. felt D. feel
( )7. , we can start again and build a more beautiful world .
A. Hope, to live B. Hopefully; to live
C. Hopefully; to live in D. Hopeful, to live in
( )8. , we must build a tool of transport that should be much better and faster.
A. At present B. At all C. First of all D. In all
( )9. In the future, there will be a space shuttle travels at half the speed of light.
A. where B. how C. that D. what
( )10.---Shanghai is larger than _______ city in Jiangsu Province.
---Yes. And it is larger than _____city in China.
A. any other; any B. any other; any other
C. any; any other D. any; any