Unit1 What’s the matter?

1. Knowledge

Words: have, cold, back, arm, ear, eye, foot, hand, head, leg, mouth, neck, nose, tooth, fever, rest, should, headache, ago, so, illness, thirsty, early, problem, way, traditional, believe, weak, angry, medicine, western, everybody, get, few, stay, important, moment, late, until, yesterday, hear

Phrases: have a cold, be stressed out, a few, at the moment Structures: Have for talking about health problems. Modal: should / shouldn’t 2. Skills

Talk about your health. Give advice.

3. Learning Strategies Using what you know. Inferring content. II. Background

III. Teaching Time: Six Periods

Period One

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words and phrases: matter, have, cold, have a cold, stomachache, sore, back, arm, ear, foot, hand, head, leg, mouth, neck, nose, stomach, tooth, throat 2. Develop the students’ listening ability. 3. Be able to talk about health. 4. Sentence Patterns

What’s the matter? I have a sore throat. Teaching Difficult Point The sentence patterns. Teaching Methods

Listening practice to train the students’ listening ability. Pairwrok

Teaching Aids Some pictures. A tape recorder. Teaching Procedures Step I Greetings. Step II. 1a

Teach the students to study the new words by showing some pictures.

eye, nose, mouth, ear, tooth, face, head, neck, back, stomach, arm, hand, leg, foot Ask a student to read the list of thirteen names of body parts.

Then let the students look at the picture and write the correct letter for each part of the body. Check the answers. Answers:

k arm c back g ear i eye m foot a hand l head b leg f mouth e tooth d neck j nose h stomach Step III 1b

Show some illnesses.

e.g. I have a cold. I have a stomachache. Let several students say some illnesses. Ask a student to read the names. Nancy, Sarah, David, Ben, Judy

Then play the recording the first time. Students only listen. Play the recording a second time. Students number the names. Cheek the answers Answers:

Nancy = 3 Sarah = 1 David = 2 Ben = 5 Judy = 4 Step IV 1c

Ask two students to read the conversation. A: What’s the matter? B: I have a sore throat.

Then let the students make conversations in pairs.

After some minutes, ask several pairs to say their conversations. Explain the language points.

1. What’s the matter? 你怎么啦？

这句话在口语中很常见，当别人遇到什么麻烦，或身体不舒服，你就可以问What’s the matter?意思是你怎么啦？ / 你遇到什么麻烦啦？ / 你哪儿不舒服？还可以在句末用介词with表示对象。 e.g. —What the matter with you? 你怎么啦？ —I can’t find my ticket. 我打不到我的票。

—What’s the matter with your car? 你的车怎么啦？ —I can’t start it. 它发动不了了。

2. “have + a +疾病名”表示“患……（病）。”

have a cold (患)感冒 have a stomachache 胃痛 have a sore back 背痛 have a toothache (患) 牙痛 have a sore throat (患)咽喉痛 have a fever 发烧，发热 have a headache (患)头痛 have a backache 背痛 Step V Summary and Homework

Summarize what the students have learnt and give them some homework. To make conversations in 1c in pairs. To do some exercises.

Period Two

Teaching Aims

1. Learn and master the following words: toothache, fever, rest, honey, dentist, should, headache, shouldn’t= should not

2. Develop the students’ listening ability. 3. Be able to give advice. 4. Sentence Patterns

What’s the matter? I have a toothache.

Maybe you should see a dentist. That’s a good idea. He has a stomachache. He shouldn’t eat anything. She has a toothache. She should see a dentist. Teaching Difficult Point The sentence patterns. Teaching methods

Listening practice to train the students’ listening ability. Pairwork

Teaching Aids A tape recorder. A projector.

Teaching Procedures. Step I. Greetings. Step II. Revision

Ask several pairs of students to say their conversations.

Do some exercises.

写出人体各部分的英语名称。

Step III. 2a

Teach the students to study the new words by a projector.

toothache n. 牙痛 fever n. 发烧；发热 rest n. 休息 honey n. 蜂蜜 dentist n. 牙医 should v. 应该 headache n. 头痛 shouldn’t = should not

Ask a student to read the eight items to the class:

fever, sore throat, stomachache, toothache, lie down and rest, hot tea with honey, see a dentist, drink lots of water Then play the recording the first time. Students only listen.

Play the recording a second time. Students match the problems with the advice. Check the answers. Step IV 2b

Ask the students to look at the pictures. Ask, what can you see in the pictures? Then play the recording again. Ask the students to fill in the blanks Check the answers Step V 2c

Ask two students to read the conversation. A: What’s the matter? B: I have a toothache.

A: Maybe you should see a dentist. B: That’s a good idea.

Then let the students make conversations in pairs.

After some minutes, ask several pairs to say their conver sations. Explain the language point. Maybe you should see a dentist. Step VI Grammar Focus

Ask the students to read the sentences. I have a headache. You should go to bed.

He has a stomachache. He shouldn’t eat anything. She has a toothache. She should see a dentist. Then let the students make similar sentences. Step VII. Summary and Homework

Summarize what the students have learnt and give them some homework. To remember the grammar focus.

Period Three

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words: ago, so, illness, advice 2. Sentence Patterns

What’s the matter? I’m not feeling well. I have a cold.

When did it start? About two days ago.

Oh, that’s too bad. You should get some rest. Yes, I think so. I hope you feel better soon.

3. Review how to talk about health and give advice. Teaching Difficult Point The sentence patterns. Teaching Methods Pairwork. Groupwork. Teaching Aid A projector.

Teaching Procedures Step I. Greetings. Step II. Revision Step IV 3b

Ask the students to read the conversations in 3a in pairs.

After some minutes, ask several pairs to say the conversations.

Then let the students look at the picture. Ask, what’s the mater with the people in the picture? (He has a toothache. She has a sore back. He has a sore throat. She has a stomachache.) After some minutes, ask several pairs to say their conversations. Step V 4

Read the conversation to the class.

A: What’s the matter? Do you have a sore throat? B: No, I don’t.

C: Do you have a headache? B: Yes, I do.

D: You should lie down and rest.

Read the instructions and demonstrate what a “mime” is.

e.g. Hold your tooth as if you have a toothache. Say, I’m miming a toothache.

Ask a student to the classroom of the from and mime an illness. Let the rest of the class guess what the illness is. Give several students an opportunity to come to the front and mime an illness. Step VI Summary and Homework

Summarize what the students have learnt and give them some homework. To make conversations in 3a in pairs.

Period Four

Teaching Aims:

1. Learn and master the following words: thirsty, early, problem 2. Sentence Patterns

What’s the matter with Gina? She’s tired. She should go to bed early. She shouldn’t go to the party.

3. Review how to talk about health and give advice. Teaching Difficult Point. The Sentence Patterns. Teaching Methods.

Listening practice to train the students’ listening ability Pairwork

Teaching Procedures