2014-2015学年第15期总579期高一教案
Popular sites close (P2)
苏州工业园区第二高级中学 孙炳芳
Lead-in:
Do you sometimes watch TV online? How would you feel if some of the websites you watch TV on were suddenly shut down?
Fast reading:
P1 p (          ): Introduction
P2 p (          ): Reasons
P3 p (          ): What we need to do
Detailed reading:
1. What do you know about yyets.com and shooter.cn?
The website yyets.com provided free downloads of foreign TV shows and movies, and online open courses, while shooter.cn focused on free subtitle translations.
2. Why did the two sites suddenly stop their services?
Experts believe it was because they had gone against copyright law. Copyright is a kind of protection given to authors of creative works, and only the creator has the right to make copies of their work and make money from them.
3. Why is even subtitle translation a violation of copyright?
Subtitles are part of the shows, and they are copyrighted. Making your own translation for public use is making new works that use the original one, which violates copyright law.
4. What can fans of foreign TV shows do when the two sites are closed?
They can turn to others sites like sohu.com and qq.com, which show foreign TV shows that they have bought from their producers. They can also turn to 163.com, which offers massive authorized open courses.
Language focus:
1.Shooter.cn is dedicated to helping people know about the different cultures of the world.
Recently, I have become dedicated to __________, which I hope can help me get in to a college.
2. Experts believe it was because they had gone against copyright law.
In our class, those who go against the rules will ___________.
3. If you use a copyrighted work without the permission of the creator, you are violating their copyrights.
If you ___________, you are violating traffic law.
4. What we need now is not a free lunch but order on the Internet, for the good of culture.
To learn English well, what we need to do is not just _________, but _______.
To bring up a generation that is well-developed all round, what we need is not _______, but _________.

Good deeds warm us up (P5)
苏州工业园区第二高级中学 孙炳芳
Lead-in:
In winter, what makes you feel warm?
Do you believe that doing something good for Mother Nature can make us feel warm too?
Fast-reading:
P1 p (          ): Introduction
P2 p (          ): Experiment
P3 p (          ): Significance
Detailed reading:
1. How was the experiment conducted?
Scientists first asked students to complete a questionnaire about their carbon footprint, then gave them a fake “average” carbon footprint score. The students were then asked to guess the temperature of the room in which they were sitting. 
2. What was the main discovery of the experiment?
Those whose carbon footprints appeared to be lower than average said that the room was much warmer, and those whose scores were higher said that the room was colder.
3. What is the significance of the findings?
Knowing this psychological effect can help us work out better ways to encourage people to protect our environment.
4. Why is this not the first time that scientists have found a connection between our psychological state and our feelings about temperatures?
Other studies have shown that when people feel lonely and are in a bad psychological state, they choose to take a warm shower to make themselves feel better.
Language focus:
1. They gave students a fake “average” carbon footprint score.
What can customers do when we are tricked into buying fake products?
2. To be specific, those whose carbon footprint was lower estimate the…
My goal is to have a happy and stable life after I graduate. To be specific, __________.
3. Acting environmentally friendly boosts a person’s self-concept…
What can we do to boost our confidence, which is essential on the road to success?
4. Telling people they could help protect the environment by turning off unused electronic devices may be a better idea…
What unused electronic devices can we turn off?

More than tea in a cup (Page 6)
青岛天龙中学 刘睿君
I. Brainstorm
1. Do you envy your classmates? For example, schoolbags, clothes, cell phones, appearance, etc.
2. Speak about your good and bad points
II. Scanning
1. How do students behave when they get tea?
2. What do students think about such behavior?
3. What does the teacher compare the cups and tea to?
4. Why can’t the students truly enjoy their tea?
5. What does Mary’s aunt want to say through her story?
III. True or false
1. The teacher gives the students different cups on purpose.
2. The students don’t notice the differences between cups.
3. Tea in different cups tastes different.
4. By comparing the cups to “physical circumstances” of life the teacher meant that we should work hard for a better life
IV. Vocabulary
Replace the underlined parts with a word or phrase taken from the article.
1. Her manner was almost passionate.
2. He came here intentionally to discuss it with you.
3. What does the value of the Dow Jones demonstrate?
4. His bad headache made it difficult for to focus on his study.
V. Free talk
Do you like your life? How could you improve it?

Key:
II. Scanning
1. They look at each others cups
2. They think it is interesting and amusing.
3. The tea is  life; cups are the physical circumstances of life.
4. They envy each other’s cups and ignore their own
5. Don’t be envious; learn to enjoy your own life
III. True or false
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IV. Vocabulary
1. behavior
2. On purpose
3. represent
4. concentrate on