Unit 12 Objectives:

The passive sentence 1. in the present progressive 2. in the past progressive 3. in the be going to structure 4. with a modal auxiliary

Language Structure Practice(1课时 )

1. A lecture is being given… 2. A TV serial was being made… 3. A new language lab is going to

be set up. 4. Can… be taken…?

Dialogues (2 课时 ) Dialogue 1 Broad questions Questions on

specific details Main idea Language

teaching points and practice

Dialogue 2 Permission and obligation Substitution practice

Language points interview vt--A formal meeting in person, especially one arranged for the assessment of the qualifications of an applicant: I thank you very much indeed for this interview. Collocation: ask for/give/have/hold/receive/refuse/seek an interview deposit (vs.draw) vt./n. To put (money) in a bank or financial account:She deposited her money in the bank

load vt To put (something) into or onto a structure, device, or conveyance:load grain onto a train. collocation: load a gun 装子弹 load a film into a camera 把胶卷装入相机 load a track 装卡车 load tape into the recorder 装磁带 convert: v. To change (something) from one use, function, or purpose to another; adapt to a new or different purpose: convert a forest into farmland.

Readings (2 课时 ) Reading 1 Sample questions New words and phrases Language teaching points

Reading 2 Sample questions Language teaching points

Language points attendance n. action of time of being present; number of people present e.g. Attendance at evening prayers is not compulsory. They ‘re expecting a large attendance at the meeting. privileged a. having privilages; hornored e.g. She came from a privileged background. We are privileged tonight to have you as our distinguished guest.

Guided Writing (1 课时 ) Dialogue writing Linking words and phrases Note of giving information

Discussion In-class Activity Have the students read the passage

first and do the corresponding exercise in workbook. Then the teacher may ask them questions in class to check their comprehension

Assignments: Exercises in SB &WB Check the exercise and explain the difficult points in them.

Background Information

Nuclear TechnologyMuseum

Introduction Nuclear technology is technology that

involves the reactions of atomic nuclear. It has found applications from smoke detectors to nuclear reactors, and from gun sights to nuclear weapons.

There is a great deal of public concern about its possible implications, and every application of nuclear technology is reviewed with care.

application A residential smoke

detector is for most people the most familiar piece of nuclear technology :

The Nuclear Fuel Cycle

Like coal, oil and natural gas, uranium is an energy resource which must be processed through a series of steps to produce an efficient fuel for use in generating electricity. Each fuel has its own distinctive fuel cycle: however the uranium or 'nuclear fuel cycle' is more complex than the others.

These are the various steps that together make up the entire Nuclear Fuel Cycle:

Museums Museums have historically been

centers of research, education, and public outreach. While most people think of natural history museums as places for public entertainment, the importance of museum specimen collections for documenting historical and present-day patterns of biological diversity cannot be understated.

In the MVZ, our collections house over 100 years of biological history and are used by researchers for a myriad of uses. Primarily, our collections document the presence of particular species at a particular place and time.

This allows us to examine geographic and temporal changes in animal populations, species, and communities, and to track those patterns in relation to natural or human-induced changes in the environment (e.g., climate change, landscape alteration,

Mona Lisa---by Leonardo da Vinci

The Metropolitan Museum of Art纽约大都会博物馆