When in Rome do as the Romans do.

Do you have to feed plants as you feed chickens?

2.take action

I didn't take immediate action.

active adj.

He was active in the 1798 revolution.

3.measure v.&n.

(1)vt.&vi.

We measured the room and found it was 200 feet long and 15 feet wide.

Can you wait till I have finished measuring?

(2)n.

An inch is a measure of length.

Step 6 Listening to the tape Step 7 Homework

Review words and language points in the text.

Lesson 3

Main pointsWords

devote...to...; at present; common; set...free; in the wilds; give a talk; what kind of; explain sth. to sb.; hope&wish; however; one day,some day&another day; stop doing&stop to do...

Difficult points

hope&wish

Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision1.check the homework

2.Ask several students to say something about the wildlife endangerment.

Step 2 Word studyGet students to know something about word formation and go over the use.

1.hope&wish

(1)hope

①for+n.

②to do...

③that...

(2)wish

①for+n.

②to do...

③sb./sth.+adj./done/to do...

④sb. sth.

⑤that...

2.stop doing&stop to do

He stopped smoking.(=He didn't smoke any more.)

He stopped to smoke.(=He paused and began to smoke.)

Step 3 Grammar

1.Revise the rules for the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.

2.Practice

(1)Read the news story on P68 in book. Pick out the sentences and then change them into Direct Speech.

(2)Do exercise on P141 in book. Grammar Ex 1.

Step 4 Homework

1.Go over all words and expressions.

2.Preview: New words and phrases in next part.

Lesson 4 Main points1.Words

energy; reduce; amount; harmful; material; organize; attractive; be careful with...; throw away; in fact; end up as waste; share; show sth. to sb.

2.Sentence patterns

It is important to do ...

Choose an environmental problem that you think is important.

Teaching procedures Step 1 Revision1.Review the Direct Speech and Indirect Speech.

Change the sentences into Indirect Speech.

2.Make sentences with the following words and expressions.

hope&wish; stop doing&stop to do ; set...free

Step 2 Lead - in

Ss list some ways to protect the environment.

T:There are mays to protect the environment.List some of them.Next we will read a passage to find more ways of protecting environment.

Step 3 Presentation

1.Help the students understand what the passage tells us.

2.Divide the class into groups and discuss to find the answers.

3.Several groups report their answers.

Step 4 Language points

1.It is important to do...

(1)It is+adj./n.+to do sth.

It is wonderful to have a walk in the woods.

(2)It is+adj.+for sb. to do sth.

It was easy for me to answer the question.

(3)It is+adj.+of sb. to do sth.

It's kind of you to think so much of us.

2.show sth. to sb.=show sb. sth.

He showed me a photo of him.

3.be careful with...

be careful with+n.

be careful in+v-ing.

Step 5 Listening

Step 6 Homework

Revise all the words and expressions in this unit and revise the new words in next unit.

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