Welcome to the unit Unit 1 The world of our senses

Unit 1 课件描述： 本课件就五种感觉在学生生活和学习 中的重要性为话题，设计情景让学生参 与到听和说的活动中来，提供相关图片 和讨论话题。学生通过讨论不仅练习了 听说技能，而且激活了内容图式，为 Reading 的教学做好了铺垫。

The world of our senses

Brainstorming With what can we see and hear? How can we know whether a dish is delicious? How can we know that a flower has a pleasant smell? What do we do when we want to know whether the water in the basin is hot or cold?

Fill in the table We dowiththe sense seeeyessight hear taste smell touch/feel earshearing tongue/taste buds taste nose smell hands/feet/skin touch

Read the short passage quickly and then answer the questions quickly. 1. What would happen if you lost one or two of your senses? Sometimes sense affect one another; sometimes when one of the sense fails, other senses become stronger.

2. Do you know how blind people can read? They can read by touching raised dots which represent numbers and letters. This system is called. Braille. 3. How do the deaf communicate with each other? They use body language or sign language.

Look at the four pictures and answer the question below each picture. 1.What can you see in this picture? 2.How would you judge the length of the two lines? 3.How can you prove that the two lines are straight? 4.Can the symbols be read in only one way? 5. Why are people misled by their own eyes.

When he got there, he _________ that there was a dark hole. He ________ into it, but could ________ nothing. He ________ with his ears, he could _______ nothing, either. He _________ it for a long time. He _______ something strange. He ___________ the side of the hole. It ______ hot. Suddenly some noises were ________ from the hole. It ________ like someone was cooking inside. Fill in the blanks with words that have something to do with “senses”. noticed looked see listenedhear watched sensed felt/touched felt heardsounded

e.g. We see the world with our eyes. Without the sense of sight, we would live in total darkness. We ____ with __________. Without _________, we would___________________. Let’s talk about the importance of each sense. senses sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.

1.To see is to believe.

Move or not?

Which blue circle is bigger, a or b? Are the eyes of the same height?

How many people can you see in the picture?

After seeing these pictures, what do you think of the saying to see is to believe? In most cases, the saying is true. However, sometimes our senses will cheat us. To see the world clearly, we should also be armed with scientific knowledge and think twice before action.

Discussion 2. Some people can not remember something until they have seen it. Others only need to hear something once or twice before they can remember it. Which sense helps you learn best? How does it help you?

Discussion 3. Do you know of any people who have made great achievements even if they have lost the ability to use one of their senses? What did they achieve?

What do they have in common? They all made great achievements even if they lost some of their senses.

Live like tomorrow is the end of the world; love like you ’ ve never been hurt; Work like you don ’ t need money; Study like tomorrow is the day for final exams. To be a person with passion

Homework 1. Preview the reading part, do Exercise C1 and C2. 2. Preview the reading strategy.