The Fourth Period—Section B(2a－2e)
Teaching Important Points 【教学重点】
Key words & phrases：
weight，shoulder，goal，coach，kick，courage，pull，nod，agreement，disappoint
keep one's eyes on…，let…down，kick sb.off，be hard on sb.，rather than，pull together
Key sentences：
1.What his father said made him think carefully.
2.His stupid mistake made him angry.
3.It made him feel lucky to know that he was on a winning team.
Key structure：
The idioms and verb phrases.
Teaching Difficult Points 【教学难点】
★Try to learn and remember as many idioms as possible when reading.
Teaching Aids 【教学工具】
A tape recorder，CAI or multimedia courseware.
Teaching Steps 【教学过程】
★Step 1 Leading in 【新课导入】
1．Greeting
2．Brainstorming
T：Can you remember the poor man's thoughts about happiness？What are your thoughts about happiness?
Practice with some students.
★Step 2 Cooperative inquiry 【合作探究】
1．Finish the task in 2a
①Work in groups.Have you made a mistake？What was it？How did it make you feel?
②The teacher tells his own story about making mistakes，using the new words in the coming reading passage.Present the new words：relief，nod，agreement，fault，be really worried，be too hard on oneself，with courage rather than fear in his heart，to one's surprise and relief，…
2．Finish the task in 2b
①Read the sentences after the passage in 2b.Try to put them in the proper logic order.Then read the passage quickly and see if the order is right.Do not spend too much time on the new words at this stage.
②Check the answers.
3．Finish the task in 2c
①Read the passage again and answer the questions.Each of the five try to answer one of the five questions in 2c.
②Then discuss their answers and check the answers in class.
4．Finish the task in 2d
①Discuss the reading strategy of the unit.Explain idioms and phrases and how important they are in learning.Read aloud the first paragraph and get the students to find the idioms and phrases.
②Students read the rest of the passage.Find the idioms and phrases.Learn the new words and idioms.
③Finish the task in 2d.Discuss in pairs and then replace the underlined parts with the phrases they find.
