焦溪中學 沈淼

Learning aims:

1. Know something about Bill Gates

2. Some important phrases and the use of them

3. Learn to learn from others

Difficulties &Importance

1.Bill Gates’ life

2.spend… doing be interested in

Teaching steps:

Step 1 Revision

Say something about one of their friends , make others guess who he or she is.

Step 2 free talk

T: Today I’ll introduce a person to you .She is a teacher in our class now. She is maybe 7 or 8 years older than you .When she was a middle school student ,she was good at maths ,and she liked watching basketball matches, esp NBA. Can you guess who she is ?

(students guess :it’s yourself.)

T: Yeah ,it’s me . Do you want to know more about me?

S: Ask some more questions.

T: Thank you for caring for me so much . But I’m not famous.

Today I’ll introduce you a famous one--- Bill Gates.

Step 3 ---reading

T: Do you know something about him?

S: Say something about him as much as they know.

Step 4 Reading

T: Play the tape , have the students scan the text ,then find out the main idea .

S: The text is about Bill Gates’ life.

T: have students read the text again , then fill in the blanks on WB ,Exe .1.

Step 5 Explanation

S: Raise some problems about the language points if any .

T: Help students solve the problems .

Step 6 Discussion

1. What can we learn from Bill Gates?

2. Do you want to be a person like Bill Gates? Why or why not?

Step 7 Exercises

WB Exe 3.